While Alan and Laxus were still on their way back, the events that had transpired at Coral Port had already spread across the entirety of Ishgar. Inside the guild hall in Magnolia, Macao and Wakaba were sitting at the bar counter drinking, and as they chatted, the conversation drifted to the remarkable displays of power by Laxus and Gildarts at Coral Port.
"Wakaba, do you think we should put in some effort ourselves? Not necessarily to catch up to them, but at least so we aren't left too far behind. There was a time when we were striving to become S-Class Mages—when was it that we started slacking off?"
Macao seemed a little drunk, suddenly feeling a wave of nostalgia for the past.
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