Well what's up there everyone! I'm here and back again with the twelfth chapter of "Fairy's Sin" here. Updating other stories are hard and I lack the willpower, creativity and inspiration to keep going but I found myself back on my feet. In the words of wisdom from Professor X with great hair, just take it slow and don't rush too much.
I'm not gonna say much but damn... the newly released Taizai fanbook had released the character sheets, original powers and stats of all Ten Commandments including the titles of the commandments they wield granted by the Demon King a.k.a. Meliodas' evil dad especially their Power Levels!
So insane! I'd better rethink on how exactly strong the Four Gods of Ishgar and the 5th Saint Gexag are before trying to compare them in Taizai standards. That includes the Spriggan 12 too as well. Or even the Incarnates like Wilderman.
Not only that, Praise the Sun baby! Escanor had went toe-to-toe in equal match with Estarossa, the same guy Dolor and Gloxinia compared him to Meliodas' brother, and then completely rekted him! Makes me wonder how would Acnologia stand a chance against the Lion's Sin of Pride if I pit them in a one-on-one match. But then again, I made him afraid of Lucy's grandpa for a good reason but I'll try remedy it with a fight.
And whoa, Merlin just shows off her true powers at last! She really isn't called the greatest sorceress of Britannia for nothing. Her power, Infinity, allows her to stop the time of her spells, causing them to last for eternity and is so powerful that many label it as 'cheating', lol. Hell even Zeref, August and Irene would be on the same boat too.
Her clue behind her origins and her True Name with a language that only Demons understand were indeed a mystery. Daughter of Belialuin? Sounds like the Boar's Sin of Gluttony is a probably half-Demon that Fraudrin and Gray Lord are scared shitless.
Escanor and Merlin are both so badly broken in terms of power that they're perfect for each other as a couple and later on Lucy's grandparents. Guess making this story is totally worth it. :D
On the side note, I almost coincided the infamous Brexit this year with Britannia's departure from the Magic World under the Council's jurisdiction after they tried many attempts to subjugate them to their control, one of them is putting up a scandal between Queen Guinevere and Lancelot that earned the island continent's ire.
No matter what the canon reveals since it's getting crappy anyway, I will not follow it completely. Ever. Mashima is really, really, really losing his touch and I'm losing my sanity. *sighs in exasperation*
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Nanatsu no Taizai and their respective characters involved in the story. They respectively belong to Hiro Mashima and Nakaba Suzuki, the two awesome authors of the popular shounen manga and anime series. Except the OC Lucy, a product of my imagination. ;)
Anyways enjoy and don't forget to review. Comments, advise, ideas, suggestions and criticisms are always welcome. :D
Chapter 12
As much as everyone could not believe it themselves, Natsu Dragneel was knocked out unconscious by Meliodas right when the match between some of the strongest members of Fairy Tail and the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins has started. The reaction from the audience, mainly Fiore's #1 Guild itself and the people of Magnolia Town are varied from shocks, murmurs, gasps and exclamations.
"What the heck?!"
"Natsu got TKOed!"
"This must be some mistake!
"No way man!"
Happy's tail went down as the blue cat had no words to say after seeing his friend getting knocked out so fast.
He really is like Gildarts!, Makarov can only gape in shock as he then grabbed a paper bag to hyperventilate and trying to calm down from panicking too much after seeing the spectacle.
"Guess that's what he get for charging in recklessly. That blonde kid is sure like Gildarts alright.", Laxus arrogantly mused.
Merlin then nonchalantly teleported Natsu away from the field and let him laid on the ground next to Happy who was begging to wake him up.
Almost immediately after shaking off the shock of Natsu being taken out of the spar so quickly, Erza charged forward at the Dragon's Sin of Wrath and repeatedly slashed and struck her sword in every direction towards him which the latter casually dodged it like it's no big deal for him. Then he gave one slice of his Lostvayne at the Armored Mage which cut away chips of her Heart Kreuz armor before it broke completely.
"Wha-", Erza tried to speak before she was immediately hit by a roundhouse kick from Lucy's uncle that sent her flying and pushed back several meters away. She barely managed to retain her balance with her feet still on the ground.
"What?! The little kid just broke Erza's armor and pushed her back with a kick!", Macao and Wakaba both yelled in shock.
Master Makarov and Lucy are right. Sir Meliodas is not to be underestimated. He knocked out Natsu out of the fight quickly and he would have done the same to any of us including me if he wanted to. But still... Even if he's obviously holding back, I will defeat him!, Erza decided to get more serious and summoned a red Magic circle to change into her new attire. "Requip! Heaven's Wheel Armor!"
Now in the same first Requipped armor that awed the remaining members the Dark Guild Eisenwald and now all of her fellow guildmates and the people of Magnolia, the S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail summoned multiple blades spinning around in a circular fashion above him before sending them flying towards the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins. "Circle Sword!"
When the blades are about to strike him, Meliodas dodged them all swiftly and casually as they missed repeatedly and struck the ground instead. Then the blond boy stomped his foot with a mere fraction of his immense strength, causing the blades of Heaven's Wheel Armor to be removed from the ground and he kicked them every single last one of them in an incredibly fast pace right back at Erza.
"Holy shit!", one of the Magnolian townsfolk shouted in surprise.
"Language! There are kids here!", his friend berated him.
Surprised that her own weapons are used against her, Erza had to continually slashed and parried every single blade kicked back at her. Just after she finished with the last one, Meliodas suddenly appeared in front of her and threw a heavy dropkick, sending her crashing down into the ground. As the smoke clears, the Heaven's Wheel Armor was severely damaged including its wings which means she's grounded and could not fly anymore. Titania cursed herself for letting her guard down as she watched the blonde boy landed on the ground gently and that infuriates her.
"Requip! Black Wing Armor! Moon Flash!", the redhead changed her attire into the same skimpy black armor with bat wings that amplifies her offensive capability and continually slashed repeatedly that was still evaded by the Dragon's Sin of Wrath's speed as if he was teleporting so fast.
When he apparently lets himself wide open, Erza quickly threw a horizontal slash which was blocked and then gave a very strong kick that actually pushed him back a little which was seen as progress. Then the female Fairy Tail S-Class Mage moved on to the offensive and keep on going, Requipping more weapons to throw at the blond boy with everything she got.
The suddenly, Meliodas casually bitchslapped Erza after parrying another twin sword slash with a bit of force enough to break a normal person's neck yet she was way tougher than that, and that nearly disoriented the redhead Titania into being stunned from being hit like that and leaving herself almost wide open if it weren't for Gray to save her bacon.
Jumping in shortly into the fight after shaking off the Fire Dragon Slayer's decapitated state while Erza recovers from her ordeal to cover her, Gray created a large hammer made of ice for melee combat as he sends it flying down at Meliodas who was apparently busy parrying and blocking the redhead's strikes. "Ice-Make:... Hammer!"
When the ice construct was about to land a blow on the Dragon's Sin of Wrath, he kicked it right back at the Ice-Make Mage who got hit by his own attack. However as soon as he was rolling down but regained his balance, the disciple of Ur slammed his hands into the ground with his Magic circle glowing intensively. "Ice-Make: Geysers!"
A large bursts of spiked ice appeared on the ground and tried to hit Meliodas who continually dodged with rapid speed or cut them down when necessary. But Gray wasn't done just yet as he controlled the ice debris destroyed by the blonde boy and shaped them into bullets with two small Magic circles at his palms and directed them like homing missiles with a push of his hand. "Ice-Make: 9mm Bullets!"
The projectiles then fired at such rapid speed and momentum as if they're fired from a rifle itself.
Every ice bullet that struck the ground or the target himself exploded with spiked ice forming around it and the Deadly Sins captain was struck a few times around his shoulder, leg and waist. But it didn't affect him too much as he shrugged them off and quickly blitzed towards Gray who quickly then created a pair of powerful ice gauntlets in his arms. "Ice-Make: Doomfist!"
Throwing the first punch immediately the moment the blonde boy is almost near him, the raven-haired teen managed to struck at Meliodas right in the face with one punch and sent him flying with another punch in the gut, leaving the ground and ice exploding around them with such two huge blows!
"So this is Ur's disciple. To be taught by one of the Ten Wizard Saints in Ishgar, how impressive. Most impressive.", Merlin applauded with amusement, followed by the cheers of amazement from his fellow guildmates and the civilians of Magnolia that Gray was the first guy to actually land a real blow on Meliodas.
After being punched hard twice by Gray and slammed hard from the Cube's wall, Meliodas regained his footing and touched his cheek and stomachboth covered in ice and bruise. "Not bad, not bad at all Gray Fullbuster! That was quite a punch. Ni-shi-shi!", he remarked.
"Thanks for the compliment! Can't wait to rub it in Natsu's face when he wakes up for napping and missing all the fun.", the Ice-Make Mage smirked as he readied his fighting stance with his ice gauntlets for an anticipated counterattack. But then again, why was Flame Brain knocked out so easily and so quickly after Lucy's uncle used Full Counter on him? Even if he used his flames against Natsu, he'd still keep on going, kicking and screaming... That doesn't add up.., he thought while glancing at the still unconscious Fire Dragon Slayer.
On the other hand in the middle of brushing off the excessive ice from his clothing, Meliodas pulled a Matrix-styled evasion maneuver once again from a frontal assault by Erza in her Black Wing Armor and clashed swords in a fast pace that the latter tried to keep up with him as much as she can. Dammit! He's very fast! Sir Meliodas just dodged through every single strike of my blade so skilled and his speed is demonic! Gray fared a little better but I must be faster!, she thought.
Gray, on the hand, dare did not interfere Erza's struggle as he knew he might punished for it when it's all over and waited for the next opportunity to jump in. Although Natsu remaining unconscious seemed to worries him as the Fire Dragon Slayer never stays down for too long and would be back in the fight in a jiffy before he knows it.
This is so uncanny and serious business.
"Requip! Flight Armor!", Erza decided to use her Magic, The Knight to summon another armor that enhances her speed which is more like a fancy attire bearing reminiscence to a cheetah because of its very few armored parts. Its breastplate takes the form of a very revealing, armored cheetah-patterned top, with some bare armor protruding from the upper part of it, in correspondence to her breasts, and some fur lining the lower edges.
Now fully equipped into her speed enhancing armor with a pair of shortswords with elaborate handguards similar to a rapier's, shaped like rose's thorns , Erza charged once again head on against the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins and repeatedly slashed her weapons at him. But despite the immense speed she received dramatically, the redhead S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail was unable to land a single blow on Meliodas who just dodged them all once again much to her frustration.
"Flight Armor huh? You looked like cheetah cosplayer girl playing with swords on Halloween. Did your aunt Nivea ever teach you about what real and practical armor is? Ni-shi-shi!", the blonde boy casually noted as he continually dodged nonchalantly from Gray's ice barrage and now Erza's speed.
"Don't you dare underestimate the power of a Fairy Tail wizard!", she yelled while swung her shortsword and managed to almost scratch him at his sleeve which shows the tear on the fabric before adding. "And you have no right to make fun of women's fashion!"
Meliodas simply shrugged as he dodged again of the redhead's another sword slash powered by her speed-enhancing 'armor'. "Lol, ok."
In every flash of immense speed that cannot be simply seen by the naked eye alone followed with trails of light and smoke, the redhead woman and the blond boy traded blow after blow against each other with their weapons clashed. Although the former was exerting enough effort to actually as the latter seemed to not take her seriously at all.
It further helps that Erza Scarlet was appearing to be continually pushing him back in her Flight Armor and the Dragon's Sin of Wrath appeared to barely block and parry every blow by her continuous stream of sword slashes. Keeping it up with her Flight Armor-equipped assault, Erza dashes towards the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins and slashes him from every direction at high speed. "Sonic Claw!"
However, just after Erza was about to go for another attack with her Flight Armor after that previously, she was suddenly slashed all over her body with minimal blood spilled from the multiple sword strikes all at once and screamed in pain before crashing into the ground harshly by a simply trip in her leg.
"Erza!", some of her guildmates cried out in shock and concern.
"What the?!", Makarov said in shock.
"Guess Titania is getting her ass handed to her. Serves her right.", Laxus mused in seeing the redhead getting mopped the floor by the blond kid.
Getting up from the ground, she turned around to notice Meliodas had just casually stood there and held his Lostvayne in a carefree manner which she glared intensively at such a grave insult to her honor as a warrior and being toyed with. Slamming her hand into the ground, a red Magic circle manifested and engulfed her entire body to reveal a black armor with many spiked features. "Requip! Purgatory Armor!"
"Ooh. Now that's a scary armor you got there.", Meliodas mischievously remarked.
"Indeed, Sir Meliodas! No one has ever seen this armor and lived to tell about it!", the female S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail declared with a very sharp and dangerous glare that could have probably killed anyone looking at her as she summoned her massive spiked sword to wield and ready to dish out some major pain.
