A Noisy Place

"Fairy Tail!"

Looking at the guild building before him, Ul's eyes flickered with a faint light.

It wasn't because the building was particularly magnificent—after all, Ul had seen the "glittering" life of the world before—but by his estimation, the building in front of him was at most a somewhat dilapidated three-story house...

The reason for Ul's excitement was purely out of curiosity!

After all, if something from an anime appeared in reality, it would be impossible for him not to be interested at all...

Wakaba led Ul toward the guild...

Before they even approached the guild doors, Ul could already hear the noisy sounds coming from within, faintly mixed with the sounds of arguments and brawls!

Hearing this commotion!

An inexplicable sense of reality suddenly welled up from the bottom of Ul's heart.

"That's right!"

"Aside from Fairy Tail, there probably aren't many other guilds that would be this rowdy!"

Just as Ul was silently complaining in his heart, the guild doors suddenly swung open!

Then!

Two young girls (lolis) with white hair slowly walked out from inside...

"Huh? Wakaba, is this a newcomer?"

When Ul saw these two girls (lolis), the girls also saw Ul, and that curious question had come from the younger of the two.

"That's right! Lisanna, his name is Ul. He lived in an orphanage before and only recently learned magic to become a Mage." Seeing this cute little loli, a smile appeared on Wakaba's face as he spoke.

"So that's how it is!"

Lisanna tilted her head, curiously examining Ul for a few moments, then a happy smile appeared on her face as she reached out to him and said, "Welcome to our guild, Ul!"

"Uh... thanks!"

Taken aback for a moment, Ul reached out and shook hands with Lisanna briefly, replying politely.

From the moment the two emerged, Ul had already recognized their identities.

The little loli who had just shaken his hand was named Lisanna, thirteen years old, and was a childhood friend of that guy Natsu.

Emmmm!

The kind who had been saying "I'll marry Natsu when I grow up" since she was little...

As for the other girl, dressed like a dark-styled maiden, she was Lisanna's older sister, Mirajane!

However, the current Mirajane was not yet the naturally black-bellied lady or the "number one beauty of Fairy Tail" of the future.

Right now, she was more like a tsundere, willful, dark-styled loli.

Especially with her outfit—a purple-black dress paired with a purple-black bow headband—Ul could only describe it in two words: very cheeky!

"I'll take Ul to see the Master first. You two be careful on your mission!"

After chatting for a bit, Wakaba gave the two girls (lolis) a parting reminder.

Ul hadn't interjected much during the conversation; firstly, they weren't familiar with each other yet, and secondly, the personality of the "previous" Ul was just like this, and it had even begun to subtly influence him now.

Mirajane's tsundere traits were still quite severe, so as long as Ul didn't take the initiative to greet her, she wouldn't bother with him either.

However!

As they parted ways, Ul seemed to hear Mirajane let out a very unhappy huff!

After walking through the guild doors!

The noise inside became even more intense.

Although the number of people in Fairy Tail wasn't as high as it would be later on, there were still twenty or thirty people scattered about the guild, though Ul didn't recognize any of them!

This was one of the more frustrating aspects of the Fairy Tail anime!

The scope of the anime was far too small; not only the geographical range, but even the plot was mostly centered around a handful of characters. Aside from them, everyone else was essentially background scenery.

The layout inside the guild was simple. Aside from a wooden board in the corner covered in mission requests and a bar-like counter, the rest of the space was filled with wooden tables.

When Ul entered, most of the people in the guild were gathered in small groups around the tables, drinking and bragging...

Two of the men seemed to have had too much to drink, their arguing the most intense, even showing signs of rolling up their sleeves for a fight.

But when Wakaba walked in with Ul!

In an instant!

Everyone's gaze was drawn toward them.

Especially when they saw Ul, their eyes lit up instantly, and they began to clamor...

"Yo! Wakaba, is this newcomer by your side?"

"Where did you recruit him from?"

"Come to think of it, it's been a while since a new member joined our guild!"

Over a dozen people spoke at once, their voices sounding like a flock of sparrows chirping away, creating an incredibly lively atmosphere.

However, Wakaba clearly had plenty of experience dealing with such situations.

Faced with these questions, he calmly replied: "This is Ul, a newcomer from the orphanage!"

It seemed that the word "orphanage" struck a chord with everyone, causing a momentary silence to fall over the guild, but soon, they returned to their cheerful selves!

"Yo! Newcomer, welcome to the guild."

"Kid, want to come have a drink with us?"

"Idiot, this newcomer clearly isn't of age yet! How could he possibly drink..."

People in the crowd shouted loudly toward Ul, the atmosphere remaining very festive.

Everyone here had a joyful smile on their face, looking as if they were all completely carefree!

But in reality, Ul knew better.

Every single person here had their own story...

Or to put it another way.

Most people in Fairy Tail had once carried shadows in their hearts; in other words, many here had their own psychological issues.

It was just that they were accustomed to burying them deep within their hearts!

Wakaba ignored the commotion from these "idiots" and led Wei Yi straight to the guild's bar!

There, a short, white-haired, white-bearded old man with a face flushed from drinking sat atop the counter.

This person was none other than!

The current master of Fairy Tail, and one of the ten most outstanding Mages on the continent as rated by the Magic Council.

The man who held the title of one of the Ten Wizard Saints--Makarov Dreyar!