"This is our new member, Juvia. Isn't she lovely?" Makarov proudly introduced Juvia, who was beside him.
"Please take care of me."
After the Jellal incident concluded, Juvia returned early, stating her intention to formally apply to Fairy Tail.
Takeshi and the others understood Makarov's character. Even though Juvia was previously a member of Phantom Lord, he would not refuse her entry.
"Haha! You really joined."
"It was thanks to everyone. Juvia will do her best."
"Also, there's another new member to introduce. Hurry up and say hello." Makarov looked to the side.
"Who else is there?!" Happy exclaimed in surprise.
It was quite rare for two new members to join the Guild at once.
Soon, the person turned around, and their appearance startled several people.
"Eh?!"
"Hey... You're kidding, right?!"
"Gajeel?!"
Gray asked Makarov, "Why is this guy here?! What exactly is going on?!"
Juvia quickly interjected, "Wait a moment, he was introduced by Juvia."
Erza said with a serious expression, "Juvia is one thing, but this guy is the main culprit who destroyed our Guild."
Makarov tried to pacify them, "Alright. He only acted under Jose's orders. As the saying goes, yesterday's enemy is today's friend."
Natsu stomped over indignantly. "What are you talking about?! How can I possibly work with a guy like this?!"
Gajeel looked at Natsu with a cold face and said, "Don't worry, I don't intend to get chummy with you guys. I just want to find a job, and I never expected to work in the most annoying Guild. Just thinking about it is irritating."
"What did you say?!" Natsu instantly became furious.
Juvia hastily explained to Gray, "Gajeel-kun is very lonely, and Juvia was a little worried about him. Oh, I don't mean I like him."
Makarov said, "Guiding young people who have gone astray back to the right path is the responsibility of the older generation. He's not a bad guy at heart. You brat, what do you think?"
Makarov glanced at Takeshi. Takeshi was his designated successor, and although it hadn't been publicly announced, he felt it was important to consider Takeshi's opinion.
Takeshi smiled and said, "Isn't this great?"
"Takeshi?!"
Natsu and the others, including Gajeel, were stunned. They hadn't expected him to show no objection at all.
"Phantom Lord has already disbanded, and I taught him a good lesson. This matter ends here."
When Takeshi had taught Gajeel a lesson in Onibus, he hadn't held back. Gajeel was severely beaten, and even with a Dragon Slayer's recovery ability, he had only recently healed his injuries.
This caused Gajeel to instinctively feel a little intimidated when he saw Takeshi now. He used to be a very proud and arrogant person. But after he met Takeshi, he realized that there were actually even more terrifying monsters in this world.
The other party was about the same age as him, but his strength was on a different dimension. Even his Guild Master, Jose, was brutally beaten by Takeshi. From that time on, he had been a little afraid of Takeshi.
He hadn't expected Takeshi to not object to him joining Fairy Tail at all. This greatly surprised him.
Takeshi said, looking at Gajeel, "Since you've joined Fairy Tail, as long as you don't betray Fairy Tail and don't do anything that harms Fairy Tail's reputation, then you are a Mage of Fairy Tail."
Gajeel was different from Jellal. In the anime, Gajeel was a member of Fairy Tail and made great contributions to the Guild. Naturally, he was more tolerant of such a person.
If Gajeel hadn't provoked him in front of the arena back then, he would have been a little gentler. At that time, Gajeel was too arrogant, so he was a little harsher.
When Gajeel heard Takeshi's words, he involuntarily replied, "I understand."
If someone in Phantom Lord had dared to say that to him, he would have definitely punched them away. But the other party was Takeshi. Not only did he not want to fight, but a strange sense of honor inexplicably rose in his heart.
"Since both Master and Takeshi have decided this, I won't say anything more. However, it's probably best to monitor him for a while longer." Erza was still somewhat wary of Gajeel.
"Alright." Makarov nodded.
Erza was an S-Class Mage, so even as the Guild Master, Makarov had to give her opinion serious consideration.
"Oh, by the way, Takeshi, come here. I have something I want to ask you."
Makarov waved to Takeshi, calling him aside privately.
"What's wrong, Master?"
"Takeshi, was the R-System matter related to you?"
A few days ago, a groundbreaking event had occurred in the magic world: the Magic Council fired Etherion. This was the Magic Council's ultimate weapon, said to be capable of destroying a country. Unless something extraordinary happened, the Magic Council would not fire such a thing.
He also received accurate information from his good friend, Yajima, that Ultear and Siegrain were traitors, and Siegrain was Jellal. Etherion was fired at the instigation of these two.
However, something even more serious than the firing of Etherion had happened: someone had transferred the already fired Etherion away.
This symbolized that Etherion was no longer an absolute power, and the Magic Council's dominance over the magic world of Ishgar was broken.
To be honest, he was startled when he had heard this news, but what followed scared him even more. Yajima said that it was very likely Takeshi who had transferred Etherion away, as when Siegrain disappeared, he furiously shouted Takeshi's name.
So Yajima suspected that the transfer of Etherion was very likely related to Takeshi, and he wanted to confirm it with Makarov.
"Mm." Takeshi nodded.
There was nothing to hide about this matter, as there were many witnesses.
"It really was you. And Etherion..."
"Yes, I transferred it away."
"..."
Makarov said nothing.
Although he had long suspected that Takeshi was responsible, he was still shocked when he heard Takeshi admit it firsthand.
"How... how did you do it?"
"I transformed into a character skilled in spatial abilities."
"You brat... you're really getting more and more monstrous."
Makarov didn't know how to describe Takeshi. It had only been a little over a year since Takeshi had joined Fairy Tail.
At first, the characters this brat transformed into were powerful, but his magic power was insufficient, only lasting for about a minute. Later, his magic power grew like crazy, as if he had cheated, and the characters he transformed into became more and more monstrous.
Not long ago, he even defeated Jose, one of the Ten Wizard Saints.
How much time had passed since then?
Now, he had defeated another Wizard Saint, and even Etherion couldn't do anything to this brat.