In the backstage lounge, Jude Heartfilia brought Lucy Heartfilia to find Moen.
"Moen, this is Lucy, my daughter. You two have already met just now, right?"
Jude spoke somewhat awkwardly. He had never brought Lucy to meet Moen before, yet Lucy had run over on her own.
And now, he even wanted Lucy to take Moen as her master and even join Fairy Tail Guild. The speed of this change in attitude made even him feel his face heat up, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"Yes, we've already met. You've always said Lucy is my fan, this time we finally got to meet."
Moen said as he looked at Lucy and winked at the little girl.
"..."
As soon as Moen said this, Jude could only chuckle awkwardly. There was no helping it—this matter really was handled poorly on his part.
Earlier, he had kept saying his daughter was Moen's fan and even asked for signed books and such, but later he never mentioned it again, and the meeting was simply dropped. If Moen didn't find it strange at all, Jude himself wouldn't believe it, Moen was far too sharp.
"Did you have fun today, Lucy?"
Moen ignored Jude and asked Lucy with a smile.
"Yes! I did!"
Lucy nodded happily in response.
"Mr. Moen and Miss Mirajane Strauss worked together so well. It's my first time hearing music like this, my whole mood kept changing along with your performance. Miss Mirajane sings so beautifully, even better than the records I bought!"
Lucy spoke very seriously about her experience at the concert. She didn't forget to praise Mirajane, who was watching from the side. The scene of Mr. Moen and Miss Mirajane performing together on stage had been extremely harmonious.
"Thank you for the compliment, Lucy. Just call me Mira, no need to be so formal."
Praised by Lucy, Mirajane smiled brightly. She had started to find Lucy more pleasing to the eye. Lucy's compliments were sincere, and her big eyes were full of admiration.
"Okay, Mira… does that mean we're friends now?"
Looking at Mira, Lucy said softly. There was a hint of expectation in her eyes, as if she feared being denied.
"…Of course, we're friends."
Mira was momentarily stunned, then replied gently. She felt that Lucy was somewhat pitiful. Though born into wealth, she seemed to live quite miserably she didn't even have friends, like a canary trapped in a cage.
"Yay!"
Lucy exclaimed happily. She truly had no friends. She stayed at home every day, and all the surrounding land belonged to her family. The only people she could interact with were the household servants, no one who could truly be her friend.
If she had to name one, then perhaps the Aquarius Celestial Spirit, Aquarius, could be considered her friend. Although Aquarius would get angry whenever Lucy summoned her carelessly regardless of time or place, she never left when Lucy needed companionship.
After her mother passed away, Aquarius had practically become Lucy's emotional support, helping her through those difficult days. That Celestial Spirit was her only friend.
Now that she could make a new friend, Lucy naturally felt extremely happy. If not for the time and setting, she would have wanted to summon Aquarius to share her joy.
"Moen, I want Lucy to take you as her master, to learn Celestial Spirit Magic, and then join the Fairy Tail Guild and become one of you, just like Hisui E. Fiore. Are you willing to accept her as your disciple?"
After a moment of awkwardness, Jude didn't forget the purpose of bringing Lucy here. He took the initiative to ask Moen.
"Hisui?"
At the side, Mira caught a familiar name and looked puzzled. Why would Jude mention Hisui?
"Hisui is the child of a friend of mine, about the same age as Lucy. She also learned Celestial Spirit Magic from Lucy's mother."
Mira's question made Jude react immediately. He quickly explained, covering up Hisui's identity.
Jude naturally understood why Hisui would hide her identity. After all, being the sole princess of the royal family was quite special.
"…"
Mira nodded, her expression a bit strange. The two girls both used Celestial Spirit Magic and both came from wealthy families. Lucy and Hisui indeed had very similar backgrounds. Now, if they both became Moen's disciples, the similarity would be even greater.
"Hisui?"
Lucy looked confused. She didn't remember who Hisui was. She wasn't familiar with her at all, after she was old enough to remember things, they had never even met. When Layla Heartfilia went to the royal capital, she had not brought Lucy along.
