Lucy's Fairy Tail Experience

High above the Magic Council

"Those Fairy Tail people caused trouble again. This time, they destroyed the harbor too."

A massive magic circle glowed as the nine people surrounding it denounced Fairy Tail.

"Hmph. To be honest, I quite like those idiots."

A blue-haired young man with a tattoo over his right eye said calmly.

"Well, they are a talented bunch. Especially Qian Guang—he has quite a reputation among the public."

"I heard he was involved in this harbor incident too."

"What? Are we supposed to convict him as well?"

"Heh, I say we should just leave them alone. It would be awfully lonely without those idiots."

The blue-haired young man brought the conversation to an end.

Fairy Tail

"Welcome to Fairy Tail, aye!"

Happy welcomed Lucy. She looked expectantly at Fairy Tail's doors, already looking forward to the days ahead.

Bang!

Natsu angrily kicked the door open.

"I'm back!"

"Oh, you're back."

Everyone in the guild smiled and greeted Natsu.

"I heard you guys did something huge again, over in Hargeon..."

Before Bucktooth could finish, Natsu kicked him flying.

Lucy, standing nearby, was flustered and had no idea what was happening. Qian Guang, on the other hand, was already used to it. He cheerfully greeted Mira before heading back to his messy little nest to laze around.

"How did the job go?"

Mira handed Qian Guang a glass of wine.

"Ah, it failed again. That rich merchant is already Zero."

"Huh?" Mira tilted her head. A curse was Zero? As expected of you.

"You bastard! The Fire Dragon information you gave me before was fake!"

"How was I supposed to know it was fake?! I only told you out of kindness!"

"Want to fight? Get lost!"

"Bring it on!"

"Ahhh!"

When Natsu fought, everyone suffered. In an instant, the guild's tables and chairs were overturned.

"Enough, enough, Natsu."

Before Happy could finish, he was sent flying and crashed into a turtle eating grilled fish.

"Oh, Happy. Want a bite?"

Dumb Dumb invited him with a fish in his mouth, then immediately grew larger and swallowed every fish in front of him. This cat was always stealing fish from him, and now he wanted some? In his dreams!

"Aye! Dumb Dumb!" Furious, Happy flew up and smacked Dumb Dumb on the head.

"Ha! That idiot is back already!"

A bare-chested man roared as he searched for his lifelong rival.

Lucy jumped at the sudden appearance of this pervert.

"Gray, put some clothes on."

A long-haired woman in a bikini top sat at the bar holding a glass of wine and spoke calmly.

Cana had complained about Gray since she was little. Her initial shyness had long since turned into complete indifference.

"It's already so noisy in broad daylight."

A tall white-haired figure appeared. Who knew what Elfman had encountered in the boys' dormitory, but he seemed much more energetic now, and his hair had turned into a hedgehog-like mess.

Then Gray and Natsu took him out together in an instant.

"Good grief, enough already. What are you all making such a fuss about?" Loki spoke up while flanked by two girls.

He was also one of the top choices among women for a boyfriend. Since no one dared have any worldly desires for the number one choice, the girls had turned their eyes to Loki instead.

Lucy looked at the completely chaotic scene, at a loss. "What exactly is going on here? More importantly, is there even one normal person here?"

"Yawn..." The normal person, Qian Guang, yawned. He could never sleep with Natsu again. The guy snored in his sleep. Mira was still better—soft and comfortable to hold. Too bad she would kick him out of bed.

"My, you must be new here."

Mirajane, wearing a red dress and carrying a glass of wine, appeared beside Lucy.

"Mirajane! It's really her!"

Lucy exclaimed excitedly. She wanted to become a cover girl for a weekly magazine too.

"Um, is it really okay not to stop them?"

"They're always like this, so don't worry about them. Besides, it's rather..."

Suddenly,

Elfman flew toward Mira, but just before he could hit her, a black hole opened. Elfman crashed into Dumb Dumb's shell instead.

"Isn't it fun?"

Mirajane continued with a smile, completely unaware that she had nearly been crushed.

"Huh!"

Lucy covered her mouth in shock. What was that just now? Where did that white-haired muscular guy go? Was that magic too? Whose magic was it? That was terrifying.

