Chapter 52. Return to Magnolia.

*Two years later.*

- Oh ... You surprised me in my old age, five runes ... You completely surpassed me, can you think? Degmar asked regretfully.

- Sorry, I don't want to become your successor, you already know the reason.

- I know, but trying is not torture.

- Thank you for everything, teacher.

- I'm just glad to pass on all my experience to someone in my old age, now I don't mind dying.

- Do not say that, you still have to live and live, so until I become the Runic God, you cannot go to the coffin.

He smiled back slightly.

- Well, I will wait impatiently for this moment.

- Then I went, see you soon.

- Come on, - he waved his hand listlessly, - Just don't forget to visit this old man!

- Sure!

Leaving the guild, Eros headed to the apartment. He had already told Ultear to pack his things in advance and explained their further destination. After Stella, the titan was going to visit Joy too, but changed his mind a year ago. Since the uprising was suppressed and the royal family was able to regain power, so at the moment the country is being restored and there is no longer any sense there. There is nothing interesting for Eros, and it will not work to earn extra money. Therefore, the next destination was Magnolia.

***

As soon as he entered the living room, he froze for a moment, feeling the tension frozen in the air. On one side, Ultear was sitting, slowly sipping tea, and on the other, the Virgin, who looked at her with complete indifference.

- Eros, can you talk to Virgo so that she would wear a maid uniform?

- Mmm… I like everything anyway, - the titan replied with a slight smile.

At the moment, Virgo was wearing only one black swimsuit.

- Is it normal, in your opinion, to stare at another girl, right in front of your own eyes? Ultear asked, narrowing her eyes, with a menacing note in her voice.

- No, but I can't help myself, - replied Eros with a slight smile, - Virgo, you have great taste!

- Thank you, Mr. Eros.

- Eros! Enough praising her already!

The titan approached the angry girl and kissed her, both of his hands resting on Ultear's elastic ass, stroking and squeezing her. The girl, not a bit without resisting, hugged him.

- And it all ended again with this ...

- No, I think we will linger here a little, Virgo, transfer things to the world of spirits, and for now I will punish this bad girl, - with a grin, he slapped Ultear's ass, the same in response smiled playfully.

- Master, do you need a whip?

- Hmm… not a bad idea, but I think you can try it a little later.

- Will you punish?

- Is this a proposal?

- Eros!

- Okay, I'll do it later, - taking the indignant girl in his arms, he immediately went to the stairs ...

***

They reached Magnolia in three days. And as soon as they landed near the gate, they removed their invisibility and calmly walked towards the entrance to the city.

- You have chosen a good place to found a guild, - Ultear said with a small smile, squeezing his hand between her two hemispheres.

- Let's just say, I did not choose, but I cannot disagree with you.

- Well, go ahead, otherwise I'm dying of curiosity!

- Okay, okay, by the way, did you think about our conversation yesterday?

She nodded thoughtfully.

- Forgive me for making you do this, - Eros said guiltily, lifting her head by the chin and looking into her eyes.

- I will only be glad to help you, and it will be nice to carry the brains of these boring old men from the council, - Ultear answered with a nasty smile, - But I hope I won't have to wait long for you.

- Don't worry, maximum a month and everything will be ready.

- I catch the word! And since I leave you tomorrow, then all tonight you are mine!

- These should have been my words ...

They quickly approached a huge Japanese-style building. Each floor was denoted by a roof of large and thick wood-based panels around it. The walls were white, made of pressed clay, looking rather frail. And the building looked very fragile, but beautiful.

- Is this your guild building? - Ultear asked in surprise.

- Yes ... Not bad, - said Eros thoughtfully, examining the building.

- Why not bad? How wonderful for me!

- There are several flaws that need to be corrected.

- Flaws?

- Yes, the clay with the help of which the walls are made is slightly lower in quality than the one I spoke about, the roof is three degrees lower than it was in the drawing, and also ...

- That's enough, I understood!

- Eros ...? - A surprised voice sounded behind the titan's back, and turning around, he saw a guy with short red hair with a scar on his cheek.

- Rick, glad to see you, - with a slight smile, he held out his hand, while the second shook it slightly with a delay.

- You would at least warn that you are coming back, we would get ready ... And she ...?

- My girlfriend, - Rick looked with shock first at Eros, then at Ultear, - What is this reaction ?!

