The two sides argued endlessly, and in the end Happy suggested they settle it with rock-paper-scissors. Natsu then took on both of them and won the match.
Acnologia, meeting the two women's angry gazes, raised his hands in surrender and said, "Don't look at me, I didn't do anything. If you're unhappy, you can go and beat up Natsu."
Actually, he was quite happy that Natsu won; calling them the Goddess Squad would make him a laughingstock.
Natsu hugged Happy and laughed loudly: "I'm the strongest! Even if I give you another chance, you still can't beat me!"
Acnologia's eyes widened, wanting to beat the arrogant idiot to death. "You should know when to stop. What if you lose again?"
Just then, a cold, emotionless voice rang out: "You think you're the best? Did you even ask me?"
Immediately afterwards, a woman with long, scarlet hair walked in. She was wearing armor and had a heroic and dashing air about her.
"Yo! Erza!"
Welcome back!
"How's the mission going?"
Everyone greeted her. Although Erza was still young, her maturity and way of doing things made them forget her age and feel that she was like a cold older sister.
Moreover, Erza is known as the Queen of Fairies and is one of the few S-rank mages in the guild.
Erza sensed something and turned to look at Acnologia, only to be lifted up by him in surprise. "Huh? Erza's grown so much?"
Although I knew Erza would develop quickly, I didn't expect her to develop to this extent.
Erza was lifted up like a child in front of everyone, and her face immediately turned red with embarrassment: "Who are you? Put me down right now!"
She hadn't even had time to react for a moment; this blue-haired guy was incredibly fast.
Acnologia didn't know that in Erza's heart he was just a blue-haired girl, otherwise he would definitely be heartbroken.
He chuckled and said, "I'm your father!"
Erza struggled and roared angrily, "I'm your father! Let me go!"
Acunorokia had no choice but to put her down and said seriously, "I really am your father."
Then he pointed to Eileen, whose face was covered by a large hat: "That's your mother!"
No! You are not!
Erza's eyes reddened, her expression as if to say that she had never had any parents, and if she did, why hadn't they come to see her for so long?
"I'm sorry, Erza, we failed in our responsibilities as parents..."
Acnologia was filled with guilt and didn't know how to explain, while Eileen became even more of a coward.
She suddenly remembered that although she could still see Erza, Erza hadn't seen her for six years.
Even if that one-year-old child is very smart, he certainly wouldn't remember.
"Damn it! Acnologia, you actually made Erza cry!"
Natsu's eyes widened, and he shouted angrily, "Erza, I'll get revenge for you!"
"The fire dragon's..."
"roll!"
Erza was furious and kicked him away, ruining the atmosphere she had worked so hard to create.
She has been able to remember things since she was one year old, so she naturally remembers that her unreliable parents hadn't come to see her for six years, and they had to make them feel guilty.
If forgiveness is easily obtained, it will certainly not be cherished.
Acnologia, unaware of her daughter's cunning, was now filled with remorse: "That...that..."
He hesitated, then suddenly saw more and more people gathering around him. He was speechless. This group of people really wanted to join in any kind of excitement.
They had just given Gray and Ullu a chance to be alone, but he was just watching and gossiping.
No one offered to help; I wasted my money buying them gifts.
"Daughter, this is what happened..."
Irene thought for a moment, then rattled off the lie Acnologia had made up before, and looked at Erza with a pitiful expression, as if to say, "Please forgive your mother."
Acnologia also wore a solemn expression, as if he would have shed a few tears if it weren't inappropriate for him to cry.
"I won't listen! I won't listen! You're just lying to me!"
Erza was even angrier as she looked at the two actors. They could fool others with such lies, but they wanted to fool her too?
Two people conspiring to fool a seven-year-old child, do they have any shame?
If she had been more sincere from the beginning, she might have been able to forgive them, but now, absolutely not!
Eileen pouted. "Little brat, she won't take the easy way out. I'm not going to put up with this anymore."
Seeing Acnologia begging and pleading, pulling out gifts and grinning foolishly, she angrily sat down to the side, thinking, "Let Acnologia try to coax me; I'm not going to."
After all, his father was not as good as her mother; at least she had raised him for more than two months.
Soon it was evening, and thanks to her father's tireless efforts, Erza finally smiled, and the two sat together chatting and laughing.
Meanwhile, Eileen was gritting her teeth in anger. This brat was definitely targeting her and didn't know how to save face for her mother.
Acnologia pulled Erza to Irene's side, and after some persuasion, the two finally hugged each other and cried their hearts out.
He felt like his lips were about to come off from all the talking; even slaying a dragon four hundred years ago wasn't this tiring.
Fortunately, all the hard work paid off, and the family was finally reunited, hahaha!
The three arrived at Erza's cottage and sat down together for a reunion meal.
Erza invited the two to join her team, but when she learned that her parents had joined Natsu's Fire Dragon team, she was so angry that she glared at them and kicked her elderly parents out of the room.
Under the dark night sky, Acnologia and Irene looked at each other in silence.
Acnologia swallowed hard, moistening his dry throat. "Um... let's find a place to stay, and we'll figure something out later."
Eileen asked, "It's so late, where are we going to find a place to stay?"
"I'm going to go sleep with Natsu, you go find Lucy!"
Their perception was unparalleled, so finding two familiar sources of magic was naturally a piece of cake.
"good!"
After saying that, the two parted ways on the spot.
Acnologia followed Natsu's scent and found a small cabin in about five minutes.
The door wasn't locked. As soon as he pushed it open, he smelled a pungent odor, saw garbage everywhere, and found the food to be moldy.
Natsu and Happy were sleeping like they were lying in a garbage dump, and they were sleeping like dead pigs.
Acnologia was speechless. You might as well sleep on the street. The caves he slept in back then weren't this dirty.
After he went inside, he found a reasonably clean blanket, then went to the doorway and made a makeshift bed on the floor.
I'll just make do with what's in front of Nazu's place tonight, and figure out how to buy a house tomorrow.