Lucy looked at Jude Heartfilia in disbelief, her voice trembling: "Dad... Mom, she?"
Jude Heartfilia's face showed reluctance, and he clenched his fist: "Lucy."
"I promise, Mom will be fine."
"Dad has already gone to find more powerful Magicians, there will definitely be a way."
Although he said that.
But Lucy recalled the strangeness of the past few days, as well as her mother's condition, and shouted loudly: "You're lying!!!"
Her eyes filled with tears, she cried and ran downstairs, heading towards Layla's room.
Jude wanted to chase after her, but looking at the room full of Magicians, he suppressed his anger and ordered someone to invite them to leave.
Then he also quickly ran downstairs.
The Magicians who were asked to leave naturally didn't have good expressions. Many cursed under their breath as they went downstairs and out of the courtyard, boarding their respective Magic Vehicles.
When Gar arrived here, this was the scene he witnessed.
Cana was a bit strange: "What's going on?"
"Are these all the Magicians who came for treatment?"
"Even if the treatment didn't work."
"There's no need to Curse people."
Lisanna was also a bit angry: "Exactly."
"Lady Heartfilia already has magic power depletion syndrome."
"These guys are still Cursing like this."
Gar shook his head and said: "Clearly."
"The Heartfilia Family here has angered these Magicians."
"Let's go in and see."
Then, in the opposite direction of the group of treatment Magicians, he walked into the manor.
Inside the manor, the servant guarding the door, upon hearing that they were Fairy Tail Magicians, quickly walked ahead to lead the way, while instructing a companion to run and report to the Family Head, Jude.
Gar led Lisanna, Elfman, and Cana into the Heartfilia Family manor.
The three little ones widened their eyes, looking at the luxurious manor and the huge European-style castle building in the distance. Cana couldn't help but complain:
"This is... really outrageous."
"This one manor is almost half the size of our Magnolia Town."
"And that big castle, oh my God..."
"Why do I suddenly feel like I'm the one who should be pitied?"
Lisanna and Elfman also nodded. This manor was even slightly larger than the small mountain village they had lived in since childhood.
Not to mention the luxurious buildings, just looking at them made it seem like something they could never afford in a lifetime.
They suddenly wanted to pity their poor selves!
At this moment.
Inside Layla's room on the second floor.
Capricorn continued to pour Magic Power into Layla.
Lucy threw herself onto the bed, crying, while Jude stood by the window with a grim expression, full of apology: "I'm sorry, Layla, I..."
Layla smiled weakly and said gently: "It's okay."
"She would know sooner or later."
Lucy's voice was tearful as she held Layla's hand: "I don't want Mom to leave!"
Layla stroked Lucy's hair: "Mom won't leave."
"Don't cry, Lucy."
Lucy choked back a sob and looked up: "Really?"
Layla nodded gently: "Yes."
Lucy didn't speak, just kept sobbing. The room fell silent for a moment.
Just then.
A knock sounded at the door, and the urgent voice of the gatekeeper came from outside:
"Lord Jude."
"The Fairy Tail Magicians have arrived. They said they would like to check on the Lady's condition."
Jude's face lit up: "Is it that Gildarts?"
"Please invite them in quickly!"
If it was the strongest in Fiore Kingdom, there should be a way, right.
However, the servant outside hesitated: "No..."
"It's a young man with three children."
Jude was stunned: "What?"
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A moment later.
In the room on the second floor.
Gar's hand was on Layla's shoulder, replenishing her Magic Power, while also using his Magic Power to examine her condition.
Capricorn looked at Gar with some shock, completely unable to understand why Gar was so young, yet his Magic Power was so immense.
Even when he was at full Magic Power, he couldn't replenish Layla's Magic Power so easily while also examining her body.
Beside her, Lucy, having Cana, Lisanna, and Elfman, who were around her age, quietly wiped away her tears and waited nervously.
Jude was also watching nervously, unable to help but ask: "Mr. Gar."
"How is the situation?"
When the servant first said it was a young man, Jude didn't hold out hope, but upon seeing that the arrival was Gar, he instantly became excited.
After all, Gar's reputation was quite formidable, mainly due to his title of Scholar and his achievements against the strongest Dark Guild in the Balam Alliance.
Moreover, the Heartfilia Family's business also included auction houses, so they naturally knew more about Gar's legend and mystery.
Gar took out a Lacrima full of Magic Power, comparable in size to a football, placed it on the bed, put Layla's hand on it, observed the speed at which she absorbed the Magic Power, and calculated the required number of Lacrimas:
"The situation is not too bad."
"It's just that the treatment cost is quite high, and she may be unable to leave the manor for the rest of her life."
Jude quickly said: "No problem!"
"As long as Layla can be saved, I can give anything!"
Gar said: "Even if it means the entire Heartfilia Family?"
Jude froze: "This..."
Jude's expression changed.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became quiet.
Cana couldn't help but say: "Does it need that much?"
Gar sighed and said: "It's not that it needs a lot."
"It's that you see this Lacrima."
"Mr. Jude is a businessman, he should be able to estimate its value."
Jude finally came back to his senses and nodded with difficulty: "Indeed."
"A Lacrima this large is worth at least a million gold."
Because this was the largest Lacrima on the market, the Heartfilia Family's trading group had also dealt in such luxury goods, but they didn't sell well, only selling one in three years.
Gar continued: "A Lacrima like this, once fully charged, can last Ms. Layla for three minutes."
Everyone looked and saw that the Lacrima, which had just been full, had already dimmed, and it wouldn't be long before it was completely depleted.
"So that's twenty per hour, and four hundred eighty per day."
"Based on the surrounding Magic Power activity, to maintain Ms. Layla's life, we need to set up a circulating array that keeps these Lacrimas charged."
"At least enough Lacrimas for ten days must be prepared."
"And to prevent unexpected situations, the number of Lacrimas needs to be doubled."
"So a total of..."
"Nine thousand six hundred such Lacrimas are needed."
Gar's words were like a heavy hammer striking everyone in the room.
Lacrimas worth over a million each, needing nine thousand six hundred... not to mention how much the value of nine thousand six hundred multiplied by a million gold is.
Just the number itself was despair-inducing.
Even if they went to purchase them all over the world now and cleared out all the inventory, it wouldn't be enough. Something that only sold one in three years, where would there be so much inventory?
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