Fiore Royal Palace
At this moment, people from various guilds gathered together. Everyone was dressed in magnificent clothes, attending in their finest attire.
Although guild mages were considered a relatively strong force in the Kingdom of Fiore, their social status was not particularly high. After all, they were essentially freelancers and did not even have fixed professions.
However, in recent years, the Grand Magic Games had become popular. The status of guild mages had significantly improved. Some top-tier mages even had the influence of famous stars.
Regardless, they usually never had the right to attend a banquet in the Royal Palace.
Kael finished getting dressed. He wore a black tuxedo that was simple and elegant. He looked very handsome.
"Not bad!"
Mira looked at Kael and nodded with satisfaction.
"Of course. Just look at who I am."
Kael admired his own good looks with some pride, striking various poses in front of the mirror.
Mira smiled. "Alright! Everyone is waiting. Let's go too!"
Kael held out his arm, and Mira naturally took it. The two of them made their entrance together.
"Oh, you're here! You look quite handsome! Come over here. The people from other guilds have already arrived."
Erza greeted Kael as he approached.
"Whoa! It's a party! A party to celebrate the end of the Grand Magic Games!!"
Just as Kael arrived, Natsu rushed past him like a whirlwind, with Happy following behind.
"A real man has to eat! Eat, eat!!"
Elfman was eating in huge mouthfuls.
"This meat is so delicious!!"
Natsu also rushed over, grabbed some meat, and started eating.
"Wine! Bring the wine over here!!"
Cana happily picked up a bottle of wine and started drinking. She loved parties the most. This was a party hosted by the King, so she could drink as much as she wanted. She was going to drink until she died.
"Hey! Cana!! We are inside the castle!"
Macao quickly reminded her. Seven years had passed, and the middle-aged men had now fully become the elder generation.
"What does it matter! This is the King's private collection. I definitely have to drink a lot!!"
"Want to have another contest?"
Bacchus came up to Cana.
"Fine by me. I definitely won't lose to you this time."
Makarov sat together with all the other masters.
"I never thought the day would come when I could enter the King's castle."
Makarov was happily drinking wine.
"Yeah! Living this long was really worth it."
Yajima smiled. In terms of status, the Kings of various kingdoms were higher than the Magic Council members. However, in terms of actual power, the Council members who controlled the magic world still had the upper hand.
Ichiya went over to the band and picked up a microphone. "Gentlemen, please play that song in B-flat minor."
"That song?!"
"Eh? What's that?"
The members of the band were a bit confused, not understanding what Ichiya was talking about.
Kael walked around the banquet, eating food. Many people greeted him. Originally, everyone thought Kael was just a slightly stronger mage.
But after that night, everyone respected Kael even more. Kael was not only powerful; he was their savior.
His status was now different. Everyone agreed that he was the strongest in Fiore—no, the strongest mage on the continent of Ishgar.
"Mr... Mr. Kael..."
Kael heard a voice and turned around. He saw Kagura from Mermaid Heel talking to him. Seeing Kagura, Kael's eyes lit up. This girl was truly beautiful and cute, exactly Kael's type.
"Oh, Kagura! Hello!"
Kael raised his hand and greeted Kagura.
"Mr. Kael, thank you very much for saving my brother."
"Your brother?"
"That would be Simon. Kagura is Simon's younger sister," Millianna said.
"Simon? Oh, him! No need for thanks. I just helped out at the time, and it has been so long since then."
Kael remembered who Simon was. After all, for him, the events at the Tower of Heaven hadn't happened that long ago.
"No, I still need to say it formally. Thank you very much."
Kagura bowed to Kael. Simon was her only relative in this world. She had wanted to thank him in person for years.
"Mr. Kael!"
At that moment, another voice sounded. Kael looked up and saw Princess Hisui of the Kingdom of Fiore walking over.
"Princess Hisui!"
Kael nodded to the princess.
"I truly caused you a lot of trouble this time. I am very sorry."
Princess Hisui apologized directly to Kael. If it hadn't been for her, this danger wouldn't have happened. Fortunately, Kael was there to save the entire kingdom. Otherwise, the whole country and even the entire continent could have been destroyed.
Kael waved his hand. "It's fine. Just think of it as after-party entertainment for the Grand Magic Games."
"After-party entertainment? As expected of Mr. Kael!"
Princess Hisui shook her head with emotion. Although the Grand Magic Games were just her father's hobby, she often watched the battles. Since the start of the tournament, she had never imagined that an individual's power could be so great.
To someone like Kael, whose strength was already beyond ordinary limits, a princess like her was nothing significant.
At the same time, she was very glad that Kael belonged to the Kingdom of Fiore. As long as they stayed on good terms with him, no country would dare to use force against Fiore.
In fact, because of Kael, the status of the entire country in Ishgar would be greatly improved.
"I'm just a bit strong, that's all. Dealing with seven dragons is my limit. If there were any more, I wouldn't be able to win."
"..."
Princess Hisui didn't know what to say. A single dragon had the power to destroy a kingdom. Seven dragons could easily wipe out seven countries.
"Mr. Kael is still young. You will definitely become even stronger in the future."
As a princess and the heir to the Kingdom of Fiore—the future Queen—Hisui naturally knew how to speak well.
The reason she was tricked this time was simply because she never expected such a situation would occur.
"Then I'll take that as a good omen, Princess Hisui."
Kael raised his glass and clinked it against the princess's glass.
"Mr. Kael!!"
Kael turned his head and saw Sting standing behind him. Kael's impression of Sting was limited to the Grand Magic Games, and he wasn't familiar with him. However, he knew that Sting, like Natsu, was a time traveler from 400 years ago. Sabertooth and Fairy Tail would likely be allies from now on.
"Mr... Mr. Kael... You are my idol! Please give me an autograph!"
Sting looked at Kael with excitement. He had looked up to Kael as an idol when he was younger. After growing up, he thought his strength had surpassed his idol's. Only today did he realize there was still a world of difference between his strength and his idol's.
Furthermore, Kael was even more powerful than he was seven years ago. He admired Kael even more now.