Chapter 10: Problem Child, Laxus
Yumesaki shrugged. Erza's refusal was completely within his expectations, so this didn't surprise him at all.
After all, Erza was fundamentally an upright and honest person.
It was highly understandable that she wasn't willing to do such a thing.
Unfortunately, she herself couldn't think of a plan that met the criteria, so in the end, she found herself in the exact same dilemma as Makarov.
And so, this dinner came to an end just like that.
The next day, when Yumesaki walked into the guild, he saw Makarov and Erza sitting together with their arms crossed over their chests, showing highly conflicted expressions.
It was glaringly obvious that they were truly racking their brains for a way to deal with Phantom Lord.
However, they still hadn't found a good idea.
Seeing this, Yumesaki couldn't help but let out a smile.
At the same time, Mirajane walked over and asked with full curiosity: "Do you not have any other way?"
Yumesaki glanced at her and asked: "You already know everything?"
Mirajane nodded, "The Master told me."
Yumesaki said helplessly: "My method was already delivered to them, but those two didn't agree. What else can I do?"
At this point, he paused for a moment, then turned his head to stare at Mirajane, "What about you, do you have a way?"
Mirajane stuck out her tongue with a gentle smile, "I'm just a guild receptionist girl, what kind of way could I have? But I believe in Master and Erza, they will surely have a way to resolve it."
"That 'they will surely have a way' line is very well said."
Yumesaki chuckled, and for a moment he didn't even know how to comment.
Should it be said that she was the type who was good at avoiding problems, or that she deeply trusted her comrades.
"Erza, let's duel!"
Right at this moment, Natsu suddenly leaped up, fully intending to fight Erza to determine who was superior.
This could also be considered a routine event in Fairy Tail.
Hearing that Natsu wanted to challenge Erza, everyone in the surroundings instantly became rowdy, each joining in to egg them on because they wanted to watch the commotion.
"Don't be noisy, Natsu, I'm thinking about something."
However, right now Erza was in no mood to entertain Natsu's antics. The Phantom Lord matter alone was enough to keep her thoughts in a mess.
But Natsu wasn't the type of person who would listen to advice. He stared at Erza, raring to go.
"Fire Dragon's Iron..."
"Stop making a racket!!"
The contemplating Erza saw Natsu leaping and charging through the corner of her eye, and casually threw out a punch.
A dull impact resounded, and Natsu was instantly knocked flat onto the floor, unable to get back up.
Macao immediately seized the moment to announce, "Erza wins!!!"
"You're really weak, Natsu."
"Getting taken down by just one punch, way too weak, Natsu."
"Erza is still as strong as ever."
Seeing this scene, Lucy was struck dumb. She quietly approached Yumesaki and asked: "Is Erza always this terrifying?"
She had seen Natsu's incredibly destructive power before.
Yet when facing Erza, Natsu couldn't even withstand a single strike.
This was truly too absurd.
Mirajane served a glass of drink with a gentle smile, then said: "Erza is one of the strongest mages in our Fairy Tail. Right now, her position should be just below Master and Yumesaki."
"Hey hey hey, I can't just pretend I didn't hear that line, Mirajane."
Right at this moment, on the second floor of the guild, a blonde man with a face full of arrogance leaned his upper body out, looking down, his gaze locking onto Yumesaki.
"I admit the old man is very strong, and I also admit Erza has the qualifications to be my opponent, but do you actually think Erza stands above me, Mirajane?"
Mirajane looked up at the arrogant blonde man, "That's right, Erza is above you."
The blonde man's expression froze slightly, his face turning grim, and flashes of golden lightning erupted across his entire body, creating a continuous crackling sound.
"You're really annoying, Mirajane. Even if it's you, I'll still get angry hearing this kind of talk."
Seeing the hostile situation, Lucy instantly asked carefully: "Who is he?"
"Laxus, the Master's grandson, a Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic mage," Yumesaki replied.
Hearing these words, Laxus immediately shifted his gaze from Mirajane over to Yumesaki, "Who exactly are you?"
Yumesaki gave a small smile and said: "I am a newcomer who just recently joined the guild, Yumesaki. And this is Lucy."
"Yumesaki?"
Laxus suddenly realized, "I remember now, you're that newcomer who just joined but claimed to be the strongest in the guild."
Yumesaki shook his head.
Laxus sneered, "Are you trying to deny it now, you coward?"
Yumesaki said: "I never said that I am the strongest newcomer in the guild. What I said is that I am the strongest person in the guild."
"Huh?"
Laxus stared at Yumesaki, and in the next second, he burst into a loud roar of laughter while clutching his stomach.
The loud laughter echoed continuously without pause.
"This is truly a good joke, making me laugh until I can't stop." Laxus raised a hand to wipe away the tear that came out from laughing at the corner of his eye, then glared at Yumesaki.
"Then let me see your strength, newcomer."
"You're looking at me, aren't you?" Yumesaki looked up, causing his gaze to clash directly with Laxus's eyes.
Mind Control Magic, activated.
