Erza was blown back by Erigor's surprise attack, the wind sweeping her off her feet despite the weight of her armor. In an instant she was flung through the wall of wind that had encompassed the station only moments prior, the last thing she saw being the assassin floating above her unsuspecting friends.
"Wendy!" Erza yelled as she landed, armor rattling. She immediately ran up to the unnaturally shaped storm and tried reaching through-
"Damnit!" Only for the gauntlet to be shredded into pieces, leaving her arm unguarded and bloody. Undetermined, Erza summoned one of her bulkier weapons, a hulking black greatsword, and tried swinging it into the gale. Unfortunately, it didn't last much longer, as it broke into smaller pieces and blew away in the wind.
'If going through won't work…' Erza looked up to see if she could get over, but found the cyclone hugged the stations structure unnaturally, capping off at the top and preventing escape. 'Then under it is! It's only natural a Wind Spell wouldn't reach underground!'
In a flash of light Erza used her Requip Magic, and a giant hammer had appeared in her hands. She then swung down and smashed the tiles at her feet to try and reach the ground underneath.
At the same moment, Grey and Natsu ran out of the station's gates to meet up with her, having both beat their respective opponents. Grey was the first to speak, clearly in a panic as well, but for different reasons. "Erza! T=They're after the Guild Masters in Clover- What the hell are you doing?"
"Grey, perfect timing! Can you make a drill with your Ice Make Magic?!" Erza asked, ignoring the grave news he had just delivered.
"Um, where did this storm come from? And why are you trying to dig a hole in the ground?" Natsu asked confused, as usual. Happy and Carla chose that moment to suddenly fly through the wind wall, crashing into the stations wall. Natsu looked over at his partner in a mix of shock and worry. "Happy?! Why are you-"
"Because Lucy and Wendy are on the other side of this thing with Erigor!" Erza shouted.
That declaration got the two of them finally moving. Gray put fist in palm to create an icy drill, while Natsu simply ran at the wall fists alight with fire.
"Why isn't it working?!" Erza asked as she watched Grey try and drill through the ground, as Natsu bounced off the wind wall behind them.
"Because ice isn't that great an excavation tool!" he shot back. "Don't you have anything useful in that infinite pocket of yours?!"
"Just keep drilling!" She yelled. "And Natsu, stop running at the wall like that, you're just wasting energy."
Natsu just yelled as he got thrown back again. "Damnit, these Dark Mages set us up!" He suddenly jumped up. "Wait a minute, that reminds me! That guy I fought could move through shadows. He might be able to get us out of here!"
He quickly turned on his feet to run back into the station and find his defeated foe. Unfortunately, that left him defenseless from the giant clock that flew out of the elemental barricade behind him. "AH!" He was immediately toppled by the surprise projectile.
The clock faded in a golden light, revealing Lucy lying on top of the Fire Dragon Slayer. "Geez! He was really trying to kill me. Without Horologium, I'd be in two pieces!" she whined.
"So heavy…" Natsu whined, trying to catch his breath.
"Lucy, you're okay!" Erza said relieved, before looking between her, Happy, and Carla, and realizing what that meant. "Wait, if you all are here now, where's Wendy?"
Outside the station and the storm surrounding it, two mages moved around like the wind.
Wendy jumped back again, dodging another sweep of Erigor's scythe. She hadn't been scraped by the attack this time, so that's a positive. She could tell he was toying with her, but it wouldn't be long before he got bored.
"What's wrong, aren't going to heal yourself?" Erigor mocked as she put distance between them. "I heard through the grapevine you could use Healing Magic. You think you can fight me without it?"
Wendy winced at the scrapes on her arms. She would have healed herself if she could, but her Magic unfortunately only worked on others, but not herself. 'That scythe is a problem. I can absorb his Wind Magic, but one good hit with that thing and I'm doomed.' She thought, trying to come up with a plan. 'At least no one else can get hurt anymore. If they tried to help me further, they might of…'
"Where's that spunk from before? If you don't attack, you'll never beat me!" the assassin interrupted her thoughts, yelling as he flew at her again, scythe swung back.
'Now! Vernier!' Wendy coiled herself as she used a speed Enchantment, ready to pounce. As Erigor approached, he prepared a wide swipe, likely hoping to catch the girl when she jumped away again. But she didn't jump away this time. Before Erigor began to swing his arms, she released the tension in her legs and sprang straight at him.
