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In order to investigate the situation as soon as possible, Weston did not waste any time and immediately took everyone to the western market to search for the place where the two Yuris had experienced the transfer.
Along the way, their conversation continued.
"By the way, what did you do before transferring to our side?"
Edolas-Yuri was slightly stunned: "Ah… is this very important?"
"Because we need to figure out the reason for the spatial transfer."
Weston explained: "According to what the townspeople said, I can roughly guess that Yuri slipped on the way to the west city gate, fell into an alley, and then accidentally got drawn in."
"This indicates that the cause of the 'spatial transfer' is on our side."
"So if something like this happens, it's because something is happening on your side. To prevent the same thing from happening again, I need to be prepared in advance."
If it were a hundred years later, Weston would be ninety percent sure that this was a phenomenon caused by Faust, the King of Edolas, using the magical extraction device Anima.
Anima could extract fragmented and random spaces from Earthland to Edolas.
Because those spaces contained magic, the moment they were extracted, they would be transformed into magic crystals filled with magical energy.
Faust used this to build several 'Magic Cities' that only a few people could enjoy, while the inhabitants of other towns could only live ordinary lives without magic.
However!
The current year is X689!
So the cause of the transfer phenomenon remains to be investigated.
Weston knew that before the original story began, the 'transfer phenomenon' between Edolas and Earthland had occurred more than once.
Among these, the events affecting Fairy Tail were mainly the 'Lisanna Transfer Incident' in X782, the 'Exceed Escape Plan' in X778, the 'Mystogan World Rescue Operation' in X777, and the 'Porlyusica Wandering Record' in early X700.
These four events span over 80 years.
But the magical extraction device Anima was created after Faust became king, for his own ambitions, and Faust was most likely Edolas-Yuri's son.
Now, Edolas-Yuri still looked young and unmarried, so the Anima naturally had not been created yet.
Therefore…
Porlyusica could come to Earthland only because some other accident had occurred!
And in this world, most 'accidents' are related to magic.
"This…"
"Alright, since this matter involves you, you naturally have the right to know about my situation."
After hesitating for a few seconds, Edolas-Yuri finally decided to tell everything: "Actually… I ran away from my marriage!"
Eh??
"Ran away from your marriage??"
Everyone had not expected this answer and froze.
"Yes, I ran away from my marriage!"
"As I already told you earlier, my fiancée… that is, Rita from another world, is the daughter of a minister. Due to political reasons, we were betrothed when we were very young."
"A few days ago, my father, the current king of Edolas, hoped we would fulfill the engagement quickly, but…"
He suddenly stopped speaking.
However, everyone already knew what had happened next.
"But you didn't like that fiancée, thought her personality was too harsh, so you ran away from the palace on your own."
"That's why when you saw Precht and me earlier, you said 'I won't go back to the palace with you!'"
"Am I right?"
Edolas-Yuri blushed slightly and nodded: "That's basically the situation."
"My goodness!"
"This story develops exactly like the rumors about a 'runaway noble daughter'!"
Zera suddenly exclaimed excitedly, as if the men hadn't heard such stories before, chattering away about a tale she didn't even know where she had heard.
"Did you know?"
"Stories like yours also circulate in the Kingdom of Fiore."
"They say a noble daughter rejected the marriage arranged by her duke father, secretly ran away from home, then met a poor boy in the countryside. They quickly fell in love, and with the daughter's help, the poor boy rose to prominence, gradually becoming a tycoon capable of influencing national politics or economy…"
Bang!
Zera's story was cut off when Weston lightly tapped her head with a fist.
"I ask you, are you even seriously practicing magic?"
"Why do you spend your days following these cheesy and unrealistic stories?"
Zera immediately protested: "This is a combination of a pure love story and a satisfying revenge story! How is it cheesy? And how is it unrealistic?"
Weston mercilessly countered: "In real life, how could the nobility allow a poor commoner boy to enter high society?"
"Most nobles secretly train mercenaries, assassins, or magicians as their enforcers for dirty work. The moment a commoner shows any ambition, they will be completely crushed!"
"Unless one awakens extremely powerful magic, how could an ordinary person achieve social mobility so easily?"
Zera's expression stiffened.
She pouted and turned her head, silent.
Weston turned back to Edolas-Yuri: "Continue."
Edolas-Yuri: "…"
"A few days ago, I arrived at a place called 'Sika town' and had some conflicts with the local vagrants, fought a fight with them."
"Of course, in the end I won."
"But they were numerous, so I was slightly injured in the process…"
Precht suddenly realized: "Could it be the injury on your forehead?"
"Ah, no."
"The injury on my forehead happened after leaving Sika town, when I slipped while fetching water by the river."
Precht: "…"
You slipped too?
Do people named Yuri never wear proper shoes?
"That's right, I fell by the river."
"When I woke up, I found myself in this world."
After hearing the whole story, Weston fell silent: "So that means you also don't know what happened to you?"
"I am very sorry!"
"Ah… this is troublesome!"
While speaking, they had already arrived at the market.
After searching, they quickly reached the place where the spatial transfer occurred.
"Next, let's see if we can find clues here!"
Weston said, activating the 'Ancient Manuscript' magic to detect magic in the surrounding environment.
After a long while.
Beep beep beep—
The sound echoed continuously, and pop-ups kept appearing.
The magic detection had results!
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