Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

Natsu scratched his cheek, his expression carrying some frustration.

”Fire Dragon?”

Lucy widened her eyes after hearing Natsu.

”Aye!”

”We came to Hargeon precisely to find the Fire Dragon~”

Happy echoed Natsu beside Lucy.

”Fire Dragon? No, although Iʼm very curious what a human would look like to resemble a dragon...”

”But that blue-haired guy looked exactly like an ordinary human~”

After hearing Natsu and Happy, Lucy looked shocked. She could not imagine what a person who looked like a Fire Dragon would be like.

”Haha, not a human!”

”What weʼre looking for is a genuine dragon!”

After hearing Lucyʼs words, Natsu shook his head and explained.

”A genuine dragon?”

Lucyʼs eyes widened. She was completely shocked by Natsu.

”How could something that terrifying possibly appear in a town?!”

Lucy shouted at Natsu.

”No, I thought that so-called Fire Dragon might be living in Hargeon in human form! Like Ignia, Selene, and the others. In the end, it really was just a human. What a disappointment...”

Natsu crossed his arms in front of himself, looking disappointed.

”I completely donʼt understand what youʼre saying!”

Lucy looked at Natsu, feeling somewhat speechless.

Natsuʼs words kept jumping between dragons and humans, making Lucy completely unable to understand the meaning behind them.

”In short, thank you very much for helping me!”

”I should get going soon...”

”Iʼll leave the money here. Then, see you again if fate allows~”

Lucy smiled lightly at Natsu while placing a large stack of bills on his table.

Then, without waiting for Natsu to say more, Lucy stood up and turned to leave...

”Thank you for the food!”

However, just as Lucy reached the restaurant entrance, a voice rang out, making her pause slightly.

Lucy listened to Natsuʼs voice and looked back...

Then she saw a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life. Natsu and Happy were kneeling in seiza on the restaurant corridor, bowing to her in gratitude.

”Uh...”

”N-No problem!”

Feeling the strange gazes cast at her by countless customers around them, Lucy trembled slightly. Sweat appeared on her forehead, and she did not dare remain in the restaurant any longer. She turned around and fled in panic.

”She really is a good person!”

Natsu looked at Lucyʼs departing figure and spoke softly to Happy beside him.

”Aye~”

Happy nodded lightly in agreement.

”Speaking of which, Lucy wants to join our Fairy Tail Guild! Just now, I originally planned to invite her to come back with me, but I never got the chance to speak! Forget it...”

”Since Lucyʼs goal is Fairy Tail, then sooner or later, weʼll meet again!”

Natsu looked at the corridor and muttered to himself.

”Aye~”

Happy seemed to be of one mind with Natsu. Hearing Natsuʼs words, he kept nodding in agreement.

Perhaps Natsu and Happy themselves did not expect that their reunion with Lucy would come very quickly.

On the other side...

”That guy really is strange~”

Lucy sat on a public bench in town, recalling Natsuʼs behavior and could not help muttering.

It was not that Lucyʼs mental endurance was poor, but Natsuʼs behavior was simply too shocking.

”Um, miss~”

Just as Lucy sat on the bench and began thinking about her future plans and goals...

A figure suddenly emerged from the bushes beside Lucy.

”You are?!”

Lucy looked at the person beside her and trembled slightly.

”Fire Dragon?!”

Immediately afterward, Lucy spoke the blue-haired manʼs title in shock.

”Haha, thereʼs no need to be so polite to me. Iʼve been looking for you for a long time. I know you are different from those women. You are special. Thatʼs why I hope to invite you to attend the party Iʼm holding on my cruise ship tonight...”

The blue-haired Fire Dragon raised the corners of his mouth. The atmosphere around him was excessively greasy. At the same time, he slightly raised his finger, using the ring enchanted with Charm Magic to continuously send suggestions into Lucyʼs mind.

”Donʼt use that kind of magic on me again! Iʼve already seen through you!”

Unfortunately, Lucy was not affected by Fire Dragonʼs Charm Magic as he wished.

”As expected...”

The fake Fire Dragon narrowed his eyes. He had long guessed the possibility that Lucy was a Mage. In order to prevent Lucy from reporting him to the Magic Council, he was so eager to find her.

”Then how about I put it another way? Donʼt you want to join Fairy Tail?”

The fake Fire Dragon looked at Lucy and asked softly.

”You mean...”

”Youʼre a Mage of Fairy Tail?”

Lucy immediately brightened after hearing the fake Fire Dragon, and her heart began pounding fiercely.