Deep blue vegetation soared into the clouds. Strange, large fungi grew on the thick tree trunks, and bizarre-looking animals occasionally hopped out from the undergrowth.
"Can you eat this mushroom?"
Roland looked at the giant mushroom, which was a full two meters tall, with an amazed expression, and couldn't help but ask.
"...It's edible. Eating this kind of mushroom will cause slight hallucinations. Many nobles in the empire are buying them up."
Erza—no, it should be Knightwalker, who was currently leading the way, heard the voice from behind and replied in a cold tone.
She tried to hide the mushroom's special toxin in her words.
Eat it. Eat it and die, you two bastards!
"So, will eating it be harmful to the human body?"
Roland looked at her honest and well-behaved appearance and continued to ask.
Tsk... this woman is really vigilant!
Knightwalker clicked her tongue in annoyance, then said reluctantly, "Overuse will lead to addiction, and the toxins will gradually accumulate, eventually causing one to die unconsciously in a hallucination."
It was indeed edible—but eating too much would lead to death.
Hearing this, Roland also gave up the idea of taking the mushroom back as a souvenir for Troy.
But—
"The 'it's edible' at the beginning was deliberately misleading me."
Roland said thoughtfully.
"It seems this method won't work to change my perception of you in your mind."
Change my perception in my mind?
Hearing his words, Knightwalker's face gradually twisted. If her body wasn't out of her control, she would have long since rushed up and fought this guy.
Even if the result was a completely one-sided death.
"If we're changing perceptions, how about becoming Erza's lover, father, or superior?"
Mirajane glanced at him, asking with great curiosity.
"..."
Hearing those strange identities, Knightwalker's body trembled involuntarily, and the face hidden by her crimson hair gradually lost its color.
"Hmm, how about... a vicious stepfather who has been training you since you were a child~?"
Roland pinched his chin, thought for a moment, and then his eyes lit up as he spoke.
"...Roland, you're so perverted."
Mirajane took a step back without hiding it, her gaze gradually becoming strange.
"How about we change it to the big brother next door instead?"
"I'll listen to you." Roland shrugged indifferently and was about to give the command through the Slave Contract. "Next, I will change the impression I have in Erza's, or rather, Knightwalker's mind to—"
"...Don't!"
Seeing that the following words were about to be spoken, Knightwalker's face turned pale, and she hurriedly spoke up to stop him.
This was the first time she had taken the initiative to speak since being enslaved.
"Oh, do you have an opinion on the identity of the big brother next door, Erza?"
"I'm begging you... just kill me!"
Knightwalker shouted through gritted teeth.
Rather than living like a pet, she would rather die at the hands of these two demons along with those soldiers.
"Sorry, I can't do that."
Roland refused decisively.
What a joke. He had wasted a precious Slave Contract. It would be too much of a pity to kill her just like that.
The answer was not unexpected.
Knightwalker's eyes were filled with a dead silence as she prepared to accept the fact that her perception was about to be changed.
At that moment, Mirajane, who had walked ahead at some point, shouted with a pleasant surprise.
"I found it! The Fairy Tail guild is right ahead!"
Hearing this, Roland was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.
Looking over the small hill in front of them, a giant treehouse stood in a clearing. Besides the conspicuous doors and windows on the trunk, there was a wooden sign hanging with the name "Fairy Tail".
He had to admit, the guild building in this world was much more magnificent than in his own world.
"...The Fairy guild."
Noticing that her perception hadn't been changed, Knightwalker, who had secretly breathed a sigh of relief, also followed.
Looking at the target that was so close, she clenched her fists unwillingly, but then quickly loosened them as if all her strength had been drained.
What's the use of finding it—in order to besiege this group of fairies, even I have been reduced to someone else's toy.
Creak—
At that moment, the wooden door of the treehouse opened, and a weak-looking young man with a full head of white hair walked out, a happy smile on his face as he waved goodbye to the person behind him.
"Sis, I'm heading out to work now."
Although they had been chased like stray dogs since being classified as a dark guild, and had even fallen into a food shortage, there were still mission requests—and quite a few of them.
"Could that be..."
Looking at the thin but very familiar white-haired young man, Roland had a guess in his heart.
"`There's no mistaking it. That's how Elfman looked before Lisanna died!"
Mirajane bit her lower lip, tears welling up in her eyes, unable to hide the excitement in her heart.
If what Roland said was true—she would soon be able to see the sister she had lost for a year and a half.
"Phew... next, I have to work hard to complete my work and try to let the others in the guild—Sis!?"
He was giving himself a pep talk, but just as Elfman walked out of the guild's range, he saw the familiar figure in front of him and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
What's going on?
Before I left, my sister was in the guild cheering me on...
"Elfman."
Mirajane wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said in a gentle voice.
Both her appearance and tone were no different from his sister's. Elfman swallowed and asked in a wary tone.
"Why is my sister... here?"
Although the humans of Edolas had no magic power in their bodies, it didn't mean they couldn't use magic items.
Did I get hit by a hallucinogenic item?
Elfman couldn't help but guess.
"Yo, nice to meet you!"
At that moment, Roland walked out from behind and greeted him with a smile, "Elfman of this world!"
"This world means... who are you?"
Elfman secretly shifted his feet, looking at the two of them nervously.
"My identity?" Roland thought for a moment, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his lips. "A new guild member might be a bit confusing, so let's put it in an easier-to-understand way."
"In the parallel world, my identity is your brother-in-law."
"...Bro... brother-in-law?"
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