Chapter 603 Lucy: "I'm on fire!"
The dice game was in full swing, with some interesting challenges in between.
For example, changing into someone's clothes, saying a secret loudly, etc., it is almost the same as Truth or Dare, anyway, the audience enjoyed watching it.
However, when it was close to noon and Kira and the other eight people reached the midpoint one after another, they gradually realized that something was wrong.
Compared with the challenges and punishments at the beginning, the card tasks that appeared later seemed to intentionally or unintentionally guide the eight people participating in the game to interact.
It wasn't some inappropriate interaction, Makarov wasn't that inappropriate, it was just some tasks like 'playing rock-paper-scissors with the person closest to you', 'competing in sumo with the person in front of you', 'arm wrestling with the person closest in age', etc., obviously he was trying to provoke the nerves of several people.
Sure enough, after Natsu moved forward one time, he finally triggered an event related to the assessment - he stood in the same square as Lucy.
According to the rules, people standing on the same grid must fight each other, so that the winner can move forward and the loser can return to the starting point, which means...
"Natsu is going to hit Lucy?!"
"It's a domestic violence scene..."
“I’m feeling better!”
"It finally looks like an assessment..."
"Wow, wow, wow, cool!"
"Fight...fight..."
Everyone smiled and looked at Natsu and Lucy as if they were watching a good show.
Kira shook his head when he saw it: a bunch of people who enjoy gloating over other people's misfortunes! What's so good about a young couple fighting? I don't know who they learned this kind of personality from... It must be the president!
"Natsu, don't show mercy! Women will only become an obstacle to your promotion to an S-class wizard!!!"
After shouting, Kira felt that he was worrying too much.
What kind of person is Natsu ? How could he give up his goal because of a woman? But he would definitely not use heavy hands on Lucy, and he also has the ability to subdue her without hurting her.
“Ahahaha…Lucy! Let’s have a showdown!!”
At this moment, Natsu was smiling happily, with fire burning in his mouth, and he looked very eager to fight; while Lucy was terrified and pale, with her fists clenched in front of her, and she couldn't stop backing away.
“No! No! Absolutely not!!”
"Come on, come on... Don't worry, I will be quick, gentle and soft..."
One retreated, the other pressed forward, it was exactly the scene in novels where a bully teased a beautiful girl. It made several people's eyes shine, their hearts beat fast, and their breathing become heavier, especially Makarov and Gildarts, the two frivolous old guys. Kira almost thought they had an asthma attack.
"What should I do...Who can save me now?" Lucy looked at the other people around her desperately——
"Ahh... it's so good to be young..."
A few old and dishonest people can no longer be relied upon...
"This kind of scene is really embarrassing~"
Could you please stop smiling and stop saying such things, Mira-san...
"Get married right away when you get back! You two bastards!"
Kana, stop drinking and sober up! Considering that I helped you last year, you should at least say a few words of support to me!
"Come on, Lu-chan!"
Leibi-chan is still good to me and knows how to care for me, but shouting is useless...
"Don't be careless, go all out on the ground , Lucy!"
Erza, did you see clearly who I was going to fight...
After looking around, Lucy finally accepted the reality : "These people are all just watching the show. What sisterly love is there? In front of fun, it's like a pile of loose sand, which will be blown away by the wind..."
"Can I give in?" Helplessly, Lucy could only weakly raise the white flag of surrender.
"no!"
Makarov ruthlessly rejected Lucy's request and roared: "How can you just give up without even trying when you encounter difficulties?! If every wizard treats the S-class assessment with such a negative attitude, how can you become a qualified S-class wizard in the future?!"
"Even if you lose, you will just have to go through the same path again. It's no big deal! But if you surrender directly, it means you don't even have the courage to face failure!"
Makarov was deeply saddened by Lucy's useless behavior and criticized her harshly: "If you surrender, you won't be able to participate in the S-level assessment for the next three years!"
"Three years? Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, Elfman, Wendy..."
Lucy was stunned for a moment, then stretched out her fingers to count the few strong candidates left in the guild. "According to the frequency of one person at most per year, three years doesn't seem like a very long time..."
Makarov's old face wrinkled: "..."
Is this a question of whether it is long or not? It is still a question of mentality, girl!
Forget it, if the hard way doesn’t work, I’ll have to try the soft way!
"Lucy, maybe you haven't realized it yourself. You have become very strong in this year. Even if you look at the entire Kingdom of Fiore, you are a well-known star wizard. It's just that our guild is stronger, so you can't feel the difference."
With a kind voice and gentle attitude, Makarov changed his previous scolding tone to one of encouragement: "I remember that at this time last year, you were able to defeat a 'Nine Ghost Gates' on your own, right? Each of those guys is capable of being a trump card in other magic guilds in the Kingdom of Fiore. Now, after a year of training, I believe you are no longer the same as before."
"You were able to collect all the keys of the twelve zodiac spirits and gain their recognition, which shows that you are very talented in this area. I don't think you would want to waste this talent and let them down, right?"
"besides……"
"Enough! I'll beat you! President, please stop talking!" Seeing that Makarov was chattering endlessly, Lucy could only interrupt him with a sad face.
Makarov smiled like a daisy and nodded with satisfaction: "Yeah... let's get ready and start!"
'I think you just want to see me get beaten!'
Lucy puffed her cheeks and glared at Makarov, then sighed helplessly, and then her eyes finally became serious.
In fact, Lucy has always been a very motivated person. In her life, whether it is writing, cultivation, work or even emotions, no matter which aspect, she has been working hard and striving hard. This is due to her own wishes as well as the expectations from people around her, such as her companions, father, and the stars.
She wanted to be a popular writer, a star model, to become stronger to keep up with the other members of the team, to become a trustworthy and reliable partner of the Protoss... She wanted to do a lot of things, but due to her personality, talent, time and other reasons, she never achieved much, so she lacked confidence and was timid.
But this time, Makarov's words finally woke her up!
She understood: Life is like the ocean, only those with strong will can reach the other side!
"Yoshi! In this case, I must use all my strength in this battle to show everyone my hard work and progress!"
After she came to her senses, Lucy felt a surge of heroism in her chest. She no longer cared about success or failure, and no longer cared about whether it hurt or not after being beaten.
"Come on, Natsu! Challenge me!"
“I’m on fire!!”
Everyone was stunned as they looked at the changes in Lucy: this heroic spirit, these confident words, this fighting smile, this person... is she really the Lucy we are familiar with?
Normally... No! He is totally different from just now!
"The president's ability to deceive people... has it become so strong?" Kira looked at Makarov above his head in disbelief.
Makarov was dumbfounded, his eyes showing confusion: "I...I am not sure either..."
I have rarely practiced this kind of words of encouragement to young people in the past year! I remember the last time I said it was half a year ago. Could it be that in the past six months, my skills have not declined but improved?
Could it be that this is where my talent lies? !
