Fairy Tail: I'm just an archaeologist

"What? It turns out that Natsu fell off the car at the beginning."

Xia Zuo was holding a magic prop similar to a mobile phone in his hand, talking to Makarov who was thousands of miles away. He could vaguely hear Natsu's snoring.

"That's it, President. It's getting late. You should go to bed early."

Xia Zuo hung up the call. After all this time, the unlucky Natsu was left behind at the beginning. No wonder Xia Zuo always felt that something was missing when he was provoked by the motorcyclist before. It turned out that Natsu, who could ignite the atmosphere, was missing.

Xia Zuo suddenly found it very funny. It was not until they arrived at the [Demon Cat Inn] that everyone realized that the team was missing a person.

And as Natsu's closest partner, Happy should have noticed it long ago, but the dried fish fed by Shani was too much for this little greedy cat to extricate himself.

Xia Zuo couldn't help but shout in his heart:"The power of"Forgotten Friend Dried Fish" is so terrifying!

Knowing that Natsu was fine, the four people and one cat breathed a sigh of relief, especially Erza. Fortunately, Natsu was not thrown away by her when she was racing, otherwise it would be too troublesome to find someone in the dark in the middle of the night.

Since Natsu is fine, everyone can relax and rest.

"By the way, Xia Zuo, I don't think I've seen the prop you use to talk to the president before?" Erza put the magic car into her magic space and looked at the communication prop in Xia Zuo's hand.

Magic that can communicate over long distances is very rare, and this kind of magic needs to consume a lot of magic power if it wants to communicate with people over long distances.

In order to allow officials to keep in touch with each other, the Magic Council specially commissioned the Magic Academy to make a magic prop that can communicate over long distances - a half-human-high magic communication crystal ball.

Erza also wanted to buy a communication crystal ball so that she could keep in touch with the guild anytime and anywhere.

However, due to the special engravings on the communication crystal ball, The magic circle could not be stored in the magic space, and the crystal ball was half a person's height and it was not convenient to carry it with her, so in the end Erza had to give up the purchase.

But now, Erza saw the palm-sized communication prop in Xia Zuo's hand, and she was very tempted.

If she had this prop, she would be able to know who the guys who were fighting and making trouble in the guild were anytime and anywhere, which would be convenient for Erza to settle the score later.

So no matter how much money it was, Erza was willing to buy Xia Zuo's communication prop. And as a hardworking S-class wizard, it is more appropriate to describe Erza's financial resources as a rich woman.

"As expected of Erza, you have a good eye for quality."

Xia Zuo generously showed the props in his hand to Erza for appreciation, and explained:"During an archaeological excavation, I found the production drawings of an ancient magic communication prop called 'Xiaolingtong'."

"Out of curiosity, I made it"

"The communication effect of 'Xiaolingtong' has greatly exceeded my expectations"

"Compared with the"Little Smart", the crystal ball made by the stupid idiots in the magic academy with a lot of materials is simply garbage, worse than garbage."

"I later found a reliable businessman with strong financial resources to cooperate with. I believe that within half a year at most, the"Xiaolingtong" will be officially launched."

"By then, I will have become a rich man, following the great archaeologist and the great writer."

"Ha↘ha↘ha↗ Ha↘ha↘ha↘ha↘ha↗"

When Xia Zuo finished reveling in himself, he found that there was no one around him. Led by Xia Ni, four people and one cat entered the [Demon Cat Inn] talking and laughing.

Only piles of luggage were left there, waiting for the mules to carry them. This is the price of being too proud of oneself.

Looking at his companions going away, Xia Zuo sighed. Isn’t it just pretending? Do you have to be like this?!

"Alas, as expected, outstanding people will be envied and excluded wherever they go, let alone someone as outstanding as me. No matter where I go, I am like a firefly in the dark, so bright and outstanding."

"You are still as narcissistic as ever, Xia Zuo."

A cold female voice sounded from Xia Zuo's side.

The moonlight spread out, lengthening the two shadows on the flat ground. At some point, a beautiful figure in a white dress smiled at Xia Zuo.

"If you move any slower, there won't be room for you in your house.~"

"Oh? In that case, how about you pity me and let me stay at your house for one night? Otherwise, I can only sleep on the floor."

Xia Zuo smiled at the visitor and pretended to be pitiful.

"No, Wendy and Melty are sleeping soundly now."

"Tsk, Melty, that brat is so old, and he actually wants to drag Wendy to sleep with you."

Xia Zuo snapped his fingers unhappily, and under the control of the floating ability of the [Chicken Spell], the pile of luggage floated up behind Xia Zuo.

Looking at the gentle woman beside him who was like a fairy under the moon, Xia Zuo spoke the lines he had repeated countless times.

"Long time no see, Urrutia"

""Long time no see, Xia Zuo."

Under the starry night sky, the shadows of people were intertwined.

In the shadows under the village gate, Erza, who was about to help Xia Zuo with his luggage, looked at this scene and stopped in a daze.

At a commanding height in the village, two little lolis and a white cat hiding in the shadows were observing all this with a telescope.

"Damn, there's actually a red-haired woman. I knew that Xia Zuo was a philandering bastard."The pink-haired little loli Melty put down the telescope and angrily pounded the stone on the roof. The blue-haired little loli Wendy yawned, and the white cat Xia Lulu in her arms looked sleepy.

"Melty, why do you say Brother Xia Zuo is a playboy?"

"That's what it says in the novel.

Melty took out a book and Wendy looked at it carefully:"The Sun on Campus》

"Hey, isn't this the novel you like to read, Melty?"

Wendy didn't understand. Can the story in the novel be taken seriously?

Melty looked around and confirmed that there was no one around before saying mysteriously:"This novel was written by Xia Zuo. The guy named Ito Makoto in the book must have used himself as the prototype."

"Eh? But didn’t the protagonist of this book, Ito Makoto, have his head chopped off in the end? Brother Xia Zuo can’t have died once, right?"

Simple Wendy still didn’t understand.

Melty shook her head pretending to be profound like a little adult,"No matter what, we must protect Sister Urrutia and not let the playboy hurt her."

"Flirtatious man? Urrutia, do you have a boyfriend?"

""No."

Two figures suddenly appeared behind the two little girls, blocking the moonlight.

Urrutia picked up Melty and Wendy in one hand each,"What are you two doing here instead of sleeping?"

"I can't sleep..."Melty answered with a stiff face, while Wendy on the other side tried to get away with it with an innocent look.

Urrutia knew the child's tricks and was about to punish him, but Xia Zuo stopped her.

"Why bother with a child?"

Xia Zuo shook Melty's little head and said maliciously:"Since you can't sleep, let your brother tell you a story."

"This story is called"Chu Renmei"》"

"No! I don't want to listen to ghost stories!"

Melty shuddered, and her big eyes suddenly filled with tears.

Urrutia sighed and glared at Xia Zuo.

Melty used to like Xia Zuo very much, but one time Xia Zuo told Melty a horror story, which made the child afraid to sleep.

Since then, Melty began to hate Xia Zuo.