Fairy Tail shared their encounter with Minerva with Stinger.
This cleared up Lahar's thoughts about what one of the Nine Demon Gates of Tartaros was doing at the Eye of the Dream Demon.
Just as she was about to leave, she happened to run into the Sabertooth Twin Dragons who were looking for Minerva.
At the time, Minerva had already been defeated by Fairy Tail and was on her way back to the Eye of the Dream Demon.
When she returned, she saved the Sabertooth Twin Dragons, but then she was taken away or died in the explosion.
Of course, there was a slight chance she escaped from Kuanghua's hands using magic.
Stinger had only just learned that Minerva joined the Dark Guild, but there was no time to concern himself with that now.
Currently, the most important thing is to determine Kuanghua's purpose at the Eye of the Dream Demon, where the Eye of the Dream Demon's members have gone, and what those paper-cut figures in the guild are.
All information and doubts need to be reported to the headquarters quickly.
Lahar asked, "What are your plans next?"
Stinger quickly recovered from his dejected mood: "What else? Of course, we're going back to the guild and figuring out how to rescue the young lady."
Rogue said, "Exactly, the young lady saved us, and we can't just leave her alone."
Before arriving, they were most worried not about the strength of the enemies, but whether the young lady truly no longer cared about Sabertooth.
It seems now that there is still room to save the situation.
As for the identity of the Dark Guild members, that can wait until later; anyhow, the young lady just joined, and probably hasn't had time to do anything unforgivable.
Lahar shook his head: "I do not recommend you do that. Judging by Kuanghua alone, the strength of Tartaros is already beyond imagination—she is just one of the Nine Demon Gates."
"That isn't a force that any single guild can oppose, so be patient, the Council Headquarters should soon take action."
"How you act is your business, how we rescue the young lady is ours." Stinger said, "Even if the strength of Rogue and I isn't sufficient, we still have companions!"
Lahar frowned, the words sounded familiar. Could Sabertooth be turning into Fairy Tail version 2?
"Ahahaha…" Natsu found these words pleasing, "That's right! We just happen to want to give Tartaros some trouble too!"
Erza nodded: "As long as we have news of Tartaros, we will help too."
Natsu wants to find END through Tartaros, Gray is interested in Demon Destruction Mages, Rhode and Mira once defeated one of the Nine Demon Gates...
The fairies are already destined to clash with Tartaros.
Lahar didn't persuade further, he didn't want to fully intervene with the actions of the Mages' Guild: "…Then we need to return to report, are any of you accompanying us?"
Erza, representing her companions, politely declined, walking with the Council people might give others the wrong impression, thinking they were caught for causing trouble again.
Stinger raised his hand and smiled sheepishly: "Though we appreciate the Council's help, I'd like to travel with Natsu."
Natsu responded enthusiastically: "No problem!"
Ten minutes later…
"Uuuu…"
"Uuuu…"
"Uuuu…"
On the train, three Dragon Slayer Mages wore identical expressions of discomfort, while three cats looked equally helpless.
Lucy sighed: "Never mind Natsu, but with those two looking like that, won't it make their injuries worse?"
Rekete shrugged: "I think it's fine, Stinger and Rogue are very strong, they're already used to this sort of thing."
"Fro thinks so too."
Gray stared at Fro for a while, then reached out to pick him up and observe.
Rogue watched warily… but couldn't muster any real concern.
Kana asked: "What, Gray, do you want a cat too?"
"No, I just thought… never mind." Gray put Fro down, resting his chin on his hand, gazing out the window.
He just thought Fro was very cute, perfectly fitting his aesthetic, different from the other cats in the guild.
He wanted to have Fro, not a cat, but he knew without asking, Rogue would not agree.
Erza also stared at Fro for a while, asking, "Fro, where did you buy your frog outfit?"
Fro sweetly replied: "At the clothing store across the street from the guild, it's very close."
Rekete helpfully explained: "If Fro goes too far, he'll get lost."
Fro blushed a little, but didn't deny it: "Fro thinks so too."
"Fro is so cute!" Lucy clasped her hands to her cheek, praising, "Just as cute as my Pururu!"
Saying this, Lucy summoned Pururu, the little guy immediately started playing with the cats.
Kana finished a bottle of alcohol, sighing: "If Li Li, Carla, and Warm could gather together, it would be even cuter."
Erza nodded in agreement, adding: "And Asuka and Wendy."
Lucy retorted: "Asuka and Wendy are not pets."
Kana, slightly tipsy, said: "Then the First Generation."
Lucy sighed: "President Mebius would be saddened hearing you say that."
After almost a day of travel, the journey, unpleasant for some, finally reached its end.
After getting off the train at Magnolia Station, Stinger dry-heaved for a moment before voicing the question from his soul: "If the train takes this long, why didn't we rent a flying ship?"
"..." Erza and Lucy were speechless.
Of course, it was because they forgot.
The nearest town to Sun Village didn't have flying ship services, only trains.
Though they passed through several larger cities along the way, at the time, they were enjoying playing cards too much to remember they could change transportation.
Moreover, the three who needed to switch didn't say they wanted to...
"Anyway…" Lucy forcefully changed the subject, "Welcome to Fairy Tail!"
...
Regarding Team A's mission, bringing back two injured members, Rhode's response was to first throw out two healing spells, then call Wendy for subsequent treatment.
This appearance indicated they encountered some accidents during the mission, possibly needing help.
Rhode called for the president, Erza recounted their encounters along the way and the events involving Tartaros.
"Sigh…" Before Makarov could speak, Rhode let out a sigh.
Makarov asked curiously: "Why the frustrated expression? Weren't you looking for Tartaros' whereabouts before the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts?"
"Then was then, now is now."
Now Rhode only hoped Mira could have a peaceful pregnancy and a smooth delivery.
Who would have thought, by simply going out on a mission, Team A would be advancing the 'main story'...
Should he say 'as expected of the protagonists'...
Mira, knowing what her husband was worried about from his expression, found it amusing and said: "Isn't it nice to find out now? In a few days, I can get some exercise too."
"..." Rhode didn't want to give her that opportunity.