"Igneel's... son?!"
Natsu had still looked bewildered, but the instant he heard Igneel's name, he stepped forward, unable to contain the excitement in his voice.
"Blanc! You really met Igneel's son? What about Igneel? Was Igneel with him too?! Tell me where he is!!"
His whole body shook violently with excitement. Flames burned in his eyes, and little tongues of fire kept spilling from his mouth as he spoke.
"Hey, Natsu! Calm down!" Gray hurried forward and grabbed Natsu, whose emotions were spiraling out of control.
At that moment, however, no one else in the guild had any attention to spare for Gray and Natsu.
The instant Blanc finished speaking, a wave of unprecedented shock swept through the entire hall!
"You're kidding... weren't dragons supposed to have gone extinct four hundred years ago? They really still exist?"
"There really are dragons still alive in this world!"
"The targets of the 100-Year Quest... are dragons?!"
"No wonder it's a quest no one has managed to complete in a hundred years. How could humans possibly fight legendary monsters like those?"
"Natsu actually has a Fire Dragon older brother!"
The Wizards gathered around Blanc looked utterly horrified. Even Guild Master Makarov's expression grew extremely grave.
"Calm down, Natsu."
Blanc quietly watched the excited boy before him.
"As far as I know, Ignia hasn't seen Igneel in at least four hundred years. Finding him now wouldn't help."
"Even so! He might still know something! Tell me where he is, Blanc!"
Yet faced with Natsu's shouted questions, Blanc merely shook his head slowly.
"No."
"Why not?!" Natsu clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked.
"I told you about Ignia to give you a direction, so you wouldn't keep searching blindly for Igneel like a headless chicken."
Blanc looked Natsu squarely in the eyes and said