Mystogan

A few days later, Ye Yang had just stepped out of 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 immediately fell silent.

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

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

"What a coincidence!"

"..."

In the Magic Council's cafeteria.

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

"So you two were doing a job, accidentally collapsed a riverbank, and flooded the village downstream?"

San Mao scratched his head awkwardly.

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

Ye Yang stared at San Mao speechlessly.

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

As soon as San Mao heard that, he immediately said, "That wasn't my fault, Boss! It was all because Er Gou used too much force. One Six King Gun punched straight through the dam."

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

"Boss, I swear, I really didn't use that much force! It was obviously a shoddy dam!"

Ye Yang ignored Er Gou's explanation. Instead, he sensed that the Life Aura around both of them was far stronger than before.

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

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

"While doing this job, 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 knew that after eating it, our Magic Power would suddenly break through to the next stage?"

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

"That was why Er Gou couldn't control his strength."

Ye Yang glanced at them and said casually, "I wasn't blaming you two. As long as no one 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 to see Ye Yang return.

Macao said, "We thought the Magic Council was going to have you in their grip this time. Hahaha."

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

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

Macao looked at San Mao and Er Gou behind Ye Yang and immediately laughed.

"Don't think we don't know what you two did. It was all over the newspapers. You collapsed a riverbank and flooded the village downstream."

"You two were even arrested by the Magic Council's army. What losers! Hahaha."

The moment San Mao heard that, he immediately protested.

"What kind of talk was that?! What kind of talk was that?! We just didn't want to cause trouble for Boss!"

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

With that, San Mao began arguing with Macao.

When Ye Yang returned to his seat, he noticed an extra jar on the bar counter. Inside it was a fire-breathing lizard.

"Hmm? Who caught a new species?"

"Fire-Breathing Lizard. Natsu would definitely like it."

Lucy complained, "That's Natsu."

Makarov grew furious the moment he saw Ye Yang.

"You brat, if you hadn't come back soon, those kids would have gone and caused a scene at the Magic Council."

"Wasn't it just a formality over there? Why did you stay there for so many days?"

"Hahaha, the people over there were just too hospitable. 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, who was trapped in a bottle by Makarov and constantly making a fuss.

"Hahaha, Old Man, you should let Natsu out. Look how anxious the kid is."

Makarov then opened the bottle, and Natsu was instantly released.

"Erza, fight me!"

Ye Yang looked utterly speechless. "This was your so-called worry for me?"

Seeing Ye Yang return, Erza felt somewhat relieved inside.

She had completely lost any desire to fight Natsu.

"No, Natsu. I'm not in the mood right now."

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

"Bang!"

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

Happy said, "KO!"

Seeing Natsu get instantly defeated, everyone in the guild burst into laughter, 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 calling Ye Yang Boss."

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

"I heard the three of them used to be bandits, robbing people in the mountains. Then they tried to rob Gildarts, and Gildarts ended up bringing them back."

Lucy stared at the sleeping Ye Yang in shock.

"Ban... bandits?"

Hearing someone mention his past, Ye Yang turned around and saw Lucy looking 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."

The moment Lucy heard that, her entire face fell.

"Wuwu, no! Doing jobs with Natsu lately wasn't even enough to cover the damages. After going around in circles, I didn't earn a single penny!"

After saying that, Lucy immediately ran to the job board and began looking through the requests.

"This one won't do, this one pays too little, this one... Exterminate the Volcano Demon? 1 million J!"

"Wasn't Natsu a Fire Dragon Slayer Mage? This job was perfect for him, and the reward was high too!"

Just as Lucy was about to find Natsu and take the job, she suddenly felt an overwhelming wave of drowsiness.

"Wh-what's going on...?"

With that, she fell straight into a deep sleep.

Erza struggled to lift her head and looked around. She discovered that everyone in the guild except Ye Yang and Makarov had already fallen asleep on the ground. Her eyes remained fixed on the guild entrance as she saw a figure walk in through the door.

Seeing that Erza was still holding on, the newcomer unleashed an even stronger spell. Erza could no longer endure it and immediately fell asleep.

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

Mystogan nodded at Ye Yang.

Then he took the request from Lucy's hand.

"This job 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 lifted.