Despite just asking for it, Erigor was surprised by the sudden offensive, and hesitated for a second. In that second, Wendy had grabbed his weapon with both hands before he had finished swinging, fingers only inches from the bladed end.
"Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!" Wendy's fingertips glowed with a bright blue light, sharpening with wind infused power, and she tightened her grip. The wood of Erigor's staff began to snap under the vice.
"Damn brat!" Erigor spat out. He swung a knee up into Wendy's chest, knocking the wind out her. Then with a swing of his weapon, Wendy was thrown off, losing her grip and landing sprawled on the ground. The damage was done however, as the tip of his scythe broke off and clattered to the floor. With his weapon effectively turned into a stick, he tossed it to the side casually. "I really underestimated you kid. Not many would have the guts to jump straight into the jaws of death."
Still coughing at Erigor's blow, Wendy slowly got to her feet. "With your weapon gone, you only have your Wind Magic, which is useless against me. You're done!" she said as confidently as she could.
"You talk big for someone your size." Erigor laughed. "But your unfortunately naïve if you think I need a weapon to kill someone." He began drawing in the air around him and crossed his arms in front of him. "Air Mail!"
The wind then began to wrap around Erigor much like it had the station. Darkening in color, Erigor became completely covered in the air around him like a suit of armor. His features could barely be seen underneath the new layer of current. Wind began to pick up around him, as his spell turned him into a localized tornado.
"T-That spell won't do you any good. The wind can't hurt me!" Wendy yelled, voice shaking slightly in worry.
"I'll admit, I can't use this spell how I normally would. But it has more advantages than just kicking up a breeze." Erigor stated behind his windy veil. "For example…" He raised his hands, and the wind spinning around him picked up in speed.
"Ah!" Wendy raised her hands to shield her eyes from the force, but when she did, a leg flew into her abdomen. "Guh-" She flew back from the surprise blow, the wind empowered kick launching her down the street. She clutched her stomach as she got up, looking around to prepare for another attack.
Erigor had become a moving cyclone, flying around her with the force of a storm. "This technique has the benefit of increasing my speed and power. You may be able to nullify my Magical abilities, but our bodies couldn't be more different!"
'He's to fast for me to hit now, but that spell must use a lot of Magic, I just need to absorb it.' Wendy opened her mouth and began to suck up the air around her, but suddenly found a hand around her throat. "Hrrrrk!" She began gasping and grasping at the arm holding her neck.
"Death by suffocation. I don't think I could come up with a more ironic death." Erigor sighed disappointingly. "I thought I would be fighting a dangerous beast, but you're more comparable to a little cub."
Lucy looked at the chaos going on around her as she cleared her head from being tossed about inside Horologium. Sitting there in the station, she could see Happy and Carla running around like chickens with their heads chopped off, Grey hopelessly trying to drill a hole in the ground with his icy tools, and Erza yelling at him to work faster.
"Hey, can you move please." a voice below her croaked. She looked down to see Natsu underneath her, trying to get up.
"Ah, sorry!" she apologized profusely.
As Lucy was getting up, Erza ran over and grabbed her by the arms, pulling her up and shaking her dramatically. "What's going on out there!" She asked frantically.
Lucy tried to collect her thoughts against Erza's assault. "That guy out there, he wants to kill Wendy!"
Erza looked surprised. "What?! Why?"
"I don't know, but he seemed kinda worried about her." Lucy said, trying to think of why. "I think it was because she ate his attack? That's when he got serious."
"But why would that-" Erza suddenly turned to look back at the Wind Wall separating her from her sister. "She would be able to get us out of here, that's why he's targeting her! Damnit Grey, dig faster already!"
"I told you, this isn't exactly the easiest. My magic is usually for fighting, not digging holes!" He yelled back.
"Wait a minute, digging holes?" Happy suddenly stopped panicking to ponder the words Grey just spoke. "Why does that remind me of something?"
"Lucy, that Celestial Spirit from before can protect you from anything, right? Think we can use it to get out?" Erza asked.
"He won't take damage, but he'll still be blown away from the wind. You'd need to somehow counter the wind still." Lucy explained. "None of my Spirits are good against him anyway. That guy took out Taurus, a Zodiac Celestial Spirit, in one hit!"
