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"That's exactly it!"
Weston snapped his fingers, his eyes showing appreciation.
Then he sighed again. "Unfortunately, I've only just come into contact with this space transfer magic not long ago, and I can't freely control the spatial transfer nodes yet. Otherwise, I could have set the exit directly in Sika town and saved us the travel time."
Hearing this, the corners of the mouths of everyone present twitched.
This guy Weston is showing off again.
Only Warrod failed to catch it, and even patted Weston on the shoulder to comfort him.
"Didn't you only spend one day learning it?"
"With talent like that, it's already very impressive. No need to feel down!"
Weston: "..."
Sometimes, talking to someone this obtuse is also pretty exhausting.
Mavis and Zera are better; no matter what he says, they can instantly get his point.
"Since we've already confirmed our target, let's set off right away!!"
Arriving in another world and encountering such a rare adventure, everyone felt three parts excitement mixed with seven parts joy.
"Don't rush!"
"The most important thing right now is to figure out where we are."
"If we don't even know our own location, how are we supposed to get to Sika town?"
That makes sense!
Warrod scratched his head. "Then where are we now?"
As soon as the words fell, everyone simultaneously turned their heads and looked at Edolas-Yuri.
"Don't look at me like that."
"Although I'm a prince of this country, I haven't been everywhere."
"This place… I really don't know where it is."
...
Half a day later.
Everyone finally arrived at the nearest town, and also learned its name from the locals—Torea.
"I know the town of Torea."
"When I ran away from home back then, I passed through here once. From here, if you head northwest for a day and a half, you'll reach Sika town."
"Looks like our luck isn't too bad."
Between Torea and Sika town, there were no other towns—just wilderness all the way. Coincidentally, this group had come in a hurry and hadn't prepared very well.
At Edolas-Yuri's suggestion, everyone decided to restock a bit in Torea before officially setting out.
Before long, the group arrived at the local commercial district.
As soon as they reached the area, they heard a noisy commotion coming from ahead.
"Block him! Don't let him get away!"
"This little bastard is really nimble and fast, pay attention and don't let him fly off!"
"Don't worry, we've already set up a dragnet. This time he definitely won't escape!!"
A huge crowd surrounded the middle of the road, shouting loudly about something.
The stall owners on both sides also stopped doing business, stretching their necks to look toward the center.
"Something seems to be happening up ahead?"
"So lively… let's go take a look!"
For Fairy Tail Wizards, aside from fighting, their favorite thing to do is join in on the excitement.
Just as a few people were about to move, Edolas-Yuri suddenly stepped forward two paces and blocked them. "Everyone, wait a moment!"
"What is it?"
"I just want to remind you all that I'm currently a runaway prince, so it's best not to cause too much of a disturbance…"
Weston suddenly realized. "Ah, so that's what it is!"
"Don't worry, we're Fairy Tail Wizards, we guarantee we won't cause a commotion!"
Zera also chimed in with a grin. "That's right, that's right. We're companions, you should trust us!"
Edolas-Yuri: "..."
Who are you fooling?!
I stayed in Magnolia for a whole week, how could I not know your personalities?
Knowing that saying more would be useless, Edolas-Yuri helplessly rubbed his brow. "Anyway, try to keep a low profile as much as possible…"
"Hehehe… we'll definitely keep it low-key!"
Weston made an "OK" gesture, then pulled Zera along and excitedly squeezed into the crowd.
Mm…
Usually it's Yuri who causes trouble for him, the guild master. This time, it's finally his turn to cause trouble for Yuri!
Feels great!
Behind them, Mavis, Precht, and the others were left speechless at the sight.
"That Weston guy, every time he leaves the guild and comes outside, it's like he becomes a different person!"
"Could it be that he has some kind of illness? Like split personality or something…"
"No way?! I think it's more likely that he's usually busy in the guild dealing with the troubles everyone causes during jobs, suppressed for too long. So once he loses his restraints, he just lets himself go…"
Holding Zera's small hand, Weston pushed through the crowd and reached the middle of the road.
What was surrounded by the crowd turned out to be a small cat.
No!
Not an ordinary small cat, but an Exceed of the same type as Happy, Charle, and Panther Lily!
The little cat was only about the size of a human head. Its fur was white, but at the moment it was filthy, covered with quite a bit of dust.
On its back was a small, bulging bundle. No one knew what was inside, but it seemed that it was precisely because of whatever was in there that it had drawn the humans' encirclement.
It instinctively tried to retreat, but no matter which direction it backed toward, all it saw were human feet closing in. Like a turtle trapped in a jar, it had nowhere to escape.
"Don't… don't… please let me go…"
The little cat begged.
It was clearly trembling with fear, yet it still clenched its teeth and forced back its tears, on the verge of crying but not quite.
"Ehhh?!"
"No way?!"
"What am I seeing? A cat is actually talking?!"
"Are the creatures of this world this amazing?!"
Zera instantly cried out in shock, and Weston was also stunned on the spot.
What stunned him wasn't the fact that the cat could speak, but that he hadn't expected that Exceeds in this world would also one day be scolded and abused by humans.
What's going on?
Aren't the Exceeds of this world supposed to be high and mighty, using the legend of "gods" to deceive the masses?
After pondering for a few seconds, Weston finally had an epiphany.
In the original story, when Natsu and the others arrived in Edolas, there were indeed Exceeds who packaged their deeds using the "legend of gods."
But Natsu and the others' adventure took place in the year X784, whereas now it was only X689!
In this era, these talking, flying cats were not yet the high-and-mighty "Exceeds," but merely the Exceed race!
"Hey there, brother, what are you all doing?"
Weston tugged on the sleeve of a person beside him and asked, "What kind of outrageous thing did that cat do for you to treat him like this?"
The man glanced at Weston. "You're from out of town, right?"
"Yeah."
The man nodded and explained clearly. "This cat is probably a stray, no idea where he came from."
"Three months ago, he suddenly appeared in Torea town, and since then he's come to the commercial street almost every day to steal things."
"Every single one of us merchants doing business nearby has suffered losses from him."
"Of course we couldn't put up with it!"
"This time, we finally managed to corner him, so we're definitely going to teach him a lesson!"
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