Chapter 58

\ In a house /

"Erza!"

A shout in the house resounds.

"Yes mum?"

Erza came down the stairs with a sword in her hand and a tired, grimy appearance showing that she had just come from training.

Thanks to her mother's enchantments, she could practice in her room without breaking or damaging anything.

"Come and sit down, I need to talk to you"

Irene called Erza to sit next to her on the sofa.

"Yes?" Erza went to sit down intrigued by his mother's seriousness.

"Would you like to become a member of a guild?" asked Irene.

"Hm? I think it would be fun but I want to stay with you" said Erza taking Irene's sleeve.

"I know but at your age you need to make friends and go on your own adventure. And then we'll still see each other when you come home" smiled Irene as she stroked her daughter's hair.

"Friends?..." murmured Erza as the idea of having friends was very appealing to her.

"Yes, friends you can count on for any situation, like a second family" Irene explained.

"I'll come home every night to mum!" Erza declared with a seriousness and conviction that made her too cute.

"Kya ~ My daughter is so cute" said Erza hugging her daughter who gave the hug back in return.

"But mum, which guild will I go to? The guild in this town is... not very appropriate is it?" asked Erza as she broke away from her mother's embrace.

"Of course not, I won't let my darling daughter go to a guild with a bunch of brainless idiots" Irene replied with a huff.

In the guild in question, all the men felt annoyed for no reason.

"But then where am I going to go? I don't think there's another guild in town" Erza asked curiously and intrigued.

"No there isn't but there is a guild in a town not far from here called Magnolia".

"What's it called?"

"Fairy Tail"

"Fairy Tail? Why that one?" asked Erza.

She thought it couldn't be the only other guild around and her mother hadn't hesitated when she said it.

"Ah, uh, because it's a good guild with strong mages and good people," Irene said with a bit of panic as if she was hiding something.

"Mamaaaaan, what are you hiding from me?" asked Erza squinting and looking her mother straight in the eye.

"Nothing" said her mother looking away.

But Erza continued to stare until Irene gave up.

"That's because..."

When Irene spoke, deep emotions appeared in her eyes.

"Because your father told me so," Irene said with a sad tone.

"Dad told you?" Erza's eyes widened at her mother's words.

"But why did daddy tell you about this guild?" asked Erza after digesting this news.

"I don't know, he just told me that it was the best guild to have friends and people to rely on."

Erza thoughtfully turned her head and looked at the picture with her smiling father.

After a few seconds, Erza smiled and nodded to herself.

"Okay. I'll go" said Erza.

"Hmm?" Irene looked at her daughter in surprise.

She didn't think she would accept so easily. She was quite attached to her mother after all.

"If daddy said it was the best guild and I should go, then it must be true, right?" said Erza with a big toothy grin.

"Of course," replied Irene with a pretty smile.

"So when do I go?" asked Erza with some excitement.

"In two days" replied Irene.

"Okay, I'm going back to my room to practice" said Erza as she gave her mother a kiss on the cheek and then went upstairs.

"Okay" Irene replied lovingly as she watched her daughter leave.

"Honey..." whispered Irene, looking up at the ceiling.

"I don't know how you knew about this guild from the future, but your daughter seems excited to go since she knows you recommended it.

"Even if she's forgotten, she's still attached to you... " Irene said, leaving the room in a long silence.

"Honey... I miss you" Irene said as she shed a tear and touched the ring on her finger.

The ring Shin had given her... She never left it.

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\ In the divine realm /

While Shin is in a comatose state, his fight against Acnologia has also brought him good.

Thanks to his fight and the healing of his body, Shin managed to become stronger, and as he became stronger, the divine realm also grew.

Now the Tree of Life has grown to a size of 300m, the size of the Eiffel Tower for comparison.

The Life energy that the tree gave off was even more concentrated and powerful, the lake around the island where the tree is located and the forest around the lake became even more beautiful.

The jewel of the deity of death was no longer in front of the Tree of Life for a reason.

The divine realm has undergone enormous changes!

Whereas before only Shin's territory, the Forest of Life, existed, now the other territories of the other divine kings appeared.

The Forest of Life was now a huge floating island.

In fact, the four territories were now floating islands comparable in size to a country.

The four islands were themselves positioned around a large island of the same size that was at the centre of the divine realm.

Beneath these five floating islands was a vast ocean, incredibly dense and pure, bathed in divine energy.

And all around were lands that formed different biomes to the edges of the divine realm.

