Fairy Tail: Vector Manipulation

Before Natsu could speak, Happy piped up, "Hey, Chen Fan, hi."

Chen Fan held Happy up in both hands and said, "Oh, it's Happy. Why haven't you grown any taller? At this rate, you won't be able to find a girlfriend." After Chen Fan said that, Happy really did get nervous and began flailing about in a panic.

"Don't scare Happy. Where in the world is there another cat like Happy?" Natsu snatched Happy from Chen Fan's hands and said.

"Who says there isn't? I've seen one before," Chen Fan said casually, as if he had mentioned it without thinking.

"Liar...!!" This time, it was not only Natsu, Happy, and Gray. Even the others nearby shouted in unison.

Seeing everyone so united, Chen Fan jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and said sternly, "When have I ever lied to anyone? Don't slander my upright character and pure soul."

"Come on, let's go. Don't talk to this guy, or we'll get infected." He waved them away, and the others scattered as if Chen Fan were something filthy.

"Fine. Just you wait."

"We've waited so long the flowers have withered," everyone said in unison again. The guild members tidied up the broken things, while Natsu headed straight for the request board to see if there were any good jobs. Happy also helped Natsu look.

At that moment, Mira had already stamped the Fairy Tail guild mark onto the back of Lucy's left hand. Excited, Lucy ran behind Natsu and said, "Hey, Natsu, look! I got the Fairy Tail emblem."

Natsu did not even turn his head. In a listless voice, he said, "Oh, congratulations, Rucy."

"It's Lucy!"

"This one pays more," Happy said, pointing at a request.

"Oh... bandit extermination, 160,000 J." Natsu became a little excited. "Let's take this one," Happy continued.

Seeing that no one was around Mira anymore, Chen Fan immediately trotted over and sat in front of her. With a slightly wounded expression, he said, "Mira, none of them believe me. My heart has been seriously hurt. Can you comfort my wounded soul?" After saying that, he looked at Mira expectantly.

"No." As blunt and decisive as ever.

Bang...

Chen Fan slammed his head onto the counter and played dead.

Just then, a childish voice said, "Has my dad not come back yet?"

Hearing that, Chen Fan remembered that there had been this part at the beginning of Fairy Tail. After being here for so many years, he had nearly forgotten the plot. He only had a vague impression of it left. It was also the author's fault for having such a poor sense of time and never marking the exact hour and minute.

Then Makarov said, "Hm? You're so annoying, Romeo. Since you're a wizard's son, you should obediently wait at home."

"But he said he'd be back in three days. It's already been a week, and he still hasn't returned." Romeo said excitedly to Makarov. Natsu and Lucy were also drawn in by the conversation and watched the guild master and Romeo speak.

"I remember he went to Mount Hakobe."

"That's not very far. Let's go look for him."

"Your old man is a wizard, right? If he can't even handle his own affairs, can he still be called a wizard?" Makarov said to Romeo.

"You bastard..." Romeo shouted at Makarov, then punched him in the chin with a bang.

Then, unexpectedly, he ran toward Chen Fan. Chen Fan remembered that this was wrong—he should have run outside.

Romeo said to Chen Fan, "Brother Chen Fan, you're the only good person in this guild. Please help me find my dad."

Chen Fan had a pretty good relationship with Macao, that lecherous old man. They often talked nonsense together, and Chen Fan had gone to Macao's house several times to drink and chat. He had also bought Romeo plenty of tasty food. Thus, young Romeo had been won over by Chen Fan and firmly believed that Chen Fan was a good person.

Originally, Chen Fan had not wanted to get involved, because he knew Natsu would soon go save that old pervert Macao with Lucy. But the moment he heard Romeo say that Chen Fan was the only good person in the guild, his wounded heart from earlier was completely healed.