Chapter 258 - Return To Ishgar {34} Paradise Island, Part III

Aurora was approaching the mountain and the group had an uninterrupted view of the castle and its beautiful garden. Sherria in all her glory and happiness stood beside Amell on Aurora's head and gazed at the castle. Amell had to calm down the Overlord as she had been close to throwing Sherria off when she climbed onto her head.

While she was admiring the castle, she leaned in against Amell's arm with a sigh of jealousy. "Is this really your home? It's soooo beautiful!"

"It is! Though I didn't build this, Alora did. While I was away on my long journey, she fixed this place up a little."

"Alora? She is your right hand, right? Is she strong?"

Aurora slightly shook her head, if Sherria wasn't holding onto Amell's arm she might have been flung off her head. "Silly child. Lady Alora could most likely take on all Overlords and still come out on top. I aspire to be just like her one day." You could hear the sincerity in her voice.

"Why? What's so different between you Overlords and her?" Sherria crawled forward and leaned right over Aurora's right eye. Aurora's eye was larger than Sherria's whole body.

"Alora was the first Overlord. She was also the first one to step upon God's mountain, and now she lives there. That, naive girl, is my aspiration as well. I wish to live upon God's mountain someday."

"You're really intelligent, Aurora," Jellal said and walked up on her head with his hands in his pockets. "Are the other beasts, except for the Overlords this intelligent? Can they all speak like you? Do they have goals and dreams they wish to achieve?" He showed an entirely new level of respect now when he had learned just how intelligent Aurora was.

"Of course. How do you think I became an Overlord. Together with Lady Alora, there were four others before us. I killed one of them and took that position. After me came Leo, and not far after that, came the others. All previous Overlords has been replaced by us."

"That's incredible. Do you get challenged for your position a lot?"

"I used to be. Not anymore. I have my lieutenants to take care of all those that come for my head. I can't be bothered by that. The only one that I have fought seriously in a long time is Young master Gildarts. And, the other Overlords from time to time."

"Aurora!" Amell finally intervened. "I do not remember permitting to talk about him." Aurora panicked and her heart started beating a lot faster. The ones sitting on her back could feel the beats of her heart speeding up.

"I apologize, Lord Amell! I did not mean to cause harm to you or the Young master!"

"It's okay. Be more careful in the future or that Overlord position you're proud of might be taken away. I take my children's safety seriously!"

"Your children? Are you a father, grandpa? I feel betrayed!" Sherria ran up to him again and hugged his arm with her puppy eyes.

"I am! You might even meet Gildarts one day. He is an active wizard."

"Gildarts?... Wait, you don't mean Fairy Tail's Gildarts, do you?" Sherria was getting excited and she looked on in anticipation for his answer. Amell became almost as excited from the idea of his son being a recognized wizard.

"Yes, that's my son! So, he's a little famous is he." Amell said and performed a short fist pump with a smirk.

"YEAH! GILDARTS IS YOUR SON! WHAAAT!!" Sherria had at this point had so many loud and explosive outbursts for all kinds of reasons that none reacted to it anymore.

"His suuuper famous too. The rumour goes the council asked him to become a Saint, but he declined. Or, so goes the rumour. And, he is in the newspaper all the time. Fairy Tail is the most famous guild and he is their strongest member. At least that's what people say."

"An apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Young master Gildarts is strong." Aurora said. She said with some pride since every time they had fought, Gildarts had barely been able to keep up with her. The mountain top was right in front of them now and Aurora landed very smoothly, they barely felt any discomfort at all.

"Okay, let's save any further questions for later. Jump off!" Amell had Sherria clinging to him with her puppy eyes still going, so he jumped down with her. "Thanks, Aurora!" The gryphon bowed her head low when all the kids had gotten off. The wind pressure from her taking off from the ground blew some of them down on the ground.

"Lord Amell, welcome home!" Sebas appeared behind the group like a ghost, scaring the life out of Touka. When Jellal laid eyes on Sebas his jaw hit the floor.

"It is considered rude to stare, young Sir." Sebas locked eyes with Jellal and the young boy made an unconscious decision to take two steps back.

"Y-Your magic... It's off the charts. Now I see why someone like Aurora dreams of this place. You must have ten times her magic." Sebas wasn't actively releasing any of his magic, but Jellal was the most magically gifted in this group and very sensitive to magic. So, Sebas didn't need to have his magic out on display for Jellal to take notice of it.

"I will take that as a compliment. Now, how about you stop staring, as I mentioned. It is considered rude to do."

"I-I'm sorry!" Jellal looked away immediately. He looked down on Millianna who was restlessly clinging onto his arm.

"Sebas, this is Jellal. One of my students. I have taken them all under my wing, and as we talked about, I will be teaching them the art of magic here for quite a while."

"Brilliant, Lord Amell. I shall go have the arena cleaned and fortified right away. I shall have

the maids prepare their rooms as well."

"Very good! You are as reliable as always."

"This is my duty as head butler. I shall have it done immediately." Sebas bowed and disappeared like the wind. Amell could see that he simply moved at a ridiculous speed. But, to the others it looked like pure teleportation, or that he just faded away into the air.

"Was that your butler? If the world knew what kind of place Paradise Island is, they would flock to here in an instant." Touka said. "You could become the richest person in the world just overnight if you started offering this place as a training ground for mages."

"I'm already the richest man in the world. I could buy Ishgar before you were born." He smirked.

"Show off!"

"You forced my hand. Now, let's go inside. Today, you can enjoy yourself and relax. Tomorrow your training begins."

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