A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Kira: "..."

Why is it that everyone else starts in a new world, while I'm stuck in that newbie village in the East China Sea?!

Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, whose real name is Charlotte Linlin, is known as "Big Mom." She possesses one of the strongest bodies in the entire pirate world, making her seem like she was born for battle. In addition, she is a user of the Soul-Soul Fruit, which allows her to bestow souls upon others and extract their souls. With these two abilities, as well as her prolific procreation, she has led her family across the seas for decades, carving out a quarter of the New World's territory.

Unfortunately, the old lady is destined to suffer a defeat against Irene, because the enchantment magic is a natural counter to the Soul-Soul Fruit. If Irene were to give her a simple separation enchantment, her battle companions like Prometheus and Zeus would become completely useless.

Furthermore, if Big Mom really was possessed by the nun as rumored online, or if the nun influenced her personality, then Irene's separation effect would be even greater, and Big Mom might be completely free from the nun's control from now on!

And then there's that old lady's terrifying body...

Kira wasn't worried either. After all, although Irene was stunningly beautiful and charming, and looked no different from an ordinary person, she was a dragon at heart! Big Mom was just a mortal, and without the Dragon Slayer Mark, it would be almost impossible for her to break through her defenses!

"Speaking of which, this is truly a novel world! There is absolutely no trace of magic in history, but there are energy systems such as Devil Fruits and Haki. I have now developed a strong interest in this world."

"……Yeah?"

Kira was somewhat surprised by Irene's abilities, because he knew that the power of a Devil Fruit was no match for Irene's additional magic. Even if she wanted to master Haki, she only needed to add a concept to the magic to achieve it.

Seemingly noticing Kira's unusual behavior, Eileen asked, "What's wrong?"

Kira shook his head: "No, it's okay! Anyway, since it's you, I don't need to worry about what you want to do."

“Isn’t that obvious?” Eileen proudly raised her head, her two enormous magical artifacts dazzling Kira.

However, Kira quickly recovered and gave the beautiful woman on the screen a polite smile: "Well... take your time playing, I have something to do here. If you run into anyone from our guild later, please let me know!"

"I understand! But don't hang up yet. Give the communication bracelet to Erza. I want to talk to her."

Upon hearing this, Kira noticed that Erza's eyes suddenly lit up.

"...I know! Honestly, are you really that worried about your daughter? She's really capable now!"

Eileen chuckled: "I know more about these things than you do!"

Kira rolled his eyes, took off his communication bracelet and handed it to Erza behind him: "Here, if you want to have a private chat with your mother, remember to close the door!"

Erza: "..."

Why does Kira seem to be acting so strangely towards Mom? Could he be trying to become my...brother?

After Erza left, Kira turned his attention back to the machine in the small garden, only to find that something unexpected seemed to be happening there.

……

Guided by Kira, Nami and Usopp ran wildly through the forest and finally found the candle house they had been longing for.

It's not surprising that Kira kept targeting the cowardly duo for pranks. It's because the others are all idiots who don't take Kira's rules and supernatural tales to heart at all. No matter what happens, their only response is simple 'hit,' 'slash,' and 'kick,' which is not fun at all. Following them is just a pure waste of time.

"This is... the 'absolutely safe place' mentioned above??" Usopp stared at the large, deliberately left-unpatched hole in the candle house, swallowed hard, and said, "It doesn't look so safe after all..."

"Since we're already here, let's go in and take a look!"

Nami also began to doubt the authenticity of the "Island Entry Guide," but with the mindset of "better safe than sorry," she still took Usopp into the candle house. After rummaging through the drawers, they found the things left behind by Kira and Mr. 3.

"Found it! These are the rice crackers, black tea, and green tea that were supposed to be safe to use in the 'Island Entry Guide'... But they're all expired! Eating this stuff will give me diarrhea!!"

Usopp, who was initially delighted, became furious and threw the senbei on the ground after seeing the production date and expiration date on the packaging.

Just then, Nami suddenly called out to him, "Hey, wait, Usopp! Come and look at this!!"

"What's wrong?" Usopp leaned closer and saw that Nami was holding a tattered diary. The cover of the diary was black, but it had turned grayish-white due to being covered in dust.

"A diary? It looks like it was left by someone who's been here before..."

With a touch of curiosity, the two nervously opened the diary and began to read its contents.

[January 6, 1520 (Haiyuan Calendar)]

We've arrived at the legendary ancient island, Little Garden. Just as described in the books, it's teeming with ancient beasts, insects, and plants, and even two giants locked in combat.

