"Kenichi, didn't Mira-nee come back with you?"
While Kenichi was using Hearing Magic to listen to Makarov and Mest's conversation, Lisanna walked up to Kenichi, her face showing some worry.
After all, Lisanna had seen Mirajane leave with Kenichi, Erza, and Wendy earlier.
But now, Kenichi, Erza, and Wendy had all returned to the guild, and only Mirajane hadn't come back.
Naturally, Lisanna was somewhat worried.
"Mira is on the magic airship right now. She still has some things to handle and will be back soon."
Hearing Kenichi, Lisanna breathed a sigh of relief.
While Kenichi and Lisanna were talking, the conversation between Makarov and Mest on the third level beneath the guild also concluded.
"Well then, I'll take my leave first!"
Mest said to Makarov, then activated his magical power.
In the next second, Mest's figure vanished from the spot.
And at that moment, the system's mechanical prompt sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Teleportation Magic attribute!]
Hearing this system prompt, Kenichi's eyebrow twitched.
Mest could use two types of magic.
One was memory manipulation magic.
The other was this Teleportation Magic.
In the original story, Mest used this Teleportation Magic to rescue Makarov from Zeref's hands.
Of course, the Spatial Magic Kenichi possessed could also achieve instantaneous movement.
But the distance for instantaneous movement wasn't very far.
This Teleportation Magic, with sufficient magical power, could transport people over extremely long distances, making it a very convenient magic.
[Host, would you like to collect the Teleportation Magic attribute?]
Soon, the system's mechanical prompt sounded again in Kenichi's mind.
Kenichi didn't hesitate and immediately answered: 'Collect!'
With Kenichi's command, the Teleportation Magic attribute underground transformed into a golden tadpole rune and converged directly towards Kenichi.
After that golden rune merged into Kenichi's body, the [Teleportation Magic] attribute was added to the Magic column on the virtual screen in front of Kenichi.
'I wonder if, with my current magical power, I can instantly teleport from Ishgar to the Western Continent?!'
Kenichi looked at the Teleportation Magic attribute on the screen and thought to himself.
Not long after Kenichi finished collecting the Teleportation Magic attribute dropped by the system, Makarov walked in from outside the main hall.
The moment Makarov appeared, Kenichi, Erza, and the others noticed him.
When they saw the heavy expression on Makarov's old face, Erza slightly furrowed her brows.
Erza was quite clear about Makarov's temperament.
Even if someone in the guild caused major trouble, Makarov wouldn't be too concerned.
Now, seeing Makarov with such a grave expression, Erza felt uneasy.
"Master!!"
Just as Kenichi, Erza, and the others saw Makarov, Makarov also noticed Kenichi, Erza, and the others.
"You're back? How did things go with Tartaros?"
Makarov walked up to Kenichi, Erza, and the others and asked.
"It's already over."
"That's good."
After getting Kenichi's answer, Makarov first nodded, then walked to the front of the hall, turned to face everyone, and announced loudly: "Since everyone is here, there's something I need to announce!"
"What is it?"
"Why so serious?"
Macao and Wakaba, completely unaware of anything wrong with Makarov, asked casually while drinking.
"Starting today, the guild is hereby disbanded!"
As soon as Makarov said this, the previously somewhat lively guild hall instantly fell silent.
Everyone looked at Makarov with astonishment.
"Master? What did you just say? Disband the guild?"
"Are you joking?"
"Did I hear wrong?"
Almost everyone in the guild knew that Makarov treated the guild as his own home, and he also valued this home deeply.
Now, hearing Makarov talk about disbanding the guild, Macao and the others' first reaction was that Makarov was joking.
But soon, Makarov spoke again: "Some might not have heard clearly earlier. I announce once more, from this moment on, the guild is disbanded!"
"Disband?!"
This time, Macao and the other guild members all shouted in unison.
"Why disband the guild?"
"Master, what exactly happened?"
"The guild is our home! You can't just disband it like that!"
Although Macao and the others strenuously tried to persuade Makarov, Makarov's attitude remained very firm.
"The guild must be disbanded!"
Erza, who had been silent until now, looked at Makarov's expression and said with a furrowed brow: "As I thought, something has happened…"
Just then, Erza noticed the expression on Kenichi's face, so she asked him: "Kenichi, do you know something?"
"You could say that."
Kenichi glanced down at Erza, said with a smile, then stepped forward and said to Makarov: "Master, I know you're worried about the Western Continent, but there's absolutely no need to disband the guild."
'Western Continent!'
When Kenichi uttered this name, Makarov looked at him with astonishment.
Although Makarov didn't speak, the expression on his face seemed to ask: 'How do you know I'm disbanding the guild because I'm worried about the Western Continent?!'
"I possess a magic called Hearing Magic. I heard your conversation downstairs earlier."
Kenichi pointed to his own ear and said with a smile.
Hearing Kenichi's words, Lucy, Levy, and the others were completely in the dark, but Makarov's old face changed dramatically.
However, soon, he also smiled wryly and said: "So that means... you know about what's downstairs?"
The 'what's downstairs' Makarov referred to was naturally Lumen Histoire.
Lumen Histoire was Fairy Tail's highest secret.
Only the guild masters of each generation were supposed to know about it.
Earlier, underground, Makarov had mentioned Lumen Histoire to Mest.
Thinking that Kenichi now knew about Lumen Histoire's existence in this way, Makarov felt quite helpless.
But what Makarov didn't know was that Kenichi had already known about Lumen Histoire long ago.
"Don't worry, I won't talk about it."
"Let's talk about the Western Continent matter instead!"