"The final winner of this S-level assessment......"

On the field surrounded by all the magicians, Makarov excitedly and excitedly announced the results of this year's S-class assessment, "In X785, the person who passed the assessment of 'Fairy Tail' to become an S-class magician is ......"

"Naz Doragniru!!"

"Yo Xi, !!" Hearing this result, Natsu was thrilled and happy like a nine-year-old child.

"Harpy, did you hear that? I'm an S-class magician!! Natsu was the first to rush to Harpy.

"Hey!!"

A man and a cat clapped their hands in tacit understanding, cheering for Natsu's struggle for so many years.

Lucy ...... Did you hear that? I'm an S-class magician!! Natsu ran to Lucy, sharing her joy.

"Yes, yes...... Congratulations! Lucy smiled and touched Natsu's head with a doting expression.

"Elusa ......"

"Well done, Natsu! Keep up the good work in the future! Elusa gave Natsu a thumbs up and patted her shoulder in encouragement.

Gray ...... Ah, I'm sorry......"

"Why apologize?!! Ay...... I can't stand you...... Forget it, congratulations! ”

Although he lost in the end, Gray is not a person who can't afford to lose, this time he lost by a slight margin, and next time he will get the field back, as a close partner, he still sent his congratulations with a little shyness.

Wendy...... How's that, I'm amazing, right? ”

"Hmmm! Congratulations, Nazsan! Wendy was very faced, her little hands clasped together in front of her, and she looked at Natsu wistfully.

"Wow Ka ...... It's yours next year, Wendy, come on! ”

"I'll try!"

After becoming an S-class magician, Natsu shared his joy one by one.

His order is clear: Harpy is his long-time partner, Lucy is his most important partner, then the members of the squad, and then Kira, the 'supporter' and the strongest of the guild's younger generation, the target Gildath who has been chasing since he was a child, and Laxus, the one he wants to defeat......

"Well done, keep it up! There's still a long way to go! ”

"I knew you could do it, Natsu! Hahaha Let's have a drink today!! ”

"The S-class is just the threshold, and the gap between you and me is still far away! But...... It's an improvement......"

Finally, Natsu stood proudly in front of Gajiru, head held high, chest puffed, full of breath: "Yo yo yo...... How's it going, Gajiru? I became an S-class magician before you! ”

"Hey, I'll give it to you this time, bastard Fire Dragon! But don't get too complacent, I'll be there next year! ”

Although Gajiru's eyes were red to death, he still pretended to be calm on the surface, as if Natsu had taken shit luck to win the S-rank title this year.

But Natsu didn't seem to hear the other party's stubborn words at all, and laughed to himself: "Wow Ka ...... Next year, there will be Gray, Wendy, Lucy and Elfman, you can go through it slowly!! ”

"Huh? What did you say?! You mean I'm going to lose to them?! Are you kidding!! ”

Gajiru felt as if he had been humiliated by something, and jumped to his feet in a hurry.

"Then who knows......"

Natsu said triumphantly, then turned away in a very sassy walking position, leaving Gajiru gritted his teeth in hatred and rubbed his iron teeth into a creaky creak.

Looking at Natsu, who was jolting to share his joy among the magicians, even Ogaste was secretly congratulating his uncle in his heart.

"You seem happy, Okast?" Mebis noticed the demeanor of his old son and asked curiously.

"Yes......"

On the surface, Ogaste was happy that the 'Fairy Tail' talent was numerous, but in his heart, he kept thinking: Uncle won the S-rank title, will my father come to take a look? I'm looking forward to it......

No one knew that the old man in front of him, who was nearly 90 years old, was looking forward to something as simple as enjoying family happiness in the arms of his parents—although this was an extremely difficult thing for everyone present.

In contrast, the wishes of another old man of his age were much simpler.

Makarov is now back in Magnolia, back in the guild, having some drinks, seeing young and beautiful girls, and getting a taste of retirement in advance, even if his previous life was similar to the above.

"Kids, it's time to go back!!"

……

The sky is sunny and cloudy, no snow and wind, cool and slightly wet.

Magnolia ushered in its winter, and 'Fairy Tail' ushered in its daily routine.

"Drink!! Keep drinking!! ”

"Hahaha...... I'll tell you......"

"Mirasan, have another drink!"

"Yes~"

"You're so pretty today!!"

"Thank you~"

The next few days were the easiest for the sorcerers of Fairy Tail.

The backlog of work in a year was cleaned up before the S-level assessment, and the guild's magician ended the S-level assessment, and it took a while to summarize his progress for the year, and then imagine the development of the coming year, such as working more, making more money, getting a girlfriend, buying a house, clearing debts, having a baby, and traveling...... There is always a certain amount of planning.

