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Before Noah stood a remarkably peculiar building.
The building itself looked as though it had been constructed from some sort of vine-like plant. Aside from a few areas, the entire structure was green.
Even so, the entrance was still an ordinary door.
Beside the door hung a plaque bearing Fairy Tail's guild emblem.
At the center of the building hung a flag bearing the same Fairy Tail guild emblem.
As for its size, it was nothing like Fairy Tail's castle-like guild building in Earthland. It resembled an ordinary residence, with nothing particularly remarkable about it.
With that, Lucy strode forward and boldly pushed open the door.
"I'm back!"
That shout immediately drew every gaze in Fairy Tail toward her.
Standing behind Lucy, Noah saw clearly.
The interior of the building looked like an ordinary bar as well.
Only, there were people inside the bar.
People whose faces were, at least to Noah, quite familiar.
They were all mages from Fairy Tail in Earthland, weren't they?
Just as that thought surfaced in Noah's mind, what happened next left him dumbfounded.
"Too—slow—!"
Along with that furious shout, a small fist suddenly appeared before Lucy. Without hesitation, it drove straight at her face with considerable force.
Smack—!
Lucy merely raised one hand and, with a crisp sound, caught the incoming fist in her palm. The smile on her face gradually darkened as she glared ahead.
"What the hell are you doing, idiot?!"
The one who had thrown that punch at Lucy was a petite girl.
In Noah's memories, she was a girl who usually loved nothing more than holding a book, wearing glasses,