In the frost-covered snowy ground.
Ur, with Lyon and Gray, ran wildly, enduring the continuous blizzard...
However, it's worth mentioning.
Neither Ur, Gray, nor Lyon wore outer coats; they were only covered by their underwear, protecting them from the biting frost.
Because of this, Gray and Lyon shivered in the wind and snow.
"Hey! Are you three just going to abandon your clothes like that?!"
"Seriously, how many clothes have you lost these past few days?"
"If this continues, we won't be able to make ends meet at home..."
Medivh, who had been behind the group, finally couldn't help but shout a reminder after seeing the three of them abandon their clothes again and frolic in the snow.
"Ah, sorry..."
"Um, Medivh..."
"My, Gray's, and Lyon's clothes are all entrusted to you."
After Ur heard Medivh's loud shouts...
She suddenly remembered that she had accidentally lost her clothes again.
So, she couldn't help but apologize to Medivh, winking playfully at the same time.
"There's nothing I can do with you guys."
Medivh, resigned, still helped Ur and the two boys pick up the clothes they had mercilessly abandoned in the snow.
"Sigh..."
"When will this simulation end?!"
After doing all this, Medivh couldn't help but look up at the sky. Half a year had passed since Medivh eliminated Deliora.
During this half-year, Ur was responsible for teaching Gray and Lyon Ice Make Magic, while Medivh was responsible for 'doing their laundry and cooking their meals.'
As for why Medivh ended up in this situation?!
Mainly because Ur's cooking was simply too terrible.
Ur's cooking style was mainly about not starving.
As for the taste?! She completely ignored it; as long as it was edible, it was fine...
Originally, Medivh had thought of enduring it...
He didn't believe that Gray and Lyon could keep eating Ur's dark cuisine!
No, what Ur made didn't even deserve to be called cuisine.
But Gray and Lyon, these two, actually got used to Ur's cooking.
Therefore, after a long time, Medivh himself couldn't stand it anymore, so he consciously took over the cooking from Ur.
Well, Medivh could endure any hardship except for his taste buds.
As for laundry, in such an extremely cold, north-eastern region, washing clothes was an extremely difficult task! Once clothes got wet and were exposed to the cold wind, they became even harder than armor.
Fortunately, Medivh had his self-created Cleaning Magic, using his unique Gravity Magic to clean the dirt and sweat from clothes at a molecular level...
Thus, the laundry work also fell on Medivh's shoulders.
Fortunately, these chores did not delay Medivh's training.
In this half-year...
Medivh had firmly established himself at the 'Non-Human' level.
Anyway, Medivh now had enough confidence to defeat Warrod Sequen, the senior of the Fairy Tail Guild, who had magic power but was not good at fighting, and was at the bottom of the Heavenly Kings.
However, Medivh would still complain...
"I originally came here to freeload food and drinks!"
"How did I end up like this?!"
"I'm really an embarrassment to the Fairy Tail Guild, which is known for freeloading!"
"If it were that bastard Gildarts, he would definitely shamelessly do nothing."
Medivh sighed, helplessly taking the clothes and going home.
He, Medivh, was still too kind-hearted...
"Speaking of which, Deliora and The Black Priest have already been eliminated by me! Gray's childhood nightmare should be over, so why hasn't this simulation ended?"
Medivh was puzzled by this.
According to his guess, the simulation about Gray should have ended as soon as he dealt with Deliora and The Black Priest, right?!
Could it be that Gray still had some unresolved grievances?
Hmph! He was truly a greedy child who wanted everything...
On the other side.
"Hehe..."
Ur seemed to have been paying attention to Medivh's movements.
After Ur confirmed that Medivh had left, she first chuckled, then smiled at her two disciples, Gray and Lyon, saying, "That guy Medivh finally went home. Do you remember what I told you before? Today seems to be Medivh's birthday. To thank Medivh for doing our laundry and cooking for us for the past six months, how about we go to town today, buy some fruit and cream, and bake him a birthday cake ourselves?"
Yes, during their half-year together, Medivh had unintentionally revealed his birthday.
It was just a casual remark from Medivh at the time, but he didn't expect Ur to remember it so well.
It was a case of the speaker having no intention, but the listener taking it to heart!
