"This woman is so beautiful?!"
"Who exactly is she? When did she appear here?"
"Speaking of which, don't you think this impossibly beautiful woman looks a lot like Erza?"
With Irene's sudden intrusion, everyone present instinctively turned their gaze to her. They admired Irene's exquisite beauty, but more than that, they were surprised by how similar Irene looked to Erza. They shared the same scarlet long hair, the same face shape, the same aura, and even their magic power was incredibly similar.
"Erza, who is this?"
For a moment, Makarov and Gildarts, with a look of eager curiosity, turned to the young Erza and asked in a low voice.
"Irene Belserion, my Mother."
Erza answered truthfully.
"Eh?!"
In an instant, all the Mages in the entire Guild were so shocked by Erza's words that their mouths hung open. Everyone's gaze swept back and forth between Erza, Irene, and Chrollo, seemingly contemplating something.
"Let me introduce everyone, this is my wife, Irene Belserion."
"Yes, as you all know, Erza is my daughter."
Finally, Chrollo was the first to stand up and introduce his, Irene's, and Erza's identities to everyone present.
"This is truly surprising… "
"I never thought you, Chrollo, would secretly get married behind our backs, and have such a beautiful wife and such a cute daughter. This is simply outrageous."
"Chrollo, you are so disloyal! Do you really consider us family?"
After hearing Chrollo's self-introduction, Gildarts hooked his arm around Chrollo's neck, pulling Chrollo into an embrace, and said angrily.
"You're not bad either."
Chrollo glanced at Gildarts, then at Cana in the crowd, and then uttered a sentence that left Gildarts quite perplexed… Then, without waiting for Gildarts to think further, Chrollo continued: "Speaking of which, Gildarts, there's something that concerns your life and death! So, I must tell you…"
"It's precisely because I consider you family…"
"That I didn't plan to introduce my wife, Irene, to you all."
"Why?"
Gildarts looked at Chrollo, his expression puzzled.
Honestly, according to Gildarts' understanding of women… since Irene was so beautiful, her best friends probably weren't bad either.
With his and Chrollo's deep brotherly bond… asking Irene to introduce him to some of her best friends wouldn't be impossible, right?!
Hehe… Gildarts felt excited just thinking about it.
"Because…"
Chrollo paused here. It wasn't that he didn't intend to speak, but that he felt he didn't need to explain anymore.
"You are Gildarts, right?"
"Chrollo talks about you often~"
Irene naturally knew Gildarts' identity. She smiled at Gildarts and asked softly.
"Uh, yes…"
Gildarts was slightly stunned at her words… then he grinned and said, "It seems Chrollo mentions me often! If Chrollo ever bullies you, little sister-in-law, just come to me, and I'll definitely help you solve the problem."
"Oh my~"
"Our relationship as husband and wife doesn't need you, Gildarts, to meddle in."
"The reason I asked your name…"
"Was just to confirm that I'm not teaching the wrong person a lesson later…"
Irene looked at Gildarts and said with a chuckle.
"Huh?"
Gildarts was stunned, seemingly unable to understand Irene's meaning.
What did she mean by "the person I'm going to teach a lesson later"?
"Boom!"
Before Gildarts could think further, a terrifying magic power instantly fell upon him… "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to be a Mage."
"And she uses the same Gravity Magic as Chrollo…"
"Too bad, Gravity Magic is ineffective against me."
The moment Irene unleashed her magic power, Gildarts knew she was not to be trifled with. His keen magical sense, upon feeling the magic particles circulating in the air, instantly identified the magic Irene was using, and he subconsciously intended to use Crush Magic to counterattack.
Unfortunately, just as the magic circle on Gildarts' fingers began to glow, he saw Irene, sitting not far from him, lightly touch her red lips and softly say, "Crush forbidden."
"Buzz…"
The moment Irene's voice fell, Gildarts' Crush Magic immediately failed, and the magic circle entwined around his fingertips vanished without a trace, like a dud firework.
"What?!"
Gildarts was greatly alarmed; it was the first time he had encountered a failure in casting Crush Magic.
Honestly, he somewhat didn't understand what Irene's word-based magic was; was this even magic?
