Chapter 5: New Life1h

"We're back!"

The loud announcement made by Laxus immediately attracted the attention of all the Fairy Tail members who were in the guild at this time. Everyone immediately stopped their activities then turned their attention to the guild entrance where Allen and Laxus were seen standing there.

"Welcome back, Laxus, Allen"

"Allen, Laxus, Welcome back!"

Everyone greeted with great joy the arrival of Allen and Laxus. The two of them nodded in response then walked towards the inside of the guild; There were Makarov and Gildarts who were still comfortably sitting there relaxing.

"Oh? You guys are finally back. How is the result? Did you manage to get the land you wanted? Where is the location?" Makarov asked quickly. He was very curious about the results obtained by the two children.

"We got it," Allen answered, "The location of the land is 250 meters to the right of the Guild, close to the eastern forest which is close to this city."

"That land?" Makarov was a little stunned to hear the location of the land Allen had purchased.

"Is there something wrong with the land, Master?" Gildarts very rarely came home. Therefore, he did not understand the specific situation currently occurring in Magnolia City. He didn't even know that the price of land in this city had increased several times compared to when he first bought land and then built a house in this city.

"No, there's nothing wrong" Makarov shook his head, he then said, "It's just that the price of land in that place is very expensive."

"Very expensive? How much does it cost? Isn't it only a few tens of thousands of Jewels for one square meter?"

"Tens of thousands of Jewels, your brain!" Makarov said angrily, "That land is in a very strategic location. Apart from being close to our Guild, the land has a seaside view that people have always wanted. The price you mentioned was the price several decades ago! Now the price of the land for each square meter reaches one million Jewels."

"Huh? One million Jewels?!"

Gildarts was stunned to hear this.

Amazingly Allen bought all the land in that place"

"What?!"

Makarov and Gildarts were shocked to hear Laxus' words.

"Can you repeat what you said before, Laxus?" Gildarts asked back with an expression full of disbelief, "How is it possible---"

"You didn't hear me wrong, Uncle," Laxus hugged his arms and immediately continued, "Allen bought all the land there. The land now completely belongs to Allen."

"…"

Silence suddenly fell between them.

"By the way, Laxus. Where is the person you said before?"

"Person?"

Makarov and Gildarts quickly regained their senses, Makarov then immediately responded to Allen's words.

"We're looking for Reedus. Allen needs his help to design the house and apartment he will build. Grandpa, he's not doing any errands right now, is he?"

Makarov immediately raised his head and started looking for Reedus. Makarov's gaze suddenly stopped on a man who was currently sitting at one of the tables in the guild. The man had a thin body appearance. He wore clothes usually worn by artists plus a brown top hat. He has curly brown hair and the brown glasses he is wearing at the moment.

"Reedus!"

"Ooi~"

Makarov's voice immediately stopped Reedus' activities. He immediately raised his head then turned his attention towards the origin of the sound.

"Come here!"

Reedus immediately got up from his seat and walked towards Makarov.

"Master, is there anything you need from me?"

"I'm not the one who needs it" Makarov shook his head, he then continued, "Allen is the one who needs your help"

"Allen?"

Reedus immediately turned his attention to Allen who was currently with him.

"Nice to meet you, Reedus."

"Nice to meet you, Allen." Reedus smiled in response to the polite greeting given by Allen, "What help do you need from me, Allen?"

"I need help drawing the design of the house and apartment that will be built by me"

"House and apartment design?"

"I intend to build a house and apartment located close to this guild. It's just that, currently, I don't have design drawings for the houses and apartments that will be built. Previously, Laxus advised me to ask you for help since you have good drawing skills." Allen paused for a moment then said, "Regarding design issues, I will later be the one to help in instructing the building design like this, the rooms being built like this, and so on. You just need to draw the design as best as possible. Of course, I wouldn't ask for help for free. Just say, I want to hire you to help me in designing the house and apartment that I will build. The payout is 100,000 Jewels. What do you think?"

"100,000 Jewels?!"

Reedus immediately exclaimed in surprise, he then looked at Allen seriously, "Are you sure about that payment?"

