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Do I want to find Grandine?

Isn't the answer to that question obvious?

Grandine may be a dragon, but she raised Wendy as if she were her own mother, and she is the most important person to Wendy now, besides Noah.

Noah certainly helped Wendy when she was at her most helpless, occupying an extremely important position in Wendy's heart, even making Wendy almost unable to leave him.

But if you ask Wendy if she wants to find Grandine, of course she does, doesn't she?

However, Wendy also doesn't want to leave Noah.

Even though it's only been three short days, Noah is a very important person to Wendy now, and if Wendy had to choose, she would definitely not want to leave Noah, otherwise she wouldn't have clung to Noah so tightly during those three days.

"I... I want to find Grandine..." Wendy's delicate body, nestled in Noah's arms, began to tremble, even her voice was shaking, obviously her emotions were fluctuating greatly.

"But... but... I don't want to leave Noah either..."

"Leaving is only temporary, and I won't suddenly disappear like Grandine. If Wendy wants to find me, it'll be very easy." Noah clearly felt the wavering in Wendy's heart, and while patting Wendy's back soothingly, he sighed.

"I'm a Mage of Fairy Tail, and I'm not old enough to stand on my own yet, so I can't accompany you around the world to find Grandine. Originally, I wanted to take you back to Fairy Tail to see if the guild members could help, but now that Jellal wants to travel around the world to stop the activation of Anima, and you have to travel around the world to find Grandine, your goals may not be the same, but the process is identical."

Noah glanced at Jellal, who was silent beside him, and smiled slightly.

"In that case, why not let Jellal help you find Grandine? Wouldn't that be good?"

"..." Wendy buried her small face in Noah's arms, not saying a word, but her delicate body kept trembling, obviously still wavering.

"Is that okay?" Jellal finally spoke with some concern.

"Although what you said isn't unreasonable, if we really encounter Anima on the journey, it would be too dangerous for Wendy to be with me, so, to be honest, I don't really agree."

"I believe you can take good care of Wendy!" Noah met Jellal's gaze, staring intently.

"Can you promise me that, no matter what the situation, you must ensure Wendy's safety?"

Looking into Noah's star-like, deep eyes, a strong sense of responsibility welled up in Jellal's heart, and he took a deep breath, nodding firmly.

"I promise, I will ensure Wendy's safety no matter what!"

Noah smiled freely, pulled Wendy out of his arms, looked at her face, which was deeply lowered and whose expression could not be seen clearly, and touched her head.

"If you really don't want to, I won't force you. Come with me to Fairy Tail, and I will definitely help you find Grandine!"

Wendy bit her lip, her eyes still full of wavering.

To be honest, Wendy really didn't want to leave Noah, and she was very tempted by Noah's suggestion.

However, Wendy asked herself, is this really okay?

Wendy believed that if she asked Noah, Noah would do his best to help her find Grandine.

However, it was precisely because she believed in Noah so much, and cared about Noah so much, that Wendy didn't want to cause Noah any trouble.

Wendy raised her head, first looking at Noah, who was smiling gently at her, then glancing at Jellal beside her, and finally, fixing her gaze on the Fairy Tail guild mark on the back of Noah's hand.

Reaching out, Wendy took Noah's hand with the Fairy Tail guild mark, looked at the mark, and after a long while, met Noah's gaze.

"Noah, will we ever meet again?"

When she said this, Wendy's eyes were full of reluctance and determination, which made Noah, who clearly saw everything, smile knowingly.

"Fairy Tail is one of the leading guilds in the Kingdom of Fiore, with a prominent reputation. I believe that even in the future, the name of Fairy Tail will spread throughout the continent, and there won't be anyone who doesn't know how to get to Fairy Tail!"

Noah stroked Wendy's smooth cheeks, and said in a tone containing incredible warmth.

"If you miss me, come to Fairy Tail to find me!"

This time, Wendy smiled, smiling exceptionally happily.

"I will always miss you, Noah. I believe Grandine will like you too. You are both the people I like the most!"

Wendy heavily plunged into Noah's arms, hugging Noah tightly once again.

However, this time, there was less sadness in Wendy's strength, and more of a different kind of attachment.

Holding Wendy's small body, Noah raised his head and solemnly said to Jellal.

"I'm leaving Wendy in your care."

Jellal nodded, the emotion revealed in his eyes was sincere.

"I will do my best!"

In the forest under the sunlight, the roars of wild beasts echoed everywhere, adding a bit of dangerous atmosphere to the hot air in the forest.

Noah, carrying a striped cloth bag over his left shoulder, ran through the forest at an extremely fast speed, like a cheetah charging through the forest, so fast that people could only see a blur, and he deftly avoided the trees blocking his path, which was quite astonishing.

In this situation, Noah was also distracted by observing his surroundings, carefully listening to the sounds around him, not letting go of any movement.

According to the villagers who hunted in the forest, they had seen Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna passing by in this area, arguing and making noise, and seemed to be looking for something.

In other words, the Strauss siblings are likely still wandering in this area.

This couldn't help but make Noah curse inwardly a few times.

Noah had thought that the Strauss siblings should have already known he had completed the request within these three days and given up, leaving.

He didn't expect them to still be in the forest, and it seemed they hadn't given up on snatching this request from Noah.

Needless to say, the Strauss siblings hadn't left the forest since they entered it three days ago.

Otherwise, the Strauss siblings wouldn't be unaware of the Village Chief's notice posted in the village, allowing villagers to continue hunting in the forest.

"Aren't these siblings a little too persistent?"

Noah gritted his teeth somewhat, but his running speed didn't decrease at all.

Logically, even if the Strauss siblings were still wandering in this forest, Noah wouldn't need to come out and find them personally, let alone be in such a hurry to find them.

But for some reason, Noah had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Could they have encountered some danger?"

There shouldn't be any Magical Beasts in this forest, so naturally, there wouldn't be any danger.

But that's not a certainty.

Who knows, maybe some foreign Magical Beasts that aren't weak just happened to appear, and the Strauss siblings can't deal with them?

From Mira, Noah sensed a rather strong magical power, but Elfman and Lisanna didn't have even a trace of magical power fluctuations, obviously not having started learning Magic yet.

This makes it difficult to guarantee that nothing unexpected will happen.

Most importantly, Noah trusted his premonition.

"If I find you, I'll definitely give you a good beating!"

With this determination, Noah further increased his speed.

"Roar—!"

Just then, a huge roar echoed from not far away.

"This sound..." Noah stopped abruptly, his face changing.

"It can't be that unlucky, right?"

Saying these words, Noah leaped and rushed in the direction of the sound.