Gar didn't mind, but it caused dissatisfaction among some other children.
"Hey! Siegrain, are you jealous?!"
"Yeah! Jealous that Galle's talent is higher than yours!"
"Lord Gar! Beat him up quickly!"
"We've long been unable to stand his arrogant look!"
The group of kids criticized Siegrain all at once.
Siegrain equally disdained everyone.
Listening to the children fanning the flames, Gar shrugged and smiled:
"I'm afraid your teacher won't agree."
In the distance.
A teacher had already run over:
"What happened?"
Lucas finally felt a bit of presence at this moment, his face recovering somewhat, and he walked over to tell the approaching teacher what had just happened.
The teacher also noticed something was wrong and quickly apologized to Lucas.
Then he began directing the children back to the classroom.
Before leaving, Siegrain frowned and glanced at Gar, always feeling that Gar had ill intentions, but couldn't quite figure out what the guy had done.
Lucas's expression finally improved, and after returning, he said to Gar:
"These brats."
"They're simply too outrageous."
"Do you still want to look around the academy?"
Gar shook his head:
"No need."
"Let's go to a large city nearby."
Discovering Siegrain was an unexpected gain and a pleasant surprise; there was no need to continue browsing.
Lucas also nodded:
"That's true, the mood has been ruined."
"Let's still head to Myrville City."
Then Lucas restarted the airship and headed to Myrville City.
Half a day later.
At the entrance of Myrville City.
Lucas controlled the airship as it landed and said to Gar:
"This is Myrville City."
At the same time, he explained to Gar, pointing to the tall tower-like building to the east:
"That is the train station of Myrville City."
"It can connect to various parts of the Continent.
There are four trains bound for the Fiore Kingdom, two at 8 AM and two at 8 PM."
"If you're not in a hurry, you can stroll around the city freely."
"Myrville City is also considered a large transportation hub, with goods from all over the Continent.
There should be something that interests you."
"Over there is the Myrville Auction House.
I heard recently..."
Lucas explained to Gar while controlling the airship's descent.
Gar also nodded occasionally.
Night fell.
A hotel in the center of Myrville City.
Inside the room on the third floor.
Gar raised his palm, and a light blue, ethereal map of the Ishgar Continent appeared, floating above his palm.
On the ethereal map of Ishgar, many red dots flickered, scattered across various parts of the Continent.
These were all marked Gastly locations.
Previously, while in the Fiore Kingdom, Gar had merged a batch of Gastly into the shadows of the Black Magic Cult followers, after several months of continuous contact and transfer.
The majority of the Gastly had already transferred into the shadows of the Black Magic Cult followers here on the Ishgar Continent.
Just looking at the locations of these red dots, Gar couldn't help but twitch his eyebrow:
"No way?"
Although these red dots were scattered, judging by their faint encirclement pattern, the headquarters of the Black Magic Cult was highly likely to be somewhere in the central part of the Ishgar Continent.
"That's quite something."
"Are they playing the 'hiding in plain sight' game with the Magic Council?"
Of course.
Even without hiding in plain sight, there was no way.
Too many people in the lower ranks had been infiltrated; even if they wanted to catch the Black Magic Cult, they probably couldn't.
Gar looked at his own location and the location of the nearest Gastly.
The distance wasn't too far.
Gar used the marker to summon the nearest Gastly.
Suddenly changing locations, the Gastly was still a bit dazed.
However, upon seeing Gar, it smiled and excitedly rushed over.
Gar smiled and stroked the Gastly, then the Gastly began recounting the information it had gathered during this period.
These Black Magic Cult gatherings were held once every half a month.
Each gathering was organized by a priest.
In the Fiore Kingdom, there was only a fixed cult priest, but there were many more here on the Ishgar Continent.
During this time, the Gastly had already seen three priests from different cults just by continuously transferring.
Behind these different cults were surprisingly all branches of the Black Magic Cult.
However, the higher the rank, the longer the interval between gatherings.
Ordinary followers were organized by priests to gather once every half a month.
But now, the Gastly possessing that high-ranking priest just listened to reports from subordinates every day and made no moves at all.
It had been lurking for over a month, and the Gastly had only heard that priest report his work to his superiors once, and it was done via Magic communication, without meeting in person at all.
Gar nodded after listening:
"That's normal."
"If they were really that easy to find, they wouldn't have existed for so long."
Raising his hand to stroke the Gastly, some Source Power surged from Gar's palm and merged into the Gastly's body.
The Gastly's body began to emit light, its aura continuously rising, starting to evolve.
The next second.
A Haunter with claws appeared in the room.
A look of surprise appeared on the Haunter's face.
Gar said with a smile:
"Don't move."
Saying so, he pointed his finger at the center of the Haunter's forehead.
In the Haunter's mind, methods for using some moves inexplicably appeared, as if it had been born knowing how to use them:
[Hypnosis, Black Sight, Dark Pulse, Dream Eater...]
After transmitting the methods for using the skills, Gar said:
"With these, investigating will be a bit more convenient."
"Hypnosis, Dream Eater, and these others can be used on low-ranking priests."
"They won't discover it."
The Haunter nodded:
"Giel~"
With these skills, it was much more interesting than just boringly waiting for information.
A whole bunch of uses had already appeared in the Haunter's mind.
It could even directly scare them into dreaming, then eat their dreams to obtain information.
Gar patted the Haunter's head:
"Alright, go back first."
Saying so, he activated his ability and sent the Haunter back to its previous location.
After sending the Haunter back, Gar stretched, walked back to the bed, and began meditating with Calm Mind.
Everything that needed to be done for now was done.
All that was left was waiting.
The only thing he needed to do now was cultivate.
Gar hadn't properly cultivated for a long time.
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Several days later.
Fiore Kingdom.
Magnolia Town, station.
Gar walked out of the station and stepped onto the thick snow.
His footsteps made the sound of compacting snowflakes:
"The snow is really thick."
Goose feather-like heavy snow drifted down.
There wasn't a single person on the entire street.
Even passengers who had just exited the station stopped and remained inside, pointing at the heavy snow.
Gar lifted his foot and walked out, snowflakes falling on him.
He walked towards the Guild's base at the end of the street, leaving a footprint with each step.
Inside the Fairy Tail Guild's base.
Makarov stood by the window, looking at the heavy snow outside:
"This weather..."
"Drinking some hot wine should be nice, right?"
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