Sabertooth's Lodging Hotel
Crocus Garden
At this moment, all the members of Sabertooth had been gathered here. Everyone stood with their hands behind their backs, and every one of them looked disciplined and capable.
In fact, they really were. This was Sabertooth's recruitment standard: a person's strength had to reach a certain level before they were allowed to join the guild.
That was unlike Fairy Tail, which had no real entry threshold at all, resulting in a guild whose members varied greatly in strength.
Every member of Sabertooth was a powerful wizard, making them worthy of the title of Fiore's strongest guild.
"They do not deserve sympathy at all, and I cannot even squeeze out a single tear for them. You trash!!"
"Think carefully about why we are able to stand at the peak of all wizard guilds. Do not waste time looking at the ants around you. Do not waste time talking. Just crush them. What we need to focus on is far more important."
"The sky shakes. The earth trembles. Even the sea grows still. That is Sabertooth!"
Jiemma, the Master of Sabertooth, reprimanded everyone in front of him.
"But now look at you. What has the strongest Sabertooth become?!"
"Last place! Actually in last place!!"
"What a pathetic result! You trash!!"
As Jiemma spoke, he threw a bunch of grapes onto the ground.
"Only two days have passed in the Grand Magic Games, and the once-mighty Sabertooth has already become a laughingstock!"
"I am too embarrassed to even show my face outside!"
"Sting."
"Here."
"I will give you one last chance. Do not let that kind of disgrace happen again."
"Yukino."
"Here."
"As for you, there is no room for excuses. You understand, right?"
"Yes. I was defeated by someone from another guild and stained Sabertooth's reputation..."
Jiemma picked up another bunch of grapes and smashed them against Yukino's head. "That is not what I mean!! You wagered your life and still lost, and on top of that, the enemy actually pitied you! We are Sabertooth!! A slave who belongs to another guild has absolutely no right to remain in Sabertooth!!"
"Take off your clothes!"
"Understood. I obey your command."
Yukino began to undress, and soon she was completely naked.
Rogue closed his eyes and did not look. Rufus lowered his head like a gentleman. The rest of the guild also kept their eyes forward and did not look at Yukino.
"Remove the guild mark."
Yukino's body trembled, but she still followed the order and removed the guild mark from her abdomen.
"Even though my time here was short, I want to thank you for taking care of me."
"Get out of here, garbage!"
Yukino turned and left.
"As for the rest of you, I do not want to see any more disgraceful matches like today's in the upcoming competition. Go and turn this around immediately. Do you understand?!"
"Understood!!"
"Meeting adjourned!"
After Jiemma finished speaking, the members of the guild scattered and left.
"Our Master really does take things too far."
Sting complained as he walked. After all, they had won several championships for Sabertooth, and this was only one bad stretch, yet they were being scolded like children.
Lector said, "It cannot be helped. This is how the strongest guild survives."
"Frosch feels very lonely."
Rogue suddenly spoke. "Is this really what a guild is?"
"Ah?"
"Yukino used to be our comrade."
Sting looked at Rogue and said, "But she was cast aside because she lacked strength. That cannot be helped. The strong remain, and the weak are eliminated. That is the law of survival in the strongest guild."
Rogue said nothing. He knew this way of doing things was wrong and unhealthy, but he had no power to change it.
"By the way, it looks like that girl is going to take Yukino's place."
"Oh! So the strongest group of five is complete again?"
Lector and Sting kept walking forward, as if they were completely unaffected by what had just happened.
"Rogue, will Frosch also disappear for being too weak?"
Frosch looked at Rogue nervously.
Rogue smiled. "You will not disappear, Frosch, because I will stay with you."
"Mhm. Frosch will not disappear."
The hotel where Fairy Tail was staying.
"Cheers!!"
The members of the guild raised their glasses again in celebration.
"Haha! We took first and second place. This feels amazing!!"
Macao shouted happily while drinking.
"This feels amazing!!"
They had been in last place for the past seven years, and now they had finally turned things around. This was where Fairy Tail originally belonged.
If it had only been a simple first place, some people might have said it was just luck. But now they had taken the top two spots. There was no doubt that Fairy Tail was the strongest guild, stronger than any other.
Today, they had heard the audience in the arena talking about Fairy Tail. Those people had gone from mocking them, to being shocked, to admiring them.
Originally, they did not care that much about rankings, but they could not accept Fairy Tail being ridiculed. That was why they took part in the Grand Magic Games every time, yet it always seemed like luck was never on their side.
Or rather, it was not that they were weak. They were simply only suited for certain things. For example, Bisca was good at shooting, and Jet was good at running.
Because of that, every time they tried to prove themselves, they ended up at the bottom of the rankings. Little by little, they had lost their confidence.
Now that the core members had returned, they had finally found their support again. This proved that they had never been bragging. Their Fairy Tail really was the strongest guild.
"Erza, someone at the door is looking for you."
At that moment, Max called out to Erza.
Erza was briefly surprised. She did not think she had any acquaintances here. Even so, she still went to the door.
A girl was standing there wearing a hat, making it hard to see her face.
"Erza, it's been a long time, meow~!"
"That catchphrase..."
A look of joy appeared in Erza's eyes as the girl took off her hat and revealed her face.
"Millianna!!"
Erza also called out her name.
"I missed you so much, meow~~~!"
Millianna immediately threw herself at Erza.
Erza happily hugged Millianna too. "Haha! Long time no see, Millianna. It has been half a year, hasn't it?"
"It has not been half a year. For me, it has been a full seven years!!"
Erza patted Millianna's head. "Ah! That's right! No wonder you've grown so much. You're even taller than me now. You've become a young woman. Have you joined a guild?"
"Yes, Mermaid Heel."
"What about Sho, Wally, and Simon? You all left together back then. Where are they now? Are they in the same guild too?"
"What are you saying? Mermaid Heel is a guild that only accepts women! Wally and Sho are still traveling, and I still keep in touch with them from time to time. Simon opened a restaurant near the Mermaid Heel guild. Oh, and you've already met Kagura, haven't you?"
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