Fairy Tail: I'm Not the Most Terrifying Mage

“Something’s wrong”

Although that defeated the enemy, Natsu had a feeling that things weren't quite like that.

A place quite far from Natsu and Gray.

A girl suddenly appeared behind Lucy and tied her up with a rope.

"Lucy!" Erza was about to draw her weapon when she realized it was someone she knew. She exclaimed in shock, "Milia?!"

"Long time no see, meow, Erza." The girl Milia's behavior and movements were like a cat's.

"Can you use magic now, Milia?"

Erza cried out urgently, "Let go of Lucy! She's my comrade!"

“We were comrades once, Erza.” A blond-haired boy appeared behind Erza, saying angrily, “Before you betrayed us!”

Erza turned around and saw this familiar yet unfamiliar man, her expression complex.

"Erza, you've become very beautiful now." A man with a blocky face suddenly appeared and greeted her.

"Erza, it's been a long time." A strong, one-eyed man emerged from the darkness.

"Hyver, Simon," Erza said with a complicated expression, "You've all learned magic."

"Anyone can learn magic once they grasp the knack," the strong, one-eyed man said calmly.

"..." Erza was silent for a moment, then said, "So, what brings you here now?"

After she finished speaking, her expression turned serious, and she said, "You are my companions, but so is Lucy!"

"I will not hurt you, but I will not allow you to hurt Lucy!"

Erza unleashed a powerful surge of magical energy, confidently declaring, "Although you've all learned magic, I'm confident I can capture you all without harming you in a fight!"

“Simon.” Erza looked at the strong, one-eyed man and said sternly, “Let go of Lucy. Speak your mind!”

Chapter 46, Yefried: Your acting is terrible.

Erza glared at him with sharp eyes, and Simon said calmly, "We are building a road to Paradise, Erza. We need your power."

“Paradise?” Erza paused, then gritted her teeth and said, “Are you still building that kind of evil thing?!”

"Evil?" Hugh said discontentedly, "Sister, you have no idea how great the Tower of Paradise is!"

“Ha, great.” Erza sneered, “What right does it have to be called great to build structures that bring greater misfortune by sacrificing the innocent!”

"Weren't our misfortunes back then all because the Black Magic Order built the Tower of Paradise?"

"And now you're repeating the same mistakes!"

The people on the other side remained silent.

Erza took a deep breath and said, "It's Jellal, isn't it?"

“That’s right,” Wally with the puppet face said. “He said he needs the power of you, the traitor.”

Erza's expression dimmed slightly, but then returned with renewed fighting spirit. She turned to Lucy, smiled gently, and said, "Lucy, tell Natsu and the others that I have some personal matters to attend to."

"Erza!" Lucy, being a clever girl, already guessed what Erza was about to do, and she quickly shouted, "Don't do anything foolish! We're comrades, we should face this together!"

“My sister isn’t like that,” Little Yellow Hair Xiu said with a mocking smile. “She’s the kind of person who can abandon her companions without hesitation when faced with a crisis.”

"Shut up!" Lucy yelled at him. "Erza is not that kind of person!"

“No need to argue,” Erza said coldly. “Hugh, I don’t want to offer any explanations.”

After saying that, she looked up at Simon and said, "I will go back with you. Some things will always be resolved eventually. I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"Let's go." After saying that, Erza changed into her everyday armor.

"Erza, don't go!" Lucy shouted anxiously, but Erza didn't respond and left with a group of people.

"Damn it!" Lucy was bound by ropes and couldn't break free at all. Moreover, she felt that her magic was sealed and she couldn't even summon celestial spirits.

The rope was getting tighter and tighter.

"Lucy——"

Natsu's shouts came from afar.

"Natsu—" Lucy shouted immediately.

'boom'

With a burst of frenzied flames, Natsu rushed to Lucy. Seeing Lucy bound and pulled by ropes, her body bent backward, he immediately extinguished the flames and even chuckled.

"Haha, Lucy, what kind of look is this?"

"Natsu, you idiot, hurry up and untie me, my bones are about to break!" Lucy said angrily.

