A glittering golden crown was lifted up by Natsu.
Under the sunlight, it was extremely dazzling... of course… it was also extremely dangerous to hold too!
"That's the king's crown!"
"Did you steal it back with you?!"
Yukino and Wendy's expressions both changed.
"Oh, I grabbed the wrong thing. Not this."
Natsu paid no attention to Wendy and Yukino's expressions. He casually put the crown back into his backpack and continued rummaging around.
"You really stole it…" Wendy asked Natsu with a look of utter despair.
"…You should turn yourself in, Natsu," Gray said, looking like he could no longer bear to watch.
"Proof of our victory! The King's Cup is here!"
Natsu raised the trophy high above his head.
"Romeo, lift it higher!"
Natsu picked Romeo up and had him hold the King's Cup high.
"Ahem!"
The mayor's secretary coughed, signaling for everyone to look toward the mayor.
"Next, the mayor of Magnolia will present a commemorative gift on everyone's behalf."
"A commemorative gift? There's really no need to be so polite."
That was what Makarov said, but despite his politeness, he still very naturally walked up in front of the mayor.
"Everyone from Fairy Tail, please look!"
Following the direction of the mayor's arm, everyone finally noticed that the guild seemed to have become even larger. It had also been renovated.
"Hiss…"
The members sucked in a breath as they looked at the new guild building.
"We expanded and repaired your guild as a commemorative gift."
The mayor had specially hired the best designers to expand and remodel the already large guild.
He had also hired a specialized construction company to work in three shifts.
All kinds of magic had been used one after another, and many Magnolia residents had voluntarily joined in as well.
In just over ten days, they had somehow completed this huge project.
Now, the Fairy Tail guild could be called a landmark building of Magnolia.
Under the mayor's introduction, the members learned the details of the new guild.
The entire building had seven floors, with a total height of 33.3 meters.
The first floor alone was six meters tall.
Just the indoor area of the first floor exceeded 4,000 square meters.
Together with the outdoor flower garden area, the total area exceeded 10,000 square meters.
There were no surrounding walls, because residents and tourists often came here to drink coffee and eat.
In other words, their guild's total area now…
Was larger than a standard football field.
Outdoors, there were warehouses, fountains, artificial hills, ornamental fish ponds, vegetable gardens, flower gardens, greenery, and even a stage.
Everything was available.
Inside, the original swimming pool, hot spring pools, and other facilities remained unchanged, but they had been expanded.
The hot spring pools had even been separated into men's and women's sections.
Raizel seriously suspected that the building had been demolished and rebuilt, but he had no evidence.
'Absurd. Completely absurd.'
That was Raizel's only thought right now.
"Mayor, isn't this really a bit too exaggerated?" Raizel whispered beside the mayor.
The mayor placed one hand behind his back and waved the other indifferently.
"Not exaggerated, not exaggerated. How is it? Doesn't it match the title of the number one guild in the Kingdom of Fiore?"
"The guild got bigger again!" Natsu was clearly very excited.
"Magnolia's air really is the best!"
Natsu spread his arms and took a deep breath of fresh air.
"I like it too!!!"
Mavis stood at the guild entrance, staring fixedly at the new guild. Her feather-like ears twitched.
"Mayor, you're such a good person…" Makarov was moved to tears.
"I truly love this city so much!!!"
"Ooooh!!!"
…
Raizel, Ultear, and the others spent some time touring the new guild.
The first floor was very normal: the bar counter, dining tables, notice board, main stage, reading corner, and photo wall.
But starting from the second floor, aside from the library, everything else being entertainment facilities was really something…
There was even an entire floor dedicated to lounges.
Part of the underground library's collection had been moved to the second floor.
The underground library originally had enough space, but Mavis had asked Raizel to help move the books from Tenrou Island over as well.
As a result, the guild's collection of books and magic had increased again.
Raizel let Yukino choose the magic she wanted to learn by herself.
Raizel gave no suggestions and did not interfere. He only told Yukino to follow her heart.
He did not know whether she would study or awaken Celestial Spirit Magic, but that made Raizel rather look forward to it.
"Um… one more steak over here!"
"I'll have one too!"
When Raizel, Ultear, and the others returned from their tour, Warren and Max were eating heartily.
Each of them had just finished a steak and had already ordered another.
"Okay, okay. You two really do have good appetites," Kinana said with a smile and a nod.
"Finished looking around? How was it?" Mira asked Erza while wiping a plate.
"Mm. It feels like it has become a new guild again," Ultear answered while drinking coffee.
"There are a lot more entertainment facilities upstairs!" Erza gave a thumbs-up, her eyes sparkling with cross-shaped light.
Kagura added, "There's also an astronomical telescope set up on the seventh floor. It should be very nice for stargazing."
Mira's eyes lit up. She raised a hand and brushed the hair near her cheek back, her tone somewhat excited.
"Mm, I'm looking forward to it!"
Raizel said with slight helplessness, "We really owe the mayor a favor this time."
Raizel had spoken with the mayor earlier.
The mayor had started construction directly from the moment they left, without even considering the possibility that they might not take first place.
According to the mayor, Fairy Tail had brought a great deal of income to Magnolia and had protected the town's safety.
Building a new guild was nothing.
And it had been done with King Toma's approval.
Since the mayor was also fairly familiar with Raizel, he told him the truth: he had actually been planning this for a very long time.
The mayor said that even if Fairy Tail had not become the number one guild in Fiore, he would have found some excuse later to get this done.
This time, it simply happened to provide an excellent excuse.
Moreover, the mayor was not the only one paying for it. The money had been jointly provided by several major sponsors of Fiore Garden Plaza.
The mayor said the sponsors were willing to spend money in order to continue firmly binding Fairy Tail to Fiore Garden Plaza.
After all, to put it bluntly, within the Kingdom of Fiore now, Fairy Tail could build its guild wherever it wanted.
Raizel felt somewhat helpless.
Makarov had no intention of moving or establishing a branch at all.
Although the guild accepted some background members, it had always followed an elite route, not the Phantom Lord model of casting a wide net.
He could only say they had thought too much.
Raizel decided that tonight he would bring Makarov and Ul along to treat the mayor to dinner.
As for the sponsors, Raizel asked the mayor to invite them. If they were willing to come, they could come.
Two Wizard Saints accompanying them for a meal should be enough face, right?
His appointment with Uncle Valo and Laxus was for a late-night meal at Valo's shop, so there was no major problem.
The only headache was that he had just returned and already had to rush from one gathering to another.
And they were all gatherings with men too…
"Tonight, you all can eat by yourselves. Grandpa, Ur, and I plan to invite the mayor to dinner."
Logically speaking, there would be no issue with Ultear, Mira, and the others going along too.
The problem was that they did not really like that kind of atmosphere.
It would be much better for them to eat freely and comfortably on their own.