Deserts, forests, wastelands, mountains, meadows, huge lakes and much more were formed.

Even the gods would take time to explore the entire divine realm.

As for the four territories of the God-King, each was special in its own way.

Shin's territory was the Forest of Life, the most beautiful forest in the divine realm that was overflowing with life energy, the one with the largest tree in the divine realm and the home of the God-King of Life.

The territory of the God-King of Death was all fertile land and mountains made of volcanic rock and soul sand, filled with lava lakes and in the centre of the island was a huge lava lake on which stood a huge dark tree the same size as the Tree of Life, the home of the God-King of Death.

The territory of the god of creation consisted of lush, flawless plains with various landforms such as rivers and waterfalls and in the centre of the island was a huge mountain with a magnificent white castle that shone with a bright light, the home of the god-king of creation.

The territory of the deity of destruction was land, trees completely destroyed by the energy of destruction and in the centre of the island was a dark castle surrounded by lightning and black clouds, the home of the God-King of destruction.

Each island was filled and overflowing with their respective energy of Destruction, Life, Creation and Death.

And in the centre of these four islands was another island, a little more pristine, where there was only a single full house at the moment, but which would later house a large building that would serve as a meeting place between the gods as well as the place where meetings between GodKings would take place to decide on the rules, etc. of the divine realm as well as the problems of the universe.

In addition, in each GodKing's house, with the exception of Shin's, there was a jewel which represented the deity of death, creation and destruction and which would later become the GodKings.

Each jewel greedily absorbed and fed on divine energy to grow, although the deity of death seemed most likely to take human form first.

And the majesty of the divine realm was further accentuated by the beautiful sky with golden touches provided by the huge shield around the realm that protected it from space.

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"Erza, are you ready?"

Inside the house, Irene shouted in the direction of the upstairs.

"Yes, I'm coming," Erza replied.

Erza came downstairs wearing long black boots, a black skirt and a white t-shirt with a black jacket and her hair tied back.

"You look beautiful my dear" complimented Irene.

"Hey hey, thanks mum" laughed Erza at her mother's compliment.

"Shall we go then?"

"Hm" Erza nodded as she walked towards her mother.

Irene took Erza's hand as the golden ring around her braid turned into a wooden stick.

(AN: Irene's appearance has remained the same as it was 400 years ago, like the picture on my wiki because I prefer the appearance with long, loose hair than her "witch" appearance in the anime. After that it doesn't change that she is still beautiful and mature)

Irene tapped her staff against the floor as a magic circle appeared and they immediately disappeared from the room.

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In front of a huge building, a magic circle appeared on the ground as people appeared.

It was Irene and Erza.

In front of them was a huge building with an archway in front of it that said Fairy Tail.

Irene could sense someone quite powerful inside who had already noticed them.

"Waa, this is cool" Erza said, impressed with the guild.

Irene smiled as she saw that her daughter looked happy and excited.

"Let's go in" said Irene.

When they entered, they saw a rather rowdy guild.

Some people were laughing and fighting, others were chatting at the bar, in general it was a very friendly atmosphere.

Irene was relieved to see that the people in this guild all seemed to consider themselves friends and seemed friendly.

"Oh oh, look at that beauty" said a guy sitting at a table.

Irene gave him a dissuasive look that sent shivers down her spine.

"Ahahah."

"You thought you had a chance?"

"And she seems to have a daughter, look at that cute little creature".

The people around him laughed and looked at the newcomers curiously.

But there weren't many lecherous looks to Irene's surprise.

This guild looks good, after all, you recommended it," Irene thought.

She walked with Erza to the bar in front of her where a little old man was sitting.

"Hello" said Irene to get the old man's attention.

"Hmm? Hello, you must be the one who arrived in front of the guild by teleportation?" replied the old man in a rather wise voice.

"Yes. My name is Irene and this is my daughter, Erza" replied Irene with a polite smile.

"Hello grandpa" Erza greeted with a small sweet smile that showed her enthusiasm as she looked around curiously.

"Oh oh, there's a curious little girl" the old man laughed.

"Are you the master of this guild?" asked Irene to be sure, though she suspected he was the most powerful person in this guild just by his magical power.

Or at least, of all the people here, he is the most powerful.

(AN: I consider Makarov and Gildarts on equal footing in terms of power personally since we never had a fight between them or a guess).

"Yes yes, that's me, I'm Makarov Dreyar, master of the Fairy Tail guild" Makarov said, laughing happily and scratching the back of his head.

