Chapter 613: Lucy and Natsu's secret conversation in the tent
Ice... lots of ice...
All I saw was darkness, and the cold temperature spread from the tips of my hair to my toes, as if my body and mind were completely blocked. It was even difficult to breathe. The coldness that spread throughout my body and I felt from the inside out was something I had never experienced before.
So cold!
I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly a beam of fire ignited in the darkness.
The fire burned brighter and brighter, soon illuminating the dark world. It gave off an indescribable warmth and soon melted the ice on the body.
So warm!
So warm!!
So warm!!!
…
“It’s so hot!!!”
Lucy opened her eyes and saw a familiar face, with short cherry-colored hair, a white scarf, droopy eyes... and a smiling face full of "wisdom".
"Natsu..."
"You're finally awake, Lucy!"
Lucy blinked in confusion, and finally realized something was wrong: Natsu's face was so close to her, and he was rubbing a fire in his hand, constantly heating up the small tent.
"What are you doing?!——It hurts!! What am I doing...??"
Lucy suddenly threw off the quilt and stood up. She felt a slight pain and realized belatedly that she had several bandages on her body. It seemed that she had suffered serious injuries, or frostbite.
Now under Natsu's flames, there is an additional slight burning sensation.
Good man, you're planning to use some crude methods to make my injury worse, right?
Just as he was secretly complaining, a figure opened the tent and walked in: "Are you awake? The operation was successful, you are a boy now!"
“Huh?!!!”
Lucy was stunned at first, then quickly lowered her head and reached into the quilt, only to find that she was neither more nor less than her body, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I'm so scared! Which idiot is playing such a joke on me? ! !
Lucy looked up at the person who came in angrily...Kira? That was fine. She didn't dare to lose her temper.
“What am I doing…?”
After a short period of thought, Lucy finally remembered what happened before she fell into a coma. "Oh, right! I took the test against Gray before! How did it go?"
"You lost! You were frozen by Gray's move and have been sleeping ever since." Kira explained.
"Hehe... I think so... How long have I been sleeping?"
"It's been a day, and now everyone is getting ready for dinner. I came to call you!" Kira said, lifted the hood and walked out, "Come out when you're done chatting!"
"Eh?! Is this true?! I slept for so long?!"
Inside the room, Lucy froze.
I didn't expect Gray to be so weak in beating outsiders, but he was quite ruthless in beating his own people! ! No no no... It's better not to say such words that hinder unity...
"Are you all right, Lucy?"
"Yeah! I'm fine! I'm sorry for making you worry, Natsu."
"I'm glad you're okay. When I saw you frozen into an ice man by Gray, I thought you were going to die..."
Natsu's smile was as warm as a flame, and Lucy couldn't help but think of the fire she felt in her dream that brought her out of the darkness and cold.
Wait ...fire?!
"You are not going to use fire to melt the ice on my body?"
Lucy asked cautiously. She couldn't imagine what would happen if she was melted directly with fire since she was already frozen.
I guess the best case scenario is nerve tissue damage...
"How is that possible?!"
Natsu straightened his back as a matter of course, "Although I was planning to do this at first, but Kira said that your body was frozen into ice and it would hurt you, so I didn't do it."
"Huh... that's good..."
Hearing this, Lucy breathed a sigh of relief. However, the next moment, Natsu rubbed his hands together to create two balls of flame, with an innocent and confident smile on his face: "So I used my magic to melt you!"
"Huh?! Magic?" Lucy was stunned.
"Uh-huh!!"
Natsu was completely unaware of what was wrong and just kept nodding.
Three seconds later, a cry startled the birds living in the Darus Mountains: "What's the difference?! What did you do to my body while I was unconscious?!"
Lucy yelled and jumped up, grabbing Natsu by the collar and slapping him hard in the face.
Snap, snap, snap…
"I...I also want to...help..."
After a long time, Lucy finally stopped: "I really can't stand you! Forget it, since there is no big problem with me, I will forgive you this time..."
"Lucy!"
