Chapter 30: Unknown

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-Magnolia-

Magnolia, for the most part, was quite pleasant. Lucy hadn't gotten many opportunities to sightsee the town in her free time. 

Saving Macao by traversing through a snowy mountain riddled with Vulcans and Daybreak which still plagued her mind to this day. The tragedy of a father locked away to forcefully write a story for a disgustingly villainous Duke. Somehow persevering and having the means to not only write a secret message to his son, who initially despised him, but also fool his capturer was a feat Lucy doubted many could replicate. 

'Still, now he can rest in peace knowing that his son got the book with the real story.' 

As someone who had goals to write her own book one day, she wondered if ever in her lifetime she would reach his level. 

Regardless, these thoughts were pushed to the side, not wanting them to dampen her current jovial mood. They were subjects not to be brought while walking through the streets of Magnolia along with her friend/roommate? 

"So, how did you find the apartment?" Cana asked her. The brunette had taken the blonde all around town to search for new living accommodations. It took nearly two hours of walking to visit every place that picked their interest. Both girls visited a handful of houses and apartments from Lemon Street, Mango Avenue, and Strawberry Street. 

'I'm seeing a pattern in the naming of these addresses… At least I won't forget them so easily.' 

Truth be told, each house was in pristine condition, and well decorate it. With a bathroom, multiple bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen, and even a balcony, they were the perfect dream house. But her hopes got crushed the moment she learned of the rent; 200,000 Jewels!

One of the apartment's rent events reached half a million, and it was the one with a garden and a large balcony! Having three bedrooms which would have been perfect! With a hollow face, she ran away from that area, with Cana taking her to the last place for the day.

Another apartment is located on Strawberry Street and one with a much more affordable rent.

"I liked it, 70,000 Jewels a month for a single bedroom. If I were on my own, then it would have been the perfect choice for me. Though I'm thankful she had a double-bedroom apartment nearby, it saved us the hassle of searching for other accommodations tomorrow. Still, I can't believe you managed to negotiate the price down to 100,000 Jewels from 140,000 Jewels — you're a lifesaver, Cana." She wanted to hug this woman and cry tears of joy for everything she had done so far. From giving them a place to live and becoming their partner for quests, Lucy honestly couldn't imagine how life would have been for her and Broly if they never met her. 

A lot of money was saved for her to not stress about anything yet. 

"Hehehe, don't mention it!" The Card Wizard said, happy to help out the newcomers of the guild who she now saw as friends. It was still a bit early for a conclusion, but Cana noticed how her dynamic with Lucy certainly was quite nice. Like long-time friends hanging out despite having met a few days ago, she certainly was fun to mess with those over-the-top reactions. Broly was hard to say. They started off amazingly with the whole mini-competition but haven't conversed with each other that much. 

Though he gave her the impression of being a simple and honest man with many similarities with Natsu with a much quieter side. It was a surprise to learn of his past connection with Erza, which made the wizard feel more curious about him. His past was definitely going to be a sensitive subject. The morning she saw him experience a nightmare, muttering that he was sorry made her realize that such a subject could not be brought up easily. 

'Hah, many in Fairy Tail have experienced tragedy in some way, shape, or form.'  

"By the way, I think the landlady liked you." She teased, laughing out loud, seeing Lucy shiver. The woman they met, having the nickname of Strawberry's Landlady, or Landlady simply, was a middle-aged woman who liked to wear clothes that were too short and revealing for her age. She looked very strict, but Cana knew from experience that she was actually a sweetheart. 

"Hurgh, please don't remind me of her. She looked at me as if I was some sort of thief or criminal." Maybe her imagination was at fault, but Lucy felt as if the Landlady paid a bit too much attention to her clothing than anything else. At least the Landlady turned out to be reasonable enough to accept the request to replace the beds with bigger ones — there was no way Broly would fit on that small mattress with his size… "Hopefully, the next quest will be a regular one where I can get paid handsomely." 

Cana giggled at Lucy's down face, "These last few days sure did a number on you. It's weird. You look like a princess with all those designer clothes you own and those gold gate keys, which don't look cheap, but you struggle with the thought of paying rent." 

Lucy started sweating. She didn't want her status as the Heartfilia heir to influence her life in Fairy Tail. Granted, no one seemed to know about her father's business, given they didn't react when she mentioned her full name — the girl still wanted to stay on the safer side. 

