Cordless Bungee Jumping

Lucy watched the sun gradually set and sink below the horizon.

The sea was dyed orange-red by the setting sun, and the evening breeze carried a slightly cool and damp feeling. The clouds on the horizon gradually darkened as well.

Are we going to spend the night here? We didn't bring a tent.

Lucy glanced back at the empty, huge branch, then hugged her arms and rubbed them together.

They sneaked into the carriage that morning to hitch a ride, without even bringing a couple of changes of clothes, let alone any bedding for camping. They couldn't exactly huddle together and use large leaves as blankets, could they?

"What's the problem? Little Parasol, just set up a few tents for us."

Riyao leaned lazily against the trunk and snapped his fingers.

As Riyao finished speaking, the branches of the Parasol Trees came together to form tents.

Several secondary branches extending from beneath my feet seemed to come alive, arching upwards with a whoosh, their broad, emerald-green leaves intertwining and overlapping in layers.

In the blink of an eye, several tightly woven green leaf cabins were created, and even the vine beds inside were laid out neatly.

"Wow, come look! It's so lively down there!"

Lisanna leaned on a branch and looked down. The boats under the Parasol Trees were bustling with activity, brightly lit and colorful, just like a food street.

As dusk fell, hundreds of boats of all sizes on the sea lit up their magical lanterns. The colorful lights were reflected in the waves, barbecue grills were set up on the decks and colorful flags were hung. Shouts and laughter drifted up on the sea breeze, making it look like a giant night market floating on the sea.

Everyone else was drawn over and looked down.

Upon hearing that there was something interesting to see, the girls all took small, quick steps to the edge of the tree canopy and peeked down.

"I hadn't noticed before, it's so high up here!"

Lucy was so frightened that she clung tightly to Levy, afraid that she would fall.

She hadn't noticed the branches blocking her view when she slid up the tree trunk, but now, peeking out from the edge, she saw a drop of several thousand meters below her feet. Even the large sailboats on the sea looked like matchboxes, and the sea breeze almost blew her away.

If you fall, you'll end up with pieces scattered all over the place.

Lucy gripped Levy's neck tightly with both hands like iron clamps, her legs trembling, her mind already conjuring up the miserable image of herself slamming onto the deck and turning into a two-dimensional flat disc.

Mirajane clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention.

She stood up, the sea breeze ruffling her long, smooth, silvery-white hair. Her face wore the same gentle smile as always, but the glint in her blue eyes seemed to suggest she was plotting something wicked.

"Then let's go down and have some fun."

Before she could finish speaking, without even giving herself half a second to react, she stretched out her hands, grabbed Lucy and Levy, who were still trembling, and jumped off the edge of the treetop.

"Ahhh..."

"Ah ah..."

The two were startled by Mirajane's sudden action, and their shouts echoed through the sky.

Freefalling from hundreds of meters in the air, with the howling wind filling their mouths, Lucy and Levy tears on the spot. Their shrill screams pierced the night sky, and even the seagulls circling on the sea were frightened and scattered in all directions.

Riyao picked up Lisanna and Wendy, grinning slyly.

Seeing that his wife had already started the group buy, Riyao couldn't fall behind. He grabbed Lisanna and Wendy by the back of their collars with both hands, lifting them into the air like two little chicks, his mouth stretching to the back of his ears.

"Don't do that, brother-in-law, it will make me..."

Lisanna lifted her feet off the ground, looking down into the abyss below. Instead of crying, she cupped her face in her hands, her eyes glazed over, and began to act like a dramatic character.

"Shut up! What indecent things are you saying?!"

A black line popped out on Riyao's forehead. What kind of indecent novels has his sister-in-law been reading all day long?!

He didn't give the girl a chance to spout nonsense anymore and jumped down. Now there were three shouts in the air.

Riyao touched the bark with his toes and plummeted straight down with his two pendants attached. Lisanna let out a scream and joined Lucy and the others in their chorus.

Wendy has flown a lot, so this level of difficulty didn't scare her.

As Sky Dragon Slayer, this little girl wasn't flustered at all when Riyao held her in his hand. She even spread her arms and swung her short legs in the gale. If Riyao hadn't been holding her by the collar, she could have given herself wings of wind and done a couple of somersaults in mid-air.

Carla rolled her eyes and followed him speechlessly.

She crossed her arms and sighed, then suddenly unfurled a pair of pure white angel wings behind her. She glided slowly down with the airflow, her eyes filled with compassionate love for the mentally challenged as she looked down at the group of lunatics.

As they drew ever closer to the surface of the sea, Lucy and Levy the verge of ascending to heaven, a wisp of their soul emerging from their mouths.

The lights below magnified rapidly in my field of vision; I could even make out the beard on the face of the man grilling squid at the bow of the boat.