[There's one thing that's bothering me, though. The island seems much larger than described in the book, and it doesn't mention the sixteen helpful 'island entry instructions' at the port. Did the explorer Louis Arnold forget them when recording his adventures? Or were they added later? But our pirate crew is very strong, with excellent cooks, doctors, and combatants, so there's nothing to worry about!]

Nami and Usopp were taken aback upon seeing this.

First, there was the issue of time; the person who wrote the diary seemed to have arrived only six months earlier than them. Next was Louis Arnold, a name they were familiar with—the author of the adventure book about the Little Garden they had seen before. But what concerned them more was the 'Sixteen Rules for Entering the Island' mentioned in the diary.

"Sixteen..."

Nami pulled out a copy of the "Island Entry Guidelines" she had just copied from her bra, frowning as she analyzed, "If you don't count the last one, it is indeed sixteen rules, but since it's written in a diary, normally they wouldn't specifically ignore the 'must follow the rules above' rule..."

"You mean we saw one more line than the person who wrote the diary saw?" Usopp guessed. "Could it be that the person who wrote the diary and his companions carved it?"

Nami blushed and stammered, "I...I don't know...Let's keep looking!"

Chapter 832 Kira: Since we drove the dungeon boss away, let's give them a chance to win back.

The small garden is located on Summer Island, where daytime temperatures are quite high, but thankfully everyone brought cool summer clothes.

After landing on the island, the captain, drawn by the thrill of adventure, excitedly ran into the woods. Everyone else was equally excited and decided to have a hunting competition. Although the 'instructions' warned against doing this, we were strong enough to handle anything that happened.

In less than two hours, the crew had hunted enough food to feed twenty people for a month. The ancient beasts they had never seen before—Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, ancient rhinoceroses, mammoths, saber-toothed tigers…—were piled up like a small mountain. Soon after, the captain returned with his catch of insects, including crickets as big as an arm, mantises as tall as a person, and blood-red beetles with eight pairs of wings… The feast lasted from noon until night, and everyone had a wonderful time, not even realizing when they fell asleep.

Nami and Usopp found it increasingly bizarre: "Summer clothes?? Going solo?? Hunting competition?? Mammoth?? Red beetles?? A banquet from morning till night??"

"Hey, hey, hey... what's going on? This is completely different from what was said above!!"

What happened next?

[January 7, 1520 (Haiyuan Calendar)]

When I woke up the next day, several of my companions said they dreamed of a snow woman the night before, describing her as having skin as white as snow, red lips, and white teeth—they were quite vivid in their descriptions. Everyone found it amusing; how could someone dream of a snow woman in such a hot place? Had they been too lonely sailing at sea lately? Hahaha…

The volcano erupted, the giants went to war, and the battle affected the entire little garden.

Driven by curiosity, we went to investigate, but by the time we arrived, the battle was already over—a draw. The giant even invited us to join the gladiatorial combat, but we declined, determined to find the Snow Woman.

[We didn't find the Snow Woman, but we did find the Candle House, where we discovered a wanted poster for the giants. Turns out they were once notorious pirates with a bounty of 100 million Berries! We also found some delicious senbei and tea, but afterwards we got diarrhea. Later we found out it was expired food—how awful!!]

Upon seeing the words 'expired food,' Nami's eye twitched. Looking at the senbei in her hand, she exclaimed with a black line, "These couldn't possibly be......"

Usopp, however, noticed something important and said, "Wait! The diary is dated January 7th, so it shouldn't have expired by then!"

"...That makes sense, but what is this 'Snow Woman'?"

The giant told us it would take a year for the magnetic field to fully fill! A year! How could we possibly wait that long?! But there's nothing we can do about this; we can only stay in the little garden.

Everyone decided to explore the entire small garden, and we quickly found some very interesting scientific gadgets on the island. Their operating principles were completely beyond our imagination. Oh, and there were strange patterns painted on them with various colors of paint. We guessed they were left behind by people from the past; they looked quite old, but surprisingly, they were still usable.

"Hey...wait a minute!!"

Upon seeing the above, Usopp suddenly panicked, "Nami, is Little Garden a year or three days?! If it's a year, we won't make it to Alabasta in time!!"

"This... I don't know either..."

Nami had the same thought, and her expression turned somewhat grim. "Why don't we go ask the giants on the island? They seem to have lived here for a long time, so they should know some information."

"This diary says the giant told them it would take a year, but the 'Island Entry Guide' we saw earlier said it would only take three days. Isn't that a contradiction?! Most importantly, that wooden sign looks just as old as the so-called giant..."

Nami's face turned ashen, and she waved her hand to interrupt Usopp: "Stop talking, my head hurts so much right now... I feel like something's going to grow out of it..."

