"Hey, hey, hey... is this really Mavis?!"
"It must be her! Look, the facial features are identical..."
"This is the first time I've ever seen Mavis wearing shoes."
"She's so beautiful... Uh, Mavis, you don't need to be envious, you're very beautiful too!"
Envious?
Of course she was!
Not only was Mavis envious, but Zera was also quite envious.
The two young girls kept their eyes fixed on the two women who had stepped into the hall; they were part envious and part shy, their cheeks flushing crimson for a moment.
"Is... is this really us?"
"So tall! So big! So mature! So beautiful!!"
"Can I grow up to be an adult like that in the future?"
"Weston..."
The young girl excitedly grabbed Weston's hand, but when she turned her head, she found her man staring straight at the women opposite them, his eyes unblinking, looking as if his soul had left his body.
"Hey! Weston, where exactly are your eyes looking?"
Zera's face turned black on the spot. She raised both hands and grabbed Weston's head, twisting it toward her: "Looking at me is enough, you're not allowed to look at them!!"
Oh boy!
Even a 'self' from another world can cause jealousy?
"Uh... alright, alright... I won't look anymore!"
Weston dotedly rubbed Zera's head and pressed her into his chest.
Then, he still craned his neck to look sideways.
With such a unique scenery, what man could bear not to look?
However, just as he was about to shift his gaze, he met Mavis's 'calm' and 'gentle' gaze.
In that instant, Weston felt as if he were looking at a cloudless sky before a storm, or like seeing the surging undercurrents beneath a calm sea surface.
Sigh... forget it!
If I'm not allowed to look, I won't look!
Edolas-Yuri, stifling a laugh, introduced them: "These are the Chief of Staff and her assistant. You can tell who they are at a glance, right?"
"By the way, these two are already married!"
Everyone present was instantly struck with shock.
"What?!"
"No way?!"
"You're saying they're... already... married?!"
Edolas-Yuri nodded: "Yes, they are both wives of Weston Leibniz!"
"Ehh??!"
Zera and Mavis were immediately overwhelmed with bashfulness.
Weston let out a sharp breath: "My... I mean, the other me's wives?!"
Then, turning his head, he glared through gritted teeth at the muscle-man standing not far away, his gaze leaking intense envy.
"Dammit! That guy is eating really well..."
Forget it!
Don't be envious, don't be envious!
One must know, a loli can grow into a great beauty, but a great beauty can never turn back into a loli!
Looking at it this way, he was still the superior one!
Amidst the noise, a tall figure emerged from behind the throne at the back of the hall.
"Royal Father!"
"Your Majesty the King!"
Edolas-Yuri and the six ministers in the hall bowed simultaneously.
Weston looked up, and a very familiar face instantly came into view.
"Is that... Laxus?!"
The current King of Edolas looked exactly like a future Laxus!
Although this 'Laxus' looked a bit aged on the outside, that face, along with the lightning-shaped mark over his eye, all indicated that this person was the counterpart of Ishgar's future Laxus!
This pair, who had never met as great-grandfather and great-grandson in Ishgar, had actually become father and son in this world?
The natural order is a bit reversed here!
Speaking of which, in the original work, the Edolas Erza and Jellal both showed S-class strength.
Then...
What level of strength had the Laxus of Edolas reached?
"Yuri, are you finally willing to come back?"
"And who are these people?"
Weston carefully observed the majestic King before him.
According to Edolas-Yuri, his father had campaigned in the south and north in his youth, and two-thirds of Edolas's current territory was conquered by him.
Such an existence's strength was definitely not weak!
Estimating his age from his appearance, he was in his early forties, not quite fifty.
Right in the peak period of a human!
Even if there's a difference between the two worlds, and he only equated to Laxus at age 30 or even 25, he was not to be underestimated!
"Royal Father, these people are travelers from an alternate world."
"During this time, while I was traveling outside, I accidentally encountered a certain spatial transfer magic..."
Ten minutes later, Edolas-Yuri recounted everything that had happened to him during this period in great detail.
"This time, it was only because I happened to meet the members of Fairy Tail that I was fortunate enough to return. But if something similar happened to others, returning to their homeland would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens."
"For the safety of our citizens, I believe it is necessary to conduct a deep investigation into this matter, cut off the source, and prevent the same thing from happening in the future."
The King did not answer directly, but instead turned to look at his subordinates: "Chief Executive, what is your view on this matter?"
"Yes!"
The chief Executive took a step forward: "As far as I know, the transfer incident that happened to the Prince is not an isolated case."
"In the past history of Edolas, there have been multiple similar records."
"The earliest of these can be traced back over 300 years ago."
"It was also starting from that era that Edolas entered a 'Magic Depletion Period,' which has continued to this day."
"Some historians believe that perhaps in that era, some existence in another world used a super-large-scale spatial magic, thereby forming a spatial rift between Edolas and other worlds. The magic balance was broken, subsequently leading to a one-way loss of Edolas's magic power."
300 years ago...
Super-large-scale spatial magic?
Spatial rift?!
If one were to say what fits these elements best, it would surely be Eclipse, right?
A suspicion faintly grew in Weston's heart.
The chief Executive's speech hadn't ended: "Regarding the 'Transfer Incident,' magic research scholars mainly have two theories."
"The first theory is that magic power is the 'foundation' that maintains the stability of the world."
"Once magic power is lost and the foundation collapses, the entire world becomes riddled with holes, allowing people to enter and exit at will."
Weston secretly shook his head.
From Edolas's perspective, it was understandable to have this guess.
But he knew the truth was otherwise.
Because in the future, after Edolas's magic power was completely eliminated, the entire world became very stable, and not many Wizards broke in anymore.
This indicated that the 'Transfer Incident' didn't have much to do with whether the world's magic was stable or sufficient.
"The other theory comes from those who once went to other worlds and returned to Edolas, as well as those who accidentally came to Edolas from other worlds."
"These people state that in other worlds, there exist powerful Wizards capable of using spatial magic."
"The people transferred to the alternate world were 'exiled' or 'played with' by those Wizards."
"If it is the latter, then that is definitely not an existence we can easily deal with!"