All of Magnolia fell into deathly silence after that brief yet utterly staggering civil war.
Everyone, whether a member of Fairy Tail or an ordinary citizen, gazed toward the direction Ye Chuan had left with the look of someone beholding a god.
They knew that from this day onward...
No, from the very moment this man had set foot in the city.
The definition of the legend known as "Fairy Tail's strongest" had been completely rewritten.
After the farce that was the "guild civil war," Ye Chuan and Robin finally returned to their peaceful, leisurely daily lives.
Inside the villa's study.
Warm afternoon sunlight streamed through the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, falling gently upon the dark-haired woman quietly turning the pages of a book.
Meanwhile, inside the villa's specially reinforced, immense basement.
Ye Chuan was bare-chested, pushing his limits with several tons of weights in a workout that could make the very earth groan.
Sweat trickled down the contours of his lean, powerful muscles like little streams.
However, this hard-won peace was soon shattered by a burst of urgent knocking.
Robin answered the door.
Standing outside was Makarov, the master of Fairy Tail and one of the Wizard Saints.
But at that moment, his usually somewhat irreverent face was filled with unprecedented gravity.
"Oh my, Master Makarov."
Smiling, Robin invited in the patriarch of Fairy Tail, a figure who could be called a legend throughout the Fiore Kingdom.
Looking at the warm, peaceful villa before him, then thinking of his own guild, which had only recently been rebuilt yet was once again a wreck resembling ruins, Makarov could not help letting out a long sigh.
He dispensed with further pleasantries and explained his purpose to Robin.
"Oración Seis, one of the Balam Alliance's guilds, has begun to move."
"The Magic