When Shane came out of Makarov's office again.
The Mages in the first-floor hall who were still concerned about the Ivan incident instantly focused their attention on Shane.
"Shane! The one you dragged just now was—Mr. Ivan, right? The Master's son!"
"What's going on? Laxus also ran out angrily just now; he didn't even listen when called!"
"Shane, are you okay? What exactly happened?"
"What happened upstairs? The Master didn't get angry, right?"
Everyone talking at once instantly drowned him. Shane shook his head somewhat troubledly.
He had agreed with the Master not to mention the "Lumen Histoire" matter, but in that case, he really didn't know how to organize his words to explain.
Fortunately, just as he didn't know how to deal with this chaotic scene, a savior appeared.
"Quiet down, everyone."
A voice full of seriousness, unlike the usual joking, sounded.
Master Makarov was standing in front of the second-floor railing at some point, his face calm, his gaze sweeping over the whole venue.
The noise subsided immediately. Everyone held their breath, waiting for the Master's explanation.
Makarov announced Ivan's crimes concisely.
Attempting to steal guild secrets, harming companions—
And the final verdict—
Depriving him of memories regarding magic and related matters, and permanently expelling him from Fairy Tail.
"Wha—?"
"Depriving memories? This—"
"That guy Ivan deserves it."
"Hey, don't say that in front of the Master!"
Although there were speculations, hearing the Master confirm personally, and such a severe punishment, a burst of uncontrollable exclamations still sounded in the hall.
Many people subconsciously looked at Shane again, their eyes full of unbelievable astonishment.
They all knew Shane was strong and reliable.
But pursuing and defeating a genuine S-Class Mage independently? This completely exceeded their cognition of this usually relatively low-key companion.
Feeling the enthusiastic and curious gazes around him, Shane rubbed his nose somewhat uncomfortably.
Although he had experienced this kind of scene a few times, he was still somewhat unaccustomed to this feeling of being in the spotlight.
Some people who couldn't stand Ivan for a long time couldn't help but want to gather around to ask for details, surrounding him while talking all at once.
"Shane, you kid hide deep enough!"
"Quickly tell us, how did you defeat Ivan?"
Just as Shane was surrounded and getting a headache again, Macao stood out.
He rarely put on the airs of a senior, waving his hands to disperse everyone. "Alright, alright! The Master has made things clear; don't crowd here! Go drink if you should drink, go take missions if you should take missions! Let Shane have some peace!"
Although curious, the crowd gradually dispersed, only the amazed gazes cast at Shane still flashed from time to time.
This Ivan incident made Shane completely famous in the guild.
Shane looked at Macao with slight surprise, casting a grateful look, then searched in the hall and soon found Erza's table.
Gray still maintained his previous posture, lying on the table, staring blankly, obviously still digesting the fact that "Shane defeated an S-Class," which was difficult for him to accept.
This was quite normal, but what he found strange was that even the always quirky Cana was sitting there, staring blankly, her fingers unconsciously tracing the edge of the wooden cup, wondering what she was thinking.
Seeing Shane return, Erza put down the empty teacup in her hand gently. "Is it okay now?"
Shane nodded, then put a finger to his lips, making a "shh" gesture.
He hadn't forgotten his original purpose for coming to the guild.
He and Cana still had an "account" to settle.
As a pitiful Mage deceived by the client concealing intelligence, Shane wouldn't show mercy just because Cana's state was wrong.
Taking advantage of the other party still being in a daze and not noticing him, the corner of Shane's mouth hooked up into a bad smile. He quietly went behind Cana, suddenly clenched his fists, and launched an "electric drill attack" against both sides of her head.
"Bastard Cana!" He spoke viciously.
"What was with that small church? Spoke so easily when commissioning, even letting you bargain the commission fee down to 30,000 Jewels, yet you still dared to deceive me? Die!"
Cana screamed "Ah," waking up from her daze.
Feeling the violence from the top of her head, she hurriedly protected her hair, both angry and amused.
Cana just felt that herself, who would have emotions like "being left alone," was too ridiculous.
Rather, she now genuinely hoped Shane would ignore her and leave her alone quickly.
She really didn't expect that the first thing this guy Shane did after dealing with Ivan was actually running over to settle the cleaning commission account with her?
According to common sense, shouldn't he be triumphantly accepting everyone's worship and questioning, boasting about his strength properly?
"Compensation! Must increase the reward!"
Shane didn't care about these, protesting resolutely.
Saying this, the "electric drill" in his hand changed to rubbing her hair, messing up her carefully combed long black hair into a mess.
Cana hid helplessly behind Erza, poking out half a head. "Didn't you confirm the amount of commission money yourself in the end? Does a Fairy Tail Mage want to violate the agreement set by himself?"
This sentence was indeed effective.
Shane's movement froze instantly, the expression on his face changing constantly.
Indeed, although he felt the reward was low at the time, he eventually nodded and accepted it himself.
Since it was his own decision, he couldn't go back on it.
Thinking of this, Shane's face collapsed entirely, suffering in silence.
Gray, who had been "playing dead" on the table, rarely seeing Shane so deflated, finally got spirited.
His shoulders shook slightly, forcibly holding back laughter, afraid of drawing fire to himself.
Looking at Shane's heartbroken appearance, Cana's heart softened, and she sighed. "Alright, alright, at worst—today, to celebrate you defeating Ivan, I'll treat you to a big meal; that should be okay, right?"
This proposal made Shane accept reluctantly.
He withdrew his hand and crossed his arms. "Prepare to be ripped off by me later!"
Beside them, Erza blinked, a trace of obvious regret appearing on her face.
She looked at Shane and said very seriously, "For celebration—I'd rather eat the pan-fried steak made by you, Shane."
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Shane was speechless for a moment.
Erza's reaction forced him to start thinking seriously about improving the girl's food treatment in the future; couldn't just casually fry a few steaks to fool her.
In the end, Cana successfully appeased Erza with "big meal."
After giving the agreed 30,000 Jewels commission money to Shane, she took the three to a restaurant with above-average decoration on the street of Magnolia.
Mhm, a buffet barbecue restaurant.
"Speaking of which, Erza is one thing, but Gray, why do you also have to follow?"
Cana looked at Gray, who sat down naturally, and couldn't help asking.
Rarely treating, she originally thought about calling Levy together. Result when looking for her in the library, she found Levy completely immersed in the sea of books.
She was even completely ignorant of the big event that just happened in the guild. After being told the situation by her, the whole person was confused.
Helplessly, she had to let Levy continue to stare blankly in the library, while she took these three "foodies" out.