So Lucy found it strange had her mother really taught Celestial Spirit Magic to someone else?
But before Lucy could think further, Moen spoke.
"That's fine. I have no problem accepting Lucy as my disciple. Lucy, what about you? Are you willing? Will you learn Celestial Spirit Magic from me?"
Moen's words made everyone look at Lucy, waiting for her answer.
"I'm willing!"
After a brief moment of shock, Lucy immediately replied. Her emotions surged, and her face flushed red.
"Good. Then from now on, you are my second disciple. The Hisui your father just mentioned is my first disciple—she will be your senior sister. When we return to the Fairy Tail Guild, you'll be able to meet her. I hope you can make progress together."
Looking at Lucy, Moen spoke with a tone of authority befitting a master.
At the same time, within Moen's "Saint Seiya System," a notification appeared: "Disciple successfully accepted." Lucy had been recognized by the system. She was a girl with a spirit of dedication, a sense of righteousness, and a kind heart willing to strive to save others.
Moen sighed inwardly. He had actually taken in two female disciples first, his sect was flourishing with yin over yang. Anyone unaware might think he only accepted
female disciples.
"Alright, Mr. Moen, I'm really looking forward to meeting senior sister!"
Lucy nodded seriously, her eyes seeming to shine, she was extremely expectant, looking forward to being able to go live in "Fairy Tail".
"You should call him master now, Lucy."
Hearing Lucy's reply, Jude reminded her from the side.
"Ah, yes, Master Moen."
Lucy froze for a moment, then somewhat embarrassedly changed the way she addressed him, this form of address felt a bit strange, although Moen no longer looked like a child, Lucy knew that Moen was only a little over two years older than her, it felt like calling him "big brother" would be more appropriate.
"You don't have to call me master, it makes me sound old, calling me big brother is fine too."
Moen said with a smile, he faintly recalled that when he met the Lucy from the future two years ago, this girl didn't call him "master" either, but called him "big brother", so, should he actually let her call him "big brother"?
As for this point, Moen couldn't be sure, it involved matters of the future, he didn't want to change it, but he also didn't know whether he had already changed it, he could only try to match it as much as possible.
"Then can I call you Brother Moen?"
Lucy spoke softly, sure enough, calling him this made her feel more comfortable, without that awkward feeling of forcibly treating someone of the same generation as an elder, but the respect in her heart would not lessen!
"Of course you can, it's just a form of address."
Moen smiled and nodded, he supported Lucy calling him this, it made him feel that perhaps the future had not been changed too much by him.
"Wouldn't that be a bit disrespectful?"
Jude frowned and spoke from the side, he felt that this wasn't appropriate, a master is a master, what kind of thing is calling him brother?
"…"
Lucy bit her lip, a bit afraid to look at her angry father, she knew that what her father said actually made sense, becoming a disciple is becoming a disciple, how could you not call someone master just because of age?
"Respect in words is only superficial, respect in the heart is what is real, our sect doesn't care about those superficial formalities."
Moen said with a smile, offering support to Lucy, if Jadeite was willing to call him master, then she could call him master, if Lucy wanted to call him brother, then she could call him brother, no matter what they called him, their relationship would not change.
"…"
Hearing Moen's words, Jude directly shut his mouth and didn't say anything more.
The reason Jude suddenly acted out of character and spoke up so tactlessly to question was originally to see Moen's true attitude.
Now it seemed that Moen really didn't care about the issue of forms of address, so Jude felt relieved, he didn't want his daughter to be disliked by Moen because of a form of address.
"When do you plan to let Lucy go to Fairy Tail?"
Moen looked at Jude and asked, he also knew what this guy was thinking, so he gave a firm answer to reassure him, although Jude devoted himself wholeheartedly to work, in fact he still had deep love for Lucy in his heart.
Lucy looked at her father, hope in her eyes, she really hoped that she could leave home immediately and go to "Fairy Tail".
