It was rare, but after all the commotion, the old geezer of a guild master still generously nodded and agreed to let her join—even though that troublesome little girl hadn't bothered to hide her main reason for coming to Fairy Tail. She'd been eager to topple the even-shorter old man from his guild master's throne and claim it for herself, for example.
But the result...
Who knew what his motive was? In the end, that old geezer of a guild master had simply nodded and accepted her application to join.
Of course, he hadn't accepted Annie's challenge. He'd only said that giving her the guild master's position wasn't out of the question, but first she would have to pass all sorts of tests. Strength or magic alone couldn't be the deciding factor.
Whether he meant that sincerely or had merely said it to fob off a little girl remained to be seen.
Regardless, Annie, with her miraculous fairy magic that could reshape reality and alter the fundamental structure of matter, and Lucy, with her impressive Celestial Spirit Magic, had successfully joined Fairy Tail and become members of Fairy Tail. That much was now set in stone.
"All right!"
"Little Annie, come over here!"
After everyone had spent a while making merry—and fighting—and guild master Makarov Dreyar had gotten caught up in it and suffered quite a bit, everything finally returned to normal. Once everyone had started chatting and eating and drinking again in the guild hall, Mirajane Strauss, Fairy Tail's S-Class mage, its poster girl, and the big sister who also served as the guild master's secretary and clerk, waved to a little girl wandering around in the distance.
"Hey!"
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"Coming! Coming!"
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When she heard someone call her, Annie hurried over from across the room and asked cutely: