Chapter 8: It Suits You Perfectly
Hearing Gray's question, Yumesaki shook his head.
"No, my ability to freeze you comes from a strange kind of fruit called the Ice-Ice Fruit. A person who eats this fruit can turn into ice, create extreme cold, freeze volcanoes, and even permanently alter the climate of an entire region."
"More importantly, this ability doesn't require Magic Power; it only requires stamina to activate."
"It's a shame, there is currently only one of this fruit in existence. Otherwise, I could sell one to you."
Although Vegapunk had cracked the secrets of Paramecia and Zoan Devil Fruits by now, the Logia types still remained unsolved.
Therefore, Logia Devil Fruits could not be mass-produced at the moment.
The original Ice-Ice Fruit had already been eaten by Kuzan, and Yumesaki couldn't obtain a second one.
As for his own Ice-Ice Fruit ability, it actually came from his Copy Fruit.
Yumesaki's explanation opened Gray's eyes. Eating a fruit could grant the power to create such extreme cold; it was truly magical.
"As expected, the world is still vast. There are many things I don't know about."
Mirajane, listening from the side, felt a bit speechless.
When she had first heard about Devil Fruits from Yumesaki's mouth earlier, she had a similar thought—that the world was truly vast, with many unknown treasures she had never even heard of.
But ever since learning about Yumesaki's origins, she suspected that Devil Fruits weren't a product of this world at all.
Seeing another person fall for it, she couldn't help but shoot a playful glare at Yumesaki.
Lucy also asked out of curiosity, "Since there's a fruit that can create cold, does that mean there's also a fruit that can create fire?"
Yumesaki smiled slightly. "As expected of you, you're very sharp. There is indeed a fruit that can create fire, called the Flame-Flame Fruit. After eating it, one can turn their body into fire, become immune to physical attacks, and even generate massive amounts of flames."
Right at that moment, a blue cat walked over. "Oh oh oh! Natsu, this fruit suits you perfectly, you know!"
Fire Dragon Slayer Magic only required eating fire to continuously generate Magic Power.
Meanwhile, the Flame-Flame Fruit could create fire through stamina.
If Natsu created fire using his stamina and then ate those flames, he would be able to generate Magic Power continuously, and could even use Magic Power to replenish his stamina.
This fell perfectly into the category of being completely self-sufficient.
Lucy opened her eyes wide, looking at the blue cat in disbelief. "Happy, are you actually a genius?"
"That's right, I am a genius!" Happy stood with his hands on his hips, speaking proudly.
Having been reminded of this, Natsu's eyes instantly lit up as he stared at Yumesaki, his entire mind consumed by the desire to have it.
No one could refuse the chance to turn into a perpetual motion machine, and no one could refuse becoming stronger.
Yumesaki felt quite helpless. He spread his hands and said, "Tragically, this Flame-Flame Fruit has already been eaten by someone else, and there is no second fruit. If you want, I can sell you a different fruit."
Natsu was initially a bit disappointed, but hearing that Yumesaki still had other options, his eyes lit up again.
Lucy asked curiously, "What fruit?"
"The Heat-Heat Fruit."
Yumesaki pulled over a chair and sat down, speaking slowly, "This fruit can transfer heat energy into any object it touches, making it boiling hot in an instant. It can also make the user themselves incredibly hot, burning anyone who touches them, and is even capable of transferring heat into a vast area of the ocean, causing the sea to boil."
"This fruit is actually also very suitable for Natsu. Natsu can increase the flames he releases to an even more shocking level."
"If used well, it can turn the ground into scorched earth and melt steel into liquid iron."
More importantly, the Heat-Heat Fruit was a Paramecia Devil Fruit, and Yumesaki had it ready to go.
"Oh oh oh!" Hearing Yumesaki's words, Natsu instantly felt himself getting fired up. His Fire Dragon Slayer Magic was already adept at handling fire; if the temperature of the flames could be multiplied several times over...
Then its power would truly be unimaginable.
"How much does this fruit cost?" Happy asked out of curiosity.
Yumesaki held up a single finger and said, "Considering we're all comrades, ten million Jewels. What do you think?"
"So expensive!"
Lucy couldn't help but cry out. Ten million Jewels was no small sum.
Even back when she was still a wealthy young lady, ten million Jewels was a massive amount to her; she had never held that much pocket money before.
Furthermore, for her current self who had run away from home, she was entirely a penniless lady.
Ten million Jewels was an astronomical figure.
"So expensive!"
In fact, let alone Lucy, even Natsu felt this price was absurdly high.
Yumesaki shrugged. "If you think it's expensive, you don't have to buy it. Of course, you can also wait a bit. Who knows, before long, I might be able to get a new Flame-Flame Fruit."
Vegapunk was currently conquering the secrets of Logia Devil Fruits; who knew if they might be mass-produced one day.
Hearing up to this point, Natsu couldn't help but sink into thought.
Compared to the Heat-Heat Fruit, he felt the Flame-Flame Fruit was a better fit for him.
Lucy's eyes rolled as she said, "Anyway, you don't have ten million Jewels right now either. It's better to just wait first. Who knows, by the time you've gathered ten million Jewels, you might come across the Flame-Flame Fruit."
