Fairy Tail: I'm Not the Most Terrifying Mage

'Snapped'

A steel hand grabbed Happy's head.

"Ah—Lucy!" Happy panicked. Lucy, dressed in her mecha armor, was no weaker than Natsu!

Harpy quickly exclaimed, "I...I was just thinking about today's guild event, that's why I was laughing so happily, don't misunderstand!"

Happy's explanation was clearly a case of protesting too much, but Lucy couldn't really do anything to him, so she could only go along with it and ask, "Activity?"

Natsu immediately chimed in excitedly, "Lucy, wake up! We're here to let you know you're participating in an event!"

After saying that, Natsu complained a bit, "Honestly, Lucy can sleep through an event like this today. What an idiot."

Lucy: “.”

Lucy glanced at the sky outside; the sun hadn't even risen yet. She almost thought she was still half asleep and that it was evening. "Is it afternoon?" she asked.

“Of course it’s morning, Lucy,” Happy said. “To be precise, it’s early morning. The sun will be up in a little while.”

"The sun hasn't even risen yet!" Lucy couldn't contain her anger any longer. She roared, "Even if the guild has an event, it wouldn't start this early!"

“Today’s event is going to be a lot of fun, so of course we have to prepare in advance,” Natsu said. “Happy and I practiced all night without sleeping. If Happy hadn’t stopped me from coming, I would have come to find you last night.”

Lucy calmly turned her head, looked at Happy, and smiled.

Happy jumped in fright, raised his paw, and said, "Lucy, I didn't say anything!"

“No, I should thank you, Happy,” Lucy said, then turned to Natsu and said, “Natsu—take off your shoes.”

"What are you doing?" Natsu complained as he took off his shoes. "What a hassle! Hurry up and get up!"

Natsu had just taken off his shoes when Lucy used a very skillful ground move to grab him.

The powerful armbar completely locked Natsu in place.

As Lucy strained, she yelled, "Do you even know how important a good night's sleep is for a girl, you bastard! If you dare make me practice that activity all night, I'll kill you, I swear I will!"

Habi huddled in the corner, trembling. He should have made an excuse not to come along.

"Lucy...please...please..." Natsu tried to beg for mercy, but he couldn't finish his sentence.

'click'

Natsu fainted immediately.

"Phew—" Lucy finally released her grip in a huff, then glared at Happy.

Happy tumbled and rolled out of the window.

Lucy slammed the window shut.

Happy, standing on the balcony, wiped a cold sweat from his brow: Lucy's morning grumpiness is terrifying.

Having been woken up, Lucy couldn't go back to sleep.

She glanced at the unconscious Natsu, then got out of bed to change her clothes.

Little did they know that Natsu's constitution was different from that of ordinary people, and he woke up quickly, just in time to see Lucy taking off her clothes.

Natsu didn't move, but his eyes were fixed on the scene.

Lucy planned to take a shower first, so she turned around to get the soap she had bought a few days ago from the table, but she made eye contact with Natsu.

Natsu laughed, "Lucy, beautiful!"

"Go to hell!"

Starting at frame 0, Lucy delivered a high kick and slammed her foot into Natsu's face, the powerful force breaking the bed in two.

'Boom' sound.

Happy on the balcony shuddered.

"Seriously, Lucy," Natsu said, rubbing his face as he sat up. "Why are you always hitting people today when I haven't done anything wrong?"

“Turn around!” Lucy yelled.

Natsu obediently turned his back, but he swayed and kept fidgeting, scratching his head or picking his toes.

Lucy angrily went to find a plate, placed it on Natsu's head, and said, "If it falls, I won't talk to you for ten days, and I mean it!"

Natsu immediately sat up straight, not daring to move.

Lucy then went to take a shower in peace.

ten minutes later.

The lights in the room were turned on.

Natsu and Happy knelt on the ground.

Before them stood Lucy, dressed, her hair still damp, exuding a warm, moist fragrance. She sat on a stool, legs crossed, her toes dangling less than thirty centimeters from Natsu's nose.

Lucy crossed her arms, her eyes cold, and said, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"

“That’s how it is—” Natsu explained.

It turned out to be the case.

Every year on this day, the guild holds an event called "Guess Who I Am".

The content is——

Everyone uses transformation magic to become someone else, and they can become anyone they want, but they can't stay true to themselves.