- Well, I thought you weren't interested in girls ...

- What are you driving at ?! I'm not one of these!

The man smiled guiltily as he looked at him.

- You misunderstood, I just thought that you were only interested in books, otherwise you didn't see you, you read something all the time, not paying attention to anyone.

- He hasn't changed a bit, - she said with a grin.

- That's how ... Well, I'm not surprised.

- Actually, I'm here ... - Eros said gloomily, - And what about your love front, when is the wedding?

- How do you know? He asked in surprise.

- BUT? I guessed?

- A month later, I proposed to Lily two weeks ago.

- ...

- By the way, I was just about to contact you and invite you to the wedding.

- Hmm ... - Eros thoughtfully looked at Ultear, that "sweet" smiled at him, with shining eyes, - "Well, nafig! I'm not ready to marry so early, although I love her, it's too early! " - I'm happy for you, otherwise when I left, it was hard for you even to hold on to the arms.

- There was such ... - he smiled shyly, - And that we are standing here, we will go to our guild, finally everyone will see the master, otherwise I'm already tired of answering everyone that I'm not a guild master and I don't know when you'll return.

- Come on, by the way, how many participants have already accumulated?

- 42 people, half of them from the Tower of Heaven and mostly all children no older than sixteen.

- That's how ...

Opening the doors, a large hall appeared in front of Eros, with a small bar, several dozen tables and chairs. At one end of the hall there was a large empty board, and on the ceiling a huge chandelier adorned the hall. The floor was made of planks, as was the ceiling. There was also a staircase to the second floor in the hall.

Oddly enough, Eros took the Fairy Tail Building from the inside to design the building. He liked the way it was arranged, as well as the idea of ​​a second floor for S-rank tasks, which could only be taken by magicians of this rank. Eros also added a couple more chips, like the third floor, where the workshop was located. The Titan has prepared this place for those who want to do something like Runes or Artifactorics.

The guild's basement housed a large library while it was still empty, but Eros was going to fill it, having written the books himself, yet he has a photographic memory, and Grimoire can help with that.

Nevertheless, during these two years, Eros was able to digest the memory of the demon, although he himself did not know much about this thing. After all, Astaroth accidentally found her when he was exploring the ruins and he only knew how to tie her to himself, and he understood her abilities himself. And he was able to reveal only four:

1. It contained all the knowledge of the owner. That is, having read any book only once, its full content was preserved in it.

2. He had the ability to create: she could keep the spells seen by Eros at least once, but they were one-time. This titan checked on Ur, having copied all her spells into the book.

3. Complete indestructibility of the book. No matter how Eros tried, nothing simply took her, even his power of destruction did not leave a scratch on her. Although the titan was still afraid to use dark Magic Power on her, he had a feeling that the book would not survive it.

4. The fourth and last ability, created the "Flame of Perdition" - this spell burned all the pages of the book, as well as the owner himself, while only for a minute bestowed upon him the power to control this flame, which could burn everything.

The artifact was very useful, especially as a shield, Eros even considered sticking a small handle to it, so that it would be more convenient to hold it, but then changed his mind, remembering that he already had good protection, but still noted this idea.

As soon as they entered the building, a little more than twenty pairs of eyes were immediately directed at them. Half of which stayed on Eros, and the other on Rick.

- People, I want to tell you good news ... Our master is back and soon the guild will be officially created! - for a couple of seconds there was deathly silence, until one began to clap, followed by a second and a third ...

- Hooray!

- At last! Welcome back master!

- We're glad to see you!

Although most of the children were happy, there were also those who looked at Eros with disdain or with apprehension, yet for them he was a stranger, whom they first saw. The Titan saw this, but did not pay attention.

Several children ran up to him, among them Eros recognized half, these were the ones he had rescued from the Tower of Heaven, as well as the four that attracted his attention.

- Master! We are glad that you are back! - With a twinkle in his eyes, Eric exclaimed, - Cubelius is also glad to see you, - the purple snake hissed after his words.

"A funny couple ... Yes, and the snake is not easy ... It blows magic ... It's strange ..." - but the titan decided to forget about it for now, because after all, this is a magical world and a lot of all sorts of things roam the earth, - I'm also glad to see you all and how I see everyone has grown and become much stronger ...

- Yes! And soon we will overtake you!

- I will look forward to it.