Chapter 28 Natsu: Why is it always me who gets hurt? !
Two days later.
"Dear passengers..."
"We have now arrived at the easternmost station of the train. I wish you a pleasant trip."
With the blessing of the conductor, Ian took Erza and Gray...
And Natsu, who had been on the train for two full days and was almost completely broken, finally set foot on the land to the east.
Unlike the warm west, the east is still covered in ice and snow.
"The president gave us a total of one week to complete this crusade."
"However, after excluding the four days we took the train to get back and forth, there are less than three days left."
"Time is not abundant, so we must hurry up..."
Ian was wearing a cotton coat and carrying a backpack. He looked at the mountains, rivers and forests in front of him, which were covered with ice and snow, and breathed out a white breath.
"Got it."
Erza was wearing the same cotton jacket as Ian. She was rubbing her cold and red hands while breathing continuously.
"Okay, so cold..."
After getting off the train, Natsu gradually woke up as he was blown by the icy cold wind. He kept shivering and preached shiveringly in the ice and snow.
"Haha! I told you to wear more clothes."
Ian looked at Natsu who was turning blue from the cold, and reluctantly used the dressing magic to put a cotton-padded jacket on him.
"Phew! Come to life..."
After Natsu put on the cotton clothes, his expression finally returned to normal.
In fact...
Strictly speaking, this is not Ian's first visit to the east side.
After all, if you include Ian's simulator...
As for the simulated timeline of Gray, this is the second time that Ian has set foot in this world of ice and snow.
Therefore, Ian made preparations before arriving and carried cotton-padded clothes for everyone.
Well, this is where Gray comes from.
Compared to the last time Ian was anxious and uneasy when he came here to save the Gray family, Ian looked extremely calm and calm when he stepped here again.
"Going back to the east again?"
Unlike Ian and others who were wearing cotton clothes, Gray was still wearing slightly thin clothes...
But his expression seemed a bit emotional.
For Gray, who is an ice and snow mage, this coldness itself is nothing to him.
What's more, this was his hometown...
In his bones, he was already familiar with the frosty temperature here.
Set foot on my homeland again. Not only did Gray not feel the slightest bit of coldness, but he felt warm all over his body...
“I just don’t know if the villagers in the village are okay?”
Gray muttered in his mind and frowned slightly.
"Although time is very tight, as long as we move fast enough."
"I think we can probably take a day or so to go back to the village and have a look..."
"To be honest, after all these years, I miss those villagers a little bit."
Ian seemed to see the nostalgia in Gray's eyes...
So he was quite considerate, suddenly changed the subject, and spoke out what was on his mind for Gray.
"Ian, can we really go back?"
Gray said, raising his little head, with a bit of joy in his eyes.
Who doesn't miss his hometown? !
To be honest, Gray has long wanted to go back and take a look...
I just never had the chance!
What Ian said just now was a huge surprise to Gray.
"Well..."
"But the premise is that we move quickly."
"We must seize the time to complete the task..."
Ian said, taking out the map that Makarov gave him, which marked the location of the flying dragon, and made a careful gesture...
If you want to enter this vast snow-capped mountain and look for the flying dragon, you must first determine the route. Otherwise it's easy to get lost.
"Ian, leave the job of guiding the way to me. No one is more familiar with the snow-capped mountains than me."
"After all, I grew up here!"
Gray was a little eager to give it a try.
After Ian said that after completing the mission, if he had enough time, he could go back to the village, Gray's mind was no longer on the mission. Now he just wanted to complete the mission quickly and eliminate those pesky flying dragons. , and then go back to the village to have a look.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you..."
After Ian thought for a while, he thought what Gray said did make sense.
After all, this is Gray's hometown, and no one is more familiar with this place than Gray...
So, Ian handed the map in his hand to Gray.
"The marked location is not too far from us."
"If we hurry up and start rushing now, we can get there in only about six hours..."
After Gray glanced at the map in his hand, he had roughly figured out the location.
"Now that you have determined the place, let's set off now without further delay."
Ian raised the corner of his mouth slightly and handed this opportunity to Gray with confidence.
"Let's go! Let's go..."
The resurrected Natsu changed his previous decadence on the train and shouted with full energy...
In particular, he was excited when he thought that he would soon be able to compete with a top-notch monster like a flying dragon.
