bookbashuk Chapter 20 Fairy Tail
Chapter 20 Fairy Tail
Guided by the town's signs, Hughes and Mira soon stopped in front of a building that resembled a tavern.
At the most prominent spot on the building hangs a guild plaque engraved with "FAIRY TAIL". Above the plaque, three flags unfurl, with a dancing fairy pattern imprinted on the central flag, shimmering in the sunlight.
Standing outside the guild, one could hear the cacophony of noise inside with the slightest twitch of the ear. Hughes sniffed the air, the strong smell of alcohol filling his nostrils.
"As expected of Fairy Tail!"
Hughes' lips curled up as he uttered a strange sigh; it was hard not to like this lively atmosphere.
Under the watchful eyes of Mira and the other two, Hughes gently pushed his palm forward and stepped confidently into the place where his dragon would rise.
"Snapped!"
The flip-flop, which appeared to come from an indistinguishable angle, passed through the elementalized body of Hughes and landed precisely on Mira's forehead.
Mira's body visibly stiffened...
As for Hughes, knowing that he was about to enter the Fairy Tail guild, how could he not make preparations? At this moment, he was looking around with shining eyes.
The interior was designed like a bar, and a female mage whom Hughes didn't recognize was busy at the bar, handing out drinks to those who needed them.
She also had to occasionally take time to deal with an old man who wore a clown hat and was even shorter than Lisanna.
On the middle table, a well-behaved little girl with long brown hair and wearing a fitted sundress was oblivious to the noise around her. She excitedly pasted several karot cards onto the table and studied them carefully.
A moment later, the excitement on his face turned into confusion and frustration, and he looked helplessly at the big white dog at his feet.
Hughes looked at her with interest. He recognized the girl, Cana Alperona, the protagonist of the otherworldly version of "Where Are We Going, Dad?". She had finally found her biological father, Gildas, but didn't know how to acknowledge him.
Later, she became an alcoholic and dressed extremely boldly and revealingly, making her one of the "welfare girls".
Behind Kana, Macao, with his short blue hair styled up, and Wakaba, with his pompadour hairstyle, quietly put down their wine glasses.
They put their arms around each other's shoulders and huddled together furtively, secretly exchanging two erotic photo albums.
"Wakaba, this is huge!"
"Macau, your book is pretty good too!"
Hughes, who was overhearing this, had a particularly noticeable black line on his forehead... Were these two really this lewd at this point?
However, Hughes quickly shifted his attention from the two photo books to the center of the venue.
There, two little boys stood with their foreheads pressed together, glaring at each other and hurling insults; they didn't seem to care that spittle was flying all over each other's faces.
Natsu, with his short, cherry-blossom-colored hair and a mesh scarf wrapped around his neck, had flames gathering in his fist.
"You perverted, droopy-eyed man, do you want to fight?"
Bisius's bare-chested look was even more exaggerated. Gray, with his blue-black spiky hair and completely naked, seemed oblivious to his surroundings, swinging his stick wildly, and exuding a chilling aura.
"You slanted-eyed bastard, who's afraid of you!"
The two were on the verge of exchanging blows, and the onlookers added fuel to the fire, spewing provocative remarks that implied that not fighting meant one was a coward.
"Natsu, go! How can the Fire Dragon King's flames lose to ice!"
"Gray, your master, Uru, is the most powerful mage in the Northern Continent!"
Behind them, a large crowd poured into the casino run by Marcao...
"Gray is an ice-type mage, how could ice possibly lose to fire? I bet 1 gold on Gray!"
"Natsu is a child raised by dragons, and he uses Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. He won't lose! Bet on him to win, you bastard! ... Bet 1 J on Gray to win!"
Everyone: ? ? ?
"Why are you all looking at me? There's no such thing as a dragon in this world! You believe a child's words! That's right, Macao, I bet on Gray to win!"
"Wait, why can't we bet on everything? That way, even if we lose, we won't lose out!"
"You idiots, look carefully! Macao's betting odds are all 1:1, and he still takes a cut. How can you possibly make any money?!"
"You damned Macao, you even lied to me, Wakaba!"
"Hey! Hey! Hey, there's no reason to take back your bets now!"
"If it's too difficult, then don't do it!" The gambling game set up by Macao was overturned. Hughes looked closely and saw that it was Wakaba who had secretly done it.
"Damn it, you want to fight?!" Marcao roared, rolling up his sleeves.
The crowded people suddenly rioted and started fighting, even Natsu and Gray, who were supposed to be the main characters, got caught up in it.
Mira and her two siblings, who were standing at the door, shrank back towards the guild gate, their three blue eyes all staring at Hughes. Could this be a legitimate guild?
Hughes scratched his head. This scene was unfolding right before his eyes, and he couldn't explain it!
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, another flip-flop flew out from the crowd and landed on a strawberry cake.
The crimson-haired girl, clad in armor and with a knight's sword hanging at her waist, stared in astonishment, her hand gripping the fork frozen in place.
She had been eyeing this new strawberry cake for a long time, and had just brought it back from the bar, but hadn't had a chance to eat it yet.
"You bunch of bastards!!"
"Clang!"
The sound of a sword being drawn, the angry shouts, and Erza's imposing aura silenced the chaotic crowd.
"Grey, the clothes!"
"Ah, when!"
Gray looked down at his bare body and covered his private parts in a panic. He remembered that he had clothes on when he left home. Could it be that they were stolen on his way to the guild?
In a corner unnoticed by anyone, a few pieces of clothing silently wept...
"Also, Macao and Wakaba, as veterans of the guild, need to set a good example!!"
She was just a young girl, yet she managed to dispel all the chaos from before with just a few words.
"Mira, she's amazing!"
Lisanna and Elfman looked at Erza with adoration, while Mira did not respond.
She disliked this girl with crimson hair from the first moment she saw her... Now, she disliked her even more; she disliked Lisanna and Elfman idolizing a woman who was about her age.
The white-haired girl, who had just emerged from her autism, felt jealous and gradually reverted to her true nature.
She looked up at Hughes, then froze, memories flooding her mind. Her pupils widened, and she grabbed Lisanna and Elfman.
"Lisanna, Elfman, run! Hughes's illness has flared up again!!"
The three of them ran to the bar in a panic... and stood behind the old man who was drunk and confused, protecting him in front of them.
Hughes, who stood unnoticed at the guild entrance, grabbed his head with both hands, his eyes bulging out, his face contorted in a ferocious expression, as if he wanted to tear his skull open.
The system was frantically displaying tasks in his mind, stimulating his brain to become overactive, causing a sudden onset of brain pain.
[Ding! Host detected entering pirate territory. The quests "Pirate Journey" and "Join a Pirate Crew" have been activated.]
【Pirate Journey: The darkness of the world unfolds before your eyes. The incompetence and corruption of various organizations are rampant. The world is beyond saving. Having witnessed all kinds of ugliness, you resolutely set sail and become a free pirate.】
Note: This is an epic quest chain; rewards are distributed based on achievements at each stage. The current host is located in the East Sea, and the first sub-quest, "Defeat the King of the Near Seas," is now available.
Join a pirate crew: Join any pirate crew.
[Mission Reward: The Overbearing System is unlocked.]
With his mind buzzing, Hughes didn't have time to examine himself closely. Veins bulged on his face, and the ferocious look on his face became even more terrifying.
"Trash, they're all trash, they should all be destroyed."
The trembling in his body suddenly disappeared, and Hughes, who had lowered his hands from his head, slowly raised his head, revealing a wild and arrogant expression.