The two girls rolled their eyes, spitting out wisps of white, translucent souls from their mouths, having completely given up on thinking.

When it was only a dozen meters above the sea surface.

A flash of dark purple magic light disappeared in an instant, and the wide demon bat wings suddenly flapped, abruptly stopping the downward momentum. Then, it instantly switched back to the form of a gentle everyday long dress, and the toes landed lightly on the spacious deck of a cruise ship.

The moment Levy slid down like a melting slime, clinging tightly to Mirajane's ankles, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"I feel like my soul hasn't caught up yet."

Her voice was trembling; she felt as if her brain had been shaken in mid-air, and her soul was still floating two hundred meters above the clouds.

Me too.

Lucy let out a sob and collapsed on the deck, staring blankly at the sky. She quickly rolled to the side.

She was just about to lie down on the deck to recover when a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from above. Her survival instinct made her scramble to the side three times.

"Waaaaah..."

She had just rolled to the side when Riyao landed in the spot where she had just been, bringing Wendy and Lisanna with her.

With a muffled thud, Riyao landed steadily on the wooden board where Lucy had been lying just a second ago, and casually put down the two girls he was carrying, less than three centimeters from Lucy's nose.

"Riyao!! Do you want to kill me?"

Lucy jumped up, furiously swinging her fists and roaring at Riyao, her golden hair practically standing on end like dandelions.

"Hey?! You guys are here too? I was thinking of coming to find you guys to take on some cases today."

A familiar voice rang out, and everyone turned to look. It was Natsu.

Not far away, at a barbecue stall, Natsu was holding a dozen or so skewers of meat in one hand, his cheeks stuffed up like a hamster's, waving at them with his mouth dripping with oil. Happy was even lying right next to the grill, gnawing on a large fish.

He was followed by Gray, Juvia, Erza, and a few others; they had come on a mission from the port of Hargeon.

A bustling floating market has formed around this Parasol Tree, and its vibrant life force has attracted unknown monsters from the sea, who have issued requests to Fairy Tail.

After all, the life-giving energy emitted by the Parasol Tree is a perfect tonic for marine life. In the past few days, all the giant octopuses and sea serpents in the sea have been flocking to the port as if they have been injected with chicken blood.

The captains of Hargeon simply pooled their money and gave Fairy Tail a meal ticket for a long-term job driving away monsters.

The two groups left Magnolia one after the other and arrived at the port of Hargeon.

Riyao looked at this group of familiar faces who followed him everywhere he went, and his brow twitched.

So all that sneaking around and managing to evade the manor this morning turned into a complete team-building exercise at the final stop!

Mirajane saw Erza and happily went over to put her arm around her shoulder.

Her eyes lit up, and she walked forward with a smile, wrapped her arms around Erza's neck, and whispered mysteriously in her ear.

"Would you like to adopt a child? One with red hair like you!"

"What?! A child?"

Erza was so confused by Mirajane's question that her brain almost shut down; she couldn't understand what was wrong with her.

Erza nearly dropped the strawberry daifuku in her hand, freezing in place with a row of question marks appearing above her head.

Adopt a child? And a red-haired one at that? Mirajane and Riyao have only been at war for three days. Even if they acted quickly, it's impossible for a red-haired child to just suddenly appear out of nowhere!

She looked at Riyao, thought for a moment, and then looked at Lucy, who was relatively more reliable and had common sense.

It was impossible to get Riyao, that scheming guy, to tell the truth, so Erza decisively turned her pleading eyes to the only normal person in the team.

Lucy was still reeling from the experience of bungee jumping without a rope and didn't come to her senses for a long time.

At this moment, Lucy was holding onto the ship's railing, staring blankly at the sea. Her mind was still reeling, and she hadn't received Erza's distress signal at all.

Erza sighed and looked at Mirajane was smiling like the Riyao.

Looking at Mirajane's wicked smile, which was exactly the same as Riyao's, Erza strongly suspected that the couple shared the same brain, and one filled with evil intentions.

What exactly does it mean?

"Beg me, beg me and I'll tell you! Come on, don't be shy!"

Mirajane raised an eyebrow, looking like she had him cornered.

She crossed her arms over her chest, raised her chin slightly, and her tail was practically pointing skyward, waiting to see the Titania bow down to her.

Erza turned and left, completely ignoring that bastard Mirajane.

Saying another word to this woman would only be humiliating, Erza turned around expressionlessly and strode towards the dessert boat next to her.

"Hey, don't you really want to know? You couldn't be a daughter, but now you have the chance to be a mother, don't you want to give it a try?"

Mirajane quickly jogged a few steps to catch up, then clung to Erza's arm and kept trying to seduce her, leaving Gray and Natsu, who were eavesdropping nearby, completely bewildered.