Chapter 34: The Butterfly Effect! Natsu VS Erza!
"What happened? Where are you hurt?"
Seeing Erza's pale face, Ren frowned tightly and asked as he supported her.
Erza shook her head, speaking weakly, "I'm fine. I just used up my magic too quickly."
Ren sighed in relief, then scolded Erza with a serious face, "With me here, couldn't you just relax?"
Hearing Ren's scolding, a smile flickered in Erza's eyes.
Then she became serious again and hurriedly asked Ren, "Where is Erigor? Where did Lullaby go?"
Hearing Erza's question, Ren pursed his lips toward a pile of ash not far away.
"Lullaby?"
Looking at the ash on the ground, Erza had black lines on her face, question marks practically floating above her head.
"That was Lullaby's main body. It's destroyed."
Ren shrugged. He hadn't expected Lullaby's main body to be so fragile.
Just a light stomp, and it shattered into residue.
"That's good."
Seeing that nothing unexpected happened, Erza finally relaxed and collapsed weakly onto Ren.
Ren helped Erza find a place to sit, and a magic circle formed in his palm.
Before long, Erza felt the magic power in her body replenishing.
Surprised by this, Erza looked up at Ren and asked, "What is this?"
Ren grinned. "A new little trick I learned. I can transfer my magic power to others."
As Erza's magic power was fully replenished, her pale face regained its rosy color.
Because of Lullaby's appearance, Makarov and the others' regular meeting had to be suspended temporarily.
Everyone embarked on the journey home.
Because Ren had intervened, they didn't encounter the town from the original story.
Back at the guild, seeing Ren after so long, everyone smiled.
"Welcome home, Ren!"
"Long time no see, Ren!"
"Ren-nii, long time no see! I missed you to death!"
A figure suddenly threw herself into Ren's arms, hugging his neck tightly.
Patting the figure's back, Ren smiled and said, "Alright, alright, get down now."
This figure was Mirajane's younger sister, Lisanna.
Because of Ren's existence, Lisanna hadn't been sucked into Edolas like in the original story.
Not far away, a woman with gentle eyebrows watched this scene, a dim light flashing in her eyes.
"Mirajane, long time no see. You've gotten prettier again."
Looking at everyone present, Ren spotted Mirajane in the crowd and smiled at her, speaking softly.
Hearing Ren's words, Mirajane covered her mouth and chuckled, like a flower blooming.
"You too. You've gotten more handsome."
Mirajane's gentle eyes were full of Ren, her hazy gaze falling on him.
But looking at Lisanna beside Ren, her eyes suddenly dimmed.
Her mind went back to that request to subjugate The Beast (The Beast King).
When they set off, they happened to run into Ren.
At that time, Ren seemed to know something. Ignoring Mirajane's refusal, he insisted on following the three siblings.
Mirajane couldn't dissuade Ren, so she had to let him follow.
Although Ren didn't act along the way.
When fighting The Beast, Mirajane thought she could trap it and let Elfman Take Over its soul.
But when Elfman took over The Beast, he suddenly went berserk.
The powerful force knocked Mirajane away. Just as her life hung by a thread...
Lisanna threw herself in front of Mirajane, intending to block Elfman's attack for her.
Lisanna's gentle words still echoed in Mirajane's ears.
In Mirajane's despair, she had forgotten Ren was there.
He knocked out the Elfman who had taken over The Beast with a single move.
After that incident, Mirajane changed completely.
She was no longer the little delinquent but became gentle and lovely.
But after that, Mirajane also lost her magic power, becoming completely ordinary.
Because of her mental state, she could only wait for herself to figure it out and move on.
Afterward, Mirajane became a waitress at Fairy Tail.
Just back at the guild, the now-sober Natsu immediately became energetic.
His eyes scanned everyone in the guild.
Suddenly landing on Erza, his eyes filled with fighting spirit, he shouted excitedly at her, "Erza! Fight me! You promised!"
"Bring it on!"
Erza didn't refuse, crossing her arms and looking at Natsu.
"Here I come! Erza!"
With fierce fighting spirit in his eyes, flames surged on his fists.
"Natsu! Good luck!"
Not far away, Happy was waving his little arm to cheer for Natsu, then turned around to place bets with the guild members.
Erza wins!
He knew Natsu's strength.
He couldn't possibly be a match for that Erza.
Witnessing Happy placing bets, Lucy couldn't help but retort.
"Hey, can't you cheer for Natsu sincerely?!"
"Is Lucy stupid? Natsu can't beat that Erza!"
Hearing Lucy's retort, Happy flapped his little wings and glanced at Lucy with a look of wisdom.
"That's true..."
Thinking of that terrifying Erza, Lucy held her forehead. She probably couldn't beat Erza either!
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Natsu was full of fighting spirit, completely unaware he had been sold out by Happy.
Scorching flames surged on his fist as he charged at Erza.
"Requip: Flame Empress Armor!"
Seeing Natsu attack, Erza wasn't careless at all.
She immediately used magic to switch into the Flame Empress Armor, which enhanced her immunity to fire.
With a flash of white light, her armor turned crimson, her scarlet hair tied into twin tails, holding a long sword pointed straight at Natsu.
Flames surged on the long sword as she swung it at Natsu.
The raging fire turned into a slash, rushing straight toward Natsu.
"Bang!"
Fire collided with fire, instantly creating a huge boom.
The resulting heat wave forced the surrounding Fairy Tail members back two steps.
"So strong!"
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