On the high ground outside Margon City at night.
Lacasius, a dragon mage clad in a black coat, stood atop the hill outside of the newly opened Fairy Tail Guild, staring into the distance at the landmark building. A wicked smile spread across his face.
"The God of Thunder Squad is finally back, and this moment has finally arrived. The fairies will soon be fighting each other, and the old man, your era is over. From now on, it will be me who leads the guild to the strongest!"
"Lacasius, let's go!"
Two men and a woman emerged from the darkness, standing behind Lacasius.
Lacasius ordered the male magic user with green hair:
"Fred, when you set up the spell barrier tomorrow, add a clause that prohibits cats from leaving the guild."
"Prohibit cats, Haruhi?"
Fred hesitated upon hearing this. In his memory, the only cat at the guild was Haruhi, the one raised by Natsu, but Haruhi had no combat ability, so there was no point in banning her from leaving the guild.
It's known that the fewer conditions there are when setting up a spell barrier, the greater its power will be, while the more conditions there are, the weaker its power will be.
The original plan was to set two conditions: no one over eighty years old and no statues could leave, the purpose being to prevent the strongest guild leader from participating in the battle and turning those statues into hostages.
Now that cats are prohibited from leaving, there are three conditions in total.
"It's not Haruhi. During the months you've been executing the mission to destroy the Dark Guild, a new cat has joined the guild. Its name is George. If we don't restrict him, he might cause more trouble than Natsu and Mista like by then."
Lacasius replied.
For this plan, he had been preparing for a long time and had been keeping a close eye on the guild's movements.
He cursed the guild's mages as weak and powerless, but deep down, he knew the guild's strength very well. Therefore, he was very cautious.
He knew almost everything about George, the new cat, including what he has done and his strength.
In his judgment, George is a quite capable S-class magic user with numerous methods, and he needs to be restricted in advance.
"That's the mage who can repair magic, and it's a cat! And it's so powerful!"
Fred and the others were all surprised at the same time.
While on missions outside, they had also heard about the guild's addition of a "repair mage," who often handled the aftermath for the guild's mages.
They just didn't know if it was a cat or a cat that could be taken seriously by Lacasius.
Knowing that, across the entire guild, only the guild leader, Kilpis, or Mister Stan, who is on a task for a hundred years, can catch Lacasius' eye.
In Lacasius' eyes, Eltra is just a minor nuisance.
The next morning, George flapped his wings, carrying the things he bought for the magical parade in the evening, on his way back to the guild.
Now the entire town was adorned with colorful balloons and ribbons, with every household decorating their houses and nearby streets for the harvest festival.
The faces of the citizens were all filled with happy smiles, and children were playing magic user from the Fairy Tail Guild on the streets.
For the people of this town, the harvest festival might be similar to Christmas and Chinese New Year.
At the same time, he also saw people continuously walking out from the train station and merging into the crowd in the town.
Some of them were returning residents of the town for the harvest festival, just like workers going out for the Spring Festival and returning home to celebrate.
There was another group, people from other towns who came for the fun.
Fairy Tail's annual magical parade is a very famous event across the entire continent.
"President, Mila Jean, have you all bought your things?"
After walking around a corner of a street, he saw Mila Jean and Makarov, who was also responsible for the shopping, waiting for him at the intersection.
The three checked their items to make sure nothing was missed, and while walking, they chatted and made their way back to the guild.
"There's a great atmosphere of the Harvest Festival everywhere!"
Makarov looked at the happy citizens around him, his old face filled with a heartwarming smile.
Mila Jean smiled and said:
"Yes, everyone in the guild is preparing for the magical parade tonight to perform various magic shows."
"That's right, this is our Fairy Tail's grand parade that crowns the entire continent.
George, on that day, you'll lead the way with the lightning giant as Elza mentioned, and make sure to give everyone a great show!"
Makarov proudly raised his head.
The magic used in the magical parade doesn't need to be very powerful, but it must be magnificent. George's lightning giant looks very magnificent.
"If only Lacasius could participate. His lightning magic would work even better with George's."
Mila Jean said regretfully.
Although Lacasius refused to return to help during the last time of the Demon's attack, according to the information she learned later from Galzul and Zubia, there were no department members participating in the final attack.
Besides the fact that Mister Stan destroyed a large number of branches, there was also a part that was destroyed by Lacasius and the God of Thunder Squad.
So that guy is saying one thing but thinking another, pretending to not care but deep down he still cares a lot.
In George's words, Lacasius is somewhat rebellious and sassy.
At the mention of Lacasius' name, Makarov's expression changed immediately:
"Hmph, don't mention that disobedient grandson of mine."
"President, I actually think that some things you should talk to him about directly, otherwise the misunderstanding will keep growing, and eventually, there will be a problem."
George tried to persuade them.
He often sought advice from Makarov on magic and would listen to some of the stories about the past that Makarov would tell.
He knew that Lacasius once idolized his grandfather Makarov, until Makarov expelled his father, who was also Makarov's son, Ivan, from the guild.
Makarov was worried that revealing the truth of Ivan's betrayal to the guild would leave a shadow on the young Lacasius' mind, so he kept it hidden.
So Lacasius has always been unaware that his father is a traitor to the guild and has ambitions.
He just thought that his father wanted to change the guild, whose philosophy conflicted with his grandfather's, and his grandfather refused to step down, hence he was expelled.
In fact, from Lacasius' perspective, it's understandable.
His mother died early, and his father took care of him since he was young. He even found him a dragon crystal, but his grandfather expelled him with that reason. How could he possibly understand it in his heart?
That's why he's been saying things like wanting Makarov to step down and let him be the president of the guild.
After this period of contact, along with the occasional use of his psychic abilities to make judgments, he felt that inside, Lacasius had deep feelings for both his grandfather Makarov and the guild.
It's just that he's a little proud and stubborn.
If Makarov could open up and talk things through with Lacasius, explaining everything clearly, the issue should not be a problem.
"Oh well, let's not worry about it. Even if I say it now, he might not believe me."
Makarov sighed.
