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At that moment, the thoroughly drunk Gildarts staggered over to Ye Yang and slung an arm around his shoulders.

"Burp! How did you make the Old Man angry?"

"This... won't do."

"Come on, come on, drink up! The Old Man specially prepared this for you guys."

"You... look... look at Er Gou and the others. I knocked them all down, so you can't... can't be left out."

Ye Yang looked ahead helplessly, having no desire whatsoever to deal with the drunk Gildarts.

"Uncle, you're drunk."

Gildarts stood up with an unconvinced look on his face.

"Who are you looking down on?! I'm not drunk!"

"Bring me more wine! You... you drink with me!"

Before Ye Yang could react, Gildarts flashed behind him and wrapped all four limbs around Ye Yang.

"Bring the wine already!!!"

Ye Yang's slight buzz instantly vanished.

His lazy expression turned to shock in an instant.

"Holy shit! Uncle, what are you doing?!"

"Hehehe, drinking of course~"

The people who had just been drinking together immediately raised their wooden cups and charged at Ye Yang.

Makarov smiled faintly as he watched the restrained Ye Yang, then rushed forward and pried open Ye Yang's mouth.

The others immediately began pouring wine into it.

"Gulp! Gulp!..."

"Damn... Old... Man... gulp... no... gulp... martial... gulp... virtue... gulp..."

Makarov ignored him completely and continued talking to himself.

"It's good to be young. That drinking capacity is on par with mine back in the day."

"Gulp... gulp..."

After a bout of chaos...

Ye Yang, who had only been slightly tipsy before, now had a flushed face and a wooden wine barrel in his hands.

Gildarts, who had just restrained him, was now pinned beneath Ye Yang's foot.

"Burp!"

"Hey, Uncle, get up and drink. Why are you sleeping now? Burp."

Ye Yang patted Gildarts's face and found that there was no response at all.

"Uncle, when did you learn how to make clones? I... I think... I saw five... eight of you."

"Hehehe, perfect. All eight of you can drink!"

"Burp!"

With that, Ye Yang pried open Gildarts's mouth and poured the wine straight in.

Gildarts, who had been passed out, suddenly opened his eyes in horror.

"Mm... mm..."

"Thud!"

"Σ_(???"∠)Bleurgh!"

After Ye Yang finished pouring the wine, Gildarts could not hold it in any longer and began vomiting.

Then, a wisp of white soul flew out of Gildarts's mouth.

At the sight, Makarov sobered up by half. He had been the one pouring the hardest just now.

Seeing how terrifying Ye Yang was when drunk, everyone else around them had already collapsed during the chaos.

Now, he was the only one still somewhat conscious.

"This kid's drunk behavior is pretty bad."

"No! I still want to live a few more years. I need to get out of here."

Just as Makarov was preparing to sneak away, the drunken Ye Yang suddenly shouted.

"Old Man!"

Makarov jolted at the shout. Cold sweat slowly ran down his forehead as he tremblingly turned his head toward the back.

Ye Yang had stepped directly onto Gildarts's body.

Gildarts, who had already vomited everything out, jolted and threw up again, his soul drifting even farther away.

Ye Yang lost his balance from that jolt and fell over, going still.

"Whew~ That was close, that was close."

Looking at all the fallen guild members and seeing that only he remained standing, Makarov proudly strode out of the guild and headed home.

The next afternoon

Ye Yang slowly opened his eyes and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar ceiling.

Holding his head, he slowly sat up.

"My head hurts so much. What happened yesterday?"

"Why don't I remember anything at all?"

"How did I get back?"

"What time is it? Why didn't Er Gou and San Mao wake me up?"

Ye Yang looked at the sun outside the window and realized it was already noon.

"Drinking really ruins things. I was planning to take on a job today."

"No, I need to get to the guild right away!"

Ye Yang quickly got himself ready and hurried toward the guild.

Everyone from the guild was outside, making a racket.

"Hm? Why is everyone outside?"

Macao held a paper megaphone and shouted.

"Come see! Come see!"

"The strongest newcomer vs the strongest female mage!"

"Strongest newcomer, odds 1:3!"

"Strongest female mage, odds 1:3!"

"Place your bets! Place your bets!"

The moment Ye Yang heard Macao's shout, he understood what was going on.

"Wait, I don't think I... yesterday... ummmm, did I agree to this?"

As Ye Yang was still pondering, the clashing sound of armor came from behind him.

"You finally came. I've been waiting for you for a long time. Let's begin."

Ye Yang turned around in confusion and scratched his head.

"Well... Erza, I'm not really in condition today, so can..."

Before Ye Yang could finish, Erza swung her sword directly at him.

Ye Yang jolted and hurriedly dodged aside.

"Damn, she attacked before we even exchanged a word."

The moment Erza appeared, the people around them had already cleared out a large space for the two of them.

"Go, Erza!!"

"Oh! Oh! Oh!"

"Boss, good luck! We bet our entire fortune on you winning!!"

Ye Yang glanced at San Mao, casually pulled out a stack of bills, and threw it over.

"Hurry up! Bet on me to win!"

At that moment, Erza had already rushed in front of Ye Yang and fiercely thrust her sword through his body.

The entire scene fell silent, and Erza stood frozen in place with a stunned expression.

"I... I... but..."

Macao: "The newcomer got cut in half?"

Wakaba: "Did this go too far?"

Only Er Gou and San Mao continued cheering with all their might.

Makarov immediately saw through Ye Yang's trick.

"This kid's affinity with the Light Element and his mastery of it are actually this high. He can even use Elementalization. In all my years, this is the first time I've seen such a thing."

"I really want to pass my magic on to this brat."

"But this brat doesn't even have a Magic Source. How infuriating!"

Makarov saw that the atmosphere around them had frozen to the extreme.

"Brat! You're going too far if you keep playing around!"

After Ye Yang heard Makarov's voice, the corpse lying on the ground suddenly opened its eyes.

Everyone jumped in fright.

"& Holy crap!! A... a corpse came back to life!!!"

Then a flash of light passed by, and Ye Yang appeared before everyone completely unharmed.

"Physical attacks can't touch me."

How could Erza not understand now that she had been played by him?

"You bastard!!"

San Mao: "Boss really is a bastard, deceiving a young girl's feelings like that. What a scumbag!"

Er Gou: "Exactly. You can't just do whatever you want because you're a little handsome. I, Er Gou, deeply despise that!"