Natsu heard that and thought, oh, that makes sense. Better to wait a bit longer.
Hearing this, Gray became anxious. He could currently fight on equal terms with Natsu. If Natsu encountered the Flame-Flame Fruit one day and his strength skyrocketed on the spot, wouldn't he always lose to this guy?
No way, absolutely not.
He also had to save up money to buy—to buy the Ice-Ice Fruit from Yumesaki. He absolutely could not let Natsu skyrocket in power all by himself.
As for the rest of the guild members who had some interest in the Devil Fruits, after hearing this price, they gave up one after another.
Ten million Jewels was simply too expensive.
They couldn't afford it at all.
...
That afternoon, Yumesaki felt bored inside the guild and went out for a stroll.
Having come to Magnolia, he hadn't yet had a good chance to walk around this city filled with another world's charm.
Today happened to be a perfect opportunity.
More importantly, he had just heard from Cana's mouth that there was an excellent ice cream shop nearby.
The ice cream sold there was delicious.
Therefore, Yumesaki came to try it; after all, when it came to food, he never treated himself poorly.
However, what Yumesaki hadn't expected was that he actually ran into Lucy at the ice cream shop.
"Huh? Yumesaki? Why are you here?"
Lucy seemed very surprised by Yumesaki's appearance.
Yumesaki pointed toward the ice cream shop behind him and said, "I came to buy ice cream. You too?"
Lucy shook her head and said, "No, I'm waiting for a landlord."
"A landlord?"
Lucy nodded. "Actually, I found a house I like and want to rent it. I agreed to meet the landlord here."
Yumesaki suddenly understood. "Then go ahead and wait. I'll go buy ice cream first."
After saying that, Yumesaki left a speechless Lucy behind and walked into the shop.
When he came out, he was holding two ice cream cones in his hands, handing one of them over to Lucy.
"For you."
"Huh? For me?" Lucy was quite surprised. Seeing Yumesaki leave her behind just now, she had initially thought the other guy was a dense, straight-laced man, but she hadn't expected this sudden turnaround.
"I only know you here. If I don't give it to you, who else would I give it to?"
"In that case... thank you." Lucy accepted the ice cream and took a lick. Her eyes couldn't help but light up. "Delicious!"
"It really is good. I heard about it from Cana; she really didn't lie to me."
Hearing Yumesaki's words, Lucy's eyes blinked. "Yumesaki, you're really amazing. Even though you're a newcomer just like me, you managed to hit it off with everyone in the guild so quickly."
It should be noted that she hadn't quite blended into the guild yet.
"Because everyone's personality is pretty good. They aren't bad people, let alone troublesome types, so you'll blend in soon enough too," Yumesaki said calmly.
Lucy let out a soft chuckle, licking her ice cream as she said, "Then thank you for your kind words."
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, I heard the guys in the guild fight so often that the boys' dormitory can't be used normally. Everyone rents a house outside. Yumesaki, you're the same, right? How is your rented house? How much does it cost?"
Yumesaki shook his head and said, "I didn't rent a house."
Lucy let out a confused sound, looking at Yumesaki with misunderstanding. "If you didn't rent, then where are you living right now, Yumesaki?"
It couldn't be sleeping on the streets, right? He didn't look like that at all.
Could it be house-sharing with someone else?
Just as Lucy kept guessing, she suddenly heard Yumesaki say, "I bought a house in this city."
Lucy: "???"
The next second, she recalled that Yumesaki held mysterious fruits in his hands. After eating one, a person could gain abilities beyond imagination, and just one fruit sold for ten million Jewels.
"Could it be... Yumesaki, you're actually a wealthy person?"
Yumesaki nodded. It should be noted that after he destroyed the World Government in the One Piece world back then, he had plundered many valuables, as well as massive amounts of gold and jewelry.
He could definitely be categorized as a rich man.
That was the accumulation of eight hundred years from the Celestial Dragons.
Although what Yumesaki took was actually just a small fraction of the total wealth, it still turned him into an incredibly wealthy person.
Therefore, facing Lucy's question, Yumesaki admitted it without any hesitation.
"I can be considered an extremely wealthy person."
"Extremely wealthy?" Lucy was stunned for a moment, subconsciously asking, "Just how wealthy?"
Yumesaki thought for a bit and said, "Wealthier than your family. Roughly equivalent to several hundred times your family's wealth."
"Huh? My family?"
"The Heartfilia family of the railway magnates. My words aren't wrong, right?"
Lucy was instantly shocked. "You... you... you... you know?"
Yumesaki smiled slightly. "Perhaps everyone knows. It's just that everyone doesn't care about it. What they care about isn't your status, but you yourself."
"Is that so?"
Yumesaki could see that Lucy didn't seem to believe his words entirely, but he didn't care too much either.
Once the time came later on, she would naturally understand that Yumesaki's words weren't a lie.
Right at that moment, the landlord Lucy was waiting for finally arrived, taking Lucy along to check out the house.
Yumesaki then turned around to leave, continuing his stroll through the city.
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