Chapter 280: Mom's Relics
Just as Kira was marveling at the unusual quietness of the guild today, two figures, one big and one small, rushed into the guild.
“Oh no!!!”
The people who came were Natsu and Happy!
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Seeing that the two of them looked like they were about to get into trouble, Kira stood up, grabbed the flying blue cat, and asked, "Say it out and make me happy!"
Happy shouted, "That's too much! We are in a hurry now!"
"Great! Kira is back! Now we are saved!" Natsu ran around and shouted incoherently, "Kira! Listen to me, something terrible is happening!"
Kira was speechless: "Is this good or bad..."
"Did you destroy the streets again during the mission?"
After saying that, Kira's expression naturally changed from anxious to confident. "Don't worry! I have established good relations with the Council! They will not specifically target our guild in the future. As long as you can afford the compensation and no one dies, it's okay even if you destroy the entire street during the mission!!"
Upon hearing this, Natsu and Happy were overjoyed and started chirping.
"Really?!"
“Amazing!!”
"Kira is indeed yours!"
"Ah! No! This matter is not important! Now..."
Natsu and Happy's anxious looks immediately piqued Kira's interest. He interrupted him and asked him in a reproachful manner, "What did you say? This is not important?!"
"Do you know how much effort and sacrifice I have made for this?! Do you know how important the tolerance of the Council is to our guild?! Do you know that it is because of some reckless person who always carelessly destroys missions that the Council has lost its favor towards Fairy Tail?!"
Perhaps because they were told about their recklessness, Natsu and Happy collapsed and sat on the ground with sorrowful looks on their faces: "I... I'm sorry! But you have to help me this time! Please!"
Kira showed a look of watching a good show, his eyes sparkling, and said, "Get up! Tell me what you want me to help you with."
"The fact is that..."
Natsu and Happy slowly told the story...
Just last night, they broke into Lucy's house as usual to play with her. While Lucy was taking a bath, the man and the cat searched through her house for toys, and unexpectedly found a book that looked very "special".
Natsu wanted to open the book and take a look, but he sneezed and made the book dirty. They panicked and started to panic: Happy tried to wipe it dry with paper, but he used too much force and tore it; then, Natsu got so excited that his magic power surged out uncontrollably and the fire ignited directly; after a flurry of "fire-fighting" operations, the book was completely destroyed.
Afterwards, the two learned from Lucy that it was a "very important book". They had no choice but to borrow the book under the pretext that they found it very interesting and kept it secret for the time being.
After listening to the two people's stories, Kira's expression was as exciting as if he had eaten a big melon.
If asked about things like the Dark Guild, Zeref and the Black Dragon, Kira thought he knew more about them than anyone else, but these everyday little things were not in his memory, so he had no impression of them at all.
"You guys are really... Never mind, what's the name of that book?"
Natsu and Happy shouted in unison, "Maya's Forest!"
Kira frowned and thought: "Maya's Forest... I've never heard of this book title !"
"Hey hey...Kira! You have so many books in your store, I should be able to find it, right?"
"It's hard to say. Most of the novels there are the most popular ones at the moment, and a large part of them are written by me. I usually don't buy novels like this that are not well-known!"
Natsu was devastated and put his palms together to plead, "If there is one, I will buy it no matter how expensive it is! Please!"
Helpless, Kira could only agree to help: "Then I'll go back and look for it. I'll tell you first, don't hold your hopes too high!"
Half a day later...
Kira returned to the guild and saw Natsu and Happy slumped over the table, with Erza and Gray beside them.
“They are not sold anywhere…what should I do…”
“I don’t have any here!”
Kira's words were undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back. The man and the cat trembled and were at a loss.
"That's your fault, right? You should apologize to her!"
Faced with Gray and Erza's suggestions, Natsu was a little hesitant.
"Natsu, I have an idea, do you want to try it?"
Kira's voice was like heavenly music. Natsu looked at him as if grasping the last hope: "What can we do?"
"Why don't you also give Lucy a book that's 'most important to you'? That way she doesn't have to return it, right?"
“Is this okay?!”
Kira was like a bad adult who had taught a child bad things. He smiled wickedly and said, "Of course you can! As long as you tell Lucy that we will use each other's most important books as a token of our love, she will definitely not ask you to give it back!"
"Nani?!" ×2
Hearing such indecent words, Gray and Elu on the side blushed.
As for Happy, his worry turned into joy with excitement: "Natsu Natsu...how about this!"
Compared to the others present, Naz, with his almost zero emotional intelligence, was completely unaware of the consequences of doing so and actually considered the possibility of this method being successful.
"Well...but I don't have any 'very important books'!"
Gray and Erza were speechless for a moment: "Natsu, this idiot... is he really going to do this?"
"If you don't have any, write it now!"
Kira sat next to Natsu, patted his shoulder and shouted: "The first book you wrote yourself, isn't it important? Or the first book you read, isn't it commemorative?"
"But what to write?"
"Write whatever you want! If you really can't think of anything, just write down your life experiences from childhood to adulthood! For example, your life with Igneel, your life in the guild, etc."
Kira waved his hand and handed Natsu a pen and a piece of paper, "Start writing now! Don't worry, when you finish, I can pack it for you for free!"
Just as Natsu tremblingly took the paper and pen and was about to follow Kira's method, Lucy came!
"Natsu! Happy! Have you read that book?"
"Not yet? Great! Let me tell you, that book is..."
"You can show it to me anytime! Please look carefully!"
“Ask me why it’s so important?”
"Because... that book is my mother's legacy!!"
Snap!
In an instant, a crisp sound was heard, and the pen that Kira had just handed over was broken directly!
Natsu and Happy's faces turned green with fear: "Ah ...
Erza: “…”
Gray: “…”
Kira: “…”
After Lucy left, Kira silently took back the body of the paper and pen, then handed over a hemp rope and a dagger: "Natsu! Happy! The method of exchanging books is no longer useful, choose one to apologize!"
"No! Don't do this kind of thing!!"
After a long time, the man and the cat were so devastated that they lay on the table together, feeling that their souls were gradually dissipating.
"Really... I can't say it..."
“Ahem…”
"Mother's relics...this kind of thing is really heavy!" Erza's words were like stabbing knives into Natsu and Happy.
"Yeah, it's probably as important as Natsu's scarf, right?" Kira sighed. "Come to think of it, I've been alone since I was a child, so I never remember having such a thing. What about Erza?"
"It's the same for me!" Erza said nonchalantly, "I've been in Rosemary Village since I can remember, and then I was captured and taken to the Tower of Paradise. After I got out, I came to Fairy Tail, so there's no such thing."
Hearing this, Kira couldn't help but ask indirectly: " Hey, Erza! Have you ever thought about what it would be like if you met your biological parents one day?"
