"..."
(?￣?￣?) Hehe! Annie stood on the enormous platform for the final match, gazing at the clear sky and enjoying the warm breeze as she patiently waited for her opponent to take the stage.
After all, she still hadn't managed to face that fierce Erza. The judges had once again declared her the winner without a fight, and she'd smoothly advanced to the finals. She was now just one step away from claiming the title of guild master.
As for why that fierce Erza had forfeited...
?乛?乛?
Nobody knew what had happened, but Erza had suddenly come down with a stomachache and kept running back and forth to the restroom. After making the trip several times, she'd grown so weak that she could barely walk. When the frog-faced judges asked her about it and confirmed her condition, she finally couldn't hold out until the match began. Looking both furious and dejected, she withdrew from the competition of her own accord, while Annie greeted her with an "innocent" and "surprised" expression.
Anyway, Erza definitely didn't know that the potion she'd drunk hadn't caused her trouble because Gray had lost control of his magic. A certain nasty little girl had told her Little Bear to secretly add something to the potion they'd prepared to "cheat" with, while nobody was looking.
In fact, Erza wasn't the only one whose potion had been tampered with. Mirajane's had been spiked too!
Unfortunately, Mirajane hadn't made it to the next round. That nasty Scarhead, Laxus, had defeated her, so fortunately, Mira wouldn't have to suffer the same ordeal as Erza.
"You're here?"
"Damn!"
"Gr, Gray! Look what you've done!"
On a balcony on the third floor of the Fairy Tail guildhall, Erza finally found a certain bare-chested fellow and confronted him. Her face was pale