Chapter 822: Candle-shaped Wizard - Gardino
This is not from the heart, it's just my own hospitality.
In the candle house, Gardino remade a chair, took out a new portion of senbei, brewed a new cup of black tea, and then he took a deep breath.
Bending down to hand over the tea, he retained a gentlemanly elegance, which was the last bit of dignity he had as Mr. 3: "Excuse me, are you satisfied with my senbei and black tea?"
Natsu ate the senbei happily without even looking up: "It's delicious!!"
The harpy was taking advantage of the situation, and the cat took advantage of the situation and said, "Pour me another cup of black tea!!"
These two bastards!!
Gardino was furious, his gloomy eyes were like a sharp dagger, secretly stabbing Natsu and Happy hundreds of times in a place where no one could see, but he turned around with a smile on his face: "Yes~"
Then, like a coffee shop waiter with ten years of work experience, he respectfully poured a standard eight-tenths cup of black tea into the cup in front of the hubby.
“Slurp—Ah!!”
“It’s really delicious~”
Damn it! This stinky brat and this stinky cat are so presumptuous in my place, ordering me around like a servant...
In an empty corner, Gardino had tears in his eyes, his fists clenched, his teeth clenched, and he was filled with resentment: If this gets out, how will I save my reputation in the future? ?
He was supposed to be the master , but now he became the lowest existence in this candle house, which made Gardino very angry.
Just when he was secretly planning how to take revenge, he heard the voices of Lucy and Miss chatting during the Golden Week. Lucy was testing Miss intentionally, but she was totally unprepared. In just a few words, Lucy found out the identities and origins of the two.
"I see, you came here to look for your family members who have been away for a long time..."
"Yes, that's it!"
Miss Huang Jinzhou said calmly, looking like a left-behind child abandoned by her parents. "Uncle 3 promised to help me find my parents. I am grateful for his protection along the way."
Gardino: “…”
How could the other party believe such a lie that can be seen through at a glance? As expected, Miss Golden Week is still too young and her lying skills are not mature enough. I have to think of a good excuse to cover it up...
"Poor child..."
Lucy, Natsu, and Happy all cast distressed looks at Miss Golden Week at the same time, "Why don't you stay with us from now on? We will definitely help you find your family!"
Gardino: “!!!”
No way?! They actually believed it?! Are these guys so naive?! And they are so generous to help someone they just met find his family. Isn’t this too kind?
If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Gardino would not have believed that this person who could release fire at will and looked no simple man could be so gullible.
In fact, it’s not Natsu’s fault that he was deceived. It’s mainly because Miss Golden Week’s acting skills are great.
In fact, although Miss Golden Week is only sixteen years old, only 145cm tall, and has a childish face, she is very smart and wiser than Gardino. She is now the chief conductor of the Baroque Studio.
This is also the reason why she can remain calm no matter what happens!
At this time, Gardino's eyes widened, his mouth opened, and his face was full of shock. However, while his heart was in turmoil, a bold idea slowly emerged in his mind: "Wait! Since these guys are so easy to deceive, maybe I can trick them into doing things for me? As long as I can make good use of them, maybe I can easily get rid of the two giants on the island? ? But before that, I still have to test their strength first! '
Meanwhile, Natsu and Happy were already absorbed in the story Miss Golden Week had told them: their parents had been out to sea for business for three years, so a kind-hearted uncle took them out to sea to look for them. On the way, they encountered a storm and unexpectedly came to the small garden, but because there were ancient beasts, volcanoes and giants everywhere, they could not find a way to go out to sea and could only settle here temporarily. Occasionally, they would have diarrhea because of eating expired senbei...
The story is full of ups and downs and thrills. Listening to this simple story of one man and one cat with shining eyes, you can't stop.
Fortunately, Lucy, who was standing by, had some brains. She was not as foolish as Natsu and Happy who believed Miss's Golden Week story. However, her brain seemed to be limited.