Finally, we can fully demonstrate the strength of the Dragon Slayer Mage. All dragons in this world can be defeated by him, Natsu.
Although wyverns and dragons have nothing to do with each other, they just look like dragons...
That is, in the land of Ishgar, where the giant dragon hides, it is just a monster that was forcibly named a dragon.
"Let's go~"
Erza raised her pink little fist and waved it excitedly.
It wasn't that she was excited because she could see the wyvern soon.
She was just so happy because she could go to fight against the monsters with Ian soon.
For Erza, it never mattered who she was attacking.
As long as I can act together with Ian, that's enough~
It's too late to say it, but it will be soon...
After everyone made a decision, they walked towards the mountain covered with wind and snow.
Although there were some kind-hearted people who tried to prevent Ian and others from entering the mountain, and informed everyone of the dangers of the mountain ahead...
But this situation ended after Ian showed the 'Fairy Tail' mark on his arm.
As we all know, magisters are a group seeking death!
But Ian didn't know if it was his own illusion. He could see a trace of panic about the 'Fairy Tail' mark on his arm in the eyes of those who tried to dissuade him.
"Huh..."
The wind is howling and the snow is heavy...
But with Ian here, these wind and snow can't get close to everyone.
It's just that the snow on the ground is very thick, and everyone has one foot deep and one foot shallow, which seriously affects their traveling speed.
"Can you ski?"
After Gray led everyone forward for about a kilometer, he finally couldn't stand the feeling of moving at a slow pace. He turned his head to look at Ian and the others and asked.
"Easy!"
Ian nodded slightly. He had learned to ski.
"My mother taught me."
Erza said that Irene had taught her how to ski.
In fact, Erza's own learning ability is very strong. Even if Irene didn't teach her, she learned it after watching Gray and others skate a few times.
"Skiing? What is that?"
Natsu was the only one who looked at everyone with a blank look on his face.
But that's not important.
"Since everyone can ski, it will be easy."
Gray ignored Natsu and used ice shaping magic to create a set of ski equipment.
"Wait, what is skiing?!"
Natsu still asked everyone.
"Change up!"
Erza ignored Natsu and used her dressing magic to put on a professional ski suit.
"So what is skiing?"
Natsu was still confused and asked as he looked at everyone.
"Boom!!"
Ian didn't say anything. He looked to his side and used gravity magic to pull up a big tree and cut it into his own ski.
Of course, Ian also made one for Natsu.
"Um, so what exactly is skiing?"
Just when everyone was fully armed and ready for skiing...
Natsu asked, still confused.
"Let's go!"
As Ian finished speaking, he immediately activated his gravity magic as a propulsion force for everyone to move forward...
I saw a purple magic circle shining brightly behind Ian and others.
Ian, Erza and Gray are like swans dancing on the ice lake or eagles flying among the snow-capped mountains, with quite graceful postures...
"Ah!!"
Only Natsu, after letting out a shrill scream...
He accidentally fell to the ground, and with the help of gravity magic, he gradually rolled into a huge snowball, rushing forward rapidly in the snow.
"Father..."
On the 'waves' made of ice and snow, Erza turned her head slightly and looked at Natsu, who was rolling bigger and bigger in the snow behind her. She couldn't help but look at Ian and asked softly: "Ian, what are we doing? Isn’t it too cruel to treat Natsu?”
"No! Natsu is the first generation Dragon Slayer Mage."
"No one knows better than me how to train the first generation of Dragon Slayer Magisters..."
"Only through inhuman training can the full potential of Naz be unleashed."
"You have to know that Dragon Slayer Magic was originally invented to fight giant dragons. What does this hardship mean to Natsu?!"
Ian's words make sense.
Yes, he did this all to train Natsu, out of his full care and love for Natsu.
"It's exactly what mother said."
Upon hearing this, Erza's eyes immediately sparkled with little shining stars.
The words Ian said to her were also said by Erin.
At this moment, Erza understood Ian's good intentions and said to herself: "As expected of my father, he is considerate in everything he does!"
"Fortunately, I am not a dragon slayer mage."
Gray, who had been leading the way, accidentally heard the conversation between Ian and Erza behind him. He suddenly felt a little glad that he was not a dragon-slayer mage.
First update, big chapter, three thousand! And...
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