“This is the place~”
Edward didn’t know what had come over him.
It had only been a few days.
How could he feel such a strong sense of belonging to the guild?
To the point where there was even a hint of showing off in his tone.
“Kirl~”
Kirlia didn’t know the difference between good and bad.
But if Edward liked it, it liked it!
So its tone was also indescribably cheerful.
“Let’s go.”
Edward stepped forward, leading Kirlia into the guild.
“Two brothers are good!”
“Three stars shine!”
“Four joys of wealth!”
“Five chief winners!”
“Six six smooth!”
“Seven clever…”
It wasn’t even three o’clock, and the sound of finger-guessing games could already be heard in the guild.
Edward subconsciously covered Kirlia’s eyes, afraid of corrupting the pure child, but then he thought, could he really prevent it?!
It was like telling male and female students sitting at the same desk absolutely not to fall in love; whether they did or not was entirely up to the kids themselves!
Suddenly.
An unprecedented sense of helplessness coursed through his body, and Edward’s whole being turned a bit Gray.
“Kirl?”
Kirlia looked up, glancing at Edward strangely.
So it wasn’t just that red-haired girl; her Trainer’s emotional fluctuations were also quite large, or was it that all humans were like this?
“Yo! Edward, have you eaten?”
“Yeah, I just ate, Gray.”
Although he had made quite a scene yesterday, Edward hadn’t become a celebrity in the guild because of it.
His appearance didn’t draw any extra attention, even though he was with Kirlia.
It seemed the people’s sense of novelty had passed…
Or rather.
They were more intoxicated with the present.
Those drinking drank, those chatting chatted, those arguing…
Today was surprisingly harmonious.
It wasn’t until Edward had crossed more than half the guild that someone greeted him.
It was Gray, a “peer.”
Speaking of which, this way of greeting was too Chinese.
Edward looked up.
Oh, it turned out he was eating.
“I’ve eaten. Why are you eating so late? And… forget it, never mind.”
Edward wanted to ask him “Why are you naked?”, but obviously asking would be in vain.
Not only would he not get an answer, but it was even more impossible to change Gray’s habit.
“Don’t mention it. It’s all because that guy Natsu was looking for trouble. We went to the river for a duel. By the way, I won!”
Edward:…
I’m not curious, and those words coming from your mouth don’t have much credibility.
This was Edward’s judgment.
But that was counting magic, with both sides going all out.
And their so-called duels, including the pair of Erza and Mirajane, were only about fists and feet.
“Is that so? Then congratulations.”
“Haha, nothing to congratulate. That kid Natsu has always been my defeated opponent!”
Yes, yes, yes.
Edward really wanted to escape…
He was glad Gray could greet him.
But now Edward felt like he had run into an old classmate he hadn’t seen in ten years, with whom he had an average relationship in school, and was now stuck on the curb listening to him brag.
Leaving would be rude.
Staying was incredibly uncomfortable.
“Edward, is this also one of those creatures called Pokémon?”
“Mhm! It’s called Kirlia!”
At this moment, the intervention of a third party was like heavenly music to Edward.
He introduced it to Elfman, who was sitting diagonally across the same table.
“So cute~”
Elfman could be said to be the person in the guild who wore the most clothes and the most appropriately.
He and Gray were two extremes.
Unfortunately, he was slightly inferior in looks.
Compared to his gentle temperament, his appearance was a bit, no, overly rugged.
Not even mentioning his features, just his skin tone.
It was hard to believe he was Mirajane’s younger brother and Lisanna’s older brother.
You should know that both sisters were glowing white.
Especially Mirajane; perhaps because she wore all black, it made her skin look even more flawless, to the point where even the pure white emblem printed on her thigh seemed a bit dull…
Cough!
Don’t ask why he looked so closely.
If it were you, wouldn’t you look?
…
According to Lisanna’s introduction.
Her brother was a gentle, kind, polite person with good cooking skills.
Most importantly.
He liked animals even more than she did.
If he knew Edward possessed a world of Pokémon, he might just go crazy.
So Lisanna’s promise to Edward to keep it a secret.
She felt sorry for Elfman, but also strongly agreed.
Memory over, Edward glanced from the corner of his eye.
He noticed Elfman was looking at a Biological Encyclopedia just now.
Uh…
“Lisanna got home okay yesterday, right?”
Edward originally just wanted to use Elfman to get away from Gray.
But seeing that Lisanna hadn’t come to find him all morning.
And she wasn’t seen in the guild either.
“Yeah.”
Elfman looked at Edward suspiciously, as if asking why he was asking that.
It made Edward’s heart skip a beat, and he quickly explained.
“No, we didn’t…”
He didn’t want to be seen as a pervert coveting someone’s sister.
But Elfman didn’t think in that direction at all; he said.
“Lisanna went on a mission with Big Sister.”
“Oh? They didn’t take you?”
It was Gray on the side who exclaimed.
In his impression, the Strauss siblings were the most solid team.
They hadn’t been apart since joining the guild half a year ago.
“Yeah, this mission is for girls only.”
Elfman smiled gently.
However, Edward felt something was a bit off.
But he didn’t want to be sentimental anymore, and since Elfman had just thrown out a topic he was interested in, he followed up.
“So missions are actually divided by gender.”
“Of course. Jobs that need to be done in female-only places, like women’s bathhouses, women’s prisons, or requests for hiring female bodyguards, maids, models, or waitresses.”
Gray, the “fourth-year student,” spoke eloquently.
Edward:…?
He could understand the first few; going to a women’s bathhouse should be to catch voyeurs or check if anyone had installed or set up magic or magic items for secret filming.
Going to a women’s prison was to help quell riots, and female bodyguards went without saying.
But what was with the maids and models?
Is this mission…
decent?
…
“No, it’s not like that!”
Little Gray was at a stage of being pure, yet not so pure.
At his age, he might not be interested in matters between men and women yet, but he understood the difference between them.
After all, Erza and Cana, the two girls who were his childhood friends, had recently accelerated their growth.
Plus, the guild was full of old rascals who teased them quite a bit.
To the point where this budding flower actually understood Edward’s subtle implication.
His face turned bright red, and his strong tone of rebuttal made Edward a bit embarrassed.
Fortunately, still no one was paying attention to them.
“It’s not, it’s not…”
If it’s not, it’s not.
Why are you so loud?!
“Mage guilds, and the missions posted in Mage guilds, aren’t like what’s written in novels,”
Elfman finally said in a soft voice.
“Although there are jobs like subjugating monsters and exploring secret realms, most are related to ordinary people.”
“I see…”
Edward pinched his chin, nodding as if he half-understood.
So, the guild is like a Yorozuya?
“Um? Edward, do you want to do a mission? Then why don’t we team up? I happen to have a job I want to do too.”
“Sure! Sure!”