"Oh!!"
Upon hearing this, Gray and Lyon both waved their small fists, eager to try.
It wasn't that these two brats were particularly grateful; they were just celebrating that they could finally rest today...
And, they were very interested in making a cake.
After all, they were children~
Once there was no hatred or pressure in their hearts, they easily became curious and interested in everything in this world that they hadn't tried...
And so.
Ur, Gray, and Lyon, from the snowdrifts beneath their feet, dug out the clothes they had hidden a few days ago for today's surprise for Medivh—the clothes they had claimed to Medivh were accidentally lost during their training. After putting them on, they set off for town.
"Sherry, the usual, some fruit!"
"Oh, and more pineapples and mangoes, Medivh likes those."
Ur arrived at her usual fruit stall, greeting the proprietress familiarly, and bought some fruits they usually ate, as well as those Medivh liked.
"Those two children..."
"I remember their names are Gray and Lyon, right?!"
"They're both good kids! Most importantly, they're both handsome in the making, the kind who will charm thousands of young girls when they grow up..."
"That's great, Ur! Having two handsome young boys accompanying you, honestly, I'm envious~"
After Sherry prepared the fruits and cream needed for the cake, she looked at Gray and Lyon, who were playing together behind Ur, and chuckled softly.
"You like them? I'll give them to you, do you want them?"
Ur said nonchalantly upon hearing this.
"No~"
"I'm not interested in those two handsome boys from your household at all~"
"And I don't have time to wait for them to grow up slowly!"
"After all, by the time they finally grow up, I'll be old and unattractive."
"However, if you, Ur, are willing to part with him, why don't you let me have that handsome man from your household! To be honest, I've had my eye on him since the first day he came to town~"
"That face~ those abs~ and that aura~"
"Tsk tsk tsk~"
Sherry said this, her face showing an infatuated expression.
"Sherry! Don't let your saliva drip into the fruit I paid for."
Seeing this, Ur snatched the wrapped fruit from Sherry's arms.
"Speaking of which..."
"Ur, you're not young anymore, aren't you considering settling down with that handsome man?"
"If you're not considering it, remember to let me know, I've been waiting for him~"
"I remember his name is Medivh, right?"
Sherry kept trying to get information about Medivh from Ur.
"None of your business?!"
Ur, upon hearing this, walked away huffily, hugging the fruit. As Ur took Gray and Lyon directly to the bakery to prepare Medivh's birthday cake, she faintly kept muttering: "Is Medivh really that handsome?! Why haven't I noticed it?"
If Medivh were beside Ur at this moment, he would definitely point at Ur's eyes and laugh loudly: "Haha! You actually think I'm not handsome enough? It seems you really need to see an ophthalmologist, my dear Miss Ur."
"I am the face of the Fairy Tail Guild! Every year I'm at the top of the 'Most Desired Magician to Date' list in magazines! Known as a friend to women, a slayer of maidens..."
However, at this moment, Medivh didn't have that leisure.
Because he finally found...
The reason why this simulation about Gray had not ended.
"Finally, finally returned!"
"Mom must miss me, right?!"
"Wait a minute..."
"Who, who is that person?"
In the forest not too far from Ur's wooden house...
A lovely-faced girl, bearing some resemblance to Ur's appearance.
At this moment, she stood there in a daze...
She stared intently at the distant wooden house, astonished to find that her beloved little home with her mother had changed owners during these days.
And that person was an annoying man!
However, in that moment of distraction, she surprisingly discovered that the young man who had been constantly sweeping the room in her mother's house, always under her observation...
Had completely disappeared from her sight.
"Hey! This lovely young lady."
"Do you need some trivial help?"
Before the girl could react, a magnetic voice sounded behind her.
"Uh..."
Upon hearing this, the girl felt a slight tremor in her heart...
When the girl turned around and saw the face of the speaker, she was completely stunned.
This speaker was the very same bad guy who had just disappeared from her sight and had been occupying her mother's house!
"You are..."
After seeing the speaker's face, the girl immediately became like a startled deer. Her expression was extremely tense, ready to flee at any moment.
"Hehe!"
