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"Hey, Mira! Pour me another," The brunette held his jug high as he sat beside Luke who ran his hand through his blonde hair and wrote on a piece of paper.

The brunette glanced down at him, "You still at it, Luke?"

Luke sat by the bar with a pen and paper in front of him, he flicked the pen about as he hummed at the calculations on the sheet in front of him, he barely heard his guildmate as he was deep in thought, "... I should be able to save 5,000 jewels this month which will take my savings up to 15,000 jewels…"

Luke began writing on the paper once more, he then scribbled out the calculation, "No, no… I have to also take Natsumi's banqueting into account…"

"Shit, you're really letting Natsumi bleed you dry," The brunette grinned, "Is she going to pay you back?"

"Hopefully, but definitely not in the way you're thinking, Kane..." The blonde let out a sigh and slouched onto the countertop.

Kane laughed as a silver-haired man approached the counter and filled Kane's cup to the brim.

"Thanks, Mira," Kane smiled from ear to ear as he took the cup to his lips. Kane had scruffy-waved dark brown hair that sat below his shoulders. He wore long brown trousers that cuffed halfway down his legs, along with brown slippers, he was bare-chested but had a great physique, his guild mark was black and sat on his left hip.

"No worries," The man known as Mira smiled brightly at the brunette.

He turned towards Luke whilst returning to wiping other glass cups and jugs, "Money problems again, Luke?"

Luke hummed in response as he sat up from his slouching position.

"Yeah... most of my money is used less on saving and being spent more on filling Natsumi's stomach," Luke grunted, he couldn't complain though, he enjoyed feeding Natsumi and Happy but the amount of money that left his pocket every time they visit a restaurant is sooo draining.

"Cheer up! Here, have this," The silver-haired man placed a still drink in front of Luke who squinted his eyes at the drink and gagged a little, "On the house,"

It was blueish-green in colour and looked like a milkshake, but at the same time, it didn't.

"Um… a pink lemonade would've done nicely, Mira," Luke looked up at the blue-eyed bartender, sure that he requested his favourite lemonade when he came in earlier.

Mira Strauss - Fairy Tail's Man of Mysteries, the god-send behind the bar, and behind that sexy, alluring smile was a Devil.

Mira stood behind the bar in a finely worn black suit, with the top button of the white shirt beneath being slightly undone. He had somewhat long silver hair that ran to his neck, with his frontal bangs being combed back behind his head and being held by a single elastic band.

"Oh, I know," Mira picked up a cloth and wiped another jug, "This drink here is one of my special milkshakes,"

"Consider yourself lucky!" A large lady elbowed Luke in the arm, "My brother makes the BEST drinks in the whole of Magnolia!"

"I believe you and I sit on different levels when it comes to taste, ElfLady," Luke chuckled.

ElfLady is the younger sister of Mira and the older sister to their youngest sibling, Leonardo Strauss. She has a large frame with tense and detailed muscles, she wears a dark red tank top, dark blue jeans, and sandals. Her long silver hair reaches midway to her back and she also has a small scar under her right eye, "Come on, where's your courage? Aren't you a MAN, Luke?"

"Eh, I'm not quite sure," Luke looks back at the sludge in the cup, and uses the straw to try and mix it.

"Mira makes the best Slime Juice in the world, Luke," Kane grinned at the Celestial Mage, "Come on, just try it,"

Luke raised a brow, "I don't know if your opinion is sound, Kane,"

"When have I ever lied to you, my dear friend," Kane smacked the blonde on the back a few times.

"Well…" Luke let out a breath, he picked up the cup and brought it to his lips, gently taking a sip. Immediately, his eyes sunk, and he coughed out the liquid, and punched at his chest whilst doing so.

ElfLady and Kane laughed at Luke's reaction along with Mira chuckling a little.

"Urgh! Why is it… so thick?" Luke gagged a bit more whilst looking down at the cup, tears threatening to pour out of his eyes. He moved the cup in circles and watched the liquid slowly move like sludge.

