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"As expected of the bath house of the royal palace." Shun commented as he looked at the grand bath tube.
The bath chamber is a vast, vaulted hall where moonlight filters through alabaster windows to dance upon a pool of flawless lapis lazuli, fed by lion-headed fountains of solid gold.
"Let's go in." Shun said to the still blushing Hilda. Last time it happened so suddenly without giving her much time. But this time… she had a little but free will.
Shun stripped and went into the bath that was filled like a pool with hot water.
Shun heard a sound of piece of clothes falling down to the floor.
"Excuse me." Hilda said and slowly went into the bath that Shun was in and took her place next to him.
To Shun's surprise, she started… molesting his paws!
'Grayrat family really are perverts, each one in their own way…' shun thought amusedly
"Like what you are touching?" Shun asked as Hilda was immersed in the softness of his paw…
"!!"
"Mm"
After her initial surprise, Hilda nodded like the woman with strong personality she was.
——
After some time, everyone except Shun went to sleep.
'I have to go back and check how long passed since I've been here.' Shun thought and with a POP-!
…he was gone.
In the Fairy Tail World, on the sky above Magnolia. A young man of sixteen years arrived quietly.
Shun observed Magnolia city from above, seeing nothing unusual he headed towards his recently bought home.
As he arrived near his home, Shun decided to prank them by releasing a tiny bit of his magic.
Bzzz-!!
The next moment after the 'prank' bunch of teenager magicians of fairy tail rushed out of the house.
Like bugs when you lift a rock.
'Hm, that was an accurate but terrible comparison.' Shun thought and waved at the young magicians of fairy tail.
"Hi~ I'm back." Shun thought he would get a happy reunion at least from Mavis.
But the crowd was silent…
'It's been about a month since I've been here calculating the time I spent in One Piece world and half a day in the newly visited world. Or rather my original world.' Shun thought
"S-Shun, let's fight!" Suddenly a pink haired dragon slayer from Fairy Tail, broke the silence while trembling.
"A-Aye!" A blue cat also tried to act strong.
Seeing their terrified expression, Shun understood his 'funny prank' had the opposite reaction.
It became a horror prank. Or test of courage.
"My bad, since Gildarts has his own special entrance. I thought I should do something similar…" Shun said while holding the back of his head.
Seeing his usual act the crowd visibly calmed down. One moment they were relaxing in the house, lately the young generation started spending time in Shun's house almost the same time they spend in the guild. Next moment they felt their heart stop for a second, it was as if they woke up from a nightmare, they started sweating and hurriedly rushed out…
"However being courageous is good and all but shouldn't you go hide? When you meet a situation like this?" Shun asked what he was curious
"Idiot, do you think we can't recognize your magic power?" Mavis said, while holding Shun's hand.
Mavis was troubled… her son getting stronger was a good thing. But Shun's magic… was tainted a bit.
'That was the reason why everyone was so surprised. But the children didn't know the details, they only thought it was because Shun was strong… It was pure white back then' Mavis thought while her tiny grip on Shun's hand grew stronger.
Shun who didn't know what she was thinking only thought.
'This time she seems really angry. I'll have to stop with the stupid pranks.'
"Let's go inside, Shun is tired!" Suddenly a white haired girl with the nickname, 'Angel' spoke up. As if she was the only one who understood Shun's heart. She took Shun's hand and pulled him inside.
"…"
Once inside Shun asked.
"Sorano, how long was I gone this time?"
"eh? Twelve days and thirteen hours." Sorano replied, surprisingly accurate.
Shun who asked to compare the time difference suddenly felt a bit… scared?
'I spent three days in the One Piece world… so that means the time in the Mushoku world and Fairy Tail flows the same. Only One Piece is slow huh. Probably related to the world being huge and the anime and manga having over thousand episodes.' Shun made up some reason from what he got
"By the way, why is everyone gathered today?" Shun asked as he looked at everyone. Even Lucy and Ultear were here. While Lucy joined recently, Ultear rarely showed up when Shun isn't here.
"Ah, you weren't here for almost two weeks so you missed it." Elfman started explaining with a smug face
"My big sister, and Erza became S-Rank mages at the same time! They're… MEN!"
Shun conveniently ignored his last remark and fell into his thoughts
'So a lot of things are deviating from the original… Well, not like any change will be a problem.'
"Congrats guys, sorry that I haven't prepared a gift for you. If you have a request, I'll listen." Shun said to the red and white haired new S-Class mages standing nearby.
