Year X784, The Beginning of the Story

Mirajane had been extremely upset the whole way back because Erza had told her she had won, even though Mirajane refused to believe it.

But as soon as she returned to the guild, she heard everyone saying that Erza had won, forcing her to accept that cruel reality.

Because it meant she was weaker than Erza, and that was something she could not accept.

Mirajane immediately went to find Ye Yang, grabbed his clothes, and shook him nonstop.

"Why did she win?! Ahhh!!!"

"Help! Help! Someone save me!"

No one in the guild paid them any mind, simply watching the two fool around.

After the banquet ended, Ye Yang returned home as well.

"System, open the panel."

[Ding! System panel opened successfully.]

[Host: Ye Yang]

[Age: 13]

[Panel: Borsalino 60%]

[Abilities: Advanced Armament Haki, Advanced Observation Haki, Proficient Glint-Glint Fruit, Advanced Navy Six Styles, Swordmaster.]

[Money: 51,542,726J]

[100,000,000J required to exchange for the next stage of the Borsalino template]

[Backpack: Evolution Fruit ×1 (usable when the panel reaches 100%)]

"I'm already close to halfway there. Four years from now will be when the story begins. By then, I really won't have time to take on commissions anymore."

"I need to save up as much money as possible over these four years. I wonder how much the next stage will cost."

Time flew by, and four years passed in the blink of an eye. In the second year, Mirajane finally became an S-Class Mage as she had wished.

Ye Yang remembered that the year after Mirajane became S-Class, she would take her younger brother and sister on the S-Class Beast King mission. So every now and then, he would check to see whether a Beast King commission had been posted.

But even so, the gears of fate continued to turn. While Ye Yang was away on a mission, the Beast King commission appeared as scheduled and was taken by Mirajane. By the time Ye Yang returned to the guild, it was already too late.

Due to the trauma in her heart, Mirajane could no longer wield Magic Power. Elfman shed his old cowardly watermelon-head appearance and became a muscular man who constantly shouted about being a man.

Elfman also began physical training with San Mao and Er Gou, and Ye Yang taught him the Six Styles as well.

That same year, Prince Mystogan from Another World joined Fairy Tail and became this year's S-Class Mage.

After years of training, Er Gou and San Mao had completely mastered the Six Styles and developed their own derivative techniques. Their strength had improved by leaps and bounds, but their physical constitution had also reached the limits of humanity.

In a world centered around magic, physical training naturally had its limits. It was only through the stimulation of Ye Yang's Medicinal Bath that the two gained strength beyond those limits.

But compared to Natsu's physique as a Dragon Slayer, they were nowhere close.

Year X784

Harujion Port Train Station

"Natsu, it's time to get off."

"Σ_(???"∠) Blegh... L-let me recover for a second..."

The somewhat flustered attendant beside him asked with concern, "Are you all right, sir?"

"Aye~"

"Don't worry. It's just his old problem acting up."

"Waaah—!! Σ(?д?|||)?? Save me, Happy~"

Happy stared in shock as Natsu was carried away by the Train once again.

Having finished all of this year's mission quotas, Ye Yang also returned to Harujion Port.

"Hah~~"

"I'm exhausted, exhausted. That Ten-Year Mission really took up a lot of time. I have no idea why Uncle would want to take on a 100-Year Task."

Ye Yang had barely raised his head when he spotted a little blue cat flying through the sky.

"Happy?"

"Why are those two here?"

"Forget it. I'm hungry. Time to find something to eat, or I'd be letting my stomach down. My appetite has been getting bigger and bigger lately."

Just as Ye Yang headed toward a restaurant, he saw a well-built girl storm angrily out of a magic item shop.

"Hm? She looks familiar."

"Forget it, no point thinking about it. Eating comes first."

Still, he glanced in the direction the girl had left.

"She has a great figure."

Meanwhile, the clock of fate turned, and the boy and girl met like this.

So, in order to thank the boy, the girl took the boy and the cat to a restaurant for a meal.

The moment the two humans and one cat entered, they saw everyone staring ahead in shock.

The table ahead was piled high with plates like mountains.

And the person eating was still continuously devouring the remaining mountain of food.

Natsu and Happy recognized him at once.

They shouted excitedly, "Ye Yang!"

"Boss!"

Lucy blinked. "Boss?"

"Did you run into someone you know?"

Happy said, "Aye! Boss is my favorite! When I'm with him, there's endless food to eat."

Natsu nodded in agreement. "That's right, that's right! And we don't even have to pay."

Hearing someone call him, Ye Yang stopped eating and raised his head, spotting Happy and Natsu.

"You guys are here. I thought I'd seen wrong at the station."

"Boss! Another twenty servings!"

Then the two humans and one cat began a frenzied eating spree, leaving Lucy so embarrassed she could die.

Is this guy really human? Eating like that, won't his stomach burst?!

Ye Yang looked at Natsu and asked, "Who's this?"

"Oh, oh, her name is Luoyiz!"

"It's Lucy!!"

Ye Yang stared at Lucy in surprise. "You're Lucy?!"

Lucy instantly struck a pose. "You know me?! I can't believe I already have fans after being out for such a short time!"

Ye Yang calmly shook his head. "No, no, you're overthinking it. I don't know you at all."

"Bang!" Lucy was completely speechless and slammed her forehead straight into the table.

Then why did you act like you knew me?

"Haha, Natsu, your friend is really interesting."

Still eating, Natsu did not hear what Lucy had said at all and gave a perfunctory reply, "Yeah, yeah."

Once Ye Yang had eaten his fill, he asked, "Natsu, why did you come here?"

Lucy immediately said, "I think he was looking for someone."

Natsu stopped stuffing his face and said, "I heard someone called Fire Dragon showed up here, so I came to see if it was Igneel."

"Who knew I'd just mistaken someone else for him :-(."

Lucy asked in confusion, "Huh? Someone who looks like a Fire Dragon? What would that even look like?"

Natsu explained, "Igneel isn't a person. He's a real, genuine dragon."

Lucy said, "But how could a Fire Dragon appear in a town? And are there really dragons in this world?!"

Only then did Natsu and Happy realize that if a Fire Dragon had openly appeared in town, it would have caused a huge commotion.

They instantly understood that the information had been fake.

Ye Yang looked at the two idiots and immediately burst out laughing. "Hahaha, you two really are as scatterbrained as ever."