"The final winner of this S-level assessment..."

On the field surrounded by all the magicians, Makarov excitedly announced the results of this year's S-level assessment, "In the year x785, the person from Fairy Tail who passed the assessment and became an S-level magician was..."

"Natsu Dragneel!!"

"Yo!" Upon hearing this result, Natsu was so excited that he was as happy as a nine-year-old child.

"Habi, did you hear that? I'm an S-class mage!!" Natsu was the first to rush towards Hubby.

“Hey hi!!”

One person and one cat gave a tacit high-five, cheering for Natsu's hard work over the years.

"Lucy...did you hear that? I am an S-class mage!!" Natsu ran towards Lucy, sharing his joy.

"Yes...congratulations!" Lucy smiled and patted Natsu's head lovingly.

"Erza..."

"Well done, Natsu! Keep up the good work in the future!" Erza gave Natsu a thumbs up and patted her shoulder to show encouragement.

"Gray...ah, I'm so sorry..."

"Why are you apologizing?! Oh... I really can't stand you... Forget it, congratulations!"

Although he lost in the end, Gray was not someone who couldn't afford to lose. He lost by a slight margin this time, so he just had to regain his place next time. As a close partner, he still gave it to him with a little shyness. My own congratulations.

"Wendy...how are you? I'm great, right?"

"Well! Congratulations to you, Natsu-san!" Wendy said with a smile on her face, clasping her little hands in front of her, looking at Natsu longingly.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, we'll be yours next year, Wendy, work hard!"

"I will try my best!"

After becoming an S-class mage, Natsu shared his joy one by one.

His order is clear: Happy is his long-term partner, Lucy is his most important partner, then the members of the team, and then Kira, the 'supporter' and the strongest member of the younger generation of the guild, from childhood to Gildarts, the big target, and Laxus, the one who wants to defeat...

"Well done, keep up the good work! There is still a long way to go!"

"I knew you could do it, Natsu! Hahaha let's have a good drink today!!"

"S-level is just the threshold. There is still a long way to go between you and me! But...it can be considered an improvement..."

Finally, Natsu stood arrogantly in front of Gajeel, head held high, chest puffed out, and full of energy: "Yo yo yo... How are you, Gajeel? I became S before you. A super magician!"

"Hey, I'll give it to you first this time, you bastard fire dragon! But don't get too proud too early, I will catch up next year!"

Although Gajeel was extremely jealous, he still pretended to be calm on the surface, as if Natsu was lucky enough to win the S-class title this year.

But Natsu didn't seem to hear the other party's brave words at all, and kept laughing to himself: "Wow... Next year there will be Gray, Wendy, Lucy and Elfman, you Just cook it slowly!!”

"Huh? What did you say?! You mean I will lose to them?! Are you kidding!!"

Gajeel felt as if he had been humiliated in some way, and jumped to his feet in a hurry.

"Then who knows..."

Natsu said something triumphantly, and then turned around and left with a very awkward walking posture, leaving only Gajeel who was gnashing his teeth with hatred and grinding his iron teeth until they made a "squeaking" sound.

Looking at Natsu who was happily sharing his joy among the magicians, even Ogast was secretly congratulating his uncle in his heart.

"You seem very happy, Ogast?" Mavis asked curiously, paying attention to his old son's expression.

"yes……"

On the surface, Ogast was happy that "Fairy Tail" had so many talented people, but in his heart he kept thinking: His uncle has won the S-class title, will his father come and take a look? I'm really looking forward to it...

No one knew that what the nearly ninety-year-old man in front of him longed for most was something as simple as enjoying a happy family life in the arms of his parents - although this was extremely difficult for everyone present.

thing.

In comparison, another old man of the same age had much simpler wishes.

Makarov now returns to Magnolia, returns to the guild, drinks some wine, looks at the beautiful young girl, and feels the excitement of retirement life in advance - even if his previous life was similar to the above situation.

"Children, it's time to go back!!"

…

The sky is sunny and cloudy, with no snow and wind, cool and slightly humid.

Magnolia ushered in its winter, and 'Fairy Tail' ushered in its daily life.

