After taking their seats, Jude asked the two of them curiously, "Please forgive my bluntness, but may I ask how old you are now?"
Facing such questions, Allen and Laxus were already used to them. Allen answered calmly, "I'll be fifteen after we return to Magnolia. Laxus is fourteen."
Hearing Allen's answer, Jude and Layla were both startled. At first sight, they had assumed Allen and Laxus were already adults. Allen was 1.9 meters tall, weighed 180 pounds, and had less than twelve percent body fat. Anyone would have taken him for a fully grown, muscular man. Laxus beside him was no less impressive. Under Allen's influence, he had now grown to 1.8 meters and weighed 160 pounds. This was still the result of the two of them carefully controlling their weight; otherwise, being too heavy would affect their future development.
However, Jude and Layla's expressions soon returned to normal. In their eyes, it was only natural for people of that age and build to be so strong.
Jude smiled. "As expected of an S-Class Mage from Fairy Tail. Heroes truly do emerge in their youth. Layla and I have a daughter, Lucy, who is almost eight this year. She still can't properly control her magic, though. It seems my daughter has no talent for magic."
After exchanging some pleasantries, Jude looked at the two of them seriously. "To be frank, I investigated your guild before. Your guild is currently going through a gap in its strength. Before the two of you appeared, your guild's strongest fighters were probably Guild Master Makarov and Gildarts, right? Apart from them, there were no other S-Class Mages. It wasn't until you two prodigies became S-Class Mages a few years ago that your guild once again became Fiore's number-one Mage Guild. I've also heard