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"That's some way of putting it..."
"Why does it feel like the way you talk has suddenly become so artsy?"
"Are you planning a career change to become a traveling bard?"
Precht: "...No."
Seeing his defeated look, Weston couldn't help but chuckle: "Hahaha... just kidding, just kidding!"
"...Since when did you start talking like Warrod?"
"Isn't it normal for the way we talk to be influenced after being companions for so long?"
Thinking carefully, Weston felt that what Precht said was not without reason—
Yuri was able to obtain a stable residence and job because, under his influence, he chose to give up his identity as a 'Treasure Hunter' and joined Fairy Tail to become a Wizard. There was nothing wrong with that-
As for romance...
Although he hadn't played much of a role in the relationship between Yuri and Rita, he was, after all, the one who first brought him to Magnolia, which accounted for half the credit-
As for companions.
Yuri's former companions were only Precht and Warrod, but now he had an entire guild, a full hundred people!
Looking at it this way, he really had changed Yuri!
"Sometimes, I often think, if we hadn't met you on Tenrou Island back then, what would Yuri, Warrod, and I be like now."
Precht paused for a moment and then continued: "Probably still being treasure hunters in 'Sylph Labyrinth,' living each day in a muddle."
"Or perhaps being swept into the previous war, and then dying in some accident. In short, things wouldn't be better than they are now."
"But because we met you and walked the path of a Wizard, our destinies have changed."
"Such a change is something we could never have imagined before."
"Putting it back over three years ago, I definitely would never have imagined that one day I would be immersed in magic research, nor could I imagine Yuri not being greedy for money, or imagine Warrod talking to flowers and plants... oh wait, I can actually imagine that last one!"
Weston laughed: "I can understand that. After all, Warrod has always been a very kind person."
"You hadn't been in contact with magic before, so naturally you wouldn't think in that direction- as for Yuri, if he weren't greedy for money, what else could he be greedy for?"
"Could it be that he's greedy for women and lust?"
"...That guess of yours is a bit too outrageous!"
Precht showed a rare faint smile: "In short, we are all very fortunate to have such a change."
"Joining Fairy Tail has allowed us all to find our life's goals and the meaning of living."
"Thank you, Weston!"
Wow, Precht~
"Why are you suddenly using such a sincere tone to say such touching things?!"
"It's quite embarrassing to hear."
...
The story splits in two directions, and things were quite miserable on Yuri's side.
He encountered a 'traffic accident'!
After leaving the guild, Yuri moved forward by turning into lightning the whole way, his speed was incredibly fast.
This magic of elementalizing himself could not be maintained indefinitely. Every few breaths, he had to manifest his true form, let his feet touch the ground, and then continue moving forward as lightning.
After a long time of hard practice, Yuri had shortened the time for manifesting his true form to within one second.
Therefore, the passers-by on the street could only see a golden light flash past their field of vision, followed by a gust of wind, and saw nothing else.
"Great!"
"Maintaining this speed, I should be able to make it!"
Two minutes later, Yuri came to a fork in the road.
"Eh, wait!"
A sudden realization struck him, and Yuri suddenly performed an emergency brake. His body spun 720 degrees on the spot to dissipate inertia. His shoes rubbed against the ground, instantly making two ear-piercing sounds.
Screech—!!
After stopping, Yuri looked at the main road on his left, then at the narrow alley on his right, and began to ponder subconsciously.
Which way should I go?
The road on the left is wide and easy to walk, but it requires a long detour-
The alley on the right is a bit narrower and requires passing through the market, but it can be five minutes faster.
Those five minutes were calculated based on an ordinary person's walking pace. If he used his current speed, it would take less than a minute.
And since it's the afternoon, there are few people in the market, so he wasn't afraid of hitting anyone.
Even if he did encounter someone, with his reaction speed, he would definitely be able to avoid them!
"Which way? No need to even think about it!"
Yuri's mind was set, and he rushed towards the small alley.
Swish swish swish—
He passed through the dark alley, crossed the small path, and everything was peaceful along the way.
Finally, he turned into the market.
As expected, there were few pedestrians in the market, with only a row of roadside stalls on each side.
Since there weren't many customers, the stall owners were either dozing off or chatting with nearby 'bosses'— it was a scene of peace and tranquility.
Seeing this, Yuri couldn't help but secretly cheer for his own 'wit.'
"Sure enough, my decision was right!"
Just then, a bright light suddenly flashed on the ground ahead.
Eh?
What's the situation?!
Before Yuri realized what that flash of light meant, his body had already reached the location of the light.
Exactly at this moment, it was the very instant he had to let his body exit elementalization and adjust the magic flow!
At the same time Yuri's feet touched the ground, he suddenly felt the soles of his feet slip!
"Damn it!!"
The sensation from beneath his feet caused Yuri's face to change color instantly.
It turned out that this place was originally a 'seafood stall' specifically for selling seafood. Due to the hot weather, the fishy smell of the seafood became increasingly obvious, and along with the evaporation of the heat, it seriously affected the nearby vendors.
So the owner of the seafood stall had to use soapy water to thoroughly wash the street in front of his stall once every afternoon.
As luck would have it, today that seafood stall owner was just putting soap on the ground and hadn't had time to rinse it off with water before Yuri arrived.
"Not good not good not good...!!!"
Amidst cries of alarm, Yuri lost control of his form, and his whole body fell forward due to inertia.
Seeing that handsome face about to smash heavily onto the ground, at the critical moment, Yuri had another flash of inspiration. He curled his body into a ball while using his arms to protect his face and head, turning himself into a 'human ball.'
Thump—!
Bang—!
Clatter—!!
The 'human ball' rolled forward crazily, and in just a few breaths, it knocked over a dozen stalls, causing a chaotic mess.
Before the stall owners could react, Yuri had already curled into a ball and rolled into a nearby alley, crashing into several stacked shipping containers.
Bang—!!!
Accompanied by a huge commotion, countless clouds of dust were kicked up in the alley, instantly obscuring the vision.
Just then!
In the air above the alley, in a place where no one noticed, a wave of magic power silently rippled out from a certain point in space.
Next, the magic power gradually manifested, forming a vortex.
A suction force came from the vortex, sucking in Yuri who was on the ground-
Just as Yuri's figure disappeared, a repulsive force came from the vortex again, spitting out a human figure.
The figure landed on a shipping container. As the dust settled, his face was revealed—
A face that looked exactly like Yuri's!
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