"Because it's Slime juice," Kane took Luke's cup from him and downed the sludge, taking large gulps as ElfLady stared in amazement and Luke stared in pure disgust. Kane kept going till the blueish-green sludge was completely emptied from the glass.

He slammed the glass on the countertop, "AH! That's it! You can't let good stuff like this go to waste, Luke,"

"I can't let something that feels like a slug go down my throat, that was terrible, blah..." Luke gasped for air.

"He'll get used to it, don't worry, Mira," Kane rolled his eyes at the blonde and grinned at Mira.

As Luke tried to catch his breath, Natsumi, Happy, and Leo entered the guild with Leo looking up at Natsumi with hope in his eyes.

"Are you sure the old guy saw it?" Leo asked with his eyes wide open, he had a sling bag packed with a water bottle popping out of it.

"Yep! Why would we lie to you?" Happy chirped.

"He said it had orange-red eyes like fire, pointy-fluffy ears, and sharp nine white tails with blue tips at the end and, and-" Natsumi tapped her chin before Happy chimed it.

"And it can fly!"

"Yeah!" Natsumi agreed alongside the Exceed, "Like, very high!"

"Really?" Leo smiled from ear to ear and took both of Natsumi's hands into his own, "You're doing me a big favour here, Natsumi! I can finally protect my big bro and sis, if what you're saying is true then..."

"I can get stronger..." Leo thought to himself.

Leonardo Strauss, also known as Leo, is the youngest sibling of the Strauss family; the balance that was once taken from both Mira and ElfLady. He had short silver hair, sea-blue eyes, and pale skin. He was sporting a light blue shirt with dark blue stripes on the sleeves, red-pink jeans and brown boots.

"Did you get the map for its whereabouts-" Leo let go of Natsumi's hands, stars shining in his eyes as he was determined to begin this journey. But the pinkette wrapped her arms around his head and rested her chin atop his head.

"Shhh! Are you out of your mind?" Natsumi furrowed her brows.

"What?" Leo said confused.

Happy descended beside Leo, until she was at the same height as his head, "This is a Super, Rare, Mythical, Legendary animal, it's as great as a Dragon and you just want to yell it all out?"

"Oh yeah, sorry," Leo hushed his voice down to whisper.

Natsumi let go of the transformation mage and huddled up with Happy as the two turned their backs to Leo and looked to be digging in Natsumi's jacket. After a minute or two of hushed whisperings and cackling, they turned around and presented a map to Leo.

The young Strauss sibling took the dirty brown map that was littered with squiggles and childish illustrations of hot spots across the map, "Is this it?"

"Were you expecting something sophisticated? We had to listen to the old man's ramblings and try our best with what he said. The trail is super secret, so we had to use our imagination," Happy said in defense.

"I see, well, thanks you two," Leo clutched the map and thrust it into his bag. He made his way towards the bar with Natsumi and Happy in tow.

ElfLady glanced at her younger brother, seeing him with his travelling bag, she stood to her feet, "Hey Leo, you going somewhere? Let me get my jacket and we will make our way out immediately,"

"No need, big sis, I'll be going on my own for this one," Leo shook his head.

"Oh, where are you off to now?" Mira asked, opening his eyes as he leaned on the countertop.

Leo unravelled the map in his bag and handed it to Mira who took it and looked at the map intensely.

"Ah, a solo adventure. I understand," Mira rolled up the map and handed it back to Leo, "Well, you be careful out there, and have fun,"

"I will. I promise to be home this time," Leo waved at his brother and sister and quickly hugged Natsumi, "Thanks again, Natsumi!"

"No problem, Leo," Natsumi said as she and Happy watched the Animal Transformation mage leave the guild. The two faced each other and smiled from ear to ear.

"Phase 1: Complete!" Happy grinned mischievously at Natsumi.

The pinkette grinned back, showing off her sharp fangs, "Onto the next part of the plan!"

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