"Hahaha…," she laughed awkwardly, "th-these are merely hand-me-downs from a friend of mine. As for the keys, those were mostly inherited from my mother. She was a Celestial Wizard as well." 

"Wow, she was a Celestial Wizard? That's amazing! She must be proud of you, from joining Fairy Tail and taking on Vulcans and going against a Duke." 

The blonde smiled, wondering how her mother would have reacted to everything that happened so far if she was alive right now. "Yeah, she was the best. I hope she's proud of me." 

Cana instantly picked up on the slight change to her voice. It didn't take a genius to figure out that the mother had most likely passed away, and being someone who experienced a similar case made her especially familiar with such cases. The brunette hung her arm around Lucy's neck, surprising the latter. 

"Hey, let's hurry back to the guild so we can hang out with the big guy and tell him the good news. Also, I can get you hooked up with a modeling agency for a small gig if you want. They worked with Mira when she first started out as a newbie model." Cana said cheerfully.

Stars shone in Lucy's eyes when she heard that. Though her dream was to become a renowned Fairy Tail wizard one day, along with collecting all of the twelve gold keys — she also desired to try out many different things. A model was at the top of her list, but it was there. She bought every single one of the Sorcerer Magazines and knew the name by heart of every single model featured on the covers… that was how she learned about Mirajane in the first place. 

"I… I don't know," despite her outward excitement, Lucy couldn't hide for long the doubts that plagued her mind. "I mean, all of those models like Mirajane are just so beautiful and confident. I don't think I can replicate that." 

Don't get her wrong, thanks to hanging around Broly for years and even helping him out with all the work around his house certainly built up a nice figure. She wasn't boasting a six-pack or even that much visible muscles, but her stamina and endurance were parts she became proud of. 

"Kya!" She screamed after feeling a pair of hands grope and massage her breasts. "Cana!?" 

"Hmmm, you're too humble, Lucy. With these honkers, you can easily earn yourself a stop amongst the top models!" Some of the passersby fell to the floor with red faces and blood spurting out their noses. Cana laughed at their reaction and gave her sweater puppies one nice squeese before letting them go, happy to see the latter no longer focused on the matters of the past. "Don't be a downer. You never know till you try." 

"If you say so..." Lucy didn't know how to reply to that.

Broly had zero interest in those magazines, always asking her why seeing half-naked or nearly-naked people's images was exciting. As someone who strolled around shirtless every day and hung around with Aquarius all day made, Lucy understood his confusion — but at least he should have had some reaction, right? Aquarius confirmed that he didn't swing the other way. How the Celestial Spirit found out about that became one of life's biggest mysteries. 

She was grateful for the information… not that Lucy would ever tell Aquarius that unless she wanted to be drowned by another tsunami. 

Huh, there seemed to be a large crowd gathered around the guild. Both girls looked at each other to wonder what happened, but they were as clueless as the others. And from the people's reaction, it didn't look like it was good news. Soon, they saw a carriage pass by them, and everyone's attention was attracted to the giant prison cage at the back. 

"Eh, that slimy frog is here?" Cana instantly noticed and recognized the frog as it came on multiple instances to their guilds to deliver a letter to Makarov as a representative of the Magic Council. 

Lucy and Cana's jaws fell to the ground as they saw a familiar giant comfortably sitting inside with his legs crossed, a confused expression present on his face. 

""Broly!?"" They shouted in unison. 

Having heard their voices, the man turned his head around to find the source. A smile came to his face as he spotted the worried Lucy and just waved at her. "I got arrested by the Magic Council. I'll be back soon. Ah, go talk to Erza if you want more information. I knocked Natsu unconscious in a battle." 

"..." Cana gave him a 'really?' stare, wondering how so much could happen while she was away. 

She missed so much!

"What the heck happened!? I'VE BEEN GONE FOR ONLY TWO HOURS!!" 

{Break}

Lucy ran for the guild hall, not hearing the usual clamor and sounds of furniture breaking due to the mayhem. It only served to increase the worry she felt inside of her. Inside, she found a few quietly drinking their drinks while the others were thinking deeply. 

"Everyone! Broly got—"

"Arrested by the Magic Council, we saw." Makarov cut her off, sitting at the bar drinking like usual. Lucy nearly blew in a fit of rage when she realized how familiar this situation looked to the Macao one. The master acted similarly back then. He was probably just as worried as her. 

"You came back, did the house-hunting trip with Cana go well?" The ever-so-calming white-haired barmaid greeted her with a not-so-vibrant smile. In front of her sat Erza, sitting silently while staring at the untouched strawberry shortcake. "I take it you've seen what happened earlier." 

