A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Rumble...

Gray listened to the somewhat familiar voice and slowly said, "This sounds like... an avalanche."

"No need for 'look,' look behind you." Kira pointed behind everyone.

At the same time, everyone noticed that the sky had suddenly darkened. When they turned around, they saw a vast expanse of snow-capped mountains surging towards them.

"That's spectacular!" Kira exclaimed!

"Idiot! People really die from this kind of disaster!" Gray, who grew up in the snow, was the most experienced person when it came to this kind of natural disaster.

"What's there to be afraid of? There are no ordinary residents around here, so it won't cause many casualties."

“That’s true.” Gray instantly calmed down.

Kira seemed to have thought of something and asked the people around him, "Do you think this commotion is related to Natsu?"

"What are you talking about? Even Natsu... it doesn't seem impossible!"

Rocky adjusted his glasses: "So what are we going to do now? My magic can't handle this situation."

"Even the transformation magic is useless, although I should be able to defend against it."

"Can't we freeze it with Gray's ice?"

Gray shook his head and said, "It's too big to freeze. Anyway, I shouldn't freeze to death."

“Leave it to me!” Kira stepped forward and gripped the control stick of the airship. “This is a fairy airship.”

Kira took the pilot's seat, spun the joystick a few times, and a platform that looked like the airship's controller slowly rose. His fingers flew across the keyboard, the keys clicking rapidly, Kira's hands, honed from years of forging magical artifacts, leaving Erza and the others dazzled.

"What exactly is he pressing?"

"It seems like there's no pattern at all."

"Is this guy really controlling the airship? I think he's just showing off..."

Why would they think that way? Because the display interface on the platform hasn't changed at all, and Kira's operation is like that of a child using a stick as a sword.

Feeling like he'd finished pretending... Kira raised his hand and slammed down a button next to the keyboard.

"Hold on tight!"

Upon hearing Kira's words, Gray, Cana, and Loki suddenly had a familiar sense of unease. Before they could react, the fairy airship's tail engine spewed out scorching gas and then shot off at ten times the speed, leaving the snow mountain far behind.

Clang!

The sudden acceleration slammed the unsteady people onto the airship one after another.

"You bastard! You didn't even tell me you wanted to speed up!"

"If I didn't need you to fly the airship, I would have given you a good beating right now."

"I'm going to smash your shop to pieces when I get back!"

However, Kira acted as if he hadn't heard a thing, humming a tune and flying his airship amidst a chorus of angry curses, thoroughly enjoying himself!

The snow-capped mountains were getting further and further away, and it was clear that they couldn't catch up. Kira parked the airship on the snow and got out of the pilot's seat.

After dodging the four men's punches, Kira asked, "So, now we'll begin a thorough search and adventure. Do you have any suggestions? Should we split up or go together?"

“Let’s split up; it’ll be more efficient that way,” Erza said after thinking for a moment. “Also, if we run into Natsu and Lucy, don’t let them act yet. Wait until Kira or I arrive.”

Of these six, Erza is probably the only one still concerned about Natsu taking on an S-rank mission.

So, Maklov was right about him after all.

"Forget it, Erza, I doubt they can persuade Natsu," Kira said to Erza with a smile. "Just do what you want, and be careful."

That's why Kira is more popular in the guild. That's the difference between him and Erza—one is the good cop, the other the bad cop. Kira is the mediator when Erza is stern and impartial.

However, Erza still said seriously and coldly, "If Fairy Tail's reputation is ruined because of Natsu, I won't let him off so easily!"

"Hehe... Forget it, our guild's reputation in the council isn't that great either."

"Kira!" Erza was a little annoyed by this irreverent attitude. Humph, he learned it all from the guild master!

"Alright, alright..." Kira waved his hand, "I'm leaving now, you guys can form your own teams!"

After saying that, Kira put away the airship, turned around, and randomly chose a direction to walk away.

The remaining people, Erza and Gray in one team, and Cana, Loki, and Elfman in another, searched from the other two directions respectively.

Our amazing snow mountain adventure has begun!!

Chapter 59 The Devil's Meeting in the Snow Mountain

With a creak, the tavern door was pushed open, and a petite girl who looked about 12 or 3 years old and had a seemingly aloof personality walked in.

The girl was dressed simply in a blue and white cotton shirt and trousers, with a gray overcoat that looked somewhat old and not very warm, but she didn't seem cold at all. Her silvery-white hair contrasted beautifully with the snow outside. The girl was very pretty, with a delicate and radiant face, but her body seemed very strong, making her look like a young snow leopard.

It's not like the kind of life people should have in this place—but it's exactly how the Fairy Tail world should be.

"I'm back." The girl named Winter asked as she took off her coat, "Uncle, who are these people?"

"Winter, you're back?"

"They are..."

Just as Poole was about to introduce them, Natsu, who was always very outgoing, greeted them directly: "I am Natsu, a mage from Fairy Tail."

"I am Lucy."

"I am Happy."

"A mage?" Winter's face showed just the right amount of confusion as he walked over and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Poole explained to his niece, "They were sent by me to help fight the monsters."

"Just these two people and a cat?" Winter frowned and asked, "What kind of magic are you using?"

"fire."

