"I've been here for a long time! You guys just kept ignoring me!" Chen Fan yelled at Lucy and Erza. "I'm sorry..."
"Is 'sorry' enough to solve the problem? If so, why do we have police in this society...?" Chen Fan started lecturing Lucy and Erza, his mouth like a Gatling Gun, making them bow their heads until they almost touched the ground.
"Who are you? Why didn't you go into the card?" Sho saw Chen Fan and Lucy joking, ignoring him, and couldn't help but interrupt angrily.
Hearing Sho's question, Chen Fan turned his body, scratched his head, thinking for a moment. "Hmm, I am the owner of this place. You guys trapped all my customers in a card, so I can't just stand by, can I? Isn't that right?"
"Stop fooling around! I asked what your relationship with Erza is. Who are you really?"
"Oh, since you put it that way."
At this point, Chen Fan straightened his clothes, swept his bangs to the side with his hand, then said, "I am... your brother-in-law!"
"Brother-in-law?!" Sho, Millianna, and Lucy all shouted in shock.
"Ah... so obedient!" Chen Fan closed his eyes, savoring the moment.
"Bang!!" Erza pressed the back of Chen Fan's head, pushing him to the ground, her face flushed. She stammered as she yelled at Chen Fan, "What... what nonsense are you talking about?! How could I... that thing..."
Chen Fan sat on the ground, dejected, covering the back of his head. "Wuwu, wuwu, I was just kidding, why so serious?" He looked like a wronged little wife.
Ignoring Chen Fan's annoyed look, Erza said to Sho, "Our problems shouldn't involve other people. Quickly release Lucy."
"No! Why should I listen to someone who betrayed us? Don't you agree, Sister?" Sho questioned Erza.
When Erza heard the word "betrayal," her body trembled slightly. "Pat!" Chen Fan reached out and placed a hand on Erza's shoulder. Erza looked back, and after seeing Chen Fan, her body stopped trembling. She felt a sense of safety and reliability, like seeing her commander's face from behind his cold mask.
Chen Fan said to Erza, "Leave this to me for now. You just watch from the side." He gave Erza a look that seemed to say "I've got this," then walked toward Lucy. He reached out and touched the ropes that bound Lucy. The ropes turned into particles of light and disappeared into the air. Lucy happily wiggled her wrists, then ran to Erza's side.
"You... how did you do that?" Millianna looked at Chen Fan with great surprise.
"Oh, you mean that? I just sped up its vibration frequency a little to do it," Chen Fan said casually, sitting on the counter. 'Ah, this is like dismantling a person's haki or destroying Reishi... no, more like messing with Accelerator's frequency.'
"Who are you really?" Sho's expression was a bit serious, and he took a fighting stance. Chen Fan opened his mouth, just about to speak.
"Whoosh..." Before Chen Fan could finish his sentence, the poker card in Sho's hand shot toward him. At the same time, Millianna, who was behind Chen Fan, also used her magic, and ropes rushed toward Chen Fan.
".....!"
Chen Fan extended his right hand toward the card Sho shot, and with a gentle flick, the card flew toward Millianna. "Bang!" Millianna was sealed inside the card. "Whoosh..." The card automatically flew into Chen Fan's hand.
"Millianna!" Sho yelled. "Chen Fan!" Erza was also a little worried that Chen Fan would be too harsh, given his track record.
"Shh, don't worry. I'm just teaching my future in-laws a lesson, letting them know that their brother-in-law's authority cannot be challenged." Chen Fan put his index finger to his mouth and said to Erza. After that, he winked, which made Erza so angry she laughed.
Lucy, who saw Chen Fan flirting with Erza, was a little jealous, she pouted and turned her head.
Suddenly, a voice was heard. "What's going on, Sho, Natsu...?" A person shaped like a box suddenly appeared beside Sho, putting his hand on Sho's shoulder, wearing a hat on his head.
"Box..." Lucy muttered.
"Uh, you don't have to complain about everyone who shows up," Chen Fan waved his hand at Lucy, pea-sized beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.
The person who suddenly appeared greeted Erza. "It's been a long time. You've gotten very sexy now."
Erza looked at the person with doubt. "You... Wally?"
Wally reached out and touched the brim of his hat. "It's no wonder you don't recognize me. Compared to when I was known as 'Mad Dog Wally,' I might have become... more refined."
This time, not only Lucy, even Chen Fan was speechless.
Erza looked at Wally. "You can also use magic... now?"
"There's nothing surprising about that. As long as you master the trick, anyone can use magic, right, Erza?" A hazy black shadow appeared behind Erza and said to her. After that, he walked toward Sho.
Hearing that, Chen Fan wanted to retort that he couldn't learn magic at all, but he held back. It was rude to interrupt someone else's reunion, even though he had already done it once.
"Simon! All of you came? What are you here for?"
"Of course, to bring you back," Simon said to Erza, then turned to Sho. "Where's Millianna? Wasn't she with you? Why hasn't she arrived?"
Sho then remembered Chen Fan. He pointed at Chen Fan. "He, he's the one who trapped Millianna in a card. Millianna is still in his hands."
"Who is he?"
"Someone who calls himself our brother-in-law. Be careful, he's a bit strange. He can deflect attacks."
Simon stepped forward and said to Chen Fan, "I don't care who you are, but can you release Millianna?" As soon as he finished speaking, a blue magic circle appeared in front of his eyes.
With a "Bang," the table under Chen Fan's butt exploded, and wood fragments flew, engulfing Chen Fan, raising a cloud of dust.
"Chen Fan!" Erza and Lucy screamed, a bit shocked.
Suddenly, a voice was heard from the dust. "Ah... ah... Erza, your siblings are really not funny. They all attack sneakily. I almost died in there. Do you want me to teach them a lesson for you?" The figure in the dust said, waving his hand, his tone very relaxed.