Banquet

After two days, the people who lived on the Crocus had returned back to their home after they were being evacuated by the soldiers of the Kingdom because of the dragon's attack. They didn't know what had happened in the kingdom since there were a lot of buildings which were destroyed by something. But they didn't think much since the people of the kingdom fully trusted their king and princess and they had heard the kingdom was going to pay all the houses and buildings which were destroyed so they didn't need to worry that much.

Little did they know that they would be in a panic when their kingdom was almost being destroyed by 15 dragons which were summoned by their princess by mistake.

The king was very lucky that the one who knew about this matter was a very trustworthy and stupid person such as a member of Fairy Tail. Or they might not care too much? It didn't really matter, but the king was very fortunate since; if the king met someone from the dark guild then he might be blackmailed by them or something worse.

When the people of the Crocus were wondering what had happened to the city a few days ago; there was a banquet which was held in the castle.

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Inside this huge and luxurious ballroom, all of the wizards who had participated in the battle against dragons gathered together at this banquet. There was music, various foods, and a lot more to make this banquet became even more enjoyable.

No one wore their usual clothes, rather most of them wore aristocratic clothes that were rented by the royal family. Even though it was a bit stuffy, they enjoyed this banquet. But even so, there were also other clothes such as clothes which were similar to Japanese clothes which were worn by the members of Blue Pegasus.

Everyone on the "group chat" also wore clothes with an aristocratic theme. It was quite a rare chance to try since tomorrow they needed to come back.

Haru was sipping wine while talking to the girls who came toward him.

The people around who saw Haru at this moment felt as if this banquet and the castle were owned by him which somehow made them feel weird, but his figure was similar to the king rather than Touma who hadn't appeared in this banquet.

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Makarov looked at Haru and asked his best friend, "Is he from a noble family or something?"

Yajima opened his eyes slightly and said, "No, he's Emperor."

"......"

Makarov twitched his lips and asked, "Really?" He felt that Haru was really an Emperor since Mystogan who was part of his guild before was also a king on Edolas. It wouldn't be weird for Haru to be an Emperor of Empire.

Yajima only smiled and didn't say anything leaving everything to Makarov's imagination.

"........"

Somehow Makarov was quite annoyed by this answer, but he was also helpless.

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*Tap!* *Tap!* *Tap!*

When Esdeath came the girls who had surrounded Haru started to disperse. This woman's aura really scared everyone and the temperature was somehow quite cold.

Though, at the same time, everyone at this moment really thought that Haru and Esdeath were really suited to each other.

"What's wrong?" Haru asked.

"I'm bored," Esdeath said. She felt that it was better to go back rather than spending time at this kind of banquet. She was a general and she had come to this kind of boring party several times in the past.

In her mind rather than spending her time with an administrative work or party, it was better to spend her time at war or hunting a strong beast or something.

Though, it would be good to have a vacation with her husband on various beautiful places in various worlds.

Haru also understood that Esdeath didn't really like this kind of event. He thought to change the topic and asked, "Have you opened your reward?"

Esdeath shook her head and said, "Not yet. I might open it tomorrow when we're about to go back. You too, right?"

"Yeah, me too."

The quest was over, but everyone on the "group chat" hadn't opened their reward since it might be one of their rituals. They didn't know when it had begun but they felt that they would receive a good reward when they were about to go back.

Listening to music, Esdeath started to frown.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm not sure, but I can't understand this kind of music." Esdeath shook her head and said, "But I like it when I listen to the song that you sing." She remembered one of the Three Beasts or her past subordinates who had been assassinated by Haru in the past also loved to play music, but she couldn't understand what was so good about that. But when Haru sang a song a few days ago, she somehow loved it.

'Is it the power of love?'

Esdeath somehow blushed.

"This is classical music and only some people will love it," Haru said.

"So it is normal for someone to hate it too?" Esdeath asked.

Haru nodded and said, "There's no perfect creation, someone will hate it or love it. Just don't think too much, if you like it then you like it, if you hate it then that is."

Esdeath somehow realized the truth and nodded.

"Haru!!!"

Everyone was having a blast and grabbed him for the banquet.

Haru talked with everyone from the members of Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, and Blue Pegasus.

Erza somehow had forgiven him after what he had done to her during the match before and told him if he decided to open a cake shop then he needed to call her immediately.

"My... if you're bored with Ya-chan's guild then you can come to my guild, alright? We need a strong boy like you," Bob said.

Bob is a guild master of Blue Pegasus. He's a middle-aged man with transvestite style and bald head, but somehow he was a very handsome man in his youth.

"You! How can you say that!" Yajima was annoyed by Bob.

Escaped from them, Haru walked to Mermaid Heel. He could see Risley, Arana, and Beth were looking at him with a strange expression. "What's wrong? You're not welcoming me here?"

Remembering the match last year, the three of them couldn't help but blush.

"Haru, why did you suddenly get married?" Risley couldn't help but ask.

They were a bit curious about his reason since they didn't have a chance to talk to each other during the "Grand Magic Games".

"I love her. That's all," Haru said.

".........."

If it was someone else then they might ask another question, but when they heard Haru's answer. They somehow felt very jealous of Esdeath since they could see what Haru had told them was the truth.

Then Millianna came while holding three kitties in her arms. "Haru, can we talk for a bit?"

Haru nodded and felt a bit curious about what this girl wanted to talk about. He looked at these kitties for the first time and three kitties also looked at him. "You'll bring three of them with you?"

"Is there a problem?" Millianna asked.

"No problem, but you don't need to bring the blue one," Haru said.

"Huh? Why me?" Happy didn't understand.

"I have a feeling that you have a very loose mouth. Once Millianna says something then you might blabber it to everyone," Haru said.

"......"

Two kitties beside Happy nodded.

"Why?!" Happy felt that the world had abandoned him when Carla and Lily agreed with Haru's words.

Hearing Haru's words, Millinna placed down three cats at the same time and pulled Haru to the side. She looked around and asked in a whisper, "Y, you have two wives?"

"....."

Haru only raised his eyebrow, but didn't say anything.

Looking at Haru's reaction, Millianna showed a triumphant expression as if telling him that she had gotten his handle or something. "So you've also married that big breasted woman?" She wasn't sure about Tsunade's name, but Tsunade's breasts were very huge. Looking at her own breasts, she felt that she didn't lose to Esdeath and felt that she had a chance.

Haru nodded and didn't hide anything. "Yes." But after he answered Millianna's question, he saw her with a beautiful smile. He wasn't dense and wondered whether this girl....

"So please take care of Kagura," Millianna said.

"........"

Haru was a bit surprised and felt a bit complex, then he heard a voice behind him.

"Millianna, what are you doing!"

Kagura ran toward them and pulled Millianna telling her to not do anything stupid.

Looking at Kagura, Haru asked, "How is it?" He knew that she was eavesdropping on the conversation between Millianna, Jellal, Erza, and Ultear at that time and wondered what she would do at this moment.

Stopped, Kagura looked at Haru. She took a deep breath and said, "Thank you."

"Your welcome. I'm happy that you've solved your problem," Haru said with a smile.

"......."

Kagura wanted to say something, but she couldn't, especially when she knew that he had married.

"So shall we go back to the party?" Haru asked and offered his hand.

Kagura felt a bit shy, but she made up her mind and nodded.

"Yes." Reaching his hand, the three of them walked back to the party, though, Millianna also held Haru's hand too at this moment.

After that, the banquet turned into chaos, especially after Natsu stole the king's crown from Toma. But at the same time, it was a very exciting night for all of them who were in this place.