"Click!"
Lucy opened the door and entered the house, her Happy face instantly falling.
"Oh, you're back, one, two, one, one, two, one." Natsu was doing sit-ups on Lucy's bed, completely at ease, even happily greeting Lucy.
He didn't even notice how awful Lucy's expression was at that moment.
"Ah, ah~ What a strong smell of sweat!" Lucy delivered a flying kick, sending Natsu flying off the bed, and roared, "If you want to train your muscles, go home and do it! Why are you in my house?"
"Don't say that, Lucy, we're a team! Look, I even brought you a gift."
Natsu grinned cheekily, suddenly pulling out a pink dumbbell from somewhere and handing it to Lucy, happily demonstrating how to use it.
"To defeat Laxus and Erza, training is unavoidable. You need to train your physical strength more."
"That has nothing to do with me!" Lucy grew even more furious on the side, but Natsu didn't take it to heart.
"I've decided, Lucy, let's go on an S-Class mission, Lucy."
"Eh, no!" Lucy immediately refused. She had just heard Levy talk about the dangers of S-Class missions, and she absolutely didn't want to go on such a dangerous mission, even if Natsu's strength seemed very strong to her.
But for safety, they still needed to take it step by step. At the very least, an S-Class Magician should lead the way.
"Hey! Happy, get the mission request out and show Lucy, the mission is quite simple!" Natsu wasn't discouraged and happily urged Happy to take out the request.
"Um, um, I don't know, I remember I had it, huh!"
Happy searched his body for a long time but couldn't find it, raising his hands innocently as he replied.
Natsu's face instantly fell in disappointment. He had clearly told Happy to steal the mission request.
"Seriously, you two are so bold. Alright, Natsu, go back to sleep. Let's talk about it tomorrow, hah."
Lucy also looked at the two troublemakers with a helpless expression. They truly acted on impulse. After finishing her sentence, she yawned, feeling a bit sleepy.
"Lucy, wait for me, I'll pick you up tomorrow. Let's go, Happy!" Natsu jumped out the window, stood on the windowsill, turned his head, and smiled as he spoke to Lucy. Before Lucy could get angry, the man and the cat had already jumped out the window and left.
Lucy ran a few steps, leaning on the window, watching the man and the cat walk away. She let out a sigh of relief in her heart. It seemed the two really hadn't gotten the mission request, and she was relieved.
"Well, I'll take a nice bath, la la, it's really most relaxing at home!" Lucy happily ran water in the bathroom, singing a song, seemingly in a good mood.
But she didn't know that Natsu was serious, and had already obtained the mission request, only for it to be secretly taken by Zorn.
At this moment, the two thieves were still running and replaying what went wrong in their plan.
"Happy, did you really forget?"
"I don't know either. Could it have fallen on the second floor of the Guild?"
"Then let's hurry back and look for it. This was an S-Class mission we finally got."
...
Natsu and Happy suddenly screeched to a halt just as they were about to reach the Guild. Happy also pulled on Natsu's clothes to help him brake in mid-air.
Standing in front of them at this moment was someone who should not have been there at this time.
"Haha, Big Brother Zorn, why are you here?"
"Yes, yes, Natsu and I are running and exercising! Are you too, Zorn?"
Natsu tried to play it off, and Happy also covered for him, but his voice sounded guilty. Looking at Zorn's serious gaze, his voice slowly became smaller, lacking confidence.
"You two are running, huh? Very good, very good. Then why did I hear something about the second floor and an S-Class mission? Can you answer me that?"
As Zorn spoke, he slowly approached the two. Natsu and Happy also looked at Zorn with some fear, their bodies slowly retreating.
"Bang bang!"
Zorn gave the man and the cat a two-shot blow, and instantly, large bumps appeared on both their heads. He didn't care what their expressions were at the moment and continued, "You two are truly bold. If the Master found out about this, we don't even know if you two would still be in the Fairy Tail Guild."
Upon hearing this, Natsu and Happy's expressions froze, as if they had just realized. They instantly reacted, they had only thought about completing the S-Class mission and forgotten this part.
"Moreover, your strength is not enough to complete this mission!" Zorn pointed it out directly. Natsu, upon hearing this, was a bit unconvinced, but seeing Zorn's serious expression at the moment, he swallowed the words he was about to retort.
"Understood!" After speaking, Natsu and Happy both hung their heads, turning to leave with dejected expressions.
"Seriously, I didn't say you couldn't do it!" Zorn suddenly spoke, and the previously dejected man and cat instantly turned their heads, looking at Zorn with faces full of surprise.
"Keep this mission request with me for now! Tomorrow morning, gather at the Guild entrance on time. Remember to call Gray and Lucy."
Zorn picked up the folded mission request in his right hand, placed it in his chest pocket, and then reminded Natsu.
"Ugh, I have to call that guy Gray too? We can definitely complete it just by ourselves!"
Natsu, who had been somewhat Happy, instantly became unhappy upon hearing Gray's name. He stomped his feet in displeasure, unwilling to bring Gray along. He wanted to provoke Gray properly again, just like with the Beast King mission last time, and see Gray's unhappy, envious, and jealous expression when he returned.
"No, that's how it is. I'm leaving first."
Zorn ignored him, simply brushed the dust off his clothes, and with a flash of a golden magic circle under his feet, he disappeared from the spot.
Of course, Zorn wanted to call Gray, as this mission had a great connection to him, and it was also a good opportunity for Gray to dispel the gloom in his heart, as this time there was a possibility for Gray to achieve his most cherished wish.
On the empty street, only Natsu and Happy's unwilling shouts remained. Finally, Natsu returned to his small house, still indignant.
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The next morning, Natsu also arrived punctually in Lucy's room, staring at Lucy's sleeping face with a smiling expression.
The intense gaze made Lucy feel something and open her eyes.
"Yo, Lucy, good morning!" Natsu showed his big white teeth, smiling as he greeted her.
"Ah~, Natsu, go to hell! Take my Lucy Flying Kick!"
To be continued~
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