"Oh, she's definitely Irene's daughter...", Merlin muttered in amusement which Makarov wondered and believed that Erza has another relative in her biological family like Nivea Feathermane.
The redhead tried to dash at him again with the full might of Purgatory Armor but the blond boy quickly disappeared from his spot and reappeared into hitting her at the rear with his own butt, sending her crashing into the ground. This does not go well for Titania for being played around like a fool as she got up again and resumed her assault head-on.
"Ouch that's kinda dirty move if you ask me.", a female bystander commented.
"I find it hot though...", her friend mischievously stated otherwise which earned him a smack in the back of his head.
Titania gave a heavy slash of her large mace with her tremendous strength and collided with Meliodas parrying it with Lostvayne and the effects of the collusion was tremendously devastating as the earth literally shook from such an impact. The entire audience of Fairy Tail and Magnolia residents felt it too as they tried to regain their footing on the ground.
Taking immediate advantage, Erza Requipped her armored leggings out and in comes her twin swords to perform dual slash that certainly caught the blond boy off guard as he apparently took damage and his clothing was shredded from a surprise attack, pushing him back.
Not losing the momentum immediately after gaining the upperhand, the female S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail summoned another Magic circle for another armor which appears to be yellow in color with a barbaric appearance in fur trimming yet full-plated from head to toe, and her right gauntlet is larger than the left one. "Requip! Giant Armor!"
Equipped with an extravagant spear said to be able to repel darkness, Titania was readies herself to throw her weapon at the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins through her armor already enhancing her already formidable strength.
"Giant Armor? That's new. Especially that spear...", Merlin commented in observation at the daughter of Irene's next choice of armor in her fight with the Dragon's Sin of Wrath.
"De-Malevo-Lance!", Erza quickly used in conjunction with her spear, wielded by her right arm, the gem on the corresponding gauntlet starts to glow yellow and is thrown with enhanced strength as it flies at full power with enough force and speed that cannot be seen by naked eye right at Meliodas who simply faced it head on without fear.
The legendary man from Britannia simply sidestepped to the left and caught the advancing spear which instead nearly sent him flying by its strength thrown by Titania herself but retained his footing on the ground as it causes a long line of a deep ditch.
Right before it continues further, Meliodas stopped and paused for a moment with his eyes closed before they open wide and he spun it very fast to make an Olympic-style throw of Erza's spear right back her!
Quickly reacting, Titania tried to pull the same trick as Lucy's uncle did by grabbing her spear with her right gauntlet but unfortunately the strength behind his throw was much stronger than she anticipated and ended up thrown so fast, Erza was thrown away in a speed of light and violently collided on impact which the Perfect Cube managed to absorb the blow. Unfortunately, the Giant Armor cracked and destroyed, leaving her in a black skintight suit and some bits of armor remaining.
As a result, Erza spat out blood from her mouth and felt some of her bones actually break into fractures due to the intensity of the impact she felt. Her fellow guildmates and the fans of those who admired among the townsfolk of Magnolia cried out in alarm and concern after watching getting mopped around so easily by the uncle of Lucy Heartfilia.
"Erza!"
"This is unbelievable!"
"Titania's supposed to be invincible!"
"God, I hope she's all right!"
With Erza temporarily taken out yet still managed to remain conscious enough as her willpower refused to back down even when apparently defeated, Gray returned to the fray again and created an ice replica of a mini-gun alongside another ice replica of the ammunition belt. "Ice-Make: Gatling Spread!"
In response to the hail of ice bullets fired at him, Meliodas blocked and parried with Lostvayne which some of them flew in random directions which thankfully impacted on the walls of Perfect Cube which the audience were not harmed from the stray bullet attacks, and were revealed to have explosive ice properties capable of destroying anything in its way.
Meliodas then performed slash attacks that appeared to be cutting through the air towards Gray who already dispersed his previous long-range weapon.
Charging towards the Dragon's Sin of Wrath while dodging his slash attacks by jumping into the air and created ice ramps for his quick momentum, the disciple of Ur then forms an extremely large longsword out of ice that is sharp and durable as metal for melee combat that is named after the Magic sword belonging to the legendary High King of Britannia. "Ice-Make:...
Cold Excalibur!" The collision between two blades wielded by Gray and Meliodas exploded into trailing large amounts of ice in its wake, almost completely freezing the entire battlefield with its winter wonderland.
"Whoa! That was awesome!", one of the audience cheered among those who were fans of the Ice-Make Mage of Fairy Tail himself.
"Oh yeah!"
"This is awesome!"
"Cold Excalibur... That is a nice homage to King Arthur...", Merlin mused in compliment of the young raven-haired teen's use of reference from her student and king of the island continent.
As soon after they locked blades, Meliodas retracted Lostvayne and slashed with multiple slashes in a blink of an eye with Gray parrying and blocking them with the ice replica of the Britannian High King, trying to keep up with the rapid speed and attack pattern. Unfortunately, the Ice-Make creation was broken into pieces with one last blade lock of spark and ice in an exploding smoke.
After that, the disciple of Ur recreated the ice Doomfist gauntlets again and launched a flurry of swift ice punches which Meliodas swiftly dodged them all like he was talking a stroll in the park. Then the Dragon's Sin of Wrath barehandedly blocked one of the gauntlets and ripped it off from Gray's hand, shocking the spiky raven-haired teen.
"Why are you hitting yourself?", he smacked Gray's face hard and repeated it again and again with a trolling face. "Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Stop hitting yourself, mate. Ni-shi-shi!"
It gave the audience and the combatants sans an unconscious Natsu and yes even Lucy a collective lot of flat "What the f*ck?" looks written all over their faces at such sight.
Disoriented and dizzy by Meliodas using the Doomfist ice construct as a bitchslapping glove several times, the Ice-Make Mage couldn't concentrate any further which he only managed to see an incoming fist that struck him right in the bloody nose and sent him flying hard, crashing into Erza who was about to get up from the ground and is once again incapacitated.
"Ge-get off me...", the redhead Titania growled in irritation of having to push him out of her body.
"S-sorry, Erza...", Gray weakly apologized as he knows he will get punished later when this is over while trying to cauterize his bleeding nose with his ice. I'm so dead, so very, very dead.
"Okay Gray, it's not manly to be on top of a woman.", Elfman helped up his comrade and then took a step back when he saw Erza's death glare directed at him. "Er- I mean that's not nice to do such a thing. Not manly. Yeah... I'm so dead."
"Smooth...", Cana couldn't suppress a giggle on her face.
Sensing another contender jumping without even looking behind his back, the Deadly Sins captain dodged a swift strike Rhitta's giant axe form by his own niece with a quick jump which the latter then quickly gave fast kick that he blocked with his free hand, sending him flying above and crashed into Perfect Cube's barrier that didn't crack even a little.
"Strike! Ni-shi-shi!", Lucy cheerfully said.
Regaining his balance immediately, the blond boy launched himself downward towards Lucy before he disappeared and reappeared behind her back. She responded by giving a roundhouse kick which was intercepted almost immediately and then she threw an uppercut punch that connected on her uncle's chin, sending him flying upward once again.
That Meliodas had to counter-spin himself into landing on his feet at the Perfect Cube ceiling and then jumping back down again in a free fall. The uncle and niece traded a flurry of punches, kicks and blows from their respective weapons. Despite being family, the Dragon's Sin of Wrath won't give Lucy any favors as he pressured her into the defensive with his offensive attacks in rapid movement.
He even casually gave a sweeping kick to knock her off balance that caused her to almost collapse on the ground. But she got back on her feet and gave a spinning kick at him to put some distance from her uncle after jumping back on her feet like a bunny.
Trying to make an opening, Fairy's Sin of Vanity attempted to swing her axe again in an uppercut slash only for her uncle to put his foot down and blocked its momentum blow in mid-swing, causing the ground to crack heavily with spider-webs when the heavy weapon crashed down as a result from his immeasurable strength, leaving her gawking in shock. She was kicked in the stomach due to letting her guard down and lost hold of her Rhitta, letting go of it.
Temporarily shaken by his action and feat of strength as she lay on the ground, Lucy is then given a flick on the forehead by her uncle sitting on top of Rhitta much to her embarrassment. "Come on, Little Lucy! Use your Magic your mom used to inspire you to love Celestial Spirits! Don't leave it out of the whole fight. Ni-shi-shi-shi!", he cheerfully recommended.
For that after shrugging off the brief flicked forehead moment, the blonde Fairy Tail member was more than happy to oblige with a carefree smirk as she reached her small pocket bag in her belt where the keys are and brandished one of them right away. "Alright then, uncle! You asked for it! Ni-shi-shi! Open! Gate of the Giant Crab!, Cancer!", she brought out her Gold Key and summoned the resident hairstylist extraordinaire from the Celestial Spirit World as the blue Magic circle appeared and he did appeared with a cool pose that earned a lot of cheers from the audience by his entrance.
"You called for me, baby!", the crab-themed Celestial Spirit called out as he brandished his trademark Twin Scissors and snipped them before noticing the Dragon's Sin of Wrath with a messy hair sticking out like a sore thumb. "No need to tell me what to do, baby! Because Cancer is here to fix your uncle's really really bad hair day!"
Meliodas was more than happy to oblige and lets Cancer to do his Magic on his hair as he lets himself wide open. "Sure, hit me with everything you got! Ni-shi-shi!"
And when his shades glint brightly, praise the sun, so the Giant Crab did hit him with everything he got when he came at full speed and snipped and styled the blond boy's hair from standard barber's haircut, wide and wild hair, a bob-cut, a spiky hairdo, a pompadour and even a freaking afro.
While Meliodas simply looked at the handheld mirror given by the Celestial Spirit to admire the new hairdo with great amusement and shit-eating grin on his face.
"Ooh not bad. Not bad at all.", the Dragon's Sin of Wrath complimented.
"My thanks! Yeah, baby!", Cancer simply took with a cool stride and a snip of his Twin Scissors.
"Are they for real?", everyone thought deadpanned with sweatdrops at the scene between Cancer trying out various hairstyles to fix Meliodas' very messy hair, only to go back to their original look as before when the latter shook his head off left and right.
Then after the hairdo game is over, the crab-themed Celestial Spirit suddenly started assaulting Meliodas with tremendous speed with his Twin Scissors which the latter returned the favor with Lostvayne. Both long-lived ancient beings traded blows and aside from few clothing tears and scrapes, it seems Cancer couldn't do real damage at all and he really only is good for hair styling not actual combat.
Knowing this, Cancer decided to leave as he called out to the blond boy and the holder of his Gate Key. "Oh well, I tried and I gotta go now. Bye-bye, Meliodas! Oh and Lucy, call me again when you need really some styling on your hair, baby!"
Both Lucy and Meliodas just casually waved goodbye to the resident hairstylist of the Celestial Spirit World that gave a lot of sweatdrops from the audience and the combatants themselves. Then the Fairy's Sin of Vanity decided to actually summon a heavy duty Celestial Spirit this time.
"Open! Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus!", Lucy held out another of her Gold Key and summoned the strongest Celestial Spirit in terms of physical strength and might as the blue Magic circle appeared and he appeared from the ground with his Giant Labrys ready to fight alongside his summoner and friend.
However to Lucy's (and Happy's) surprise and astonishment of the entire audience however, Taurus was wearing some sort of heavy full-plate gold armor with gladiator-esque shoulder plates which is adorned from head to toe all over his tall and muscular body and a metal mask in the visage of a bull befitting himself that completely covers his face from view.
It looks like that Taurus decided to get serious and show everyone that he ain't no pushover along with his personal image he hadnormally appeared in just his trunks and combat boots alone.
The blue cat commented the obvious, "I can see why he's called the 'Golden Bull'. He wears gold-themed armor..."
"You don't say.", everyone have dryly stated in response much to Happy's chagrin.
"Yo, Taurus! What's up? How are you doing lately?", Meliodas cheerfully greeted with a carefree smile when he jumped off his niece's Rhitta to have some fun with the Celestial Spirit.
The armored humanoid bull greeted back enthusiastically, "I'm gooood, Meliodas! It has been too looong we've traded blows and oogle hot bodiiess!"
"I should have known. Taurus and Meliodas are best friends when it comes being perverts and fun-loving antics but the same time, friendly rivals occasionally for a long time. They never change...", Loke mused quietly which was picked up from Merlin's hearing and it gave her a sly smirk that she had a clue of what the orange-haired young man in glasses really is.
"Here I coooome for youuuu, Meliodas!", Taurus quickly dashed forward and swung down his Giant Labrys with great force of his immense strength that caused a massive shockwave when the blonde boy blocked it with Lostvayne quickly, followed by the giant cloud of smoke and debris exploding that Perfect Cube had managed to protect the audience from it.
