"I, Finn, and Mira have often soaked in hot springs together since we were kids!"
"And every time, Mira would very considerately help us wipe our backs, I really miss it!"
Such an answer made Lucy widen her eyes.
"That's not normal at all, okay?!" Lucy said loudly.
"Umm... this kind of thing..."
Wendy seemed to bury her whole body in the hot spring because she was shy, leaving only a small, red-faced head.
"Wendy, you're still young, you can't think about anything unhealthy."
Carla said with a straight face.
Erza obviously didn't take Lucy's rebuttal seriously.
After stretching lazily, Erza stood up.
"Okay, I'm hungry, we should go, right?"
Her words quickly welcomed the approval of Wendy, Lucy, and Carla.
After all, everyone hadn't eaten yet.
After a few people went ashore to pack up, they walked down the mountain.
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Outside Warrod's small wooden house.
Finn was seriously turning the barbecue on the fire.
Happy's eyes beside him were staring straight at the roasting meat in Finn's hand, which was constantly bubbling with oil.
It seemed that the drool was about to flow out.
"Seriously, can you have a little ambition?" Looking at Happy like this, Nancy said speechlessly.
"But... what Finn is roasting is really fragrant." Happy couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"Um um... I think... Happy is right..."
Just at this moment, intermittent and unclear voices rang out behind Nancy.
Turning back slightly, she saw that the mouths of both Natsu and Gray were stuffed full.
Turning her gaze to the plate on the table next to her, which was empty.
Nancy widened her eyes, and let out an unbelievable roar: "It's all gone?"
"Are you two idiots? There are still many people who haven't arrived yet!!!"
Nancy grabbed her golden hair in collapse.
"Ah le?" Natsu and Gray looked at each other, blinking their eyes.
"But, this is really too delicious, we couldn't help but..."
"Just let them go." Finn said at this time.
Handing the barbecue that he had already roasted to Nancy, Finn said with a smile: "You must be hungry too, fill your stomach first, there will be a lot more later."
What else could Nancy do?
She had no choice but to happily accept the skewers in front of her, and enjoy them deliciously.
Seeing Happy on the side also looking at him with expectant big eyes, Finn turned around and handed the grilled fish on the stove to Happy.
"Don't worry, I won't forget you."
"Sorry, we're late." Just at this moment, Erza's voice rang out.
"I knew they started eating first." Lucy complained.
"It looks like everyone is hungry!" Wendy, who was holding Carla, also said.
"This smell is so fragrant!" At this moment, Carla was obviously completely conquered by the delicious food.
Finn also noticed Erza and the others.
Smiling and saying: "It's just right, the food will be ready soon."
"To think that Finn is cooking himself, it's been a long time since I've eaten it." Erza moved close to Finn's side.
Looking at the string after string of skewers on the stove, her eyes seemed to be shining.
Touching the girl's head, Finn said: "Since you like it, eat a little more later."
"It looks like everyone is here." Warrod walked over with a tray, on which were placed cups of steaming tea.
"Come, try this." Warrod said, raising the tray in his hand.
"Warrod-sama, thank you for your trouble." Erza thanked him immediately.
Warrod shook his head: "Don't mind it, after all, I haven't had visitors for a long time, I'm also very happy."
Having been invited, everyone took the tea.
A subtle fragrance poured into everyone's nostrils along with the heat, making people feel refreshed.
The bizarre shape of the trees growing on the handles of the teacups also attracted everyone's attention.
"What is the fragrance of this leaf?" Natsu took a deep sniff of the fragrance, and then asked.
In response, Warrod introduced it very proudly.
"This is tea made from herbs, full of fragrant aroma and the sweet taste of adults!"
"And the most important function is that it can eliminate fatigue!"
Hearing Warrod's explanation, everyone seemed a little impatient.
"Then, we won't be polite." After saying this, Finn picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.
The others on the side also began to enjoy the tea in the teacup.
Glug... glug...
Looking at everyone's actions, Warrod smiled slightly: "I'm just kidding!"
"Umm..."
Finn and the others widened their eyes, the extremely bitter taste spread in their mouths.
In just a moment, including Finn, everyone's faces were tightly furrowed together.
Seeming to have achieved the effect he wanted, Warrod laughed loudly.
After a long time, he added: "However, it's true that it can eliminate fatigue."
"..."
Everyone was speechless, Natsu and Gray seemed to want to throw their tea to each other, and thus started fighting, even dragging Finn and the others in at the end.
Looking at the energetic appearance of this group of young people, Warrod smiled comfortingly.
"Youth is so good!" He exclaimed.
His words attracted everyone's attention.
Warrod, without fear, took a sip of the bitter tea, and continued to smile and say:
"Like this, in the same place, spending the same time..."
"Companions are really great, right!".
"Speaking of which... why did Warrod-sama specifically name Finn-nii, Natsu-nii, and Gray-nii to carry out the mission?" Wendy asked with puzzlement.
"Oh ya! I don't seem to have told you, right." Warrod scratched the leaves on his head.
Then he raised his right hand and rolled up his sleeve, revealing the emerald green guild mark.
That was the Fairy Tail emblem!
"I'm one of the founders who created Fairy Tail with Mavis back then, consider me your senior!" He said with a big laugh.
At this moment, the air seemed to freeze.
Except for Finn, who had learned about Warrod from the guild's documents before.
The rest of the people widened their eyes, and a look of surprise was revealed on their faces.
They had never thought that one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar.
Would actually be a member of Fairy Tail.
Even one of the founders of Fairy Tail.
"Is that so, no wonder..."
Lucy finally understood why Makarov had shown that expression when he received the request.
Even Finn seemed to understand something at the time.
Now it seemed that this was the matter.
It was no wonder why he would specifically name Finn and the others to carry out such a mission.
So there was this layer of relationship!
Warrod smiled, his squinted eyes seemed to be recalling something.
"I'm really sincerely happy to see you young fairies!"
He softly narrated his joy.
Raising his head, looking at the crowd in front of him, he murmured:
"The spirit of [Harmony] that Mavis advocated, that is a mage guild bound together by a bond of souls stronger than blood - Fairy Tail!"
"Its spirit is in the present, after years of passing..."
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