The Show Begins

Inside Granny Porlyusica's wooden house, Mira showcased her culinary skills, the aroma of her meal captivating the Celestial Dragons from Edolas, who, despite his initial reluctance, devoured the food with gusto.

Hughes had initially planned to secretly record the scene using the Recording Magic Crystal and then sell it to Makarov for an exorbitant price, but after a couple of seconds of thought, Hughes abandoned this suicidal idea.

It wasn't just because he was afraid that if Granny Porlyusica found out, she would unilaterally raise the prices of all kinds of medicines on him.

He was even more afraid that she had added various drugs to the medication that could easily lead to his social death.

It's not worth it, not worth it at all.

Because Grandma Porlyusica didn't have much food, this afternoon tea, which could barely be considered lunch, was eaten very quickly.

After the meal, Mira took the initiative to clear the table, while Hughes chatted with Granny Porlyusica for a long time. Every time Hughes said four or five sentences, Porlyusica would reply with one or two sentences...

The two mainly discussed Hughes's mental health issues.

After being soundly beaten by Makarov, Hughes's complacent attitude dissipated, and his desire to become stronger was temporarily ignited.

Hughes wanted Granny Porlyusica to assess whether his previous guess was correct.

If their opinions were similar, Hughes immediately began absorbing the two demonic possessions he possessed within the next two days, until he raised the Awakening level of the Flame-Flame Fruit to 80%.

If Granny Porlyusica thought there was a risk, Hughes would first go and improve his physical fitness.

Hughes remembered that after annihilating the Dark Guild, Threads of Illusory Evil, he activated the hidden quest "Annihilate the Enemy Group".

The so-called "Annihilate the Enemy Group" means the complete destruction of a dark guild. This mission can be triggered multiple times, and the mission rewards are distributed based on the strength of the enemy.

According to the system's evaluation, the Dark Guild - Threads of Illusory Evil- belongs to the top level of Paradise in the first half of the Grand Line in the One Piece world.

The reward given at the time was the mastery of one of the Six Powers, Shave, at the perfect proficiency level.

Improving physical fitness is a common reward in system tasks; it's very frequent, with eight or nine out of ten system tasks offering rewards that enhance physical fitness.

Although "Annihilate the Enemy Group" is a hidden mission and the rewards are not previewable like those of regular missions, Hughes believes that by simply eliminating two or three heinous dark guilds, one of the missions will reward him with an improvement in physical attributes.

As for whether launching a rash attack on the Dark Guild without the Magic Council's permission would violate the Magic Council's prohibition?

All I can say is that President Jose will have to work harder, and the good fortune will be enjoyed by Hughes; for other problems, go find Jose.

What did Jose's actions have to do with his Hughes...?

Moreover, given the conflict between Jose and the Magic Council, Hughes estimated that the Magic Council was currently turning a blind eye to all of Jose's actions.

Just now, while Hughes was helping Mira in the kitchen, Mira told Hughes about all the major events that had happened in the past three days.

Mira naturally focused on telling Hughes about the major events that led to the destruction of the Magic Council and the conflict between Jose and the Magic Council.

According to Mira, the Magic Council insisted that Jose destroyed the Magic Council at the time, and even showed the Recording Magic Crystal to the entire continent.

Jose was already furious because the fake Jose had been defeated by Laxus in Thunder Valley.

The entire magical world is now buzzing with discussion about him, questioning his strength. Countless arrogant ants, oblivious to the immensity of the heavens and earth, are causing a ruckus outside the Phantom Lord Guild, claiming that Jose's strength is insufficient to be among the "Ten Wizard Saints" and deluding themselves into thinking they can defeat him and take his place.

Now, the Magic Council is turning a blind eye and directly blaming Jose. Although the person inside the Recording Magic Crystal looks exactly like Jose, anyone with discerning eyes can see at a glance that it was a fake Jose who destroyed the Magic Council, based on the magic he used.

But there are far more fools in the world...

Combined with what happened in Thunder Valley, in an instant, the entire Ishgar Continent was filled with condemnation of Jose over the past two days, like a tidal wave.

Enraged, Jose immediately stormed the Magic Council, demanding an explanation from Crawford Him and the others.

However, Crawford Himm was prepared and had already invited two veteran members of the "Ten Wizard Saints" to wait for Jose at the Magic Council.

Jose spent a day at the Magic Council, and no one knows what he discussed with Magic Council. All that is known is that after leaving the Magic Council, Jose traveled all over the continent...

Thinking of this, Hughes smiled to himself. Since President Jose had already taken so much blame, it wouldn't matter if he took a few more!

I almost forgot, Dojigiri hasn't sought revenge on him Ezel!

So, Jose has been quite busy lately...

While Hughes was lost in thought, Porlyusica was still pondering Hughes's question.

Finally, she walked straight to the reagent counter, bent down, and pulled out a black box from the bottom, handing it to Hughes.

"I haven't personally witnessed you developing your fire abilities, so giving advice without any concrete evidence would only hinder you."

Here are some psychiatric medications I recently prepared. Take them all; having these should prevent your mental illness from recurring!

Hughes reached out and took it, opened it and counted; there were still twenty.

"Grandma, we're already so familiar with each other, can you give me a discount?" Hughes said with a grin.

Porlyusica glanced at Hughes, then picked up a broom from nearby, intending to demonstrate a sweeping motion to Hughes.

The cost of the psychotropic drug is higher than that of the nutritional drug. She bought it from Hughes for 1 million J, which was practically a buy-one-get-one-free deal. And now this kid wants to haggle with her!

Seeing that Porlyusica had raised her broom halfway up the air, Hughes immediately backed down, chuckled twice, and put away the black box in his hand.

If they won't let you bargain, then don't bargain. Why resort to violence...?

Porlyusica calmly put down the broom that was halfway up the wall before continuing, "I won't be able to make any more psychoactive drugs for the next three years."

Some of the specific materials for these psychic potions can only be harvested after three years. These potions are unavailable elsewhere, and there's nothing I can do about it. So please use these twenty psychic potions sparingly!

Upon hearing Granny Porlyusica's words, Hughes paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's alright. I'm not weak now, and there aren't many enemies that require me to take a psychic potion to deal with."

Porlyusica nodded, then turned and went to the reagent station to prepare the medicine.

Hughes understood that the old man meant they should get lost if they had nothing else to do, so he waved to Mira, who had just finished her work, and the two of them left.

When Hughes and Mira arrived at the Fairy Tail guild in Magnolia Town, it was almost dinnertime.

At this moment, the two stood outside the guild gate. Hughes raised an eyebrow at Mira, telling her to enter the guild later, and then he vanished silently into the guild.

"Childish!" Mira rolled her eyes, thinking disdainfully, "How old are you? You still like to play these scary little tricks."

Hmph, they still won't let me in!