Immediately after that, the Celestial Spirit and the Dragon's Sin of Wrath clashed with their respective weapons in incredibly fast movements that no normal eye can see. Their intense trade of blows was so destructive that pieces of land exploded every time they slashed, blocked and parried against each other.
Gray was shocked at the intense duel between Lucy's uncle and her Celestial Spirit while getting Natsu to safety away from the chaotic battle while picking up Elfman. "Damn, that Taurus friend of yours ain't no pushover. He actually fought Meliodas directly head-on and are still going at it."
"Yeah I know Gray. Uncle and Taurus may be perverts but they are strong in their own right. Right now, these two are enjoying their reunion. But I think Taurus was a bit... too enthusiastic to be fighting my uncle.", Lucy said in a carefree tone as if this was a regular occurrence whenever her family relatives visited her at the Heartfilia Konzern.
"That's quite an understatement, Lucy...", Cana said with a deadpanned face and a sweatdrop as she helped up Erza.
Blocking another axe slash with his Sacred Treasure, Meliodas gave a hard kick on Taurus' torso that dented his gold-themed armor and pushed him back a few meters away. Then the latter slammed his weapon into the ground that fired a destructive line of exploding debris at the blonde boy. "Rampage!"
Meliodas stood his ground and simply gave a powerful diagonal slash that dispelled the attack in front of him, brushing all of the debris and striking power away as a result. Then he suddenly appeared within range and was about throw his best punch which the Golden Bull followed suit after immediately pulling away his waraxe back where he sheathed it.
When both fists collided with their full might, two combatants were simultaneously pushed back and crashed on both walls of Perfect Cube in opposite sides altogether. The blonde boy spits out blood with his bones apparently cracked and the humanoid bull did the same thing while his armor completely shattered from both impacts at the same time.
The combatants (sans Lucy and an unconscious Natsu) and the audience gaped at such apparent equal footing between Meliodas and Taurus.
"Owowowow! That actually hurt! Man, you sure hit like a real matador bull!", the Dragon's Sin of Wrath cheerfully commented as he wiped the blood off his mouth.
"Same thing for youuuu, Meliodas! Guess my time is up and ready to return home. I'll be back! Mooo!", Taurus grinned just after his helm's lower jaw cracked to reveal his mouth and sparkling teeth.
Casually waving goodbye, Meliodas smiled, "Sure anytime! Ni-shi-shi!"
"Taurus fought and went down like A MAN! Now it's my turn to enter the fray! RAAAGHHH!", Elfman exclaimed in praise at the Golden Bull's manliness before transforming his right arm into that of a large black beast's, which dark in color and sports prominent muscles, with a violet Magic circle. "Take Over! Beast Arm: Black Bull!"
After going in partial Takeover, the Strauss brother charged into the battle and tried to assault the blonde boy with his melee assaults aided by his increase of strength and punching power. Meliodas simply dodged them all and palmed Elfman right in the face that sent him flying away. However the Strauss brother recovered enough and summoned another Magic circle to create another partial Take Over.
"Take Over! Beast Arm: Iron Bull!", he transforms his left arm into a large metal fist and charged again at Meliodas in full speed ahead.
With a flurry of powerful punches that shook the ground from such wind pressure he thrown out, Elfman kept up with the offense as the Dragon's Sin of Wrath once again dodged easily and was about throw a roundhouse kick at him. However, despite what others think of him as a dumb brute, he was far from stupid and knows what he's doing when it comes to brawling like a real man.
The spiky white-haired muscular Fairy Tail Mage crossed his partial Takeover arms together and formed a strong smashing attack concentrated of the strengths of Iron Bull and Black Bull arms together just when the powerful kick from Meliodas was about throw at him. "Beast Arm Smash: 1080 Caliber!"
The resulting impact had caused several huge craters to be formed in random directions along with more destruction around the two combatants, shocking the whole audience watching the spectacle which forced both combatants back by such a force.
"Whoa! I never knew Elfman can do that!", Loke exclaimed.
"That is awesome!"
"So manly!"
"Oh yeah!"
Mira was more than happy to explain to everyone as she said, "Well, Happy. Elfman has been practicing on his partial Take Over and use the Beast Arms for a more powerful attack when combined together. He even mastered his multiplication tables."
Her fellow guildmates and Makarov gaped at the silver-haired young woman as if she grew a second head or something. "Seriously?"
"Yes, seriously.", the former female S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail sweetly smiled in reply that gave a lot of sweatdrops as a result.
First time doing this and it already exhausted half of my Magic energy, must take manly training after this... With extra heavy manly barbells..., Elfman thought before he used partial Take Over on his legs that turned into those of feline humanoids from the tropical jungles of Fiore, the Weretigers. Using the enhanced speed granted to him, he immediately caught Meliodas off guard and gave a spin as fast as he can manly do.
"Mind if I take you for a manly spin!", Elfman yelled as he then threw Meliodas really hard and crashed right into the Perfect Cube wall.
"Ow!", the blond boy gritted his teeth before he quickly recovered back on his feet and bounced back into the fray with resheathing Lostvayne away for hand-to-hand combat.
It almost became a game of cat and mouse when the spiky white haired Fairy Tail Mage and the Deadly Sins captains traded blow after blow with their fists and feet in a blink of an eye. All thanks to Elfman's partial Take Over of Weretiger for legs in trying to keep up with Meliodas' own normal speed.
Elfman then cancelled out his partial arm Take Over of Black Bull in favor of a large molten rock arm. "Take Over! Beast Arm: Lavaman!"
Smashing the ground, the arm of the Lavamen that hailed from the volcanic region of Fiore caused the ground and its surrounding area to erupt in magma on a straight path which Meliodas jumped out of the way including his fellow guildmates due to the potential collateral damage he could cause.. Elfman formed a big ball of lava with the said arm and gave a mighty throw at the Dragon's Sin of Wrath who responded by giving a football kick right back at him.
Oh sweet cheese and crackers..., the brother of Mirjane braced himself as he tried to catch the lava ball thrown right at him but was dragged along with it.
Then right after Meliodas had pushed back the elder Strauss brother, he was suddenly assaulted by a series of very strong jackhammer punches imbued with white Magic power as the blows hammered him with shockwaves followed behind and it came from Cana who finally stepped into the fight and reminded everyone from Fairy Tail and Magnolia about a certain Magic she possessed from her father and Ace of Fiore's strongest Guild.
"Crashing Fist!", the brunette woman gave out one last punch of her attack that struck the Dragon's Sin of Wrath hard in the chest with a white Magic circle and sent him flying, crashing into the wall of Perfect Cube which apparently showed subtle signs of cracking through it.
"Holy shit!"
"Language!"
"That's Gildarts' Magic!"
"Damn, that's gonna hurt!"
"What the?! That Magic... Crash?!", Wakaba exclaimed in shock as his pipe fell off his mouth.
"Yup, Cana's using it. I feel like an old man for not remembering that her dad Gildarts taught her that powerful Magic.", Macao commented which several among the audience gave whispers and comments about the guild's resident drunk.
The Britannian sorceress asked in curiosity, "It seems everyone was surprised of Ms. Alberona's ability to wield one of the strongest Magics in Ishgar and is considered closest to Great Holy Knight Dreyfus' Break. I wonder why?"
Makarov explained to Merlin, "Unlike Gildarts, Cana has more control and refinement in utilizing Crash, Lady Merlin. Because of that, it saved her, and by extend the guild itself, from all the trouble by following her dad's footsteps. She only uses it in actual combat hence her Card Magic and Fortune Telling for casual times. Even Magnolia had the Gildarts Shift whenever he returns from long-term S-Class quests. Recently, Gildarts was on a 100-year Quest and has yet to return depending on the progress of his mission."
"In short, she's as lazy and drunkard as her dad. Hence why she didn't succeed well in the S-Class Trials but nearly came close to the finish line the last time as I recall. At least she ain't as clumsy as he is. Otherwise there would have been a 'Cana Shift' alongside the 'Gildarts Shift' by now.", Laxus simply finished with a straight face and arms folded.
Wasting no time and powering up the full force of her secondary Magic, the brunette dashed in a sudden speed and threw a Crash-infused punch which Meliodas blocked it with little disorientation of the blow he received before she pulled back and jumped high to perform another powerful spinning kick at him. The resulting two blows of Crash from Fairy Tail's resident drunker had further destroyed the surrounding areas more in cubical sizes and spider webs.
Suddenly, the blond boy grabbed hold on her leg that hit him and spun her around before throwing Cana right into the Perfect Cube wall. However, just when she was about to collide with the wall, Cana managed to re-balance herself with her hands and then quickly maneuvered to perform a powerful Crash-empowered drop kick right at Meliodas.
Only to miss as Lucy's uncle sidestepped out of the way and grabbed the daughter of Gildarts on the waist which he then performed a German suplex that causes a big crater on the ground upon impact. Retaliating, Cana wrapped her legs around Meliodas' neck and performed a spinning roundhouse and dropkick combo right back at him, further pushing him back.
Retaliating, Meliodas performed several wind slashes made by his Lostvayne towards Cana who expertly dodged them wit ease and whipped out several Magic Cards. "Sun's Strength and Wind Edge!", the brunette female Fairy Tail Mage threw those cards on flanking directions that turned into flame covered bullets and an ascending air blast several meters from her.
Laki exclaimed in shock, "Oh! She used Card Magic!"
"Just because Cana learned Crash from her father, it doesn't mean she can learn other Magic in her free time. And she already had Card Magic long before Gildarts somehow managed to find out he has a daughter with a little help.", Makarov lightly chided while in his thoughts. If only he told me who helped him exactly...
With both attacks flanking at him and there's no way to use Full Counter directly, Meliodas gave a very fast spin around himself with Lostvayne in response. The resulting whirlwind of blade immediately cut through the Card Magic's fire and wind spells in contact, causing a large explosion on both directions. Cana then brandished three Magic Cards titled Lightning, Reverse Tower, and Lovers, and quickly threw them together in combination at the Dragon's Wrath of Wrath right above him.
"Thunderbolt's Fate!", massive bolts of lightning struck Meliodas from above and he took it all like a champ.
"This reminds me of Little Gil and Zaratras! Ni-shi-shi!", the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins mused as he was bathed by millions of volts of lightning and was left a little scorched and dusted in his clothes which he simply brushed it off.
I wonder if my lightning can actually hurt you..., Laxus thought after observing Meliodas easily shrugging off Cana's lightning like that.
"All Crash!", Cana then fired a powerful star-shaped energy blast from the palm of her right hand after reeling it with a white Magic circle as the white energy of mass destruction is directed towards the Dragon's Sin of Wrath as everything starts to crumble into pieces in its path.
"Full Counter!", Meliodas responded by slashing with his Sacred Treasure at the Crash attack as both Magical energies have collided and explode a little too brightly, almost blinding the audience and they have to cover their eyes away from it.
Little did the blond boy know that the daughter of Gildarts was right in front of him up close and personal, taking advantage of the little light show when she hits Meliodas with a powerful strike, imbued with Crash. "It's my win now! Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Empyrean!"
Just when the smoke cleared after the massive Magical explosion that shook the entire land itself, Cana was in complete shock that the most powerful technique that her father explicitly used to finish off stronger enemies flying into the sky... only to be blocked by Meliodas with just his one bare hand singlehandedly. "Counter Vanish...", he smiled casually.
But the brunette young woman did not give up just yet after recovering the shock and used her left arm with a very powerful strike imbued with Crash to punch Lucy's uncle in the face. "Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Absolute Heaven!"
Once again, the Dragon's Sin of Wrath swung Lostvayne again in interception and the attack was reflected right back in Cana's face whose look of shock and disbelief was shown before being engulfed in a huge fiery explosion. She was sent flying by her own attack and almost knocked down her fellow guildmates who manage to catch her like a bowling ball hitting the pins in perfect score.
"Oh man! Fairy Tail's strongest team gets wrecked?!"
"So that's the legendary Meliodas from Britannia."
"Impossible!"
"Game over man, game over!"
"H-how can this be? but they are powerful and skilled enough qualified for the upcoming S-Class Trials soon enough... Yet, Sir Meliodas can take any attack thrown at him and still standing.", the third Guild Master of Fairy Tail muttered in shock.
Then Merlin just simply gave a sly smirk, fully aware that the younger generation had looong way to go before they even try compare themselves to those who are no longer considered human because of the huge gaps in power. "Captain's just playing around with your children, Makarov. They cannot beat him at your current Power Level. Fufufufu..."
Her statement did not go unheard from Makarov and he knew that it's not gonna be good. All he have to do now is pray that Meliodas would not hurt his children too much if he fights back seriously. Earlier when Natsu was knocked out, the Third Master was relieved that no serious injury was inflicted on the young Dragon Slayer other than a concussion blow and open wide white eyes of unconsciousness.