Natsu suddenly came in front of Lucy and looked at her lovingly, which made her heart skip a beat and she clutched the sheets in her hands nervously.
"What...what's wrong, Natsu?"
As their eyes met, Lucy felt her blood pressure soar. A ketchup-like blush crept up from her toes to the top of her head, and her head was buzzing in a mess.
The atmosphere is there.
Eh? ? What's going on? Why is Natsu looking at me like that? The atmosphere seems a bit tense... Could he... Could he be...
“Let’s go eat!!!”
With a loud roar, the hormones that Lucy had worked so hard to build up turned into cholesterol, and her originally slightly shy expression turned cold in an instant.
“…Oh, I see.”
Lucy, Lucy, what were you expecting just now? !
"Oh yeah! How did your and Juvia's assessment go?"
Lucy suddenly remembered that she was frozen unconscious by Gray, so what about Juvia?
"Juvia's situation is the same as yours. She was killed instantly by Natsu in one move and is still unconscious. But don't worry, her physique is special and the injuries she suffered are not as serious as yours!"
"What?!" Lucy was stunned for a moment.
These words were not spoken by Natsu, but by Kira's voice coming from outside the tent.
“…”
So this guy didn't leave and was eavesdropping outside... Luckily Natsu didn't say anything just now! Otherwise, if he said something he shouldn't have said and he heard it, and spread it around the guild, then...
It makes me feel shy just thinking about it!
After a moment of silence, Kira's voice sounded again outside the tent: "By the way, you and Juvia can't continue the assessment, so you can only stop here this year."
“Eh?!! I was eliminated? I just took a nap and the assessment was over?!!”
"Yes!"
Damn it! I am so unwilling!! But...
Although she felt a little lost, and although this development seemed somewhat different from the rules she heard this morning, Lucy knew in her heart that her strength was not as good as Natsu and Gray, and even compared with Juvia, she was about the same, so it was normal that she did not pass the test.
Wait! Since Juvia and I were eliminated, then one of Natsu and Gray should be promoted to S-Class, right? Who won in the end?
Thinking of this, Lucy immediately looked at Natsu: "Natsu, have you and Gray decided the winner?"
"No." Natsu shook his head.
Kira's voice appeared again: "With you and Juvia in this state, how can they still have the heart to continue the assessment? Just postpone the assessment."
How long are you going to eavesdrop outside?
Lucy was deeply puzzled and helpless about Kira's behavior: Since you were going to eavesdrop, why not just keep quiet? I wanted to talk to Natsu alone, but now I feel embarrassed to say it...
After three seconds of silence for this ups and downs of the assessment, Lucy crossed her arms and raised them above her head, stretched vigorously, showing off her proud figure in front of Natsu without any scruples, then got up from the bed and opened the tent.
"Hey... Never mind, let's go out, Natsu!"
Before she could finish her words, Lucy was stunned.
There was not only Kira outside the tent, but also Happy, Mira, Erza, Levy, Wendy, Makarov, Brandish... Everyone was stacked on top of each other, each with an auntie smile, listening to the corner with their ears tilted. Now that the tent curtain was lifted, their actions were immediately exposed to the parties involved.
Lucy immediately complained in her mind: Why didn't I realize before that the people in this guild love to listen to other people's whispers so much...
"You guys...what are you doing?"
"I'm here to call you guys to eat!"
The crowd was not at all embarrassed about being caught. Instead, they looked at Lucy in a teasing manner. They had heard clearly what had happened between her and Natsu just now.
Lucy's face twitched: Can you make up a more decent excuse?
"Does it take so many people to invite us to dinner?"
"Isn't it because they are worried that Natsu can't do it alone..."
On the fourth day of the S-level assessment, Lucy was frozen by Gray's move and turned into an ice man. It took her half a day to recover; Juvia was also killed instantly by Natsu's move and almost evaporated into water vapor.
Although the two were rescued in the end, this time, Natsu and Gray really punched each other's girlfriends hard, and a fierce battle was inevitable.
…
The next day, the final battle, Natsu vs. Gray.