In addition, there are holidays such as Christmas and New Year, and no one is in the mood to work.

Anyway, for the magicians of this guild, as long as there is food and drink in the tavern, their wallets are enough to last this year. The gradually colder weather, the warmer bedding and guild, greatly strengthened the determination of this group of mages to continue to rot.

In front of the bar, three people are holding a 'big eat' competition.

Natsu held a knife and fork in his hand, and knocked the plate in front of him very infigurably, urging the tavern chef to serve the food: "Hurry up, hurry up...... Let's have a cold fire! ”

Gajiru's eating was more rude, and he grabbed it directly with his hands: "I want a vegetable iron juice!" ”

Not to be outdone, Gray said: "Then I'll have a strawberry shaved ice!" ”

The two dragon slaying wizards walked in unison towards the outliers of the three: Huh?? Little brother, what's the matter with you?

"See what I'm doing? My evil-destroying attribute is ice! What's wrong with me eating ice?! Gray glared back.

Natsu and Gajiru were stunned and blinked.

"What he said seems to have a point?"

"So be it!"

Not long after, Mira walked out with three dinner plates: "Please use it slowly~"

"Oh oh oh!! I'm moving!! ”×3

"It's delicious!!" ×3

Looking at these three feasting eyes, even if they don't know why there are foods like 'roasted cold fire' and 'vegetable iron juice', the people around them are still smiling and laughing to watch the show.

"Won't Wendy join them?"

was suddenly asked by Mira, and Wendy's little head was suddenly confused: "Eh?!" No...... No need......"

Although she is also a sorcerer who uses extermination magic, she is to be allowed to eat as rudely as Natsu and Gajiru...... Her education did not allow her to make such unladylike movements.

What's more, the air is no better than fire, steel, and ice, and this thing is a lot of work to eat!

"You're welcome, it's normal to add special dishes for mages in the guild!"

"For example, there is a fire menu for Natsu, a steel menu for Gajiru, and if you want, I can design an air menu for you to taste different flavors of air......"

Different flavors of air? It makes your mouth water...... No, no, no, it's weird to listen to!

Wendy smiled shyly at Mira: "Still don't need to!" ”

"Huh?? Don't want to? What a pity! ”

Hearing Wendy's rejection of her proposal, Mira looked disappointed, "I still have a lot of ideas to say......"

At this time, 'Mr. Sage', who has always liked to lead the younger generations, began to act: "Wendy-chan, young people should try different experiences while they are young, otherwise they will regret it in the future!" ”

"Besides, now is the time for you to grow your body, try more different dishes, it is very helpful for physical development! You don't want to worry about your height all the time, do you? ”

Wendy didn't hear the second half of the sentence, and after hearing the words 'good for physical development', she made the decision to try a new dish.

"That'...... Then please, Mirasan!! ”

The little girl lowered her head and looked at her toes, trying not to see her blushing face in front of her.

Mira patted her bulging chest gently, and smiled confidently: "Don't worry, leave it to me!" My cooking skills are among the best in the guild! ”

"I'll also help with the design of new dishes, so that we can design dishes that can enhance magic or help physical development, are nutritious, and have no side effects!"

Kira looked like 'brother, I'm very skilled,' and said with a smile, "Naz and Gajiru's cuisine is all designed by the Curtain, and you want to be as strong as them!" ”

"Yes!!"

Wendy dances away in the vision of her physical development, while Kira and Mira smile at each other and begin to discuss the future profit share.

There are some things that can only be covered by adults, and it is better not to let a child like Wendy know too much.

Lucy, who watched this scene the whole time, couldn't help but complain: "You two ...... It's insidious enough! Even children are calculating......"

"What calculation? Everything we say is true! ”

Mira tilted her head and smiled sweetly, with a look of 'I don't understand what you're saying'.

"It's just that...... We won't do anything like that to deceive consumers and guild mates! ”

Kira nodded approvingly, "The so-called business is built on a win-win basis in order to maintain long-term operation, and I will not do anything to catch fish!" ”

"Huh...... Hehe......"

Lucy just smiled politely, but in her gaze, Kira could tell that she didn't trust her.

However, Kira was not angry, he could actually confess that he was one of the most outstanding businessmen in the new era of the Fiore Kingdom, and he was a well-known tycoon even in the Chamber of Commerce world, but he didn't do it, because there was no need to show off this kind of thing.

False names or something, it's just floating clouds!

"Well, a person as good, considerate, gentle, kind, and erudite as I am, it's normal that Lucy can't understand with your knowledge! I will not be angry with you because of this, but I will increase your wisdom and increase your knowledge, and wait for you to be ashamed of yourself. ”

Lucy was speechless and embarrassed: Why didn't Kira find out that Kira had this kind of problem before......