After Kenichi helped Natsu, Gray, and the others unlock their Second Origin, everyone began a three-month period of individual training.
"Ha! So manly!"
Elfman, who had transformed into Beast King's Soul, clenched his fists, roared at the sky, then charged directly towards Mirajane not far away.
At this moment, Mirajane had used her Satan Soul.
Seeing Elfman charge over, Mirajane remained unmoved.
Meanwhile, Lisanna shouted from the side: "Elf-nii, do your best!"
Boom-
Before Elfman could get close to Mirajane, a loud noise echoed through the air.
Immediately after, Elfman's body, along with the violent air current, was sent flying backward.
"So strong! As expected of Sis… even stronger than seven years ago!"
Elfman's massive body scraped a long trail on the ground before he finally stabilized.
"However, I won't admit defeat easily. Again!"
The Beast King Elfman stood up and charged towards Mirajane once more.
Boom-
Then, another loud noise came from the mountains.
While Mirajane trained with Elfman and Lisanna, Kenichi, Natsu, and Gray were also locked in fierce combat.
To be precise, Natsu and Gray were teaming up to attack Kenichi.
"Ha~ Kenichi, I will definitely defeat you today!"
"I'm the one who will defeat Kenichi!"
Natsu and Gray, as if racing each other, charged towards Kenichi not far away.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
"Ice-Make: Hammer!"
Facing a fireball from Natsu, Kenichi slightly sidestepped, easily avoiding Natsu's attack.
As for the giant ice hammer falling from the sky, Kenichi casually waved his hand, and the ice hammer turned into powder.
"Fire Dragon's Elbow!"
Natsu's punch missed. He moved his feet, his body instantly turning, and a magic circle appeared on his elbow.
Propelled by the recoil of violent flames, Natsu's body shot towards Kenichi's back.
At the same time, Gray from the front also charged over.
Faced with the pincer attack from Natsu and Gray, Kenichi moved his feet, and his body instantly leaped into the air.
At that moment, Natsu's elbow strike happened to hit Gray.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"You ran into it yourself!"
"What did you say? I think you did it on purpose!"
"You bastard, wanna fight?"
"Bring it on! You think I'm scared?"
Boom Boom Boom-
Originally, Natsu and Gray were teaming up against Kenichi, but in the blink of an eye, Natsu and Gray started fighting each other.
Erza behind Kenichi saw this and sighed: "Here we go again..."
Clearly, this situation happened frequently.
"You two, that's enough!"
"Kenichi is here to help you train, not to play. If you two don't train properly, I'll train with you!"
Natsu and Gray, who were fighting, upon hearing Erza's scolding, immediately turned to look. They saw Erza cracking her knuckles, a terrifying aura emanating from her entire body.
Seeing Erza's terrifying stance, Natsu and Gray instinctively felt fear, then said with fright: "We'll train properly, right, Gray?"
"Yeah, Natsu!"
Wendy, who had seen everything, said to Kenichi with a wry smile: "Kenichi-nii, you really have it tough."
Kenichi, however, just waved his hand dismissively: "Let them be."
"Wendy, aren't you training?"
Charle looked up at the much taller Wendy beside her and asked.
"Over the past seven years, Kenichi-nii and Erza trained with me. I don't really need special training now."
Wendy said with a smile.
...
Evening.
The night was cool, a full moon hung high, its clear moonlight spilling over the earth.
Wendy and Lucy were walking on a mountain path.
"Ah, finally finished a day of training. I must take a good bath later!"
Lucy stretched, seeming to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Lucy-san, you're training too?"
Hearing Lucy, Wendy asked casually.
"Everyone is training hard, trying to make up for the 7-year gap. I can't fall behind either!"
As Lucy and Wendy talked, they arrived at what looked like a mountain hot spring.
Looking over, they saw three figures by the steamy hot spring bath.
Seeing these three figures, Lucy didn't pay much attention at first.
But looking closer, she realized the three figures were none other than Kenichi, Erza, and Mirajane.
Erza and Mirajane seemed to be 'arguing' about something.
"Requip!"
A light erupted from Erza's body.
After the light faded, Erza was now wearing a black leather bikini set, with a small whip in her hand.
"Kenichi, look, how about this?"
Mirajane beside her, seemingly not wanting to lose, used her Transformation Magic in the next second, changing into a very alluring bikini and striking a very bold pose.
"Kenichi, how about this?"
Lucy, seeing this scene, felt as if struck by lightning, saying in astonishment: "Wh-what is this?"
But Wendy looked completely unfazed, then said with a wry smile: "They're at it again."
Over the past seven years, Wendy had witnessed many such scenes.
At first, Wendy was as shocked as Lucy.
Of course, her shock was that Mirajane, who always had a gentle smile, also had a competitive side.
Later, Wendy learned that before Lisanna's incident, Erza and Mirajane used to duel every day, just like Natsu and Gray do now.
However, now Erza and Mirajane's duels seemed to be applied in some strange areas.
"Kenichi-nii really has it tough. He has to deal with those two during the day, and these two at night."
Wendy looked at Kenichi over there with sympathy.
Thinking this, Wendy began to take off her clothes.
"Lucy, let's go over too."
Hearing Wendy, Lucy snapped out of her shock, then she was surprised to discover that Wendy hadn't just grown taller.
"Wendy, you..."
Seeing Lucy's gaze, Wendy looked down, then said somewhat shyly: "This? Kenichi-nii helped with it."
"Kenichi? Could it be that enlarging magic?"
"Not that! It was... that...!"
Wendy's pretty face turned red, then she whispered something into Lucy's ear.
In the next second, Lucy turned red from her neck to her face, steam seeming to rise from her head.