Ye Yang's pupils slightly contracted after hearing Gildarts's analysis.
Before he could even speak, San Mao had already climbed out of the rubble at some unknown point.
"What do we do, Boss! He found out our secret."
As soon as San Mao's words fell, the scene instantly became silent... Ye Yang's face, on the other hand, was covered in bulging veins.
He heard his secret so easily extracted by his own men.
"San Mao! Will you die if you don't speak!"
"Er Gou"
"Er Gou!!"
At this moment, Er Gou's head was buried in the rubble, his body exposed, twisting constantly, trying to pull his head out.
When he heard Ye Yang call him, he somehow found the strength to pull his head out directly.
"Boss! I'm here!!"
"Drag San Mao out and give him a beating!!"
"Yes, Boss!"
San Mao immediately covered his mouth when he heard his boss speak. It was as if he recalled something, and his gaze towards Er Gou was filled with such panic.
"Don't you come over here!!"
Er Gou looked at San Mao with a helpless expression.
"Mao'er, just bear with it. These are all Boss's orders."
After speaking, Er Gou started to 'greet' San Mao.
"No... Old Dog, can't you be gentler!"
"Oh my god!"
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Wagang Village at night
A bruised and swollen San Mao and an explaining Er Gou sat on either side of Ye Yang. In front of the three, Gildarts sat drinking, and on the bonfire in the middle, an unknown magical beast's meat was roasting, sizzling with oil (and aroma).
Originally, Gildarts had expected a good fight, but who would have thought that Ye Yang didn't play by the rules and surrendered directly.
This led to the current scene.
After listening to Er Gou's description, Gildarts understood everything.
His gaze towards Ye Yang held a trace of admiration.
"I say, your kid's mind is quite good. How did you come up with such a brilliant idea?"
"Posting a request to hunt yourself, then robbing the Mages who take on the mission."
Then he looked at Ye Yang with a mischievous smile.
"You kid must have made a lot of money, right."
Ye Yang got angry as soon as he heard this.
"It's fine if you don't mention it, but now that you do, I'm furious. I robbed so many Mages, and it only added up to 100,000 J. Are you Mages all that poor?"
"At least I posted an A-rank mission for the Subjugation."
"One by one, their strength isn't much, and they don't have much money either."
"It's not even enough for these two to eat. This bandit stronghold I robbed is getting worse by the day!"
Gildarts burst out laughing after hearing this.
"Hahaha, there's no way around it. Mages spend a lot of money. They also have to pay for damaged things, so how could they have much money on them?"
Ye Yang scrutinized Gildarts's attire and appearance.
Then he slowly sighed.
"Sigh~ I can tell. Looking at your outfit, I know you don't have much money."
Gildarts chuckled foolishly.
"It's all been paid off, that's why I took this mission. After all, a mission to eliminate bandits usually has a lot of spoils."
"But looking at your Wagang Village..."
"Hahaha, let's drink, let's drink."
Ye Yang, of course, knew what Gildarts meant.
"I originally wanted to go to a guild before, but I thought, how could taking on requests be as quick as directly robbing?"
"Only after getting into this line of work did I realize it's not easy either."
"And I have to support these two wolong and fengchu."
San Mao and Er Gou immediately raised their proud heads when they heard Ye Yang's appellation for them.
Gildarts took a sip of wine and said, "Kid, do you want to join our guild?"
Ye Yang looked at Gildarts, then at the two Mages, San Mao and Er Gou, who were happily eating, and pondered for a moment.
"Can your guild accommodate these two? They haven't awakened any magic; they're just ordinary people."
"Hahaha, then you've come to the right place. Fairy Tail never cares about that."
"As for magic, our old man will also be responsible for teaching them."
"And you..."
Gildarts's eyes kept scrutinizing Ye Yang, as if he had seen the secret of his body.
"I know what you want to say. That's another power."
Gildarts saw that Ye Yang's demeanor didn't want him to press further. Everyone has his secrets.
"In that case, do you want to come to the guild with me? It's really good There are also many pretty girls, eh heh."
San Mao, hearing about pretty girls, immediately put down the meat in his hand and whispered into Ye Yang's ear.
"Boss, we've been on this mountain for almost a few months, and we haven't made much money. Every month we're in the red."
"I think what this uncle said is very right. Going to a proper guild will definitely be better than our current business."
"I'm definitely not persuading you, Boss, because of pretty girls."
"Absolutely not!"
"I swear!"
Ye Yang looked at San Mao with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, then looked at Er Gou. Although Er Gou didn't explicitly say it, it was clear from his eyes that he had been swayed by Gildarts.
"Alright, alright, since you two have spoken, what else can I say? Anyway, the bandit business can't continue, so let's see if the guild can make money."
Afterward, the few of them finished eating and began to rest on the spot.
Ye Yang lay on the ground, looking at the starry sky, and reminisced about the past.
("Time really flies. It's already been two years since I came to this world.")
("If it weren't for these two kids saving me back then, I might have died before I even awakened the system.")
("Originally, I didn't want these two guys to be involved in the main storyline. Although Fairy Tail is known as an 'immortal' anime, reality and anime are simply incomparable.")
("Circling around, I still can't escape, can I? After inheriting Borsalino's template, I've also become lazier and lazier.")
("Open System Panel")
["Ding! System Panel opened successfully."]
["Host: Ye Yang"]
["Age: 13"]
["Template: Borsalino 20%"]
["Abilities: Armament Haki (Elementary), Observation Haki (Elementary), Glint-Glint Fruit (Intermediate), Rokushiki (Elementary)."]
["Money: 206,948 J"]
["To exchange for the next stage of Borsalino's template requires 1,000,000 J"]
["Inventory: Evolution Fruit * 1 (Will be used automatically when template reaches 100%)"]
("Sigh, why couldn't I be assigned a better system? It's clearly a 'three-no' product.")
("Since I can't avoid it, I have to give these two guys some means of self-preservation.")
("Over the past two years, I've already laid a good foundation for their bodies. When we get to the guild, I'll let that old man awaken their magic, and then teach them the Six Styles. That way, they'll have some ability to protect themselves.")
("I still need to earn money properly. I must improve my strength as soon as possible.")