The combatants also couldn't believe it themselves as they helped each other up or did it on their own with whatever strength they have left.
"N-n-no way...", Erza muttered in shock as she was helped by Gray to stand up.
"Even after we combined our attacks, he dissipated them all just like that?!", Gray said as he clenched his fist in frustration.
"Yeah! Using vanishing spells are so not manly!", Elfman protested which Meliodas tilted his head at him curiously as the former took back his statement. "Uhh... But it was a manly spell to make any attack disappear I admit..."
"Told you not to underestimate Uncle. He always plays around and goes easy on them. Mainly us.", Lucy warned her beleaguered guildmates as she put down Rhitta back into its broken sword form after reclaiming it, clearly knowing when to fold them.
Cana retorted in a deadpan manner at the indifferent response of the blonde girl in the results of this one-sided curbstomp just after she recovered from the backfire of her spell, "How the heck are you so calm, Lucy? Even after you threw everything you got, your Uncle holds no punches back on you."
"Because I was taught by him when I was kid, remember? Even if I trained really hard for a 100 years or somehow gained a bullshit powerup or training from a Dragon, God, Demon or any other powerful entity like that certain blonde Mary Sue character in most weird and spine-cringing fanfics that I've read from amateur writers, my uncle is way beyond any of us all.", the Fairy's Sin of Vanity dryly remarked.
"You kids did well. Even you Little Lucy. Perhaps with some more training, you could be quite a challenge.", Meliodas complimented before sporting a serious glare at them that puts even Erza's own to shame. "... However, you are a thousand years too early to be playing with the big leagues out there, it's a huge world after all. Know this, just because you're recognized as the strongest in your own Guild doesn't mean you're the strongest everywhere. Even I'm not always invincible forever. And I hope you know what you're doing once you face them, Fairy Tail. Because reality is not a song or some fairy tale, no pun intended."
All members of Fairy Tail guild sans an unconscious Natsu were frozen as they were intimidated by Lucy's uncle of how deadly serious he was, especially Makarov who knew all too well of the meaning behind his words. Heck, even Laxus was nervous yet somewhat excited of what anticipates for the Guild once he finishes his plans of takeover as new Guild Master.
His favorite niece was not exempted and she knew it for obvious reasons, as Lucy simply nodded slowly in acknowledgement of her uncle's words with a mild sweatdrop of nervousness and uncertainty on her forehead.
Then suddenly, Meliodas was back to his old cheerful self like a quick flip of a switch. "Oh well. I forfeit this match! It's your win, Fairy Tail! You may not have beaten me but you sure pretty gave one hell of a show! Ni-shi-shi!", he declared.
With this, everyone from the combatants to the audience, they all flipped on the ground or tilted on the right side together. Shocked that the legendary Meliodas simply gave up the match and call it quits even though he just basically owned the entire fight all by himself. Regardless it was a joyful moment for Fairy Tail as not only some of their strongest members holding on their own against Lucy's uncle but actually impressed him.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?! Let's celebrate! Back to the guildhall my children!", Makarov cheered as he was the first to move out, followed by everybody else who vacated the area and went back to Magnolia, obviously enjoying the event more worth watching.
"Guess we needed more training, huh? Time to go back to Ur then..", Gray mused as he walked away and find whatever clothes that had survived the whole battle which apparently had none much to his chagrin.
"Agreed. I guess I'll be off to see Aunt Nivea at Crocus again.", Erza nodded in agreement, feeling a bit despondent despite having a warm smile on her face that she had a looong way to go and needed more improvement plus with some repairs on her weapons and armor.
"I will train harder to prove myself a better man!", Elfman declared as he run off somewhere else but Mirajane caught him by the ear and sweetly demanded he deal with his injuries first.
"I need a drink...", Cana said as she felt tired and exhausted, and wanted some booze to chill out again.
"That's my uncle for ya! Ni-shi-shi! But yeah, we need more training... He really destroyed us there.", Lucy simply smiled and accepted the results instead of sulking around as she went to her grandmother who cuddled and complimented her.
After a long hour of unconsciousness outside the entire ordeal, Natsu woke up from his beauty sleep and noticed that everyone had left already and went back to Magnolia before noticing plenty of empty craters and debris on the ground everyone he sees.
"Wh-what? What did I miss?", he wondered in confusion while rubbing his migraine-induced head.
"You were knocked out Natsu. You missed all the fun!", Happy explained with a little snicker at his friend's big misfortune of being left out of the whole event after Meliodas rendered him unconscious.
Utterly shocked and mortified that he had been unconscious throughout the entire fight between his fellow guildmates and the Dragon's Sin of Wrath and fully robbed of the opportunity to fight the legendary Meliodas because of his early knockout, the son of Igneel screamed out loud in frustration to the skies for cursing his bad luck upon him.
"AWWWWW MANNNNN!"
At the guildhall of Fairy Tail later that evening
After the sparring match between some of Fairy Tail's strongest members and Meliodas ended in the the former's victory due to his willing forfeit, everybody in the Guild were partying and drinking as always like there's no tomorrow as usual on a regular basis. Once again, they're also brawling but Makarov have strictly forbidden Erza and Lucy from doing so as he made his statement through the full use of Titan Magic loud and clear.
The combatants who had fought Meliodas and impressed him into forfeiting the match have gotten better thanks to Hyper Recovery Spell by Merlin and are back in full health as healthy as ever.
Meanwhile, Erza and Gray went off earlier to send out letters toward their respective mentor/parental figures in Nivea and Ur, so they can schedule their long course of hard training and become stronger, and learn from their
"Well, the sparring match seems eventful, Master.", Mirajane sweetly smiled.
"Good thing the damage was held back in the minimum. I wish Lady Merlin could teach me that spell so I don't have to deal with the constant damages in the Guildhall. Don't care if it's some Dark Magic, I really need to learn Perfect Cube. Could be very useful in the future and save a lot of money too as well.", Makarov commented after chugging down his drink.
When it was over, the grandmother of Lucy Heartfilia had somehow restored everything back to normal as if almost nothing had happened to the open grassland which was used as a battleground. Although Makarov could only guess the use of Green Magic like Fourth God of Ishgar, Warrod Sequen did but on a different skill and level. No further evidence of the battle remained afterward.
Glancing at the Boar's Sin of Gluttony escorting her granddaughter outside to return to her apartment and show her around, the former S-Class Mage said. "If you ask nicely, then Lady Merlin will allow you so. She is Britannia's greatest wizard who learned many types of Magics if tales and rumors say were real and also had a fair share of several or more apprentices back in the past. She wouldn't mind taking another."
Rubbing his chin, the Third Master of Fairy Tail noted, "True, not only her several apprentices she took are in Britannia but also to Ishgar too as well. I will take my chances if Lady Merlin allows my request. Politely, of course. Speaking of which... There was an exchange program between both continents to understand their cultures and society at that time. I recall Laxus' mother was a part of it in her younger years."
"Oh you mean Catherine, the Good Witch of the East. Well-known for her benevolent deeds around Fiore. She was the most powerful wizard of Fairy Tail in equal strength and Magic power with Gildarts. Potential candidate of the Ten Wizard Saints too as well. Not only that, she was like the mother to all of us in the Guild. Before she left...", Mirajane commented in a sad tone.
Noticing Laxus moving away from sight at the second floor after apparently overhearing about his mother, the elderly Wizard Saint sighed, "I cannot blame him... Laxus truly loved his mother. His parents split off in divorce after some decent years of devoted love and marriage. Ivan threatened the safety of our Guild. Our family. Implanting that Lacrima inside Laxus at such a young age was the last straw that broke the camel's back. I just don't know why it went so wrong..."
The former S-Class Mage somberly agreed and felt sympathy for him. Mirajane heard much of how much Laxus was once a sweet and kind boy in the Guild long before she and her siblings joined the family away from their home village that rejected them. Unlike some fellow members including herself, Elfman and previously Lissana, he had parents with a normal family and childhood.
Makarov often fondly remembers happy times with his grandson in his childhood especially at the Harvest Festival in that moment and lamented his change of personality over the passing years of growing up.
Until he reached puberty and adulthood, the Lightning Mage was distraught at their split he witnessed in his teens after a heated argument between them and his father was excommunicated from Fairy Tail by his grandfather. He didn't know the reason but it was surely not about his parents' divorce or even the Lacrima implanted in him.
It is something his father Ivan had done to endanger the Guild's safety and tore the Dreyar family apart in their rift.
That was before he was even more upset at others who only saw him as a grandson of Makarov, an esteemed member of the Ten Wizard Saints instead of his own person and merit. He could never turn on his mother who loved him too much despite taunts of being a momma's boy from dumbass idiots who get high-degree burns from his powerful lightning bolts on their heads for their trouble and ended their careers with such injuries.
"On the bright side, Catherine still visited the Guild to see her son occasionally in rare times and supported him no matter what. She's just like Gildarts on a travel. He has yet to return from the Century Quest.", Mirajane reassured the Third Master of Fairy Tail.
"I agree... Tomorrow, I will be out in an important meeting with the Ten Wizard Saints at Era that Lord Hyberion had requested back at Lucy's trial by the Council. You're in charge of the guild until I return. Just keep them back in check please. I cannot stand another pile of paperwork from bills to complaints...", Makarov ordered which the silver-haired barmaid happily complied.
"You can count on me, Master!"
At Lucy's Apartment
Meanwhile at her apartment away from the craziness of the Guild partying, Lucy Heartfilia showed her uncle and grandmother the place she had stayed in Magnolia while being an official member of Fairy Tail. Everything is pretty to be in order and Perfect Cube has been fixed thanks to the Boar's Sin of Gluttony modifying it better to avoid loopholes after she informed her about Gray's intrusion from the chimney.
On the hand, Merlin was kind enough to make dinner for three due to obvious reasons from her captain aka the Cook of Doom. It was a very satisfying meal made from Britannian cuisine with a recipe that most Fiorian chefs and merchants would do anything obtain it if it's part of the trade between both countries, and the family enjoyed it to their heart's contents.
... Although Meliodas was somehow bummed he never gets the chance to cook at all and feeling down about it.
Casually placing his arms around his head, Meliodas then commented after glancing at his niece's room after leaving the chair he sat on near the dinner table. "Wow, for a apartment costing about 70,000 Jewels. You sure know how to choose a great place to live. Very cheap. Ni-shi-shi!"
"I know, uncle. It's kinda cheap but keeping this place ain't that easy. Not after I ran away from home and had a mere portion of my money. I would have to go out on high-paying Jobs outside the S-Class level from the second floor to pay the monthly rent or else the Landlady will kick me out if I didn't get the money. Ni-shi-shi...", the blonde woman defended sheepishly.
"Leave the rent issues with the Landlady to me.", her grandmother reassured which the blonde female Fairy Tail Mage was grateful of as she hugged her happily in comical tears.
Lucy then noticed in pale shock that her uncle was reading the document drafts of the new novel she was writing. "Kyaah! Don't read it!", she yelled upon quickly snatching it out of Meliodas' hands and held her papers tight in a protective manner with her face beet red.
"Oh why not? Your story is not that bad. Just needed a little grammar proof-reading to fix your sentences and paragraphs. There's even poems written in it too as well. Ni-shi-shi!", the Dragon's Sin of Wrath mischievously commented as he enjoyed seeing his niece blushing in embarrassment.
Cuddling the Fairy's Sin of Vanity from behind, Merlin cooed. "Aww... You also want to be a writer and a poem writer too? Your grandfather would be so pleased."
"Ay-aye... Don't tell him about it... Yet. Please.", the blonde girl said with a still flustered look on her face which the young-looking grandparent complied with another hug again.
"Ooh, nice panties, Little Lucy. Getting a little too bold there I admit. Do you wear these often? Ni-shi-shi!", Meliodas commented out loud in great amusement after checking out the drawers casually with no care in the world.
"U-u-uh... I-i-i-it's n-no-not like that, Uncle! I can explain!", the blonde Fairy Tail Mage feebly protested with her cheeks going red, almost as if her favorite uncle had found out that she was getting a little too naughty behind his back all this time and didn't tell him about it.
Glancing at the underwear of Lucy's on the drawers to see for herself, Merlin turned around and blushed a little in embarrassment as she teasingly complimented her. "Ooooh myyyy. You really are my granddaughter. I used to have this bold fashion statement back in my younger days. How vain you must be. You truly are the Fairy's Sin of Vanity. Fufufufufu."
Now even more embarrassed than ever, the Fairy's Sin screamed out with her face completely scarlet redder than Erza's own hair. "GRANDMAAAA!"
Outside Lucy's Apartment
By the time has come to go home and rest for tomorrow for work while the moon is still full after a party in Fairy Tail, all members of the Guild had left and went back to their homes and apartments they stayed within or outside the vicinity of Magnolia including the remaining members of Team Natsu who went to their own house or at Fairy Hills in Erza's case.