"The assessment has been delayed again and again. Today is the fifth day!"
"It's all because you guys keep causing trouble for me..."
Makarov complained. He thought he could host a grand and almost perfect assessment before retiring and witness the birth of another new star in the guild, but he didn't expect there would be so many things happening.
"The trouble started on the third day, so it's all the president's fault..."
"What did you say?!"
On the other side, the wizards were discussing the outcome of the battle between Natsu and Gray today.
"I say, who do you think will win?"
"Want to open?"
"Humph! The S-level examination is such a serious matter, why are you opening a bet?!... I'll bet 10,000 J to help cheer you up!"
"Juvia supports Gray-sama!!"
"Natsu will definitely win!"
"Ice modeling magic is not inferior to fire!"
Everyone was arguing fiercely, but only a few people were willing to place a bet.
Kira held the banknotes in one hand and kept scratching them in his palm, looking at Natsu and Gray who were ready to go beside him, his sapphire-like eyes sparkling.
"These two guys have always been equally matched... I wonder if this S-level assessment can unleash their potential..."
"Natsu and Gray's potential? I'm really looking forward to it!"
Erza has always treated these two as her own younger brothers. Obviously, they did not grow up to be very well behaved, but at least they did not disappoint her in terms of character and strength.
"With their combined strength, they might be able to surpass us!"
Whether she can surpass him or not is not the point for now, but since he is her younger brother and also a close team mate, Erza will definitely praise him to death.
The 'we' she mentioned naturally referred to the S-class wizards present.
Mira tilted her head with a smile: "I am also looking forward to their performance today!"
As the most gentle and caring sister in the guild, who has taken great care of her younger siblings since childhood, Mira naturally does not hesitate to express her expectations for Natsu and Gray. However, this tilted head and light smile looks a bit sinister, as if she is saying "I am looking forward to it" on the surface, but secretly complaining "It's still too early" in her heart.
"It's still early!"
Laxus was as arrogant as usual. After making a complaint, he turned around and pretended to look at the scenery in the distance, but his eyes were still secretly observing the two figures who were ready to fight.
"I think what Laxus said is right. At least they have surpassed Cana now..."
"What did you say?!"
Cana was furious when she heard that. She picked up the wine in her hand and threw it at Kira, "Asshole Kira! How long are you going to mock my 'S-rank title'?! Even if I can't compare to you, I got it through my strength and luck!!"
"That's right... Don't say that, Kira! Our Kana-chan has tried very hard!!"
"Don't call me Kana-chan! It's so disgusting, you stinky dad!"
"Why……"
The sudden sigh caught Erza's attention, and she looked at the person who sighed curiously: "What's wrong, Mira?"
"No, nothing! I just feel like this battle is still lacking something..."
Kira suddenly had an idea and said, "It should be 'lucky kiss'!"
"Eh? Lucky kiss?"
"Yes! It's like in fairy tales, before the male lead and the second male lead duel, their female companions will give them a kiss as a blessing for their victory..."
"What fairy tale would contain these things?! You are not reading a serious fairy tale book, are you?!"
Mira thought what Kira said made sense, and she pounded her palm as if she had suddenly realized something: "Ah! Now that you put it that way..."
"Hey! You didn't believe it, did you, Mira?"
Look at what you said! Does it matter whether you believe it or not? What matters is that I want to eat melons and promote CP! !
Mira ignored Erza's shock and followed Kira's words, pretending to say, "Ah! If we want to give Natsu and Gray a 'lucky kiss', who should go?"
Can you act more realistically? Your eye contact is too obvious!
This was the first time Kira questioned Mira's acting skills. He had always thought Mira had a very high acting talent...
Fortunately, several like-minded companions did not disappoint Kira. After a brief look at each other, they said in unison: "It is undoubtedly Lucy and Juvia!"
Very good! I am not alone!
At this moment, several S-class wizards present achieved a 'tacit understanding' achievement.
There was only one Laxus who was not sociable and did not join this group of spectators.
Humph! I'll kick him out of the group chat soon!
