Fairy Tail - Magnolia Town
"Cana, I know I was wrong. I promise next time we'll definitely run together!"
"Hmph, if you ever make decisions on your own again, just you watch out!!!"
After the Tower of Paradise incident concluded, Erza and Zorn's group bid farewell to Sho, Millianna, Wooly, and Raymon. At Zorn's suggestion, they enjoyed themselves on the way back, slowly returning to Fairy Tail.
Zorn was carefully coaxing Cana at this moment. Only after he had promised many times and even given her a written guarantee did Cana agree to talk to him.
This action made Juvia, who was beside them, very envious. She secretly glanced at Gray, who was playing around with Natsu, her eyes filled with shyness.
"I won this time, hahaha."
"Childish!"
Natsu, on his own, started a race with Gray, rushing into the town first, then turning to show off to Gray.
However, Gray didn't even look at him. When he surpassed Natsu, he suddenly turned back and challenged Natsu again: "Let's see who gets to the guild first." After speaking, he immediately turned and ran.
"Damn it, Gray, you cheated!"
This made Natsu jump with anger, but his legs were not slow. He spun around and quickly caught up, then the two of them chased each other towards the guild.
"Lord Gray, wait for Juvia."
Juvia had changed her outfit at this time, sporting a new short haircut and wearing a blue and white dress, looking very youthful and beautiful.
"Sigh~" Lucy also sighed looking at this scene. She really felt that Natsu and Gray were just like children, not at all reliable when executing missions.
"Hmm? Why are they running?"
Zorn and Cana, hand in hand, had reconciled and walked to the front, asking a smiling Erza.
"Well, youth, it's quite normal!!!"
"Aye!" Happy raised his hand in agreement.
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"Wow! Wow!"
"Wow! Wow!"
When Erza and the others stood before the new Fairy Tail guild, they were just as stunned as Natsu and Gray, amazed by the magnificent building. Everyone's mouths formed an 'O' shape.
"It's truly amazing."
"It's already finished…"
"Haha, alright, Everyone close your mouths. Let's go inside and take a look."
Zorn was the first to push open the main door. What greeted their eyes was a spacious open-air cafe. This scene kept them dumbfounded; they never expected the guild to be so luxurious after its reconstruction.
"Did they build a cafe here?"
"And, there's even a general store!"
After scanning the hall, Lucy even saw a general store exclusively for Fairy Tail on the side, and her mouth dropped wide enough to fit an egg.
"Welcome!"
"Oh, it's you all. Welcome back."
Marcos was also Happy to greet Everyone when he saw Natsu and his group return.
"Oh, Marcos is working as a clerk! It's been a long time since we last saw him."
Happy happily flew towards the general store. It had also been a long time since he last saw Marcos. He didn't know when Marcos had been sent by the master to learn store management.
"Haha, indeed, Happy. I was following the master's orders to learn this business."
"Ah, Marcos Aloroz, the one who was on the Weekly Sorcerer magazine!" After Lucy recognized who the clerk was, she dashed towards the counter, her eyes full of hearts as she looked at Marcos.
Note: Weekly Sorcerer is a very influential magazine that features dazzling handsome men and beautiful women, as well as news from various guilds and the latest fashion content, making it very popular with the public.
"Nice to meet you, Lucy. I've already heard about you."
"What do you sell here?"
"There are many things, everything. And the best-selling item is this: a removable Lucy action figure!"
"Ah, ah, why do they sell everything here?"
Marcos's words instantly made Lucy shriek. She quickly tried to hide the figure, but in her fumbling, she accidentally triggered a mechanism, causing it to be revealed directly.
"Ahhhhhh!"
This elicited an even louder scream.
...
When they pushed open the inner guild doors, they were instantly even more astonished by the spectacular scene. The hall was much wider, and people were as noisy as before.
"So beautiful!"
"Yes, it's really well built!" Lucy, Erza, Cana, and Juvia were all happily looking at the brand new guild.
"Hey, Natsu, what's wrong with you?"
Gray suddenly noticed Natsu, who seemed a bit unhappy beside him, and asked.
"It's not like before!" Natsu's tone was very displeased, even a little gloomy.
"Little Lu, Erza, Cana, welcome back!"
Levy, seeing Everyone return, was also extremely excited. She ran over and took Everyone on a tour of the guild's swimming pool, amusement park, and so on.
Finally, she led Everyone to the inner part of the guild, pointing to the second floor and saying to Everyone:
"The most important thing is the second floor. Now, anyone can go up to the second floor!"
"However, S-Class quests can still only be accepted with an S-Class Mage as an escort."
After walking around for so long, Natsu was still sulking. Zorn looked at Natsu like this and understood in his heart.
"What's wrong? The guild has been completely renovated, so why are you still unhappy?"
Zorn leaned closer to Natsu and asked softly.
"No, it's just… it's just that the old memories aren't here anymore, and I'm a little unaccustomed. I still remember before…" Natsu was startled when he heard Zorn's question, then he stubbornly turned his head, not wanting to deny it, and then fell back into his past memories.
Back then, he and Gray were even teased by Zorn into holding hands all day just to train with him, but in the end, they still ate barbecue together. And when Happy hatched, Everyone laughed happily together, and there were many, many more memories...
"Ow, Zorn, why did you hit my head?"
"Idiot, look closely at Everyone around you. Aren't they all smiling so happily right now? And Everyone is in Fairy Tail now, and there will be even more wonderful memories for you to create."
Natsu looked at the noisy crowd, the people drinking competitions, and Erza and the others happily playing around with Everyone. Combining this with Zorn's words, he suddenly had a realization, revealing his big white teeth, and finally cheered up.
"You're back, you little rascals."
The Master stood with his hands behind his back, a continuous smile on his face as he looked at Everyone.
"Master, this is Juvia. She's always wanted to join Fairy Tail and helped us a lot during that incident in Akane."
Zorn introduced Juvia, who was nervously twiddling her fingers beside him, to the Master.
"Master, h-hello, I… I want to join Fairy Tail!"
"You can!" The Master immediately agreed without a stutter after hearing her.
"Yay! Lord Gray, I'm finally one step closer to you, this is great!" Juvia jumped up on the spot, happily running to Gray's side, overjoyed.
"Oh, and we have a new member joining too!"
"Aren't you going to greet Everyone!" The Master turned to look at the person sitting on a guild chair nearby.
"Hmm? Is there someone else?"
Everyone followed his gaze.
"Gajeel!"
"No way."
To be continued~
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