"But why?" That was her most pressing issue, they were new to town, and Broly never broke any laws or hurt anyone. 

"That's what I'm trying to figure out," Mirajane answered with a long sigh. "It's not uncommon to have the Magic Council come by with a stern warning for some of the damages our members caused. It wouldn't even be far-fetched to have Natsu or Erza put into prison for a single day or two to calm the public's outrage. But to my knowledge, the damage done to the client's house for the Daybreak house did not even blame him and merely talked about a faulty magical vehicle." 

"The recent bills we got all blamed either Natsu or Erza for the damages. There's something else at play here." Levy joined the conversation, wanting to add her own two cents to the matter after careful thinking. "While the Magic Council is of great authority, they can't just arrest someone for no reason or any prior incident — that will just ruin their reputation. It could be a simple mistake for all we know. We can wait and see how it turns out?" 

Both Makarov and Mirajane held complicated expressions. They were truly clueless about what the Council would want with the Saiyan. As he continued to stew in his thoughts, Mirajane could do nothing but put her mind occupied with some work. "Are you going to finish that strawberry shortcake Erz—eh?" Her words died halfway as she found an empty seat where Erza used to be before and the still untouched strawberry shortcake. 

'Well, isn't that ominous...' Erza would never pass on her favorite food in any scenario. Natsu and Gray learned the hard way to never get in between the way of the redhead and her favorite shortcake unless they wanted to experience a hellish day filled with extreme pain that involved getting their face hammered by an armored hand from a person possessing abnormal strength as the famous Titania. 

"I doubt it," Makarov continued, running his eyes from the headache. "Though I doubt they'll do anything outlandish, Yajima still remains one of their members and a good friend of mine — he'll take care of things in his own way."

Lucy was relieved to hear that. While she was curious about the Council's interest in Broly, the girl felt like they were overlooking something… a piece of information that everyone wasn't bringing up. Yet for the life of her, she couldn't pinpoint what it was exactly. 

Though two people sitting in the background with darkened faces had already guessed the reason. Macao and his lifelong friend, Wacaba, huddled in their spot overlooking the group sitting at the bar. "I don't think they remember what happened back then, Macao."

"Well, the old man is growing senile. Mira-chan hadn't seen it, so it probably didn't have that big of an impact memory-wise, but I think she's merely distracted by Broly's well-being, and as for Lucy… I don't know."

The smoke magic wizard nodded his head, not even in the mood for a drink or eat. The early fight between the trio gave the man such a big hype that the appearance of that damnable frog ruined his entire day. On top of losing a month's worth of money, "Give them another minute, they'll remember. After all, Broly did…

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"HE BLEW UP A MOUNTAIN!!!!!!!" 

It was a weird experience for Broly, to say the least.

From getting his fight against Erza interrupted by a talking frog to sitting inside a cage for a few hours until he arrived inside a large building of sorts filled with hundreds if not thousands of people wearing some sort of magical armor with a familiar symbol he'd seen before. They all stared at him with some hostility and wariness, and what could have caused him to merit such a reaction from them remained unanswered. 

The inside was beautiful, to say the least, Broly wasn't that much of a connoisseur in fine art according to Aquarius and even Lucy — but he could appreciate a nice piece of artwork. If it made people happy, then he didn't need a reason to understand it. That was how he dealt with overcomplicated things. 

The same way he handled matters whenever Lucy, Aquarius, and even Gretel asked for his advice on new clothes and hairstyles they would get from time to time. Honestly, he never paid any attention to those things and merely replied the same way each time, trying to find the best way to have them smile.

'But this is different,' the design aside, he could feel something within this building. A power signature greater than many of those who currently walking inside these walls, one that carried a familiar feeling from a forgotten past he couldn't remember. It did not elicit any positive emotions in his heart, quite the opposite, actually.

Something was telling him to keep his guard up against whoever this person was. He soon got his answer on this individual's identity after being led inside a giant room with his hands cuffed. Rows of large pillars where people sat behind curtains that hid their features. 

Before he could even greet them, one person started shouting about all of his past deeds after joining Fairy Tail. 

Not that there were many. 

But the biggest one is that the obese shadow of a man sitting in the kept bringing up the matter of the incident that happened that day with the mission of saving Macao. 

