The kingdom's soldiers arrived quickly and took away all the culprits. The rest would be handled by the Magic Council.
Regardless of who the mastermind was, the Magic Council would surely be able to find out with their methods, so there was no need to worry.
The next morning, Lu Li and Erza prepared to return to Fairy Tail.
Alice watched Lu Li and Erza leave reluctantly.
After spending a few days together, she had grown somewhat fond of both Erza and Lu Li, especially Lu Li. He was just too handsome when dealing with those bad guys last night.
So she couldn't help but rush up and kiss Lu Li.
It was a pity Lu Li was a little brother. If he were two years older, she would definitely make him her boyfriend.
Of course, this was fine too. She just had to wait two more years.
On the train back, Lu Li looked at the reward in his hand with a satisfied smile.
From the first day to the end, the mission took a total of four days, and he earned a total of 200,000 Jewels.
Alice wanted to give more. After all, the difficulty of this mission was very high; giving 1,000,000 Jewels wouldn't have been excessive.
But this was rejected by Lu Li. The amount stated on the quest request was the amount. It was Fairy Tail's rule not to casually raise the price on the client.
Lu Li handed 100,000 Jewels to Erza.
Erza was stunned: "What are you doing?"
"Quest reward! We did this mission together, so naturally, the reward is split fifty-fifty."
"I was only responsible for leading you on the mission. I didn't do much this time; you completed almost everything."
During this mission, she barely did anything. Except for blocking the two attackers at the beginning, she just guarded Alice the whole time.
"But you spent time too, didn't you? If you hadn't protected Alice, I wouldn't have been able to focus on fighting. This is what you deserve."
Lu Li put the quest reward into Erza's hand.
Erza looked at the reward in her hand, stunned for a moment, then said: "Thank you."
Lu Li smiled and said: "What's there to thank? If there's any thanking to be done, I should be thanking you. Leading a newcomer is a troublesome task. Without your help, I couldn't have completed the mission so smoothly."
"If you really want to thank me, then teach me swordsmanship after we go back. I'm also very interested in swordsmanship."
This wasn't a lie. As a man, who wouldn't be interested in swords?
Let alone a sword, even a long, straight stick is something a man can't refuse.
Hearing that Lu Li was interested in swordsmanship, Erza's eyes lit up too: "Okay!"
She was the only swordsman in the guild. She also wanted to spar with others in swordsmanship so she could continuously improve. With Lu Li's high comprehension, he would definitely learn swordsmanship quickly too.
For the rest of the journey, Lu Li chatted with Erza. Because of this mission, their relationship had obviously become much closer.
This was a good sign for Lu Li. Chasing a girl shouldn't wait until she became an adult. He needed to leave a good impression on Erza now.
Spending more time together in the future, sooner or later, he would win Erza's heart.
After returning to the guild, Erza reported the mission to Makarov.
Unbeknownst to them, this matter had already spread throughout Fiore. It was heavily reported in this morning's newspaper, which featured the photo of Alice kissing Lu Li.
Alice was currently the most popular idol in the Kingdom of Fiore; her every move attracted attention.
The Magic Council also interrogated overnight, with extremely high efficiency. The mastermind was indeed that king who lusted after Alice's beauty and hired people from a Dark Guild to do it.
The final result was that the king was stripped of his throne. This world ultimately belonged to the strong, and the Magic Council was the highest authority on the continent of Ishgar.
"Lu Li! You're so amazing! You actually defeated 30 Dark Guild Mages by yourself!"
Natsu said to Lu Li excitedly.
"Well, it's mostly because they were relatively weak."
Gray also said somewhat excitedly: "That's still incredible. That's thirty Mages."
Although Lu Li was their age, his strength was obviously a large cut above.
It's human nature to worship the strong. Lu Li being so strong naturally made them admire him very much.
"I really didn't expect this mission to be issued by Miss Alice. If I had known earlier, I would have taken it."
Wakaba was very envious that Lu Li could have such close contact with Alice, especially since Alice kissed Lu Li. This made all the men in the guild terribly envious.
Macao shot Wakaba down: "If you had gone, maybe you would have been taken out by them long ago."
Macao had strong self-esteem, but he had let it go now. He was just an ordinary person; how could he compare with a little monster like Lu Li? This kid could create and use Forbidden-level magic. Losing to him wasn't shameful at all.
Moreover, when Lu Li protected Miss Alice this time, he used his magic. Lu Li knew so much magic, yet he chose to use his, which was enough to prove that his magic was powerful.
At this time, in a corner, a blonde-haired boy about 17 years old looked at Lu Li.
"Oh? Is this the monster newcomer the guild has been discussing lately?"
When Lu Li joined the guild, Laxus was out on a mission. Upon returning, he heard many people in the guild talking about Lu Li.
Freed said: "That's right, that is Lu Li."
"So the rumors in the guild are true then?"
Bickslow said: "It's true. My babies and I saw him use the Master's magic with our own eyes."
The corners of Laxus's mouth curled up: "Even learned the old man's magic? That's interesting. Looks like I need to get to know him."
Saying that, Laxus stood up and walked towards Lu Li.
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