Fairy Tail: This Healing Mage's hits hurt so much!

Riyao pretended not to know anything, with a puzzled look on his face.

"You guys are reacting like this? Could it be that there really are people who travel through time?"

He spoke with a grin, crossed his legs and swung them back and forth, drawing circles in the air with his toes, as if he were joking.

Princess Emerald and Arcadios exchanged a glance, their eyes conveying something in the air.

Neither of them spoke, but Riyao could tell they were sending telegrams with their eyes.

Princess Jade pondered for a moment, her fingers circling the rim of the teacup twice. The white porcelain cup had a gold rim, and her fingernails gently tapped the porcelain surface.

"There is a person who claims to be from the future. He has been accurate about many things, including the news of Fairy Tail's return."

Mirajane opened her mouth slightly, parted her lips, then closed them again, and froze for two seconds.

"Is it really possible for someone to travel through time? That's incredible!"

Princess Emerald shook her head, her shoulders slumping slightly.

"We don't know if it's true either. He said that after the Great Martial Arts Tournament ended in X791, ten thousand dragons attacked, and the Eclipse Gate needed to accumulate magic power to launch a giant magical ray to deal with the ten thousand dragons."

"The Eclipse Gate is currently accumulating magic power in its final stage."

Riyao picked his nose, twirled his finger inside his nostril, and looked quite content.

Mirajane grabbed his hand in displeasure and pulled his fingers off his wrist.

She took out her handkerchief and wiped him clean one by one, her movements swift and her fingers flying, as if she had done it a thousand times.

"If you pick your nose again, you'll be sleeping by the door."

"Okay."

Riyao responded softly, then looked at Princess Emerald.

"Is it really okay to just tell us such kingdom secrets directly?"

Princess Emerald shook her head.

"Compared to that, you are far more credible than the one who claims to be from the future. And as an ancient guild with a history spanning over a century, we'd also like to ask if this story is truly believable?"

A gentle breeze drifted into the room, causing ripples to spread across the surface of the black tea on the table.

The curtains swayed gently, and sunlight danced on the floor, casting dappled patterns of light.

Riyao sighed, exhaling through his nose and ruffling the hair on his forehead.

"I don't know if you've received any intelligence about what happened to us."

He paused, then uttered the three titles one by one.

"The Feather of the End"

"Black Dragon".

"Acunorokia".

"He focused on hunting down all dragons, nearly wiping them out. Those ten thousand dragons couldn't possibly still exist."

"You know, right? The true purpose of the Eclipse Gate."

Riyao leans forward, resting his elbows on his knees with his fingers interlaced.

"Time travel! If ten thousand dragons really do appear, they would only be ten thousand giant dragons from hundreds of years ago, emerging from the Gate of Eclipse."

Mirajane, Wendy, and Charlotte were all stunned, their expressions frozen on their faces, their eyes wide open.

They never imagined that time travel was actually possible.

Princess Emerald and Arcadios, on the other hand, had solemn expressions and their faces darkened.

Arcadios clenched his fist, his knuckles turned white, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged slightly.

Princess Emerald rose, bowed slightly, and her skirt trailed in an arc on the carpet.

"I'm sorry, I can't entertain you today. I need to take care of some things."

Riyao waved his hand casually, then leaned back on the sofa and sank into the soft cushions.

"Don't worry about it, we're just heading back to prepare for the preliminary rounds. If you need our help, just call us."

"I will."

Princess Emerald smiled happily, but the seriousness in her eyes had not completely dissipated, and the smile was only on the surface.

Riyao stood up, bent down, and packed up all the snacks from the three-tiered porcelain plate on the table, leaving not a single one.

With a flick of the fingers, the plate was empty, so clean it gleamed.

Arcadios rubbed his forehead, covering half his face with his hand, revealing a helpless eye through his fingers.

It's still the same as always.

Riyao was carrying a pile of pastries, his hands stuffed full.

He waved with difficulty at Princess Emerald, his wrist barely managing to wiggle twice, and several pastries almost slipped off the top.

Come visit Magnolia sometime!

Mirajane smiled slightly at Princess Emerald, reached out and took Sunrise's arm to help him steady the pile of pastries in his hands.

"Bye-bye."

The three people and the cat came and went in a hurry.

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away in the red-carpeted corridor, finally being cut off by the heavy door panels.

As Riyao passed by the gate, he rummaged through a pile of pastry bags and found two small pieces, handing them to the two gate guards.

"Don't say I didn't give you any benefits."

After he finished speaking, he stuffed the snacks into the hands of the two soldiers, one for each of them, forcibly prying open their palms and pressing their fingers onto the snacks.

"..."

Mirajane chewed on a snack, her cheeks puffed out, her voice muffled.

"What a pity, I didn't even have a chance to catch up with her."

"Hmm, the competition will continue for a while, there will be opportunities."

Riyao also popped a piece into his mouth and chewed it with a crunching sound.

Wendy held Charlotte in her arms and followed beside her, looking up at the sun.

"Brother Sunshine, what is the Gate of Eclipse?"

"I'm not entirely sure either, I only know that it's a portal that allows you to travel through time."

"That cunning bastard definitely knows."

"That scheming bastard knows, but I don't know. I'm not a bastard."

"You admit you're cunning, right?!"

The three people and the cat chatted and strolled through the streets of the capital, with crowds flowing past them.

The cries of street vendors rose and fell.

When they ran into Gray and his group on the road, Sunshine slammed on the brakes, his shoes scraping against the ground.

He grabbed Mirajane with one hand and Wendy with the other, and slipped into a nearby alley.

With my back pressed against the cold wall, I dared not breathe, my chest tightening.

Before the match, I didn't want this surprise to be ruined.

Sunlight shone through his emerald green eyes.

My gaze swept across the crowd and landed on a figure across the street.

A familiar stranger.

Her long, golden hair was partially hidden beneath the cloak.

Riyao couldn't quite understand it.

Logically speaking, his appearance should have changed the future.

But now both future Rogge and future Lucy have appeared.

In the end, they were still destroyed by the dragons.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck me.

If Wanlong were to travel through time, then the Black Dragon would cease to exist.

If the Black Dragon destroys the future, then the Ten Thousand Dragons will cease to exist.

So first, the black dragon destroyed the future, causing future Rogue to return to future Lucy's timeline and unleash the myriad dragons.

This indirectly resulted in the Black Dragon not receiving nourishment from the dragon blood of ten thousand dragons, preventing it from surviving to this day.

There's another thing that Riyao can't understand.

How did Future Rogue return to Future Lucy's timeline?

He doesn't have the twelve zodiacal spirits.

It seems the Eclipse Gate can be opened without a key...

The more Riyao thought about it, the more troubled he became; this time paradox was so complicated.

Forget it, we'll deal with whatever comes our way.