(70 Power Stone Bonus)
Chapter 7: A Little Surprise from Another World
In fact, Yumesaki's guess wasn't wrong at all. When he saw Mirajane again the next morning, the way she looked at him had completely changed, filled with curiosity and surprise.
It was as if she were getting to know Yumesaki for the very first time.
"Did the Master tell you everything?" Yumesaki was a bit surprised. He knew Makarov would tell Mirajane about his origins, but he hadn't expected it to happen so quickly.
"That's right." Mirajane nodded, then lowered her voice and said, "Are you really someone from another world?"
"Genuine and unadulterated."
"What is the other world like?" Mirajane's eyes were full of curiosity.
"Those worlds are incredibly diverse. Some worlds are vastly different from yours, but some are almost exactly the same, filled with swords and magic," Yumesaki responded.
Mirajane thought to herself that talking like that wouldn't help anyone understand. Seeing this, Yumesaki said with a smile, "If you're really curious, I can take you to another world to have a look around, so you can see what another world is actually like."
"Eh, is that really okay?"
"Of course it's okay. For me, going to another world is just like stepping out of the house for a tourist trip. I can go anytime and come back anytime; it won't waste any time at all."
Hearing Yumesaki speak like that, Mirajane no longer refused. She made an appointment with Yumesaki, planning to go see another world.
Yumesaki, of course, would not refuse.
After that, the two tacitly moved past the topic.
"I'm back!"
Right at that moment, the large doors of the guild were suddenly kicked open. A pink-haired young man wearing a scarf walked in casually, followed by a blonde girl.
They were none other than the main characters of Fairy Tail, Natsu and Lucy.
It seemed that the story of Fairy Tail was finally about to begin.
"Welcome back, Natsu," Mirajane greeted first.
After that, the other members also took turns welcoming him.
"Welcome back, Natsu."
"Did you find Igneel, Natsu?"
"Ara, who is this cute girl, Natsu? Is she your girlfriend?"
"Hah, how could that be!" Natsu immediately denied it. "This is Lucy, a Celestial Wizard. She's a comrade who came to join our Fairy Tail."
"Oh oh oh, looks like our guild is getting another pretty girl."
Seeing this scene, Lucy couldn't help but feel awkward. What was with this guild? It was completely different from what she had imagined.
Natsu didn't care about that; he pulled Lucy along and walked over to Mirajane.
"Mirajane, this is Lucy, a newcomer who wants to join our guild."
Mirajane's gaze swept over Lucy a few times.
Lucy's eyes instantly lit up. "Mirajane! It's the real Mirajane, Fairy Tail's pin-up girl! Hello, I'm Lucy, I'm a big fan of yours!"
"Really? That's truly an honor for me." Mirajane laughed gently. Her mood also seemed to improve. "You're Lucy. Welcome to Fairy Tail."
"Please give me your autograph, Miss Mirajane!"
"Of course you can have one."
Mirajane accepted the pen and paper handed over by Lucy, wrote her name in large letters, and handed it back to Lucy.
Then she brought out the Fairy Tail guild stamp, asking Lucy where she wanted it placed.
Lucy hesitated over and over, but in the end, she chose to have it stamped on her shoulder, successfully completing the process of joining Fairy Tail and becoming a part of the guild.
"Hey, who are you? How come I've never seen you before?"
At the same time, Natsu noticed Yumesaki and couldn't help but ask.
Lucy was stunned for a moment, then raised her head to look at Yumesaki. "Isn't he a member of your guild?"
"No, I've never seen him before," Natsu shook his head.
Yumesaki raised his right hand, showing his guild mark.
Mirajane added from the side, "This is Yumesaki. Just like Lucy, he's a newcomer who recently joined the guild. And he was personally introduced by Erza, you know."
"Erza?!" Natsu was incredibly shocked, staring at Yumesaki in disbelief. "You were actually brought in on Erza's recommendation?"
"That's right."
"What's your relationship with Erza?"
"Good friends."
"How come I've never heard Erza mention it?"
"Because Erza and I also just met not long ago. You could say we hit it off right from the start."
"So that's how it is." Natsu believed it. After all, he was a simple-minded guy. He looked at Yumesaki with excitement. "To have Erza recommend you to join Fairy Tail, you must be really strong."
Yumesaki nodded. "If I had to say, I should probably be considered the strongest Mage in the Fairy Tail Guild right now."
"Hah?" Natsu didn't believe it.
"It's true, you know," Mirajane, standing to the side, said with a smile. She knew from Makarov's mouth that Yumesaki could copy other people's magic. Plus, with Yumesaki being someone from another world, who knew how many magics he had analyzed and copied?
Therefore, for him to claim to be the strongest didn't seem incorrect at all.
Natsu might doubt Yumesaki's words, but he definitely wouldn't doubt Mirajane's words; after all, they were comrades.
"I'm getting fired up!"
After confirming that Yumesaki was the strongest, Natsu's palms instantly ignited with two bursts of fire. "Let's have a quick match."