Irene's magic had completely exceeded Gildarts' understanding of magic… Unfortunately, Irene didn't give Gildarts any time to think.
"Goodbye~"
Irene said, waving her hand at Gildarts.
"Not good."
Gildarts' expression changed, and he intended to flee.
"Boom!"
Unfortunately, by the time Gildarts reacted, he had already been blasted away by the horizontal Gravity Magic Irene had cast, smashing through the Fairy Tail Guild's ceiling into tiny pieces and disappearing without a trace.
At this moment, Gildarts finally experienced the "leaving treatment" that only Natsu usually enjoyed, his scalp and the Guild's ceiling having a zero-distance, intimate encounter… Vaguely, Gildarts seemed to recall the feeling of when he first joined the Fairy Tail Guild as a magic beginner, impulsively challenging Makarov, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, and being instantly defeated by one of Makarov's punches.
"Ah…"
For a moment, in the entire Guild hall, whether it was the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild, or the passersby who had come specifically after hearing about the Fairy Tail beauty pageant, or even Makarov and Ur, who were among the Ten Wizard Saints, all widened their eyes, their faces filled with disbelief.
"That Gildarts, who is rumored to possess strength comparable to the Ten Wizard Saints…"
"And even surpasses the Ten Wizard Saints?!"
"That Gildarts, known as the strongest Mage in the western part of the Ishgar continent?"
"Was just instantly defeated like that?"
"What a joke, am I still dreaming?"
Everyone, for a moment, couldn't believe what their eyes were seeing.
"Gildarts was taken down instantly?"
"Instantly defeated by Erza's Mother?"
"Erza is Chrollo's daughter?"
"Eh…"
Natsu widened his eyes; he felt he had received too much information in just half an hour, to the point of becoming confused.
"It doesn't matter if you don't know the other things."
"But if you don't know that Erza is Chrollo's daughter, aren't you a bit too thick-headed?"
"Didn't you hear Erza call Chrollo 'Father' on a daily basis?"
Gray looked at Natsu somewhat helplessly.
So, how thick-headed was this kid's nerves?
Probably as thick as rebar, right?!
"I had no idea…"
Natsu mumbled, looking completely clueless.
"Aye!"
Happy, perched on Natsu's head, shouted loudly.
"What are you 'aye'-ing about?!"
Seeing this, Gray sighed helplessly.
Truly, what kind of person, raises what kind of cat.
"Sorry, my wife has zero tolerance for scumbags."
Chrollo watched Gildarts being sent flying by Irene's punch and shook his head.
"Chrollo, it's time to talk about us, isn't it?"
Just as Chrollo saw Gildarts sent flying by Irene's punch… Irene's faint voice suddenly sounded behind Chrollo.
"Irene, listen to me rationalize…"
"No, I mean, listen to my explanation."
Chrollo turned his head at her words. He looked at Irene's beautiful and captivating face, so close at hand, his forehead covered in sweat, and explained loudly.
"Don't say anything more…"
Before Chrollo could speak… Irene directly pressed against Chrollo's chest. She cupped Chrollo's face and kissed him forcefully.
Chrollo's pupils first contracted, then he forcefully wrapped his arm around Irene's slender waist, kissing her back with equal fervor.
In an instant, Irene and Chrollo were kissing passionately, unable to part.
"Wow~"
Everyone in the Guild covered their mouths at the sight before them. They dared not make a sound, not wanting to interrupt the enraptured couple.
"Stare…"
As for the minors like Erza, they were carefully savoring the epic kiss before them.
Is this the world of adults?
Scary, scary… "Phew~"
Chrollo and Irene kissed for an unknown duration, until Chrollo's legs were the first to weaken. Only then did Irene release him. Like a proud and victorious queen, she glanced at Ur on the stage and, in a voice neither too loud nor too soft, declared Chrollo's sovereignty: "So, do you understand? He is mine."
"This woman is truly infuriating."
Seeing this, Ur's forehead veins bulged, and she gritted her teeth.
"Mother, calm down, we can't beat her."
Ultear quickly stepped onto the stage, restrained the eager Ur, and comforted her.
"Chrollo, I miss you so much."
After declaring her sovereignty, Irene looked at Chrollo deeply, gently stroking Chrollo's face, her words filled with loneliness and love.
