"Oh... I'm back! It feels best to breathe the free air, so refreshing!" Natsu yelled with great enthusiasm the moment he stepped back into the guild, his eyes blazing with energy. He ran around as if the Magic Council incident had never happened at all.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you talking about? It sounds like I abused you," Chen Fan said with a displeased tone, patting Natsu on the shoulder. After all, he hadn't made Natsu stay in a prison cell; the standard room facilities were already very good, and the special room was prepared by Chen Fan for himself, but this time he had let Erza use it.
"Oh, sorry, I misspoke. Just pretend I didn't say anything," Natsu said, scratching his head a little awkwardly.
Seeing Natsu admit his mistake, Chen Fan didn't plan to discuss it any further. "Forget it, forget it. I can still help with little things like that. If something happens in the future, you'll have to bear it yourself. After all, you're all grown up." While speaking those words, Chen Fan also felt a bit sentimental. Adding his two lives together, he was already in his late 40s. Otherwise, he wouldn't be hanging out with old guys like Macao.
"What kind of talk is that? You sound so old," Natsu scoffed. Without waiting for Chen Fan to reply, he started yelling again.
"Oh... freedom is truly precious, it's too refreshing! Oh... hahaha... ha..." He ran around the guild, laughing freely.
"You're so annoying, can't you be quiet?" Droy said from the side, thinking to himself that he had worried for nothing; he hadn't expected this idiot to be so happy.
Just then, Chen Fan and Erza walked over to Makarov's side. Erza bowed politely. "I'm back, Master."
"Hmm, it's good that you're back. You didn't receive any bad treatment over there, did you?" Makarov asked.
"Thanks to Chen Fan, everything was fine. I didn't receive any unfair treatment," Erza replied, her gaze full of gratitude.
"Hmm, Chen Fan, you worked hard too," Makarov praised.
"It's all my duty, but if you're the one making mistakes, Master, I won't go," Chen Fan chimed in from the side, half-jokingly.
"Ah! I didn't expect it to be just a symbolic arrest. I worried for no reason," Lucy said, leaning over the counter.
Hearing Lucy say that, Gray also seemed to remember something. He clenched his right fist and punched his left palm, then said, "So that's it. That frog envoy's 'I'll be right back' meant 'will return soon'!"
"As expected from the Ice Magician, even his jokes are so cold," Elfman said, looking at Gray with a rather dumbfounded expression. As soon as he finished speaking, Elfman seemed to remember something else and asked Natsu, "So, Natsu, how was your manly showdown with Erza?"
Natsu stopped when he heard Elfman's words and said, "That's right, I almost forgot!" He turned around and said to Erza, "Erza, let's continue our unfinished duel! Here I come!" As he spoke, flames circled his hands, and he stomped his feet, charging towards Erza at high speed.
"Bang!"
Erza pressed a single fist to Natsu's stomach, and Natsu was sent flying, his eyes rolling back until only the whites were visible, just like a comedy scene in an anime.
"No choice, then let's begin," Erza said with a flat expression.
"It's already over," Happy appeared from nowhere, announcing the result of the duel.
"Haha."
"Haha, Natsu is such a loser."
"As expected, Erza is quite strong, haha."
Everyone started laughing. Chen Fan also laughed gleefully from the side. With Natsu in the guild, it was much more lively. If he had joined, the guild would have been turned upside down.
Suddenly, Makarov's spirits seemed a bit low. Mira saw this from the side and asked, "Master, what's wrong?"
"Hmm, so sleepy. It's that person," Makarov mumbled.
"Hmm," Mira hadn't even realized who it was before she collapsed to the ground. Soon, everyone in the guild fell to the floor. Only Makarov was still able to stand, and of course, Chen Fan. This guy was enthusiastically drinking alcohol.
Just then, a person completely in a black cloak, with their face also covered, walked in. It was Mystogan, another S-class wizard from Fairy Tail.
Chen Fan greeted Mystogan very warmly, saying, "Little Gang, you haven't been here in a long time. How have you been recently? How do you like the song 'Twilight' that I wrote for you?"
"It's fine," Mystogan replied to Chen Fan, albeit somewhat reluctantly. In this guild, only Chen Fan and Mystogan got along relatively well, and only Chen Fan had actually seen Mystogan's face.
Chen Fan took a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Mystogan, saying, "This is a new song I wrote for you, called 'JiMo Shazhou Leng.' Take it."
"Stop chatting, you two! If you want to chat, go home. Mystogan, quickly dispel this sleeping magic!" Makarov said anxiously from the side.
"Ah, ah, the Master has spoken. Let's talk later," Chen Fan said.
Mystogan reached out and took the paper Chen Fan handed him, then walked to the bulletin board, took a mission request, showed it to Makarov, and said to Makarov and Chen Fan, "I'm leaving."
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1." As the sounds rang out, everyone woke up, except for Natsu, who had been knocked out.
"Was that Mystogan's feeling?" Macao said after waking up.
"That scoundrel!" Droy said from the side.
"Still his usual powerful magic!" Retribution rubbed his eyes, saying with a hint of emotion.
At that moment, only Lucy said with some confusion, "Mystogan?"
"One of Fairy Tail's strongest male candidates," Elfman explained to Lucy from the side.
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