"Drink!! Keep drinking!!"

"Hahaha...I'm telling you..."

"Mira-san, have another drink!"

"Yes~"

"You are so beautiful today too!!"

"Thank you~"

For the wizards of Fairy Tail, the next few days will be the easiest.

The backlog of work over the past year has been cleared up before the S-level assessment. The magicians of the guild have completed the S-level assessment. They need some time to summarize their progress this year, and then think about the coming year.

Development, such as working more, making more money, getting a girlfriend, buying a house, clearing debts, having a baby, traveling... you always have to make certain plans.

In addition, we have to celebrate Christmas, New Year and other holidays, and no one is in the mood to work.

Anyway, for the magicians of this guild, as long as there is food and drink in the tavern, and their wallets are enough to survive this year, it is enough. The weather is getting colder, the quilts and the guild are getting warmer.

, which greatly strengthened the determination of this group of magicians to continue to rot.

In front of the bar, three people were holding an "eating" competition.

Natsu held a knife and fork, tapping the plate in front of him in an inconspicuous manner, and loudly urged the tavern chef to serve the food: "Hurry up, hurry up... get a cold roast!"

Gajeel's eating was relatively rough and he just grabbed it with his hands: "I want a vegetable iron juice!"

Not to be outdone, Gray said: "Then I'll have a strawberry shaved ice!!"

The two dragon-slayer wizards all looked at the stranger among the three: Huh?? Little brother, what's the matter with you?

"What are you looking at me doing? My evil-destroying attribute is ice! What happened to me eating ice?!" Gray stared back in displeasure.

Natsu and Gajeel were stunned and blinked.

"What he said seems to make sense?"

"So be it!"

Not long after, Mira came out with three dinner plates: "Please use it slowly~"

"Oh oh oh!! I'm starting!!" x3

“Yummy!!” x3

Seeing these three eating deliciously, even though they didn't know why there were such foods as "roasting cold fire" and "vegetable iron juice", everyone around them was still smiling, talking and laughing, watching the show.

"Won't Wendy join them?"

When Mira suddenly asked this question, Wendy was stunned: "Eh?! No... no need..."

Although she is also a mage who uses killing magic, but for her to eat food as roughly as Natsu and Gajeel... the education she received does not allow her to make such unladylike actions.

What's more, air is no better than fire, steel and ice, so eating this stuff is extremely difficult!

"You're welcome, it's normal for guilds to add special dishes for magicians!"

"For example, there is a flame menu specially provided for Natsu, and a steel menu provided for Gajeel. If you need it, I can design an air menu for you, allowing you to taste different flavors of air..."

Air with a different smell? It makes people drool when they hear it... No, no, no, it makes people feel strange when they hear it!

Wendy smiled shyly at Mira: "No need!"

"Eh? Don't you want it? What a pity!"

Hearing that Wendy rejected her proposal, Mira looked disappointed, "Originally, I still had a lot of ideas..."

At this time, 'Mr. Sage' who always likes to lead the younger generation started to take action: "Wendy-chan, young people should try more different experiences while they are young, otherwise they will regret it in the future!!"

"Besides, it's time for you to grow. Trying more different dishes will be very helpful for your physical development! You don't want to worry about your height all the time, right?"

Wendy didn't hear the second half of the sentence. After hearing the words 'helpful for physical development', she made the decision to try new dishes.

"Then...then I'll leave it to you, Mira-san!!"

The little girl lowered her head and looked at her toes, trying not to prevent the two people in front of her from seeing her blushing face.

Mira patted her bulging chest tenderly and smiled confidently: "Don't worry, leave it to me! My cooking skills are the best in the guild!"

"I will also help with the design of new cuisines, ensuring that we can design dishes that can enhance magic power or help physical development, are nutritious and have no side effects!"

Kira looked like "I'm very skilled, brother" and said with a smile, "Natsu and Gajeel's cuisines were designed by me. You also want to become as strong as them!"

"yes!!"

Wendy was immersed in the beautiful vision of physical development and left dancing, while Kira and Mira smiled at each other and began to discuss the future profit sharing.
To be continued...