At first glance, the guild building could be a tavern; the place was simple and straight homely. I think this also, except there was a symbol of some sprite with a tail above the door.
I enter the building, and the medallion is shaking like an earthquake, or Gerlat brought another mage home due to mages that work here. The inside was similar to a large lunch hall; several long benches and the related tables stretched across its length with a bar. A request board covering simple help jobs to monster hunting was beside the bar.
Walking to the bar, I looked to see if the bartender was there. Before I could call, there was a tap on the shoulder. I turned to see Gray down to his skivvies.
"Hello, Gray. Where are your clothes again?"
"Good to wait." He looks down just now and realizes he is without clothes." DAMMINT"
"I am going to ask if your master has returned yet."
Gray looked and shook his head. "Not yet, if not for another day or two."
Sighing, I nodded and prepared to leave, but Gray grabbed me before I departed. "Listen, man, I understand why you've been checking, and after that fact, you've tried to get a job here with little success."
"If I remember correctly, Natsu tackled me thinking I was stealing from the guild, and then I learned how the job requests here work. I hate it." This confirms my answer and that Natsu did what he did. Why is Gray asking me this? I do not know, but I don't like where this is going.
"Gray, what are you asking in case it sounds like you want me to join Fairy Tail." I glare at Gray, and he blinks at me, surprised.
"No, I remember the whole 'Witcher can't interfere with politics.' It is a miracle if you ask me how your government allows your guild to operate." Gray groaned as he slapped his face out of annoyance.
"What does he mean by that? "I ask. The case should be clear that we don't interfere, even including Keadwn. Hearing the answer, Gray looked back up at me and seemed to be thinking of what I could not tell, but he looked like that one peasant learning that Leshen was not a minor forest deity.
"Lurk, I am going get to the point. I want you to have a meal since you help with Happy." Gray slowly explains this to me. I nodded, and Gray breathed out a relief. he dragged me to the table. I made my way there, and I saw many things. One o note was a large man with a scar screaming about being a real man, a haired girl reading a book with two guys fighting over something, and a woman using a type of illusion magic to make herself look like someone else and form the conversation that is the guy's wife.
Finally, we reach the table with a woman doing a large jug from the scent of its mead. The woman looks at me and then shrugs. I sit in gray along with the drinking woman. Gray hands a paper to me. It contains a list of food and numbers like a price book.
"I take the Cheaps thing and some dry spirits." As I put down the paper, the girl chuckles at this.
"What so funny?" I ask the girl down more of her drink before answering.
"That meal is just rice and nothing more, plus you are asking for spirits as well; I recommend ordering some fish." I pitch my voice and look to see the creature known as Happy eating a fish. I still don't understand Happy; he looks like a cat but walks and moves like a man; for some reason, he is light blue instead of standard fur colors and has wings.
"I want the food the spirits will be used for something most else, "I answer, trying to get a waiter. The cat looked unimpressed by my answer and decided to eat, and I heard a scream from the back and looked back to see Gray and Natsu fighting again. for what I counted the 9th time.
"Ignore them, "the cat said between chews of his fish.
"I'd rather not a case fight can get physically and..." Before I finish, I grab the cat and doge out of the way as Natsu sent flying into another person who I think was blonde one form before. This annoys me.
"You can put me down now. I'll be fine." Happy trying to get me to let him. Go but still hold him and make their way to Natsu.
"bullshit case, I saved you from 5 starving bandits, and if you ask me, they're lucky I didn't kill them at the time," I answered. This indeed got a chuckle from Happy.
"Luke, when you get here? "Natsu asks me; he hasn't noticed me for some time, most likely fighting Gray or whatever he does here.
"15 minutes at least. Also, stop fighting. I want to get my food and spirits before something else comes." the door to the hall bursts open, and someone screams.
"ERZA IS BACK SHES HERE," I spoke too soon as the entire guild had a panic attack.
"Happy, is this normal case?" I ask as I dodge waves between people panicking and what looks like Natsu and Gray trying to pose into a hug or a grapple. It was hard to tell from the shaking and sweating.
"that's Erza for yea," Happy said while rising on his paws into the air. I am now hearing the sound of plate armor clanking the way in.
"is she wearing armor? I am hearing plate mail?" I ask, Happy answer with "AYE, SIR!'; She must be a kind of war mage here or close to one.
By this point, I see her first thing was her armor. It covered her upper body and gantlets, though her lower body showed no armor but boots and a blue gown that was shorter than average. The next thing she is carrying is a large horn covered with jewels. As she gets closer, I pick up other things. The guild symbol is on her armor, and her hair is red, not marigold red, red as in the color of blood, long one for that.
"It's just me, Happy, or my guess she's a vamp-" I finish my talk with happiness, and my mouth is covered again. Natsu and Gray cover my mouth, both still shaking and sweating. I guess they scared my mind and still returned to what Natsu said.
'be quiet, man; she could hear us,' he whispered back at the campsite in panic. 'Trust me, man. You don't want to anger her at all.' He would be paranoid that much, which brought up my original question. People were scared of her and about to see why.
