dmims Chapter 179 A Fateful Encounter?
Chapter 179 A Fateful Encounter?
Chapter 179 A Fateful Encounter?
Magnolia's fashion magazine shop.
Lucy pushed open the door and began looking for fashion magazines on the shelf.
Back in her rented apartment, she wanted to try a new style and wasn't satisfied with the haircut done by Cancer Caesar, so she came here specifically to get it.
As I was searching, suddenly, a book with a striking title caught my eye: "A Fated Encounter".
Recalling Kana's divination earlier, Lucy's eyes widened, wondering if it was just a coincidence or if there was something to it.
If I buy it, then someone else will also be interested in this book.
Lucy thought to herself, "Could this really happen? It sounds like something out of a novel."
Driven by curiosity and romantic impulse, she hesitated for a few seconds, but still inexplicably extended her right hand, which bore the Fairy Tail crest.
The next second, a large male hand suddenly reached out from the side, and the two hands touched in mid-air.
It really happened!!
Lucy was so startled that she quickly withdrew her hand and glanced to the side. The other person was a handsome guy wearing glasses and carrying a shoulder bag, who looked very refined.
"Oh? Sorry, sorry, you can have it." The handsome guy handed the magazine to Lucy with great manners.
Lucy was about to politely decline when she looked down and saw the cover filled with pictures of handsome men and beautiful women in a pink, romantic style.
What?! (voice cracks)
"No, I don't need it, here you go!"
Lucy panicked and shoved the magazine into the other person's arms before fleeing the shop without looking back.
Despite possessing incredibly daring outfits that even Erza found shocking, when it comes to matters of the heart, she becomes as unyielding as a piece of dead wood. "Seriously, that scared me to death. Meeting a strange man like this is far too hasty!" Lucy muttered to herself as she walked away with her head down.
"Excuse me, are you from this city?"
The handsome man with glasses followed her out and introduced himself to Lucy, who had stopped, "I enjoy traveling and collecting interesting stories to create my own works. Could you show me around this magical city?"
"Don't worry, you won't have worked for nothing. This magazine can be given to you as a gift!"
As he spoke, he politely handed Lucy the copy of "Destined Encounter" that he had bought from the store.
"Collecting stories to create art? A novelist?!"
Lucy was very surprised, after all, she herself was secretly writing Fairy Tail adventure stories.
The incredible coincidence of sharing the same hobby made her even more suspicious that the person in front of her was the destined one that Kana had mentioned, and she also became more flustered.
"It's not such a high-sounding title. 'Novelist' is a more fitting description than 'novel writer,'" the handsome man with glasses said with a smile.
"Haha, I somehow understand what you meant," Lucy said, deeply moved.
"You're writing novels too?"
Meeting a fellow traveler in a foreign land, the bespectacled handsome man couldn't help but get excited. "My pen name is Lazy Calf. May I ask yours?"
This question stumped Lucy.
She used to dream of her novel being serialized in a weekly magazine and even becoming a big hit, but after being reminded by the other person, she belatedly realized that she hadn't even decided on the most important thing: her pen name!
"I... I just wrote this casually! That's all for now, I don't have time, sorry, you'll have to find someone else!"
Thinking that the reporter from the Magic Weekly Soshalara should have arrived by now, Lucy decisively refused the handsome guy with glasses' request, turned around, and hurriedly left.
Despite her chaotic state of mind, she returned to the guild, looking exactly the same except for a nicer hairstyle.
As soon as I entered the guild, I saw a thin man with a camera hanging around his neck, taking pictures of Chase who was constantly striking all sorts of strange poses.
"Cool! Cool! Cool!"
"As expected of my savior, Mr. Chase is always super cool!"
"Could you replicate that pose from when you were protecting tourists during the evacuation of the Island of Calamity's Ruins? Yes, yes, that's exactly the back view! Cool~!!!"
Lucy: "—If I'm not mistaken, this unusually excited person is Soshara's reporter?"
This guy, no matter what, doesn't seem like the person I'm destined to meet.
Even if it were her, she wouldn't want it!
"Yes, his name is Jason. He's been to the guild a few times, so we're practically acquaintances." Erza walked over from the side.