"Are you ignoring us!?" Screamed a woman this time. She sounded older, probably the same age as the man in the middle. Weirdly enough, she was not present physically in the room, rather used a form of magic he presumed to send a realistic avatar in her place. 

"..." Broly did not provide her or anyone else with any answers the entire time. Keeping his mouth shut and waited for their fit of anger to calm down first, a habit he got into whenever he made a mistake during training in the past, and Paragus started to rage on him in a similar way. On top of that, all of his attention strayed somewhere else to one of the people who had yet to scream at him.

"You little… Do you think this is a joke!?" 

Another voice shouted an elderly man as well. 

"For years dealing with Fairy Tail's antics, reckless destruction, and mayhem, you cannot imagine the leniency we gave to you by not throwing multiple of your guild members in prison or even labeling the guild as a dark one. The privilege you have received for this audience is not something even a Wizard Saint could easily get, yet you trample upon our generosity with your lack of response and rudeness!?" 

The woman spoke again, "Adding to his statement. You of unknown origin, powers that resemble those of the forbidden kind due to its level of destruction and past deed of destroying a mountain top that could have easily affected the local nearing wildlife villages by inadvertently harming its population… really makes me wonder if you're not a member of a dark guild sent undercover to Fairy Tail."

That got him thinking things were getting out of hand, and maybe silence wasn't always the answer when dealing with angry people. But what could he even say? "I wanted to take out the Vulcans only." He mentioned it for the first time, wondering if that would be sufficient enough to give them the answer they needed. 

"Then how did that result in so much damage!? It's impossible! You were obviously intentionally aiming to accomplish something else." 

Was he? No, that moment in the past, all he could remember was to hold onto that feeling of letting go for the briefest of moments while holding back most of his powers simultaneously. 

Frustrating, so frustrating. 

"I believe you are taking matters too far, Belno." This time another, much kinder voice spoke up and revealed the identity of the elderly lady. 

"Do not carelessly reveal my identity to this person, Yajima." The woman replied with a softer tone when speaking to her fellow member but still managed to hold a tinge of bitterness. "Also, I am not taking this too far. Recently, we have seen a rise in the number of Dark Guilds across the nations, and the latest incident with Bora's unknown cause of death further puts us on a perilous path as we have yet to uncover the truth. For all we know, he could be linked to that incident." 

Broly found it scary how accurate this woman's intuition was. After, not only was he linked to the incident… but he was also the direct cause of it.

"A ridiculous and bold claim. You can't just slap it on the boy without any proof," Yajima exclaimed with anger. "Must I remind you what Fairy Tail is? You know Makarov just as well as I, so such an accusation tarnishes not only this young man's but his reputation as well. "

"Then he can prove me wrong." Belno did not back down. "Looking past everything I've said just now, we still need to make sure that such an incident does not recur again. Staying with the Fairy Tail guild will only incentivize such behavior, and more disastrous incidents will follow."

"I agree." Said the man in the middle. "Broly is too much of a danger to be left alone under the care of a guild like Fairy Tail. He should be detained and monitored until further discussion." 

"You're taking this too far, Crawford!"

While the members continued to bicker about the topic related to his 'capture', Broly was honestly getting tired of this situation. But he knows that if he just walked away and passed the guards — then the most affected would be Fairy Tail and thus Lucy. He would unnecessarily bring trouble to the people who helped him out so much. Already owning Natsu an apology and thanks for having shown him his techniques during the fight, which he copied. The same goes for Cana, Mirajana, and many more. 

"Fufufu~! How much this has turned into a pathetic drama amuses me." Out of nowhere, a fifth voice, that of a much younger woman, spoke up. The Saiyan gaze returned to the spot he was staring intently before, for he felt like he'd recognized that energy signature from somewhere. "It's pretty clear to me that you geezers have no other desire than to turn him into your slave. Even the man down seemed to have recognized your ploy. Let's just get this done with, Org." 

Eh? He was actually quite surprised to realize that but kept a straight face so as to not give anyone any hint of his true motives. 

A teal orb emerged from the curtains, flying around his body a couple of times. Weird, it felt like an eye watching him for every sort of minute detail. Perhaps another sort of device that acted like a pair of eyes. Regardless, its constant movement around his body was beginning to annoy the Saiyan. 

"You!!!" The old man grew incensed by the woman's response. "Fine, Wizard Broly of the Fairy Tail guild, regardless of what the reasoning behind your actions of immense damage you've caused — it still does not excuse your deeds. But before I proceed any further, there is one question we will ask you. Failure to answer or even attempt to lie will be noticed through our means, and you will be detained as a criminal for life." 