"Just accept Allen's request, Reedus" Laxus said casually, "That amount to him is very small. He has a lot of money in his savings, even enough for him to live without having to work at all."

"Ooi~ Alright. I accept that"

"Looks like this is a lucky day for Reedus"

"Yes. Just drawing a design can receive such high pay."

"Damn! I also want that kind of easy job with high pay!"

The conversation between Allen and the others could be heard by guild members who were not too far from them. Heard that Reedus got a relatively easy job with good pay. They really felt jealous.

"Thank You. How about we do it at your place beforehand?"

"Hm,"

Allen immediately walked with Reedus towards the table occupied by Reedus previously.

"Aren't you going to come with them?" Gildarts asked directly to Laxus who was standing still where he was at this time.

"No," Laxus shook his head, "I want to go train. I want to immediately try to feel the effect of the exercises that Allen just taught me."

Laxus then immediately walked away from his place. He wanted to go to the training ground where he usually practiced.

Meanwhile with Allen.

Allen began working with Reedus on building the house and apartment designs he wanted. The land owned by Allen has an area of 2,500 square meters. Allen divided it into 750 square meters which will be used to build his house while 1,750 square meters will be used to build his apartment.

The first design created by the two of them was a house design. The house that Allen wants to build has a modern minimalist concept. The construction of the design took a full three hours because house designs with a modern minimalist concept do not yet exist in this world.

The two of them took a break after the house design was completed.

During this break, many guild members came to get to know Allen directly, including Macao and Wakaba. The two of them were the first people to come to meet Allen while Allen and Reedus chose to take a break. The rest they took only lasted 30 minutes. After the two of them had finished resting, they both continued to build the design for the apartment that Allen would build.

The guild members who previously spoke with Allen upon learning that they would continue their work chose to leave. They didn't want to interfere with the work done by the two of them.

Just like the concept of a house to be built. The apartment that Allen will build has a modern minimalist concept. Each apartment that Allen will build has a size of 200 square meters and is equipped with three bedrooms.

"Allen, how much will you pay to rent this apartment of yours?" Reedus asked curiously.

"Do you intend to stay there?"

"As long as the price is within my reach. I want to live here" Reedus said excitedly, "The apartment you built is very beautiful and luxurious. The size is also very large. The facilities provided are also very complete. As long as the rental price given by you every month is not too expensive. I will definitely move here"

"I'm still not sure about the rental price that I will give," Allen shook his head, then smiled and said, "However, I will definitely give a price that is not too expensive, especially if the person renting the room in the apartment is a member of the guild. This. I will definitely give a reasonable price so they can stay there"

"That's good! You have to tell me before you open this apartment" Reedus said again, "I want to be able to have one room used by me"

"Don't worry. I will save a room for you."

The two of them continued designing the apartment until it was finished. It took the two of them more than four hours to complete the design of the apartment. The apartment that Allen will build is six stories high. On each floor of the building there are seven rooms. With that number of rooms for each floor, there will be 42 room units in the apartment.

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A boy walked out of one of the hotels in Magnolia City. The boy is Allen. He immediately walked towards the guild. It only took him a few minutes to arrive there because the hotel he was currently staying in was less than 500 meters from the Guild. Arriving at the guild, Allen found a situation that he thought was quite strange. The number of people in the guild was slightly less than yesterday.

"Oh?" Makarov, who was already at the guild, was sitting casually in the place usually occupied by him, discovering the presence of Allen, who had just arrived at the guild, "Good morning, my son. How are you? Have you been able to adapt to your new life here?"

Allen smiled at the greeting and attention Makarov gave him. Allen himself didn't really care about Makarov calling him "My son". After all, the current him was only a seven year old child. Not someone who has lived for millions of years.

"I'm fine, Master. Not bad, thanks to Laxus and Reedus because they both helped me a lot in understanding various things in this city"

"Hm," Makarov nodded.

"By the way, Master. Where did everyone go?" Allen asked in confusion.

Allen can actually track everyone's whereabouts using his Observation Haki ability. He had locked away all the auras of everyone in the guild. However, he didn't want to do it because he respected their privacy.

"…Could it be that they have gone out to do work?"

"No, apart from you. No one has come here this morning" Makarov shook his head, he continued, "They should be currently training with the training you gave them before."