As soon she walked to place the horn down, everyone was nervous and made little to no noise.
"I've returned. Is the master returning?" she asks, and I notice her glance around for a second; I swear her gaze looks at me and the 2 of her guildmates next to me.
"Welcome back! The master's at a conference." answers one of the barmaids, and some guide members look closer at the horn covered in jewels.
"What is that humongous thing, Erza?" one guide member asked, from my guess, monsters.
"The horn of a monster I subdued. The locals decorated it and gave it to me as a souvenir. Is it a problem?" she explained while making clear if they have a problem, they can kiss her ass.
"No, not in the least!" guild members and about everyone behind them panic, for Erza acts more like a knight rather than a mage. I realize Happy and remove the Gray and Natsu hands from my mouth.
"Okay, I see why you're scared," I answered in a whisper. They both nodded quickly.
"Listen up! On the road, I heard that Fairy Tail has been causing yet more trouble. The master may not care, but I do! Cana! How dare you drink dressed like that! Cana! How dare you drink dressed like that! Vijeeter! Dance outside! Wakaba. I see cigarette butts on the floor. Nab. As usual, you're dawdling in front of the request board. Do some work, Macao...!" She chewed out everyone from the girl I was sitting with, Gray, to a guy who was dancing, a man with something called a cigarette, and the person standing in the middle in front of the board that I just realized who had been there for three days...
"So can I leave or ..." I try to ask, but immediately both shake their heads. She had witcher skill control for her emotions.
"Honestly, you cause so much trouble. But I'll be kind and say nothing for today." she sighed while rubbing her temple; if Natsu was going by and on the 2nd day when everyone was in a fistfight, what do you suspect?
"Where are Gray and Natsu," she asks, looking for us. In this case, both of the nation's invaders stay silent, hoping to be left alone.
"they're right here." Happy wings out and flying pointed toward us; I was in the line of fire with two people who put as if I were in a group hug of theirs.
"H-Hi, Erza. We're good buddies as usual...!" Gray said while Natsu answered Aye.
"I see. May I ask the person in the middle," she asks, staring at me. I stared back; I didn't care, undoubtedly making it look more like a storage case.
"This guy, this is Lurk. He's a g-good friend of ours. Is that right, Lurk?" Gray crooks, and Natsu answers an aye. What did she do to them? I looked back to Erza, who stared at me. It was the stare I gave to others, a mix of looking for things and one that showed little to no signs of any emotion.
"If you don't mind, what did you do to them? I have never seen them like this," I ask, and I swear Gray and Natsu stood like states while they both stared at me. At first, it was quiet, then a few chuckles. My medallion went off, and then, looking around, I saw one of the barmaids with a storage pen make drawings out of light, which could be helpful.
"Well, to answer that, Mr. Kvor Natsu tries to pick a fight with Ezra," she answers while showing me a picture of what I think is Natsu being beaten by Erza, but it is hard to tell from the picture.
"as for Gray, he was beaten by Erza as well, but for being without clothes." one of the guild members answered. I look at both of them and grunt in agreement if this makes far too much sense. In swift movement, I slip out of their grasp and begin to leave the guild. This was stopped by Erza, who stood in front and blocked me with one of the hands. She turned gray, and Natsu, I could hear her heart rate increase slightly.
"Natsu. Gray. I have a favor to ask." She makes it sound like an order.
"Huh?" both answer in confusion.
"I heard about something terrible while on my last job. Usually, I would consult the master
about something like this first, but I believe this is a matter of the utmost urgency. I want your help. Will you come with me?" she asked. This surprised many people, even Natsu and Gray; whatever trouble it was that caught this person, to ask two people who fight like animals and fear her above anything must be an issue.
"This also includes you, Lurk," she said as well. WAIT THE FUCK, WHY ME OF ALL CASE
"No," I answered; in this case, almost everyone in the room ducked for cover, and I heard Natsu & Gray panicking in the background. Well, in the deep end, but I am still a witcher. I am here for a way home, not to get involved in politics or situations like this. Unless I am getting paid or this situation is that bad.
"No, what do you mean by no," she asks and her. My grip tightens around a snag of my armor; I prepare to cast Axii just in case.
"no case, this not my concern unless this is that bad or I am being paid, id on care, and besides, I need to leave for home as soon as Master Markov returns, so I ask you once let me go, or I am not responsible what is going to happen," I answer, while sliding my sunglasses down to my nose showing her my slit eyes to make it clear. Her face didn't change, nor did her heart rate.
"WOW, Lurk is a cat man," I heard Happy say. I quickly looked up to see where he was; that was my first mistake. I felt a sharp impact on my stomach. I look to see Erza gut punch me; asshole, the wrong move. Without thinking, I throw my ouch, forgetting the Axii. I aim for her face, and she dodges and forms what I can see, surprised that I can still move. Then I was touched in the face; being with a steel armored gauntlet was still painfully like being puch with blackjack. I fall to the ground with my glasses flying off.
"I got it," I hear Happy say, and with the sound of him catching my glasses, my vision blurred before seeing the black. I hear one last thing.
"SHE KILL HIM SHE KILL LARRY"