A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"Girls your age should spend more time with kids their own age. Hmm...aren't you and Melty good friends? You can come to the capital to see her more often. She talks about you to me all the time!"

Urudia smiled as she spoke, a very gentle smile.

During this year, Wendy and Melty's sisterly bond has grown rapidly, and they are now pen pals who can talk about anything. As Melty's guardian, Ultear is also very concerned about her sister's growth.

"Melty?"

Wendy paused, her eyes gazing at the horizon seeming to pierce the ocean and see Melty far away in the Kingdom of Fiore. Thinking of the two of them and their past, a smile as delicate as a pear blossom bloomed on her face: "I understand!"

Seeing Wendy's eyes filled with the deep bond she shared with her distant friend, Kira and Gray exchanged a glance and both smiled with a mixture of helplessness and relief.

Sure enough, there are some roles that children cannot fully play as their guildmates.

Who doesn't have one or two close friends at this age?

Just like Gray and Natsu, Erza and Mira, Kira and Laxus... Fairy Tail is now missing Wendy's peers, but fortunately she found Melty, which makes her growth process less regrettable.

Just then, the group finally sensed a familiar magical power emanating from ahead.

It was Erza, Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and the other girls, along with the modder who made them suffer so much!

Chapter 556 Could it be that Lucy has some kind of constitution?

"One...two...exactly five magic powers, four large and one small, that should be Erza and the others."

Kira's superhuman perception allowed him to clearly see the quantity and quality of the magic ahead.

Erza has the highest magical power; she reminds Kira of a fireball, though the fire is currently a bit smaller. Happy has the lowest magical power; he is a small flame.

"That mechanical little girl you were talking about is here too!"

Kira realized that her magical power was almost on par with Natsu's, which was quite impressive.

If we compare Natsu and his friends' current strength with their growth rate in the original work, they now lack a second source of magic, and their progress in Magnolia is not as fast as it was during their year of training in the deep mountains. Their progress in the same amount of time should be slightly less, but the gap will not be too large. At most, they can catch up to their strength in the Empire arc of the original work in half a year.

Under such circumstances, the fact that the magical power stored in the artificial magical source of the so-called 'Four Horsemen' is close to that of them is enough to demonstrate how successful Silver and Val were in creating their experimental subjects.

"How are they doing now? Have they been turned into machines?"

Gray was still thinking about this issue... and concerned about his companions. He wondered if the brief encounter had left him with some kind of psychological trauma.

"Don't worry, according to my magic detection, they are perfectly safe!"

"Then I'm relieved!" Gray nodded and said nothing more.

Are you at ease? Are you sure it's not a regret?

In fact, Kira just wanted to see what Erza and Lucy would look like after being mechanized.

He'd already seen Ultear, Wendy, and Carla, and they were 80% similar to the real people. The toys were small but very interesting. What about Erza and Lucy? He was curious! He was really curious!

It would be great if we could also film their mecha forms, especially Natsu in his female mecha form. After all, we have Gray's, it would be a shame if we didn't film Natsu's.

"Have they not had a chance to make a move yet? Or has Erza already discovered something?"

"I don't know... we'll find out once we go and see."

Three minutes later, when Kira and the others arrived at their destination, they witnessed an unexpected scene, and their condition was as follows:

Erza: Beware

Modifier: Wrath

Lucy: Helpless

Natsu and Happy: Watching the show

The yandere, sister-obsessed, ten-armed cyborg girl who supposedly mechanized Ultear, her two friends, and a cat, then locked them up in a mechanical amusement park and played with them like mice, was now standing arrogantly in front of Lucy with her hands on her hips. She was staring at Erza, who was half a head taller than her and looked somewhat disheveled. Their gazes met and sparked intense flames in the air.

What's going on? No fighting broke out?

Wait, isn't something wrong? Why does it feel like Erza and the modifier are in the wrong positions? Shouldn't it be a scene like "Erza is standing in front of Lucy, wary of the cyborg girl who looks like an enemy, while the cyborg girl stands opposite the group, smiling and ready to attack"?

Amidst a slight disappointment, Kira's eyes also held a hint of confusion; even someone as intelligent as him couldn't discern the nature of the atmosphere.

"Kira, you're here?!" Happy flew over, flapping his wings.

Completely bewildered, Gray grabbed the blue cat and asked anxiously, "What's going on?! That little girl is the enemy!! How come you're all on her side?! What's happening now?!"

"An enemy?! No way?!" Happy's expression was full of surprise.

What kind of expression is that?!

Gray was even more puzzled, but he still nodded firmly and said, "Absolutely true! She just mechanized me, Wendy, Charlene, and Ultear, and then played with us like a cat playing with mice for more than half an hour!"

Happy was instantly shocked, staring at Gray in disbelief: "So many of you can't beat her?!"

"..."

This left Gray speechless again. Was that even the point? The point was, she was the enemy!

Before Happy could explain why, the remaining four noticed Kira and the others' arrival.

The mechanical girl modifier spoke first: "Huh?! You guys can actually deactivate my 'mechanization'?! I was just thinking of bringing you back later!"

Her voice sounded like that of an ordinary human girl, innocent, naive, sweet, and childlike. However, upon closer inspection, Kira could still discern a unique, mechanically synthesized tone.

