After Brain was completely dead...
A rare hint of relief flashed across Medivh's face.
In Medivh's view, only now, after completely eliminating the evil Brain, could the simulation mission for Gray's timeline be considered truly completed.
Medivh was not a saint and could not stand by and watch Brain use the Magic Council's judicial system, which was close to abolishing the death penalty, to escape the punishment of death.
The punishment that the Magic Council couldn't deliver, Medivh didn't mind carrying out on their behalf...
"Now, there are no regrets left on Gray's timeline."
Medivh murmured, stretching comfortably.
On the other side.
Natsu, who had repeatedly lost on the path of confronting Erza, Laxus, and others, stood before a large tree.
"Damn it!"
"That damned Gray, that annoying Erza."
"That irritating Laxus, and Mirajane who mocked me."
"And Ultear, whom I can't defeat no matter how hard I try!"
"One day, I'll defeat all of you."
Natsu tied the portraits of Erza, Gray, and others that he had drawn himself onto the thick tree trunk, roaring and swinging his fists, fiercely pounding their faces to vent the frustration in his heart.
At this moment, even though Natsu was hitting the tree trunk, he felt a sense of exhilaration as if he were hitting Gray and the others' bodies.
"Disappear!"
It wasn't until Natsu's hands were red from pounding that he seemed to have vented enough. He gathered his strength, used Dragon Slayer Magic, and punched through the one-meter-wide tree trunk, burning it...
"Bang!"
Suddenly...
A giant egg with blue patterns, over fifty centimeters in diameter, fell from the wide treetop because of Natsu's punch and landed heavily on Natsu's head.
"Damn it, that hurts."
Natsu, caught off guard by the giant egg falling from the sky, got a bump on his head. He lowered his head, covering his head, and complained loudly, "Who the hell is ambushing me? If I find out, I definitely won't let you off."
Natsu swore he would make the person who ambushed him pay!
"Wait, this is..."
However, when Natsu saw clearly what had hit his head, a bright light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said excitedly, "There's no mistake, this is a Dragon Egg! I actually found a Dragon Egg? I'm going back to the Guild."
As Natsu spoke, he hoisted the giant egg before him, broke into a run, and headed straight for the Fairy Tail Guild.
Fairy Tail Guild.
"Bang!"
Natsu kicked open the Guild door, carrying the huge Dragon Egg, and rushed in, shouting loudly, "Everyone, come and see! I found a Dragon Egg!"
"Dragon Egg?!"
Natsu's words exploded like a bomb in the Fairy Tail Guild hall.
Whether it was Ice Magicians like Gray and Lyon, who were at odds with Natsu.
Or Mirajane, Erza, Laxus, and Ultear, the S-Class Mage candidates of the Fairy Tail Guild whom Natsu considered great enemies but could never defeat!
Or even the old-timers of the Guild like Wakaba and Macao, everyone's gaze was fixed on Natsu.
Even Ur, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, was attracted by the giant egg in Natsu's hands.
Undoubtedly...
At this moment, Natsu was the undisputed center of attention in the Fairy Tail Guild.
"Dragon Egg?"
Ultear looked at the giant egg Natsu was tightly hugging, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.
Even Ultear, who had trained under the Heaven King-level Warrod for four full years and read countless magic books during that time, had never seen the appearance of a Dragon Egg.
Therefore, after thinking for a while, Ultear turned to her Mother and asked, "Mother, is the thing Natsu is holding really a Dragon Egg? I've never heard of it! There's no corresponding record even in books."
"To be honest, I'm not too sure either."
Ur heard this and gently shook her head.
Even Ur had never seen a real Dragon.
Dragons, this creature, were almost extinct on the Ishgar Continent...
Saying they were legendary creatures was not an exaggeration at all.
"What a joke..."
"There aren't even Dragons in this world, how could there be a Dragon Egg?"
Mirajane said dismissively, crossing her arms in front of her.
"No!"
"Dragons do exist in this world, there's no doubt about that."
"However, whether the thing Natsu is holding is a Dragon Egg is questionable."
