"Exactly!"
Natsu and Happy excitedly hurried over. They couldn't believe they found Fairy Tail as soon as they arrived in Edolas.
What incredible luck.
"Wait!"
Carla wanted to call out to the two of them.
This was Edolas, after all.
Creak!
The guild door opened.
"Everyone is fine!"
"We found it without breaking a sweat!"
Just as Natsu and Happy were about to go greet them, Carla quickly held the two of them back.
"Wait a minute! They look strange!"
Natsu and Happy paused, then looked forward.
Sure enough, everyone looked a little different.
"Juvia is going to work now."
"Wait a moment, Juvia. I want to go with you too, okay?" Gray was wearing thick clothes and had an expression of adoration.
"It's so hot. How many layers are you wearing? Come back and see me when you wear less." Juvia said.
"B-but... I feel cold."
Natsu was instantly dumbfounded when he saw this.
"What in the world is this!"
Gray is afraid of the cold? That guy, who feels hot even wearing only underwear, is afraid of the cold? Are you kidding me?
"How embarrassing, Elfman."
"Did your job fail again?"
Jet and Droy were lecturing Elfman.
"Cana, why don't you have a drink with us sometime?"
"I've told you several times already, I don't drink alcohol."
"What?!"
Cana actually said she doesn't drink?
"Wha... what is going on here?"
"Everyone has become so strange?"
"Hey! I'm asking you, you've been standing at the door for ages, who are you?!"
Just then, an even more familiar voice rang out.
The group looked toward the sound and saw Lucy, dressed in leather, standing in front of Takeshi and questioning him.
"Lucy?!!"
Was Lucy really that brave?
She actually dared to speak to Takeshi with that attitude.
"Wait! Lucy doesn't recognize Takeshi?!"
At that moment, the group realized something even stranger.
How could Lucy not recognize Takeshi?
"Hello, my name is Takeshi. I was just passing by and decided to take a look." Takeshi introduced himself very naturally.
"I see. That's fine. Welcome to Fairy Tail. Are these people your companions?"
Lucy glanced at Natsu and the others. "Wait! Isn't that Natsu?"
"You... you know me?"
Natsu was a little confused.
What was going on with this Lucy? She didn't know Takeshi but knew him.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I'd recognize you even if you were turned to ash. Where have you been all this time? You really made me worry." Lucy said, hugging Natsu.
"Lucy..."
Natsu had never been hugged so intimately by Lucy before, and he felt incredibly uncomfortable.
"Time for execution!"
Lucy suddenly clamped Natsu's neck with her legs and drilled her fingers into his temples.
"It's here! One of Lucy's 48 Torture Techniques, the Strangling Drill Art!"
The people around couldn't help but cheer when they saw this.
"Don't bully him too much, the poor guy."
"In any case, it's good that you're safe."
Just then, a voice rang out.
"Lucy! You're bullying Natsu again. That's not good. Jet and Droy, stop bullying Elfman-nii too."
Natsu was stunned when he saw the person. "Lisanna..."
Happy's tears involuntarily streamed out, his body trembling. "No way..."
Back then, Natsu and Lisanna had found him together and raised him since he was small.
"Lisanna!!!"
Natsu and Happy happily rushed toward Lisanna.
"What are you trying to do!"
Lucy stopped the two of them with a flying kick.
"Natsu, when did you become like a wild beast, huh?"
Natsu couldn't stop his tears from flowing. "Because... Lisanna is alive... right there..."
"Alright, sit down and let's talk properly. We're good friends, aren't we?" Gray said, putting his arm around Natsu's shoulder.
Happy asked, confused, "Wh-why is Lisanna here?"
"Takeshi-nii, what exactly is going on?" Wendy looked up and asked Takeshi.
When she couldn't understand the situation, she felt Takeshi was the most reliable person.
Takeshi provided the answer. "It's simple. This is the Fairy Tail of Edolas."
"Fairy Tail of Edolas?"
"Could it be..."
Carla was the first to realize.
Takeshi nodded. "Yes, these people aren't the companions we're looking for. They are people who originally lived in Edolas. Although I don't understand the principle of their creation, this place is a Parallel World to the one we came from."
"A Parallel World!"
The group was stunned.
Isn't this a concept only found in novels?
"So where is everyone we know?!" Natsu shouted excitedly.
They were here to rescue their guild members.
Carla said, "They should be in the Royal Capital. There should be clues about the absorbed guild members in the Royal Capital."
Natsu said, "Alright. Then let's go to the Royal Capital."
Lucy asked with a confused expression, "What are you all muttering about?"
Just then, someone rushed in, looking panicked, and shouted, "This is bad! The Fairy Hunter is here!"
Hearing this, looks of terror appeared on the faces of everyone in the guild.
"Waaahhhh!"
"Has this place been exposed?!"
"Those guys from the Kingdom are chasing us again!"
Many people wailed miserably.
Lucy shouted at Levy, "Is the Teleportation Magic Circle ready yet?!"
Levy said without hesitation, "I'm working on it right now, you stinking Lucy!"
Just then, a huge figure appeared in the sky.
"Wha... what is that?!"
"And what is the Fairy Hunter?!"
"The Kingdom's target is Fairy Tail? What is going on?!"
Natsu, Wendy, and Happy were all dumbfounded at this moment.
The situation in this world was far too unexpected.
A larger version of Wendy, who looked 90% similar to the original, explained, "Isn't it obvious? By order of the King, all Mage guilds have been abolished. The only remaining guild in this world is here. Did Natsu bring you here without telling you anything? In other words, we are a Dark Guild."
"A Dark Guild?!"
Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.
Just then, Levy shouted, "It's ready! Everyone hold on tight! Teleportation Magic Circle, activate! Teleportation starting!"
The giant tree root began to shrink rapidly, and in the next instant, it burrowed underground and vanished.