Natsu woke up in the morning, rubbed his eyes, and grabbed Happy as he stepped out of the room. Suddenly, he felt something soft under his foot... He looked down, a bit dazed. "Eh... Acnologia?"
"Why are you sleeping here?"
"Could you take your foot off before asking?"
Acnologia remained expressionless as he raised a hand and slapped Natsu's leg away, viciously wiping the footprint off his face.
Does this guy not even look down for obstacles when he walks?
After learning about Acnologia and Irene's situation, Natsu laughed heartily. "So you don't have a place to stay? Why didn't you just come into my house?"
Acnologia rubbed his face. "Do you ever clean your house? There are piles of trash everywhere."
Back then, he had told the Fire Dragon King Igneel to teach Natsu the excellent qualities of a protagonist, but he forgot to include being clean. Now, the boy was truly a slob.
Natsu said nonchalantly, "There isn't that much trash, and there's still a place to sleep."
Acnologia was speechless. "I give up on you."
The two of them headed to the guild together. Many people had already gathered, and it was the usual noisy scene.
"Lucy! Irene!"
Seeing Lucy and Irene sitting to the side chatting, Natsu ran over excitedly and sat down between them without any hesitation.
Irene immediately punched him. This shameless guy had no self-awareness at all and didn't know the meaning of embarrassment!
She saw Acnologia walking over with dust on his clothes and asked in confusion, "What happened to you?"
"Don't ask. We're going to buy a house today!"
Acnologia didn't want to step anywhere near Natsu's doorstep ever again. This guy had no sense of hygiene; he didn't know how a young lady like Lucy could stand it.
Suddenly, he saw Erza walking by and waved happily. However, Erza looked straight ahead and walked right past him.
Lucy was puzzled. "Didn't you two make up yesterday afternoon?"
Irene had gone to sleep at her house last night. Lucy was bathing at the time and thought some villain was plotting against her.
Acnologia said helplessly, "We did make up, but then things fell apart again."
Irene hugged Lucy and said dejectedly, "Little Erza isn't cute at all. If only she were a bit more like Lucy."
"Ah... don't just touch me like that!" Lucy's cheeks turned crimson as she pushed away the hands that were kneading her chest.
Those hands had been rubbing her all last night, telling her it would make them bigger.
But she was already big enough.
Natsu asked curiously, "What does it feel like?"
Irene raised an eyebrow. "It's great. Want to try?"
"Can I really?"
"No!"
In a fit of embarrassment and rage, Lucy kicked him flying.
These two were just talking to each other without considering the victim's opinion at all.
"Hey, hey, let's go do a mission together. The Fire Dragon Squad's first mission," Natsu said excitedly.
Irene suggested, "We could find an s-class mission."
Those simple missions were mostly just daily chores with low pay; she wasn't very interested.
Natsu hesitated. "Eh, but s-class missions can only be taken by an S-Class Mage, and they're on the second floor."
Suddenly, the two of them looked at Happy, who was eating fish, and said in unison, "Why don't we just have Happy go up and steal one?"
Happy raised a paw excitedly. "Leave it to me!"
Lucy said, "But we don't have an S-Class Mage. Even if we get the mission, we won't be able to complete it."
"That's true. We don't even know each other's magic yet. Should we get familiar with them?"
"Sure!"
Natsu spoke first. "I'm a Fire Dragon Slayer Mage. It's an ancient magic taught to me by a dragon."
Acnologia followed up, "I'm a Black Dragon Slayer Mage."
Hearing this, Natsu asked hurriedly, "You're a Dragon Slayer Mage too? Was your magic taught by a dragon as well?"
He hadn't met any other Dragon Slayer Mages yet; he didn't expect the teammate he picked up randomly to be just like him.
As for the other four youngsters, he had long since forgotten about them.
Acnologia shook his head. "Not quite. I'm self-taught."
"Since the creation of Dragon Slaying Magic, five generations of Dragon Slayer Mages have appeared. The first generation was taught Dragon Slaying Magic by dragons."
"The second generation is like Laxus, with a Lacrima implanted in their bodies."
"The third generation is a combination of the first and second; they were taught by dragons and have a Lacrima in their bodies."
"The fourth generation are Magic Weapons. I haven't seen them specifically."
"The fifth generation obtained the power of a Dragon Slayer Mage by eating dragons. They are also called Dragon Eaters."
Since the topic had come up, Acnologia didn't mind sharing some knowledge with them.
"There are already five generations? Doesn't that mean we're outdated?"
Natsu's eyes widened. He never expected there to be so many Dragon Slayer Mages, and that the fifth generation actually ate dragon meat.
"Also, why eat dragon meat? Can't we coexist peacefully?"
Acnologia smiled. "There are good and evil people, and there are good and Evil Dragons. As for why they ended up fighting, who can say for sure?"
Natsu nodded; that made sense.
Irene introduced herself, "I am an Enchanter. In battle, I can increase your strength and defense, among other things."
As for Sage Dragon Slayer Magic, she felt it shouldn't be needed in this era unless that rumored Black Wizard appeared.
Lucy took out a celestial spirit key and said, "I'm a Celestial Spirit Mage. I can summon Celestial Spirits to fight with me."
Happy raised a paw and said, "Mine is Aera. It allows me to carry people and fly."
Natsu's troubles came and went quickly. He immediately got excited again. "Then we'll start our move tonight."
"Okay!" X5
Acnologia and Irene planned to take the opportunity to buy a house. However, after asking around, they found that houses here were only for rent and not for sale, supposedly by order of the Kingdom.
As for the reason... a Town Administrator said that four hundred years ago, the King left an order stating that the entire Magnolia Town was to be allocated to Acnologia, who was the world-ending dragon king at the time.
But since Acnologia had never taken possession of it, it would be a waste to leave it empty, so the Kingdom rented it out on his behalf.
In fact, even the high-ranking officials of the Kingdom thought that the world-ending dragon king Acnologia was dead. After all, several eras had passed.
However, they didn't dare to directly nationalize it. One must know that Acnologia had destroyed an entire era and killed all the Evil Dragons; his fearsome reputation was widespread.
If Acnologia were still alive, wouldn't such an action be a death wish?
"That is certainly unexpected..."
Acnologia raised an eyebrow slightly. The entire Magnolia Town belonged to him?
Four hundred years ago?
He reminisced for a moment and suddenly remembered that Bald King. Back then, Magnolia Town didn't exist; the king had only said he would record him as a hero in history.
If this town belonged to him, it must have been something that Bald King did.
"Let's go to the Fiore Palace. Since the entire town is ours, there's no reason not to claim it."
"Eh? Does that mean we can just live a life of leisure now?"
"Pretty much. Let's go see first!"
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