Chapter 58 (1/2)

\ In a house /

”Erza!” ​​

A shout in the house resounds.

”Yes mum?”

Erza came down the stairs with a sword in her hand and a tired, grimy appearance showing that she had just come from training.

Thanks to her mother's enchantments, she could practice in her room without breaking or damaging anything.

”Come and sit down, I need to talk to you”

Irene called Erza to sit next to her on the sofa.

”Yes?” Erza went to sit down intrigued by his mother's seriousness.

”Would you like to become a member of a guild?” asked Irene.

”Hm? I think it would be fun but I want to stay with you” said Erza taking Irene's sleeve.

”I know but at your age you need to make friends and go on your own adventure. And then we'll still see each other when you come home” smiled Irene as she stroked her daughter's hair.

”Friends?...” murmured Erza as the idea of having friends was very appealing to her.

”Yes, friends you can count on for any situation, like a second family” Irene explained.

”Kya ~ My daughter is so cute” said Erza hugging her daughter who gave the hug back in return.

”But mum, which guild will I go to? The guild in this town is... not very appropriate is it?” asked Erza as she broke away from her mother's embrace.

”Of course not, I won't let my darling daughter go to a guild with a bunch of brainless idiots” Irene replied with a huff.

In the guild in question, all the men felt annoyed for no reason.

”But then where am I going to go? I don't think there's another guild in town” Erza asked curiously and intrigued.

”No there isn't but there is a guild in a town not far from here called Magnolia”.

”What's it called?”

”Fairy Tail”

”Fairy Tail? Why that one?” asked Erza.

”Ah, uh, because it's a good guild with strong mages and good people,” Irene said with a bit of panic as if she was hiding something.

”Mamaaaaan, what are you hiding from me?” asked Erza squinting and looking her mother straight in the eye.

”Nothing” said her mother looking away.

But Erza continued to stare until Irene gave up.

”That's because...”

When Irene spoke, deep emotions appeared in her eyes.

”Because your father told me so,” Irene said with a sad tone.

”Dad told you?” Erza's eyes widened at her mother's words.

”But why did daddy tell you about this guild?” asked Erza after digesting this news.

Erza thoughtfully turned her head and looked at the picture with her smiling father.

After a few seconds, Erza smiled and nodded to herself.

”Okay. I'll go” said Erza.

”Hmm?” Irene looked at her daughter in surprise.

She didn't think she would accept so easily. She was quite attached to her mother after all.

”If daddy said it was the best guild and I should go, then it must be true, right?” said Erza with a big toothy grin.

”Of course,” replied Irene with a pretty smile.

”So when do I go?” asked Erza with some excitement.

”In two days” replied Irene.

”Okay” Irene replied lovingly as she watched her daughter leave.

”Honey...” whispered Irene, looking up at the ceiling.

”I don't know how you knew about this guild from the future, but your daughter seems excited to go since she knows you recommended it.

”Even if she's forgotten, she's still attached to you... ” Irene said, leaving the room in a long silence.

”Honey... I miss you” Irene said as she shed a tear and touched the ring on her finger.

The ring Shin had given her... She never left it.

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\ In the divine realm /

While Shin is in a comatose state, his fight against Acnologia has also brought him good.

Now the Tree of Life has grown to a size of 300m, the size of the Eiffel Tower for comparison.

The Life energy that the tree gave off was even more concentrated and powerful, the lake around the island where the tree is located and the forest around the lake became even more beautiful.

The jewel of the deity of death was no longer in front of the Tree of Life for a reason.

The divine realm has undergone enormous changes!

Whereas before only Shin's territory, the Forest of Life, existed, now the other territories of the other divine kings appeared.

The Forest of Life was now a huge floating island.

In fact, the four territories were now floating islands comparable in size to a country.

The four islands were themselves positioned around a large island of the same size that was at the centre of the divine realm.

Beneath these five floating islands was a vast ocean, incredibly dense and pure, bathed in divine energy.

Deserts, forests, wastelands, mountains, meadows, huge lakes and much more were formed.

Even the gods would take time to explore the entire divine realm.

As for the four territories of the God-King, each was special in its own way.

Shin's territory was the Forest of Life, the most beautiful forest in the divine realm that was overflowing with life energy, the one with the largest tree in the divine realm and the home of the God-King of Life.

The territory of the God-King of Death was all fertile land and mountains made of volcanic rock and soul sand, filled with lava lakes and in the centre of the island was a huge lava lake on which stood a huge dark tree the same size as the Tree of Life, the home of the God-King of Death.

The territory of the god of creation consisted of lush, flawless plains with various landforms such as rivers and waterfalls and in the centre of the island was a huge mountain with a magnificent white castle that shone with a bright light, the home of the god-king of creation.

The territory of the deity of destruction was land, trees completely destroyed by the energy of destruction and in the centre of the island was a dark castle surrounded by lightning and black clouds, the home of the God-King of destruction.

Each island was filled and overflowing with their respective energy of Destruction, Life, Creation and Death.

And in the centre of these four islands was another island, a little more pristine, where there was only a single full house at the moment, but which would later house a large building that would serve as a meeting place between the gods as well as the place where meetings between GodKings would take place to decide on the rules, etc. of the divine realm as well as the problems of the universe.

In addition, in each GodKing's house, with the exception of Shin's, there was a jewel which represented the deity of death, creation and destruction and which would later become the GodKings.

Each jewel greedily absorbed and fed on divine energy to grow, although the deity of death seemed most likely to take human form first.

And the majesty of the divine realm was further accentuated by the beautiful sky with golden touches provided by the huge shield around the realm that protected it from space.

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”Erza, are you ready?”

Inside the house, Irene shouted in the direction of the upstairs.

”Yes, I'm coming,” Erza replied.

Erza came downstairs wearing long black boots, a black skirt and a white t-shirt with a black jacket and her hair tied back.

”You look beautiful my dear” complimented Irene.

”Hey hey, thanks mum” laughed Erza at her mother's compliment.

”Shall we go then?”

”Hm” Erza nodded as she walked towards her mother.

Irene took Erza's hand as the golden ring around her braid turned into a wooden stick.

(AN: Irene's appearance has remained the same as it was 400 years ago, like the picture on my wiki because I prefer the appearance with long, loose hair than her ”witch” appearance in the anime. After that it doesn't change that she is still beautiful and mȧturė)

Irene tapped her staff against the floor as a magic circle appeared and they immediately disappeared from the room.