This started to worry Broly. He had a bad premonition. He wasn't worried whether they could hold him inside a cell forever. He could easily break out and go back to his house.

Still, he nodded for them to continue. 

"Good, now, from what we've gathered, you and Fairy Tail's S-class wizard Erza Scarlet have both been taken as slaves to work in the Tower of Heaven. Is that correct?" The man asked, making his heart skip a beat from shock. It felt like a bucket of ice-cold water had been dumped on his head from that question, memories he wished to forget returning vividly without him being able to do anything. 

"We are waiting." Belno followed up, getting annoyed by his lack of response.

"That is correct," answered the man, wondering why they were bringing up such a matter of the past. 

"Then are you aware that the cause of its destruction happened to be a mass of unknown energy that came out of nowhere? Is this not only destroying the tower but the land around itself? Given you were there, we want to know what happened and who could have been the cause of this disaster." Hearing Org's question, Broly's body tensed up as he started contemplating his next move. 

What happened that day was something he never wanted to relieve, nor had anyone learned about the details. A part of him desperately wanted to keep a secret from the masses and those close to him. 

"I… I don't remember much about what happened that day." He said carefully, "Everything is a blur. I only recall a bright flash of light before everything turned dark. All I remember afterward is waking up outside with the tower completely destroyed." 

"Were you the cause of the power?" 

"...no." he lied while gritting his teeth, the Ki within him stirring awake as he was ready to leave this place. Even if it meant taking down everyone who faced him. 

"Hm," many heads turned to the woman with the orb, waiting for her answer. "I don't sense any lies. He is telling the truth." 

Eh?

They all sighed, bringing down the tension the Saiyan felt by a few notches. He sighed with them, glad to see that they didn't dig further as he did tell the truth. What Broly feared was not them harming him, for none held power anywhere close to him. Rather, he didn't want his actions to affect those close to him.

To disrupt the peaceful life he desired so dearly. 

"Very well, looks like we are still in the dark of the events of that day, anyways… knights!" At Org's shout, rows of rune knights walked inside the room with the captain kneeling in front of the members. "Take him away. We are done." 

{Break}

"Hah, that was stressful." 

Sitting inside an empty cell, Broly muttered while gazing at the night sky from the little window. 

"They don't suspect me. At least, I hope so." He was honestly more comfortable facing the situation with Bora than the event of the tower. "At least everything is back to normal. Tomorrow I'll be set free and return to the guild. I'm sure Lucy is worried about me, Erza as well. I hope Natsu gets better. I should bring him something to eat as an apology and thank you."

Their fight not only brought him a sense of joy but also had the Saiyan learn some of Natsu's moves. They were tricky to use without the ability to manipulate fire, so he did substitute that feeling by engulfing his fists with Ki which only strengthened his strength. 

"It's not perfect, there are still some holes, but another duel should help me learn all of it." He was most glad for the techniques that required him to use his kicks more creatively. "Hm?" 

Broly stopped practicing some of his moves, looking outside the cell, where a strange sensation caught his attention. There was nothing there as far as he could, nothing but an empty dark hall with other empty prisons. 

But…

"Come out. I know you're there." Whoever it was, they couldn't hide their Ki signature or weren't able to hide all of it. 

"Ara, you certainly have a sharp sense." 

The sound of footsteps echoed in the empty hall. As they got closer, Broly finally saw the owner of the voice. A woman with dark purple hair wearing long, revealing clothes holding the same teal orb from before and a gentle smile on her face.

'She feels… familiar.' That strange sensation grew stronger now that she was this close to him. Yet no matter how hard he tried, her face did not bring back any memories from the past. 'She doesn't look like anyone I met inside the tower or in the woods. So why can't I shake that feeling away?' 

"Who are you?" He asked. 

"Ah, how rude of me to not start with a proper introduction; I am Ultear Milkovich." She approached the jail cell, her orb shining briefly before the metal started to rust away before breaking apart. Her hands reached out for his face, a gesture Broly did not appreciate in the slightest as he grabbed her wrist with a heavy frown — a move that only seemed to have made her smile grow bigger. "And I wanted to meet you for a long… long time."

"—!"

The way she spoke and how she worded those words only made it more apparent that she knew him from the past. 

But how!?

There was no one in the tower with her face as far as he could remember!