Erza interrupted Mirajane, proving the existence of Dragons on behalf of Natsu.
However, Erza was not sure if the blue and white egg Natsu was holding belonged to a Dragon.
"This is a Dragon Egg!"
Natsu remained stubborn, emphasizing that the egg in his arms belonged to a Dragon.
"Anyway, won't everything be clear once this egg hatches?"
Laxus yawned, feeling that everyone's argument was somewhat meaningless.
What kind of creature this egg belonged to would be known once it hatched, wouldn't it?
"That's right, once this egg hatches, it will prove it's a Dragon Egg."
Natsu said confidently upon hearing this.
He swore he would hatch a flying Dragon.
Then.
Several days later.
Inside the Magic Development Bureau that Medivh had 'captured' by skill.
"Finished."
Medivh wiped the sweat from his forehead...
Following Brain's memories, he had finally completed the complete modification of the Magic Power Developer.
With this developer, as long as a Magician's strength hadn't reached the standard of a Saint Ten Wizard, they could undergo potential development using it...
Of course, this didn't mean that with the assistance of this machine, a Magician would definitely reach the level of a Saint Ten Wizard.
No matter how good the Magic Power Developer was, it was ultimately just an auxiliary tool.
How far could a Magician go on their path of magic?!
It didn't depend on these so-called external things, but on the Magician's own heart.
Guild Master Makarov had taught him this, and Medivh wouldn't forget it.
As for this Magic Power Developer, it could simply help Magicians who needed it reduce the time spent on tempering their bodies and accumulating Magic, nothing more.
"Let's go back to the Guild."
Medivh calculated...
Since he started working on upgrading and modifying the Magic Power Developer for S-Class Mages like Laxus, he hadn't shown up at the Guild for a long time...
Now that the developer was modified, it was time to go back and see.
"Who stole my Dragon Egg?"
"Has anyone seen my Dragon Egg?"
"Damn it..."
When Medivh arrived at the Guild entrance...
He heard a chaotic noise inside the Guild.
He saw Natsu's face showing some panic and helplessness, looking as if he was about to cry, constantly running around the Guild hall...
And asking Laxus, Erza, Mirajane, Ultear, and others one by one if they had seen his Dragon Egg.
"Who would take your Dragon Egg!"
"Huh? I'm completely not interested in that kind of stuff."
"Natsu, could it be that you ate the egg yourself?"
"That huge egg was still in your hands a few days ago, wasn't it?"
Unfortunately, all the answers Natsu received were that they hadn't seen his Dragon Egg.
This made Natsu's heart almost break.
"Dragon Egg?"
"Ah? Is it Happy?"
When Medivh heard the words "Dragon Egg," his body instinctively trembled.
In just a few seconds, Medivh gradually realized that the Dragon Egg Natsu and the others were talking about was probably different from the Dragon Egg he imagined...
The Dragon Egg they were talking about was most likely Happy, who came from Edolas.
This allowed Medivh to gradually calm down. He listened to the conversation of the crowd at the door for a while, confirmed that his guess was correct, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Medivh thought to himself, "It seems it really is Happy."
However, Medivh still didn't rush in. He was waiting for an opportunity.
It wasn't until Elfman, holding the giant egg with blue patterns, hurried past Medivh and quickly ran into the Guild, that Medivh completely relaxed.
"What are you talking about?"
"What happened here?"
At once, Medivh pretended he didn't know anything and slowly walked into the Guild hall.
He looked at the crowd of Fairy Tail Magicians surrounding Natsu and the 'Dragon Egg' that Elfman had brought back, and asked.
"Father, Natsu found a Dragon Egg."
As Medivh's words fell...
Erza was the first to stand up, leave the crowd surrounding Natsu, and come before Medivh, giving him a response.
"Dragon Egg?"
Medivh looked towards Natsu, pretending to be curious.
"Yeah! Medivh, look, I found a Dragon Egg."
As Natsu spoke, he lifted the giant egg with blue patterns high in front of everyone, saying excitedly.
