On the outskirts of Magnolia, inside Natsu and Happy's little wooden house.
"What?! That guy named Cheese can summon real dragons from his cards?!"
Upon hearing news about dragons, Future Natsu became extremely excited and immediately jumped up to rush out and find Chase.
"Hey, me, calm down! I already asked Uncle Gandora!"
Natsu called out to stop his counterpart. "Uncle Gandora doesn't know Igneel, and he doesn't know the specific reason why all the dragons disappeared seven years ago either."
"Am I dreaming? Natsu is actually telling himself not to be impulsive!"
Future Happy stared in stunned disbelief, raising his paw to rub his eyes. The impact of this scene was no less shocking than seeing Erza get knocked out by Natsu in one punch—even more so!
"Aye~ I get how you feel, but his name is Chase, not Cheese. And besides—"
Happy spread his paws helplessly and warned with a serious expression, "If you go looking for Chase right now, you might just get a serious beating~"
"Is that Chase really that terrifying?" Future Happy asked.
Since Chase had spent most of the day discussing serious matters with the two masters, Future Happy hadn't exchanged more than two sentences with him. His only impression was that the banquet music Chase had played had nearly set the guild on fire.
"How should I put it... Chase can suppress both Mira and Erza at the same time—easily!" Happy used the easiest-to-understand comparison.
"At the same time?! Suppress both Mira and Erza?!"
Future Happy instantly gained a very clear understanding of Chase. He turned to Future Natsu without any sense of loyalty and said, "Natsu, if you want to go, go ahead. I've got stuff to do, so I'm not coming with you~"
Future Natsu, absolutely obsessed with information about the great dragons, wasn't intimidated and didn't listen to "himself." He wanted to go confirm with Gandora personally.
However, Natsu's next words made him stop in his tracks and immediately turn back.
"Rather than Uncle Gandora, back on Tenrou Island... I think I heard Igneel's voice—"
"What did you say?!"
At that moment, inside the mental space manifested as a Volcano Space, the Igneel residing within Future Natsu also let out an incredulous exclamation.
"In your world, there's actually a dragon that can suppress even Acnologia?!" Future Igneel's dragon eyes widened.
He had thought that the existence of another version of himself was already shocking enough—he never expected to hear news even more unbelievable for a dragon.
"To be more precise, that red dragon named Slifer should be a God."
Igneel's dignified dragon face was filled with astonishment. "That was when I was exposed. But Natsu still doesn't know that I'm inside his body."
Through Natsu's perspective, he had naturally witnessed the battle between Slifer and Acnologia that tore the sky apart.
"God..."
Future Igneel fell into deep thought.
Fairy Tail Girls' Dormitory.
After seven years of erosion, this dormitory building perched on the mountaintop outside Magnolia had inevitably acquired a sense of age and wear. Even worse, due to the impact of the Tenrou Group's mysterious disappearance, Fourth Master Macao had been forced to rent out parts of it for a period of time to fill the financial gap.
Fortunately, with the return of the Tenrou Group, the building had been restored to the girls' exclusive dormitory two months ago.
On the second-floor open-air hot spring, drifting steam, mist, and bath foam obscure the beautiful sights that any perverted old man would find impossible to look away from.
The girls from both worlds were soaking in the bath, chattering away about all sorts of topics: who had the better figure, whether their counterparts' measurements were different anywhere, what kind of boys they liked, and so on.
At times like this, the ones who suffered the most were the "flat boards"—Levy and Wendy.
The good news was that now they had identical counterparts to confide in, so at least they didn't feel as lonely. And the only topic they could discuss, naturally, was magic.
"I've never seen these magical scripts before. Where did you learn them, me?"
Future Levy watched in amazement as Levy used magic to write the foam into ancient, unfamiliar shapes.
"These are the magical scripts from Chase's Card Spirit, Dark Magician. Pretty fascinating stuff, right?" Levy said with a hint of pride.
"Card Spirits are pretty much the same as Lucy's Celestial Spirits, aren't they? That's amazing..." Future Levy stared intently at the foam letters, her eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge. "Can you teach me?"
"Of course! Once we're done with our bath, I'll write out the relevant books for you," Levy agreed readily.
She was more of the quiet type in the guild, and having finally found someone on exactly the same wavelength as her, her desire to share was overflowing.
On the other side, Wendy had also learned something surprising to her.
"Huh? The guild's head pharmacist is actually Grandeeney from Edolas?!"
"Yes! Their voices and scent are exactly the same!"
Future Wendy spoke with great enthusiasm, recounting her recent encounter with Porlyusica. This made Wendy resolve that when she returned to her own world, she absolutely had to visit Porlyusica in the forest east of Magnolia.
"Oh, and Grandeeney also entrusted Porlyusica with a Sky ultra-magic!" Future Wendy said with a smile. "I'll show you when we get back to the room—it's an amazing spell~"
"R-really? B-but I don't have anything to trade with you..."
Wendy seemed a bit flustered. Although being so polite with herself seemed strange, and she really wanted to see what Grandeeney had left behind, she was the type who would rather take a loss than receive something for nothing.
Her half-mother figure Carla, who understood her well, swam over with a head full of foam. "Hey, didn't Chase give you a training manual to increase your magical power a long time ago?"
Dark Magician's training manuals were highly specialized—each one's contents were completely different. But since the recipient was the "same person," it would be perfectly compatible.
"Ah! That's right! This world doesn't have Chase!" Wendy immediately showed a relieved expression.
At the mention of Chase, the future girls who had been comparing each other's figures suddenly paused, clearly curious about this unfamiliar "comrade."
"Speaking of which, I also received a set of very powerful armor blueprints from the other me," Future Erza's head suddenly popped up from the water.
"Erza? Weren't you two supposed to be talking on the roof?"
The girls were startled by her sudden appearance and pressed her with questions. "Where's the other Erza?"
"She had some business and went out..."
Remembering the content of their earlier conversation, Future Erza's naturally stern face flushed bright red. She stammered, "Tonight... she probably... might... not be coming back?"
"Huh?! HUH?!!" xN
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