However, not all were sleeping for the night as the certain duo of a pink-haired pyromaniac and a talking blue cat with wings traveled sneakily above the buildings of Magnolia as if they're ninjas prowling for their prey. Then they stopped by Lucy's apartment and checked if there's anyone who spotted them which none did apparently much to their relief.
"Let's give Lucy a surprise visit! Through the chimney! Like a ninja! Nin-nin!", the pink-haired Dragon Slayer declared.
"Aye! Nin-nin!", the blue feline agreed with him.
Suddenly as just when Natsu and Happy are about to enter the chimney of Lucy's apartment like Gray did before, Merlin commented out loud behind them as she was just sitting on a small chair with a table and a tray of hot tea and snacks, "You boys are absolutely the worst burglars in the world that even a hobbit grocer is more of a professional."
"AAAAHHHH!", the pinkette teen screamed.
"It's Lucy's hot grandma!", the flying blue cat exclaimed.
Putting down her teacup after being unfazed of their panicking shouts, Britannia's greatest sorceress interrogated them while already knew of their intentions yet decided to have fun scaring them. "Now what were you doing in the middle of the night, sneaking around Magnolia and on top of my granddaughter's apartment? Want some tea and biscuits?..."
"W-we were visiting Lucy! She might be pretty lonely so me and Happy are gonna drop in and keep her company.", Natsu tried to explain.
"Aye! She might have some tasty fish there!", Happy added in support.
"As much as she appreciates your concern and well-being as a friend, I highly doubt she would be thrilled that you are trespassing on her own home and ruined her worth's sleep. And with your yelling, I think you've awakened the neighbors.", Merlin dryly remarked.
Almost as if the Boar's Sin of Gluttony had predicted, a really heavy brick was thrown at Natsu's head so hard and it came from an irritated man in his pajamas from the nearby building, "Keep the noise down neighbor! Some of us are trying to sleep here!"
"Natsu! Natsu! Are you alright?... AAH!", his feline partner cried out in concern before receiving a balloon of water at his back that soaked all of his fur.
"That goes for that cat! Now good riddance and good night!", the same man yelled out before shutting down his window and going back to sleep almost immediately.
While the Fire Dragon Slayer and Happy are on the ground, twitching from the karma hitting on them for disturbing the neighbors, Merlin just continued poured more tea and sipped at its teacup. "Told you so. Learned your lesson yet? Even a fox whisker-like blond ninja loudmouth knows how to be quiet and stealthy when required unlike you too."
"What?! What are you saying, old lady?! We're Lucy's friends! Friends should always be there for her!", Natsu protested.
"Aye!", Happy supported in agreement.
"True friends should not barge in their own homes without permission and do as they please, Mr. Dragneel. If you are really my granddaughter's friend, then you will give her a sense of peace and privacy. Even your own guildmates wouldn't appreciate your antics. You can always hang around with her at the Guildhall or going out jobs together. Isn't that too hard for you son of Igneel?", Merlin counter-argued.
Stunned and there's nothing he could prove his argument, the Fire Dragon Slayer could not say a word. Truthfully, he never thought of that and why he wonder about his other fellow guildmates didn't like his intrusion on their home. The only thing Natsu learns is to never ever enter Fairy Hills at his own peril due to a certain redhead who won't appreciate his intrusion and it's bad for his health.
For Gildarts' case, the pink-haired teen was allowed to freely enter his father figure's home as much as he wants whenever the Ace of Fairy Tail came back to the Guild from his long-time job and meeting his daughter Cana, so he can have a rematch only to get the short end of the stick too quickly.
That's where Natsu got his mindset to find this okay to break into other people's home as he pleases.
Mirajane, on the other hand, would allow him into her home for a meal or two treated by her cooking but her brother Elfman obviously didn't like his presence near his sister in his manly perspective and overprotectiveness.
One time in his visit, Natsu slept in Mira's bed which was empty and the Strauss brother accused him of sleeping with his sister when he found him there, leading to an all-out brawl inside their house that nearly wrecked everything. Of course, Mira forgave them, as a sweet and kindly person she always is, after coming back from the market for food and supplies at that time thanks to her sweet and kindly personality... but then made a thinly veiled threat that she'll cut off their manhood and feed it to the goats if they pulled that stunt again.
Both boys of Fairy Tail were terrified as a result since while she may no longer have access to her Take Over Magic: Satan Soul for the meantime, Mirajane is a force to be reckoned with her words backed up by her sinister aura she still carries around behind her sweet angelic smile.
Taking an opportunity of his stunned look, Merlin dropped the same brick thrown by the irritated neighbor that she levitated above on him which gave a bonk on Natsu's head and reminded him, "And, don't call me old lady. Be respectful of your elders, young man. Igneel should have taught you better manners. He was the Flame Dragon King of his clan."
"A-aye...", the pinkette teen muttered in pain of the huge bump on his head.
Giving a soft but intense death glare towards Natsu now looking at her, the Boar's Sin of Gluttony subtly threatened, "If you keep trespassing on my granddaughter's home and invading her personal space and privacy, your little dragon between your legs is the least of your worries... Hmm... On second thought perhaps, I might even send you to my husband Escanor wherever he is in this continent after I tell him of your habit of breaking people's homes with no respect. He won't appreciate a dragon hatchling getting too close to his little cub. Even Dragons are afraid of the Lions themselves."
Utterly terrified and intimidated, the pinkette nodded quickly while covering his manhood at the same time. "Aye, sir! Er, I mean ma'am!"
Merlin then turned to Happy who became very nervous of her smile at him, "As for you, Sir Happy. I would appreciate if you keep him in check and remind him to control himself, because, otherwise,... You will be a normal non-magical domestic housecat that cannot talk before you could even say 'Aye' or 'fish'... As a part of my guinea pig. Understood?"
"AYEEE!", the blue cat agreed as he flew behind Natsu's back for protection and terrified at the thought of becoming a domestic house cat with no ability to talk, walk and fly anymore.
Amused of their distress, the Archmage then said, "Good. Now, run along boys and head back to your own house while the night is still young."
"Man, Lucy's grandmother was scary... Her scary levels are over 9000! Even more than Erza or Gramps!", Natsu commented as he and his flying buddy walked through the streets and heading back to their house.
On the other hand, Erza and Makarov sneezed at their own beds at the Fairy Hills and the Fairy Tail guildhall respectively. While the Third Master had simply brushed it off as the evening chill, Titania, however, believed it to be someone else talking behind her back and swears to punish whoever did that tomorrow morning.
Happy agreed in a downtrodden manner, "Aye... She even threatened to turn me into a normal cat! Without talking or flying at all!"
While as they walked across the empty streets of Magnolia lit by lampposts, the flying blue cat "You know, she's right, Natsu. We shouldn't be breaking in Lucy's place all the time. What kind of friends are we if we do that? I bet Lucy would soon grow to hate us eventually even if she's nice."
"Yeah you're right Happy. Her grandma did say we could hang out with her at the Guild or go on a Job... Wait that's it! This gives me a wonderful idea! Team Natsu is going on a job tomorrow! Something big and awesome even Gramps will be impressed!", Natsu declared after pumping his fist up high with Happy agreeing along the way for him. "Aye sir!"
"Keep the noise down, neighbor!", an angry voice called out in response which prompted the Dragon Slayer and his cat partner to apologize immediately before running back to their house.
Pleased that the son of Igneel had listened for once while knowing he might try the stunt again in the future but he won't succeed in breaking in this time, the wife of Escanor bypassed the Perfect Cube-encased apartment easily with Teleportation and Absolute Cancel through a hole before closing it since she was the one who invented it in the first place and knew inside and out of this spell from the Demon Realm.
She glanced around the room of the Fairy's Sin and found her taste to be modest. Despite being a 70,000 Jewel-expensive apartment according to Lucy, it almost feels like home similar to the Heartfilia Konzern.
Sitting nearby Lucy's bed, Merlin affectionately rubbed her granddaughter's head and admired her cute sleeping face. "Despite having grown up into a beautiful woman, you're still the innocent adorable little girl I always remember back then at the Heartfilia Konzern. When Diane picked you up gently, you enjoyed the view from above. When King turned to his human form and Gowther roleplayed, you enjoyed their performance. When Captain and Ban are in one of their antics, you laughed. When your cousins play with you, you were happy. When you have the doll named Michelle, you loved her like a sibling all but in name. You were loved by your parents, even just before Jude lost his way when my daughter died."
She then remarked, "You were treated like a princess... but not spoiled in a way like the cliche demands. Your grandfather used to be a prince of the Castellio Kingdom in Britannia. A second son in the family. He was loved by his parents in his day of birth however his older brother did not... He hurt his own sibling out of envy and then Escanor's power awakened. His world of happiness and love crashed down when everyone including his very own parents turned on him and hunted him like a monster."
Reaching out her hand to check on the tattooed seal which glowed briefly behind Lucy's back underneath the blankets, she said, "When you were born with Sunshine, my husband and I were afraid for you. Afraid that you might end up in the same path of sadness and tragedy he walked before he earned his happiness with mine. To be ostracized and feared by the unique power that is the source of life itself... Not to mention the fearful idea of you being taken by the Council or any Dark Guild and turned into a living weapon at their command. So that's why I have to seal it away for your sake to have a normal life and childhood. However, it won't be long before the sun breaks free and it's up to you learn how to control it."
The Boar's Sin of Gluttony further said, "Even with my power, Infinity, the sun cannot be contained forever. Hmm... Perhaps Hyberion can help with that. He knows how to handle your situation and train you. My husband isn't much of a great teacher anyway. Fufufu."
Cut cue to the vampiric-looking gentleman sneezing in an undignified manner and wondered if someone is talking about him.
"The Magic Council already fears you and the power you inherited. Soon all of the Dark Guilds in this continent including the Balam Alliance will do whatever it takes to get that power under their control... But, I won't let them take you. And I believe this guild Fairy Tail will be a second family next to us who understands you just as the Seven Deadly Sins are a family to him in replacement of the ones who abandoned him.", Merlin finished.
After she was done inspecting Lucy's seal and then started opening through the fabric of space and reality by Spatial Magic, the Britannian sorceress brandished a new type of Gold Key that she held in her hand and placed it on the table with a gift ribbon for the Fairy's Sin of Vanity.
"Consider this as a gift, Lucy. I found this few years ago while I was traveling around Ishgar on my free time and came upon this Celestial Spirit Gate Key in Galuna Island. The local Demon folks there are such nice people just like Captain. Can't say the same for Chief Moka and his obsessive insistence of destroying the Moon to me for some reason... Anyways, Sagittarius will serve you well.", the Boar's Sin of Gluttony said.
Planting a kiss on her sleeping granddaughter's forehead, Merlin adjusted the bed sheets properly and walked away from her room.
Bypassing the Perfect Cube and closing it again, she then left her granddaughter's apartment to give Lucy a night's moment of peace without Natsu and Happy barging in but not before taking Aquarius' key so she can have a little chat with the Celestial Spirit of the waters herself.
Nearby the lake of Magnolia
Enjoying the evening stroll through the sleeping town of Magnolia, the raven-haired Britannian stopped by the lake illuminated by the bright glowing moon itself and then held out the key as she will use Celestial Spirit Magic since she is, after all, the Archmage who mastered many powerful Magics and spells at her disposal rivaled only with the Magic King August himself.
"Open. Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius...", Merlin used her granddaughter's Gold Key to summon one of Layla's three Celestial Spirits by dipping it on the waters which a blue Magic circle appeared for the mermaid with her urn manifested above the lake.
"Urrgh! Dammit brat! What did I tell that you don't summon me when I'm having a date with Scorpio, huh?! At least you summoned me in a lake this time. I oughta-... Aah.. Uhh... Meep…", the blue-haired Celestial Spirit complained before she paled white at the mere sight of Lucy's grandmother who had summoned her instead.
Apparently, she was terrified of the mother of Layla Heartfilia for some reason despite being a Celestial Spirit far stronger than her. Not even her fellow Sins including Meliodas and her husband knew what just had happened between them exactly and rather not know due to her history of trolling and blackmailing people whenever she wanted to in her leisure time.
Maybe the Celestial Spirit King may had known about it but chose not to disclose it as to respect the women's privacy.
"Hello, Aquarius. How are you lately? Still on a date with Scorpio as always, hmm?", the Archmage of Britannia greeted with an alluring smile, clearly amused at the mermaid woman's distress.
"Uhh... I-I'm great, Lady Merlin! A-and yeah! S-scorpio and I are going along just fine in the Celestial Spirit Realm. Dating together and all, you know. Hehe... It's not like I purposely washed away your granddaughter around for ruining my date with him when she summoned me for battle! Honest!", Aquarius stuttered nervously with sweat formed around her face.
