Meanwhile, at Fairy Tail...
"Tomorrow's the Harvest Festival, right?!"
"Everyone's gathered together again!"
"It really feels like it's been forever!"
The guild members had gathered together. With the Harvest Festival just around the corner, every mage in Fairy Tail had stopped taking jobs...
For Fairy Tail's mages, among the countless events large and small throughout the year, there were only two that nearly the entire guild attended. One of them was the Harvest Festival...
The other was Fairy Tail's annual S-Class Mage Exam!
Whenever either of these events was held, Makarov would gather every member in advance.
However, unlike the S-Class Mage Exam, where ninety-nine percent of the members gathered were only there to fill out the occasion and the actual participants were those selected by the Guild Master, everyone had a job during the Harvest Festival!
To Fairy Tail's members and Magnolia's townspeople, the Harvest Festival was like New Year's~
Because of that, not only had Ywen and Erza stayed behind instead of going out on jobs, even Laxus—who always acted disdainful toward the Harvest Festival—had remained at the guild.
Yes, this guy, who had always been a tsundere through and through, kept saying no with his mouth, but his body was unexpectedly honest...
Just as Fairy Tail's members gathered together, drinking beer and chatting away...
A group of "uninvited guests" appeared outside Fairy Tail's doors.
"Is this... is this Fairy Tail?!"
Fairy Tail's guild doors were gently pushed open, and a Magic Council clerk entered Fairy Tail under the protection of a group of Magic Council soldiers.
"Huh?! You're from the Magic Council, aren't you?"
"What are you Council bastards doing in our guild?!"
The moment Fairy Tail's mages recognized the visitors, their expressions turned hostile.
As far as Fairy Tail was concerned, their attitude toward the Magic