High above the Magic Council
"Those Fairy Tail idiots have caused trouble again. This time, they destroyed the harbor too."
A huge magic circle glowed as nine people around it denounced Fairy Tail.
"Hmph. Honestly, I kind of 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 at the harbor this time too."
"What? Are you going 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 discussion to an end.
Fairy Tail
"Welcome to Fairy Tail, aye!"
Happy welcomed Lucy. She looked eagerly at Fairy Tail's doors, already anticipating the days ahead.
Bang
Natsu angrily kicked the doors open.
"I'm back!"
"Oh, you're back."
Everyone in the guild smiled and greeted Natsu.
"I heard you pulled off something big again, over in Hargeon..."
Before Bucktooth could finish, Natsu kicked him flying.
Lucy, standing nearby, panicked, not knowing what was happening. Qian Guang was already used to it. Grinning, he greeted Mira before returning 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 gone."
"Huh?" Mira tilted her head. A curse was gone? Just as expected of him.
"You bastard! The Fire Dragon information you gave me before was fake!"
"How was I supposed to know it was fake?! I was just kindly telling you!"
"You want to fight? Get lost!"
"Bring it on!"
"Ahhhhh!"
When Natsu fought, everyone suffered. The guild's tables and chairs were overturned in an instant.
"Forget it, forget it, Natsu."
Before Happy could finish, he was sent flying and crashed into a turtle eating grilled fish.
"Ah, Happy. Want a bite?"
Dumb Dumb invited him with a fish in his mouth, then immediately grew larger and ate every fish in front of him. This cat was always stealing fish from him, and now he wanted some? Dream on!
"Aye! Dumb Dumb!" Furious, Happy flew up and smacked Dumb Dumb on the head.
"Ha! That idiot is back, huh?!"
A bare-chested man roared as he searched for his lifelong enemy.
Lucy jumped in fright at the sudden appearance of this pervert.
"Gray, put some clothes on."
A long-haired woman in a bikini top said flatly from the bar, holding a glass of wine.
Cana had complained about Gray since childhood. She had gone from being shy about it to no longer caring at all.
"You're making too much noise in broad daylight."
A tall white-haired figure appeared. No one knew what Elfman had encountered in the men's dormitory, but he looked far more energetic, and his hair had turned into a hedgehog-like mess.
Then Gray and Natsu took him down together in an instant.
"Good grief, enough already. What are you all making such a fuss about?" Loki, sitting between two girls, finally spoke up.
He was also among the top men women wanted as boyfriends. Since they did not dare have any worldly desires toward the number one pick, the girls turned their attention to Loki.
Lucy looked at the utterly chaotic scene, at a complete loss. "What is going on here? More importantly, is there even one normal person here?"
"Yaaawn..." The normal Qian Guang was yawning. He would never sleep with Natsu again. That guy snored in his sleep. Mira was still better—soft to hold—but unfortunately, she would kick him out of bed.
"Oh my, you must be new here."
Mirajane, wearing a red dress and holding a wineglass, appeared beside Lucy.
"Mirajane! It's really her!"
Lucy exclaimed excitedly. She wanted to become a weekly magazine cover girl too.
"Um, is it really okay not to stop them?"
"They're always like this, so don't worry about them. Besides, it's kind of..."
Suddenly,
Elfman flew toward Mira, but just before he hit her, a black hole opened. Elfman crashed into Dumb Dumb's shell instead.
"...fun, isn't it?"
Mirajane continued with a smile, completely unaware that she had nearly been hit.
"Huh!"
Lucy covered her mouth in shock. What was that just now? Where did that white-haired muscle-bound guy go? Was that magic too? Whose magic was it? How terrifying.
Bang!
Before Lucy could even ask, a naked hedgehog-haired man crashed into her and sent her flying.
"Hahahahaha!" Natsu spun Gray's underwear around with a smug look on his face. Seeing this, Qian Guang became even more convinced that the men's dormitory was a terrifying place.
What kind of normal person stripped someone else's underwear off and spun it around in his hand?!
And also! Gray, what are you doing?!
What kind of normal person asked a girl to lend him panties while completely naked?!
Qian Guang could not bear to watch. He already knew how this would end. Next, either the guild would be demolished, or they would be.
The guild was beyond saving. They should just wait for it to disband. Qian Guang closed his eyes again and went back to searching for Mira in his dreams.
"Bring it on, bastard!"
As Gray took up the stance for Ice-Make Magic, Natsu's hands became wreathed in flames as well, ready for a real brawl.
"You're going to use magic to fight?!"
"Aye!"
Lucy clutched Happy and trembled. 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 in a corner of the bar, asleep and drooling.
Lucy's eyes went flat. Fine, cross this person off the list too. There was no one in Fairy Tail who made the rankings.
At that moment, a huge figure appeared. Lucy jumped in fright and stared with her mouth wide open.
"Stop it already, you bastards!"
"So huge!"
Everyone in the guild instantly fell silent.
"Oh my, Guild Master, so you were here."
Mira smiled as she explained to Lucy from the side.
"Ahahahahaha! Look at how scared you all are. Then this battle will be mine—" Natsu was incredibly arrogant, but before he could finish, the guild master stepped on him.
"Eep!"
Lucy was startled. Her little squeak caught the guild master's attention. "Hm? Are you new?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, the guild master gradually shrank until he returned to his usual form of a little old man. "Please take care of me!"
"So small! And you say he's the guild master?!"
"That's right. This is Mr. Makarov, the guild master of Fairy Tail."
Mira explained it to Lucy from the side.
The guild master tried to make a stylish jump onto the second-floor railing, only to throw out his back instead.
But he was not embarrassed in the slightest. His skin was thick enough already. "Well, you lot caused trouble again. Look, the Magic Council sent me a whole pile of documents."
"They're all complaints."
The Magic Council (the organization that oversees mage guilds).
"You lot always make me get scolded by those Magic Council people."
Qian Guang instantly stopped feeling sleepy when he heard that. You shameless old man! Every time we go, you're sleeping! I'm the one getting scolded!
Because Qian Guang's reputation was so good, Makarov got an idea. Every time he went to the Magic Council, he brought Qian Guang along.
See? Their guild did not just cause trouble—they also had someone capable of cleaning things up.
But Qian Guang was not the type to just take a scolding. Every time he went, he basically argued with those old men until they hated him enough to grind their teeth.
However, seeing the guilty expressions on everyone's faces, the guild master abruptly changed his tone. "But those Magic Council bastards can go eat shit."
He then set the stack of complaint forms on fire and tossed it to the vicious dog he kept—Natsu, who would eat any fire and was not picky about food.
"Listen up! The power that surpasses perseverance all comes 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 manifests as tangible power."
"That requires spiritual strength and concentration. No, magic can only be formed by pouring your entire soul into it."
"If you are always concerned with the opinions of those above you, you will never improve your magic!"
"Don't worry about those Magic Council people!"
"Walk forward on the path you believe in!"
"That is what makes us Fairy Tail mages!"
The guild master's impassioned speech instantly brought the atmosphere to its peak.
"OOOOOH!!" ×n
The earlier silence vanished completely, and everyone fell into celebration once more.
Qian Guang looked at the old man on the second floor, holding up his hand in Fairy Tail's signature pose—a fist with his thumb and index finger extended in an upside-down seven—and felt deeply moved.
"As expected, Guild Master, you're the best one for the job."
Lucy was also fired up by the speech. This was the Fairy Tail she had imagined!
The mighty Qian Wei presents: Fairy Tail: Starting with Dual Kamui
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