"Thank you so much, really," Lucy said sincerely.
Natsu and Happy snapped back to reality, exchanged a confused glance, and asked, "Huh? Why are you thanking us?"
Lucy explained, "That Salamander just now used a magic called 'Charm,' which was explicitly banned by the Council a long time ago."
"If you two hadn't burst in, I wouldn't have broken free from the magic so quickly."
"Don't look at me like this, I'm also a Mage! Although I haven't joined a guild yet, I already have the best guild in mind."
"Are there really strict procedures for joining these big guilds?"
"…"
Natsu, Happy, and Ye Yang just listened to Lucy ramble on. The two people and one cat exchanged speechless glances.
Happy: "She can really talk, can't she?"
Lucy then realized she seemed to have talked a lot.
"Sorry, sorry, I just said so much about the magic world all at once."
After speaking, Lucy stood up to pay the bill.
The waiter brought the bill, and Lucy saw it was 80,000 Jewel.
"Is your place a rip-off?! Why is it so much money?!"
The staff member explained with a helpless expression, "Customer, our prices are all clearly marked. The main reason is that this customer ate nearly 50 people's worth of food. This is already the discounted price."
Natsu said while eating, "It's fine, Lucy, Ye Yang will pay. You should leave if you have something to do."
"Aye~!"
Ye Yang also slowly nodded, but Lucy had said she would treat, and there was no way she would go back on her word. She immediately pulled out eight 10,000 Jewel bills and placed them on the tray.
"I said I'd pay, so I'll pay."
Then Lucy left the restaurant without looking back.
Ye Yang watched Lucy's retreating figure, a smile inadvertently playing on his lips.
("The plot has already begun, huh?")
("It's good, it's good. The money I've earned in these four years is almost enough. Just a few more months of rent and I can gather 500 million and push the template to 100%.")
("There's still time.")
By the time the two people and one cat finished eating, it was already evening. After leaving the restaurant, Ye Yang stretched.
"Let's go, Natsu, Happy, it's time for us to get some exercise."
"Huh?" Natsu looked at Ye Yang with a puzzled expression.
"Oh, just follow me."
Then the two people and one cat walked towards the docks.
Meanwhile, on a ship sailing on the sea, Lucy, dressed in luxurious clothes, sat elegantly.
The man called Salamander smiled and offered to drink with Lucy.
He used magic to float the juice in his glass through the air towards Lucy.
Lucy immediately sensed something was wrong and directly swatted away the juice in front of her.
"While I agreed to get on the ship for a party, it was only because I wanted to join Fairy Tail! I never said I would become your woman!"
The fake Salamander looked at Lucy with a helpless expression, "You're really troublesome." Then the fake Salamander clapped his hands.
The curtain behind Lucy instantly pulled open, revealing burly men, each carrying one or two girls who had come to the banquet.
All the girls were sleeping soundly with Happy expressions.
Lucy instantly panicked at the sudden change.
She looked at the fake Salamander with a grave expression.
"What is the meaning of this?!"
"Haha, isn't it obvious enough? We're going to sell you all off. Someone as beautiful as you will surely fetch a good price."
("Damn it, is this what they call a Fairy Tail Mage?! How pathetic!")
Immediately, Lucy was about to pull out her keys to summon a Celestial Spirit and prepare for battle, but the fake Salamander was faster. He used magic to snatch the keys from Lucy's hand.
"I didn't expect you to be a Celestial Spirit Mage, but these things require a contractor to use. They're useless to me."
Saying that, the fake Salamander directly threw the keys into the sea.
Lucy, having lost her keys, instantly fell into despair. Her illusions about the Fairy Tail Guild shattered, and tears unconsciously streamed down her face.
Just as the fake Salamander was about to make his move, the ship's roof directly shattered.
"Natsu!"
Natsu made a cool entrance. When Lucy saw it was Natsu, she immediately saw hope, but as soon as the ship swayed slightly, Natsu immediately showed a pained expression.
Σ_(꒪ཀ꒪」∠) GAG "It's still no good!"
Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ Lucy: "How lame!"
Natsu's series of actions stunned everyone.
At this moment, Happy, while everyone's attention was on Natsu, directly carried Lucy away.
When the fake Salamander saw Lucy being carried away by a cat, he immediately felt a bad premonition. A red magic circle instantly appeared in front of him.
"Crimson Whip!"
Dozens of pink energy whips surged from the magic circle, heading towards Happy in the sky, but Happy dodged them all one by one.
"Damn it, how can this cat be so agile?!"
Lucy looked at Happy, who had dodged all the attacks, with an excited expression: "Happy! You can fly!"
"Aye~!"
"But Lucy, I have some bad news for you."
"Huh?"
"I'm out of magic." As soon as he finished speaking, Happy's Wing Magic instantly disappeared.
The two of them plummeted from the sky.
"You stupid cat!"
"Aye~!"
Lucy, who had fallen into the sea, quickly swam to her keys, then surfaced and pulled out a golden key.
"Open! Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius!"
As the magic unfolded, a noble mermaid appeared before their eyes.
Happy, seeing a big fish, couldn't help but drool.
"It's a fish!!"
"No!"
Lucy commanded, "Aquarius, quickly wash the ship back to shore!"
"Tch~" Aquarius gave Lucy a disdainful look.
Lucy said angrily, "Did you just 'tch' at me?!"
Aquarius ignored the angry Lucy.
"You brat, if you lose your keys again next time, I'll kill you!"
Aquarius's murderous threat instantly made Lucy and Happy cower, and they quickly apologized.
& "Sorry!"
Aquarius vigorously swung the bottle in her hand, drawing up a massive amount of seawater. In an instant, a several-meter-high tsunami directly swept up Lucy, Happy, and the ship.
Natsu, who was being beaten, and the fake Salamander, who was beating Natsu, were both confused as to why a tsunami had suddenly appeared.
A moment later, the tsunami slowly subsided. The ship and Lucy were all washed ashore, and Happy's head was completely buried in the sand.
Lucy got up and immediately demanded angrily, "I told you to wash the ship, why did you wash me along with it?!"
Aquarius said indifferently, "Oh dear, oh dear, I accidentally washed the ship over too."
(ꐦÒ‸Ó) "So you originally intended to wash me away, right?!"
Having done all this, Aquarius prepared to leave, and reminded Lucy.
"Don't look for me this week, okay? I'm going on a trip with my boyfriend for a week."
"It's my boyfriend, you know."
(ꐦÒ‸Ó) "I heard you! You don't need to say it twice!"
Then a figure appeared next to Lucy and pulled Happy's head out of the sand.
"Boss!"