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Upon stepping outside, one could see Henna and Gildarts sitting in a café outside the palace.
"Hey! President, you're out now? What did you say?"
Kyldas put down his coffee cup and greeted Makarov with a smile.
The next moment! An outrageously thick compensation bill—no, it was more like a compensation document.
[It shot directly from Makarov's direction and slammed into Gildarts's face.]
In Hänatsu's eyes, Gildarts, who had just been enjoying coffee with him, vanished in an instant.
The next moment, a loud rumbling sound came from the side.
The coffee in Honez's hand froze in mid-air.
[A stunned gaze fell upon Gildarts, who had been thrown from a book and embedded in the café wall.]
My eyelid twitched slightly.
[Then, as if it were none of his business, he buried his head and continued drinking his coffee.]
At this point, even a fool could tell what had made Makarov so enraged.
Therefore, it's best for me, as one of the main culprits, to keep a low profile.
It's best to pretend you don't exist.
[“Wow! Is the president kidding me?? I’m still injured, injured!!!”]
[Kildas pried himself off the wall, then angrily complained to Makarov.]
"Wounded?!"
"I'm the wounded now!! A patient with high blood pressure!! You bastard, look at what you've done!"
Makarov, his face flushed red with anger, pointed angrily at the reparations document stuck to Kirdas's forehead.
"Huh? What's that?"
Gildarts took the book and began to read it with a puzzled expression.
"What are the specific details regarding compensation for Haidonan Island (Monster Paradise)?"
Upon seeing this, Gildarts' eyes widened in shock.
He raised his head in disbelief and looked at Makarov.
"No way? All of these are...?"
Makarov puffed out his chest, nodded, and remained silent.
"Hiss!!" Gildarts gasped.
"So many??"
"If you find it troublesome, just look at the final total compensation amount."
Hearing Makarov's words, Kyldas quickly turned to the last page.
[Take a look!!!]
Gildarts rolled his eyes.
I felt completely dizzy and lightheaded.
[My previous fight with HyunA was never this serious.]
"...4...4 sixty-six million??"
【puff……】
[At his seat, Henatsu spit out a mouthful of coffee and stared at Gildarts in disbelief.]
【"How many??"】
Gildarts, somewhat afraid he might be mistaken, quickly rubbed his eyes and examined the scene carefully.
The price remains the same.
But Gildarts was completely numb.
"Wait, did we just blow up a gold mine or something??"
"It's said that there really are mines on that island."
Makarov sighed helplessly.
"But it wasn't gold, it was magic crystal ore. Although there wasn't much of it, it was still valuable. Now you two have blown it all up."
"Let's think about how to compensate them."
"I still need to write an incident report and a letter of apology for the council when I get back."
"Damn it, we're already negotiating compensation with the Fiore royal family, and they still want to yell at me. Ugh..."
Makarov turned his gaze to Kyldas.
"So, how much can you pay back?"
【"I?"】
Gildarts pointed to himself, then shook his head vigorously.
"I live in a thatched hut, and you're asking me how much I can pay back?!"
"Around one million J..."
"One million J???"
Makarov stared wide-eyed at Gildarts.
"Are you kidding me? You, the strongest mage in Fairy Tail, can only come up with one million J?"
Gildarts sighed helplessly, "Master, you should know! When I made money, I never treated you to a trip to the red-light district..."
"Cough cough!!"
Before Kyldas could finish speaking, Makarov immediately covered it up with a cough.
"We'll talk about your matter later."
Makarov then turned to look at Henaz.
Before he could speak, Henna simply shrugged.
"Don't look at me, I don't have any money either. You know that villa isn't cheap. I only have ten million J at most right now..."
Makarov felt a slight pain in his heart.
Just then, a coffee shop employee cautiously handed Makarov a note.
"What?" Makarov asked, his face full of confusion.
"Um... this is the wall damage repair order, please sign it..."
The shop assistant seemed to realize that Makarov was in a bad mood.
[Pointing cautiously to the wall Gildarts had just smashed through, he said.]
Makarov's eyes widened again. (He was kneeling.)
His gaze fell on the wall that Gildarts had just smashed through, and his eyes rolled back sharply.
[He fell straight down...]
Chapter 129 What? That Natsu can actually read books?
Time seemed to fly by, passing relentlessly under everyone's watchful eyes.
Two years have passed since Honez became an S-class mage.
These past two years have been exceptionally busy.
After all, two years ago, Henna had already saddled himself with an enormous debt, forcing him to work at a high frequency to pay it off.
Of course, it's not just Hennaz; Gildarts is the same.
They were even jokingly referred to as the "hard-working duo" by members of the guild.
The two of them practically monopolized all the S-rank quests posted on the second floor of the guild building.
However, due to the scarcity of S-rank missions, each person might only receive a dozen or so throughout the year.
[Furthermore, not every single one of these payouts exceeds ten million J.]
Therefore, it took them two whole years to each scrape together 200 million J to pay off their debts.
As for the remaining 60 million J, Makarov paid for it all upfront.
To make up for the shortfall in reparations, Makarov even had to sell his personal assets.
In short, over the past two years, they have tried every possible method to pay off their debts.
[Even Henaz's own villa has been opened to the public and rented out.]
However, the tenants are only Erza, Mirajane, Lisanna, and a few others.