"You've been dating Scorpio for thousands of years until the present and you still haven't married him yet? Honestly, you Celestial Spirits are strange creatures sometimes. Probably because of your immortality unless you're somehow stuck in this physical world, your kind never bothered to propagate. At all.", the Boar's Sin of Gluttony commented in a calm deadpanned manner at her granddaughter's Celestial Spirit.
"Marriage is a foreign concept to us, milady. Despite serving humanity for thousands of years as Spirits summoned by Celestial wizards, we don't fully understand their customs and culture.", the mermaid simply said.
"That's what the Fairy Clan thought of it until King married Diane and have twins, both Giant and Fairy.", the grandmother of Lucy mildly shot back that further ruined the Water Bearer's self-esteem a little more.
Fully aware that the Archmage is not simply here for a small talk, Aquarius asked. "So... What brings you here to Ishgar, milady and why have you summoned me?"
"Nothing much really, I just wanted to know of how are you dealing with my granddaughter when she have your key.", Merlin stated her reasons.
Afraid of being on the receiving end if she said it wrong, the Water Bearer stated. "Well, um... Lucy was carefree and cheerful like her uncle and your captain but she had some common sense like a straight person at least. On a few occasions, she did exhibit some hints of pride that of her grandfather and your husband because of that power of his she inherited and was sealed by you. While she may not have her mother and your daughter Layla's grace but she did seem have your... trait of blackmailing people."
"Guess she really is like myself, Escanor and Captain in terms of personality. At least Lucy should be her own person instead of just mirroring us... So how was her training while we were away?", the raven-haired sorceress asked.
The Water Bearer elaborated, "Well, Lucy had me doused her with water to build up her endurance whenever I... unintentionally hit her in my line of attack after summoning me. She nearly died drowning from few close calls but eventually she got used to it eventually that my waves didn't much bother her at all in the slightest. Taurus was the one who taught her how to use that really heavy axe your husband used. Even the Golden Bull had problems lifting up Rhitta while your granddaughter can do it with no problem."
"Just like Captain said to her during the sparring match, 'No pain, no gain'. While she may have improved in her fighting skills lately, Lucy has so much to learn.", the Britannian sorceress mused.
Her late daughter's Celestial Spirit revealed more, "Despite her family relatives including you yourself visiting, Lucy always remained lonely without her mother and that asshole father neglecting her. That's why she adopted that carefree persona of her uncle in order to keep herself happy and cheerful. To keep herself from crying..."
That's what Captain always did..., Merlin thought. While Law #3 is still in effect among the Seven Deadly Sins, the Boar's Sin of Gluttony could tell that Meliodas had suffered enough loss and guilt in the past but kept it hidden by displaying his carefree nature from others all this time.
"At first, I was irritated when she summoned me as a playmate since her cousins weren't around but after I found out about her predicament, I can't help but feel sorry for her.", Aquarius said, clutching her chest as if her heart was burning up within.
She finished with a small tear escaping from her eye, "Even though I hated that brat, even though I hated her... I just can't stop these feelings. The thought of never seeing Lucy again is going to be so lonely... If that dreadful thought ever happen eventually, I would thank her... for everything."
"I'm glad you cared, Aquarius. Despite your flaws and faults, you watched over my granddaughter for 17 years and I'm grateful for it. Her love and care for Celestial Spirits was very strong no matter what. On her pride, she will fight alongside you.", Merlin softly smiled at the Celestial Spirit's loyalty.
"Thank you…", the blue-haired mermaid can only say gratefully while wiping the tear off her eyes.
"She really needs a boyfriend, milady. But you're right about that pink-haired brat. He's obnoxious, loudmouthed and disrespectful. Plue sometimes gossip about the fact he barged in her apartment without permission or respect of her personal space right after just moving in and settling down when she joined Fairy Tail.", the Celestial Spirit supported.
Merlin nodded in agreement as she said, "That is why and where I drew the line between him and my granddaughter. Just because Mr. Dragneel was her friend doesn't mean he should walk all over Lucy like he owned her."
"How's Brandish, lately?", Aquarius asked with a hint of concern.
The raven-haired woman replied, "The girl's fine. Raised and taught by August, my fellow rival. She dearly missed her mother after that traitorous bastard Zoldeo killed Grammi out of madness when Layla died. I had to tell her the truth behind the murder and once brought her here under the Magic King's permission to be friends with my granddaughter before sending her back to Alakitasia. She even had a friend who's the apprentice of the Magic King himself."
The mermaid raised an eyebrow in wonder, "You sent her back to the West? Why?"
"Brandish had her chances to legally immigrate back and settle here to be with Lucy just as Grammi and my daughter intended. However, Alvarez is her home and she's a proud citizen of the Western Continent... It was a prosperous country with full of opportunities there. Her mother had already settled and only came back to Ishgar at my daughter's side before she died. Perhaps Brandish will visit Lucy by some diplomatic mission sent to Ishgar. She wouldn't miss the opportunity to do so.", she said.
"I hope so. I miss that girl...", Aquarius muttered.
"She was a sweet one too. Brandish may be one of the Spriggan 12's youngest members as the Country Demolisher but she's a good and kind person at heart. I had to stop you from literally treating her like dog while Grammi isn't around and had you punished for that during my visit in Alakitasia. That's not good for her mental health and well-being. Not to mention, I won't tolerate child abuse from you in case you forget...", Merlin said as her brown eyes glared right towards the blue-haired mermaid.
Gulping nervously and fearfully as she touched her bottom etched of phantom aches in it, the blue-haired Celestial Spirit apologized meekly, "I'm sorry, Lady Merlin..."
"I may forgive you for your blatant inhumane and yet somewhat harmless acts towards Brandish but I won't let you forget it... Neither she will if she sees you again. You were one of three Spirits under my late daughter's service and now you are now my own granddaughter's along with Cancer, so act like a professional and be lenient whenever Lucy summons you. On the other hand, Capricorn is yet to be found and free from Zoldeo's possession to complete the circle. No doubt still hiding in this continent.", the Archmage remarked.
"Seventeen years has passed and yet Capricorn remains in the physical realm because of that bastard. Never liked him from the start. He was brought in as an orphan raised and served the household faithfully by Lady Layla's kindness and this is how she repaid him. He was supposed to uphold her final wish when she died... I cannot comprehend how Capricorn had felt being stuck here for who knows how that long. With his long-term absence, the 12 Zodiac are incomplete.", Aquarius said in a sad solemn tone.
Nodding in agreement and looked up in the starry skies, Merlin then noted out loud, "While I'm no seer like His late Majesty Baltra Liones, but I can tell Capricorn will eventually be free and return to serve the Heartfilia family once more just as he promised Layla his eternal loyalty to protect the family forever..."
Aquarius can only nod in agreement with Britannia's greatest Mage as her fellow Zodiac member was an incredibly devoted Celestial Spirit in service of Layla prior to her death as the faithful butler of the Heartfilia family.
"Hmm, I have heard rumors of a star that fell from the heavens and lived among humans in this world for three years. Quite an amazing feat to have survived that long on his own. Frankly, he's the Fairy Tail guild at of all places.", the Boar's Sin of Gluttony said.
The Water Bearer froze when her late daughter's mother mentioned him, which the Britannian sorceress had noticed. "He's Leo the Lion, isn't he? Or should I call him Loke of Fairy Tail I assume? I wonder how did the leader of the Zodiac fall from such grace?"
"H-he, um, broke the law. I-I don't know what exactly happened but according to the Celestial Spirit King, he had killed a Celestial wizard Karen Lilica who held their keys just to protect Aries from abuse. As punishment in his verdict, Leo was strictly prohibited from returning to the Celestial Spirit Realm and remain for the rest of his life until he dies or fades away from existence since we Celestial Spirits don't have true physical bodies when we were summoned by our keys but we can still affect the physical world with our Magics. Unlike the Goddesses who needed human vessels to inhabit and use their holy abilities...", Aquarius explained.
Scoffing at such claim, the Boar's Sin of Gluttony commented. "I highly doubt it. Leo may be many things from a great leader and fierce warrior to a charming gentleman with manners especially his womanizing nature as Loke. But never would he directly kill his owner to protect his fellow Zodiac from abusing her. My guess is that he had purposely opened his own Gate and stayed there to lock out Aries' Gate so Karen Lilica won't summon her while he's still around. Somehow that woman died on a job without her Spirits aiding. Am I right?..."
Surprised and impressed of the Britannian sorceress' intuitive deduction, the Water Bearer replied. "Y-yes, Lady Merlin. It did happen. Poor Aries told me about how many times that bitch Karen used her like a tool and shield, and Leo had to step in to protect her. He cared for Aries a lot and did not want to see her going through such pain and humiliation."
"And how did Ms. Karen die?", Merlin asked in curiosity.
Aquarius explained, "According to my boyfriend Scorpio, the bitch was killed by a Dark Guild who wanted the rare Gold keys after she tried to summon her again while our leader is still around. She was desperate for money to pay her bills and expenses and had to take a Job without knowing the consequences. After her death, Aries' key belong to Sorano Aguria, an Apprentice Holy Knight of Nivea Feathermane and also a Celestial wizard as she had Scorpio's key and Gemini's too as well."
I see... Sorano was a slave at the blasted Tower of Heaven before the joint operation between Britannia and the Magic Council had happened. She'd always admired Angels after seeing Nivea with her wings... She's better off not knowing what the Goddess Clan are really like especially the Four Archangels. Can't say the same for Zentopia of their blind worship and devotion to them. After being freed, she was reunited with her little sister and joined Fiore's first order of Holy Knights as Nivea's apprentice at a proper age., Merlin bemusedly thought before wondering. "And how did Miss Sorano obtain Aries' key after Lilican's death?"
"According to Aries, Sorano got the key when she stumbled upon the Dark Guild terrorizing the town nearby while on her way back from the capital visiting her sister and eliminated them swiftly with no survivors. The townsfolk rejoiced and the Rune Knights didn't arrest her under Council custody after that because of her status as a high-ranking knight of the kingdom. Unlike Legal wizards, high-ranking members of the Royal Army including its own Holy Knights who serve the Fiore crown are allowed to kill the criminals dubbed as enemies of the state outside the Council's jurisdiction I've heard. After that, she recognized Aries' key and formed a contract with her, promising better treatment than Karen did and fulfilled it.", the blue-haired mermaid replied.
After listening to the mermaid's explanation, Merlin concluded. "I guess Aries' key is in good hands now with Sorano. However, the law of your King is wrong, Aquarius. Leo did not kill Miss Karen but she had killed herself in her foolishness and stupidity. The way you described her is a haughty and arrogant woman who treats Celestial Spirits like objects and shields. True, he was the catalyst of her death but he did it to protect Aries like a knight in shining armor to the damsel in distress from Miss Karen's abuse. Willing to stand up and die for his comrade. He would not be a true leader of the Zodiac if he hadn't done so."
"You're right, milady. The law is wrong but the verdict has been made with Karen's death and Leo cannot return to the stars even if he appealed for forgiveness and redemption. Even with your power and status, you could not convince the King to change his mind... Unless you're Lord Escanor, milady.", Aquarius warned.
"Please, I don't need to be like my husband to get the Celestial Spirit King to change his mind... But you're right, your ruler is far more powerful than me or possibly anyone in this world. His vast strength is above Celestial Spirits and only certain few can match him in a straight fight, Escanor included. He even was once fought in equal ground with the Demon King himself in the past at one point.", the Britannian sorceress mused.
Aquarius remarked, "Indeed, he was very strong and wise ruler in our realm, milady. If the Celestial Spirit King had actually intervened the Ancient War at Britannia just by his lonesome, all Clans that fought there would have ceased fighting immediately because of his incredulous power of magnitude way above any of them combined. Not even those high-and-mighty bitchy Goddesses can defy him especially if they're the Four Archangels or the Angiris Council... Only their ruler can stand up to him."
"But the past is in the past, there's nothing we could have done there even if going back in time with the Eclipse Gate... So, will you tell Lucy about Leo and his current situation?", the Water Bearer said before asking about her owner's intention to help her Zodiac leader.
Giggling at such suggestion, the Boar's Sin of Gluttony stated, "It's up to my granddaughter to figure it all out on her own. No need to spoil too much of the fun, otherwise it would have been very anticlimactic. Perhaps she will get him to change his mind and allow Leo's return, saving his life and serve as one of her Celestial Spirits."
Paling and sweat-dropping at the thought of the Fairy's Sin of Vanity confronting her ruler directly just for the sake of Leo, Aquarius gulped. "Uh, yeah. Lucy can actually do that. I hope this won't leave a bad impression on him."
