I Disagree

Gildarts, pleased with everyone's support, tossed his large black cloak aside, turned to leave, and said, "Let's not delay, let's get started now!"

Watching Gildarts Makarov storm out of the guild after crashing through the guild wall, he sighed and started drinking alone.

Forget it, he's not going to care. Even if it causes trouble, he'll take the blame; after all, he's the parent.

Seeing that the old man didn't seem to be stopping him, Eleven secretly followed him out through the hole Gildarts had made. He really wanted to see how Gildarts was going to modify Magnolia.

At this moment, Gildarts was sitting on a high place, chin in hand, overlooking the entire town. He seemed to have rushed out of the guild without thinking, but in reality, he was just trying to escape Makarov's criticism and lecture; he had been considering many things.

He felt guilty for the trouble he had caused the town's residents, but he couldn't shake his habit of spacing out, so perhaps urban redevelopment was indeed a good solution.

But truly transforming Magnolia isn't an easy task. It involves demolishing many buildings, which requires a lot of money. Plus, he has so many young women to help; where would he find the spare cash?

"Gildarts?" Just as Gildarts was struggling with his decision, Eleven appeared behind him and called out cautiously.

Gildarts glanced at Eleven with a hint of exasperation. Although he didn't particularly dislike children, even a good relationship would get annoying if a brat followed him around for months.

Seeing that Eleven was following her again, and she couldn't shake him off no matter what she did, she couldn't help but sigh, "Thank goodness I don't have children, or I might be driven crazy by them."

"Gildarts, what are you thinking about?" Eleven ran up to Gildarts without a care in the world, completely oblivious to how annoying he was.

"Go play somewhere else, don't bother me." Gildarts waved his hand impatiently.

"Tell me how you plan to modify Magnolia!" Eleven, thick-skinned as ever, didn't mind this kind of dismissal and plopped down, striking a pose as if ready to listen to a story.

"Sigh~" Gildarts sighed, he really couldn't do anything with Eleven. He slapped Eleven on the head, making Eleven's head shake back and forth.

Without wasting any more words, Gildarts began to tell Eleven about the difficulties he was currently facing. He didn't really expect Eleven to offer any constructive advice, but it would be good to have someone to discuss things with.

"Hmm..." After hearing Gildarts's words, Eleven also rested his head on his hands, looking dejected. "If only we could move the houses to make way without demolishing them, we wouldn't have to spend so much money."

"Ah!"

To everyone's surprise, Gildarts suddenly shouted after hearing Eleven's words, then stood up excitedly. "That's right! How come I didn't think of that? If you don't want to demolish the house, then just move the ground! Eleven, you've done a great job!" He then vigorously rubbed the bewildered Eleven's head as a reward.

Before Eleven, Gildarts began to enthusiastically recount his plans.

He planned to divide the land of Magnolia into several regional blocks according to the distribution of buildings, and then set up a giant magic circle in the town. The magic circle could move these blocks to suitable places, so that the middle of the city would form a straight avenue leading directly to the guild.

The town can even remain unchanged most of the time, only transforming when he returns. Living in a town that can transform would be incredibly cool, and the citizens would definitely love it.

Eleven was stunned by Gildarts's outlandish plan, Gildarts completely disregarded the immense magical power required to carve the earth and inscribe giant magic circles, as if this were far easier for him than spending money.

Having finalized his plan, Gildarts no longer hesitated and immediately began taking action.

Of course, they didn't start cutting through the land right away. Even without demolishing houses, such a large-scale project still required the mayor's and the cathedral's approval.

Gildarts' next task was to talk to them and obtain their permission.

"Uh..." The short mayor stared at Gildarts in front of him, speechless for a moment.

What exactly did the strongest mage from Fairy Tail just say to me? I felt like I understood it, but I didn't understand the meaning at all!

Why renovate the entire town just to make it easier for him to walk?

How could anyone possibly want to cut through the earth to build a road?

What is this person in front of me thinking?

Gildarts stared at the mayor's blank face for a minute, and seeing that the mayor remained silent, he assumed that the mayor had tacitly agreed.

"Thank you, Mayor." Gildarts smiled slightly, nodded to the mayor in salutation, and then turned and left.

"Forehead..."

The mayor watched Gildarts walk away with an air of nonchalance, still without saying a word.

In the end, I decided to just let it go. The Fairy Tail are all big shots, and I can't afford to mess with them. Anyway, I'm about to retire, so let them do whatever they want.

After dealing with the unexpectedly easy-going mayor, Gildarts rushed off to the Cardia Cathedral in the center of town.

This church has a long history and is located in the very center of Magnolia, which is also in the middle of the main road planned by Gildarts, so it must be moved. However, religious groups like churches are the most troublesome. They may have some traditions that cannot be moved, and they also have a lot of influence, so they are a group that must be taken seriously.

Eleven volunteered to act as an intermediary for contacting the church. Although he had no real connection with the church, he lived in the church's orphanage and considered himself to be closer to the church than Gildarts.

"Oh, Maria!"

Sure enough, the two encountered Sister Maria, who was praying, as soon as they entered the church. Eleven was overjoyed; he hadn't seen Maria for months, and he rushed into her arms, nuzzling Maria affectionately.

Maria was also happy to see Eleven, and lovingly patted his head.

However, Eleven quickly realized that this was not the time to act cute. So he hurriedly raised his head, looked at Gildarts with a smug expression, and introduced Maria to him, feeling very proud to have such an acquaintance in the church.

Eleven was so caught up in his smugness that he didn't notice Gildarts's expression had shifted from a nonchalant one to a cool one, and his voice had become more magnetic. "You must be Miss Maria? My name is Gildarts. Eleven often talks about you to me; you're even more beautiful than he describes!"

Eleven: [·_·???]

Maria blushed slightly at Gildarts' words. Gildarts' handsome face, typical of a man in his thirties, was still quite attractive to Maria, who was in her early twenties. She responded shyly to Gildarts, "You flatter me. Eleven often tells me about your deeds, and I've long admired you."

Eleven:∑(O_O;)

Gildarts laughed and began to chat happily with Maria. The two hit it off, and Maria was very willing to help Gildarts persuade the old priest in the church to agree to move the church.

Everything was going smoothly until Eleven saw the two of them walking side by side to find the priest, and he felt completely overwhelmed.

What's going on?

Why do I feel like I unknowingly facilitated something big?

Eleven felt like the world around him had changed!

Holy crap, who is that red-haired pervert walking next to Maria?

I idolize you and you want to be my dad? That doesn't quite fit... but it's kind of like it!

Do you really think I don't know what those photos of ragged older women in your luggage are?

Pervert!

ヾ(｡`Д´｡)ﾉ

However, no one paid any attention to Eleven at this moment, leaving him to sulk outside, his cheeks puffed out like balloons.

A moment later, Gildarts emerged humming a little tune. His conversation with the old priest had gone very smoothly; it was wonderful that there were no rules about the church that couldn't be moved. Gildarts was in high spirits, relieved of a major worry.

Eleven followed silently behind Gildarts, his teeth itching with rage as he looked at the man in front of him.

Idols and worship don't exist; they're just illusions to mislead the enemy!

From this day Gildarts is the enemy! The enemy!

Finally Eleven couldn't take it anymore, ran over, and kicked Gildarts in the knee!

"Gildarts! I will not agree to this!!"

After saying Eleven, Elivin ran off yelling without waiting for Gildarts to say anything.

Gildarts: (゜-゜)???