"Star Spirits".

"Hey."

"These are the people you found to help?" Winter gave them a deep look, then turned to his uncle incredulously: "A hot-blooded idiot who's weak against ice, a woman covered in useless fat, and a cat that only knows how to be cute and eat grilled fish? (Although the cat is indeed very cute)"

"This little girl is so unlovable!" Lucy pouted and complained in a low voice, "What do you mean by useless fat?! I have a full figure!"

Harpy, not to be outdone, swallowed the remaining half of the grilled fish in one gulp: "That's right! I can fly too!"

"I think you should go back as soon as possible, lest you lose your lives for nothing if you can't win," Winter said simply before turning and walking towards the corner.

Lucy then realized that the tavern had a second floor.

“Winter, you can’t be so rude!” Poole scratched his head. “Honestly, this child is different now that she’s grown up. She’s becoming more and more rebellious. I’m sorry, please forgive her rudeness.”

"No...it's nothing," Lucy said with an awkward laugh.

“This person’s magic is very different,” Natsu said, watching Winter’s retreating figure. His senses were always very sharp.

Upon hearing Natsu's words, Lucy belatedly realized, "Magic? Is she a mage too?"

“Yes, Winter was considered to have a talent for using magic from birth. As I mentioned before, she was supposed to inherit the Esisnus clan's traditional magic.”

"But perhaps her father's death was a big blow to her. After I arrived, I found that she became very withdrawn and her personality became more and more strong. Don't look at her like this now. She used to be a very affectionate little girl."

Poole smiled like an old father showing off his child, his eyes filled with nostalgia: "I originally lived in a city with my people. I only came here after receiving news of my brother's death. I wanted to take her with me, but she stubbornly refused to leave."

Even without the demon-slaying magic passed down in her clan, she can still live a good life on her own. The child seems to always want to prove this to her deceased father, so I have no choice but to stay here and take care of her.

“Because my magical talent is not strong, I asked the Magic Guild to help me get rid of those magical beasts.” Poole took a swig of wine. “Winter, that child, shouldn’t be kept here by such an obsession. She has a brighter future ahead of her. I hope she can leave this snow mountain and see the outside world.”

“Uncle…” The bartender’s words touched Lucy deeply, because she subconsciously compared Winter to herself.

I'm so envious. Even though he's just her uncle, he cares about her so much. Even if he doesn't agree with her decisions, he still supports her silently. And what about me?

Lucy thought of her father, Jude Heartfilia.

As a wealthy man who controls the railway conglomerate of the Kingdom of Fiore, he has always been strict with Lucy, indifferent to her preferences and life, and even stingy with daily greetings.

"I've made up my mind!" Lucy stood up and clenched her fist.

"Nani?" Natsu and Happy looked at Lucy with puzzled expressions, wondering why she was reacting so strongly all of a sudden.

“I want to help Uncle, to let that little girl leave this snow mountain and see the outside world! Uncle Poole is right, that little girl, Winter, deserves a brighter future, instead of living here forever, bound by this inexplicable obsession.”

"Why are you suddenly so agitated?"

"Lucy's acting really weird~"

"It's so noisy! Just support me."

"Yes!"

……

In a mysterious cave on a mountain peak in Zonia, four figures are having a meeting around an ice table, exuding a dark, gloomy, and demonic aura.

Among them, the seemingly eldest of the four, a burly man, spoke in a deep and serious tone: "Gentlemen! Our decades-long plan is about to succeed, and the Lord's resurrection is imminent. I hope that you will not cause any mishaps to the plan for any reason!"

"You old geezer, stop acting like a boss and giving orders to others. I'm not buying it!"

The one who refuted him was a grumpy little girl with two ponytails. She had one foot on the round table, the white lace on her leg looked like swirling clouds, and she had one hand on her hip, acting like a delinquent underage girl with no manners whatsoever.

"Alright, Klaue, tone down your temper a bit. I think you should read more books like me in the future." The young man next to him looked rather scholarly, which was quite different from the other three.

“That’s right, I advise you to show some respect to Ace,” a graceful, beautiful, and voluptuous woman chuckled beside him. “If you end up hanging on an ice pillar, we won’t plead for you.”

"Hmph! It's you again, you wicked woman. Every time, it's because of you that you talk bad about me in front of that stinky old man and make me get punished."

"You will be punished because you have never learned proper manners, it has nothing to do with me."

"Huh?! Books? Etiquette? You two don't actually think you're human, do you?" The girl named Klaue grinned, revealing a fierce look in her eyes. "We're demons! Cruelty and cold-bloodedness are our true nature!"

"Alright, Klaue, Sinoi, Fogg, quiet down!" The burly man named Ace slammed his hand on the table. "That guy from the Esisnew clan has sent a human mage. Be careful during this time and don't let them ruin our plans."

The grumpy little girl, Klaue, scoffed, "They're just a few mages. Do we need to be so careful? I can handle them all by myself!"

The mature-looking Sinoi spread her chest on the table and said, "Don't underestimate today's mages. Remember a few years ago, didn't a human single-handedly break into the base and kill Walter? If you're careless, you might be the next one to die!"

"That's because he was too weak! If I had stayed behind, the outcome would have been very different!"