"Although I don't know if the creature inside is a Dragon, I still have to say, Natsu, you're amazing."
Medivh looked at Natsu and gently encouraged him.
"Hehe."
Natsu heard this and seemed a little shy, lowering his head and smiling.
"Crack, crack..."
At the same time.
The Dragon Egg in Natsu's arms suddenly cracked open.
The next second, a small blue cat, like a light feather, hatched from the 'Dragon Egg', spread its wings and flew up, finally landing on Natsu's little head.
"Ah! The Dragon has hatched."
Natsu said excitedly upon seeing this.
"Aye!"
The newly born cat, with angelic wings and a blue, cute appearance.
After hearing what Natsu said, he seemed to feel Natsu's excitement and also shouted happily.
"Hahaha..."
"I've decided, I'll call him Happy!"
"Happy is a Dragon's child."
Natsu shouted excitedly, holding the blue cat.
"Happy END (Happy and Natsu) finally merged?"
Medivh looked at the scene before him, a warm light flashing in his eyes.
Perhaps this was what he had been constantly striving to protect all along?!
"Natsu, that's not a Dragon, is it?"
Gray examined Happy carefully and then said helplessly.
"I don't care! Happy is a Dragon's child."
Natsu still stubbornly insisted that Happy was a Dragon.
"Gray, clothes."
Cana looked at Gray, who had somehow stripped down to just his underwear, and said helplessly.
"Oh no, when did that happen?"
Gray looked at his naked body and couldn't help but say in a panic.
"Gray, really, how can you just take off your clothes anywhere?"
Ur, being Gray's teacher, couldn't help but scold him upon seeing him stripping anywhere.
"No! Please, Senior Ur, you should also put your clothes on."
Cana looked at Ur, who had also stripped down to just her underwear, and couldn't help but remind her.
"Huh?"
"Oh no..."
"How did I become like Gray?"
Ur looked down at her proud, fair figure and couldn't help but say in a panic.
"Wow~"
Meanwhile, the perverts in the Guild abruptly shifted their gaze from Happy to Ur.
"Hehe, it's a rare opportunity, I'll draw a family portrait for the commander."
"Anyway, I'll just draw Happy as a Dragon."
Laki Olietta first wiped the crimson stain under his nose, then wielded his paintbrush, capturing all the scenes before him.
"Uncle, your drawing paper is full of Ur! Damn it..."
In response, Lyon looked at Laki Olietta, who was continuously painting, and said angrily.
"Sorry, I drew the wrong thing."
"This is what I should be drawing..."
Upon hearing this, Laki Olietta's body trembled slightly. He painfully tore up all the Ur drawings he had carefully made, then perfunctorily drew a family portrait of the Fairy Tail Guild, specifically drawing Happy as a small blue Dragon.
"It's so heartwarming."
Medivh looked at the scene before him, the corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards.
"Um, I've completely finished upgrading the Magic Power Developer."
"Does anyone want to be the first to try it?"
To let this warmth continue, Medivh said.
"Uh..."
As Medivh's words fell, the entire Fairy Tail Guild hall fell silent.
Everyone from Fairy Tail present changed color, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, looking at Medivh as if they were collapsing, shouting loudly, "No! Please spare us!"
"I still have to go to work."
"Yes, yes, it'll be too late if we don't go to work now."
"Wakaba, didn't you say you'd go read a book with me?"
"That's right! That's right! Macao, let's go now..."
"Lyon, shall we go ice skating together in a friendly manner?"
"Okay, Gray, got it, Gray."
And so, accompanied by a series of 'bang bang bang' sounds, the Fairy Tail members who had gathered because of Natsu's Dragon Egg fled the Guild as if their lives depended on it.
"Haha."
Medivh looked at the lively Guild and couldn't help but chuckle softly.
This was indeed Fairy Tail.
"Laxus, you come with me."
Upon this, Medivh directly grabbed Laxus, who had just returned from work.
"Huh? Why me?"
Laxus looked puzzled.
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