The trio who came to cause trouble?

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"Actually, starting not long ago, the villagers who go into the forest to hunt have often been able to hear the sound of a ghost crying!"

With this sentence as a beginning, the Village Chief began his explanation.

Not far from this village, there is a rarely visited forest.

This forest isn't anything special, unlike the forest next to Magnolia Town, which is filled with all kinds of Magical Beasts. This is just an ordinary forest, at most with some wild animals or weak Magical Beasts from elsewhere.

Because of this, the village treats the forest as a hunting ground, going into the forest to hunt every day, which is a major source of food for the village.

Just recently, many villagers have faintly heard the sound of a girl crying when they go into the forest to hunt.

At first, the villagers thought that a child had accidentally wandered into the forest and wanted to find the child and bring her out.

Who knew that before the villagers could start searching for the child, an anomaly appeared.

Noah naturally doesn't know what the specific anomaly is.

But the Village Chief's explanation is—the sky, broke open!

Given this bizarre phenomenon, the villagers didn't go searching for the child anymore. But since then, they still occasionally hear the sound of a child crying in the forest, and the sky still occasionally breaks open, which is terrifying.

Therefore, the saying that the child crying in the forest is a ghost who summons a curse when she cries, causing the sky to break, has spread throughout the village.

The villagers in the village are relatively simple people and deeply believe in this saying.

So, gradually, the villagers no longer dare to enter the forest to hunt, causing the village, which relies on the prey in the forest as its main source of food, to no longer have enough food as before, creating considerable difficulties.

With no other choice, the Village Chief could only send a request to the nearest Mage Guild, asking someone to exorcise the ghost.

To be precise, it should be to find out the true source of the crying sound and the truth about the sky breaking, so that the village can return to its former state.

"The reward is what all the villagers have scraped together. Although it's not much, only 200,000 J, we still want to ask you to help us." The Village Chief lowered his head slightly and bent his back. At his age, such a bow is already the limit.

"Can you accept our request?"

Noah frowned slightly and fell silent.

It's not that Noah doesn't want to accept this request, but the uncertainty of the request itself is too great. Noah doesn't know if he can complete the Village Chief's request on his own.

As for the reward, for such an uncertain task, it can't be said to be much, nor can it be said to be little. It can only be said that as long as nothing unexpected happens, it's still considerable.

Moreover, Noah doesn't really care about the reward. He still has the 1 million J reward left over from the last time he activated the Lake of Rituals, and he's not in a hurry to use the money, so he doesn't need to worry too much about the reward.

After thinking about it, Noah said this.

"To be honest, Village Chief, there is too much uncertainty in this matter. It hasn't even been confirmed whether it's a ghost that's causing the sky to break. I can't guarantee that I can provide help to everyone. So, I'd like to stay in the village for one night and go to the forest to take a look tomorrow before deciding, is that okay?"

"Yes! Thank you very much!"

There was a slight hint of relief in the Village Chief's voice, which made Noah smile slightly, tighten the long, bag-like cloth bag slung over his shoulder, and start thinking about what to pay attention to in tomorrow's mission.

As far as villages go, this village's scale is not large, but it is surprisingly not very backward.

Although the residences are a bit older compared to the buildings in Magnolia, the styles are similar. Unlike some villages, which only have stone houses made of stone, the inn provided for Noah's accommodation is small, but it is impeccable, and there is nothing to complain about.

Under the Village Chief's instructions, the innkeeper also knew that Noah was a Mage from Fairy Tail, who had come to help the village solve the ghost's troubles, so he didn't charge Noah for accommodation.

However, unlike the Village Chief, the innkeeper knew that the Mage from Fairy Tail was such a child, and although he didn't say much, there was an undisguised disappointment in his eyes, which made Noah quite depressed.

Hopefully, tomorrow's mission will go smoothly...

With this thought, Noah settled down a bit, came out of the room, sat down at a wooden table in the inn lobby, ordered food, and began to replenish the energy he had spent running around all day.

However, just as Noah was enjoying his dinner, three people came to the entrance of the inn.

They were three boys and girls, around eleven or twelve years old, about the same age as Noah, but very eye-catching.

The reason why is because all three of these eleven or twelve-year-old boys and girls have a head of white hair that attracts attention.

Standing in the middle is a girl who has tied her long white hair into a ponytail, wearing revealing swimsuit-like clothing, with a very unpleasant face and fierce eyes.

Standing to the girl's left is a boy wearing regular student-like suit shorts, with a burly figure among his peers, somewhat dark skin, but with a weak expression on his face, forming a sharp contrast with the ponytail girl, making people wonder if the character settings were wrong.

As for the one standing to the girl's right, it is the shortest little girl, who looks the youngest, with bangs and wearing a cute dress.

At this time, the little girl with bangs is talking to the ponytail girl with a worried face, but the ponytail girl turns a deaf ear.

The burly boy also seems to be advising the ponytail girl with a weak face, which leads to a fierce glare from the ponytail girl, shrinking his head and hiding to the side without any backbone, his face looking like he's about to cry, which is amusing.

Such a wonderful trio naturally attracted Noah's attention, and he immediately slowed down his eating speed and observed them with interest.

Just as Noah was observing the three white-haired boys and girls, the ponytail girl seemed to notice Noah's gaze, turned her head, and her eyes met Noah's.

Noah could clearly see a very obvious displeased expression on the other's face, obviously not liking Noah's gaze. Just as she was about to glare at Noah, she noticed the Fairy Tail Guild emblem on the back of Noah's right hand.

The ponytail girl was stunned, and then a puzzled expression appeared on her face.

That look was as if she had been working hard to find someone, but found that the other person's appearance was extremely inconsistent with the person she was looking for.

However, the ponytail girl quickly put these aside, ignoring the weak-faced boy and the worried girl's advice, and walked towards Noah.

Seeing this, even Noah could guess what was going on.

The other party was coming for him!

"Hey!"

Sure enough, the ponytail girl came directly to Noah's table and asked him very impolitely.

"You're the Mage from 'Fairy Tail,' right? The one who came to solve the ghost incident in the forest next to this village?"

The ponytail girl's tone, which sounded like she was looking for a fight, made Noah frown deeply as he put down his cutlery.

"Mira-nee!"

At this moment, a bob-haired girl wearing a cute dress also came over and pulled on the ponytail girl's arm as if trying to mediate. She bowed deeply to Noah and apologized repeatedly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mira-nee doesn't mean any harm!"

"I'm really sorry!" A burly young man also came over and bowed abruptly to Noah.

"My sister really doesn't mean any harm, please don't blame her!"

Noah nodded to the three of them, his tone devoid of any anger.

"Is there something you need from me?"

"My name is Mirajane Strauss!"

The girl named Mira revealed a grimace-like smile on her delicate face and said these words.

"Although I'm very sorry, we're taking over your job!"