Chapter 114

【Hearing this, Erza's brows furrowed slightly.】

【"Is it because your strength is relatively strong? I remember, the more powerful the Dragon Slayer Magic, the greater the side effects."】

【Black Natsu shook his head, sat on a stone pier on the side, and took a few deep breaths.】

【Said: "Not very clear, but... this damn shortcoming must be solved!"】

【"Can't even the transportation specially developed for Dragon Slayer Mages completely get rid of your dizziness?"】

【Erza looked at Black Natsu, whose face was pale at this moment, with some worry.】

【To this, Black Natsu waved his hand.】

【"After passing the exam this time, I have to go to the library."】

【"There are many books stored there, it should be able to help me research a way to resist dizziness."】

【"Research? You are indeed very similar to her, both are people who like to explore the truth."】

【Erza sighed inexplicably.】

【Black Natsu slowly raised his head, his deep gaze fixed on Erza, and after a moment of silence.】

【He changed the subject: "By the way, let's go to the village to rest for a while, and set off in the afternoon, we should be able to reach Magnolia today."】

【Erza didn't notice anything, and nodded gently.】

【Then she walked toward the village with Black Natsu.】

【The whole village is very different from the town where the two were before.】

【Houses built of stone are the main color here.】

【Although not luxurious, it is clean.】

【It's not very lively on the street, but there are still people walking here.】

【Occasionally there is a burst of hawking.】

【Making the village look quite peaceful.】

【The two found an open-air tea shed, although it sells tea, there is also food for sale here.】

【Not long after sitting down, tea and snacks were served.】

【The two who were already a bit hungry started eating immediately.】

【For two Dragon Slayer Mages, eating is a sacred thing.】

【Or rather, a thing that cannot be disturbed.】

【But today seems to be an exception, the discussion from another table attracted Erza and Black Natsu.】

【"Hey, have you heard? The demon in the church has come out."】

【"Ah? Came out? Impossible, right? Doesn't the church have a sacred seal?"】

【"Yeah, yeah, and if the demon really came out, can we still live here well? I'm afraid we would have become corpses long ago, right?"】

【"Sigh! You don't know something."】

【"This is all because of the three orphans on the east side of the village."】

【"It is said that last night, they entered the church, and then the weird sound of the church disappeared."】

【"Isn't this a good thing?"】

【"Sigh, what's good! Let me tell you, this morning, someone discovered the leader of that orphan, her arm turned into a demon's arm!"】

【"It looks like it should be possessed by a demon, and it might explode at any time. Now everyone who knows about this is panicked, and wants to drive those orphans out of the village."】

【Orphans? Demon?】

【Erza and Black Natsu, who were sitting, looked at each other.】

【"Demon, huh..." Erza narrowed her eyes slightly.】

【Seeming very interested, she said to Black Natsu: "Shall we go see it later?"】

At the same time.

On the other side of this continent.

Anna is walking fast toward a village that is as ordinary as it can be.】

【Accompanied by Anna's footsteps, stepping into the gate of the village, a ripple also flashed.】

【Immediately after, Anna's vision also underwent a huge change.】

【The peaceful village disappeared completely.】

【Replacing it is a vast and boundless world.】

【On the surface, countless tall and gorgeous buildings are built.】

【In the sky, countless huge dragons are flying.】

【Not far from Anna, there is a huge square.】

【On the square, a towering statue of over a hundred meters stands in the center.】

【Anna recognizes this statue, it is the statue of her proudest disciple.】

【Without any hesitation, Anna went toward the luxurious palace in front of the square.】

【Not long after, she met the person she wanted to see on this trip.】

【"How is it? Teacher Anna, is Natsu... doing well recently?"】

【"He is doing quite well, but... is there something wrong with you here?" Anna said to that person.】

【"Wrong? There is nothing wrong, right?"】

【"Erza! Erza has already arrived in the outside world, don't you know?"】

【"Even, she is by Natsu's side now!"】

【That person's tone couldn't help but fluctuate.】

【"Erza???"】

Inside the Fairy Tail guild.

The expressions of the three siblings—Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna—were somewhat unnatural.

Village,

Church,

Demon,

These words seemed to stir their memories.

Lisanna: "This... could it be that incident from when we were little?"

Mirajane: "It must be. I still can't forget what happened back then."

Elfman: "Thinking back on it now, I was truly cowardly then. Even though my sister had already been bullied to that extent, I could only hide behind her."

"I really was useless!"

Lisanna: "Brother Elfman, you don't need to blame yourself. We were all just children then."

Mirajane: "That's right. You were just a little brat back then; what could you have understood?"

"Now that these things have passed, there's no need to dwell on them anymore."

[On a small path in the village.]

[A figure was walking in front, occasionally introducing things to the two people following behind.]

["We don't even know when that church appeared."]

["Anyway, ever since I can remember, the church has been there. Every night..."]

["A series of muttering sounds would come from inside the church, bringing nightmares to the villagers."]

[The one leading the way was a young man from the teahouse earlier.]

[Because Erza and Black Natsu were curious about the demon incident in the church, after learning that the two were mages, he had taken the initiative to offer to bring them to see it.]

[Of course, Black Natsu also knew the young man's goal.]

[More than anything, he was pinning his hopes on them being able to thoroughly resolve the demon in the church.]

[Thus, he couldn't help but ask: "Have you never thought about posting a request or something to have mages solve the problem here?"]

[Hearing this, a look of shame appeared on the young man's face.]

[He scratched his head: "To tell you the truth, our village really can't afford the reward for a request."]