In the next second, Laxus's gaze turned completely blank, his entire body standing frozen on the spot without moving a single muscle.
In an instant, the entire guild membership that had been watching the development of the situation immediately fell into an uproar.
"Turns out he really got controlled."
"This mind control magic is truly far too terrifying."
"Even Laxus couldn't fight against it. No mistake about it, he really is the man who claims to be the strongest in the guild."
"The moment eyes meet, he's instantly defeated. Who could possibly win against him?"
Yumesaki didn't care about everyone's commotion. He looked toward the blank Laxus, stroked his own chin, and said: "Next, what should I have you do?"
"Dance a striptease? No, that's way too much of an eyesore."
"Randomly confessing love to a pedestrian? Mm, that would scare other people."
"It's better to find a place with the most people, hug a massive tree, and then confess his love to it, saying that in this life he will only marry it."
Hearing up to this point, Macao finally couldn't help but comment, "Are you a demon?"
If Yumesaki really made Laxus do that, Laxus would never be able to hold his head up again for the rest of his life.
This was completely equivalent to social death.
"True, true, even though Laxus is usually a bit arrogant, his mistake isn't to that extent."
"Exactly, though I feel Laxus is indeed a bit haughty, doing this is just too horrific."
"This really destroys a person's mentality."
Mirajane also joined in to persuade from the side: "It's best not to go that far, I'm afraid Laxus will actually cry."
"Alright, since everyone has said so, then I'll let him off this time."
Hearing everyone offering persuasion, Yumesaki immediately released the mental control magic.
Laxus woke up as if just snapping out of a dream, finally managing to reclaim control over his body, but the things that happened while he was controlled remained vividly clear in his memory.
Although he had lost control of his body, he could hear the surrounding conversations perfectly clearly.
Especially Yumesaki's order telling him to dance a striptease—he had almost actually done it.
Fear, shame, anger—various emotions instantly surged into his heart, causing a nerve in Laxus's brain to snap with a loud sound.
In an instant, Laxus went berserk.
"I'll kill you, I'll really kill you, I'll definitely kill you, ahhhh!"
Raging lightning erupted violently from his body, and his entire self moved like a flash of lightning, appearing in front of Yumesaki in a split second.
Lightning Dragon's Iron Fist!!!
Laxus's fist was clad in raging lightning, slammed mercilessly toward Yumesaki's head.
Yumesaki smiled faintly, neither dodging nor evading.
Infinity!
The ability replicated from Satoru Gojo instantly activated. The closer Laxus's fist got to Yumesaki, the greater the resistance became.
In the end, the fist came to a stable halt right in front of Yumesaki.
Both the fist and the raging lightning completely stopped while still a few centimeters away from Yumesaki.
This tiny distance felt like an uncrossable chasm.
It still could not harm Yumesaki.
"You..."
After throwing out that one punch, Laxus gradually calmed down. His brain felt a wave of fear and a rapid heartbeat; he had been truly afraid that the single punch just now would kill Yumesaki.
If that kind of thing really happened, what kind of face would he have to continue staying in Fairy Tail.
Even though Yumesaki was a newcomer, he was a member of the guild after all.
But seeing that the punch he delivered with all his might actually couldn't even touch Yumesaki, Laxus, aside from feeling fear, also felt a bit of anger.
Angry at his own powerlessness, which turned out to be unable to even pierce the opponent's defense.
No wonder the other party dared to claim to be the strongest person in Fairy Tail. Turns out he did indeed possess the capability.
"Laxus!!!"
Right at this moment, Master Makarov's roar of anger resounded.
Following that, before Laxus could react, a giant fist slammed into Laxus's body with a loud impact, instantly sending Laxus flying.
Laxus crashed through several tables in a messy state before finally stopping.
"What do you think you're doing, Laxus?!"
Makarov stared at his grandson with a deep feeling of disappointment because he didn't meet expectations, "You actually dared to unleash a lethal blow against your own comrade, do you even know what exactly you are doing, Laxus?!!!"
Not long ago, when he read the manga and saw Laxus triggering a civil war within the guild, Makarov had already felt extremely frustrated.
But then it was proven that Laxus was merely too arrogant.
In his heart, he was still a good kid.
That had made Makarov feel much more relieved.
But today, seeing Laxus unleash a full-power attack against Yumesaki out of shame and anger made Makarov realize that Laxus's problem was massive.
Fortunately, the target of his attack was Yumesaki. What if it were replaced by someone else?
Would anyone else be capable of withstanding a single punch from Laxus?
The answer was no.
Within Fairy Tail, the majority of people were truly no match for Laxus.
The current Laxus hadn't gone through the process of tempering, hadn't been able to recognize his own heart clearly, and he remained a completely intact problem child.
Makarov felt that he had to correct this problem child.
As the master of the guild, he had to correct the problems of the guild members.
As a grandfather, he had even more qualifications to correct Laxus's issues.
"Laxus, I, in the name of the Third Generation Master of the Fairy Tail Guild, give you an order."
"You attacked your comrade, breaking the rules. I now ban you from stepping foot into the guild for a period of three months."
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