Then everyone has to guess the true identities of the others and submit their answers to the mailbox at the guild entrance. The mailbox will automatically check if the answers are correct or not—everyone's transformation is recorded in the mailbox.

If you guess wrong, you lose one point. If you guess right, you gain two points.

If you guess wrong, you get two points. If you guess right, you lose one point.

Furthermore, you will automatically receive one point for every hour you remain undetected. If you do not detect any exposure until the end of the event, you will receive fifteen points!

The event will be held from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

The event will take place throughout the entire town of Magnonia—don't worry about the area being too large. All participants can only transform into their guildmates, so finding each other will be easy.

Finally, the scores are tallied, and the top three winners will receive generous prizes.

The newcomers in the guild, including Lucy, were all playing for the first time.

Although Lucy joined Fairy Tail a long time ago in terms of years, it hasn't actually been that long—before the first year was over, she encountered the black dragon, was attacked and sent to another world. Because of reasons such as not having enough people in the other world, the event was not held, and after returning, she had many troubles.

For the Fairy Tail guild, this event was held again after a seven-year hiatus.

“That sounds interesting,” Lucy said.

No wonder Natsu and Happy were so excited and practiced all night. I wonder who those two wanted to impersonate.

Lucy's eyes darted around a few times before she said, "Oh, I see. No wonder you're all so excited and practiced all night. Who are you planning to play?"

Lucy thought she could easily handle the two idiots, but she saw Natsu and Happy both take a meter back and look at her warily, saying, "This is a secret!"

"Can't you even tell me?" Lucy looked disappointed, as if she was about to cry because she felt distrusted.

Kona and Happy shook their heads and said, "We can't tell even Lucy!"

"You two—" Lucy snapped angrily, "Aren't we teammates?!"

“Even so,” Natsu said firmly, “we must abide by the rules of the game.”

“But you and Happy conspired together,” Lucy said, feeling wronged.

“No.” Natsu shook his head and said, “Last night, Happy practiced at home, and I practiced in the forest. Neither of us told the other.”

Lucy was immediately rendered speechless. These two guys were actually taking this seriously!

"Alright, alright." Lucy had no choice but to compromise and began to think about who she wanted to become.

If you want to remain undetected, you not only need to transform yourself convincingly, but also make sure that every word and action you take is flawless!

"Speaking of which—" Lucy suddenly remembered, "I don't know transformation magic."

“It’s alright,” Natsu said. “Yeffrit will give everyone transformation cards later, and the email address is linked to the transformation card.”

“But,” Lucy said worriedly, “wouldn’t that make it easy for Yefrit to find out everyone’s true identities?”

Naz said, "Yefrit wouldn't do something so boring."

Lucy was taken aback for a moment, then realized, "That's true."

Jefried is not the kind of person who would cheat like that.

Just like fishing—

He just can't catch fish, it doesn't mean he can't catch fish.

He could easily use deception to make all the fish in the river jump onto the bank, and he could pick up as many as he wanted, and pick up whatever kind he wanted.

But he wouldn't do that. No matter how bad the results were, he wouldn't use deceptive magic, not even to trick a small fish into taking the bait.

Eight in the morning.

Everyone gathered at the guild.

This year, it was hosted by Laxus.

Makarov has submitted his abdication application, but the Magic Council has some concerns and has not yet approved it.

After all, Makarov was a mature and cautious man with his own concerns.

Laxus has a somewhat volatile temper.

Even if the Magic Council were to choose, they would find it difficult to select a suitable candidate to be the guild master of the number one guild. In their eyes, the mages of Fairy Tail were all a bunch of problem children, including Yefrit.

They would love for Emily to be president if they could, but unfortunately Emily is inexperienced and the whole country would not agree to it—it would be best for Emily to travel around rescuing people, and no one wants her tied up in Magnonia.

Laxus doesn't like to talk nonsense.

After counting and confirming that everyone had arrived.

He briefly explained the rules and then announced the prizes for the top three.

"Third place prize - 70 J".

70 J, that's really simple and crude.

Lucy's eyes lit up immediately. This was ten months' rent for her—although her father was very rich and was even striving to become the richest man in the country, she was a very independent and self-reliant girl who didn't want to rely on her father for things she could do herself.