The young man, Medivh, now smiled, patiently looking at the girl in front of him, trying to make himself appear softer as he whispered, "Don't be afraid, big brother is not a bad person."
"Nonsense!"
"You are a big bad guy!"
"That house clearly belongs to Mom and me..."
"Why are you living there?"
"Are you bullying Mom?"
The girl, with a soft loli voice, loudly accused Medivh of his 'atrocities.'
"As expected, it's young Ultear?"
Upon hearing this, Medivh decisively determined the identity of the girl in front of him.
The girl's name was Ultear, Ur's daughter...
Directly translated, it means Ur's tears, so she is also commonly known as 'Sister Tears.'
'Sister Tears' is the source of regret for so many people...
To wash away the mistakes she made in her youth, she spent all her youth, risked everything, and bought that life-saving minute for all the Magicians fighting dragons in the capital at that time.
It can be said that although 'Sister Tears' indirectly caused many tragedies...
She also prevented many tragedies with her own life.
Combined with Ur's sacrifice, it can be said that both mother and daughter sacrificed themselves for Gray's life, which is truly regrettable!
But it doesn't matter, since he, Medivh, is here, there will be no regrets.
"So..."
Medivh looked at young Ultear, thinking of teasing her.
Medivh slightly furrowed his brows, putting on a serious expression, and looked at Ultear in front of him, asking, "So, you are Ultear? Ur's daughter?!"
"You, you know my mother?"
Ultear's eyes widened upon hearing this.
"Of course."
Medivh first admitted that he was indeed familiar with Ur...
Then, he gently flicked Ultear's fair forehead and said angrily, "Speak! Why did you run away from home? Don't you know how worried your mother was about you?"
"Mother worried?"
"Mother didn't abandon me?"
Upon hearing this, tears uncontrollably poured from Ultear's eyes.
Medivh naturally couldn't let Ultear misunderstand Ur's good intentions. He continued to play the 'bad cop' role, saying angrily, "Do you know how much effort Ur put in and how much thought she spent to treat your Magic Power Syndrome?"
"How much did Ur pay to get Brain, the director of the Magic Development Bureau, to take you in?! Why did you then run away from the Magic Development Bureau a year ago? Causing Ur to mistakenly believe you were dead..."
Medivh pressed Ultear.
"A year ago? Ran away?"
Ultear looked confused. She blinked her big eyes, looked at Medivh with a wronged expression, and said weakly, "Uncle, are you mistaken? I only escaped from the Magic Development Bureau last week!"
"Don't call me uncle! Call me big brother..."
Medivh first corrected Ultear's address for him.
"Cough cough..."
Immediately after...
Medivh cleared his throat, pretending to be completely unaware, and continued, "But, a year ago, Ur did go to the Magic Development Bureau to look for you. At that time, Brain, who was the director of the Magic Development Bureau, personally told your mother that you had died!"
"Boom!"
As Medivh's words fell, an incredibly violent magic power surged madly from Ultear's body. With the help of the Magic Development Bureau, Ultear's small body already possessed magic power not inferior to that of a general S-Class Mage of a guild.
This excessive magic power was a complete burden for the current Ultear...
No wonder Ur was so anxious.
"He was lying to my mother!"
"That hateful guy, he was lying to my mother!!"
"He also lied to me! He said mother didn't want me anymore..."
"I'm going back to settle scores with him!"
Ultear roared. She now wished she could kill her way back to the Magic Development Bureau and personally kill that old scoundrel Brain.
"I see."
"So, that guy named Brain, he's Non-Human..."
"He not only deceived your mother but also deceived you! Constantly sowing discord between you two, all to keep you there and obediently cooperate with his Development Bureau for experiments?"
"Is that right?"
Medivh feigned sudden realization and summarized.
"Yes, that's right."
Ultear seemed not to have expected Medivh's comprehension to be so strong, understanding the grievances between her mother and Brain with just a few words...
So, she slowly retracted her magic power and nodded at Medivh.
"Since that's the case, then things are simple."
"We'll wait for your mother to come back first and tell her everything that has happened over the years..."
"Then, completely resolve the misunderstanding between you two."
"Finally, we'll send the damned Brain flying."
Medivh said, reaching out and gently ruffling Ultear's small head.