As Chen Fan treated more and more patients, including many high-ranking officials and nobles, he became almost nationally famous. Also, because Chen Fan was gentle and approachable, and never raised his consultation fees as his status increased, he enjoyed high prestige among the national populace. It could be said that he could rally a hundred responses with one call.
Even the Magic Council could not ignore this power, so when Fairy Tail Guild members did not cause too much damage to the city, the Council generally would not trouble Fairy Tail. This also significantly saved Fairy Tail's reputation.
This made Makarov, the Master, so happy he couldn't close his mouth, exclaiming that he had foresight in bringing Chen Fan back when he was homeless. It must be said that Makarov truly had a talent in this regard. As a result, Chen Fan became that year's S-Class Mage candidate who passed without any trials. This showed how much Makarov invested in keeping Chen Fan.
Although Laxus, Mira, and Erza were somewhat unconvinced, they didn't say anything. Natsu was now kept as far away from Chen Fan as possible, as if afraid of offending him, and Gray, needless to say, would run away if Chen Fan even cast a flirtatious glance at him.
In fact, it was also because the Guild desperately needed talent like Chen Fan, plus their contribution points were not enough, so this year's S-Class Mage was given to Chen Fan. Even the Magic Council couldn't say anything. It could even be said that if Chen Fan wanted to become one of the Ten Wizard Saints now, the Magic Council would kick out the last one and give Chen Fan the title, which showed how valuable Chen Fan was then.
So every time Fairy Tail damaged a city due to their work, and the Magic Council issued a fine to Makarov, Makarov would cry and pull on Chen Fan's pants, begging Chen Fan for help, refusing to get up if he didn't help. He didn't have the image of a great Guild Master. Having no choice, Chen Fan would intercede for Makarov.
It must be said that Chen Fan's influence was indeed great. The residents of those damaged cities all gave Chen Fan face, saying it was fine, but Chen Fan would never be stingy with the money that should be given, always paying from his own pocket first.
The direct consequence was that almost everyone in the Guild owed Chen Fan money, which led to the previously mentioned situation where they couldn't avoid him.
But none of this was Chen Fan's greatest pride. His greatest pride was introducing 'Mahjong' to Fairy Tail and registering the patent for it under 'Fairy Tail production'. After all, this item would be pirated very quickly, so strong guarantees were needed. So Chen Fan gave Makarov thirty percent of the shares, letting Makarov act as the sole agent. This meant that Chen Fan, without spending a single cent, would have endless money flowing in simply by sitting idle.
As for Makarov, all that money was used to pay off debts. Chen Fan didn't expect that the money he had 'scammed' from Makarov back then was actually borrowed by Makarov from others, and the amount of foreign debt was unknown. No wonder Makarov cried like that when Chen Fan took money from him.
In fact, Chen Fan didn't know that he was the only one in this Guild who could get money from the Master. Even Laxus, his grandson, had his salary confiscated by Makarov as child support for years. This made Laxus greatly disdain Makarov as Master.
Knowing the truth, Chen Fan even blushed for Makarov, the Master. "This shameless old man even steals his grandson's hard-earned money!"
In short, this year was very peaceful. Chen Fan really liked this kind of life. When he was angry, he would stir up disputes to liven up the Guild members. When bored, he played mahjong. When helping people with illnesses, if they were beautiful women, he could even flirt a little and enjoy others' praise. His life was quite pleasant.
"You're the most beautiful in my heart, every smile intoxicates me. Your ugliness, your kindness, the pout of your lips when you're angry, oh... this beautiful taste..." No need to think about anyone else, besides Chen Fan, there was no one else in Fairy Tail who could sing this song with such feeling.
Chen Fan was seen playing the guitar and singing, holding an acoustic guitar that appeared out of nowhere. After he finished, Chen Fan pulled out a red rose from behind his back, knelt on one knee in front of Mira, and said affectionately, "Mira, marry me!"
"No," Mira said with a firm smile.
"Why? Why do you refuse me?! Do you not love me anymore?!" Chen Fan said with a sad expression, crocodile tears welling in his eyes.
"No reason, it's impossible," Mira still had that smile, making it impossible to be angry at her, but her resolve was unwavering.
"Are you in love with someone else? Tell me who it is, and I'll kill him!" His tone was ferocious, but it only made it impossible for people to take him seriously, more like an empty threat from a child.
"Hey, hey, Chen Fan, you should just give up. How many times have you 'confessed' to Mira? You've changed so many love songs, I really don't know where you learned so many of them," Warren teased from the side, his head shaking.
"Why doesn't anyone confess to me?" Cana seemed to find another excuse to drink, continuously gulping alcohol from her barrel.
"What do you illiterate people know?! This is 'love...' It's the power of love that gives me the motivation to create!" Chen Fan said haughtily to Warren. "And Cana, don't you dare link your drinking motivation to me. If you want to drink, just say so. I've never seen you not drink when I don't sing!" Chen Fan said with great disdain to Warren and Cana.
"What?! You call me illiterate?!" Warren retorted. "Look at the two words written on your back, 'Virtue.' I've never seen you benevolent!" Seeing Chen Fan about to retort, Warren raised his hand to interrupt, "Don't compare me to Natsu. Do you think I don't understand art?!" After speaking, he scratched his chin and said, "Oh, right, Natsu should be back soon too."
Seeing Warren had derailed the conversation, Chen Fan ignored him and said to Cana, "If you drink less, you'd be a very charming woman." Chen Fan also tried to get Cana to drink less, drinking like this was really not good for her health.
"None of your business, hiccup." Cana's face was flushed, as if she were heavily drunk.