However!
Lucy was absolutely determined to drag Natsu along on a mission.
Without a moment’s hesitation, she pointed at Happy.
“You’re Natsu’s partner too, right?
Let’s go complete a mission together!” Lucy’s intimidating aura instantly made Happy lose his nerve.
With teary eyes, holding back a sob, the blue cat replied obediently, “Aye, Sir!” “A Man!
A true man must possess a tough aura like that!” Elfman cheered enthusiastically.
Lucy’s expression instantly crumbled.
Unable to hold back a retort, she yelled, “I have absolutely no idea what you mean!” On the other hand, Natsu, upon hearing the word ‘work’, immediately tossed the rest of his food aside and went back into full couch-potato mode.
He was clearly showing a staunch protest, refusing to go on a mission.
Seeing Natsu’s behavior, Lucy didn’t want to waste any more time.
She grabbed the young man’s scarf and forcefully hoisted him up.
Glaring at Natsu, who was still playing dead, she hissed, “Besides, everyone here already thinks you ended up like this because of me.
So I might as well completely ‘break’ you while I’m at it!” An evil glint flashed in Lucy’s eyes.
In a dark tone, she threatened, “I know exactly what’s going through your head, Natsu…
You won’t be able to escape!
Ohohoho!” However, a second later, a few images of sadistic torture scenes flashed through her own mind.
She hurriedly shook her head in a panic, “No, no!
I’m not that cruel of a woman!” Lucy brushed her dark thoughts far away, then mercilessly dragged Natsu out of the guild building.
Mirajane smiled faintly at the sight.
“For some reason, it feels like Lucy is plotting something terrible.” She waved her hand gently, “Safe travels, Natsu!” Seeing Natsu being dragged across the floor just like that, Gray hurriedly stepped out of the way.
“This is bad!
Lucy is starting to evolve into someone like Erza!” he yelled in horror.
“Natsu!
Hurry up and fight her!
One Erza in this guild is already one too many!” Gray always shuddered in fear whenever Erza’s name was mentioned.
Imagining Lucy turning into someone as terrifying as that woman successfully made him unable to sit still.
The same went for all the other guild members.
They unanimously kept a safe distance from Lucy so as not to become the target of her venting anger.
Natsu’s current fate truly looked pitiful.
If Lucy really turned into a second Erza…
the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable!
“Erza?
Who is Erza?” Lucy asked Happy with a confused look, after faintly hearing the panic from inside the guild.
Happy’s expression instantly turned to horror, and he whispered in a gloomy tone, “Erza is…
ten thousand times more terrifying than you are right now, Lucy!” “If she finds out you’ve made Natsu like this…” “You could…” “You could be killed by her…” Lucy’s body instantly froze stiff.
Her hand reflexively let go of Natsu’s scarf.
Cold sweat began to drench her back.
An image of a giant monster trampling Magnolia town suddenly popped into her mind.
Fear immediately crept into her heart as she asked with a trembling voice, “W-what will happen to me?!” Suddenly!
Natsu, who had been lying helplessly on the ground, sprang to his feet.
“Crap!
Crap!
If Erza finds out I’ve been lazing around like this, she’ll beat me to death!” The fear of Erza’s name had apparently taken root too deeply in Natsu’s heart.
Even though his soul had been replaced, his physical body still reacted instinctively.
If he didn’t want to get beaten to a pulp, running was the only option!
The fact that the name ‘Erza’ could instantly revitalize a weak Natsu in a single second only made Lucy panic even more.
Shaking violently like a pendulum, she asked again, “W-what’s actually going to happen?!” “Natsu!
Wait for me!
I don’t want to get caught by Erza either!” Happy flapped his wings and flew after Natsu at lightning speed.
Seeing the young man and the cat running away in terror, Lucy grew even more frustrated and scared.
“Damn it!
What exactly is she going to do to us?!” “Will someone please tell me, what kind of creature is Erza?!” Unfortunately, no one answered or bothered to explain to her just how terrifying the true form of the name Erza really was.
Inside the carriage!
Natsu lay helplessly, his pale face pressed against the carriage window.
His expression was truly pitiful, and his stomach felt like it was being churned.
“Damn you…
Mashima…
Why…
did you have to…
create such…
a fatal weakness…
like this…” he cursed softly.
The absolute weakness of a Dragon Slayer: Transportation!
The moment their feet stepped onto the floor of a moving vehicle, Dragon Slayers—who possessed incredibly sensitive inner-ear balance systems—would instantly suffer from severe motion sickness!
Even a dragon on Acnologia’s level probably wasn’t immune to motion sickness, let alone a young Dragon Slayer like Natsu.
Even though his soul had been replaced by a modern person, his physical body still belonged to a Dragon Slayer.
When the time came to get motion sick, he would still be rendered powerless.
“I have absolutely no idea what you’re mumbling about,” Lucy sighed softly.
She then reached into her bag, pulled out the job flyer from earlier, and began to read it carefully.
Because of Natsu’s antics at the guild earlier, she had acted too emotionally.
Without bothering to read the details, she had just randomly snatched a job flyer from the board and dragged Natsu away.
Only now did she have the free time to examine the contents of the task.
“Destroy the book Daybreak?” Hearing Lucy’s words, a bit of Natsu’s consciousness returned.
Ah, that mission…
Indeed, following the original plotline, he was supposed to take on this mission with her.
Even though he had intended to become a couch potato and refused to take any missions, in the end, it was Lucy who randomly snatched this specific job.
Was this mere coincidence?
If it really was a coincidence, then let it be a fitting one.
It was time to complete this mission in the brutal signature style of Fairy Tail!
Urp!!
His stomach suddenly churned violently, making Natsu vomit something out the window.
However, what came out was only a clear liquid.
The gigantic portion of food he had just swallowed whole at the guild had apparently been completely digested in such a short amount of time.
“My gut tells me…
with my current condition, even if I burn through all my magic energy until it’s empty, this hunger still won’t go away for a day or two!” Natsu thought in frustration.
“Damn it!” “Even though the fusion of the dragon and demon seeds truly grants incredible power, the side effects are seriously too brutal.
A stomach that was just filled until it nearly exploded, instantly turns completely empty, digested in a matter of dozens of minutes.
Whose wallet could possibly bear the burden of such a ferocious appetite?!” Over the years of completing various dangerous missions, the original Natsu had actually accumulated quite a fantastic amount of savings—more than enough to buy several luxury houses in Magnolia Town as an investment for the future.
Unfortunately, in just a span of three months since his soul transmigrated, all those abundant savings had been completely chewed up just to satisfy his bottomless dragon stomach.