### Chapter 71: That Is Good
"Phantom Lord!"
Mirajane's voice rang out.
"Miss Mirajane? What exactly happened?! Where is everyone?! Is anyone injured?!"
Seeing Mirajane, Lucy hurriedly asked.
"We were attacked by Phantom Lord. They attacked at night, so everyone is fine. They are all in the guild's basement now."
"Phantom Lord..."
Hearing this name, Riku suddenly realized. There was such a plot in the anime, he just wasn't clear on exactly when it would happen.
Being in Magnolia, he might not have necessarily known if Phantom Lord destroyed the guild at night.
The group followed Mirajane into the guild's basement level.
"Riku is back!"
"Natsu and Gray are back too."
"Did you see the state of the guild? Damn it, those bastards from Phantom Lord dared to attack our guild!!"
"Our two guilds have always been on bad terms. Next time I'll go destroy their guild!!"
"Calm down, the opponent is Phantom Lord."
The Phantom Lord Guild was one of the top large guilds in the Fiore Kingdom. Three years ago, it was even known as the number one Mage Guild in Fiore.
However, in the last three years, newcomers in Fairy Tail had been constantly rising, each making a huge name for themselves. This gave Fairy Tail the momentum to vaguely claim the title of the number one Mage Guild in Fiore, and a considerable number of people even believed Fairy Tail was already number one.
"Yo, welcome back."
Makarov was still the same as usual, seemingly unaffected by the guild's destruction. He sat on a large wine barrel, raising his hand to greet Riku and the others with a slightly drunken flush on his face.
"Old man, this isn't the time to be drinking!!"
Seeing Makarov's completely unperturbed appearance, Natsu instantly got angry. The Fairy Tail guild had been destroyed! They had to go find those Phantom Lord guys for revenge, yet he was acting like nothing happened.
"Oh, really? Going on an S-Class mission without permission requires punishment!! Accept your punishment now!! Prepare yourselves!!"
"Now isn't the time for that either!!"
Hearing Makarov's words, Natsu's anger grew even hotter.
Makarov's palm tapped Natsu, Happy, and Gray on their heads, then smacked Lucy on the butt.
"Kyaa!"
"Master, that's not okay!"
Mirajane put her hands on her hips and said angrily.
Natsu shouted furiously: "Gramps!! Do you know the situation right now?! The guild has been destroyed!!"
Makarov waved his hand, looking like he didn't care: "Calm down, calm down. It's not a big deal. Those idiots at Phantom Lord only have that much capability, smashing the guild while none of us were around. What is there to be proud of? There's no need to get angry at opponents who only know how to sneak attack. Ignore them."
"How can we do that!! I must beat them to a pulp!!"
"This matter ends here. Before the upper floors are repaired, we will work down here."
"Who has the mood to work!!"
"Natsu, that's enough."
Makarov shouted at Natsu, but his hand was still patting Lucy's butt.
Lucy was both embarrassed and shy: "Why are you hitting my butt?!"
Mirajane put her hands on her hips: "Master, I'm going to get angry!"
"Ah! Wait, I need to go to the toilet, can't hold it!"
Makarov trotted off towards the toilet.
"Why can he be so calm, Gramps?"
Natsu was trembling with rage. He simply couldn't understand how Makarov could be so calm when the guild was destroyed.
Mirajane could understand Makarov's feelings: "Natsu, the Master is also unwilling to accept this, but the Council forbids armed conflict between guilds."
"But didn't they start it?"
Mirajane shook her head: "It's not a question of who started it."
The old man was definitely very unwilling that the guild was destroyed. After all, it was a naked provocation; no one would fail to fight back after being beaten.
But once they fought back, it would be characterized as a brawl.
The Magic Council wouldn't care about who started it. As long as the rules were violated, they would be punished. In severe cases, they might even demand the dissolution of the guild.
The guild was an important safe haven for many homeless children. He couldn't let these children become homeless again because of his own anger.
Riku knew the old man's concerns, but at this moment, he was unhappy, very unhappy.
If one was beaten, perhaps the correct choice should be to lie on the ground and call the police, then demand the other party pay for medical expenses, lost wages, emotional damage, and face detention.
But so what? If you don't fight back when beaten, you're not a man.
Holding it in only makes you angrier; taking a step back only makes you lose more.
Put aside personal quality and enjoy a life lacking morals.
Reject internal mental friction; if there's an issue, just go crazy directly.
Rather than aggrieving oneself, it's better to make things difficult for others.
If it was inconvenient for the old man to act, then he would act. Teacher Gildarts had entrusted the guild to him; he absolutely couldn't swallow this insult.
Riku glanced at Mirajane. Mirajane seemed to understand Riku's thoughts and nodded to him.
The two left the guild one after the other. Mirajane handed a document to Riku: "Riku, these are the locations of all Phantom Lord branch guilds."
"As expected of my wife, you understand me."
"I can't fight, otherwise I would have acted long ago. Although we've had friction with Phantom Lord before, they really went too far this time. They must be taught a good lesson."
Mirajane was also very angry seeing the guild turned into that state.
"Don't worry! I won't let them have it easy. Daring to provoke Fairy Tail, I will make them pay ten times the price."
After speaking, Riku greeted Mirajane and turned to leave.
After watching Riku's back disappear, Mirajane turned around to return to the guild.
But as soon as she turned around, Mirajane saw a short figure standing behind her.
"Master?!"
Mirajane didn't expect Makarov to be here. Wouldn't that mean just now...
"Did you give it to him?"
Hearing Makarov's words, Mirajane knew Makarov knew everything, so she gritted her teeth and nodded.
She thought she would face Makarov's scolding, after all, she violated the rules. Unexpectedly, Makarov just smiled and nodded.
"That is good then."