Inside a luxurious cruise ship, a banquet was underway, and Lucy, formally dressed in a red evening gown, was alone in a private room.
"Well, just bear with it a little longer. It'll be great if I can join the Fairy Tail Guild. Endure, endure."
At this moment, a tiny figure inside Lucy's mind was desperately cheering herself on.
Then she thought again: "But will the Fairy Tail Guild really recruit such people into the Guild?" She immediately shook her head, concentrating her thoughts: "Never mind, I'll see how things go first. I need to stay alert, so I don't end up falling for some strange magic again, like what happened in the park during the day."
Just as Lucy was still thinking, the fake Fire Dragon, a purple-haired man, pushed open the door and entered, holding two cups and a bottle of juice, still wearing that narcissistic smile on his face.
The fake Fire Dragon man had a smile on his face, but with his disgusting gaze, he subtly scrutinized Lucy from head to toe, thinking to himself: "Well, as expected, she's of superior beauty. Could she also be a Magician? It seems I need to be careful."
"You're Lucy, right? What a beautiful name. I'm Bora."
"Thank you," Lucy felt a wave of nausea, but she forced herself to return the greeting.
"Let's have a drink, as a new introduction."
Bora snapped his fingers, and the moment the sound rang out, the juice floated in the air with magic, and he used a ring to cast sleep magic on the floating liquid.
"Snap!"
Lucy's spirit jolted, sensing something. She instantly stood up and slapped the liquid in the air away, her face serious, and questioned: "What are you trying to do? That juice has already been enchanted with sleep magic by you, hasn't it?"
"I didn't expect you to know so much! It was so well-hidden, yet you still discovered it."
"Clap, clap~"
As Bora's magic failed and his purpose was exposed by Lucy, Bora no longer concealed himself. He immediately put on an arrogant expression, as if victory was in his grasp, and clapped his hands: "Come out, my little ones!"
The girls who had just been laughing joyfully on the deck were now all unconscious, being carried and held out by a group of bandits.
"Damn it, you actually did such a thing, you scum!"
Just as Lucy and Bora were confronting each other on the luxurious yacht, on the other side of the observation deck...
"How dare he impersonate a Fairy Tail Magician... Unforgivable!"
Natsu was gripping the railing with both hands, his eyes fixed on the luxurious cruise ship sailing on the sea. He had just heard the girls nearby discussing that the Fire Dragon Lord from Fairy Tail was hosting a banquet on this luxurious cruise ship.
"Happy, let's go!"
"Aye~"
Happy and Natsu had just dashed above the ship's hull when a string of keys fell into the water in a parabolic arc.
"Bang~ Crack!"
Natsu punched through the cruise ship's ceiling, making a grand entrance, but he couldn't last more than a few seconds: "Ugh, so disgusting, I want to throw up." Natsu was already covering his mouth, bending over and vomiting.
"Ah, how lame!" Lucy, who had just been a little surprised, was instantly stunned by Natsu's rapid decline.
"Lucy, why are you here?"
Happy, with his wings, flew in the air, asking Lucy in surprise.
After all, after eating at the restaurant, they thought Lucy had already left to find the Guild she dreamed of joining, and they didn't expect to see Lucy here.
"Don't talk about it, I was tricked. They said if I came here, they could help me join Fairy Tail. Wait, that's not right, how do you have wings?"
Lucy's tone was normal at first, but then she suddenly noticed that Happy had wings and immediately exclaimed in surprise.
"We'll talk about the details later, let's go first."
Happy didn't explain himself. He wrapped his tail around Lucy and flew into the sky.
"Hey, hey, hey, what about Natsu?"
"I can't carry two people, but you don't need to worry about Natsu."
"Damn it, don't even think about escaping!"
Seeing the two fly away, Bora, worried about being reported to the Council, quickly unleashed his flame magic to pursue them.
"Flame Magic - Flame Whip!" Several long, whip-shaped flames of purple fire attacked the two dodging left and right from multiple angles.
Just as several Flame Whips were about to strike Happy and Lucy, Happy made a sharp turn and dodged them.
"Damn it, that cat is really nimble."
"Fairy... Tail, how dare you impersonate a Fairy Tail Magician and do such a thing!" Natsu blocked a punch with one arm, glaring fiercely at Bora.
Bora and his subordinates were also attracted by Natsu and looked over, not realizing that Happy and Lucy had already disappeared.
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On the other side...
Several people were enveloped in a golden light, suspended in the air... but their figures were hidden by the light's reflection.
