The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

The bright moon hangs high and the stars fill the sky.

The Alvares Empire occupies almost the entire Western Continent, and the overall climate is different from that of the Kingdom of Fiore. And now this town is inland. Compared with the weather in coastal cities like Magnolia, the night air It seems much drier, but other than that, in this season when the autumn moon turns to winter, it is just as cold.

The night wind carried a bone-chilling air-conditioning, gently covering the face of the beautiful girl on the balcony, and lifting up a few strands of fiery red hair.

Erza stood alone on the balcony, with the vast night sky above her head, the moonlight splashing wantonly on her body, her hair color was as dazzling as the moonlight, her figure was as cold as the moon's shadow, and her whole person showed a rare loneliness.

The silver-white armor on her body undulated slightly, showing that Erza's mood was not calm at this time.

Although she pretended not to care in front of everyone before, she knew that it was all to prevent her relationship with Eileen from affecting the "guild's plan to prevent the empire from going to war", and at the same time, it was also a little bit of a pushy mentality. , In fact, she cared a little bit, but it was difficult to express this feeling in front of everyone.

Erza is different from Natsu and others. The rest of them have had parents to some extent, so they can only be considered half orphans; but she was abandoned at birth and did not have a family until she came to Fairy Tail. The feeling of 'family', but in the final analysis, this kind of 'family' and 'family' is just an atmosphere that Fairy Tail strives to create.

The moment she saw Irene, the blood connection caused her heart to beat. Erza suddenly realized that the people in the guild were still essentially 'companions', no matter in terms of their relationship style, behavior style or personality habits. Although they are almost the same as family members, they are still different from real 'relatives'.

She could ignore the difference, but she couldn't deny its existence.

When she realized this, it was like a sharp thorn in her throat, making her feel uncomfortable but unable to do anything about it.

Erza did not choose to speak out about this discomfort, because it was just making others worry about her for no reason.

Although Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy and others can be slightly comforted, most of them are crude, emotionally slow, and have children-like personalities. They have never experienced this kind of "no father or mother." After finding them, they found that they were not as good as Without personal experience, it is impossible to experience it personally.

Perhaps in this room, only Kira can understand a little bit, but with his personality and temperament, he can only use methods such as 'complaining, joking, eating, laughing and joking' to help her forget her worries. But it will only make you feel more uncomfortable afterwards, which is treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

The only cure is time.

As for mother and daughter being reunited as a family, Erza didn't hold out any hope.

"Erza, are you still awake?"

A familiar voice came from behind, interrupting Erza's thoughts.

Kira was wearing high-end pajamas customized by the H-K store in Magnolia, and wrapped in a plush quilt. She walked onto the balcony with sleepy eyes, stood next to Erza, and then put her hands on the railing. , holding his head, exuding a lazy atmosphere.

"Are you too full to sleep at night?"

Erza shook her head: "I was just thinking about something."

"Is it because of the story I told you before?"

"Um... more or less..." Erza hesitated and said.

She's thinking about me!

"How do you feel?" Kira's expression was one-third shy and one-part curious, three-part nervous and one-part expectant.

Erza thought for a while and replied: "The plot is okay. It should be a big hit if written as a novel or made into a drama, but it can only be used as a wedge or the first scene."

Huh? ! Is this what I'm asking? Forget it, it doesn't seem to be very important.

"Well said! I knew you had an eye for drama!"

Hearing Erza's praise, Kira straightened her back unconsciously, and then waved her hand, looking extremely heroic, as if she were a screenwriter or an investor in the film and television industry: "Don't worry, I will book you the heroine when the time comes. Bit!"

Acting in her true colors, you don’t have to worry about Erza’s poor acting skills.

"I told you that this kind of novels and dramas are very popular in the Kingdom of Fiore now. With the profit from just one copy, I might be able to buy a house in Magnolia directly."

"If you add the "Red-Haired Girl Love Story" released last year, you can make your debut and become a star!"

