"Hmm? This magic seems familiar."
"Aye."
Natsu and Happy felt a sense of familiarity when they saw Romeo's magic.
Romeo whispered, "I've been secretly learning it at Totomaru-sensei's magic class, without my dad knowing."
"That guy... is doing that again."
Gajeel couldn't help but smile upon hearing news of an acquaintance.
Totomaru was one of the Element 4, very skilled in flame magic. Although his strength was relatively weaker among the Element 4, he was a very good person and one of Gajeel's rare acquaintances.
"I miss it so much! I haven't tasted all the colors of that guy's flames yet! I want to go see him with you!" Natsu shouted excitedly.
"Sorry, Natsu-nii is a forbidden word in front of him." Romeo refused.
"How long has it been? He's still so petty, how stingy."
"Aye!"
Erza looked at Bisca and Alzack in surprise. "You two got married?!"
Bisca was brought back to the guild by her, so their relationship had always been good.
"Yes, six years ago."
Bisca said, "Listen, Erza, I was the one who proposed. Alzack..."
"Don't bring that up again."
"Con... congratulations to you two. Although I'm not very sensible, please take care of me."
Elfman was a bit confused. "What are you talking about, Erza?"
Mirajane said, "She's probably imagining herself getting married, but speaking of marriage..."
Mirajane secretly glanced at Takeshi. She seemed to be at an age where she could get married too.
"That's great, do you have children?" Lisanna asked curiously.
"We have a daughter named Asuka."
Just then, several people walked through the guild doors.
"Ohhhh!"
"With all my love, I congratulate you on your return."
"What a boisterous guild, has it returned to its former state?"
"Rejuvenation?"
"For these guys, seven years haven't aged them at all."
Gray exclaimed, "It's you!"
"Lamia Scale?!"
The newcomers were Lyon and his four companions.
Marcus said, "When searching for Tenrou Island, Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale both helped us."
"Then aren't we indebted to these guys?"
Lyon said, "No need to fuss over such trifles. Although Blue Pegasus got a head start, in terms of strength, we are superior."
"Uh... you care about that?" Gray asked.
Fairy Tail had never cared about such things, and naturally became the strongest Mage Guild in the Ishgar continent.
Sherry explained, "In these seven years, Lamia Scale has climbed to the position of Fiore's No. 2 guild. What a pity, Lucy-san."
Lucy exclaimed, "Does that mean Blue Pegasus is number one?"
Toby loudly retorted, "How is that possible?!"
Yuka said, "Don't get angry so easily, number one isn't Blue Pegasus."
Jura said, "That's not important, it's good that everyone is safe."
"Takeshi-dono, it's been a long time."
Jura greeted Takeshi individually. After all, when the allied forces fought together, Takeshi contributed the most, and Jura always remembered this kindness.
Takeshi smiled and said, "For me, it's only been about a month."
At this moment, Lyon saw Juvia and immediately felt his heart race.
He flashed in front of Juvia and asked, "Is this the legendary love at first sight?"
"Eh?"
Juvia was stunned.
Lucy was also startled. "Wow... how direct."
Gray had a bad premonition. "Trouble is coming again."
"That's how it is, I'm Cana's dad." Gildarts put his arm around Cana, introducing her to the non-Tenrou Island group.
"Hey! Don't cling to me!"
Cana regretted it a little at this moment. She didn't expect this old man to be so clingy, telling everyone he met.
The guild was lively, filled with laughter and joy.
Takeshi looked at the guild and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Everyone in the guild was safe and sound. But he also felt a bit guilty. Seven years felt like a second to him, but for the members who stayed behind, it was truly seven years.
During the Tenrou Island incident, he actually had many ways to resolve that crisis. He could have used Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer everyone, which would have been the simplest for him.
He could also have used Garganta to lead everyone into the spatial rift to hide.
Ultimately, he did none of that, choosing instead to confront the crisis. The final outcome of the battle was his defeat.
However, despite the defeat, he gained a lot. At least Acnologia, the ultimate boss of the Fairy Tail world, was not necessarily unbeatable in his eyes.
As long as he continuously increased his magic power, he could defeat Acnologia.
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In the evening, Takeshi returned home.
Seven years had passed, and the house looked a bit old, but it was generally very clean, with not much dust on the tables and chairs. It seemed someone had been regularly cleaning it.
As for who cleaned it, Takeshi guessed it was Laki. Among the guild members, only Laki would be so meticulous.
Takeshi glanced at his System interface.
[Host: Takeshi]
[Age: 19]
[Race: Human]
[Magic Power: ★★★★★★★]
[Magic: Take Over]
[Character Cards: Ulquiorra Cifer (Gold), Edward Newgate (Gold), Minato Namikaze (Gold), Satoru Gojo (Gold), Gin Ichimaru (Gold), Itachi Uchiha (Gold)]
[Spins: 81]
At this time, there were only six Gold Character Cards left. Although the number of character cards decreased a bit, it was exchanged for a high seven-star magic power, which was not a loss at all.
Seven-star magic power was already the threshold for a Wizard Saint.
Such magic power was enough for Takeshi to handle most situations, but it was far from enough to face Acnologia. To contend with Acnologia, he would need at least eight stars, or even eight and a half stars of magic power.
What Takeshi was most satisfied with was the number of spins.
84!
When he first saw this number, Takeshi was very excited. He had never seen so many spins before.
Over seven years, the system had granted him one spin per month.
Although the Super Magic Fairy Sphere froze his time, it couldn't freeze the system's time. There was nothing happier than waking up to find so many extra spins.
Eighty spins was equivalent to completing eight S-class Quests. Doing eight S-class Quests was not difficult for Takeshi, the real difficulty was having eight S-class Quests available for him to do.
"I wonder how many Gold Cards I can draw this time. It's really exciting."
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