After Makarov announced the candidates for the S-Class Examination a week later, everyone looked toward Allen at the very front and Laxus beside him.
Macao and Wakaba were both momentarily dazed. The two children who had once been so young had grown into towering men, and they had already surpassed them on the path of magic. But after recalling the battle prowess Allen and Laxus usually displayed, they immediately understood. That's just how geniuses are!
Allen turned around and smiled at Laxus. After exchanging a glance, he held out his right fist and bumped it against Laxus's.
"One week from now. Let's do our best!"
"Big bro, let's do our best together!"
After announcing the candidates who had advanced, Makarov leaped from the second floor onto the bar on the first floor and shouted excitedly, "To celebrate Gildarts and Kana recognizing each other, let's have a banquet!"
"┗|｀O′|┛ Roar!!!"
During the banquet, Kana was hounded by her close girlfriends, who asked her what it felt like to reunite with her father. Kana didn't know how to answer for a moment, but when she saw Allen, she said to Ultear, "It's probably like how you feel being with Allen. I don't really know how else to put it."
Ultear, who had been mentioned, became somewhat bashful when she heard Allen's name. "But I want to be Allen's wife. I don't want him to be my father."
Allen sprayed an entire mouthful of his drink into Gildarts's face. He cursed how good his senses were.
Gildarts looked at Allen with a complicated expression. "I know I'm a little sleepy, but you didn't have to do that!"
"Cough, cough, cough. Do you want to see the footage from when we first met Kana?"
Gildarts immediately perked up at that and hurried over to