Erza suddenly became alert: "Huh?! What story? What does it have to do with me?!"

Oops! You let it slip!

Kira had sold the movie secretly behind Erza's back, but later because he was busy, he forgot to give her money. He didn't expect that it had been a year and Erza hadn't heard of the movie.

That was the big production that had the highest box office in Magnolia this year, the third highest box office in Fiore Kingdom, and the eleventh highest box office in Ishgar! !

"No...no...it doesn't matter...I'm just talking nonsense..."

Kira waved her hand hurriedly, "By the way, do you think it is better for the story to have 'restoration' as the main line, or 'finding relatives' as the main line?"

"Don't change the subject, you guy! What's the love story you just told?!"

"Is the male protagonist the main character? If it is a story about a female protagonist, there must be several male characters around her, right? A first love who falls in love and kills each other, two naughty and mischievous younger brothers, a most gentle and handsome brother in the world, two domineering and arrogant ruffians Bad delinquent young clowns, and a group of old and crooked but reliable middle-aged uncles..."

"What are you talking about..." Erza became more and more ashamed as she listened.

"Ah, that's right! Don't forget the female character too!"

Kira patted her brain and said again, "A close competitor, the bankrupt daughter in the same dormitory, the innocent and harmless girl next door, constantly chasing the heroine in many aspects such as study, singing, dancing, beauty, etc. but has never been able to compare with her. The supporting actress..."

"Well...rich characters can satisfy the audience's fantasies."

“No matter how you look at it, I think it will be very marketable!”

Swish, swish, swish...

Under Erza's stunned gaze, Kira took out a pen and paper and quickly wrote down the inspiration that kept coming to her mind.

"Sure enough... ideas will be clearer at night! This time is the most suitable for creation! Those authors have no choice but to stay up until two or three o'clock every day..."

For a moment, the only sound on the balcony was the sound of Kira writing furiously.

The night air was cool, and so was the atmosphere between the two of them.

She originally thought that Kira was here to comfort her, but she didn't expect that after just a few words, he was minding his own business recording his creative inspiration! !

Erza sighed helplessly: This is really in line with Kira's character!

In her memory, whether she was forgetting her troubles by overeating as before, or doing her own thing on the sidelines as she is now, she actually conveyed in a silent way, "Although fate is not good for you, you are still The signal that a companion is there is a way Kira often used to comfort people in the past. It seems that the last time he did this was when Lisanna 'died' and he comforted Mira.

After a long time, Erza said to Kira, who was frowning and thinking hard: "Kira, can you tell me the truth of that story? You should know it, right?"

Kira stopped writing when he heard the sound and looked at Erza in surprise: "Why don't you wait until she tells you in person?"

"I want to know now!"

…

Under the same night sky, on similar balconies, similar figures look at the moon and blow in the wind.

She is Erin.

Compared to the dozens of minutes in the original work where she was used to fighting and had no time to think, she now has more time to feel her emotions after reuniting with her daughter.

For twenty years, she had always thought that she abandoned Erza because she felt she was of no use to her, but after recalling her state of mind at that time, she vaguely felt that something was wrong.

It seemed that... what I felt at that time was not regret, but fear.

She could understand the regret, it was probably because the personality addition failed; but what was the reason for the fear? Are you afraid that you will continue to live in a state of neither human nor dragon? Although I was trapped in the dragon body at the time, I seemed to be in more pain than fear.

So, what is she afraid of?

Twenty years later, Eileen could no longer remember what kind of mentality she had at that time when she abandoned her daughter.

"Erza..."

"What's wrong, do you miss your daughter?"

The same figure walked over, interrupting Irene's thoughts.

The visitor was Selene. She did not go back to her hometown of Kiltina, nor did she find a place to rest. Instead, she temporarily stayed at Eileen's house.

As for the purpose, it was also very simple. In order to realize the plan of 'eliminating the five divine dragons', she decided to rope in Eileen, a rare fighting force.