"First of all!"
"I'm not worried about you guys. I'm just showing you the way, that's all!"
"That's right!"
Lucy Ashley, the leader of the dark guild Fairy Tail in this Edolas, and the "imposter" of the Lucy from Earth-land, led Natsu, Wendy, Carla, and Happy onward, speaking with stubborn, haughty defiance.
"But anyway, thanks, Lucy!"
"If you hadn't been there, we wouldn't have been able to handle that giant frog just now... It really sucks not being able to use magic, though. We got chased around by such a weak animal..."
"And another thing!"
"If only we'd waited for Annie before teleporting yesterday..."
"Sigh..."
After laughing and patting the shoulder of this Lucy, who was completely different from "Lucy," Natsu suddenly remembered something and his face fell.
"??"
"Annie?"
"I heard you mention her yesterday, but who is she?"
Lucy asked, sounding puzzled.
After all, there didn't seem to be anyone named Annie in Fairy Tail, the guild in their Edolas. Lucy was certain of that, both in the past and now.
"Annie..."
"Annie's a fairy mage. She only joined our guild a little while ago, along with Lucy—that is, the Lucy from our world—but she's already one of the strongest mages in our guild!"
"Anyway, nobody can beat her. They say even old man Makarov can't take her?"
"She beat both Phantom Lord and Oración Seis all by herself. She even scared that new Magic Council that was trying to bully us! She got rid of a huge problem and brought our guild a beautiful floating garden, too!"
Thinking of that floating garden, Natsu couldn't help grinning proudly.
Ever since the "Fairy's Sky Castle" had been renovated, he'd never had to worry about rent again. Not that he'd ever worried about it before? Anyway, compared to the dormitory