Lucy noticed that Erza had changed back into her usual armor: "Erza, where's your dress?"
"They say this is the most authentic Fairy Queen, there's just no way to deal with him," Erza shook her head helplessly.
Just then, Jason, who had finished filming Chase to his heart's content, turned around and flew over.
"Cool! This is it, this is the armor!"
Click, click, the sound of camera shutters kept ringing out.
As a professional journalist, Jason seamlessly transitioned into his work mode.
"Erza, how many sets of armor do you own in total?"
"More than a hundred sets, I guess."
"Cool! Which armor are you most satisfied with?"
"The bunny girl has such cute ears."
"Cool! What's your favorite food?"
"This brings us to cheesecake and soufflé."
"Cool!!!"
Watching Erza answer questions with effortless ease and Jason, the reporter, dancing with excitement, Lucy silently clenched her fist to cheer herself up, determined to seize this opportunity to make her mark in the Magic Weekly.
So, she tossed her hair aside, strode confidently over to Jason, who had just finished his interview, and pretended to fan herself with her palm.
"It's so hot~ Why is the guild so lively today~"
Seeing that Jason's attention was successfully drawn to her, Lucy immediately stopped what she was doing and cleverly turned to the side, wanting to show her best side to the camera.
Then, Jason knocked her away.
"Happy Happy! Why are you blue?!"
"Because we're cats."
"Cool~!!"
Lucy, who had fallen to the ground: ".·
My presence is less noticeable than a cat's?!
To her utter surprise, the heavy blow had only just begun: no matter how hard she tried, even resorting to her signature seduction techniques, Jason still saw her as invisible and utterly insignificant.
Jason kept asking Gray why he often took off his clothes, then he asked Cana about her alcohol tolerance, then he greeted Macao and Wakaba. Even when Natsu slapped him away and threw him to the ground, he didn't forget to write down the interview content.
Even Juvia, who joined the guild later than her, received special attention!
Finally, in the aftermath of the brawl between Natsu and Gajeel, who started fighting at the drop of a hat, the professional weekly magazine reporter took two heavy punches and passed out in a satisfied state of excitement.
In a sense, being interviewed by Fairy Tail is more dangerous than being a war correspondent. The little girl, who longed to be featured in a weekly magazine, was heartbroken and silently left the guild, dragging her tired body.
While passing by a fashion magazine store, Lucy once again encountered the handsome bespectacled man squatting by the river in the city, diligently writing.
This time, heartbroken and without any lingering attachments, she took the initiative to invite the other party to visit Magnolia.
It wasn't because of that damned fateful encounter, but out of a deep respect for the novel's creator.
The handsome man with glasses was very grateful and thanked him repeatedly.
Led by Lucy, a "local," the two visited the cathedral that had been restored, the park square to the south, the riverbank where Nazgre had fought as a child, and other attractions that were very characteristic of Magnolia and full of stories.
Because they shared the same topic of novels, the two got along very well after spending half a day together, like old friends who hadn't seen each other for years.
When they parted, to express his gratitude, the handsome guy with glasses invited Lucy to a barbecue restaurant in the north of the city for a late-night snack.
However, when the appointed time arrived, Lucy never appeared.
From Mira, Lucy learned that Natsu and Happy had specifically chosen an easy and harmless task for her.
After a long period of agonizing, Lucy finally chose to follow her heart, refusing to believe in any predestined encounters, and followed Natsu and Happy onto the night train to the location of the commission.
Natsu slumped in his seat and vomited repeatedly. His embarrassing appearance disgusted Lucy, but a relieved smile remained on her face.
Indeed, it's much more reassuring to be with Nazhabi!
"Hey Lucy, weird smiles make you more prone to wrinkles!"
"Huh? Where? Where's the mirror? Quick, get me a mirror so I can see myself!"
"You're taking this too seriously, Lucy. We were just using a metaphor."
"—You dead cat, can you please not say things that ruin the mood at such an emotional time!"
Amidst the noise, a little blue-haired girl carrying books quietly passed by in the carriage aisle.
The magic book, which was more than half a meter tall, blocked the little girl's view, and the two passed each other by.