Early the next morning, the four members of Heartfilia came to the school and found Allen.
Seeing the expressions on their faces, Allen knew they had already made their decisions, so he invited them to his laboratory.
This was also the first time the other three had visited Allen's laboratory, apart from Lucy.
Everyone who had heard about Allen's laboratory was especially curious about it. Allen had first developed the Second Magic Source there, and later developed a great many spells there as well. His latest masterpiece was the Trial Magic Circle, so everyone wanted to see whether the laboratory still held any other undisplayed treasures.
However, no one could enter without Allen's permission, and there were only a handful of people who could come straight in.
Lucy had only visited for the first time yesterday, and she had been in such a hurry that she had not looked around carefully either.
The four were actually somewhat disappointed after entering, because the area they had entered was merely the laboratory's reception room. The things Allen was truly researching were in the rooms inside.
Allen smiled when he saw the disappointment on their faces. He then asked the four to sit down, poured them each a cup of tea, and gestured for them to speak first.
As the current head of the Heartfilia family, Layla naturally spoke first. "Allen, I'm sure you already understand why we came today. We all know how important the information you gave us is, so after discussing it, we've decided to give you ninety percent of the shares in our trading company. We'll retain eight percent of the remaining ten percent, while the other two percent will belong to our former business partners."
"I know this compensation is still far too little compared to the kindness