Her movements were like those of a young girl; she unconsciously waved the eight slender mechanical metal arms behind her as she spoke. It was a pity that they weren't spider-faced or spider-bodied, otherwise they would have been more fitting for the character.

Upon hearing Gray's words, Erza immediately frowned, staring seriously at the modder, and coldly questioned, "So, you are one of the 'Four Horsemen of the Machines'! Why did you attack us?!"

The modifier spread his hands innocently: "It wasn't our idea to attack; we were just following orders..."

Gray: "..."

Something's not right here... is it? Where's your yandere side? Where's your mechanization? Why are you attacking us so fiercely, but cowering here?!

"What's going on? Happy?"

Happy sighed and said, "That robot girl who appeared out of nowhere suddenly said she wanted Lucy to be her sister. Then Erza came, saw the state of this place, and gave us a good scolding..."

As he spoke, Happy pointed to the ruins around him, which Natsu had burned down to the point that no longer resembled a street.

It turns out that Erza scolded Natsu because he burned down the town!

No problem, I understand!

It turns out that the modifier wanted to be sisters with Lucy, which is why she didn't attack you, and even got angry at Erza!

No problem, I can understand... my ass!

Upon hearing Happy's explanation, Kira and the others were instantly shocked: You can do that?!

Seemingly noticing Kira and the others' gazes, the modder lowered his head slightly, his smooth metallic face likely conveying shame: "Because...because she said we could be best friends..."

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"Can we be best friends? Such a simple reason and you've already switched sides? Can't you have any principles? If you're so desperate for best friends, we can also... Wendy and Ultear are fine! And there's Charlene too! Aren't we better than Lucy alone?"

Not to mention Gray, even Ultear and Wendy were puzzled by her behavior, wondering if her creator had failed to implant a complete emotional module and logical program.

If you want to be sisters, just say so! We're not discriminating against you. We can start as friends! If you behave better in the future, we can relax our standards for sisterhood a bit, and then we can be sisters reasonably and legitimately, right? Why did you have to try to mechanize us from the very beginning? Right? We've been playing like cat and mouse in a mechanical amusement park for so long! Now our relationship is so strained! You're embarrassed, and I'm embarrassed…

Kira had many thoughts in his mind, but no matter how much he thought, he could not hide the admiration in his eyes when he looked at Lucy.

Is this guy... that charming? I never realized it before!

You know, Lucy had just escaped the battle for her best friend Blantish and Timalia not long ago, and now, just a few days later, another robot sister has automatically delivered herself to her doorstep?!

What kind of script is she holding?! Is it for a female-oriented socialite?

Or is it that she possesses some kind of constitution that I envy... that I can't see through, that's at work?

Speaking of which, this kind of physique that attracts all sorts of beautiful girls to be her older or younger sister must be the envy of many men, right? If there were a perfume or piece of jewelry that could attract girls, it would probably sell like hotcakes, wouldn't it?

Sure, that's promising!

Kira was secretly delighted: When I get back, I'll try to see if I can make it... Wait! Why does this scene feel like something I've seen in some erotic comics?

Upon realizing this, Kira's expression froze, because he suddenly remembered something very important: charm-type magical artifacts are strictly prohibited from being sold!

"Oh, what a pity!"

Chapter 557 Machinery Leading a New Era

Fairy Tail is a very united guild. Anyone who attacks a guild member, regardless of gender, age, or whether they are human or demon, will be punished. This is one of the guild's rules.

Although the modder is a novice mechanic with an imperfect thought process, since she attacked Gray and the others, she shouldn't think she can get away with just calling them "good sisters." She must be punished.

However, those here are not particularly wicked, and they can't think of any good ideas for the time being, so they can only stall until their creator, the one who ordered them to attack, appears before making a decision.

Not long after, this person appeared.

Swoosh... Swoosh...

Two whooshing sounds came from the sky. When everyone looked up, they saw two mechanical beings descending from the sky, equipped with magic-powered flying vehicles. Their soaring figures resembled two unrestrained birds.

"They actually managed to defeat my 'Four Knights,' that's quite something... Fairy Tail!!"

With his disheveled hair, a face fixed on the nails, and an arrogant expression, he spoke in a tone that seemed to invite a beating. Val's appearance could be described as one of gritted teeth. "I'll remember you!"

"Is it you? The one who ordered them to attack us?"

Erza's cool gaze quickly swept over Silver and landed on Waal. After all, compared to the former, the latter exuded the aura of an evil villain, especially that repulsive, mocking laughter, which was unpleasant to listen to.

"The Twelve Shields of the Holy War, the Mechanical Alchemist, Vaal of the Machine Race!"

"Can I take your attack on Fairy Tail as a declaration of war against us?"

Those familiar with Erza know that when she adopts such a serious tone, it means she's getting serious.

"Think what you want!"

Wahl completely ignored Erza's fighting spirit, turned around and beckoned to the mechanical girl Bell, impatiently shouting, "Come here! What are you doing over there? I asked you to fight, and you're playing games with her? Fine, what's with the sisterhood thing? I don't remember creating an emotional system for you!!"

Erza frowned immediately, not only because Wahl ignored her words, but also because she disliked his attitude towards the modifier.

From Val's words, she could tell that he was the one who created the modder, meaning he was essentially the modder's parent. Parents treating their children like this…

I've really stepped on Erza's landmines these past few days!