Bang!

Before Lucy could even ask, a completely naked hedgehog-haired man crashed into her and sent her flying.

"Hahahahaha!" Natsu smugly spun Gray's underwear around in his hand. Seeing this, Qian Guang became even more convinced that the boys' dormitory was a terrifying place.

What kind of normal person stripped someone else's underwear off and spun it around in his hand?!

And another thing! Gray, what were you doing?!

What kind of normal person ran around completely naked asking girls to lend him underwear?!

Qian Guang could not bear to watch. He already knew how this would end. Next, either the guild would be torn apart, or they would be torn apart.

The guild was hopeless. They should just wait to disband. Qian Guang closed his eyes again and went back to dreaming about Mira.

"Bring it on, bastard!"

As Gray struck a pose to cast Ice-Make Magic, Natsu's hands became wrapped in flames as well, ready for a full-scale fight.

"You're going to use magic to fight?!"

"Aye!"

Lucy trembled as she held Happy. Was Fairy Tail always this intense? Would she even survive? Wait! Where was Qian Guang? He should be a normal person!

Lucy found Qian Guang sleeping in the corner of the bar, drooling.

Lucy's eyes went flat. Fine, cross this one off the list too. There was no one in Fairy Tail who ranked.

At that moment, a massive figure appeared. Lucy was startled and stared with her mouth wide open.

"Stop this at once, you bastards!"

"He's huge!"

Everyone in the guild instantly fell silent.

"My, Master, so you were here."

Mira smiled as she explained things to Lucy.

"Ahahahahaha! Look how scared you all are! Then this battle will be my..." Natsu was wildly arrogant, but before he could finish, the master stepped on him.

"Eek!"

Lucy was startled. That little squeak caught the master's attention. "Hm? Are you new here?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, the master slowly shrank until he returned to his usual little old man form. "Please take care of me!"

"So small! And you're saying he's the master?!"

"That's right. This is Mr. Makarov, the master of Fairy Tail."

Mira explained it to Lucy from the side.

The master tried to make an impressive leap onto the second-floor railing, only to successfully throw out his back.

But the master was not embarrassed in the slightest. His skin was thick enough already. "Well, you lot caused trouble again. Look, the Council sent me another whole pile of documents."

"They're all complaints."

The Magic Council, the organization that managed wizard guilds.

"You lot always make me get scolded by those people at the Council."

The moment Qian Guang heard that, he was no longer sleepy. You shameless old man! Every time you go, you sleep! I'm the one getting scolded!

Because Qian Guang's reputation was so good, Makarov had gotten an idea. Every time he went to the Magic Council, he brought Qian Guang along.

Look, our guild does not only cause trouble. We also have someone who can handle things.

But Qian Guang was not the type to simply take a scolding. Basically, every time he went, he argued with those old men until they gritted their teeth in hatred.

However, seeing the guilty expressions on everyone's faces, the master abruptly changed his tone. "But those Council bastards can go eat shit."

He immediately set the pile of complaint forms on fire and tossed them to his pet vicious dog, Natsu, who ate anything and every kind of fire.

"Listen carefully. The power that surpasses perseverance comes entirely from unwavering conviction."

"Magic is not some miraculous power. It is the flow that exists within us."

"When it merges with the flow of nature, it takes form as tangible power."

"This requires mental strength and concentration. No, only magic forged by pouring in every bit of your soul can truly take shape."

"If you are always concerned with the opinions of those above you, you will never improve your magical path!"

"Don't care about those people from the Council!"

"Move forward along the path you believe in!"

"That is what it means to be a Fairy Tail wizard!"

The master's impassioned speech instantly pushed the atmosphere to its peak.

"OOOH!!" ×n

The earlier silence was swept away, and everyone fell into a festive mood again.

Qian Guang looked at the old man on the second floor, his hand raised in Fairy Tail's signature gesture—a clenched fist with the thumb and index finger extended into an upside-down seven—and felt deeply moved.

"As expected, Master of Fairy Tail, you are the best."

Lucy was also fired up by the speech. This was the Fairy Tail she had imagined!

Provided by Qian Wei, author of Fairy Tail: Dual Kamui from the Start