Going Too Far

Inside the Fairy Tail guild, the atmosphere was clearly divided between liveliness and silence. Those who were meant to be lively remained so, while those who were meant to be silent huddled in a corner, looking dejected.

"I've made up my mind. I'm going to undergo rigorous self-discipline, I'm going to pull myself together, and I'm going to let everyone know that the Macao who once made them so proud has returned!"

In a corner of the guild, Macao suddenly stood up, his fists clenched, his eyes as firm as iron.

"Macao, there's no need to force that last sentence. The most important thing in life is to know yourself," Hughes muttered from the deepest corner.

Wakaba, who was also squatting in the corner, exhaled a puff of smoke and said dejectedly, "Hey, Hughes, for my sake, stop criticizing Macao. It's not easy for an old man like me to save face."

Hughes glanced at Wakaba dismissively and continued to grumble, "You have no face whatsoever, Wakaba."

"The combined workload of the two of them this year isn't even as much as mine, and they even got knocked unconscious while visiting the hot spring town. How embarrassing!"

The truth was like a knife, deeply wounding the hearts of these two thirty-year-old men. Macao and Wakaba were so angry that their faces turned red.

Enraged, the two immediately retorted, "You scoundrels, shut up!" x2

Hughes:((#`皿´#))

"I already told you, it was that Kailinfu who framed me. I stayed with Laxus last night and didn't spend the night in the hot spring town!"

Hughes never dreamed that Kailinfu would be so crazy, hiring people to spread rumors throughout Magnolia Town about being insulted in order to get revenge on him.

Moreover, they even commissioned someone to paint his portrait, which was then plastered all over the Magnolia Town.

To prove she wasn't lying, she even took out the pink dress she wore the night before and, through magic, revealed Hughes's fingerprints.

What's even more despicable is that this woman added fuel to the fire, saying that she had spent the night in the same room with him until dawn, and that after they had done what they were supposed to do, he had refused to give her any money because of his status as a mage.

Damn it, this woman has absolutely no bottom line; she truly deserves to be called a capitalist in the sex industry.

I regret it so much. I shouldn't have touched her like that. Now I've lost my innocence...

Turning around, seeing that Macao and Wakaba still didn't believe him, Hughes became even more annoyed.

After joining the guild with Laxus, Hughes faced countless attempts to explain himself to everyone, despite the undisguised contempt in their eyes. No one believed him.

If even they don't believe it, Hughes can imagine even more how outsiders view him.

Now, even if the mud on your pants isn't excrement, it's still excrement.

Hughes was filled with regret; he shouldn't have touched her like that, now it's ruined...

Macao and Wakaba chuckled twice, patted Hughes on the shoulder, and gave him a knowing look.

Hughes was so angry that he stood up and kicked them both away, then beckoned to Laxus, who was sitting at the bar, and said, "Laxus, you better prove to me whether I really was at your house last night!"

Laxus, inexplicably in a good mood, pretended not to hear. He was happy now, and all the frustration he had felt from Hughes's various pranks had vanished.

After being reprimanded by Makarov, Reedus, knowing he shouldn't continue down this path of depravity, used Pict Magic in the morning to draw himself as bloated as a ball.

His Pict Magic can materialize the patterns he draws, turning them into weapons or creatures for battle.

However, since the Pict Magic requires painting on one's own body, the larger the body, the more powerful the creatures and weapons Reedus can paint.

At that moment, Reedus pointed to a photograph showing Kailinfu's pink dress and a deliberately enlarged fingerprint.

As an expert in painting, Reedus immediately recognized that the fingerprints on the paper were indeed Hughes's, and the location of the fingerprints was also correct.

Reedus shook his head and said, "Just admit it, Hughes. Even if Laxus could prove you really spent the night at his house last night, you still wouldn't be able to explain it, because you really did touch Kailinfu!"

Hughes immediately defended himself. "Kailinfu and the old man didn't tell me about their plan beforehand. In that situation, I thought Kailinfu really had something to do, so I restrained her."

Finally, Kailinfu struggled to pat her waist as if trying to pull something out, so I helped her. It turned out that the thing on her waist was the token the chairman had given her.

"That's barely plausible, there are your fingerprints on her waist, but how do you explain the fact that there are your fingerprints on Kailinfu's chest?" Reedus continued, his brow furrowed.

"That was purely an accident. Reedus, you saw it yourself. There was only a tiny fingerprint on Kailinfu's chest. If I really had bad intentions, there would have been more than that!" Hughes tried his best to exonerate himself.

At that moment, Kailinfu was being choked by him, making it difficult for her to breathe, causing her chest to heave violently, and her breasts to sway along with it. Hughes couldn't help but touch them, just once.

After listening to Hughes ' explanation, Reedus nodded. Hughes' reasons could barely convince him as a friend, but outsiders wouldn't believe a word of it.

"Do you know what Kailinfu said in the center of the hot spring town this morning?" Reedus asked after a moment's thought.

"What did she say?" Hughes asked nervously.

Hughes could tell that Kailinfu was talking about something unpleasant, but he still hoped that Kailinfu wouldn't go too far.

Reedus glanced at Hughes with sympathy and said, word by word, "Kailinfu said that no girl would joke about her innocence!"

Hughes immediately sensed something was wrong and cautiously said, "Kailinfu is from Hot Springs Town; not many people will believe her, right?"

What do you think?

Reedus's rhetorical question shattered Hughes's last shred of hope...

Hughes's eyes widened suddenly. It's over, this is an unsolvable situation!

Gildarts, upon hearing this for the first time, was shocked and spat out the wine in his mouth. How ruthless! That woman named Kailinfu is truly ruthless.

Fortunately, he had never encountered a woman like that.

"But I've never heard of a girl named Kailinfu in the hot spring town!" Gildarts wondered to himself.

Gildarts knew the spa town of Magnolia Town like the back of his hand; he knew exactly which family had which girls.

Laxus, sitting next to Gildarts, had his mouth wide open, making no attempt to hide his smile.

It's good-looking, I love watching it, and I hope that woman named Kailinfu will keep going!

Makarov, who was also sitting at the bar, sighed, speechless with regret for his arrangements the night before.

At that moment, three figures stepped into the guild; they were the Strauss siblings, who had just returned from completing a quest in the neighboring town.

Mira, who had heard a lot of news along the way, glanced deeply at Hughes, who stood frozen in the corner.

She was very disappointed and angry!

Hughes the kind of person who gets carried away when he sees big breasts. Last time he was completely infatuated with Yasilian, and this time he went straight for the kill.

Hmph, I'm not going to cook for him anymore, and I'm going to throw away all his photo albums.

Seeing that things were not going well, Elfman took a few steps back and walked to Natsu and the others.

Hughes might do it, or Hughes might not; his answer will depend on Mira's judgment.

Lisanna then shouted loudly, "Perverted molester, we're back!"

"Crack!" Hughes seemed to appear on Hughes as he was petrified.