Chapter 211

【However, what is certain is that the Fairy Tail guild is absolutely the strictest guild regarding the judgment of S-Class Mages.】

【People who could become S-Class Mages in other guilds would very likely be weeded out within the Fairy Tail guild.】

【Take Laxus for example; it is no exaggeration to say that his strength is already enough to crush the S-Class Mage of Blue Pegasus, Ichiya, but Laxus has only just obtained the qualification.】

【This was the first exam to appear in the year since Natsu joined.】

【At the same time, it was also an exam held specifically for Laxus.】

【There was no other way; looking at the entire year, only Laxus alone had the strength to reach this level.】

【Therefore, the S-Class exam, which had not been held for several years, was held this year as a matter of course.】

【The selected candidate was, quite obviously, only Laxus.】

【For this reason, Gildarts even specially rushed back to the guild from elsewhere.】

【And personally served as the examiner for the S-Class Mage exam.】

【The content of the exam is unknown, but after this time, Laxus successfully became the second S-Class Mage in Fairy Tail.】

【It was also at this time that Gildarts told Natsu very seriously.】

【If you want to become stronger, then go become an S-Class Mage!】

【Only by truly becoming an S-Class Mage are you qualified to truly explore this world.】

【At that time, Gildarts' words left a deep impression on Natsu.】

【And he worked hard for it.】

【But, a few days later, Natsu seemed to have returned to his usual life, occasionally getting into a fight with Gray, and then being disciplined by Erza.】

【Or being disciplined by Mirajane, and sometimes, becoming a victim of Erza and Mirajane's fights, the kind that gets blown away by the aftermath.】

Igneel expressed that he was already used to this.

One can only say... this silly boy has absolutely no sense of pressure, nor much ambition.

This made Igneel somewhat doubt whether it was really good to have kept the matter of Acnologia hidden from Natsu for so many years.

If Natsu had known about the threat of Acnologia from the beginning.

Then, would he have been as diligent as the Black Natsu?

All of this is unknown.

However, regardless, Natsu ultimately had a happy childhood.

Looking at this point alone, it was still quite good.

【Time was still flying by!】

【In the blink of an eye, two years passed in a flash.】

【Natsu had also grown a lot in these two years and had already become a young man.】

【But, he would still be bullied as he should be.】

【He and Gray were still evenly matched; one could only say... both of them had grown.】

【This year, fifteen-year-old Erza and fifteen-year-old Mirajane were selected for the S-Class Mage exam.】

【The competition between the two rivals eventually ended with Erza winning by a narrow margin.】

【She became the third S-Class Mage in the guild.】

【At the same time, she also set a record for being the youngest to become an S-Class Mage.】

【Her talent was visibly strong!】

【But, what was surprising was that even after becoming an S-Class Mage, Erza was still in a stalemate in her battles with Mirajane.】

【It couldn't help but make people sigh that if two S-Class Mages could pass in one year, then it would definitely be Erza and Mirajane!】

【These two people were truly geniuses among geniuses!】

【It was jaw-dropping.】

【In X781, Mirajane, who had been mocked by Erza for a year, finally ushered in her own opportunity; in this year, she made a concerted effort and became an S-Class Mage.】

【For a time, she was triumphant and glorious.】

【It also made the always transparent Natsu incredibly envious.】

【He began to fantasize about the scene where he also became an S-Class Mage, but... unfortunately, until now, being selected for the S-Class Mage exam was a distant prospect for him.】

【X782, this was a year that everyone in the Fairy Tail guild did not want to look back on.】

【A confident Mirajane accepted an S-Class mission to subdue a Beast King; she originally thought about training her younger brother and sister, so she refused Natsu's request to follow along.】

【It was precisely this arrogance that led to the tragedy of her younger sister, Lisanna.】

【The rampaging Beast King injured Mirajane; in order to protect his older sister, Elfman, as the younger brother, chose to forcibly take over the Beast King.】

【As a result, he fell into a rampage and killed his younger sister Lisanna with his own hands!】

【That day, the entire sky seemed to dim.】

【Lisanna's departure dealt an extremely heavy blow to everyone in Fairy Tail.】

【Afterward, Elfman, who had always been extremely quiet, began to realize the importance of strength and trained frantically, turning himself into a muscle man.】

【And Mirajane... also had her magic power sealed due to intense self-reproach, and from then on, she could no longer use magic.】

【Eventually, she was reduced to being the poster girl of the guild.】

Inside the Fairy Tail guild.

Lisanna, who had returned from the Edolas world, looked at her older sister with some worry.】

"I'm really sorry about that time, Mira-nee."

"So, your personality changed like this because of me."

"No need to say more." Mirajane responded with a smile.

Then she looked up at the screen and whispered: "That is already a thing of the past; I am very satisfied with my life now."

【Another two years passed in the blink of an eye.】

【Natsu had truly grown into an adult.】

【His strength had also made great progress, and relying on his reckless behavior of constantly causing destruction, he had become famous throughout the Kingdom of Fiore.】

【This day, a man found Natsu and informed him of the news that a dragon had appeared at the port of Hargeon.】

【"Hargeon Port, huh..."】

【Natsu narrowed his eyes, then grabbed his bag without the slightest hesitation.】

【"Happy, let's go!"】

【"Aye!!"】

【Behind him, the little blue cat spread its white wings and followed Natsu as they flew out of the guild...】

The white-bordered screen dimmed gradually at this point.

In contrast, the black-bordered one on the other side gradually lit up.

Countless people rubbed their eyes and sat up straight.

It's here! The story of Black Natsu.

Compared to the plain and ordinary White Natsu, who was helpless when facing difficulties.

More people would look forward to seeing what Black Natsu would do when facing these problems.

Would the same pain and the same regrets be experienced a second time?

No one knew the answer.

But what is certain is that with Black Natsu's personality and strength,

things would definitely not be so helpless.