Mystogan

A few days later, Ye Yang had just emerged from his private cell.

"Not bad, not bad. Coming here once in a while was actually pretty nice."

"Next time, I definitely had to bring those two, Er Gou and San Mao, here to experience it."

Just as Ye Yang finished speaking, he ran into two familiar figures around the corner ahead.

"Hmm?"

"Hmm?"

The scene instantly fell silent.

"What were you two doing here...?"

San Mao scratched his head awkwardly. "Emmmm, Boss, we... emmm..."

"What a coincidence!"

"..."

The scene shifted.

Inside the Magic Council's cafeteria.

Ye Yang looked speechlessly at the two living treasures before him.

"So, you two were doing a mission and accidentally collapsed a river embankment, causing the village below to be washed away by the flood?"

San Mao scratched his head sheepishly.

"Hehe, that was what happened. But we already promised those villagers that we'd help them rebuild."

Ye Yang stared at San Mao in disbelief.

"So how exactly did you manage to breach the embankment?"

The moment San Mao heard that, he immediately said, "That wasn't my fault, Boss. It was all because Er Gou used too much strength. One Six King Gun, and he punched straight through the dam."

Ye Yang turned his gaze toward Er Gou, who immediately jolted.

"Boss, I swear, I really didn't use that much strength! It was obviously a shoddy construction project!"

Ye Yang ignored what Er Gou said. Instead, he sensed that the Life Aura around the two of them was considerably stronger than before.

"You two, did you eat something? It felt like your physical strength had broken through by quite a bit."

San Mao grinned. "Sure enough, nothing could be hidden from you, Boss."

"While doing this mission, Er Gou and I accidentally ate an egg in that Monster's cave."

"We didn't know what it was. We were just hungry at the time."

"Who would've thought that after eating it, our magic power would suddenly break through to the next stage?"

"But when we tried looking for another one to give to you, Boss, we searched everywhere and couldn't find one."

"That was also why Er Gou failed to control his strength."

Ye Yang looked at them and casually said, "I didn't mean to blame you two. As long as nobody was hurt, it was fine."

"Come on. We should head back after we finish eating."

"Understood, Boss!"

The next day, Ye Yang brought Er Gou and San Mao back to the Fairy Tail guild.

"Yo! I'm back."

Everyone in the guild looked excited when they saw Ye Yang return.

Macao said, "We thought the Council was going to have you by the throat this time. Hahaha."

Wakaba said, "Exactly. It was the first time I'd ever seen the Magic Council act so tough."

San Mao replied, "With us, the Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix, here, they thought they could hurt even a single hair on our Boss's head?"

Macao looked at San Mao and Er Gou behind Ye Yang and burst out laughing.

"Don't think we don't know what you two did. It was in the papers. You collapsed a river embankment and flooded the village below."

"You two got captured by the Council's army right away. That was pathetic! Hahaha."

San Mao immediately protested when he heard that.

"What are you talking about?! We just didn't want to cause trouble for Boss!"

"Those people couldn't catch us even if they tried!"

As he spoke, San Mao began arguing with Macao.

When Ye Yang returned to his seat, he found an extra jar on the bar counter. A fire-breathing lizard had been trapped inside it.

"Hm? Who caught this new species?"

"A fire-breathing lizard. Natsu would definitely like it."

Lucy complained, "That is Natsu."

Makarov became furious the moment he saw Ye Yang.

"You brat, if you hadn't come back soon, those kids would've gone and turned the Magic Council upside down."

"Wasn't that place just putting on a show? Why did you stay there for so many days?"

"Hahaha, the people there were just too polite. They kept holding on to me and wouldn't let me leave, so I reluctantly stayed in my prison mansion for a few more days."

Ye Yang looked at Natsu, whom Makarov had locked in the bottle and who was constantly making a fuss.

"Hahaha, old man, you should let Natsu out. Look how anxious the kid is."

Makarov then directly opened the bottle, and Natsu was released in an instant.

"Erza, fight me!"

Ye Yang wore a speechless expression. "This was what you called worrying about me?"

When Erza saw Ye Yang return, she felt slightly relieved inside.

She had completely lost any desire to fight Natsu.

"No, Natsu. I wasn't in the mood right now."

"Oh! I'm fired up!" Natsu ignored what Erza said and charged at her with his magic activated.

Bang!

Erza turned around and punched Natsu directly in the back of the head, knocking him flat onto the ground.

Happy said, "KO!"

The guild members burst into laughter as Natsu was instantly defeated, and the guild returned to its usual atmosphere.

Lucy looked at the newcomers in the guild and asked, "Who are those two?"

"I heard them call Ye Yang Boss."

Mirajane explained, "They joined the guild with Ye Yang. They were companions who had lived together since they were young."

"I heard the three of them used to be bandits, robbing people in the mountains. Then they robbed Gildarts, and Gildarts brought them back."

Lucy stared in shock at Ye Yang, who was sleeping.

"Ban... bandits?"

When Ye Yang heard someone mention his past, he turned around and found Lucy staring at him in disbelief.

"Lucy, why were you looking at me like that? Did you earn next month's rent? I only waived this month's."

Lucy's entire face fell at once.

"Wuwu X﹏X No! Doing missions with Natsu lately hasn't even been enough to cover the losses. After everything, I didn't earn a single Jewel!"

After saying that, Lucy immediately ran to the mission board to look through the jobs.

"This one won't work. This one pays too little. This one... Eliminate the Volcano Demon? 1,000,000 Jewel!"

"Natsu is a Fire Dragon Slayer Mage, so this mission is perfect for him. And the reward is high too!"

Just as Lucy wanted to find Natsu and take the mission, a powerful wave of drowsiness suddenly struck her.

"Wha... what's going on?"

With that, she fell asleep on the spot.

Erza struggled to raise her head and look around. She discovered that everyone in the guild besides Ye Yang and Makarov had fallen asleep on the floor. Her eyes remained fixed on the direction of the guild entrance as she saw a figure walk in through the door.

Seeing that Erza was still holding on, the newcomer sent an even stronger wave of magic at her. Erza could no longer endure it and instantly fell asleep.

When Ye Yang saw Mystogan, he greeted him. "Yo! Long time no see."

Mystogan nodded toward Ye Yang.

Then he took the request from Lucy's hand.

"This mission wasn't suitable for a newcomer like you."

At that moment, Makarov shouted, "You brat, undo your magic already!"

"Five."

"Four."

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

After saying that, Mystogan left the guild, and the magic was instantly dispelled.