Winter passed and spring arrived.
The residents of Magnolia Town shed their thick winter coats and put on their spring jackets.
Only the Mages seemed largely unaffected by the seasons.
Young Mages not only had excellent resistance to cold but also an unimaginable tolerance for heat.
Take Natsu, for example; he would run around in a jacket even in the dead of winter.
Completely disregarding the seasons.
The Fairy Tail Guild remained as lively as ever, with people eating, drinking, playing, and doing all sorts of things.
However, some people were behaving particularly unusually.
"Cana must have been heartbroken… otherwise, why would she even stop drinking wine?"
At the counter.
Mirajane whispered to a few peers.
"Whether she's heartbroken or not is one thing, but her not drinking is a bit abnormal."
Gray, shirtless, was drinking a cold beverage.
"You have the nerve to talk about others, can you please put on your clothes?" Natsu retorted.
Happy suggested, "How about we go for a spring outing? Let's invite Cana to clear her head."
Erza hesitated, pondered for a few seconds, and then decided to ask Aux, who had a lot of romantic entanglements, "What do you think of a spring outing?"
A spring outing? What kind of outing?
Winter had just passed; the plants and trees hadn't even grown yet, and they were talking about a spring outing?
"Whether she drinks or not is none of our business, maybe she just quit drinking?" Aux retorted.
Actually, he didn't quite understand either.
After giving Cana the wine in winter, Aux started traveling for the winter.
He had only returned a few days ago.
He had no idea what was going on with Cana; it couldn't possibly be that she quit drinking because he didn't sleep with her, could it?
That kind of thing shouldn't happen!
But he still felt that he should try to avoid too much contact with Cana right now; it might really have something to do with him.
"I have to work, you guys can keep discussing it!"
Aux said, walking towards the request board.
Seeing a certain 'wine'-related task on the request board, he tore it off without hesitation and went to register it.
He decided to send Cana some more wine; if her quitting drinking really had something to do with him, then she would forgive him for buying wine from so far away, right?
He completed the registration in front of Mirajane and left the Guild without looking back!
And Cana, upon seeing Aux, watched him leave the Guild until he disappeared from her sight.
"Cana~"
Levy walked up to Cana at this moment and gently called her name.
"Hmm?" Cana was puzzled, "What's wrong, Levy-chan~"
Levy hesitantly asked, "What's been up with you lately? You suddenly quit drinking?"
All the Guild members had long found it strange.
Cana, who loved drinking more than life itself, inexplicably quitting alcohol was probably a more terrifying phenomenon than the end of the world.
"Oh, oh, oh, I've been troubled by some relationship issues lately. By the way, Levy, can you help me with them?" Cana asked.
Levy's face turned red, and she lowered her head to apologize, "I haven't been in a relationship, so I probably can't help. Why don't you ask Alzack and Bisca?"
Oh, right~
Cana suddenly remembered that those two were a couple, so they should understand such matters.
She decided to ask them right away.
Cana quickly sat next to Alzack and Bisca, looked at them, and directly asked, "Have you two had sex?"
Buzz... Alzack and Bisca were stunned, and then, in less than three seconds, they blushed and continuously waved their hands and shook their heads.
"We don't have that kind of relationship…"
"Right, right, we're just close partners, not that intimate…"
The two of them flatly denied it.
It was obvious that they couldn't have had such experience, which made Cana a bit distressed.
"Forget it, I'll just interact naturally." Cana sighed.
Then she got up and quickly left the Guild.
Alzack and Bisca breathed a sigh of relief, then accidentally made eye contact.
Recalling Cana's shocking question just now.
They quickly averted their gaze, their faces unconsciously flushing.
"The weather is really nice today…"
"Yes…"
They engaged in awkward small talk.
Meanwhile,
Aux first went to a magic equipment shop in Magnolia and retrieved a rhomboid pendant.
This pendant was crafted from magic crystal.
The magic released through it would have a certain degree of improvement in both stability and power.
The reason for making a pendant was that Aux had forgotten his magic staff in the city where Evil Demon Claws was eradicated.
Additionally, it was inconvenient to carry, so he simply reordered something more convenient.
Thus, the pendant appeared.
Putting on the pendant, Aux walked towards the station, bought a ticket, and just as he was about to board the train, he saw Cana standing there, looking around.
"What are you doing?"
Aux was a little nervous, but out of their relationship, he still went up to ask.
Cana quickly turned around and saw that Aux hadn't boarded the train.
Her tense mood then relaxed.
"I'm going to work with you. I couldn't find you and thought you had already boarded and left," Cana said.
Aux understood, "I went to buy something midway. Did you buy your ticket?"
Cana nodded.
The two then boarded the train, found a seat, and waited for the train to depart.
"What kind of work?"
Cana took off her crossbody bag and placed it beside her, then swept her hair back behind her head.
It was beautiful!
Aux was a little dazed watching her.
She had curly brown hair, a bit cute but undeniably a mature woman.
Her figure was even more remarkable, which Aux, from his experience, could only describe with a few words: shapely, delicate, and firm.
"A town known as the City of Fine Wine has been overrun by a group of wine-loving monkeys, and Mages have been summoned to assist in clearing them out, not just our Fairy Tail Guild," Aux introduced.
Upon hearing 'City of Fine Wine,' Cana's eyes immediately lit up, and then she became a bit curious as to why he chose this task.
She guessed, "You're doing this task, aren't you…?"
Aux nodded in acknowledgment, "I heard the wine here is the best in the world, so I planned to go buy some for you to taste."
Heh… Cana curled her lips, narrowed her eyes, and looked at him with a playful gaze.
She didn't expect him to be so caring about her~
She couldn't help but feel delighted inside.
"Let's put the drinking aside for now. We don't know which Guild we're cooperating with this time; let's hope it's not Phantom Lord."
"I'm afraid you'll fight with them, as our two Guilds already don't see eye to eye," Aux reminded.
Guild collaborations were common.
But this was Aux's first time doing such work, and he was still a bit expectant about the unknown collaborators.
"Don't worry," Cana said nonchalantly.
If it really was Phantom Lord, she would just call for backup, and they'd just fight them!
Their Fairy Tail Guild had never been afraid of anyone!
What if it was Phantom Lord? It was still uncertain who would win or lose if they fought.
"Your agreeing so readily makes me a little uneasy," Aux grumbled.
Cana waved her hand, "Relax, for the sake of good wine, I'm quite willing to endure a little."
Alright… there was nothing more to say.
Aux turned his head and gazed out the window, frantically reviewing various plotlines of the Fairy Tail world.
He needed to regularly recall the content to deepen his memory.
Without regular reinforcement, he could easily forget the plot over time and put himself in danger.