"Hm? Makarov Dreyar... One of the Ten Holy Wizards?" asked Irene in surprise.

The Ten Holy Wizards were known to be extremely powerful mages and known throughout the continent.

A fight between two of these mages could cause a cataclysm.

So to see one of them here, as guild master is surprising.

"Yes, that's me," Makarov replied, as jovial and unassuming as ever, making a good impression on Irene.

"Do you know him, Mom?" retorted Erza, who turned to her mother after overhearing the conversation.

"Yes, he's a very powerful mage known all over the continent as one of the Ten Holy Wizards" Irene tells her daughter.

"Waah, so you are very strong grandpa" said Erza with stars in her eyes looking at Makarov.

"Ahah, I'm pretty strong but not as strong as your mum little girl" replied Makarov looking at Erza.

"Is that right? It's true that mommy is super strong" Erza replied with pride.

"Ah ah, you know me?" Irene laughed at Erza's antics then looked at Makarov.

"Of course, you've become very well known, Madam Crimson Enchantress" Makarov replied looking at Irene.

"How do you-" Irene asked but she saw him looking at her hair making her understand.

He must have sensed her magical power and with the colour of that hair, one could quickly make the connection.

While in the guild, everyone was shocked to learn that this woman was the famous "Crimson Enchantress", a very powerful mage who could take 10 year quests.

"So why are you here?" asked Makarov picking up the conversation.

"I'm here because I would like my daughter to join your guild," Irene answered seriously and expectantly.

She really hoped he would say yes, although she didn't see why he would say no, he was still the master and the one to decide.

"Hm? Of course, if she wants to, she can" Makarov answered directly without hesitation and with a nice smile.

Irene's eyes widened in surprise at how he didn't hesitate.

"But first of all, why do you want to join Fairy Tail little girl?" asked Makarov with the expectation of a definite answer.

"Hmm? It's because my daddy said it's the best place to make friends," Erza answered with emotional eyes and a soft voice as she said the word "daddy".

Makarov could see this and also saw Irene's hidden sad expression so he knew that her father must not be here anymore.

"Your dad must be a good person" said Makarov.

"Yes, he is!" answered Erza with energy and conviction, which moved everyone around who had understood the situation.

"Oh oh, you're right, Fairy Tail is a big family and we'll welcome you with pleasure" Makarov replied with a finger in the air as if to prove his point.

"Mirajane" said Makarov still looking at Erza as Irene looked on and appreciated the atmosphere of this guild and the kindness of the master.

The girl behind the bar walked around and came in front of Erza with a kind of stamp.

"This is the symbol of Fairy Tail. It will be a proof that you are part of the big family. Or do you want it?" said Mirajane indifferently.

"Hmmm... there" Erza thought and then pointed to her arm, a little below the shoulder.

"What colour?" asked Mirajane preparing to do the tattoo.

Erza thought and then smiled.

"Green."

Then Mirajane tattooed Erza and left behind the bar.

"Look Mommy, in Daddy's colour" said Erza happily, showing his mother his tattoo.

"Yes, it's very beautiful" replied Irene with a smile and rubbed her daughter's hair.

After that, Makarov and Irene discussed some things in private while Erza got to know some kids her age in the guild.

After a good half hour of talking, Irene and Makarov left the office and Irene went towards Erza.

"Sweetie, I'm going to go now, we'll see you tonight," Irene said as she got to Erza's level.

"Yes mum" Erza replied as she hugged her mother.

"Don't forget, to get home, all you have to do is infuse your magic power into the gem to teleport home" said Irene as she pointed to the gem and reminded Erza of the mechanism.

"Hm" Erza nodded.

"See you tonight" Irene gave him a beautiful smile and a kiss on the forehead and left.

"Listen to me! Today we're having a party to welcome a new member to the family! To Erza!" Makarov jumped on the upstairs railing and shouted to the whole guild.

"YEAH!" Everyone responded by holding up beers, hugging, playing, laughing, a festive atmosphere had been placed in the guild.

Upon hearing this, Irene grinned happily and left.

\ 9 years later /

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I wanted to warn you that I can't comment on chapters or paragraphs anymore, either on my fanfiction or others and I don't know why.

There will be a time jump to the Fairy Tail story because I won't know what to say about the 9 years period and it will be too long.

But don't worry, I'll try to make sure that most of the most important villains in the anime will appear.