In Magnolia, Fairy Tail holds special meaning to the locals.
As long as there isn't too much trouble, residents are too lazy to even write letters of complaint.
More than ninety years ago, before the original foursome founded Fairy Tail, the city was ruled by a dark guild called the Blue Skull.
A dark guild openly occupied a city, levied heavy taxes and oppressed the local people at will. It could be said that it was extremely arrogant.
But what's strange is that at that time, the Magic Council also included the Kingdom of Fiore. One was the maintainer of order in the magical world, and the other was the nominal direct ruler of Magnolia.
They didn't react at all, as if they didn't see the dire straits that the residents of Magnolia were living.
It wasn't until the arrival of the original four-member group of Fairy Tail that this dark guild that was causing trouble was destroyed.
After destroying the "Blue Skull", in order to prevent other dark forces from targeting the city again, Mavis persuaded three other companions to establish a magic guild here.
"Fairy Tail" was born.
In the years that followed, those in power changed several times, but Fairy Tail still fulfilled its original promise to "protect Magnolia".
As a result, the residents of Magnolia and the local government have a high degree of favorability and tolerance towards this "guardian".
Magnolia City Hall.
In the mayor's office, the mayor, who was over fifty years old, was talking incessantly to a distinguished guest about the story of this city and "Fairy Tail", and his attitude was even a little flattering.
For a mayor to make such a gesture, the person must be a powerful figure, right?
It's a pity that Jiude doesn't think of himself as a powerful person. He only has a small Heartfilia Group and is just a wealthy man with a few hundred million dollars.
Jiude turned his head to look at the third person in the mayor's office. He was a short old man and said respectfully:
"Protect the area and benefit the local people."
"President Makarov, your guild is great."
Jiude's heartfelt praise sounded a bit sarcastic to Makarov.
When the blue skeleton was destroyed, Makarov was not yet born.
As for taking over the guild later, Fairy Tail, under the leadership of Makarov, did repel and capture many dark wizards with evil intentions, making the city stable and harmonious.
But in times of peace, Fairy Tail becomes the biggest problem.
Today a house is demolished, tomorrow a wall is broken, the day after tomorrow a bridge is destroyed…
Since taking over the position of president, the most common letters Makarov has received are lists of claims.
To be honest, when the mayor was praising the guild just now, Makarov, who was listening, almost couldn't hold back.
Where have you been for me?
Is the guild the mayor is talking about still Fairy Tail?
Although there was some artistic processing involved, Makarov still shamelessly accepted it.
Who made the famous "Heartfilia" consortium, which controlled one-third of the railways on the Ishgar continent at its peak, come to Magnolia to invest?
Rumor has it that the head of the consortium has a bad temper and is a businessman who values money above all else. But when he met him today, Makarov found that he seemed to respect him very much, and he didn't know why.
"Mr. Jiude, why do you want to invest in Magnolia?"
Seeing that Makarov and Jude were chatting happily, the mayor felt relieved and asked the doubts in his mind.
Magnolia does not have any valuable industries or resources, but because of its long-term stability, its population is slightly larger than other cities.
Logically speaking, a capital like the Heartfilia Group, which values money above all else, wouldn't even look at this place.
But the other party not only wanted to invest here, but also asked the mayor to act as a bridge to get Makarov to meet him, which was a great honor for him.
Facing the questioning looks from Makarov and the mayor, Jude breathed a sigh of relief, "Indeed, Magnolia has no other industries worth developing except tourism. It is indeed not right to invest in this city."
"But I'm not here to make money."
It's strange for a tycoon to say that he is not here to make money.
If it were the Jiude of the past, he would definitely not do this, and would even laugh at such a stupid behavior of losing money.
But now…
Jiude said seriously: "President Makarov, my daughter admires Fairy Tail very much. Can you let her join your guild?"
Makarov was stunned. After talking about this for so long, with investment and so on, the real purpose was for his daughter.
But a spoiled consortium princess joined a guild that required fighting and might get injured often just out of admiration.
Is this appropriate?
"Whether she gives up after a little enthusiasm or persists because of her passion is her own decision. As a father, all I can do for her is to support her.
Makarov agreed with Jiude's words. "I didn't expect Mr. Jiude to have such insights. It seems that your daughter must be very happy."
"To be honest, I'm not a good father."
Jiude shook his head, with a bit of guilt on his face, "If it weren't for Mr. Noah from your guild to wake me up, I would still be the bastard father who neglected and hurt my daughter for money."
"Noa? Mr. Kude, are you sure that the Noa you are talking about is a member of Fairy Tail?"
In Makarov's eyes, Noah is an expert at slacking off and lying down. He has only completed two commissions in the few months since joining the guild, and he was forced to take one of them.
How could a kid who normally doesn't even go out to Magnolia meet a wealthy tycoon who is as rich as a country?
Jiude saw the confusion on Makarov's face, "It seems that Mr. Noah didn't tell you that he is a truly noble man."
If that little brat wants to be "noble", then I am a saint!
Makarov complained in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be waiting for Jiude to answer his questions.
"My good friend Reiner once issued a request to Fairy Tail. I wonder if President Makarov still remembers that the request was actually issued by Reiner to help me."
"I see. I understand."
Makarov is a wise man and can roughly deduce what happened just from one sentence.
His doubts dispelled, Makarov said no more and agreed on the spot to the request of Jiude's daughter "Lucy Heartfilia" to join the guild.
But when Makarov asked when the Heartfilia daughter would arrive, Jude chuckled.
"Lucy came to Magnolia with me. If nothing unexpected happens, she should have arrived at Fairy Tail by now."
Upon hearing this, Makarov and the mayor had a strange look on their faces. As the president and locals, they knew very well what Fairy Tail was like.
Now that things have come to this, we can only hope that those guys in the guild with strange ideas can leave a good impression on the lady of the consortium…