Cain the Tycoon

Cheers thundered through the entire guild, nearly blowing the roof off.

Seeing everyone in the guild cheering and celebrating her arrival, Erza felt immensely happy. The joy in her eyes was impossible to hide.

"Erza, come with me."

Cain brought Erza over to Cana and Gray and introduced them. "This is Cana Alberona, and this is Gray Fullbuster."

"Hello, I'm Erza Scarlet."

After the three exchanged greetings, Cain asked Cana, "Cana, after the party ends, I'll have to trouble you to take Erza to the girls' dormitory."

"Tch, we're guildmates. What's there to trouble me about?"

Cana waved it off without a care.

"Oh, right, Cana. I brought you a gift."

As he spoke, Cain took out a sea pearl and handed it to her.

Looking at the sea pearl Cain offered her, Cana said happily, "Hehe, then I'll gladly take it."

Beside them, Gray looked at Cain eagerly, hoping he would get a gift too. However, Cain did not pull another pearl from his pocket and hand it over.

Gray immediately realized that Cain had not prepared anything for him. "Cain, why don't I get one?"

Cain looked at Gray in surprise. "Why would a guy like you want a pearl?"

"I... I..." Unable to think of a reason, Gray flew into a rage out of embarrassment. "Damn it, Cain! Die!"

With that, he lunged at Cain, and the two instantly began brawling.

"Gray, your clothes!" Cana called out to the naked Gray, but he was currently locked in an intense struggle with Cain and had no time to pay her any attention.

Seeing this, Cana sighed and said to Erza, "Don't mind them. Immature boys are just like that."

Erza nodded as if she understood.

What had originally been a fight between Cain and Gray somehow gradually spread to the entire guild.

"Uh..." Cana looked at the guild, now in complete chaos, and wondered how she should explain it to Erza.

Erza's one eye shone as she said, "So this is family? It's wonderful."

"Uh... I-I suppose." Though Cana felt that something was off, at least the newcomer had not been frightened away.

In the end, the commotion was suppressed by the sobered-up Makarov. After telling Erza, "See you tomorrow," Cain left the guild arm in arm with Gray.

Back at his villa, Cain soaked in a bathtub filled with hot water and said contentedly, "Now this is living~"

That was right. Cain had already bought himself a villa. But where had the money come from?

It had not come from request rewards, nor from robbing the rich to help the poor. It came from when he had been studying potions and medical knowledge.

He had developed a Scar-Removal Ointment with excellent results, then partnered with the Noblewoman Perfume Shop.

He had contributed the formula in exchange for fifty percent of the shares, while they handled production, packaging, and sales for the other fifty percent.

Cain had originally thought that since he was only contributing a formula, thirty percent would have been enough. But the other side refused to agree and insisted on splitting the profits fifty-fifty.

Only after returning to the dormitory did Cain realize that they had done so because of Fairy Tail. After all, Fairy Tail's guild master was one of the Ten Wizard Saints.

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After figuring it out, Cain told Guild Master Makarov about it and wanted to give the guild twenty percent of the shares. However, Makarov did not care at all and grandly waved him off.

In truth, Makarov believed Cain's Scar-Removal Ointment would not make much money.

Yet, to his surprise, in only three months, the ointment became wildly popular throughout the Fiore Kingdom and even showed signs of spreading to neighboring countries. Some people had certainly grown jealous, but once they discovered Fairy Tail stood behind it, they all backed down.

In just three months, Cain's share of the profits exceeded fifty million, equivalent to the reward for ten S-Class Requests. (An S-Class Request paid over one million; five million is used here.)

The moment Cain received his profits, he bought a villa. Whenever Makarov found out, he would secretly hide in a corner and cry.

Of course, Cain had also donated ten million to the guild and promised to make donations every month from then on. This made Makarov repeatedly call Cain a good child.

Whenever Cain recalled the guild master clutching him and weeping after he donated money, he could not help but laugh.

Then again, it made sense. Leaving aside everyone else in the guild, Gildarts's bills alone gave Makarov endless headaches.

Not to mention Laxus, who had already begun to make a name for himself. Fortunately, the rewards for the requests they accepted were quite high.

Even so, the guild never had much money, considering they threw parties at the drop of a hat and constantly had to repair furniture.

After finishing his bath, Cain went to his underground library. The entire library covered roughly two hundred square meters, but many of its bookshelves were still empty. Only a scattered few were filled with books.

Cain believed that one day, his library would be completely filled.

He lit a stick of incense he had personally made, one that calmed the mind and soothed the spirit, brewed himself a cup of tea, then took out the ancient text he had just obtained and began reading.

Second by second, time passed. Cain put down the ancient text and muttered, "Although there was nothing about Dragon Script, I still gained a great deal."

The next day.

Cain arrived at the guild and saw Cana and Erza enjoying the breakfast provided by the guild. Originally, the guild did not provide breakfast.

But Cain had later suggested that the guild offer three free meals a day as a guild benefit. After receiving his donation, Makarov had become flush with cash and agreed without a second thought.

This made the already lively guild even livelier.

Once Erza had finished breakfast, Cain stepped forward and said, "Erza, let's go. I'll take you somewhere."

"Cain, you're not allowed to bully Erza, okay? Otherwise, hmph hmph."

As she spoke, Cana raised her pretty little fist and threatened Cain.

Cain had not expected the two of them to become so close after only one night. Just as he was about to tease them a little—

Erza spoke first. "Don't worry, Cana! Cain won't bully me."

Cana had not expected Erza to trust Cain so much, and it made her feel a little like a clown.

"Hahaha, don't worry. I won't bully Erza."

Cain rubbed Cana's soft hair, then left the guild with Erza.

Only after the two had left did Cana snap out of it. She gave a huff, then turned and went to the request board to see whether there were any suitable requests.

Although the guild provided three meals a day, so she did not need to worry about food expenses, there were still other things she needed money for, such as buying clothes.

Cain led Erza out of Magnolia and headed deep into the forest.

As they walked, he said, "Grandma Porlyusica doesn't really like humans, so she lives in a rather remote place."

"Grandma Porlyusica?"

"Mm. Grandma Porlyusica is very skilled in medicine. She should be able to solve the problem with your body."

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