"Zodiac Celestial Spirit?" Happy repeated, holding his paws to his head, before suddenly shouting. "That's it!"
Everyone looked over at the sudden exclamation, but instead of elaborating, Happy just started rifling through the small sack on his back. "Aha!" He suddenly pulled a paw out and held it up, revealing a familiar golden key.
"That's Virgo's key! Shouldn't Everlue have it?" Lucy asked.
"Apparently, he got arrested, and that broke their contract. Virgo said she wanted you to be her new Key Holder." Happy explained.
"And you're just bringing this up now because?"
"I forgot okay?!" Happy said embarrassed. "But Virgo could dig holes, right? She could get us to the other side no problem!"
"You're right!" Lucy thought back to her job at the Everlue Estate, and how Virgo was able to tunnel around the estate good enough to keep up with Lisanna. She quickly snatched the key from Happy's grip. "Give me that! Open, Gate of the Maiden, Virgo!"
There was a flash of light, and Lucy prepared to be greeted by a pink haired gorilla, but when the light faded, she was instead greeted with a polite and petite maid, who wouldn't look out of the ordinary if not for her prisoner cuffs and the chains dangling from them. "How may I help you, Mistress?" She bowed graciously.
"Y-You're completely different…" Lucy stuttered.
"As the perfect maid, I can change appearance based off what my master prefers." She answered plainly.
"I'm sure this is fascinating, but can we save it for after we save Wendy." Erza asked impatiently.
"That's right, sorry! Virgo, we can make a contract later. Can you please make a tunnel for us under this wind?" Lucy begged.
"Of course, my mistress." Virgo said.
"Don't call me- oh whatever, we can work it out later." Lucy sighed.
Wendy knew that she messed up. She shouldn't have fought Erigor herself. She should have gone after her friends. Or tried to run away. Or done anything that didn't involve fighting a master assassin by herself.
She didn't want anyone to help her because they'd disappear, but now that there was no one to help her, she'd disappear. She probably would have laughed if not for the iron like grip around her throat.
Though it was probably for the best. Lucy nearly got chopped in half trying to help her. It was only luck that she had survived, and she doubted the others would fair much better. That's just how it goes with her.
'That's right. I'm better off leaving my friends alone.'
"Leave our friend alone!"
'What?'
"What?!" Erigor yelled, looking behind him.
Through her teary eyes, Wendy could see Natsu lunging at Erigor. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu slammed his fist straight into Erigor's face, slamming uselessly into his Air Mail. Undeterred, Natsu shot fire from his feet, and used the propulsion to twist in the air and kick Erigor in the face. "Fire Dragon's Claw!"
"Enough!" Erigor yelled. In a burst of his Magic, the storm around him grew stronger and blew Natsu away. "How the hell did you get out?!" Looking past him, Erigor could see a large hole in the ground, from which the other members of Fairy Tail were climbing out of. "Seriously, a hole in the ground? I guess you get to live brat. At least until I deal with your friends." Tossing Wendy to the ground, he flew over to the rest of the Mages.
"You'd even hurt kids? You people really are despicable!" Lucy yelled.
Erigor simply shrugged. "Hey, I only went after her because she could get you all out. But since you managed to do that yourselves, I'll just settle for making her watch as I kill you instead."
"You monster! We won't let you kill her or the Guild Masters!" Erza declared.
"I'd like to see you try." Erigor declared, getting into fighting position, wind whirling around him. 'This isn't good. Even if none of these guys have a way to damage me under my Wind Mail, it still takes a ton of Magic to keep up. There's no way I'll be able to take everyone out before I run out. I should just jump and beeline it to Clover Town. No one here should be able to keep up with my flight spell except…' He glanced at the two cat-like beings, who were now floating with a set of wings. 'Those two. I'll take them out and make a run for it.'
Erza Requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor and summoned a dozen identical swords in a circle around Erigor. "Circle Swords!" She pointed the sword in her hand forward, and on command the levitating weapons flew forward at their target. On contact with Erigor's personal barrier though, all twelve weapons broke without causing a single scratch, just like with the Wind Wall.
Erigor barely acknowledged the attack, instead swinging his arms forward. "Emera Beam!" A giant blast of wind formed in front of him and shot out toward the group, tearing up the ground as it flew forward.
