Chapter 448

【The people in the guild all gathered here, surrounding the two people in the middle in a circle.】

【Those two were Erza and Natsu.】

【Clearly, this was another challenge from Natsu to Erza.】

【All of this stemmed from the Lullaby incident, when Natsu proposed that after things were over, he would have a fight with Erza to let Erza see his progress over the years.】

【To this, Erza agreed without hesitation.】

【And so, today's battle took place.】

【At the scene, heads were moving, and discussions and shouts were heard constantly.】

【Some even started a gambling pool, but clearly, almost ninety-nine percent of people chose to bet on Erza winning.】

【There was also Lucy, who didn't know the situation, and didn't place a bet.】

【Soon, the battle opened its curtain under everyone's gaze.】

【This battle successfully allowed everyone to see Natsu's growth.】

【This guy could even trade a few blows with Erza, which was truly surprising.】

【But, just when the winner was about to be decided.】

【The suddenly intruding frog-man from the Council interrupted this battle.】

【And arrested Erza on charges of damaging the station, traffic roads, and causing large-scale destruction.】

【Natsu wasn't happy when he heard this.】

【He tried his best to stop the frog-man, but was eventually stopped by people from his own guild, watching Erza being taken away.】

【Inside the entire guild, the atmosphere plummeted.】

【To prevent Natsu from doing anything brainless, Makarov even ordered Natsu to be locked up.】

【However, it was only halfway through that they discovered the Natsu who was locked up was actually Macao in disguise, and the real Natsu had long since gone to the Council alone.】

【And at this moment, inside the Magic Council, a trial regarding Erza's face was about to begin.】

【Erza didn't care about those so-called charges, but had been keeping her gaze on a figure in the councilor's seat.】

【Jellal!】

【Just now, she had an exchange with this guy outside; based on a woman's intuition, Erza had always felt that this Jellal was not right.】

【Not only did he have the exact same face as the evil person in her memory, but also... his stance, code of conduct, etc., all made Erza exceptionally suspicious.】

【However, these were still just guesses, so she couldn't draw a conclusion.】

【The trial was also proceeding normally.】

【According to the process, after the trial was over, she could return to the guild safely.】

【This was almost universally recognized; everyone could see it.】

【After all, the Magic Council couldn't really arrest a member of Fairy Tail.】

【At least, at this juncture, it was absolutely impossible.】

【The purpose of doing this now, to put it bluntly, was also to divert the public's attention from their failure to guard Lullaby, which led to its loss.】

【To the case of Fairy Tail's daily destruction of public property.】

【This way, they could cover up the fact that they were incompetent.】

【However, just at this moment.】

【Natsu brazenly broke into the Council.】

【And shouted loudly that he was Erza or something.】

【This guy even wore a wig and a suit of ill-fitting armor to appear in the courtroom for the sake of realism.】

【After this commotion, everyone present couldn't get off the stage.】

【In the end, Chairman Crawford had to order her to be detained for one day, which at least counted as making a show for the public.】

【And so... Erza, who could have returned to the guild today, was dragged down alive, leading to her having to spend a night in the prison inside the Magic Council.】

【However, no matter what, at least the person meant well.】

【Although he did a bad thing with good intentions...】

【The matter ended satisfactorily the next day.】

【Natsu, who had recovered his energy, went to challenge Erza to a duel once again.】

【However, Erza was enjoying her long-lost strawberry cake, and clearly had no intention of dealing with Natsu, directly punching him to the ground.】

Seeing this, Igneel couldn't bear to watch anymore.】

Throughout the whole thing, only one trait was shown.】

He definitely raised a stupid son; he is truly stupid...】

【The screen continues.】

【On this day, a new face that Lucy had never seen before returned to the guild.】

【Uh... or rather, this was someone few people in the entire guild had seen.】

【Myster, who appeared every time by using sleep magic to knock out the entire guild before appearing alone.】

【Myster's mysteriousness also aroused everyone's discussion.】

【When talking about who knew Myster's face, Gray said that I'm afraid only the master knew it alone in the entire guild.】

【And this matter immediately attracted opposition from another person staying on the second floor.】

【Laxus, he had also seen Myster's face.】

【However, Laxus clearly didn't want to talk too much with everyone.】

【Laxus's appearance also instantly aroused Natsu's desire to challenge.】

【Without saying a word, he intended to rush to the second floor to challenge Laxus to a duel.】

【However, Natsu was stopped halfway.】

【"The second floor is a place that only S-class can step into; you are not there yet! Absolutely not!"】

【Looking at Natsu who was pressed to the ground, Laxus mocked him mercilessly.】

【After all, how could someone who couldn't even reach S-class dare to speak of challenging him?】

【This incident also made Natsu completely sprout the idea of becoming S-class.】

【That was to secretly complete an S-class mission; this way, even Makarov couldn't say anything, right?】

【Thinking and doing, that night, cooperating with Happy, one person and one cat sneaked to the second floor and stole an S-class mission request form.】

【And found Lucy.】

【At first, Lucy refused, because during her conversation with Mirajane today, she also understood what S-class represented and how dangerous S-class missions were.】

【However, the moment she saw that there was a key to the Zodiac in the mission reward.】

【Lucy agreed without hesitation.】

【That was the Zodiac!】

【There were only twelve in the entire world; having the opportunity to touch it, for a Celestial Spirit Mage, there was nothing that couldn't be challenged.】

【And so, the group set off overnight. Word】

【Until the next day, after Mirajane discovered this matter, Makarov angrily sent Gray to bring Natsu and the others back.】

【But, he calculated everything but didn't calculate that Gray would be tricked by Natsu unexpectedly.】

【Directly knocked out, and brought along with the bag to the mission location this time, Jiaernadao!】

【On the other side, Makarov, who had been waiting for a long time without news, waited for Erza's mission return.】

【Immediately, Makarov informed Erza of this matter.】

【And so, Erza, who was also angry about this, immediately put down her bag and rushed out of the guild.】

【Intending to go directly to Jiaernadao to blood-sacrifice the guys who broke the guild rules on the spot!】

【And at this moment, Natsu and the others who had already arrived at Jiaernadao were completely unaware.】

【The angry female knight was already closing in on them!】