01-The Encounter

The sky was covered with dark clouds , rumbling from time to time , indicating that rain could start pouring anytime soon . Even though it was day the covering from the cloud shadowed the surroundings and brought forth a gloomy atmosphere.

In midst of a forest pathway a figure could be seen walking not minding the chilly winds or the soft drizzle. He was wearing a black coat with a hood , his face was not visible due to the hood but from the outline of his clothes one could make out that he had well-built muscles underneath not too bulky or not too lean.

"20 years , huh. It has a been long time since I came to this world . It sure is a miracle for how long I managed to survive without giving up." The man said with a chuckle , a slight melancholy could be sensed from his tone.

"Fairy Tail , huh. Such an irony, I didn't saw a single fairy but encountered devils at many corners." He said mockingly.

Yes, He is the protagonist who mysteriously got transmigrated to this world which turns out be the world of "Fairy Tail" , a famous anime from his home world . He had watched his fair share of anime and even though he didn't watch the whole series of "Fairy Tail" he still has some common knowledge of the world like major characters or important locations and some events. But all this knowledge is useless when you have to survive in a remote location of some not so famous kingdom.

"Well, Doesn't really matter now if anything happens anyway I'm too strong for my own good " He said with a hint of pride on his achievements. Even though his body was weak and frail to the extreme in the beginning, turns out the body was blessed with talent no one has ever seen before , so after fulfilling some basic needs of his food and shelter through some not so good deeds , he found that he could learn anything he want with extreme ease.

Let it be sword, spear, archery, gun, or any other weaponry. He could learn it as long he tried a little. So he used his talent to the extreme and started learning anything which can help him surviving another day. Whether it be secretly watching others practice , or from some training manuals that he "borrowed" from some kind-hearted individuals. One thing he learned in his path to survival was to be vicious , in a cruel place from where he came from kindness is a sin and blessing for others, who are just lying in wait like snakes to take advantage of your kindness. If you want to be kind you need to have the strength to support your ideals. Otherwise you are just a toy in the hands of the truly cunning and poisonous snakes.

"It has been raining quite a lot these day. And these deserted pathways, perfect for the mountain bandits to lie in ambush for some unlucky fellow."

"Well, let's hope they are not stupid enough to attack me or else…."He said with a dangerous tone. It was pretty obvious that killing was for him as easy as breathing.

"Travelling, after having nothing to do i have come pretty far."

"Kingdom of Fiore, Has the canon already started or what. It's X784, and I don't remember much about the progression."

"Well not like I'm interested in joining any guild or association , I'm just a traveller now. Let's pay a visit to Gildarts though. Wonder if he is still on the quest." He said with a clear disinterested tone.

He has travelled a lot of places to learn methods to grow stronger , and met many people, Gildarts was one of them whom he could consider a friend apart from some other people.

"Let's just think of that when I'm near Magnolia. I'm still some distance away from there."

He, after not finding anymore dangers to his life decided it was finally time to relax and travel around and maybe if by fate met someone nice and settle down. Not worrying about anything he was finally free. It has been two years since he started travelling and reached Fiore some time back and was currently in a forested area near Oshibana town.

"Should I just take the railway or continue travelling on foot?" He wondered not minding the rain falling on him, he couldn't get sick anyway no matter what.

All of sudden a familiar scent reached his nose.

"Blood." He was not much surprised as he had expected to encounter something like this in such a perfect weather for an ambush.

"Let's see where this coming from" He picked up the pace and followed the scent of blood in the air , it was quite near so he didn't have to run for long and soon reached the scene of incident.

He saw a carriage, at least what remained of it.

'Clearly, work of some bandits, amateur ones'

"looks like the people from the carriage resisted for quite a while before finally succumbing to their fates"

"Lets take a look at the corpses, …8 , 9 , 10, from the carriage party all dead."

Searching the corpses for some time he finally had an idea of who they were.

"Slave traders, The bandits must have been looking forward to capture a few slaves for them since they are quite costly." He spoke nonchalantly , he had seen his fair share of slave trades and even though he didn't liked it at first since in his original world slavery was a crime, but here it is pretty common.

"Let's check the carriage now"

He went near the demolished carriage not expecting to find any valuable items other than some slave corpses. How wrong he was.

He cleared up the wooden parts of the wood which he could later use for burning after a bit of drying.

"Huh?" He saw underneath the broken carriage some strands of silver hair , He cleared up the debris and saw exactly what it was or what she was.

It was a little girl , probably no older than 4 or 5 ,with a head full of silver hair which was a bit dirty due to the rain and the dirt accumulated on it , her little frame was a bit skinny and with some red marks due to being buried under the debris for a long time. It was obvious that with a bit of nurturing she would be a very cute child.

"A slave child, How the hell did the bandits leave someone like her." He spoke with interest since bandits usually target little girls more, fucking lolicons.

He checked the condition of the little girl , she was alive , only with a bit of fever and maybe lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen buried there.

"I can't just leave a little girl like her here." He said pitying the girl for her fate , even though he was ruthless and doesn't care about lives of others , It will haunt him if he abandoned such a little girl out to die.

"Consider yourself lucky little miss ,Since you encountered me." He said before picking the little girls in his arms and covering her with his coat.

He collected all the debris and corpses in a heap and burnt it using his magic. He don't want any people to somehow come after him for answers , not like they could ever find him. But its better to be cautious than some random mobs to come after you to get slaughtered, He is too lazy to deal with extras.

He found a forest clearing to set up camp and take a proper look at the girl's condition.

"Just a fever, Nothing this potion can't cure." He said taking out a crystal clear liquid bottle from his bag, If someone saw him they would be crying and cursing his entire generations for wasting such a precious and rare potion. But he didn't care , He had many like this , and he had entire heaps of treasure to buy a small kingdom, so he could just buy another even if he ran out some potion, adding to that his nigh invincible constitution , he doesn't need potions and collects them just as a monetary backup , So he could sell them if the need arises.

"Wake up fast little lady." He said gently to the girl who after the use of potion was looking a lot better with stable breathing and was sleeping.