Grey jumped in front of his friends. "Stay behind me! Ice Make: Shield!" Four walls of ice shot out of the ground in a row, blocking the oncoming assault. After a few moment's, there was the sound of ice shattering, then another, and another, until the last shield broke into a million pieces, sending everyone flying back.
Behind Erigor, Wendy lay on the ground, trying to catch her breath. She could hear someone approaching and turned her head to see Lucy approaching. "Wendy! Are you okay?!"
"I'm fine." Wendy coughed out, massaging her sore throat. She tried to get up, looking over at the others sprawled around the street from Erigor's attack. "I'm sorry…"
"What are you apologizing about? This isn't your fault." Lucy said.
"Yes, it is!" Wendy shouted, before she started crying "The only reason you guys are fighting is because I was here! If I just stayed away none of this would have happened, but now your getting hurt and its all my fault-" She was suddenly cut off as Lucy grabbed her shoulders and looked her in the eyes.
"This isn't your fault. You can't hold yourself responsible for other people's actions. We're fighting because you're our friend, and friends help each other. I know your worried that we'll leave your life if you get too close to us, but can't you see that you're the one leaving our lives thinking like this?" Lucy told the girl. "The best way to make sure your friends don't go away is to stay as close to them as possible. That's kinda what friends are all about."
Wendy looked shocked at Lucy's statement. "You make it sound so simple, but both my moms still left me, and I was the closest in the world to them!"
Lucy looked at her sadly. "I know, but sometimes the people that you love have to leave, even if you don't want them to. My mom left me without warning as well. But that means you should try to spend as much time with the ones you do have."
Back with the rest of the Fairy Tail members, Natsu jumped up in a rage. "Damnit! How are we supposed to fight this guy? None of our attacks can get through!" he complained, before getting a blast of wind to the face, knocking him down again.
Erigor laughed at the Dragon Slayer's misfortune. "This is too easy! I don't even need to use Lullaby to beat you all into the dirt! But…" In a burst of wind, he flew forward at the downed Mages, and grabbed Happy and Carla with an iron grip. "I have a job to do."
"Happy!" Natsu yelled.
"Carla!" Erza exclaimed similarly.
Wind began to build in Erigor's hand, ready to tear the two felines into pieces with his Magic. Right before he attacked, he felt a weight on his back. "Wha-?!" He felt a set of arms and legs wrap around him, and he turned his head to see Wendy had managed to reach him through his stormy veil and was now trying to grapple him, while sucking up his Wind Mail. "Damn brat! Take a hint and-"
*Chomp*
"GRAAAAH! YOU BITCH!" Erigor yelled. Wendy had bit down at the base of Erigor's neck like a Vampire. He started flailing wildly, trying to through the ferocious child off him, not noticing his protective spell slowly collapse in his rage. With his hands occupied by Happy and Carla though, all he could do was flail about in the air.
"Hey Erigor, hands off my friends!" Natsu yelled angrily, before lighting his entire body up in a bright blaze and launching himself headfirst at the assassin like a cannon. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!"
Erigor didn't even notice the attack coming until it had connected with his midsection. It went right through his weakened Wind Mail, and his Magic dissipated as he was flown back by Natsu. He finally landed on the ground unconscious, releasing Happy and Carla safely from his grip. Wendy unfortunately had a rougher landing, with the knocked out Dark Mage sprawled on top of her.
"Wendy!" Erza quickly threw Erigor off Wendy like a bag of trash, before checking her sisters' condition. The front of her body was covered in dozens of cuts from being in direct contact with Erigor's Wind Mail spell, and her arms had many marks as well from his scythe. While none of them were life threatening injuries, the number of them was certainly a cause for concern. "What were you thinking, jumping straight into an attack like that? He could have killed you!" She tried to lecture.
"But if I didn't then he would have killed you and the others, and then Gramps, and… I didn't want you all to leave me." Wendy said sadly. "I'm scared what might happen to you guys, but I realize you guys are just as scared about something happening to me, huh?"
Erza hugged Wendy. "Of course I'm worried, I'm your sister."
Grey walked over to the two after a few moments, a grim look on his face. He was dragging Erigor behind him, who was now wrapped in a set of icy chains. "This is really heartwarming guys, but I think we have a problem."