"Understood." Natsu lay down.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?" Lucy stared wide-eyed as Natsu's face came closer.

“I’ll help you bite through the rope,” Natsu said.

"Ah wu——"

He bit down on the rope binding Lucy's armpit.

"Ooh—" Lucy blushed instantly as she felt a warm breath on her armpit.

Natsu bit down hard, and the rope snapped. Lucy quickly stood up.

"Oh no, Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed urgently, "Erza has gone with a group of strange guys, it looks like they're going to some kind of amusement park."

“The Tower of Paradise,” Yefrit suddenly appeared and answered.

"Yeffrit, were you there just now? Why didn't you stop her!" Lucy said angrily as soon as she saw Yefrit appear.

“Erza is right, some things just have to be faced.” Yefrit pushed up her glasses.

“Yefrit, it was you who caused trouble just now,” Natsu said with a serious expression.

He was just ambushed by a puppet-faced man, but that man wasn't very strong. He unleashed flames and knocked him down with a single punch.

However, Natsu had a gut feeling that the other person was not a real person.

“That’s right.” Yevlite nodded and said, “If we defeat them all here, we’ll have no reason to go to the Tower of Paradise.”

"What do you mean?" Natsu asked, puzzled.

"The Tower of Paradise, a dangerous place, and its controller, a dangerous figure." Yefrit twirled a card between his fingertips. Suddenly, he flicked his finger, and the card spun rapidly upwards, plunging into the ceiling before transforming into a black stream of light with a few strands of gold, flying back into his palm.

“Erza wants to handle this alone,” Yefrit said, “but family is something you can’t help but…”

“Go help her!” Natsu said firmly.

“That’s right.” Yevlite nodded.

"So that's what you were planning," Gray's voice came.

Lucy looked over.

Gray and Juvia walked over, supporting each other. Gray was still holding his head, looking like he had a headache.

He glared at Yefrit and said, "So, you were the one who made the move just now, right?"

“That’s right.” Yevli nodded.

"You idiot," Gray said helplessly, "you should have at least told us first."

“Your acting is terrible, especially Natsu’s,” Yefrit shook her head.

"Damn it, who do you think you are?!" Natsu was so angry he was breathing fire.

"By the way, does your magic have such an effect? ​​That one just now, was it a newly learned spell?" Gray asked doubtfully.

Yefrit's magic has always been primarily about deceiving the five senses. Even though it can manipulate emotions, it has little effect on him and Natsu.

But just a moment ago, he and Juvia were completely powerless to resist and were actually "frightened" into unconsciousness.

"It's just a few minor breakthroughs," Yefrit said modestly with a smile, then added, "Alright, let's not waste any more time. You go find the ship, I'll go talk to the guild master first."

"it is good."

Natsu and the others went to find a ship.

Yefried then took out a communication crystal.

“Yeflit, what is it?” Mirajane’s face appeared on the crystal.

"Miss Mirajane, good evening. Is the guild leader at the guild?"

"Yes, I just fell asleep after getting drunk."

“I’m so sorry, President, but please wake him up. I have something very important to report to him,” Yefrit said seriously.

“Okay.” Mirajane nodded.

On the endless sea.

"The direction hasn't deviated, has it?" Gray was somewhat uneasy.

"No." Natsu, who was lying on the edge of the ship, barely raised his trembling hand.

"Are all Dragon Slayer Mages like this? Mr. Gajeel is completely unable to cope with vehicles either," Juvia said in surprise.

"Perhaps." Gray nodded.

"Huh?" Just then, Natsu suddenly stood up and looked warily in a certain direction.

"What's wrong?" Gray's expression changed. He could tell that Natsu was serious, so he immediately prepared for battle.

"I don't know, but... ugh... it feels... ugh... weird." Natsu said halfway through his sentence, but the ship rocked, and he went limp again.

Chapter 47, Yefried: When did you forget how to cry?

Yefrit stood up and said, "You continue on your way, I will catch up soon."

“If there are enemies, we’ll face them together!” Gray quickly said.

“Well, it won’t take much time,” Yefrit said. “Grey, make me a block of ice.”