Erza’s gaze swept across the room, observing everyone’s behavior.
“Macao!
Wakaba!
Are you two still not going to work?!” “Nab!
All you do is hang around the request board all day, but I’ve never seen you take a single job!” “Gray!
Your clothes!” “Cana!
Don’t you have anything better to do than get drunk every day?” Everyone whose name was called immediately sat up straight.
Not a single person dared to talk back to Erza.
Even though they were veteran wizards, Macao and Wakaba didn’t even dare to raise their heads in front of Titania.
The two older men’s dirty talk came to a dead halt.
They acted as obediently as elementary schoolers caught misbehaving by their teacher.
Let alone Cana and Gray.
Ever since he was a kid, Gray had been beaten up by Erza way too many times.
The young man immediately picked up his clothes and put them back on obediently.
With a trembling voice, he replied, “Aye, Sir!” “Why are you catching Happy’s habits?!” Lucy couldn’t hold back her snarky comment.
On the other hand, even though Cana was physically a bit more mature than Erza, her aura was completely crushed by the female knight!
After being reprimanded, Cana slammed her beer keg onto the table with a loud Thud!
and scoffed in annoyance, not daring to meet Erza’s eyes.
Erza’s gaze finally landed on Natsu.
“Natsu!
Hm?
What’s wrong with him?” “F…
ooo…
d…” A weak mumble came from Natsu, who was sprawled out flat on the table, starving and completely drained of energy.
“Natsu got broken by Lucy!” Happy suddenly jumped up and shouted loudly.
Lucy’s body trembled violently in panic.
This was what she feared the most!
She hurriedly jumped, tackled Happy, and clamped her hand tightly over the cat’s mouth.
Her other hand waved frantically at Erza.
“I-I…
I absolutely didn’t break Natsu!” Erza nodded slowly.
“I see.” “You must be the new girl.
Welcome to Fairy Tail!” Lucy thought Erza understood the situation.
While still muffling the struggling Happy’s mouth, she replied nervously, “Fairy Tail is…
my favorite guild!” By the end of her sentence, her voice grew quieter as cold sweat poured down, drenching her forehead.
Suddenly, Erza’s face turned as cold as ice!
Lucy screamed internally, “How could her face turn that terrifying so fast?!” The blonde girl’s heart raced like it was going a hundred miles an hour.
This is it!
Happy’s accusation about Natsu is definitely going to be taken out on me!
But to her surprise, Erza suddenly pivoted, swept her gaze across the guild, and finally stopped at Gray.
“On my way back, I heard something.
I need the help of a few comrades to take care of it!” “Gray!
You’re coming with me!” What could Gray say?!
Anyone who dared to refuse Erza’s request was guaranteed to meet a very tragic end!
Gray, who obviously didn’t want to get beaten to a pulp, replied in a very, incredibly pitiful tone, “Aye, Sir…” Lucy commented again in resignation, “You really have caught Happy’s habits…” After getting a definitive answer from Gray, Erza nodded in satisfaction.
Her gaze turned back to Natsu.
“Seeing Natsu in this condition, we don’t need to ask for his opinion.
Just bring him along, shove some food down his throat on the way, and make sure he can fight later!” “No need to ask for his opinion at all?” Lucy muttered in disbelief.
Suddenly!
Lucy felt a terrifying glare piercing right through her.
A chill ran down her spine as she forced herself to look up at Erza.
“What a terrifying glare…
what should I do?!” “You and Natsu are teammates, right?
This mission requires you too!” Erza declared firmly.
“Aye, Sir!” Lucy weakly raised her small hand, swallowing thousands of words of protest into one resigned answer.
Tears streamed down her face in her heart.
“Gray has already become Happy number two.
Natsu is also sometimes like Happy number three.
Now I have to lower myself to become Happy number four?!” Erza was incredibly prompt when setting out on a mission.
She never gave enemies a chance to prepare, let alone gave her friends time to refuse.
Since Natsu couldn’t move at all, Erza stepped forward, grabbed the young man’s scarf, lifted him with just one hand, and effortlessly slung him over her shoulder.
“Eeep!!” Seeing Natsu’s face gradually turning blue from being choked by his own scarf, Lucy’s body shuddered in horror.
“No wonder Natsu and Gray are scared half to death of her.
She’s absolutely terrifying!” Gray acted incredibly obedient.
The young man took small, tiptoeing steps behind Erza without daring to make a single sound.
Seeing them all comply without resistance, Lucy didn’t dare to stay put either.
She quickly packed her things and ran out of the guild to catch up.
On the street in front of the guild, a large magic cart filled with a two-meter-high pile of luggage was already waiting.
Erza tossed Natsu right onto the pile of cargo and tied him down tightly with a rope so he wouldn’t fall off during the trip.
Staring at Natsu, who was securely tied to the luggage cart, Erza nodded in satisfaction.
“Good, this way he won’t delay our journey!” Lucy looked pitifully at Natsu, who was tied up like a stack of rice sacks.
“Poor Natsu…” “He’s already severely starving, and if you add his motion sickness to the mix…
Natsu is completely doomed!” Lucy really wanted to protest Erza’s inhumane treatment, but she couldn’t gather her courage at all.
Both from the rumors she had heard and what she had seen with her own two eyes, the armored knight was absolutely terrifying.
Erza did seem to be acting friendly toward her right now, but Lucy’s instincts told her that if she dared to offend that woman, her fate would be far more tragic than Natsu’s.
For the sake of her own life, she chose to stay quiet and be rational.
As soon as the magic cart started moving, Natsu, tied on top, immediately felt his stomach churn.
His head spun wildly, and the various agonizing effects of motion sickness began to paralyze his body.
His physique was already overly weak from starvation, and when that natural Dragon Slayer weakness hit him again, Natsu’s eyes immediately rolled to the back of his head.
“Help…
somebody…
save me…” And then!
There was no continuation!
The poor young man passed out instantly!