"You... you... what did you say?"
Erza was a bit stunned, looking at Qi Yan in disbelief.
Qi Yan said with a smile, "I said, 'Okay!' After this matter is over, we'll go back to the marriage registry, get our marriage certificate, and then have a grand wedding witnessed by everyone in the Guild."
"Marriage?!"
Lucy and Happy were startled by this. Luckily, they were prepared and quickly covered each other's mouths. As for not covering their own, they were afraid they might accidentally blurt out a gasp.
Qi Yan continued, "After we get married, we'll have a few babies. How many? Hmm, the more, the better."
"Mar... mar... marriage... babies..."
When Erza heard that Qi Yan really agreed to marry her and have babies with her, her face turned bright red.
If there was one thing Erza was most interested in, besides armor, it was marriage. She even had a carefully selected wedding dress in her magical spatial suit, which she intended to wear on her wedding day. This wedding dress had never been seen by outsiders, except when she secretly tried it on in her dorm.
Erza waved her hand frantically, "I... I... I was just kidding! Besides, don't... don't you like Mira?"
"I do like Mira, but that doesn't mean I don't like you!"
Qi Yan sighed, pretending to be sad, "Alas! I thought my spring had finally arrived, but I didn't expect my feelings to be deceived."
Erza felt a pang of guilt seeing Qi Yan like this.
Qi Yan couldn't help but laugh at Erza's expression, "Haha! Just kidding!"
Erza was a bit annoyed hearing Qi Yan say that. Although she had started the joke, she was still displeased.
"However, jokes aside, if I could really marry such a wonderful woman like Erza, I'd wake up laughing in my dreams."
As Qi Yan said this, his hands were clasped behind his head, a relaxed smile on his face. Yet, his words were exceptionally sincere and earnest, making one feel they came from the heart.
Erza's heart couldn't help but race, and her face slowly flushed.
Lucy and Happy, eavesdropping not far away, looked like they had stumbled upon a huge piece of gossip, holding back their gasps.
They never expected to hear such exciting conversation.
Lucy even imagined a love story between Qi Yan, Mira, and Erza, which provided great inspiration for her novel.
Just as the two thought they might hear something even more explosive...
Suddenly!
Qi Yan's voice rang out, "Hey! Have you two heard enough?!"
Lucy and Happy froze, then looked up to see Qi Yan's face.
"Eek!"
The two couldn't help but scream in fright.
"Oh! Qi Yan, what a coincidence! Are you out for work too?"
Lucy awkwardly raised her hand to greet him.
"Coincidence? You've been sneaking around following me since the train station. That's quite a coincidence."
"We were discovered?!"
Lucy and Happy's eyes widened.
"You didn't really think you were hiding well, did you?"
Qi Yan had noticed them from the moment he entered the train station. He wasn't sure if it was due to repeatedly taking on roles or his Breathing Technique, but his five senses' sensitivity and magic perception had greatly improved. The moment their gazes fell on his back, he noticed them. However, he didn't make a fuss, wanting to see what they were up to.
It turned out these two were quite bold, openly approaching. He even heard their gasps clearly.
"Happy... you... um, you were at Fairy Tail yesterday too, right..."
Erza also stood up and saw the two. When she returned to the Guild yesterday, she had also seen Lucy. The Guild was small, and Erza had met almost everyone. Erza still remembered a beautiful young girl like Lucy, who was a stranger.
Lucy immediately bowed and said, "I'm a newcomer, my name is Lucy. Please take care of me."
"I'm Erza. Please take care of me. So you're the girl the Guild members were talking about, defeating the mercenary gorilla and such. You're very reliable."
Erza had also heard many people discussing Lucy, because she had defeated a certain influential person, causing quite a stir and spreading widely.
"That was... Natsu who defeated him. It's a bit different from the facts..."
Lucy had been explaining all day yesterday. She wasn't sure why Natsu's good deed was attributed to her.
"By the way, where's Natsu?"
She wasn't familiar with Lucy, but she knew Happy and Natsu were almost inseparable.
"Oh, Natsu!"
Lucy just remembered Natsu, and quickly went over to help the motion-sick Natsu up.
"Haa~! Haa~! Ugh~!"
Natsu looked miserable.
"Hey! Don't you dare throw up on me?!"
Soon, the few of them sat facing each other.
"So... tell me, what are you doing here?"
Erza had reverted to her usual cool and authoritative self, as if the person who had just joked with Qi Yan wasn't her at all.
This startled Lucy and the others.
"It's Natsu! Natsu was curious about what you invited Qi Yan to do, so he dragged Happy and me along."
"Aye!"
Following the principle of 'sacrifice a friend to save yourself,' Lucy and Happy unhesitatingly sold Natsu out.
"Ugh! Ugh ugh~! Blech blech~!"
Natsu immediately covered his mouth and shook his head, while glaring at Lucy and Happy. He had suggested it, but weren't they two very interested? They couldn't let him take all the blame, those two traitors.
"I see."
Erza nodded.
"You... you're not angry?"
Lucy had seen Erza scold almost the entire Guild yesterday when she returned, and everyone in the Guild was afraid of Erza. She had thought Erza had a very bad temper.
"Angry? Why should I be angry? Actually, if Qi Yan wasn't here this time, I would have invited Natsu and Gray to come with me for this quest. With Qi Yan here, I naturally don't need the two of them."
"Then why didn't you just invite Natsu and Gray?"
Qi Yan was a bit helpless. He still wanted to do an s-class mission. Working with Erza, no matter how difficult, the system wouldn't give him any rewards.
"Of course, because you're more reliable!"
"Don't think I'll be Happy just because you say nice things. Tell me, what do you need my help for?"
"That's right! For someone as powerful as Miss Erza to need help from others, it must be a very tricky matter."
After Erza left yesterday, Lucy had also found out from Mira that Erza was actually the strongest female Mage in the Fairy Tail Guild, and was also known as the 'Fairy Queen'.
She didn't know the name Erza, but she knew 'Fairy Queen'! That was a famous Mage in the magic world. She just never expected it to be such a beautiful woman like Erza.
"No need to be so polite, just call me Erza. It's time to get to the point. This is something I unexpectedly heard on my way back..."
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