"It's not impossible, but when you fight me, it's best not to look into my eyes."
"Hah? Why?"
"Because I can use Mind Control Magic. Anyone whose gaze meets mine will be controlled by me." As Yumesaki spoke, he directly activated his mind control ability.
Natsu was instantly brought under control.
Although Dragon Slayer Magic was incredibly powerful, Natsu was a Fire Dragon Slayer, not a Mind Dragon Slayer.
His mental resistance was minimal, and in an instant, he fell completely under control.
"Natsu? Natsu?" Seeing Natsu standing there blankly, Lucy couldn't help but nudge his shoulder. Natsu didn't give the slightest response, remaining completely dazed.
"Natsu was actually controlled just like that? Isn't this magic way too absurd?" she couldn't help but complain.
It should be noted that even though Lucy was the main female character from the start, her role was often the one pointing out the absurdity of situations.
Yumesaki turned his head to glance at her, scaring Lucy into immediately covering her eyes.
Yumesaki let out a soft chuckle. "Don't worry, I rarely use this magic under normal circumstances."
After saying that, he immediately released the mind control magic.
Natsu regained control of his body. Recalling everything that had just happened, his face flushed red with embarrassment.
"You bastard! To think you have a trick like that! If you have the guts, fight me for real! Fire Dragon's Iron—"
Without waiting for Yumesaki to refuse, Natsu swung his fist and lunged toward him.
Yumesaki flicked his finger, and a translucent, ghostly specter shot out from his fingertip, passing right through Natsu's chest.
The initially fired-up Natsu instantly slid to his knees, dropping to the floor with a heavy thud, his entire mood plummeting to absolute rock bottom.
"I'm truly useless... I've searched for so long and still haven't found Igneel... I'm not even better than an ant... Living for this long is just a waste of food, a waste of air..."
"What is it this time?!"
Lucy was utterly bewildered. The difference in Natsu before and after this attack was just too massive.
Yumesaki explained calmly, "Negative Hollow. Once hit by it, one enters a negative state, just like the form you see now, losing all combat capability."
"This ability is way too unfair!" Lucy looked at Natsu, who was still talking non-stop, doubting his own existence, and complained once more.
Yumesaki clarified, "It's actually not as terrifying as you think. This thing can be attacked and blocked using magic. Natsu only suffered because he had never seen it before."
"It's already plenty terrifying," Lucy said. This was completely a one-shot defeat.
At the same time, the brief clash between Yumesaki and Natsu had drawn the attention of the other guild members.
Seeing Natsu get defeated twice so easily, many people gasped in surprise.
Meanwhile, Natsu's bitter rival, Gray, seeing this scene, couldn't help but burst into wild laughter, mocking Natsu mercilessly.
However, Natsu, who was in a negative state, not only didn't strike back but instead became even more depressed.
This made Gray lose interest, feeling that it was entirely pointless, and he shifted his focus onto Yumesaki.
"Hey, newcomer. You just said you were the strongest in the guild, right?"
"Yeah, I said it. What about it?"
"Did you ask me before claiming that title of strongest?"
"From what you're saying, you plan to fight me, right?" Yumesaki looked at him with a smirk.
"That's right." Gray casually stripped off his shirt, exposing his toned upper body, his battle-ready nature on full display. "Since you say you're the strongest, then just try and beat me."
Lucy complained in sheer confusion, "Fighting is one thing, but why do you have to strip?!"
Mirajane said with a smile, "Because he's Gray."
Everyone else nodded. "Yeah, because he's Gray."
"I don't understand what you guys mean at all! What is wrong with this guild?!" Lucy shuddered, feeling that her decision to join the Fairy Tail Guild might have been a bit too reckless.
Yumesaki waved his hand at Gray with a smile. "Come on."
Gray clapped his hands together. "Ice-Make... Huh?"
Just as he planned to mold his ice, he suddenly found that Yumesaki had vanished from front of him.
At the same time, a hand reached out from behind, patting his shoulder.
"Hie Hie no Mi: Ice Time!"
In an instant, an intense cold exploded from Yumesaki's hand, instantly freezing Gray into a solid ice statue.
At that moment, everyone was left dumbfounded.
Macao couldn't help but take a sharp breath. "Gray... Gray's been frozen solid!"
"Are you kidding me? Gray, who uses ice magic, actually got frozen!"
"This is just too incredible."
At this moment, Yumesaki had given the Fairy Tail Guild a little surprise from another world.
After the brief encounter, Natsu quickly snapped out of his negative state, and Yumesaki also immediately deactivated the freezing effect, releasing Gray.
The two looked at each other, then dropped to their knees with a thud, slamming their heads against the floor.
"We admit defeat."
Both of them were the type who accepted defeat gracefully; a loss was a loss, and they wouldn't make excuses.
After Gray stood up, he asked out of curiosity, "Was what you used just now also ice magic?"
He could feel that the cold released by Yumesaki far surpassed his own ice magic; it was truly extraordinary.
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