"Yo, Happy, long time no see. You're still so big, not changed a bit," a right hand, imprinted with the golden Fairy Tail mark, directly stroked Happy's soft head.
"Zo, Zorn, I missed you so much! Why did it take you so long to come back?" Happy looked at Zorn, who hadn't changed at all from two years ago, and tears of joy welled up in his eyes. He lunged into Zorn's arms, rubbing his head against Zorn to express his happiness.
Zorn also didn't mind at all, "Still so prone to crying. Haven't I returned? Alright, alright, so others don't laugh."
"You, you are Zorn, the one who successfully became one of the Ten Wizard Saints in his youth! Hello, I'm Lucy, and I've always wanted to join Fairy Tail."
Lucy wouldn't laugh at Happy's unusual behavior. At this moment, she was covering her mouth, extremely shocked in her heart. She hadn't even joined Fairy Tail yet, but she was already able to meet this legendary Magician who had shaken the entire continent.
After taking a deep breath and calming her shocked emotions, she stammered out her long-held wish respectfully.
"Hmm, haha, that's too exaggerated. Just call me Zorn. And this should be your key, right, Star Spirit Mage Lucy."
Zorn, a little embarrassed, scratched his head and unhurriedly handed Lucy the Star Spirit Key, which he had already retrieved using Holy Light Magic.
"Ah, my Star Spirit Key! This is great, this is great!"
Lucy saw her precious key returned and joyfully took it, rubbing it against her face, looking very precious.
"Star Spirit Mage?" Happy, sitting on Zorn's shoulder, heard Zorn say a term he hadn't heard before and looked at Zorn with a questioning expression.
"It's a Magician who can summon otherworld Star Spirits to fight using special keys with which they've made a contract. Magicians who use this magic are called Star Spirit Mages."
"Is it strong?"
"Very strong."
"Lucy, would it be convenient to demonstrate this Star Spirit Magic? And Natsu seems to need help right now, so just send the ship back to shore."
Zorn looked down. At this moment, although Natsu could barely use his fists and feet to counter the punches, he was still affected by motion sickness and was struggling to fight back.
"Just use this water sphere." Zorn moved a water sphere enclosed by magic in front of Lucy.
"Yosh, just watch me!" Lucy was eager to try, wanting to showcase her magic in front of a Ten Wizard Saint so she could successfully join Fairy Tail.
However, she didn't know that even without Zorn's guidance, she was destined to join Fairy Tail under the guidance of her fated person.
"Open, Gate of Aquarius!"
As Lucy held the Aquarius key in her right hand and used magic to swipe downwards, inserting it into the water sphere in front of her, a blue magic circle opened, and a mermaid-like woman with long, waist-length blue hair appeared before everyone.
"Aquarius, quickly use your power to push the ship to the shore."
"Tch~ Lucy, if you lose your key again next time, you'll see what happens!"
Upon hearing this, Lucy immediately jumped up, chattering beside her, "Did you just say 'tch'...?"
"You talkative brat, I'll help you just this once. I'm in a hurry to find my boyfriend, you know, my boyfriend."
Ignoring Lucy's complaints about her showing off her boyfriend, she raised the jar in her hand, and a powerful stream of water gushed out, sweeping up the waves below and rolling towards the cruise ship.
After releasing the magic, she gave a proud toss of her head and disappeared on the spot.
"Hey, boss, look behind you..."
A subordinate pointed at the giant wave that suddenly appeared behind them, reminding Bora with a terrified face, but it was too late. A giant wave completely capsized the ship, sending it tumbling towards the shore.
"So amazing!"
"Right?"
"Lucy, you worked hard. Come, let's eat together. I bought some specialty snacks on the way, stir-fried chestnuts with sugar, they're delicious."
Zorn materialized a few chairs and a table using Holy Light Magic and sat down to eat, not forgetting to invite Lucy to join him.
"By the way, Zorn, why didn't you just help Natsu deal with them directly?"
"It's an assessment. I just want to see if Natsu has been slacking off these past two years."
Lucy saw that Zorn had no airs at all at this moment, and her heart relaxed. Her nervousness instantly disappeared, and she also began to eat with relish.
If she knew that Zorn was also afraid of his wife, who knows what expression she would have.
Haha, I've strayed too far.
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In the town, the girls from the ship had already been magically transported into the city by Zorn. After realizing they were safe, they shrieked and scattered, wanting nothing to do with anything happening on the shore.
To be continued~
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