Soon, the guild members who participated in the assessment began to choose their teammates. Needless to say, Fried, as a member of the Thunder God Clan, chose Biggleslow without hesitation.
As for the girl Abba Green, she was ruthlessly abandoned by two straight men and then picked up by Elfman.
Natsu chose his old partner Happy, while Gray chose Loki, also known as Leo. The two had made a promise to each other last year.
Juvia then chose to team up with Lisanna, while Levy abandoned Sarusuk and Dhorel, two sycophants, and chose Gajeel the Iron Dragon. After all, sycophants can only flatter and not fight.
In the end, only Mester and Kana had not yet chosen teammates.
It started snowing at night.
Lucy walked home alone. Ever since Erin and Acnologia found a house, they had been living a shameless life together and never asked her to live with them again.
Without Eileen by my side, I really feel a bit lonely.
Suddenly, she noticed a familiar figure in the alley between the two houses, drunkenly sleeping soundly on the snow and in a pile of garbage.
"Kana, why are you sleeping here?"
Lucy's eyes widened in shock. She rushed inside and carried Kana out, asking, "Hey, wake up?"
Seeing that she was completely drunk, Lucy had no choice but to carry Cana home on her back.
"So heavy!"
Lucy placed Kana on the sofa, took off her wet clothes, and covered her with a white blanket.
Then she went to boil water and make a hangover soup, which she then poured down Kana's throat.
Kana woke up quickly, looked at the blanket on her body, and asked in confusion, "How did I get here? Lucy?"
"You're awake!"
Lucy looked delighted and briefly explained what had just happened, saying that she was the one who had picked up Cana.
She took off her pantyhose and shoes, revealing her long, snow-white legs, sat on the sofa, and swung her delicate little feet: "Why were you sleeping there? You seemed listless these past two days."
Kana has recovered from her drunken state. Looking at herself, she was a little dirty, probably because she had climbed over the garbage heap earlier.
"Lucy, could I use the bathroom? I want to take a shower."
Suddenly remembering something, she looked at Lucy and smiled, "Would you like to come along?"
Lucy thought for a moment and said, "Okay!"
What are girls afraid of?
Soon, the sound of running water came from the bathroom, and Kana and Lucy sat facing each other in the bathtub, with steam filling the air.
Kana's voice was low and tinged with sorrow: "Actually, this is my fifth assessment. I failed miserably and let everyone down."
Lucy breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "I thought it was something else, but it's just an assessment. I thought you were heartbroken."
"How could I possibly be heartbroken..."
Cana retorted, then suddenly became listless: "I'm the only one who failed four times, so I've decided this is the last time. If I still don't pass, I'll leave Fairy Tail guild."
Lucy asked, puzzled, "Why are you so fixated on S-rank archmages? Even if they aren't S-rank archmages, aren't we still partners?"
"If I don't become an S-rank, I won't have the face to see that person."
"who?"
"It's my father!"
Kana began to slowly recount her past, a long time having passed...
"Is Gildarts your father?"
Lucy was deeply shaken. She had never imagined that Cana had such a past, and that all of this was to prove to Gildarts that she was worthy of being his daughter.
After a long silence, she suddenly said, "Kana, let me be your teammate. I will definitely help you become an S-rank mage!"
"Acnologia taught me the correct way to use the Protoss. The combined magic of you and me is enough to face any enemy!"
"I will absolutely not let you leave the guild!"
Lucy dislikes farewells, and she especially dislikes her companions leaving the guild. No matter the reason, she will do everything in her power to prevent it from happening.
Looking into Lucy's determined gaze, Kana's eyes gradually reddened: "Lucy, thank you..."
"You can tell Gildarts directly."
Suddenly a leisurely voice came from behind. Lucy and Cana were startled and looked up to see Eileen, who had already taken off her clothes and had a voluptuous figure, walking towards them.
Then he sat in the bathtub and pushed Lucy aside.
"What are you doing...?"
Lucy was speechless. The bathtub was only so big, and it was already the limit for two people. Now she was practically sitting on Eileen's lap, and her restless hands were groping around.
She was a little annoyed, "If you touch me, I'll touch you too."
Kana asked in confusion, "Eileen, what brings you here?"
Eileen lazily draped her arm over the edge of the bathtub and said, "Little Erza noticed that you've been depressed these past few days and was a little worried. She felt embarrassed herself, so she sent me to check on you."
"I sensed your magic at Lucy's house, so I came straight here."
Lucy hesitated and said, "You just said to have Cana tell Gildarts directly... Is that feasible?"
"Why not?"
Eileen smiled and said, "No parent would refuse to acknowledge their child unless they are heartless, and Gildarts is clearly not one of them. If he knew, he would definitely regret finding you so late."
Kana shook her head and refused: "But he is the strongest S-class mage, and I don't want people to know that his daughter is a good-for-nothing who failed the test four times."
She didn't care about being ridiculed herself; what worried her was her father, Gildarts...
"You're all overthinking it..."
Eileen advised, "The reunion of father and daughter is more important than anything else. As long as you don't care, why should you care about other people's opinions?"
"Just like me and Acnologia, even without the title of S-class mage, we still cling to Erza, don't we?"
Although they were kicked out at night, they eventually recognized each other.
The main reason they were able to reunite with Erza so quickly was because Acnologia was shameless; they kissed and hugged each other as soon as they met, and even after seven or eight years, they didn't seem to be strangers at all.
Kana lowered her head and said, "But you all have S-rank strength, while I..."
Erza and Mirajane, who are younger than her, have both become S-class mages, while she is stuck in the middle, which makes her feel uncomfortable no matter how carefree she is.
What she feared most was seeing the disappointment in her father's eyes.
Irene smiled and said, "We didn't show our strength at first, so why do you think Erza recognized us?"
"As an S-rank Erza, with two parents who have moved away due to debt, has anyone in the guild ever mocked her?"
Lucy nodded in agreement: "What Sister Eileen said makes sense!"
"Kana, perhaps you could just tell Gildarts that you and your father will definitely reconcile."
Compared to her inexperience, Eileen clearly had more authority to speak on this matter.
Kana pondered for a moment, then hesitated slightly: "Then... shall I give it a try?"
"However, I want to try the S-level assessment one last time. I will tell him whether I pass or not."
Lucy breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you can let it go."
Eileen laughed and said, "It should have been done a long time ago. The result would have been the same whether it was sooner or later, so why couldn't we have said it sooner?"
She stood up from the water, her long, beautiful legs stepping out of the bathtub. Magic surged around her, evaporating the water from her body, and then she used magic to condense a magical robe.
"I'm leaving. Don't bring up leaving the guild again."
Eileen waved and walked out of Lucy's house, her figure turning into a red light and disappearing into the distance.
Cana and Lucy stepped out of the bathroom and slowly dried themselves with towels.
Lucy sincerely said, "Eileen and Erza are both very considerate people."
"That's right!"
Kana nodded in agreement. Erin and Erza usually liked to bicker and fight, but she also envied the way the mother and daughter got along.
She hoped that one day, she and her father, Gildarts, could be like that too.