As Noisy as Ever! Dreams as Always!

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In a daze, Noah found himself in an incredibly strange place.

It was as vast as the sky, yet it felt like he could reach out and touch the edge of space. He felt as light as if he were underwater, as ethereal as if he were in the clouds. It was a truly wondrous location.

The sky was white.

The ground was white.

Everything around him, everything Noah could see, was white.

A pure, blank whiteness, yet it gave Noah a feeling of warmth.

It was like being back in the womb, surrounded by amniotic fluid. Utterly, utterly wondrous.

Even though there was nothing here, Noah didn't feel alone, didn't feel lonely, didn't feel lost, didn't feel cold. Instead, he felt warm.

If this wasn't wondrous, then what was?

However, this white world wasn't entirely empty.

Besides Noah, there were other wondrous beings in this world.

Feathers…

Feathers falling from the sky…

Feathers suspended in bubbles, falling from the sky…

Covered and enveloped in a white halo, suspended in bubbles, feathers falling from the sky…

If this world gave Noah a feeling of warmth like being back in the womb, then these feathers, falling from the sky and releasing a faint glow, gave Noah another kind of warmth, similar but not quite the same.

How to put it?

If he had to give an example, it would be like 'family'.

Yes!

Noah was sure that these incredible feathers before him seemed to be his 'family'!

So, looking at the feathers falling from the sky, suspended in bubbles, hovering around him, their bodies emitting a white halo, Noah showed a heartfelt smile of joy.

However, the next moment, the new scene that appeared before Noah's eyes made the smile on his face disappear completely.

New 'family' members fell from the sky.

Still feathers suspended in bubbles.

But these feathers had not only lost their brilliant white halo, but were also fragmented, as if they had been broken, lacking the vitality they should have had.

Then, the feathers that had lost their vitality replaced the complete feathers, floated in front of Noah, gathered around him, and fluttered back and forth.

It was as if they were begging for help…

"Brother Noah… Brother Noah…"

A sweet and childish, yet familiar voice echoed softly in Noah's ear.

At the same time, Noah felt his body being shaken continuously.

Still deep in sleep, Noah woke up from his daze, slowly opened his eyes, and stared blankly at the source of the voice.

What entered Noah's eyes was an extremely cute little girl.

She was about eleven or twelve years old, wearing a cute red dress, with snow-white short hair as pure as snow. Her face was small, but very delicate and cute, making it easy to imagine the beauty that the owner of this face would possess when she grew up.

Facing such an incredibly cute face, Noah's focus still hadn't sharpened. He just murmured blankly.

"Lisanna?"

"It's Lisanna… Brother Noah…" Lisanna's pretty face was filled with worry. Just as Noah was about to wonder why she had such an expression, Lisanna reached out and touched Noah's cheek, soaking Lisanna's hand.

Wait…

Soaking?…

Noah then realized that, without knowing when, tears had flowed from his eyes, wetting his cheeks.

He… was crying?…

"Brother Noah…" Lisanna wiped the tears from Noah's face while speaking with concern.

"Did you have that dream again?"

Hearing this, Noah couldn't help but smile wryly.

Yes!

This wasn't the first time Noah had experienced the 'White Dream' in his sleep!

Rather, since Noah began to have his own consciousness, the first scene, dream, and memory he experienced was that 'White Dream'. He even met Makarov after that dream.

And since then, every once in a while, Noah would have that wondrous dream, experiencing the warmth of the dream and the heartbreaking sadness of the dream's ending.

That was the heartbreaking sorrow unique to those fragmented feathers in the dream.

Thus, whenever Noah had that dream and woke from it, this heartbreaking sorrow would cause Noah to shed tears he never shed over anything else.

Only Lisanna, who had joined Fairy Tail and, with her bossy nature, had stolen Gray's job and came to wake him up every day, knew about this.

Apart from Lisanna, no one else knew, not even Gray, who never entered Noah's room directly before he woke up despite coming to wake him up every day, nor Noah's grandfather, Makarov.

Even Lisanna had only discovered it unintentionally one morning when she sneaked into Noah's room while he was still asleep, intending to play a prank.

Seeing the hint of heartache in Lisanna's beautiful, large eyes, Noah gave a rather steady smile and patted her head.

"Why are you making that face?"

Lisanna said with some annoyance.

"It makes me feel uncomfortable to think that Noah is always having such sad dreams."

"I've told you so many times, it's not a sad dream, it just feels strange, and it's also inexplicable, affecting my emotions quite a bit." Noah smiled wryly, crawled out of the blanket, sat up, and stretched.

"You're still young, why are you so sentimental?"

"It's Noah who's too insensitive and doesn't understand a girl's heart!" Lisanna puffed out her cheeks and dragged Noah out of bed.

"Alright, Noah, get up quickly. Everyone in the guild is almost here, and you're still sleeping in!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Faced with Lisanna, who was like a housekeeper, Noah was also helpless, letting Lisanna, like an overly concerned younger sister, find clothes for him and rush him to wash up.

Since joining Fairy Tail and knowing that he lived alone in the guild, Lisanna had become such a caring younger sister figure.

At first, Noah was quite unaccustomed to it, but over time he got used to it, and now, if Lisanna didn't come to wake him up in the morning, Noah would feel uncomfortable instead.

From this point of view, Lisanna had been quite successful.

And naturally, Lisanna had become one of the few people in Fairy Tail with whom Noah had a good relationship.

Watching Lisanna skillfully find the clothes he had just washed yesterday and was preparing to wear today from his closet, while humming a pleasant tune, Noah couldn't help but mutter.

"Why does she always seem so happy when she's busy in my room?"

"Huh?" Lisanna, who was helping Noah choose what to wear today, turned her head in confusion.

"Noah, did you say something just now?"

Looking at Lisanna, who still didn't forget to hum a pleasant tune, Noah sighed deeply.

"It's nothing..."

Fairy Tail was as noisy as ever.

Chatting with Lisanna, Noah arrived at the familiar first-floor bar.

Just as he came down the stairs, two black shadows suddenly pounced towards Noah.

"NO————AH————!"

Listening to the passionate shouts filled with fighting spirit, and watching the two black shadows gradually approaching him, Noah sighed again, reaching out at the same time the black shadows pounced in front of him, grabbing their heads, one in each hand, and then heavily converging them in the middle.

"BANG————!"

With a loud collision, the two heads slammed together, stiffened for a moment, and fell limply to the ground.

The hair color of the two heads was cherry blossom pink and black.

Who else could it be but Natsu and Gray?