[January 8, 1520 (Haiyuan Calendar)]

[I don't know if it's just my imagination, but all the friends who got the science gadgets have been acting strangely. They always seem to disappear mysteriously, not knowing what they're going to do. When they come back, their legs are shaking, their faces are pale, and they're covered in sweat, looking like they've done a lot of exercise...]

[January 9, 1520 (Haiyuan Calendar)]

Many crew members developed uncontrollable high fevers, and the medications provided on board were ineffective. Some volunteered to retrieve medicine from the camp mentioned in the "Island Entry Guide," but they never returned. We couldn't find them anywhere, except eventually, we found their discarded clothes around the island and near the volcano.

The two giants said our companions were most likely eaten by the Island Eater, but no one believed them! Because if they were truly eaten by the Island Eater, how could their clothes still be there? And the volcano is clearly in the center of the small garden; how could the Island Eater have gotten in? Some say our companions were eaten by the giants—could that really be true?

The volcano erupted again, and the giants were dueling once more. They'd been fighting for a hundred years, their weapons worn and broken, yet they still wouldn't stop. Didn't they get tired of it? Couldn't they let go of the hatred from back then?

[I never imagined the truth about the Snow Woman would be like this...]

Nami and Usopp started to panic, trembling and unable to watch any longer.

"Man-eating?? Are they giants?! That sounds terrifying... Are we going to be eaten too??"

"So those two giants have a grudge?! That makes sense... It says they've been dueling for a hundred years, so it's normal for them to have a grudge. But what kind of deep-seated hatred could make them willing to spend a hundred years to settle the score?!"

"So what is the truth about the Snow Woman?! I'm so curious!! Why did you stop writing halfway through?! Damn it... Ah, no, if nothing unexpected happens, you should be dead by now."

"Huh?? Wait a minute!" Just then, Nami suddenly noticed something unusual in the diary, her expression turning serious. "The last few pages have been torn out?!"

Upon hearing this, Usopp leaned closer and examined the diary more closely. He discovered that several pages had indeed been deliberately torn out after the 9th, and the rest of the diary contained…

[January 12, 1520 (Haiyuan Calendar)]

[Right now, only me and two other crew members are left alive in the entire pirate crew. But given our current situation, we probably won't last more than a few days. The entire pirate crew is already a shell of its former self.]

Betrayal, disease, disappearance... no one could have imagined that we would end our lives in such a ridiculous way.

The diary ended there, and Nami and Usopp remained silent for a long time after closing the diary.

"Aaaaaah!!! This island is so scary!!!"

"Illness and disappearances are one thing, but why betrayal?! Could it be that? It's said that when a group faces a life-or-death crisis, the ugliness of human nature is fully exposed!!"

"That sounds terrifying! I want to go back!! Back to the ship right now!!!"

……

Inside the candle house, Usopp and Nami screamed in panic, making Kira behind the screen laugh uncontrollably.

"You're still as awful as ever! Writing this kind of diary entry, scaring the people who came to the island after you..."

Ultear's mocking voice rang out behind him, but Kira only glanced at it before turning back, saying matter-of-factly, "I drove away the original dungeon boss, so I have to give them a chance to return the favor, otherwise this adventure would be too boring."

"Think about it, you finally arrive at the Grand Line you've been longing for, and land on an island full of adventure, only to find it's nothing special and there's no danger at all. If you were in that situation, wouldn't you feel very disappointed?"

“This…” Ultear hesitated. Although she didn’t want to agree, she actually felt that Kira was right.

"You must understand that for a weak person to become strong, setbacks and hardships are indispensable!"

Kira continued to speak eloquently, even using himself as an example, "Like me, I don't know how much effort I put in to become as strong as I am now, but other people can't see the sweat I shed behind the scenes from my hard training. They just assume that I'm a genius, so I can easily become stronger by just lying down every day. Is this idea correct? Obviously not!"

Ultear's face darkened. "If you hadn't used yourself as an example, I might have actually believed your nonsense. What do you mean by 'you've been training hard behind the scenes'? I've never seen that! Gray, have you guys seen it?"

Ignoring Kira's threatening gaze, Gray bluntly exposed his lie: "What a joke! Expecting Kira to train hard is like expecting him to become the guild master."

"...I'm already the guild master, the current guild master of 'New Fairy Tail' in this world! Leaving aside the others who haven't been found yet, you guys who got on my airship are definitely not going to escape!"

"Right, right, with you here, Juvia definitely won't be able to escape in the future; then Lucy will be here, Levy will be too, then Gajeel and Lily will be too... Of course, high-end combatants will be too, Erza was able to poach Irene; the First Hokage and Zeref were able to bring the 12 Shields over..."