"She's a Dragon Slayer too? She doesn't even get motion sickness! How can she be a Dragon Slayer? Is this really normal?!" Natsu was jumping around shouting in the forest east of Magnolia.
He was very curious about the two new members and currently his biggest curiosity was why Wendy didn't get motion sickness when they were both Dragon Slayers.
Natsu would get terribly sick even just riding in a carriage, but Wendy came back from so far away by train with no reaction at all.
Natsu felt this was very unfair.
"So Dragon Slayers get motion sickness?"
After hearing Natsu's complaints, Marco only then learned that Dragon Slayers actually had this weakness.
There had always been a Dragon Slayer at home, but he had never discovered this.
'Never heard Laxus mention it. That guy, enduring it huh?' Marco complained inwardly.
This behavior perfectly fit Laxus' personality - he would never expose his own weaknesses.
No matter how uncomfortable his body felt, he would act nonchalant.
"I-I don't know either."
Faced with Natsu's dissatisfied look and open-mouthed shouting, Wendy answered softly.
But actually Natsu had no ill intentions towards her.
Natsu was just straightforward - whatever he thought, he said it.
"Natsu! You idiot! Don't be so rude to newcomers!" Seeing Wendy's looks so uncomfortable, Gray immediately stood up to defend her by confronting Natsu.
Defending Wendy was just a pretext.
Gray's real purpose was to pick a fight with Natsu!
"You bastard stripper! Want to fight?!"
Sure enough, after no more than three sentences, the two were about to come to blows.
"Please stop fighting." Seeing Natsu and Gray about to start fighting, tears were faintly gathering in Wendy's eyes.
For some reason, just seeing Natsu argue with others, made her want to cry a little.
It was as if this kind of scene had happened before.
"Don't mind them, Wendy. These two are always like this. Let them fight, it's how they get along."
Seeing Wendy wanting to stop the fight but not knowing how, looking anxious and about to cry, Marco smiled and called her over.
This child needed time to get used to things.
"Is-is that so? Marco-san, but, will they really be okay like this?" Wendy was a bit doubtful.
Looking at Natsu and Gray already trading blows and fighting intensely, she was very worried they would get hurt.
"They may look like they're fighting fiercely, but they're actually holding back. Haven't you noticed they're not even using magic?" Marco patted Wendy's head, comforting this kind-hearted girl.
The fight between Natsu and Gray was really just pure hand-to-hand combat.
You give me a punch, I give you a kick, neither of them used magic.
They both understood that fooling around was one thing, but if they went too far, they'd get a harsh beating.
Neither of them wanted to experience Marco's fists.
"This still won't do. Gray, Natsu, you should get along as a friend."
However, unlike Marco's relatively open management style, Erza, who was gradually starting to show her edge, was stricter.
Seeing Natsu and Gray fighting in a tangle, Erza decisively walked over.
She was clearly much better at breaking up fights than Wendy.
"Bang! Bang!"
With two punches from Erza, Natsu and Gray behaved.
They lay on the ground, bumps visibly swelling on their heads, seeming to still be steaming.
This sight made Wendy's mouth fall open.
So this was how you were supposed to break up fights?
Just knock down everyone who's fighting, and they won't fight anymore?
Wendy felt her worldview was shaken.
She was very bad at stopping fights.
Whenever she saw others arguing or fighting, she would get anxious and want to cry, though she didn't know why she was like this.
Looking at Erza in her armor, looking magnificent and imposing, there was some envy in Wendy's eyes.
If only she could be as amazing as Erza.
"Wendy? Wendy!"
Seeing Wendy seemed to be in a daze, Marco quickly called her name a few times.
"Huh? What is it, Marco-san?" Wendy came to her senses, looking at Marco with a puzzled expression.
"Don't learn from her, understand? Don't. Ever. Learn. From. Her! Just be yourself, some things can't be forced." Marco's expression was serious as he instructed Wendy, who had a look of seeming to understand but not really understand it.
Wendy and Erza have completely different personalities and styles.
With Wendy's personality, forcing herself to learn from Erza would definitely be a disaster.
She should forge her own path instead.
As the leader of the kids, Marco had always felt like he was playing a raising simulation game.
He didn't want to see the cute and adorable Wendy turn into someone like Erza.
It's not that Erza doesn't have her own cute side, but it would be too weird for Wendy to become like that.
"Oh~ I see." Wendy nodded dazedly, not really understanding it.
Mystogan walked over and smiled silently at the scene.
With Marco here, he didn't need to worry about Wendy not being taken care of.
Although Marco was a year younger than him, he was very mature and cared for all the children in the guild.
"Jellal" Seeing Mystogan, Wendy reflexively called out his real name.
"Shh!"
Marco and Mystogan exclaimed almost simultaneously.
Realizing the problem, Wendy immediately covered her mouth, her big eyes filled with panic at her mistake.
"Jellal? Wendy, did you just say Jellal?"
Although Wendy's voice wasn't very loud and was immediately stopped by Marco and Mystogan, Erza still keenly caught that name.
Erza stopped dealing with the subdued Natsu and Gray.
She approached them with a suspicious look, her gaze shifting back and forth between Wendy and Mystogan.
"Uh..." Wendy covered her mouth, eyes wide, looking completely at a loss.
At this moment, Wendy truly didn't know what to say.
Afraid of making more mistakes, she simply kept her mouth covered.
"Wendy? What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Seeing Wendy's panicked expression, Erza's began to worry..
Marco and Mystogan quickly exchanged glances, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.
Initially, they didn't expect that in this big world, they would actually encounter someone in the Fairy Tail guild who knew the Jellal of this world.
On his first day at the guild, Mystogan had realized the problem.
The way Erza looked at him carried an obvious confusion, like she had seen someone familiar but wasn't sure.
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