A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"Not good!!" Ultear was terrified again. She quickly formed an ice-shaped spell with her hands and retreated to create distance. "Ice Creation: Lotus Pond!!"

With a sudden sound, countless ice flowers bloomed, transforming most of the arena into a lotus pond.

The lotus roots grow horizontally in the lotus pond, resembling a graceful young girl. The lotus leaves are large, showing an elegant posture in their understated manner. The lotus stamens are pure and flawless, looking like double-petaled white lotuses. Compared to the common single-petaled white lotuses, it has many more petals, but it does not appear cumbersome at all. On the contrary, it is more pleasing to the eye, inspiring respect. It can be admired from afar but not touched.

"Amazing!!"

"So beautiful!!"

The stunning lotus pond quickly drew the attention of Leon and Gray, both ice-type mages. They stared wide-eyed at the lotus in disbelief, marveling at its exquisite beauty from top to bottom, inside and out, in detail and as a whole. Every part of it was flawlessly beautiful.

"This level of ice-making magic... truly befits Ul's daughter..."

The lifelike ice lotus pond, bathed in the bright summer sun overhead, creates a stunning contrast. The alternating cool and warm air seems to carry the delicate fragrance of lotus blossoms to every visitor, allowing them to grasp a glimpse of the lotus's noble virtues and enter into a state of enlightenment, much like the Buddha...

"No...no!! The sensations in my body are too intense!!"

Suddenly, someone shouted, instantly shattering the atmosphere created by the lotus imagery, and the desire that was about to cool down inside him swelled up again!

And because this is the second time, it came even faster and more violently!!

"Damn it!! I was almost forgetting..."

"Who just shouted that?!"

"No...this is terrible...I'm going to die!!"

Ultear temporarily separated the tentacles of desire by the lotus pond, while Natsu's situation was completely different on the other side.

"Something rooted in a human form? I don't understand what you're talking about at all!!"

Natsu frantically mobilized the magic power within his body, the raging flames and tentacles intertwining like a pretzel, seemingly inseparable but actually each exerting its own strength: the tentacles were determined to break through the flame barrier and conquer the fortress; the flames were desperately resisting, preventing the other from invading.

"If anything is ingrained in me, it's the unwavering determination to protect my guild and my comrades!!!"

Is there something wrong with my uncle's head...?

Natsu's words completely stunned Larcade, and he couldn't think of a response for a long time.

Tentacles and flames tugged at each other, evenly matched. Natsu and Larcade stood several meters apart, holding their breath as they fought with all their might. Natsu's simple and brutal fighting style quickly drew Larcade's attention, causing him to gradually relax his pursuit of Ultear.

"A great opportunity!!"

Now was the perfect time to reap the benefits. Without hesitation, Ultear bypassed the ice lotus pond and went around it, then his abundant magic transformed into boundless cold air.

"Ice-Crafted Cherry Blossom Blizzard!!"

With a gentle wave of her hand, countless icy cherry blossoms, accompanied by wind and snow, swept out from behind Ultear. Under her control, the countless cherry blossom petals converged into a rushing torrent, reflecting a dazzling and enchanting white cherry blossom color under the sunlight, once again captivating the audience with this exquisite magic.

"What?!" ×2

Sensing the sneak attack from the side, Larcade and Natsu, who were facing off, were both startled.

Larcade's control over magic was even stronger, and his mental strength was also greater. He immediately multitasked and sent another wave of magical tentacles to the sea of ​​flowers. Natsu was in a worse situation. Because he couldn't react in time, he was successfully ambushed by the sea of ​​flowers and was corroded by the ice, causing the temperature of the flames on his body to drop suddenly.

The tentacles swarmed in, seizing every opportunity, and bound Natsu like a dumpling!

What...is this feeling? My body feels weird! But...

"Yay...yay...I'm so happy!!"

Natsu was tightly bound by Larcade's magical tentacles, and some of the magic even seeped into his body through his respiratory system, causing him to be completely immersed in endless desire.

puff--!!

Kira sprayed a mouthful of cola all over Happy: "This is the first time I've ever seen Natsu make that face..."

Happy sighed and scratched his fur, splashing water everywhere. He then shrugged, looking like a father who had seen his child being led astray: "It's so embarrassing. I failed to teach Natsu properly."

"Hey Lucy, how do you feel seeing this?"

Kira then turned to Lucy, "Disappointed, aren't you? You were here first, but Natsu's first time was lost in public to a man, and that pleasure is something you may never be able to give him..."

"Please stop saying that!!!"

Chapter 740 The Flames of the End

Lucy was embarrassed and angry. Her full breasts trembled with each breath, her long hair hanging over her shoulders was also disheveled, and her delicate face and a pair of small, exquisite ears were flushed red.

"How can there be such outrageous magic in this world?!"

She had roughly figured out what was affecting them from the reactions of those around her and the faint sounds of conversation, but she never expected that Natsu would also be harmed.

Of course, she was even more surprised to see her best friend Rabby huddled in the corner, too afraid to look up at anyone.

Feeling Lucy's gaze, which was a mixture of curiosity and shock, Levy sobbed again: "This is absolutely the most embarrassing moment of my life!!"

Lucy looked helpless and could only pat Levy on the back, comforting her gently, "It's okay, don't be afraid... We're all adults, we understand."

But as soon as the words left her mouth, Lucy froze, stunned by her own statement: 'What's going on?! I haven't even seen a glimmer of love yet, and now I'm supposed to comfort someone who's already deeply in love? Something's not right! This is all wrong!'

