The two of them lunged at Riyao aggressively, fists and ice blades flying toward him.
Riyao dodged left and right, even deliberately shaking his twin tails to slap Natsu's face and sweep across Gray's eyes, provoking them even more.
Seizing the opportunity, Riyao dashed over to Erza's side. Just as he finished shouting, "Erza, look at them!", he saw Erza punch Natsu and Gray on the head without a word. With two "bangs," the two were sent reeling with stars in their eyes, collapsing to the floor and groaning.
"No fighting in the guild!" Erza said, hands on her hips, her face serious.
"That's right, that's right, no fighting! We must follow the rules in the guild!" Riyao quickly scrambled up and nodded while sidling up to Erza.
"It hurts... feels like my brain is going to split open." Natsu sat up, clutching his head and grimacing.
"Ow, ow... then why didn't that bastard Riyao get hit?!" Gray rubbed his head as well.
Riyao raised an eyebrow, hands behind his back, looking completely innocent: "I didn't do anything. I'm just an innocent, kind, weak, and handsome young man~"
Cana, who was gnawing on an apple behind the bar, rolled her eyes hard. She remembered when she first came to the guild, she had actually been tricked by this guy's sweet talk and called him "Brother Riyao" for several months. Just thinking about it now made her want to crawl into a hole.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She charged over and used Riyao's twin tails to choke him until his face turned red: "Take a deep breath, dizziness is normal, just bear with it!"
"Σ(っ °Д °;)っ"
"Cana! What are you doing! Let go, let go!" Riyao gasped for air, crying out in pain.
Seeing this, Natsu and Gray, who had still been rubbing their heads, instantly lit up. They scrambled up and pounced, each pinning one of Riyao's arms to the floor, looking like two eagles pinning down a chick: "Hehe, that'll teach you to bully us!"
"No, no, not there, stop it!" Riyao's twin tails shook like a rattle.
The two of them wouldn't listen, causing the wooden floor of the guild to shake.
Riyao calmly put his pulled-off sock back on and brushed the dust off the toe.
"I told you no, but you just had to take off my sock, seriously."
Natsu and Gray were already sprawled on the floor, heads leaning against each other. Their black-Gray gradient, fluffy twin tails were crookedly stuck to their cheeks as they slept peacefully~
Riyao brushed the dust off his pants, shook his twin tails, and sidled up to the bar. He nudged Cana's arm with his elbow and winked cheekily: "Hehe, Cana, think about it, don't you want an older sister?"
The wine jug in Cana's hand paused, and she rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the back of her head: "Let me think about it." Although she said that, the corner of her eye secretly glanced at Riyao's swaying twin tails with a cunning look.
Erza had just hung her polished armor back on the weapon rack in the corner of the guild. Hearing their conversation, she swayed her own red twin tails and came over, brow furrowed tightly with a serious expression: "Sister? What sister?"
Just as Riyao was about to explain, Cana snatched the words right out of his mouth. She leaned against the bar with her arms crossed, a mischievous smirk on her lips, and deliberately drew out her tone: "Riyao wants to cross-dress and become the poster girl for our Fairy Tail, and then we'll have a soft, pretty sister~"
"..." Erza's originally puzzled expression instantly froze. Her round eyes widened even larger than the big lanterns at the guild entrance, and her mouth opened wide enough to fit a whole baked apple. She couldn't squeeze out a word for a long time, only able to make meaningless "aba aba" sounds, even the motion of her swaying twin tails freezing in mid-air.
Riyao brushed the dust off his hands, dragged Cana, who was still clutching his twin tails, and pulled the bewildered Erza along, all the way to the small apartment Cana rented.
Cana knelt down and pulled out an old box from under the bed that had a thin layer of dust on it. The moment the lid was lifted, a faint scent of lavender wafted out. She rummaged through the messy pile of clothes in the box and casually threw out a washed-out pink dress, frowning and pouting: "This is my old dress. At your height, it'll probably be a miniskirt, right?"
"It's fine, it just so happens I recently developed a little magic." Riyao raised an eyebrow, and a turquoise spiral magic circle immediately appeared beneath his feet. A soft, light green glow enveloped his body, and his height, which was originally taller than Erza's, slowly shrank down to be about shoulder-to-shoulder with Cana, looking excessively dainty and pretty.
He squatted by the box, rummaged for a long time, accurately grabbed that pink dress, shook it out, and held it up against the small mirror on the wall: "This one!" Saying that, he hugged the dress and ducked into the bathroom.
Before long, the bathroom door was kicked open with a "bang." Riyao stood at the doorway, holding onto the door frame, swaying his whole body. He deliberately stuck his butt way out, specifically threw his twin tails behind him, raised his eyes high, and cast a sickeningly sweet wink at Cana and Erza.
He pinched his voice into a babyish, drawn-out tone and blew them a kiss: "Mua~ Am I pretty?"
Cana, who had been mopping the floor, instantly froze upon seeing Riyao, the rag in her hand stopping in mid-air.
Erza had been looking at an armor maintenance manual. Hearing the commotion, she turned her head, her eyes instantly widening even larger than the bronze lanterns at the guild entrance. The maintenance oil bottle in her hand fell to the floor with a "clatter," even her usually neatly combed red twin tails tilted to one side, and her mouth opened wide enough to fit a whole baked apple. She looked as if she had been hit by a petrification spell, and even the sternness usually hung on her face disappeared without a trace.
"Call me Tequila Sister~" Riyao shook his little twin tails, deliberately sidled up to Cana, grabbed her arm and shook it, his tone full of mischievous cheekiness, "From now on, I'm the guild's exclusive poster girl."
Erza was still stunned on the spot, but at Riyao's reminder, her face instantly flushed bright red. Her stuttering voice was as quiet as a mosquito's buzz: "Si... sister..."
"Pfft~ Hahahaha!" Cana had been staring blankly at Riyao's twin tails, but upon hearing Erza's voice, she suddenly burst out laughing. She then clutched her stomach, laughing until she couldn't straighten up, rolling and crawling to lean against the wall while slapping the floor, "Pfft hahahaha! Tequila Sister?! Riyao, you bastard, are you trying to laugh me to death so you can inherit my cards?!"
Riyao stood in front of the full-length mirror, touched his chin, and said: "I'm so pretty. If I could, I'd want to have a sweet romance with myself."
Cana and Erza stood behind Riyao. Erza still had a shocked expression, while Cana began to carefully size Riyao up.
With the three of them standing together, how should I put it, Riyao was the most feminine one.