Victory Was Only Natural

Faced with Erza's request, Natsu and Gray immediately looked troubled.

Erza frowned slightly. "Is there a problem?"

"N-No!"

Natsu and Gray jolted and immediately shook their heads before hurriedly going off to prepare their luggage.

Erza let out a breath. "Then I'm counting on you. We'll meet at the station. I'll tell you exactly what's going on later."

After saying that to Natsu and Gray, she left the guild as well. She glanced toward the street where she lived and hesitated briefly before shaking her head slightly.

Forget it.

She should handle her own business first, then go find Feng Ye.

Inside the guild.

Lucy sat beside the counter, watching Erza, Natsu, and the others leave. She could not help commenting, "Miss Erza has quite the presence. Natsu and Gray turned into Happy."

Mira looked thoughtfully at Erza's retreating figure. After considering it for a moment, she turned to Lucy and said, "Lucy, can I ask you to do something?"

"Huh? Sure."

Lucy was slightly surprised, but she immediately agreed.

Mira pondered for a moment. "The three of them won't have any problem strength-wise, but I'm worried they might get into a conflict and affect each other instead, causing trouble for Erza too. Could I trouble you to help mediate between them?"

Pfft!

Lucy nearly spat out her drink. "Something like that is a little..."

"Please?"

Mira narrowed her eyes and gave Lucy an adorable smile.

Looking at Mira like that, Lucy swallowed. She simply could not bring herself to refuse, and in the end, she could only say helplessly, "All right, I'll give it a try."

"Mhm, mhm."

Mira nodded with a smile.

Although she and Erza had once been bitter rivals, ever since the incident with Lisanna, she had become a gentle, considerate poster girl. She would