In a small town on the outskirts of the Albareth Empire, Caesar and Mirajane stopped in front of a small vendor, picking out some accessories unique to the Albareth Empire.
How could they look like they were here to challenge the Twelve Shields and gain experience?
They looked like a young couple on a trip.
It is estimated that these small traders in the empire would never believe that the two people in front of them were the ones who had made the Twelve Shields, the top leaders of the empire, panic.
"Caesar, how about this?"
Mirajane picked out a pendant from the stall, placed it on Caesar's waist, and after taking a look, said, "Not bad, it matches well."
"But the color doesn't suit me. How about the sky blue one?"
Caesar took a look and made a suggestion.
"Let me see."
Mirajane immediately took it off and replaced it with the sky blue ornament that Caesar mentioned.
After taking a look, she nodded and said to the vendor, "Boss, this is it. Pack it up for me."
"Okay."
Mirajane paid the money, took the wrapped pendant, handed it to Caesar, and said, "Here you go, keep it for yourself."
"Of course, it won't fall off."
Caesar accepted it with a smile and immediately hung it around his waist.
Just as the two were about to take a stroll, they suddenly noticed that people on both sides of the street were standing aside and saluting in one direction.
Just when Caesar and Mirajane were a little confused, a carriage slowly drove up the street.
On board were several members of the Twelve Shields, led by August.
Caesar looked at the other person calmly, examining the child of Jellal and Mavis.
And August was also looking at Caesar.
It's just that there was a slight difference in the way they looked at each other.
August looked at Caesar, feeling the enormous magic power hidden in his body and his natural confidence, thinking that he would be a strong enemy.
While Caesar was looking at August, he was thinking in his heart, he was the eldest brother of Natsu and the others, so he was of the same generation as Zeref, which meant he was August's uncle.
Well, my nephew is quite capable. This is our first meeting. Should I give him a red envelope?
"Are you Caesar?"
"Ah? Nephew, are you talking about me?"
The carriage stopped in front of Caesar and Mirajane. August spoke first, but when he asked, Caesar hadn't reacted yet and blurted out the word "nephew."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience fell silent.
Mirajane looked at Caesar with a puzzled expression, then looked at August's white hair and beard, which was longer than Caesar's hair, and found it hard to understand.
As for August, he was directly angered by Caesar's words, and his face turned red with anger.
As for the other Twelve Shield members, they were either angry, thinking that Caesar was looking down on them, or they were trying to hold back their laughter, which was very painful.
"Haha, what an interesting person."
As for the only one who laughed out loud, it was probably Irene.
There's no way, she had the ability and was just that confident.
Caesar looked at Irene and suddenly said, "You are like a friend of mine. What is your relationship?"
As he spoke, Caesar looked at Irene's exposed abdomen, where there was a scar.
It was this scar that completely changed everything for Irene.
Irene's smile faded, and her expression became a little serious.
Just when the atmosphere was tense, Dimaria stood up and said to Caesar and Mirajane, "What is your purpose in coming to the Empire?"
Seeing Dimaria stepping out to break the current atmosphere, Caesar's embarrassment flashed away, and then he spread his hands and said, "Travel, and find some strong people to learn from."
"Huh, what a good competition."
August snorted coldly. It was obvious that the first impression between the uncle and nephew was not very good when they met for the first time.
"Oh, by the way, this letter is for you."
Caesar didn't care. He took out a bark letter and threw it to August.
August stretched out his hand, and a huge amount of magic power turned into his palm, grabbing the letter.
Then, he tore open the bark letter cover, revealing the letter written on leaves inside.
August frowned slightly, but still patiently read this strange letter.
When he finished reading the letter, he was stunned.
He looked at the letter in disbelief, then looked at Caesar.
After confirming that it was correct, even Caesar could feel his gushing anger and the terrifying magic mixed with the breath of rage.
"Strange? What did Jellal write?"
Caesar scratched his head and muttered in his heart. "Isn't it just to ask him to write a letter and let the Twelve Shields accompany me to gain experience and learn from each other? Why did this nephew get so angry?"
Recalling what he had said to Jellal on Sirius Island, he remembered that Jellal wrote the letter with leaves, sealed it with bark, and solemnly told Caesar that he must hand it to August and never open it midway or give it to other members of the Twelve Shields.
Caesar suddenly felt that he had been tricked by Jellal.
Just when Caesar was feeling a little uneasy, August's anger suddenly subsided, and he said with a slightly dejected look, "I understand. Come with me."
After saying this, August raised his staff and a bright light flashed.
The next moment, the carriage, along with the Twelve Shields, Caesar, and Mirajane, disappeared from the spot.
By the time Caesar reacted, they had already appeared in a huge building that was somewhat similar to a colosseum.
"Master, what's in the letter?"
At this point, Invel frowned and asked.
The letter must contain something very important, as it could have made August so emotionally unstable.
Others also looked at August, wanting to get information.
"You don't need to pay attention to the information in the letter right now."
August grabbed his cloak, tore it off, threw it aside, and said, "There is only one thing you need to know now."
"Defeat him! Defeat him with all your might, regardless of life or death!"
Following August's words, Serena instantly laughed.
"I see, it can't be easier than this!"
In an instant, Serena rushed out and transformed into eight dragons, rushing toward Caesar and Mirajane.
"Irene, summon all Twelve Shields! Highest authority! Defeat him by any means necessary!"
August paused with his staff, and the carriage and the horses instantly broke into pieces.
August pointed with his staff, and terrifying magical waves shot toward Caesar and Mirajane.
"Learn."
Irene didn't ask too many questions and immediately cast a spell to pass the information here to the Twelve Shields members who were not present.
The next moment, the other Twelve Shield members came to the colosseum with the help of teleportation magic.
The Twelve Shields assembled again.
Their goal was to completely defeat or kill Caesar.
Caesar was resisting Serena's attack and was cursing Jellal to pieces in his heart.
When he had a chance to go back, he would definitely beat Jellal up to vent his anger.