"Let her be a bit older, she hasn't even turned twelve yet, letting her leave home and live outside alone now is too early."
Under the gazes of Moen, Lucy, and Mira, Jude hesitated for a moment, and finally gave an answer that made Lucy somewhat disappointed.
However, Lucy could actually understand, her father originally didn't even let her go out, suddenly changing so much would be strange instead.
Although she felt a bit disappointed, Lucy felt that this seemed to be a normal father, this also made those experiences just now become real again, no longer like a beautiful dream.
"Then come after turning twelve."
Moen nodded, every family has its own difficulties, King Toma could rest assured to directly hand over his only daughter to him, but that didn't mean Jude also had to do the same as King Toma.
This kind of matter cannot be compared, different perspectives lead to completely different conclusions, one could say that King Toma's approach had courage and foresight, but it could also be said that he was cold, only considering and not family affection.
So Jude wanting Lucy to go to "Fairy Tail" a bit later was nothing to criticize, he was about to send his daughter to a "boarding school" to live alone, perhaps out of reluctance, Jude would spend more time with his daughter.
If that really happened, then Moen would actually be willing to let Lucy come to "Fairy Tail" a bit later, giving her more time to be with her father, which was also something Lucy had always hoped for.
With this matter settled, Moen and Mira left, returning to Magnolia, Jude and Lucy also went back home, and Jude indeed took out some time to spend more time with Lucy.
People are often like this, before Lucy had always waited at home for Jude to come back, but Jude didn't come back much, now that Lucy was about to be away from home for a long time, Jude instead couldn't bear it, and he began to spend more time at home again.
Just like this, nearly half a year passed, by the second half of the year, after Lucy had celebrated her twelfth birthday, she finally truly left home, and truly went to "Fairy Tail" to report.
During these six months, the construction of the southern railway network could be said to be in full swing, on the day Lucy arrived at "Fairy Tail" to report, the last city was also officially connected by rail.
Therefore, the arrival of Lucy and Jude directly allowed Moen to complete two tasks.
One was inviting Lucy to join "Fairy Tail", and the other was the long-awaited [Roaring Train], a gold-level task, which finally was completed after more than a year.
[Ding! Task "She Comes from the Future" has been completed!]
[Task progress: Invite Lucy Heartfilia to join the "Fairy Tail" guild. (Completed) Do you want to claim the task reward?]
[Ding! Task "Roaring Train" has been completed!
Task progress: Help Jude Heartfilia complete the construction of the national railway. (Completed) Do you want to claim the task reward?]
The notifications for the completion of the two tasks popped up together, Moen first claimed the former, the reward for this task was relatively ordinary, just like when he invited Juvia to join the guild.
Moen guessed that it might be because inviting these two girls to join the guild was really not difficult, unlike when he invited Wendy and Mystogan to join the guild, where there were some twists and turns.
[Congratulations! Obtained random item Pandora's Necklace!]
The system notification popped up, making Moen widen his eyes slightly.
Did he hit the guaranteed reward? It wasn't useless rare materials or fashion trash?
[Pandora's Necklace: A necklace that allows the holder to move freely anywhere in the underworld.]
Looking at the function of this necklace, Moen's expression turned strange, could this function still take effect in this world? And does this world even have an underworld? He really didn't know much about it.
'Try it when I have time.'
Moen didn't take out the necklace, but kept it in the system space, he would test its effect when he had time later, now he still had more important things to do.
First, he needed to receive Jude and Lucy, who had brought him good news.
And second, of course, was to continue claiming the reward for the gold-level task, he was still very much looking forward to his first Gold Cloth.
After letting Hisui and the others take Lucy to the girls' dormitory, and letting Jude go find Master Voltava to reminisce, Moen finally got some free time.
He properly washed his hands, washed his face, and even lit a stick of incense, then solemnly claimed the task reward, the first Gold Cloth naturally had to be treated with extra importance.
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