"Oh no, she won't. He'll be more impressed of her strength and conviction. I can tell... Go back home and resume your date with Scorpio. Oh and... Tell the Celestial Spirit King or rather... ****** himself, the Boar's Sin of Gluttony send her regards. And oh, be sure to remind him to keep a watchful eye on the Goddess Clan from their Heavenly Realm just in case.", Merlin said offhandedly while casually revealing the true name of the most powerful king from the stars that no human can understand such ancient language of the stars.
Aquarius can simply nod in compliance for the request from Lucy's grandmother to her ruler before disappearing back to the Celestial Spirit Realm.
Left alone by herself, the raven-haired woman gazed upon the stars still there above the dark skies with a small drop of tears from her brown eyes. "I miss you Anna... My little sister...", she muttered before wiping them off and walked away back to rendezvous with her captain at the local inn where she knew of the location at Magnolia.
In the local inn somewhere in Magnolia
Teleporting to the inn where she and her captain chose to stay for the night in the town of Magnolia, Merlin noticed that the blonde boy had already acquired one room with two separate beds. As much as Meliodas is always a pervert around his wife Elizabeth, he can often be a respectable and decent person towards other women including herself.
"Yo, Merlin! Finished with your little business lately?", the Dragon's Sin of Wrath casually asked while sitting on his comfy bed and holding a bottle of rum in his hand. Next to him at the small table is a little dinner plate of food from the inn.
"Of course, Captain. Just checking on my granddaughter, intercepted the son of Igneel and his talking cat with wings from intruding her apartment, gave the Gold Key of Sagittarius to her, and talked to Aquarius with her key I borrowed before I returned it back to Lucy after that.", the Britannian sorceress listed down with her fingers counting.
"That's just like you, a concerned grandmother. You always dote on Little Lucy and enjoyed it. Heard you spoke of that Mustache Man's real name. Good thing it's not something embarrassing. Ni-shi-shi!", Meliodas commented.
"No one knows the true name of the Celestial Spirit King except for a certain few who are worthy to know of it. Like Escanor and me for example. However, the Goddess Clan know who he really is, especially the Four Archangels and the Angiris Council including their ruler.", the Boar's Sin of Gluttony brushed it off.
Merlin brought up the subject about the sparring event that her fellow Sin won, "I seem to notice you've knocked out the son of Igneel, Captain. While you played along with Lucy and her friends in fighting them, you took Natsu Dragneel out of the game much earlier. Mr. Dragneel was complaining of his quick loss and wanted a rematch when I talked with him."
Folding his arms, Meliodas noted with a casual deadpan, "Natsu is a three thousand years too early to be on my level. Way too reckless and too dumb even for Igneel, thinking he can just punch his way out of everything. Hence why I knocked him out quickly and remained unconscious throughout the whole sparring. To show him the real difference of strength between us, a Demon and an Etherious. If he doesn't like it and want a rematch, I can do it again, this time knocking him out twice for a whole week."
"Fufufufu... You have no idea how much the son of Igneel throwing a temper tantrum for missing out the whole fight and gets knocked out first. It seriously hurts his pride as a Dragon Slayer... and the most powerful Etherious that he cannot even remember.", the raven-haired woman commented.
Her captain then added more, "True, Merlin. Even though he used to be E.N.D., he's still actually not strong enough to go on equal ground with the Demon King despite being the most powerful Etherious his own brother Zeref created as a new lease of life for him. I mean he did lead the Etherious into a disastrous war against the Demon Clan in their own territory after breaking through the Coffin's seal and soon Earth Land just to show off their superiority to the same race who can take the Four Clans head on even if they're weakened. Three guesses who wins?"
"Obviously, the Demon Clan. They're the ones who truly lived up as the superior species of Hell. The Etherious are just recently new in the food chain and were created by Zeref with the purpose of killing him due to being affected by Ankhseram's curse. They never had even a sliver of chance against the natural Demons despite their Curses rooted from humanity's negative emotions they wield created by E.N.D. Not even Bradman, the closest thing to almost match the most powerful Etherious of them all can scratch the surface from the tip of the iceberg...", Merlin answered with a hint of amusement.
Meliodas commented, "The only thing I'm jealous of the Etherious is that they are able to transform into their Etherious Form without any consequences. While the Indura Beast Transformation of the Demon Clan requires the sacrifice of six from seven hearts and a Power Level exceeding 50,000 in order to work. Zeref made it easy for his own Demons he created. But even with Etherious Form, the Etherious were defeated nonetheless."
"Because of such actions, Igneel and Zeref had to intervene and end the conflict. E.N.D. spirited away by his foster father who took responsibility of his actions in front of my oh-so-understanding father and the Etherious pulled back and pacified by his older brother. That left the Demon Clan the undisputed victor of the Demon-Etherious Conflict. Even his older brother erased his memories clean of them and forgotten. Although thanks to their war spilled on Earth Land, Devil Slayers were created for the purpose of killing Demons regardless of affiliation to the Demon King or Zeref.", the Boar's Sin of Gluttony said.
Nodding in agreement, the Dragon's Sin of Wrath spoke in a serious manner, "That's the Devil Slayers' purpose alright... but they're bound to lose their sanity eventually because of the power made to slay Demons would corrupt their hearts and turn them into the same beings they kill at the cost of their humanity. Hunters of their own kind... However, they are strong enough to harness and retain their sanity if they train extensively in honing their abilities."
"Darkness is a force of nature that resides in everyone's hearts. A strong source of power that is neither good nor evil. That's what August told me in sharing our views together on Magic including young Invel. I seem to recall there was a little girl listening attentively in his lessons at Vistarion. His apprentice I believe.", the Britannian sorceress said, remembering her trip to the Western Continent as a visiting representative of her country.
The former leader of the Ten Commandments can only nod in agreement with his fellow Sin about the concept of Magic that would have normally be frowned upon by the Magic Council who promotes light over darkness too much as they constantly approve light-aligned Magics and outlawed dark-aligned ones, which leads to a great imbalance of the Magic World itself.
Deciding to change the subject, Meliodas wanted to talk about a certain redhead of the Fairy Tail.
"After I forfeited the sparring match in favor of Fairy Tail just to give them some credit, I've seem to overhear you saying Erza is connected to Irene. Did the red hair and fierce eyes gave her away? Ni-shi-shi!", the blond boy asked with a casual look of mischief.
Putting her hand above her chin, Merlin commented. "Indeed, Captain. Erza Scarlet is Irene Belserion's daughter alright. I remembered the Queen of Dragons back when we first visited her country in Ishgar 400 years ago. The kingdom of Dragnof where humans and Dragons lived together in coexistence and Irene is its queen with Belserion the Sage Dragon as her royal retainer."
"I remember all too well, Merlin. It was like a utopia for humans and Dragons. The old Belserion was the strongest supporter for the coexistence between his kind and humanity. Too bad the Dragon King Festival came along and destroyed it. With Acnologia's rise as the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse alongside some few of his cohorts on that managed to survive his slaughterfest, the unjust persecution of Irene and some of her fellow Dragon Slayers still retaining their humanity before eventually turning into Dragons we managed to bail them out and help them cope of their condition in time, and... Greygor Dreadwulff's involvement in it. That so-called bastard just made things worse despite our efforts to stop him even with Wilderman's assistance.", the Dragon's Sin of Wrath commented like he was reporting the weather with a hint of a tired tone in his voice.
Merlin can somberly nod in agreement with her captain about everything gone horribly wrong that has happened in the Dragon Civil War in Ishgar. The Dragon Clan were considered the most powerful clan in Earth Land that not even the Goddesses can stand up to their might without suffering major losses in a devastating scale and now they are nothing but remnants of their glory with the existence of the Dragon Slayers who were naturally trained or gained power through a very expensive and risky dragonic Lacrima surgery, some surviving Dragons, both natural and transformed, and unfortunately Acnologia in the present day.
"I even warned Irene that no one is ready to handle Dragon Slaying Magic upon receiving them and such power from Dragons aren't compatible with human physiology yet there was little time for more research and study of such Lost Magic due to the desperation and last resort they have to win the war... ", she muttered as if it was her greatest sin.
Changing the topic almost immediately, Meliodas asked, "So who's Titania's father, the better father I mean? Ni-shi-shi!", Meliodas reminded mischievously.
"No love lost for that man, a general of another country in Ishgar who turned against Irene and their daughter. Although her second father's identity is a mystery but Irene mentioned he's a far better parent than the first one yet never revealed his name..., Erza is more of a fighter-type wizard with more unorthodox yet honorable methods of fighting while Irene is more of a cater-type wizard like me. As the High Enchanter focuses on enchantments to her whims, Titania focuses on Requips to dish out armors with special Magic and use them for maximum effects with her skills. Which means she may have the blood of an extremely powerful noble warrior flowing in her veins from him.", the Boar's Sin of Gluttony then explained.
That piqued the ex-leader of the Ten Commandments' interest when his fellow Sin mentioned him as he wondered out loud. "Hmm... Well, that probably explains it. While Erza has yet to be fully properly trained by Nivea, she was very strong in her own right and managed to land a few solid blows on me. Very resourceful and tactical thinking too. And how do you know about the guy you mentioned, Merlin?"
"When Escanor sent me letters to keep contact during his journey around Ishgar, he did mention someone he encountered on the road. One of the strongest people in this continent who had the potential to match him in a straight-up fight since your brother Estarossa, Captain. A tall and heavily plated man from complete head to toe with subtle themes of skull emblems in his armor. He calls himself the 'Skeleton Knight'.", Merlin told him.
"Wow, what a fancy name.", the blond boy said in a casual deadpan.
"Guess, every guild wizard in Ishgar needed bold and daring names to be renowned and famous so they can be recognized of their deeds and abilities throughout the land. Out of topic anyway...", Merlin said before continuing. "After leaving Isvan, my husband ran into him when the Skeleton Knight came back from a Job in Bosco and acquainted with each other. They've fought and naturally Escanor won in the end despite his challenger managed to land incredible and impressive blows on him and receiving the same without even flinching or pushed back. Although he sensed a reek of death in him and could have sworn that man was not really lying about his title. Implying the Skeleton Knight is cursed..."
"Just like Zeref and Mavis too huh? I wonder what the Skeleton Knight had done to earn Ankhseram's wrath...", the blonde boy noticed the similarities between the two of them cursed by the God of Life and Death himself.
"It was Escanor's speculation, Captain. But that was a gut feeling he had and it was never wrong.", the raven-haired woman said.
Meliodas asked her with his eyebrow raised, "Why did Escanor and the Skeleton Knight fight, Merlin? No one is that dumb enough to fight the Master of the Sun even if they're the Four Gods of Ishgar or the Spriggan 12 themselves. Hell even Acnologia won't risk losing more than a limb from fighting him if they meet again."
She then gave a simple answer. "They just want to spar because they're bored and wanted to have fun."
A few minutes of awkward silence filled the room and the blond boy just gave her a blank stare at such incredulous reason. "Ok... Makes sense. So what happened then after that?", he wondered.
"After they fought, both men parted ways. He never even got to ask which Guild he's from but mentioned something about talking cats which I might suspect them to be similar with Dragneel's pet companion. That's all what Escanor wrote in his letter to me...", Merlin answered while glancing at the full moon still glowing ahead in the starry night skies of Fiore.
"This continent is definitely interesting with full of surprises. Lots of powerful people in their own right. Even the Rune Knights too if they work on recruiting strong wizards into their ranks and stop fooling around. Ni-shi-shi! Well, well, it's time to go to bed!", the blond boy said before hopping back to sleep without his wife at his side this time.
"I agree, Captain. By tomorrow, we'll head to the Heartfilia Konzern and stop whatever idiocy my son-in-law had done that he'll regret before it's too late. Hopefully Makarov can do the same with his somewhat unknown rival Jose at the gathering of the Ten Wizard Saints at Era I've overheard with Aldan. On the meantime, I'll be paying my visit to Councilor Michello. Fufufufu.", Merlin declared.
"Just don't take all of his nine lives left. He still might need some of it. Ni-shi-shi!", Meliodas called out mischievously as he adjusted his bed sheets to sleep just when his fellow Sin had teleported to the location of Councilor Michello and confront him.
Oh what an eventful night it was for the two members of the Seven Deadly Sins. Who knows? Perhaps more of the Sins will be coming by soon enough through Diane and Lucy's cousins. They're just busy back at Britannia and have their own lives to enjoy on the meantime.
At a small town with a river and mountains somewhere located between Fiore and Seven
Somewhere between the national borders of Fiore and Seven, there was a small local town located near the lake and small mountains dotted with many homes and buildings. Since it's night in Earth Land time, everybody are fast asleep and lampposts are lit everywhere to illuminate the whole area.
Within the center of the town is a small town is a decent-sized mansion which is linked with the bridge to the mainland town. By common townsfolk's perspective, it may be perceived as a rich man's house who lives in the neighborhood.