"Gift?" X2
"Don't mind about such things."
"Request… c-can I say it in private later?"
While Erza was cool about it, Mirajane surprisingly had something in her mind
"Of course."
"Enough about that, Shun. Can you cook some fish?" Three year old blue cat named Happy joined or rather interrupted the conversation
"Hm? Weren't you talking about fighting me earlier?" Shun asked back
"That was… I was forced by Natsu!"
"W-Wha-?"
The blue cat mercilessly sold his partner to Natsu's shock
"Pfft- idiot." Gray muttered to himself but Natsu didn't miss it
"Wear something before you call someone an idiot, you idiot." Natsu surprisingly started arguing instead of instantly jumping to fight
'Well, Erza is here. Also Mira is quite scary for them at this age.' Shun deduced
"Ah! My clothes!" Gray shouted and started tracing his path back to search for his clothes
Seeing the usual bickering made Shun surprisingly feel at ease and a small smile was tugged at his lips.
Mavis who was watching him from the side also felt relieved seeing her so called son returning to his usual self.
"By the way Ur isn't here?" Shun asked Ultear
"She is out on a mission, she isn't young but working hard as a new member of the guild." Ultear had a proud smile on her face as if she was a proud mom seeing her daughter working hard
"Shun! Let's watch something exciting, please." Lucy who recently joined the guild with full support from both of her parents asked Shun.
The shows Shun let them watch was called ' safe shows' by Shun. As they wouldn't cause brain rot to their innocent minds.
'Well they are probably getting bored of the children's shows…'
Shun thought about what to start with for a long time.
'Something exciting huh… let's just go with a popular ninja show I guess.'
"Alright then, go prepare the theater room. Tonight we'll level up the genre." Shun's confident words caught interest of everyone here including Mavis and the mature Mira and Ultear's.
Everyone rushed to prepare the seats and lighting.
The theater room was created by Shun on the spot when they bought the house. Shun had Arc of Embodiment and Fairy Heart, creating such rooms wouldn't even take five minutes.
The room was simple but elegant. It was a big hall of a room, the temperature of the room was controlled by a magic lacrima. In fact everything here was powered by magic lacrima.
In the front there was a huge screen that would display the shows with the help of a projector.
The seats were varied in types. Single chairs or sofas created for people who wanted to sit in groups.
After making simple snacks Shun took seat at a sofa that could fit three people.
Shun put a certain famous ninja show and took his seat on a sofa. To some people's ire, Ultear and Sorano took the seats next to Shun and sandwiched him from the both sides.
Soon The show started…
"Woah Ninjas! Nin-Nin!" Natsu started being noisy
"Shut up!" Fortunately for the others, Erza was here!
——
When the first episode ended, the reactions varied but it could be said that they all had positive thoughts. Or rather they were too excited…
"N-Next episode!" Mavis was the one who was most excited…
"Of course." Shun played the next one smoothly
When the next episode started the light in the room disappeared so the focus would be on the screen.
However…
'Hmm… what is this? Am I being molested?!' In the middle of everyone's excitement.
A certain black haired girl was rubbing… …his thighs.
When Shun stole a glance at her. Ultear eyes were perfectly on the screen, however her hands were precisely molesting him…
'Whats happening?!'
Shun was a bit flustered as he was the one who does this type of thing to Ur in the past whenever he gets the chance. The helpless milf had always obediently received the teasings. Cause she couldn't let her daughter know.
But this time…
'Ultear… who do you think I am? Do you know how strong I had become in the past few years? I mean if I told you, you wouldn't even believe it. You clearly don't know who you are doing this to. I am not in danger, Ultear. I am the danger.
A guy sits on a sofa and gets molested you think out of me? No, I am the one who molests!' Shun thought such things but didn't say it out loud.
Silently, Shun went on the offensive!
——
When the episode ended everyone was excited, except two figure who were seated on the sofa. Slightly panting.
"…"
'It's been four years in the world of Fairy Tail. Since I became S-Class mage. The year is now 781X. Ultear was twenty three when the plot started so she is nineteen now huh…'
'I was planning to just check the time flow difference between the two worlds. But this isn't bad too. If I had limited magic power I would need to spend a year or two in different worlds to gather enough magic power to travel between worlds. However I have Fairy Heart. My mother's blessing.'
Shun concluded his thoughts and played the next episode without waiting for everyone to ask.