Fighting through pirates with Fairy Tail

Chapter 40: The upcoming S-rank Archmage assessment!

Several days later.

Inside the Fairy Tail guild.

"Speaking of which, 'that' is coming soon, right?"

"Yes, after the Harvest Festival ends, it will be the most crucial moment in the lives of us Fairy Tail guild mages."

The Fairy Tail members gathered together, whispering among themselves.

Meanwhile, the Fairy Tail guild members, who usually spend their time playing cards, drinking, or chatting, have been acting like they've been injected with adrenaline these days, frantically taking on quests and seizing every spare moment to work, which puzzled Ido, who entered the guild that morning.

"what?"

"What happened?"

"How come everyone is so diligent?!"

"You guys aren't cursed with some kind of curse that makes you die if you don't work, are you?"

Ido looked at the Fairy Tail members working frantically inside the guild with suspicion, and asked Marcao, who had just been caught by him after accepting a mission.

"Id, what do you take your guildmates for?"

"Does the absence of any 'curse' or anything mean we won't go to work?"

Marcao looked at Id and retorted.

"Isn't that right?"

Id was stunned for a moment, then retorted in astonishment.

"Tsk."

Marcao didn't refute this. He just clicked his tongue and then shook his head, saying, "Ido, of course it's because Fairy Tail's annual 'S' rank mage exam is coming up soon."

"The S-rank Archmage assessment?"

Id was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

"Alright, I don't have time to explain anymore, I need to get to my mission."

Marcao didn't give Ido a chance to ask any more questions. While Ido was still pondering the words "S-rank" mage assessment, he had already rushed past Ido, grabbed the mission he had just accepted, and dashed out of the guild.

"Wakaba, so you're here?! I just happened to need to talk to you."

In response, after losing Macao as his source of intelligence, Id turned his attention to Wakaba, who was smoking in front of the mission board.

Then, Ido put his arm around Wakaba's shoulder and asked with a smile, "Tell me about the S-rank mage assessment."

"Well."

Wakaba was startled by Ido's sudden appearance beside him like a ghost. He took a deep breath and explained, "The so-called S-rank mage exam is held every December to upgrade the guild's ordinary mages to S-rank mages! And one of the criteria for the exam is the total number of missions completed each year."

"I see."

"Thank you so much for the information, Wakaba."

"I'll remember to treat you to a drink after I pass the guild's S-rank mage exam this year."

After extracting the necessary information from Wakaba, Id also took on all the subjugation missions listed on the mission board.

"Wait, Id."

"Give me a few tasks."

One should not be so greedy.

After Id cleared out all the tasks on the board in an instant, Wakaba became agitated. He tried to stop Id and snatch the task list from Id's hands.

Unfortunately, Wakaba ultimately failed.

With a wave of his hand, Id froze Wakaba in place, waved the quest sheet in his hand, and laughed, "Who told you to be so slow? According to the guild rules, whoever takes the quest down from the board first gets it!"

"Alright, stop looking at me with that resentful expression! Here's what we'll do: after I finish the mission, I'll give you a third of my bonus. As for the mission itself, it'll all be on my name. I need to 'boost' my record before the year ends."

Id patted Wakaba on the shoulder and lit a cigar for him, putting it in his mouth.

"Inhale, exhale~"

"I also need Id's record."

"Inhale, exhale~"

"I also want to participate in the S-rank Archmage assessment."

"I'll remember you, Id."

"Inhale, exhale~"

"I will really remember you."

Frozen in place, Wakaba sucked on his cigar, puffing away as he watched Id swagger away calmly, letting out a resentful, incoherent wail.

"Uru, let's go on a mission!"

At this point, Ide, who had returned to the flower shop, pulled Uru, who was still asleep, out of bed and said with a smile.

"Id, I'm so sleepy."

Uru, his eyes still heavy with sleep, spoke to Id with dissatisfaction.

"No time to sleep, Uru. What awaits us next is the guild's annual S-rank mage assessment."

Idris explained.

"Then what are we waiting for?"

"Let's get going!"

Upon hearing this, Uru perked up immediately. She quickly finished washing up and getting dressed, then spoke to Id with great enthusiasm.

"So fast."

Ido admired Uru's speed, and after Uru finished preparing, she pushed the stroller carrying Urudia and Erza out of the flower shop.

"Eileen, I'm leaving the house to you."

When Eileen finished her daily planting work and returned to the flower shop from the back mountain of Fairy Tail Guild, she saw Ido and Ul pushing a stroller and running wildly down the street, and she fell silent for a moment.

Incidentally, Eileen and Poliuska have a pretty good relationship and they share a lot in common when it comes to farming.

At the same time, Poliuska seemed to vaguely discover the fact that Irene was not "human".

The Kingdom of Fiore.

Located on a snow-capped mountain a hundred miles outside the Flower City of Crocas.

"Hahaha."

"We robbed another group of noble gentlemen today."

"If we keep going for a few more rounds, we'll probably all become the richest people in the kingdom!"

The notorious Twilight Nightmare, a bandit gang that intimidates the entire Kingdom of Fiore, has its headquarters located here.

Few would have imagined that these bandits would be so audacious as to establish their stronghold so close to the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore.

"snort!"

"Those idiots in the capital will never know our whereabouts in their lifetime."

As the bandits counted their treasure, they spoke confidently, seemingly disregarding the kingdom's knights.

"boom!"

However, at that very moment, accompanied by a piercing roar, the iron gate of the Twilight Nightmare's lair, weighing over a hundred tons, was blasted away by a single punch.

"What?"

"Enemy attack?!"

"How did someone actually find this place?"

The bandits from Twilight Nightmare were stunned by the sudden turn of events. They put down their treasures, looked at the thick smoke rising from the gate, and asked...

"Sizzle."

After the robbers' attention was drawn to the gate, the first sound they heard was the creaking of wheels on the ground, followed by the sight of a two-seater baby carriage.

Behind the stroller, a couple watched with smiles as the wealthy robbers divided their loot, chuckling, "Robbery!"