"Irene, I miss you too."
Chrollo, of course, was also genuinely emotional. He had indeed always missed Irene, even when he mistakenly thought the simulation was a scam, he never stopped… He thought that one day, his strength would be powerful enough to stand by Irene's side.
Now, he had somewhat achieved it… although his strength was still not enough!
But Irene's strength had become even greater… powerful enough to forcefully make him stand by her side.
Cough cough… "What about me?!"
Just as Irene and Chrollo were clinging to each other, their eyes locked, silently pouring out their hearts, Erza quietly came to stand beside her parents.
So, her parents were true love, and she, Erza, was completely an accident?!
Erza expressed that she was very unwilling.
If Irene and Chrollo heard Erza's thoughts at this moment, they would surely gently embrace Erza and softly say, "Of course your parents love you! It's just, Erza, you need to understand that your parents fell in love first, and that's how you, the crystallization of their love, came to be~"
"Oh my~"
"Isn't this a beauty pageant?"
"Why are you all just standing there?"
"Or is it that the only contestant in this beauty pageant was that woman just now?"
"If that's the case, what's the point of choosing a beauty?"
Just as everyone in the Guild was moved by the reunion of Chrollo's family to the point of being unable to move.
A frivolous voice, carrying a hint of playfulness, as if completely disregarding Irene, broke the silence and tranquility that everyone was immersed in from the reunion of Chrollo's family.
"Uh…"
"Excuse me, miss, are you a contestant in this beauty pageant?"
"I don't seem to have your information here."
Macao came back to his senses, looked at the speaker, and then his face paled in shock.
The newcomer had long golden hair as bright as moonlight, a seductive and charming face, and a pair of foxy, narrow eyes. Coupled with her seemingly nonchalant expression towards everything, she was indeed a devastating beauty.
Even placed alongside Irene, she could hold her own… definitely a beauty among beauties.
"If I don't have registration information, I can't participate in the competition?"
"Then the beauty chosen from this pageant cannot be called the best."
The woman smiled, full of charm. With eyes like silken threads, she looked at Chrollo, who was trembling not far away, and chuckled, "Long time no see, Chrollo. In these countless days and nights, have you missed me? If it weren't for that old woman Irene always blocking my path, I would have taken you to my world to live a carefree life long ago~"
"Selene."
Irene glanced at the foxy woman on the high platform, her voice cold, like ancient ice.
"Oh my~"
"Isn't this Irene?"
"My apologies! I didn't notice you just now…"
"After all, I, Selene, never pay attention to women who are not even one ten-thousandth as beautiful as me."
Selene chuckled, looking at Irene provocatively.
"Brother Chrollo, you're amazing."
During Irene and Selene's brief exchange, everyone present had already understood that this suddenly arrived stunning beauty also had an unclear connection with Chrollo.
After realizing this, all the Fairy Tail Mages, without exception, admired Chrollo in their hearts, thinking that one should live like Chrollo, eating soft rice with a hard backbone!
He, Chrollo, was simply the Tiger of Fairy Tail!
"Hehe, isn't today a celebration?"
"Since it's a celebration, there should be a banquet~"
"Alright, let the banquet begin~"
Just as the atmosphere began to turn awkward, Selene was the first to break the tension. She clapped her hands lightly and said with a chuckle.
"Right, right, right…"
"Today is a banquet."
"Everyone get hyped, don't let the party die down."
Makarov and others, hearing this, immediately followed Selene's words and continued to speak.
"So, Brother Chrollo, why don't you make a good judgment~"
"Who looks better, me?! Or Irene?!"
However, the next second, Selene directly posed a deadly question, placing Chrollo on a mountain of knives and a sea of fire.
"Haha…"
Chrollo chuckled at her words, his eyes holding three parts disdain, three parts nonchalance, three parts despair, and one part readiness to die! Like a pie chart.
Kill him! Seriously… just humanely destroy him! He's really tired.
"So, all this time, I've been constantly trying to save others, now who will save me?!"
Chrollo looked up at the Guild's ceiling. He saw the hole in the ceiling where Gildarts had smashed through when Irene turned him into a shooting star, and couldn't help but smile.
He was tired; let the world just be destroyed.