"I don't know why, but he doesn't want others to see him. When he comes to work, he always uses sleeping magic to make everyone fall asleep," Gray continued Elfman's explanation.
"What kind of thing is that? It's too suspicious," Lucy said, a bit puzzled.
"So, besides the Master, almost no one has seen his face," Gray continued.
At this point, a voice rang out, "No... I've seen it, hehe, and that pervert next to you has also seen it, and they're quite familiar with each other."
"Laxus, you're here, that's rare," Wakaba said, looking up at the second floor.
Gray continued to introduce to Lucy, "Another one of Fairy Tail's strongest candidates."
"Mystogan is quite shy, so don't be too pushy, right, Chen Fan?" Laxus said lazily, propping his chin up.
"Hmm? Are you talking to me?" Chen Fan looked at Laxus a bit confused, which made Laxus's eyebrow twitch with anger. With a "Zzzzt...", he sent a bolt of lightning at Chen Fan.
"Heixiu!" Chen Fan dodged. Chen Fan patted his chest and said with a very relieved tone, "Wow, that was dangerous, Little Laxus. Don't greet me like that, it's very dangerous."
Hearing Chen Fan's words, Laxus's body flickered with golden-yellow electrical lights. He roared at Chen Fan, "I told you, don't call me Little Laxus!"
After speaking, he took a battle pose, his eyes fixed on Chen Fan, and said, "Come on, I'll duel you today and see who among us is the strongest in Fairy Tail!"
Chen Fan waved his hand as if he didn't see him and said, "Ma, ma, ma, don't be like this. We are all civilized people. If there's something, let's sit down and talk peacefully. Why do we need to fight and kill? The strongest or whatever..."
Before he could finish, Natsu leaped up from the ground and yelled, "The strongest? What's the strongest?"
He suddenly looked up and saw Laxus on the second floor, so he yelled at Laxus, "Laxus, let's have a match!"
"Didn't Erza just beat you up?" Gray said from the side.
"That's right, that's right! You can't even defeat Erza, and you still want to beat me?" Laxus sneered.
"What do you mean by that?" Erza said with a dark expression, which startled Gray. "Calm down, Erza."
"Don't you understand what I mean? I mean, I am the strongest wizard in Fairy Tail!" Laxus said arrogantly, raising his hand.
The people below frowned after hearing this. Only Chen Fan was still leisurely drinking wine on the side, not taking Laxus's words to heart. Seeing Chen Fan was unprovoked and still leisurely drinking, Laxus was extremely angry.
"What did you say, you scoundrel! Get down here!" Even though Chen Fan didn't speak, Natsu couldn't stand it anymore and yelled at Laxus.
"Come up here," Laxus challenged Natsu.
"Just what I wanted," Natsu said, running towards the second floor.
"Bang!"
A giant fist slammed Natsu on the stairs; it was Makarov who had stopped Natsu from going to the second floor.
Makarov said, "You can't go to the second floor yet." Natsu was firmly pinned under Makarov's fist; seeing that Chen Fan was truly unwilling to fight him, Laxus lost interest and turned to enter the room on the second floor.
"Why can't we go to the second floor?" Lucy asked from the side.
"While it's still too early to tell you now, the requests on the second floor are not on the same level as the ones on the first floor; they are all very difficult S-rank missions," Mira explained to Lucy.
"S-rank?"
"These are all jobs where one misjudgment can lead to death, but the rewards are also very good. Only those approved by the Master can undertake these missions, including Erza, Laxus, Mystogan, and oh, Chen Fan."
"Chen Fan? Oh right, I've heard he's very strong for a long time, but I don't know exactly how strong. Is it just his healing ability?" Lucy asked, a bit confused.
"You could say that, but that's not entirely accurate. To be precise, he can influence the opinions of the Magic Council," Mira said.
"The Magic Council?! That's incredible!" Lucy's eyes widened, her gaze towards Chen Fan also became one of disbelief. She never expected this pervert to be such a big shot, and she scrutinized Chen Fan from head to toe, which made him feel completely uncomfortable.
Chen Fan didn't come.
Whenever Erza and Mira were present, Chen Fan was relatively serious, chatting idly with Macao. The atmosphere in the guild was a bit quiet due to Laxus's words. Chen Fan also felt there was no point in staying here, so he greeted Erza, Mira, and the Master, then headed home.
Chen Fan turned left and right through the alley, finally stopping in front of a house. The house wasn't large, just like a typical small modern villa, and it exuded a warm, homey feeling. The yard was enclosed by an iron fence. Although the yard wasn't big, it was very neat. The small trees and plants were arranged very reasonably, and a straight path led directly to the house's entrance. The small trees along the path were neatly pruned, looking like they were regularly and carefully maintained, as even the fallen leaves were completely cleaned up.
The usual playful look was gone from Chen Fan's face. Like a husband returning home, he stepped forward and pressed the doorbell.
A clear voice came from the intercom, "Who is it?"
"It's me." As soon as Chen Fan finished speaking, there was a jingle from the intercom. Chen Fan, speechless, reached up to cover his head. Immediately, a beautiful woman in a maid's outfit, about 20 years old, opened the door and quickly walked toward Chen Fan. After opening the main gate, she bowed and said, "Welcome home, Master."
"I told you, don't call me Master, Master. How many times have I said it? Why don't you listen, Sister Lili? You can just call me Chen Fan," Chen Fan truly disliked this 'Master' title. If it were a man, it would be fine, but when a woman called him that, it always made him have some very dirty thoughts.