Natsu scoffed. "Killjoy. We trounced this entire guild! What is there left to worry about?"
"The guy I interrogated in the station said that Erigor had Lullaby, but I can't find it anywhere." Grey said.
Erza cursed. "We can't rest until Lullaby is found. It might have blown away during the fight, search every inch of this town!"
The sound of an engine reached their ears, and they all turned to see a Magic Four-Wheeler suddenly barrel around a corner and turn into the station. A moment later, it could be seen driving down the tracks toward Clover Town.
"Hey, that was that Shadow Magic Mage I fought! He's gotta have the flute!" Natsu exclaimed. "Happy, let's fly!"
"Sorry Natsu…" Happy sighed. "But I'm completely out of energy right now."
"I'm afraid I'm the same. That was all a bit too much for me." Carla added.
"Quick, find another vehicle! Commandeer the damn train if you must! We have got to get there before him!" Erza ordered, and the Fairy Tail Mages immediately scattered to find a way to give chase.
Kageyama couldn't believe his luck. When those Mage's from Fairy Tail had showed up, he was worried that the plan would go up in smokes. But Erigor had of course planned ahead, and even though all of them at Eisenwald were beaten in the end, they knew their leader would finish the job. But when the Wind Wall suddenly disappeared, he was shocked to find the deadly Shinigami had been defeated.
Luckily, he was able to grab the flute of Lullaby while slinking in the shadows with his Magic and make a run for Clover Town. He wasn't going to let Erigor's faith in the Guild be misplaced. All he needed to do was get to the meeting of the Guild Masters and play this damn flute!
It was nightfall now, and he was walking through the forests just outside of Clover Town. He had nearly run out of Magic a while ago, between fighting that pink haired bastard and powering the Four-Wheeler, so he had to walk through the darkening woods the rest of the way. As he approached a clearing however, he could see the silhouette of someone standing in the center. He crouched down, trying to hide. He couldn't risk a fight, not when he was so close to getting revenge on the old men that threw them to the darkness.
"Come out, member of Eisenwald!" The person in the clearing, a man, demanded.
'Shit! How does he know who I am?!' Kageyama panicked. Did those Fairies get here before him somehow?
The man sighed. "I don't like repeating myself. You did agree to work under us, didn't you?"
'Work under them? Wait! Are they…' Raising himself out of the shadows, Kageyama slowly walked into the clearing, clutching Lullaby to his chest like it was a newborn child. As he did, the moonlight revealed the man's appearance. He had dark red hair and was wearing a red and black coat, with a sword on his waist. Most familiarly though, was the symbol he could see on his shoulder. The same one as the two that visited their Guild just a few days ago. "You're a member of Oracion Seis?"
"I'm the leader of the Oracion Seis. I am Shuda, and I must congratulate you on completing your first mission, however messily it may have been achieved." He said smugly, holding out a hand. "Now, I'll be taking Lullaby."
Silence reigned, as neither of the two moved a muscle. The two Dark Mages stared each other down, and a bead of sweat fell down Kageyama's face.
"What's wrong little man?" A feminine voice asked behind him. He quickly whirled to see Reina standing behind him, having emerged from the forest. "That was the job, wasn't it? To retrieve Lullaby and give it to us." she continued. "You even went the extra mile and unsealed it for us. Everything should be over and done. Unless…"
"You had other plans with that cursed relic?" A male voice to his side questioned, and Jegan entered the clearing, a dangerous look in his eyes. "Something like killing all the Guild Masters at their annual meeting?"
"W-What does it matter!" Kageyama shouted, panicking as he was surrounded. "You wanted to use it too, right? What's the big deal if we do first!"
"The point of getting your Guild to do the job was to not draw attention to us. Then you had to go and cause a scene at Onibus Town. Now everyone knows it was us who were after Lullaby." Reina complained.
"Your Guild got to focused on personal matters, throwing away your job and your future." Jegan said bluntly. "At least have the decency to finish the job now."
Kageyama looked around frantically at the three deadly Mages surrounding him and looked down at the cursed flute in his hands. "I'm sorry, Erigor." He said sadly and dropped Lullaby into Shuda's.
"Smart choice." Shuda praised. "Here, your payment." Shuda reached into his coat and deposited a purse of coins into the hands of Kageyama.
Kageyama just stared blankly at the money. "Now what?" he asked with an empty voice.