"Oh? They did?"

"Perhaps," Makarov nodded then drank his drink, "Yesterday Laxus tried the training you taught him. Although the development he received was not too big. However, he had only done the training for one day. As long as he could practice it every day, there would be an accumulation of results obtained by him. It is not impossible that within a period of one year, his strength would increase several times compared to his current strength."

"Yes," Allen nodded, he then continued, "If you only do this training once or twice, you will only get little results. However, as long as it is done repeatedly, the results obtained will also be very large. However, training uses the theory of habituation and repetition. A person must do the exercise repeatedly to get satisfactory results."

"Hm," Makarov then remembered something, "Oh, yes, what about the plans for building your house and apartment?"

"Yesterday Reedus accompanied me to go to the construction company. We've got a deal. They will start construction today."

"So. I have heard a little from Reedus regarding the apartment you are going to build. I want to thank you because you have paid more attention to the guild members and even gave a good price to be able to live there."

"Master no need to thank" Allen smiled, "This guild is my home. All guild members are my family. I will definitely give the best to my family members. Also, it is possible that the price given by me is a bit expensive if it is only borne by one person. However, it will be different if three people share one room. The apartment that I built will each have three rooms. This means that one room can be occupied by three people. "The three people can help each other to pay the rent for the apartment."

"Oh? Good idea. That way, everyone will not feel burdened by cheap housing costs"

The more Makarov knew about Allen, the more respect he had for the boy. Even though he is still relatively young, his thoughts are much more mature than those of adults. Apart from that, he is very attentive to the people around him. Lastly, even though he has very strong strength. He is not a figure who will brag about the strength he has.

"By the way, what do you plan to do today?" Makarov asked with interest.

"I plan to take the job today." Allen paused for a moment then continued, "Yesterday Reedus explained a little about the rules of the job to me. Every wizard who wants to do work must report the work he wants to do to the Master or to someone who has been appointed to record the work."

"Yes," Makarov nodded, "Whenever someone wants to do work, they must first report to me or someone in charge regarding the work they are doing. We need to do a little review regarding the work done by that person. Whether he can do the job or not. As long as the person is capable of doing the job, then, we will allow that person to do the job. On the other hand, as long as he is unable to do so, we will not allow that person to do the work. "In addition to serving as a review, we will also provide a report to the person who published the mission that the mission has been accepted by our Guild."

"So"

"Then," Makarov added, "For the wizards who successfully completed the task. They will later receive work compensation from the person who published the work. "5% of the results obtained by the magician will be given to the guild as administration costs for the mission."

"Oh? Is there something like that too?" Allen was a little surprised to hear this, "I previously thought that the profits earned by the guild were obtained through sales of food, drinks or souvenirs."

"As long as the guild only takes advantage of such things. It would be impossible for the Guild to continue operations. Especially…." Makarov sighed sadly, "You also know the attitudes and personalities of our wizards. They always cause trouble wherever they go. Even though the problems they create must be borne by themselves. There are times when the mission money they earn is not enough to pay for the losses they make. That's when the guild has to help in taking care of those responsibilities."

"Isn't something like that supposed to be done?" Allen smiled and said, "We are a family and as a family, we have to help each other."

Makarov, who heard Allen's words, smiled then laughed, "That's true! We are a family and things like that have to be done."

Allen chuckled at Makarov's changing personality every time. He immediately walked towards the mission board which was on the left side of the guild. There are various kinds of missions there.

Starting from missions to help clean the house, look after children, plow agricultural land, build a river downstream, these missions are categorized as low level missions to high level missions such as missions to hunt monsters, exorcise monsters, exorcise curses and various other high level missions. .

The number of prizes obtained also varies. Usually low level missions will reward less than 100,000 Jewels. Meanwhile, missions with a high level of difficulty will be rewarded with more than 100,000 Jewels.

"Hmm? Help to heal? Heartphilia?"

Allen was suddenly interested in a mission poster on the mission board. The mission is a mission to help heal someone. The mission was issued by a man named Jude Heartfilia with the mission prize given being 1,000,000 Jewels.

Allen immediately took the mission poster and took it to Makarov to report.