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Chapter 4. Bixlow is coming!
Five days later
"It is such a boring day! I have nothing to do!" complained Lucy. She was trifling with her keys.
"You are bored? Don't worry! My cards are telling me that something is about to happen very soon!" replied Cana. Her cards were placed on the table and she was staring at them with concentration. "But I don't know whether it will be for good or not," she added.
"Something is about to happen, you say? But what could it be? Don't you see that everything is so common...?" Lucy pointed at the hall.
Many of the guild members were on missions. Makarov was on meeting with other guild masters. A few people were in the hall. Mirajane was putting the glasses in order. Macao and Wakaba were drinking and chattering. Erza and Happy were eating their favourite sort of food – a strawberry cake and a fish respectively. Natsu and Gray had started one of their fights (for what reason, none of them could say) and Frosin was busy to calm them down. Indeed there was nothing unusual.
"Are you sure that your cards tell the truth?" asked Lucy sceptically.
"You will see! Believe it or not something is going to happen! I'm absolutely sure!" insisted Cana.
As if in confirmation of her words the door opened. Fried Justine entered the hall and smiled seeing Mirajane.
"See? I told you, Lucy!" said Cana.
"Well, this breaks the monotony..." muttered Lucy. "But why is he alone? Where are the other members of Raijinshuu?"
"Yes, it is unusual for him to be alone," agreed Cana.
Meanwhile Mirajane greeted Fried.
"Welcome," she said. "I'm so glad to see you! You rarely visit us! Where are your team mates?"
"Bixlow and Evergreen will arrive tomorrow."
Hearing these words, Frosin left Natsu and Gray and turned to face Fried.
"What did you say? Bixlow is coming to the city? Did I hear right?" asked Frosin.
His voice was cold and strained. Everyone looked at him surprised. It was the first time when they heard him to speak in such tone. His expression was extremely tense. There was not a trace of his ever-presented smile. He knitted his brows and unconsciously clenched his hands in fists.
"Yes, he is coming," confirmed Fried. He looked attentively at the unknown man and noticed the Fairy Tail symbol on his hand.
"And how much time is he going to stay here?" asked Frosin.
"Just a few hours."
Frosin bit his lips. His face darkened.
"What is this strange reaction?" thought Lucy. "I have never seen him in such state. It seems that the news for Bixlow's coming frightened him… What is going on?"
"What is wrong? Do you know Bixlow?" asked Natsu, completely forgotten about his fight with Gray.
Frosin hesitated for a second, and then answered.
"Yeah, I knew him before. Many years ago, when I was… But it doesn't matter now. Tomorrow I'm going to take a mission and go out of city." He remained silent for a minute. "Yes, it will be the best," he added as if he was speaking to himself.
Everyone looked at each other. They didn't understand anything. What were these words supposed to mean? Why was he afraid to meet Bixlow? What was the story behind that?
Obviously Frosin didn't want to say anything more. Bixlow was the only one who could explain the case.
"Can we go with you tomorrow?" asked Erza.
Frosin finally smiled. His face changed back to its usual expression.
"As you please," he said.
Silence fell on the hall. After a few seconds Fried asked: "Now would some of you introduce the new guild member to me?"
Frosin hurried up to introduce himself.
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During the rest of the day no one mentioned something more about Frosin's strange behaviour. But there was the same question in everyone's mind, a question that nobody dared to pronounce.
"Why is Frosin afraid of Bixlow?"
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