Wendy! The Second Dragon Slayer Mage!

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At this moment, Noah had somewhat forgotten his original intention for coming here. He went to the bushes where the little girl was hiding, squatted down, and gently parted the grass in front of him.

The next moment, the figure of a blue-haired little girl, hugging her knees and curled up into a ball, looking at Noah with a terrified expression, entered Noah's field of vision again.

"————!"

Looking at Noah's face that suddenly appeared in front of her, the blue-haired little girl crawled backward in extreme terror, her face full of fear.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a beast, nor a monster, and I don't have any malicious intentions towards you." Noah tried to soften his tone as much as possible, and put on a gentle smile, reaching out his hand towards the blue-haired little girl.

"Come on, come over here."

Looking at the face full of gentle smiles in front of her, the fear in the blue-haired little girl's heart miraculously decreased by more than half, and the pale face regained some color, but she still stared at Noah's outstretched hand with a somewhat frightened expression, her petite body trembling slightly.

Noah didn't urge her, but maintained a smiling expression with his hand outstretched, waiting for the blue-haired little girl to react, not showing the slightest impatience, letting time gradually pass.

The blue-haired little girl secretly observed Noah, and seemed to have made the judgment that he wouldn't hurt her. She timidly stretched out her small hand, trembling as she placed it on Noah's outstretched hand.

At the moment of contact, Noah and the blue-haired little girl had different feelings.

Noah felt that the small hand in his palm was too cold, so cold that it seemed to have lost all the temperature a human body should have, which surprised Noah.

The blue-haired little girl had the complete opposite feeling, only feeling that the palm that held her small hand was too warm, so warm that the blue-haired little girl couldn't help but feel a trace of attachment.

So, the blue-haired little girl's hand tightened uncontrollably, grasping Noah's hand tightly as if grasping a life-saving straw.

Under the night sky, in the forest, two children of different ages, one big and one small, but equally innocent, held each other's hands tightly, forging an unknown and difficult-to-break bond in the absence of witnesses.

Late at night, in a corner of the silent forest, a wisp of light smoke rose into the sky, drifting towards an unknown distance with the movement of the wind.

The fiery red bonfire released light and warmth that dispelled darkness and cold, and the game being roasted next to the bonfire also emitted a fragrance that made the stomach tighten.

Next to the bonfire, the blue-haired little girl sat there, gobbling down the game she had just roasted, her small cheeks bulging cutely because she had stuffed too much food into them, moving little by little as their owner chewed, incomparably cute.

Obviously, the blue-haired little girl hadn't had a proper full meal for a long time.

Having come to this conclusion, Noah allowed her to continue eating in a way that was gluttonous but made people feel cute. He sat quietly on the side, roasting the rest of the game he had just hunted while observing the blue-haired little girl.

The blue-haired little girl's name is Wendy Marvell.

This is also something Noah just found out.

I believe no one would think that such a child would be a ghost.

Noah is the same.

So, watching Wendy eat so heartily, Noah was happy to continue observing Wendy. As a result, he still couldn't see any signs of her being a ghost from the cute little girl in front of him.

Unconsciously, time quietly passed.

Although it was obvious that she hadn't had a full meal for a while, Wendy was just a child after all, and a girl at that, so her appetite wouldn't be that big. After finishing the small game in her hand, she seemed to be full.

Holding her small hands, Wendy secretly sized up Noah. After a long time, she mustered up her courage and said in a voice like a mosquito, softly, "Th-thank you..."

"Are you full?" Noah shook his head and raised the game he was still roasting in his hand.

"Do you need some more?"

"N-no need..."

Noah shrugged indifferently, stuck the game in his hand next to the bonfire, and then looked at Wendy.

"So, Wendy, can I call you that?"

"En... En!" Wendy nodded, then nodded heavily again.

"Can I call you Brother Noah?"

"If you don't mind." Noah scratched his cheeks and asked.

"So, Wendy, why are you here? And why were you crying so sadly?"

"I... I originally lived here." A look of sadness appeared on Wendy's small, pretty face, and her watery eyes began to moisten.

"I... I can't find my mommy, I can't find Grandine."

"Can't find mommy?" Noah sighed.

"In other words, you're lost, right?"

"No." Wendy shook her head, saying this.

"I remember the way home, but Grandine isn't there anymore. Grandine suddenly disappeared and doesn't want me anymore."

As she spoke, Wendy's moist eyes directly became misty, and drops of tears flowed out, and she began to sob.

Even if Noah could usually control his emotions, he had never encountered a girl crying like this, and he was immediately a little at a loss. He could only sit next to Wendy, pat her back, and comfort her in a coaxing manner.

"Wendy, don't cry, tell me what your mommy looks like, and I'll help you find her, okay?"

However, the next moment, Wendy said something that shocked Noah in a sobbing voice.

"Grandine is a dragon, a very gentle, very gentle dragon!"

Dragon!

Of course Noah knew about such beings!

Wendy's mother is a dragon?

Doesn't that mean she, like Natsu, was raised by a dragon?

"You…" Noah said to Wendy, utterly astonished.

"Are you a Dragon Slayer Mage too?"

"Too?" This time, it was Wendy's turn to look at Noah with a tear-streaked face, equally astonished, which made Noah understand.

The little girl before him, who was four or five years younger than him, was likely the second Dragon Slayer Mage besides Natsu, and likely also possessed the ancient lost magic used to confront dragons—『Dragon Slayer Magic』!

When did such powerful magic become so worthless?

He only had time to feel this emotion before a sudden anomaly interrupted Noah's thoughts.

"Rumble————!"

A deafening, terrifying thunderclap suddenly echoed in the sky.

"Kya————!"

The timid Wendy screamed and unhesitatingly threw herself into Noah's arms.

Noah instinctively hugged the slender, soft body that had plunged into his arms, raised his head, and looked at the sky, his pupils suddenly shrinking to pinpoints.

"Rumble————!"

Amidst the thunderous roar, the clouds in the sky, shrouded in darkness, suddenly swirled, as if a vortex was in the middle, constantly drawing in the surrounding clouds as if absorbing them, and gradually rotating.

Gradually, the entire forest sky was replaced by a huge black cloud vortex, the center of which faintly emitted light, emitting an astonishing roar.

This scene was as if a hole had been torn in the sky!

"A hole in the sky?" Holding Wendy tightly in his arms, Noah stared at the vortex-like sky with a face full of uncertainty.

"Could this be the cursed anomaly summoned by the weeping of ghosts that the Village Chief spoke of?"

Thinking of this, Noah couldn't help but look at Wendy in his arms, who was trembling and looking scared.

It seemed that Wendy didn't know what this anomaly was all about.

Moreover, Wendy was also crying at the beginning, but that didn't summon any anomalies.

So, this anomaly was definitely not caused by Wendy, at least not intentionally.

Just then, the anomaly in the sky changed again.