This is the home of a member of the Magic Council, Michello where he lived with his granddaughter. Like all the homes of other Councilors including former members, their locations and addresses remained strictly classified from public knowledge because of threats from other people like Dark Mages who wanted revenge for their own petty or legitimate reasons if possible.
Michello had just finished eating dinner made by his granddaughter Michiela after he came home from work at Era. Apparently he was very nervous and scared after participating at the Council's trial on Lucy Heartfilia along with several revelations about her family and origins. He was not pleased when things do not go the Council's way when the granddaughter of the Sins of Pride and Gluttony had the support of half of his colleagues and even the Four Gods of Ishgar themselves.
Just because she's related to the two legendary knights from Britannia doesn't mean she won't get away with her threat to use the alleged Sunshine she possessed and blackmailing with... poems?!
"Grr… Does she know how I am! I'm a member of the Magic Council, dammit! That Heartfilia brat really should know her place and respect their elders, including me! Threatening the Council is equivalent to high treason! She may have gotten off easy but the second time she won't be this time! Perhaps she will be set an example on Fairy Tail for disrespecting the law! Yeah, that could work.", the elderly cat man ranted as he opened the door to his bedroom as he's ready to get to bed and sleep for tomorrow's work.
However, karma can be a bitch to assholes and pricks like him.
An amused woman's voice called out in a suggestive tone commented, "Nice home you have there. Living in the center of a quiet peaceful town with just your granddaughter all by yourself. Not bad either. Although, it'd be a shame if... someone from a Dark Guild with an agenda against the Council might blow it up in the future... Good thing I had certain reliable sources to find your location. Way too easy to find you by my book."
That completely froze the member of the Magic Council in great fear that some would-be assailant is ambushing him inside his own home as his cold sweat dripped down on his face.
"W-what?! Wh-who's there?!", Michello demanded as sweat beads down on his face and noticed a shadowed silhouette of a woman sitting on his chair like she had owned his home instead of him.
When the moonlight shines through the window and revealed to be Merlin herself, the elderly cat-man paled at the unexpected appearance from Britannia's greatest Mage and had a look of a heart attack. Perhaps, an actual heart attack that could guarantee his slow and cathartic death by now.
"Councilor Michello, we have words with thee. In fact, this is about my granddaughter you insulted in your Council's so-called trial... Even your recent plotting against her right in front of me to hear. What a sinful mistake you've made... Even boars pay their debts too as well. You'll be my perfect guinea pig. Fufufufufu.", the Boar's Sin of Gluttony sweetly greeted while displaying a sweet and menacing smile to give this elderly cat man the worst night of his senile life.
Cornered with no way to escape from a hungry predator like an animal after realizing too late that the door is already locked from him the moment he entered the room with Merlin, the cat-like elder can only scream out loud as much as his old lungs can carry.
"NYAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
Meanwhile on the seas between Ishgar and Alakitasia
In the middle of the night with cool air, the skies full of stars and the bright full moon, there were a three small but somewhat intimidating ships of military design that are flying the colors of a green insignia from a proud and powerful country and were sailing through the waters of Ishgar after a brief stop for resupply and docking at Caracole Island.
They came from the mighty Alvarez Empire in the Western Continent of Alakitasia.
And now these ships are heading to Fiore for a specific mission as a teenage girl, who was dressed in a stereotypical wizard/witch garb with a pointed hat and a staff in her hand along with a lightweight looking handbag she carries and a sword sheathed at her side, was above the crow's nest lookout on one of those vessels and is currently enjoying the sky's view of the night.
It's almost as if she came out literally from the fantasy stories for children.
She is a beautiful woman with a hetero-chromatic set of red and blue eyes, a fairly moderate sized chest of C-cup and a long orange hair with white bangs and wears a long, billowing, light-colored robe with plain edges on its bottom portion that covered her modest blue dress and intricately designed linings on the sleeves alongside a long skirt that covered down to her legs. She keeps this robe tied together with a belt made of a seemingly rope-like material. She also wears a simple grey-colored cape with the symbol of Alvarez that kept in its place by a long cloth tied around it and her neck and held fast by a spherical shaped clip. She completes this outfit with a tilt-pointed hat attached with a belt on her head, black boots and an elaborate gnarled wooden staff with a large aqua orb at its center.
"Aaah, now this is an adventure! I'm glad I read the Hobbit book back when I was kid!", the female Alvarez Mage cheerfully mused just when she sees land ahead while spreading arms wide open for the cool breezing air passing through her.
"Commander, please refrain yourself from unnecessary movements. By my calculations, chances of falling off the ship are 6/8. Keep the enthusiasm to the minimum. Plus, you require sleep to conserve energy.", a deep voice of a no-nonsense military soldier called out to her from below that got the young woman's attention and looked down to see a heavily armored soldier standing stoic.
He is a very tall and heavily armored man with glowing blue eyes, wore a spiked soldier's helm and a large wide build, alongside a massive minigun strapped behind his back he carries around along with an ammunition and grenade belt wrapped around his shoulder and chest. He has the insignia of Alvarez at his right shoulder plate and a visible power core, bolts, screws, joints and even stacks mounted on the back.
It even had a loincloth with the same symbol at the waistline.
"Oh lighten up, Pixy! Where's your sense of thrill, excitement and adventure? This is my first trip to Ishgar away from Alvarez after all.", the young woman in a stereotypical witch simply brushed him off as she slid down the mast gracefully with no hint of trouble at all.
"Statement: I am a Machias, Commander. I don't have human emotions and urges like you humans do. Only logic my race understands and follows.", the large armored soldier replied before reminding her in return. "Reminder: You are the High Commander of the Alvarez Imperial Military specifically assigned as head of honor guard to protect the team of diplomats led by Crown Prince Larcade in opening talks to help reopen diplomatic relations with Ishgar, starting with the Kingdom of Fiore."
Sighing bemusedly at her large robot companion, the orange-haired girl said in return, "You really need to understand us humans better with your logic… Never mind, anyways. And yeah it's my job to protect the diplomatic mission alright, but that doesn't mean we don't get to see more about Fiore and the rest of Ishgar than meets the eye."
Glancing briefly at the nearby ship where the prince of Alvarez was meditating inside his cabin, she then reminded him, "Besides we have several squads of elite Alvarez Imperial Army soldiers on our side who are more than competent enough in their job to protect the diplomatic party compared to Fiore's Royal Military and the Magic Council's Rune Knights. Prince Larcade can handle himself and there's nothing to worry about, Pixy."
She continued, "He may be very irresponsible in his duties as a Shield of Spriggan and the Crown Prince of Alvarez but is a man advocating love, peace and friendship which makes him the ideal person who will bring the end to the heated tensions between both major continents. He must have got it on his mother's side."
"Agreed. However... Do not forget about Lady Brandish too, Commander. She tagged along in the voyage with the Brandish Squad she had brought with her and claimed to have interest in visiting the Eastern Continent. With her presence doubled with Prince Larcade, it'll give the a huge hold of unease breath on the Magic Council that two of the Spriggan 12 is a part of the delegation from Alvarez.", Pixy reminded again.
"Like I care. Those control-freak old farts have no power over us. I don't care what they think of Alvarez. I heard almost no country in Ishgar except Fiore likes them. Heck even Britannia hates the Magic Council and made a Brexit just when they're about to join the Magic World if it weren't for the Council-orchestrated scandal on the High Queen Guinevere Pendragon and Sir Lancelot the Knight of the Lake in the Round Table...", the young woman mildly scoffed.
The large armored behemoth with heavy responded, "Agreed. It nearly culminated into a full-scale armed conflict between Britannia and Ishgar because of the Council's actions against the former and King Toma E. Fiore's efforts to make peace with High King Arthur Pendragon had saved the continent from the flames of war and death. However tensions between the Council and Britannia remained cold for the time being."
"Indeed... If war between Ishgar and Britannia really do break out, it won't end well for the former side if they don't step up with the power gap between them and the Britannians. Us too as well if we get caught in the middle of it.", the orange-haired girl agreed with a silent nod.
"Uncertain but true. What about Lady Brandish your friend, Commander?", Pixy asked in statement.
The Magic King's apprentice further commented, "Well if Lady Brandish wanted to visit her friend from Ishgar she sometimes talked about with me back at the capital, then let her be. I don't think there's anyone outside the Four Gods of Ishgar can actually stand up to her power, including even the Balam Alliance too. She'd easily dispatch them without even batting an eye."
Turning to the door of the cabin where the Country Demolisher in cute pajamas slept peacefully with her teddy bear in the bed quarters, the female Alvarez Mage commented. "Right now, she's sleeping and it's best not to wake her in the middle of the night. The stars are shining and it's best we appreciate it for a while. And oh, Sergeant Pixy Softshell, don't call me Commander all the time, you know. I have a name, remember? Just use it when we're not on proper business and act casual. Please..."
The Machias sergeant's optics from his helm simply glowed blue in response as he complied, "Of course, Valeria Autumn... Apprentice of the Magic King..."
Author's Note: Welp, the twelfth chapter of "Fairy's Sin" is over and the next update will come around soon. In the next chapter, Team Natsu goes on a job at Cedar while Makarov attends the Ten Wizard Saints meeting at Era. Meliodas and Merlin deals with Jude Heartfilia on family matters. On the meantime, Alvarez sends representatives with Larcade to reopen diplomatic relations with Fiore and Ishgar's countries that came out as a surprise while Brandish took this opportunity to visit her former homeland.
There, happy now anti-Nalu people? Although, I was once a fan of the shipping between Natsu and Lucy when the show started but I grew out of it since the series progressed, it has shown that Natsu is a complete disrespecting douchebag and a freeloader who always barge in Lucy's apartment with no permission for food and no sense of respecting the poor blonde's privacy and personal space in her bed.
It sounds like a Dragon thing as they're possessive but there's a line needed to be drawn and that's what Merlin did, as a responsible and concerned grandmother, did by calling out Natsu of his behavior, sans Happy but probably a bit since he's a little oblivious and just follows him wherever he goes and what he does, and subtly threatens him if he doesn't control himself and take responsibility, she will give him to her husband Escanor who will do far worse things to him than she'll ever mess the Alpha Lion protecting his cub.
Even a stubborn, thickheaded and hotheaded dumbass like Natsu would back off in self-preservation and give Lucy the peace and quiet she desperately needs. Of course, it's a Running Gag in the series but in real life, it's not really funny at all. I'd be incredibly pissed too if someone breaks into my room like that.
I feel so sorry for Michello for pissing off Merlin in his insult towards her cute granddaughter and paid the price... Not! I wish he should have been killed by Jackal and then classified as Asshole Victim. But then again, without him, Fairy Tail would not know about Face and Tartaros' plot in using 3,000 of them to wipe out all Magic in the entire continent in the first place.
As for the Alvarez Empire arc of the FT manga, I give up making commentaries due to a plenty of BS hanging around too many times than I could count despite some few positives that was overshadowed a lot. Only Taizai managed to get me pumped and excited for more awesomeness to comment.
I'm so done, so very very done. Mashima can go f*ck himself for all I care. No, no, no, nope, noppity, nope nope.
I sincerely apologize Erza fans (and fanatics, looking at you Insane Dominator) but I had enough of Erza's increasingly BS Asspull wins along with overrated Nakama Speeches especially her battle with her own mother who came close to kill her and had the advantage! So I had Meliodas kick the shit out of her whenever they clash.
Be thankful she didn't get TKOed that early like Natsu did.
Larcade Dragneel revealed himself to be the son of Zeref and obviously Mavis which makes Natsu his uncle and I'm correct in the predictions, and also the prince and heir of Alvarez. Considering his Magic inflicting pleasure and pain (mostly the former), that's just wrong... *sweatdrops* Mashima should make a hentai already. He even had no love from his parents (one is in Fairy Heart and the other still prone to kill if he showed love), which made him a little messed up.
But then again, the real son of Zeref and Mavis turned out to be August himself while Larcade is a clone of Natsu...
And as for the revelations that the Goddess Clan really do have males among their ranks despite supposedly being all-female race, I guess it's green light for the Angels that were summoned by Sorano from the Key of the Starry Sky filler arc to be a part of the in order to blend the FTxTaizai mixed universe together in a fitting way.
Saw the first trailer of Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry on Youtube and it looks very interesting like Natsu's Dragonified form despite how much Mashima had screwed up the main story, particularly Alvarez and the E.N.D. subplot. And the new characters for the FT anime movie looks interesting too as well.
Credits of OCs to myself (I'm a smug bastard so bite me!): Valeria Autumn, the main protagonist from my FT OC fic "Path of a Wizard from Alvarez" and the apprentice of August; and Pixy Softshell, a Machias heavy hitter who has yet to appear in that said story and future companion of the Fellowship of the Cat.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