Shuda just shrugged. "That's up to you. Unfortunately, I don't think Eisenwald will be in a position to work for us anymore. However, with all that reward money, you'll be able to do whatever you want by yourself."
'What do I want? My friends are gone, I'm out of a job, and I didn't even get my revenge! What now…' Kageyama thought, slowly sinking into the shadows and disappearing into the night.
"…Poor guy." Reina said once she was sure it was just the three of them.
"He made his choice to put his friends over the job. He had it coming." Jegan shot back.
"Enough. Despite the chaos, we have our objective." Shuda said, holding the cursed instrument up. "So, how does it feel to finally be unsealed, Lullaby?"
"…" The wooden flute in his hand responded how one would expect an inanimate object to, the three-eyed skull adorning it remaining unmoving.
"You're a stubborn thing, aren't you?" Shuda sneered. "I know you're more than an ordinary cursed object. You were touched by Zeref's Magic weren't you, Demon. I can smell his cursed stench all over you."
"…Kakaka, you certainly aren't very bright, if your taunting me despite knowing the truth." A voice suddenly echoed from the flute, smog flowing from the skulls mouth. "How about you make it up to me by playing a little tune, eh? I've been starving for some more souls. How about finding those Guild Masters the other guy was talking about? They're probably real tasty!"
"Apologies, but I'm afraid the only thing you'll be playing is your swan song." Shuda laughed darkly, before tossing Lullaby over his shoulders.
"?!" Lullaby glowed in a purple light, suddenly growing in size and power until it towered over the three Dark Mages a dozen fold. Its form was vaguely humanoid, but with skin of bark and branches. Horn's and spikes were adorned into the tree-like monster, fitting its title of demon more closely. "You really think you can kill me before I kill you? I'm the Demon of Mass Murder, Lullaby, from the Book of Zeref! You three will make a great appetizer before I deal with those old farts!"
Reina just sighed deeply. "Did you have to piss of the giant demon?"
Jegan nodded in agreement. "It isn't typical for a hunter to announce itself to its prey."
"Don't worry, he's nothing special," Shuda said, before both his hands lit up in violet flames. "Just another of piece of trash that Zeref left for me to clean up!"
It was well past midnight, and the members of Fairy Tail were in quite the panic. After scouring the still abandoned town for an effective means of transportation, they eventually settled for just 'borrowing' a train from the station and heading straight to Clover Town the proper way. Even with Natsu's flames increasing the locomotives speed, getting to Clover Town had taken all night. As they finally pulled into the station, smoke could be seen billowing in the distance.
"Quick, this way!" Erza yelled as they jumped off the train running, leaving many confused passengers and station attendants standing at the boarding area.
Sprinting through town and down a few quiet roads led them to a remote mansion, with quite the crowd of elderly people standing outside. One of them turned to look at the approaching group and yelled back to one of his friends. "Hey Makarov, your problem children are here!"
A short figure pushed their way to the front of the crowd, revealing the Fairy Tail Guild Master. "Ah, perfect timing! We certainly seem to be in quite the pickle."
The team looked around to see a bunch of trees burning with purple light, glowing ominously in the night. Erza started stuttering, unsure where to start. "M-Master, you're all okay? How did he not…?"
Makarov raised an eyebrow in confusion, before shrugging. "What's the problem? Anyway, I don't know how you heard about this fire and got here so fast, but oh well. The blaze was getting close enough we thought we'd have to evacuate, but now that you're all here, we can just have Natsu eat it up!"
"Hell yeah! I worked up an appetite and a half rushing over here, so it's time to eat!" Natsu yelled, running toward the burning forestry nearby, the threat of cursed flutes completely forgotten. He shoved his face into a burning bush, but suddenly fell back in surprise. "Shit! That's hot-?!" He yelled, before realizing what he had said.
Everyone looked over at Natsu's outburst in disbelief. Natsu looked at the bush with a fierce look in his eyes and grabbed a nearby tree branch. He stuck the branch into the bush, lighting its tip with the same violet color, raised it toward his mouth, and in one fell swoop, the burning end was enveloped by his mouth. A moment later, he began to cough up the flame, putting a hand to his mouth. He looked up at blaze surrounding him in horror.
"I-I can't eat it?!"
Next Chapter: Trial by Fire