"Who. Are. You." He growled, the ground around him shaking slightly, Ultear's eyes widening from the power she hadn't sensed for years. The same one that not only destroyed all of her plans but brought a great amount of humiliation upon her in front of Master Hades. 

"I'm… a friend." She whispered, unbothered by Broly's glare, and continued to smile. "I am not your enemy, Broly. My goal is not to make you a slave like the geezers in this building wanted. I just want to help you." Her tone was sweet, calming, and gentle enough to confuse the man enough to let go of her hand. 

"You… you lied to them," Broly said, wondering how she could not have noticed his lie during the questioning. 

Ultear floated upwards, her eyes on the same level as his. 

"I can sense an infinite well of magic inside you. A power so big that you have trouble just to keep it at bay. Living every single one of your days with the constant worry of holding back, the torment you must be going through must be unbearable, right?" She touched his face, and he didn't stop her this time. "Even now, I can feel it, Broly. You are pushing it away, locking it inside a fortress created by your own willpower. But cracks are starting to appear. Eventually, it'll break, and the monster will be free." 

Bam!

"Hn!" Ultear winced as his arms grabbed onto her shoulders hard enough to nearly break her bones. Thankfully, he held back and only pushed her against the wall to block any roads of escape. "My, how forceful~." 

"What do you know… why do you want to be with me?" 

The girl smirked, "Nothing. I'm just here to let you know that I can help you when no one else can." 

"I can do it by myself. I've been doing well all this ti—"

She cut him off.

"But for how much longer?" Her words rendered the man speechless. "I've been watching you. Trying to lessen the burden by sparing with the likes of Salamander and Titania? What a joke! Their combined power does not even equal a fraction of what you have! They are merely providing you a brief sense of comfort, which will stop working after a couple more fights." 

He winced, knowing that her words were not wrong. Unable to deliver any counters, Broly could only keep glaring at the woman whose smirk grew wider. "There are others…" 

Realization dawned on her face before she instantly scoffed. "Who is it? Mystogan? Or perhaps, Gildarts Clive?" 

"..."

"Humph, I'm sure Makarov must have filled you with hope with that man's existence. But let's be realistic here. That is only a temporary solution at the end of the day. Fairy Tail, for all its reputation, is by no means a suitable place for a person like you. They are weak wizards who only have Gildarts and an aging wizard saint to carry them so far. Their members haven't reached anywhere near the level of the truly powerful wizard in Ishgar — not by a long shot. Rather…" magic swelled around her, her body flashing a bright light for a split second as she disappeared from his grasp and reappeared behind him, her arms around his neck and her upper body pressed against his back. "I know someone with powers beyond your imagination. A trustworthy individual who will not feed you lies like your master will always hold all the answers and solutions you desire. All you need to do is say the word, and I'll make every single one of your problems disappear."

"... And who is this person?" 

Ultear giggled, ruffling his hair with her hands, "You don't expect me to just tell you everything so easily, right? If you do this small favor for me, then I'll bring you to him." 

He hesitated to ask but did it anyway as his curiosity got the better of him. "What is it?" 

"Simple, leave Fairy Ta—huh!?" 

Crash!

Before she could finish her sentence, both of them heard the air whistle, and Ultear's magic came to life as she vanished from her spot just in time to avoid a spear striking the wall with enough force to cause a large part of the cell to crumble.

The purple-haired woman was annoyed beyond anything she experienced before. Her face turned to the side to face the furious chocolate-brown eyes of a certain redhead. 'Tch, why did she come here!?'

"What… Did you just say?" Erza, barely holding back her anger, whispered while the noise of several screaming runes knights alerting for an intruder sounded behind her. But she didn't care. Her full attention focused on the floating Ultear, with the stunned Broly looking at her with surprise. "You want to take him away from Fairy Tail?" 

The promise she made to Bob, her goal of reuniting with all of her friends and the talk she had with the Saiyan about showing him the world and the countless adventures they would experience along with everyone in the guild surfaced in her mind. 

Grasping a steel sword to point it straight at Ultear's face, Erza exclaimed loudly, "As if I'd ever let you do that!" 

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The next 5 chapters of Snafu, Harry Potter and my 3 other Fate fics (Fate Coiling Sword with 3 chapters, A Fake Familiar Reborn with 3 chapters and To love a sword having 4 chapters) are already available on my P@treon. With 4 more Broly chapters at /NimtheWriter. Also, I post monthly commissioned arts on each story, already posted a few on an Archer's Promise, Broly and Snafu.