"Thwack!"
Erza flicked a finger, and once again, a red imprint appeared on Natsu's forehead.
Gazing at his crimson forehead, Ron couldn't help but wince: she really wasn't holding back at all!
It was a good thing it was Natsu; only with the constitution of a Dragon and a Demon could he withstand such abuse.
"Poor Natsu! Erza is going to flick him until he's brain-dead!"
Happy tilted his head with gleeful schadenfreude, covering his mouth to stifle a laugh alongside Lucy.
To give Gray and the others ti to talk, and to pass the ti, Ron had created a deck of poker cards for everyone to play with.
"I'm not playing anymore! I'm not playing anymore!!!"
Natsu roared in frustration, throwing down the cards in his hand, "Erza and Lucy are ganging up on !"
"I am not, it's clearly because you're too stupid, Natsu..." Lucy imdiately retorted.
"Aye, Natsu is too stupid!" Happy chid in, not missing a chance to stir the pot.
Ron shook his head with a smile, "This requires strategy, Natsu. You can't just blindly Bid for Landlord; you have to judge the situation based on the cards in your hand."
Clearly the one with the simplest brain, yet he insisted on bidding for Landlord every single round. The result was losing every round and getting flicked on the head every round.
"Hmph!"
Natsu gave a light huff and turned his head away in a huff, looking not far away.
There, Ur, Gray, and Lyon had endless things to say, as if they wanted to pour out everything they hadn't said over all these years.
Natsu propped up his chin sowhat boredly, muttering, "How much longer are they going to talk..."
"Then should I dissolve this space now and go back?"
Natsu's eyes lit up instantly, then quickly cooled down again.
"Let's wait a bit longer." He waved his hand magnanimously, with a rare look of seriousness, "Gray... he finally got to see his master."
"Let's just... wait a bit longer!"
Natsu spoke softly, but his gaze was fixed on the master and disciples, a deep sense of envy showing in his eyes.
"What, missing Igneel?"
Ron teased with a smile, reaching out to give that cherry-pink spiky head a vigorous rub.
"Don't worry, although Igneel left without saying goodbye, he's definitely watching over you at all tis."
Staring into Ron's eyes, Natsu felt as if he were being seen through, and a montary daze flashed in his eyes.
"I am not..." He quickly snapped out of it, pulling away from the hand on his head and repeating once more, "I am not..."
"Oh, really?"
Ron continued his verbal pursuit, "Who was it that went running off eagerly the mont they heard news of a Fire Dragon in Hargeon?"
"It couldn't have been ..."
"It was Natsu!" Happy answered with a raised paw.
"You guys are really... so annoying!!!"
Teased, Natsu turned his back in embarrassed anger.
He couldn't help but look back again, secretly glancing toward Gray, his eyes a mix of envy and longing.
Seeing this, Happy silently walked over to his side and gently took Natsu's hand with his small paw.
Natsu was slightly stunned, looking down at Happy; the tight corners of his mouth relaxed, and his eyes curved into crescents, revealing a pure and brilliant childlike smile.
On the side, Lucy, Erza, and Ron looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
"By the way..." Lucy looked at Ron, her eyes filled with curiosity and confusion, "Why did we all have to enter this place for Gray's reunion with his master?"
"I was afraid you'd be bored outside. Besides, a reunion after such a long ti always needs a few witnesses to be considered complete."
"Well, that's true..."
"Ron, you should be able to control this dream, right?"
"Of course, so I created this environnt that is familiar and full of mories for them."
Ron raised an eyebrow proudly, "How's that? I'm quite thoughtful, aren't I?"
"Hehe, very thoughtful... but don't you think it's a bit cold?"
"Cold?"
Ron tilted his head in confusion and saw Lucy rubbing her arms, her breath visible in the air.
"Lucy, you really need to strengthen your training. With your current constitution, if your Celestial Spirits are pinned down by an enemy in the future, what will you do if you encounter danger yourself?"
Lucy was stunned by the words.
Eh? Why did the topic suddenly shift to needing to strengthen my training?
She looked at Erza nearby, who remained unfazed even in the ice and snow;
Then she looked at Natsu, who was happily playing with Happy.
"What's wrong, Lucy?"
Forget it, forget it. This guy who breathes fire at the drop of a hat probably doesn't even know how to spell the word cold.
This discovery left Lucy wanting to cry but having no tears.
It's not that our side is too weak, it's that my teammates are just too abnormal!
I'm just a plain, ordinary Celestial Spirit Wizard, okay?!
She sighed, hugging herself resignedly, and her gaze instinctively drifted toward Gray and the others.
'This, this, this...'
Lucy's eyes suddenly widened, and her mouth fell open.
'What am I seeing?!'
She blinked hard twice, but the scene remained the sa when she looked again.
"They, they, they... when did they... why are they all taking off their clothes?!"
Lucy pointed at the trio of strippers not far away, her mouth twitching as she stamred incoherently.
Ur, Gray, and Lyon were continuing their friendly conversation as usual.
Except the clothes on their upper bodies had vanished into thin air. Gray and Lyon were bare-chested, revealing well-trained muscles, and even Ur was down to her underwear.
Amidst the swirling snow, the three of them were bare-chested, chatting warmly. The scene was indescribably bizarre yet harmonious.
Lucy, whose worldview was being violently shaken, almost had her jaw hit the ground.
At this mont, she finally understood... she understood where Gray's quirk of stripping at any given mont was inherited from!
Like master like student!
And the entire group is infected without exception!!!
Just then.
The falling snow in the sky seed to have the pause button pressed, hovering in mid-air, and the entire Virtual ntal Space flickered violently like it was losing focus.
'It's still not mature enough, this magic. Maintaining them to this extent seems to be reaching the limit.'
Erza also noticed sothing was wrong imdiately, looking at the frowning Ron, "Did sothing happen?"
"No, it's just... ti to go back."
Ron shook his head with a relaxed expression, "I haven't been able to make this dream space perfect yet. Ti's about up now."
"But I still have sothing to do, so I might be a bit late."
After saying that, he walked straight toward Ur, Gray, and Lyon.
Ur also perceived the anomaly. Seeing Ron approach, a look of understanding flashed in her eyes.
Although she was a bit reluctant to leave, this reunion had already made her feel very satisfied and joyful.
Ur stood up and gently patted her two disciples beside her.
"Gray, Lyon..."
Her tone carried a motherly tenderness as she smiled at the two.
"Rember, you can't have conflicts anymore in the future."
"Otherwise, next ti, I won't be talking to you nicely like this."
As she spoke, Ur brandished her fist at them.
"Understood?"
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