"Wow~ I never would have guessed Natsu could make that kind of expression..."

Gray borrowed a camera from Kira with great interest and began snapping away at the scene below. Natsu's writhing posture on the ground like a maggot was something you could only dream of in your lifetime!

"Gray, don't go too far..." Erza's face was also flushed. Although she tried to remain calm, her voice trembled slightly.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!" Gray waved his hand dismissively, continuing to frantically press the shutter button on the camera, a gloating smile on his face. "I guarantee this will be a stain on Natsu's life!"

Click... Click... Click...

“You don’t seem to have any sense of propriety at all…” Erza was immediately embarrassed.

Beside her, Xia Lulu gave a disdainful and aloof snort: "I really don't understand, what's the point of taking pictures of this kind of thing?"

"Of course you cats wouldn't understand, photography is one of the greatest arts of humankind!"

As Kira responded, he scanned the camera lens across Natsu on the field, Makarov, Laxus, Gajeel, and others around him, saying, "Recording everything that happens in life and reminiscing about it from time to time in the future, and sharing it with friends, can bring immense joy!"

"No... I think you're the only one who's happy... At least the person involved definitely isn't happy!!"

"Nonsense! Natsu is happy right now! Look at his expression, he's so blissful!!"

……

"I feel so happy..."

Ultear stared at Natsu lying on the ground with lingering fear, involuntarily taking two steps back. When she looked up again, her gaze towards Larcade was filled with terror, as if she were looking at Asmodeus, the demon who controlled one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Absolutely! Absolutely! Absolutely must not let it become like this!!

Larkad smiled again and pointed to a piece of music: "What's wrong? Do you want to try this feeling too?"

"Who wants to try?!" Ultear roared uncontrollably.

"Oh, that's a real shame..."

Just as the two were about to clash, a loud boom was heard, and the flames on Natsu's body erupted once again, burning the magic ball of tentacles that were wrapped around him to ashes. Then, the mountain-sized ball of flames quickly contracted, and the color of the flames began to change from orange-yellow to an eerie crimson.

The strange magic caused Larcade, who had been calm and collected, to instantly change his expression: "This feeling?!"

Meanwhile, Zeref, who had been quietly watching his simple-minded son and brother fight, also turned serious: "This magic... could it be..."

Inside the venue, tens of thousands of spectators, judges, hosts, and even some of the mages from Fairy Tail were surprised by Natsu's transformation. The flames, so different from before, caught their attention, and they assumed that Natsu had unleashed a stronger power, cheering and applauding.

"Go for it!!"

"The dark red fire is so cool!!"

Let's seize victory in one fell swoop!

However, only a few people familiar with Natsu, such as Happy, Lucy, and Gray, as well as those with a keen sense of magic, such as Kira, Mavis, and Precito who was mingling in the audience, noticed that something was wrong with Natsu.

They had seen this dark red flame before, when it appeared in battles against powerful enemies like Hades Maldor, but its magic was completely different from before, even of two entirely different natures.

"What's going on? Why do I feel like Natsu is acting strange?"

"It's not just a little bit, it's very strange!"

Kira's superhuman magical perception allowed him to sense the intense, violent magical power emanating from Natsu. It was a power different from Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, a darker, more evil power filled with depravity and rebellion that he had never seen before.

This power belongs to demons! To be precise, it belongs to Etelias!

“END…” Zeref stared in disbelief, murmuring softly, “Why is this happening…”

Everything before him was completely unexpected, even for Zeref, the founder. He hadn't anticipated that Natsu would suddenly unleash the power of END, especially since he hadn't done anything to it...

"Is this the END? The one Father intended to use to kill Acnologia, and to kill himself..."

The changes Natsu made on the field, coupled with Zeref's voice, made August quickly realize the reason for Natsu's abnormality.

As Zeref's closest confidant, August knew END's true identity long ago, but he also knew that Zeref wouldn't easily awaken him, since that could very well mean the end of an era, regardless of whether that era was called Acnologia or Zeref.

"If I remember correctly, that book of END is..."

……

"That's right, it's in my hands!"

Kira looked at Gray, whose body was trembling involuntarily from sensing the demonic power, and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "The Book of End is still in my storage, perfectly safe."

It's so safe it's completely covered in gray dust.

Since obtaining the Book of End during the Tenrou Island battle, Kira had always intended to study it properly, but he always forgot. When he remembered, he didn't have time, and when he had time, he became lazy. In the end, he kept putting it off and never started rewriting it. Naturally, he never told the guild members that Natsu was the End.

So far, only Gray knows that Natsu is END and Zeref's brother.

"However, the Book of End has not changed at all so far. Natsu's current change should not be related to the book. It is more likely that it is related to that guy's magic."

Following Kira's gaze, Gray's eyes fell on the white figure in the arena: "That Larcade? Who exactly is he?"

"He is also Etelias, a creation of Zeref, an experimental subject born to create END."

"In other words, he has a part of his power that is the same as Natsu's... no, it should be said that it comes from Natsu, which is why his scent is exactly the same as Natsu's."

Chapter 741 Ultear: I've been attacked! I'm under attack... Huh?! I don't think so!

After Kira's explanation, Gray finally understood the answer to the question that Natsu had been struggling with all day, but he no longer cared about it.

In contrast, Gray was more concerned about another question: "Will Natsu be consumed by END?"