"Uh... alright..."
Kael hadn't expected Sting to be his own little fanboy.
Kael signed his name on the autograph board.
"Thank you! Thank you! This is amazing!"
Sting held Kael's signature and looked incredibly excited, as if he had successfully met his idol.
"That's great, Sting."
Lector the cat said happily.
"Kael."
Jura also came before Kael.
"Jura."
"Kael, your strength is truly admirable! I thought that after seven years, I would be able to catch up a bit, but I didn't expect the distance between us to only grow further."
"Don't put yourself down. I can only maintain that level of strength for a few minutes. Once my magic power is used up, I'm just like everyone else."
"We owe you a lot this time. If you need any help in the future, Lamia Scale will help with all our strength."
Jura said with a serious expression.
"Alright!"
Kael smiled and agreed. There would be many big battles in the future, and he would likely need help from Lamia Scale.
Next, one after another, many people toasted Kael.
"Everyone!!"
"The King is about to arrive!!"
"To reward the bravery shown by everyone in this Grand Magic Games, and the hard work of saving the country from crisis!! His Majesty will personally give a speech! Everyone, please pay attention!!"
Hearing this, the great hall became quiet, and everyone looked upward.
Soon, Toma, the King of Fiore, walked out.
"Ahem!"
"First! Welcome everyone to the celebration party of this Grand Magic Games!"
"This Grand Magic Games has been the most exciting one since the tournament began! I saw everyone's brave performances! I am very moved!"
"Everyone performed very well!"
"Second! Thanks to everyone's help this time, the kingdom was able to overcome this crisis! You are the ones who saved this country!"
Everyone below stood tall and proud upon hearing the King's words.
"Don't be so polite, Your Majesty!! The Kingdom of Fiore is our country! Saving our own country is not something that deserves thanks! It is our responsibility and duty!!"
Ichiya said in a high-pitched voice while puffing out his chest.
"Taking the credit again!"
"What does it have to do with you?!"
Gray couldn't help but complain. During the last fight against Oración Seis, Ichiya also stepped forward as if he had contributed a lot.
"Here, I want to give special thanks to one person, and that is Kael!"
Bang!
A spotlight hit Kael.
"Thanks to Kael, the evil dragons were driven back and this country was saved. Therefore, I have decided to grant Kael the title of 'Kingdom Knight'!"
Clap clap clap clap!!
Everyone began to clap. This was a title granted by the King of Fiore. Aside from the honor, it was a symbol of power in Fiore.
Kael was a knight personally appointed by the King, which meant Kael could do as he pleased in the Kingdom of Fiore. Not giving Kael face would be the same as not giving the King face.
Kael nodded to the people around him. He felt fine and wasn't too excited. Perhaps because he had taken on many roles and gained many memories, even though he was still young, he was a bit too calm.
Suddenly, a frog-man walked in with several people.
"Kael!"
The frog-man came before Kael.
"Hm? Who are you?"
Kael didn't remember knowing any frogs.
"Hello, I am a messenger from the Magic Council."
"The Magic Council?!"
"What are the Council people doing here?!"
"They aren't here to look for trouble, right?!"
"We haven't caused any trouble lately!"
"Yeah! We haven't even had missions! We haven't even had the chance to cause trouble!"...
For guild mages, seeing people from the Magic Council was like a mouse seeing a cat. Especially for Fairy Tail, who often caused trouble and didn't know how many apology letters they had written.
"I am here by the order of the Chairman of the Magic Council! I am here to give an honor to Kael!"
"Ahem! According to the order of Chairman Gran Doma! Kael of the Fairy Tail guild possesses powerful magic! He saved the people from disaster! The Magic Council has unanimously agreed to grant him one of the four currently vacant seats."
"We grant Kael the title of the Ten Wizard Saints, ranking as the First Seat!"
The frog messenger announced the notice from the Magic Council.
"What—?!!"
"The Ten Wizard Saints?!!"
"The First Seat?!!"...
Everyone was stunned when they heard this appointment.
It wasn't strange for Kael to become one of the Ten Wizard Saints with his strength. Or rather, it felt a bit late now. After all, seven years ago, Kael had already defeated Jose, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, in a head-on fight.
Now he had also defeated Jura, the fifth seat of the Ten Wizard Saints.
And because they had seen Kael defeat the dragons, the First Seat was well-deserved.
But knowing it was one thing; almost all of them were seeing someone be granted the name of Ten Wizard Saints for the first time, so they were naturally very surprised.
Kael was also stunned. He really hadn't thought about becoming one of the Ten Wizard Saints. The Magic Council granting him the title was completely beyond his expectations.
"Kael, this is the honorary certificate of the Ten Wizard Saints, and this is the exclusive badge of the Ten Wizard Saints."
The frog messenger had people bring the items up. He lifted the red cloth. One was the honorary certificate, and the other was the badge of the Saints. Everyone in the Fairy Tail guild had seen this; Makarov was wearing this very badge on his chest right now.
This was the exclusive badge the Magic Council granted to the Ten Wizard Saints, the highest honor in the Ishgar magic world.
Mirajane took the badge and pinned it on Kael.
Clap clap clap clap clap clap!!!
Everyone began to clap.
"Congratulations!!"
"Congratulations to Kael for becoming one of the Ten Wizard Saints!!"
"This is great!! Now our guild has another of the Ten Wizard Saints besides the Master!!"...
Compared to the "Kingdom Knight" title given by King Toma, the value of being one of the Ten Wizard Saints was much, much higher.
"Wooooh!!"
Makarov was in tears at this moment. He hadn't expected this brat Kael to also obtain the title of Ten Wizard Saints.
At this time, in a corner on the second floor, Laharl and Mest were there. They had also been invited to the celebration.
"What? Aren't you going down to say hello?"
Laharl said to Mest. This matter was too big, so they naturally couldn't hide it. After the incident ended, they had handed over the relevant video materials to the Council.
The members of the Magic Council were also greatly shocked when they saw this. They hadn't expected such a thing to happen. They had already read the information from the Grand Magic Games and knew long ago that Kael had defeated Jura, the fifth of the Ten Wizard Saints.
Now that they had seen how powerful Kael was, and since the first seat of the Ten Wizard Saints had been vacant for a long time, they decided to go with the flow and give the first seat of the Ten Wizard Saints to Kael. It was also a way to quiet down some of the public opinion.