"Ding, ding, ding! The match is over!! Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable!" Pumpkin Man shouted in utter shock. "Facing the entire Raven Tail team, who all entered the arena through underhanded means, Laxus of Fairy Tail Team B actually crushed the whole Raven Tail guild single-handedly!"
"This is simply unbelievable!!!"
"Raaah!" As thunderous cheers erupted throughout the stadium, Laxus bent down, casually picked up the fur coat he had tossed on the ground, and slung it over his shoulder.
"Laxus, one day you'll understand. Cough, cough..." Ivan slumped helplessly against the shattered, caved-in wall at the edge of the arena, allowing the Kingdom's officers responsible for tournament security to storm in, hoist him up, and drag him away. Before leaving, he still managed to turn back and shout laboriously at Laxus, "Photon Reconstruction is Fairy Tail's darkness!"
"Tch. Who knows?" Laxus curled his lip, ignoring his father's howling. With his coat draped over him, he walked back to Fairy Tail's spectator area without looking back, beneath the crowd's eager gazes and cheers.
"Well done." Achill gave Laxus a slight nod and spoke calmly.
"I suppose." Shrugging indifferently, Laxus sat back down in his seat, looking utterly unconcerned.
"That was amazing, Laxus! You actually beat everyone in that rotten guild all by yourself!" The moment he sat down, Natsu, Gray, and the others eagerly crowded around him, peppering him with questions.
Makarov glanced at his grandson, surrounded by his guildmates, and a trace of gratification flashed through his eyes. Then he turned to Achill, who was still holding and playing with little Angel, and asked rather helplessly, "You knew all along, Achill?"
"Mm-hmm!" The little girl nodded with a perfectly serious expression!
"I wasn't asking you." Makarov sounded helpless at first, but then his whole body jolted. Looking up in disbelief, he exclaimed,