Chapter 13 After the War (Ch 13)

The ground at the location of the battle had cracked into pieces, and all the trees and rocks around it had been blown away, creating a mess.

A gust of sea breeze blew by, the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, and two figures standing were vaguely seen.

When the smoke and dust completely dissipated, Noah and Gildarts were seen standing opposite each other, but their states were completely different.

Noah supported his knees with his hands, breathing heavily, his whole body covered with dust, beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping, leaving grooves on his face. Gildarts stood there with his hands put down, his body also covered with dust, but he did not look tired at all, and seemed calm and composed.

“It still doesn’t work. I originally thought I could hurt you, Gildarts, but I didn’t expect that even my most powerful magic can’t hurt you.” Noah said while panting.

“That’s already very impressive. If my strength was weaker, I would be seriously injured by this move of yours.” Gildarts said as he walked over.

“So how did I perform this time?” After a period of recovery, Noah’s breathing had returned to normal, and his physical strength and magic power had also recovered to a certain extent. He asked Gildarts who was walking over.

“Your recovery ability is really amazing. After using such a powerful spell, you have returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

“Your magic power is sufficient, your timing and skills in using magic are good, your melee skills are passable, but you still need to practice, and your magic power is excellent in both quantity and quality.” Gildarts commented.

“I like magic, so I use it often, which helps me hone my skills. My close combat skills may not be as good as the ones I have against other opponents of equal strength, so I haven’t made much progress.

I practice magic every day and never give up. Now that I can get in touch with magic, I will definitely want to create my own magic!”

Noah’s words are full of love for magic.

“That’s fine. You should train more in physical fitness and close combat in the future. When you go out on S-level missions, you will encounter all kinds of accidents. In many cases, a strong body and close combat skills will often save your life.

Of course, other aspects cannot be neglected either. Only comprehensive development can better cope with various difficulties.” Gildarts said to Noah.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought… No, what you just said was…” After Noah answered, he realized that there seemed to be something strange, and then he realized it.

“You are right. You have passed the test. Your current strength is enough to be an S-class wizard, but you still need to be more careful when doing missions, because there are many missions that have some strange things. You must be vigilant enough to avoid getting into trouble.

You will be the examiner for the S-level exams in the future, so I won’t have to come. Just relax, hahaha!”

Gildarts smiled happily.

Noah looked helpless. Gildarts’s first suggestion was very good, and the latter part was probably what he really thought. Asking him to come back to be an examiner for the S-class wizard upgrade exam would probably affect his wandering around. If he didn’t have to come back to be an examiner, he could probably wander around for a long time.

However, Noah thought that after Gildarts and Kana recognized each other, Gildarts would not be able to wander around for long even if he wanted to, and Kana was so young now. Unlike in the anime where they were 18 years old when they recognized each other, she is only 6 years old now, so she needs longer company.

When Noah thought of this, he couldn’t help laughing. Gildarts was originally laughing happily, but when he saw Noah laughing, he suddenly felt a chill on his back, as if something bad was waiting for him. So he asked Noah:

“What are you laughing at?”

“I’m laughing at something funny.”

“I always feel that your smile is related to me.”

“That’s your illusion.”

The guild members who had retreated further during the last fight saw that the fight seemed to have stopped here, so they all came over.

The ones walking the fastest were Laxus and Kana. Laxus was anxious to know the result, and Kana was worried that either Gildarts or Noah would get hurt.

Laxus ran over and asked impatiently:

“How’s the result? How’s the result of the exam?”

Noah smiled at him and said:

“you guess?”

Laxus was angry and punched Noah:

“Damn it! You must be in a bad state after fighting with Gildarts. Now is your chance. Watch out!”

Noah dodged sideways:

“Look at you, you’re so excited that you’re silly. Just because I’m in a bad condition doesn’t mean you’ve become stronger! What’s more, I’ve already recovered. Aren’t you here to give me a ride? Gravity!”

A circle of ground centered on Laxus was pressed down, and Laxus was also pressed to the ground by the invisible gravity.

“Damn it!” Laxus struggled to stand up, but failed after several attempts.

Noah jumped behind Kana and released the gravity suppression. Laxus stood up suddenly and wanted to hit Noah, but when he saw Kana in front of him, he couldn’t do it and could only sulk there.

Kana was anxiously looking back and forth between Noah and Gildarts. When Noah saw this, he said to Kana:

“Don’t worry, Gildarts and I are fine. And did you forget that I know healing magic?”

Kana felt relieved after hearing this.

Gildarts looked at Kana and said:

“This is the little girl I saw in the guild last time I came back. Has she joined the guild?”

Noah answered from the side:

“Yes, she joined the guild not long after you left. Her name is Kana.”

Noah said to Gildarts with a big smile on his face.

After a pause, Noah said to the guild members who had just arrived:

“There’s an interesting secret about Kana, do you want to know?”

“think!”

The guild members shouted loudly.

“Kana’s secret? Can this be told?” Gildarts felt very strange.

“Of course, you see Kana doesn’t object.” Noah pointed at Kana and said to Gildarts.

Then Noah began to talk about Kana’s secret:

“Kana originally came to Magnolia to find her father.”

“Looking for his father? Kana often came to the guild before he joined. Could it be that his father is in the guild?” A guild member recalled how Kana looked when he first came to the guild and made such a guess.

“Yes, Cana’s father is indeed in the guild. It was also in order to find her father that she came to Fairy Tail alone as a 6-year-old girl.” Noah sighed.

“Who is such a scumbag to abandon such a lovely daughter and leave.”

“Noah told us that we must definitely teach him a lesson!”

“We can’t let him have it easy!”

The guild members were talking about it and threatening to teach that person a lesson.