"Natsu and Happy are two idiots who only see the surface!"
Lucy, who has rich writing experience, thought she had seen through the truth. She had already silently made up a 30,000-word short story outline in her mind: "If I am right, this person named '3' must be... a child trafficker! He tricked this innocent girl into following him under the pretext of helping her find her parents. In fact, he wanted to take her to another place to sell her, but unfortunately she encountered a storm and ended up here!"
In fact, the reason why Lucy was suspicious of Gardino, apart from the fact that she was unwilling to admit deep down that she judged people by their appearance, was mainly because of Gardino's rebellious attitude towards the three of them when he just came in, and his weakness after seeing Natsu use fire. This contrast between his arrogance at first and his respectfulness later really did not seem like the character of a 'kind-hearted uncle'.
"I have to test his strength, and then remind Natsu to be careful and not be fooled by this guy!"
In a small candle room, the hot steam of black tea and green tea continues to steam up, and the faint fragrance fills the entire room. The four people and one cat sitting inside chatting and laughing, each of them has their own thoughts, preparing to stage a thrilling battle of wits and courage.
After they had almost finished their afternoon tea, Lucy suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, there is something I have been curious about since a while ago. How did you make this candle house?"
"Well... I made this. I'm a candle man, and I can make all kinds of things with candles."
Gardino thought about it and found that there seemed to be nothing to hide. After all, he had used the power of the Wax-Wax Fruit in front of them before, and being a devil fruit user was not a big deal, so he said it directly.
"Candle Man?!"
"Making things out of candles?!"
Natsu and Happy were startled. They came close to Gardino with their eyes wide open and exclaimed in disbelief: "Could it be that you are..."
“I am…?”
Gardino was stunned: Have these people heard my story? Or is it that my face is full of stories? ? Ah~ I know! Is that so ? That's right! It must be that I accidentally spread my name when I was on a mission!
There's really nothing I can do... It's understandable that a man like me who is so charming, so elegant, so handsome, and so special would leave a deep impression. Although I always take good care of the aftermath of each mission, the news bird is everywhere, and there's nothing I can do if I'm accidentally exposed...
Just as Gardino was immersed in narcissism, Natsu and Happy spoke again in unison: "Could it be that you are... the Candle-shaped Wizard?!"
"That's right! I am handsome and intelligent, noble, elegant and powerful..."
Before he could finish his words, Gardino's proud speech came to an abrupt halt. The proud expression on his face, as well as his feet on the chair, arms outstretched, head raised at a 45-degree angle and looking upward, also froze. "Huh?"
What kind of look? ? What kind of wizard? ? Are these two people and cat seriously ill? ?
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Three minutes later...
"So that's how it is... You are also a devil fruit user!" Natsu looked at Gardino and said with some disappointment.
"But your ability does look very similar to that of the Model Wizard! Right, harpy?"
"That's right! But if you look at it this way, Natsu is the fire man and Gray is the ice man?"
"That sounds like a lot of fun!! What about Erza? Is she an iron man?"
Happy complained speechlessly: "Natsu you are so stupid! If it's Iron Man, it should be Gajeel, right? Erza should be the sword... uh... what should it be??"
Natsu didn't care about Happy's pretending to be stupid, but he now had an idea of Gardino's abilities.
You know, Natsu had come into contact with Smoker, the user of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit before, which means that he has long known that there are devil fruits in this world that can transform human bodies, so he is not very surprised to know that Gardino is the user of the Candle Fruit.
But in Natsu's opinion, devil fruits are far less useful than magic, because according to Smoker, after eating devil fruits, they will be restrained by sea water, but the magic they use will not.
Thinking of this, Natsu couldn't help but cast a look of pity towards Gardino.
Damn it! What's that guy's expression? !
Looking at Natsu's annoying look, Galtino felt unhappy for a while, but he finally suppressed it and asked back, "What about you guys? Natsu, what is your ability? I just saw that you can use fire at will?"
"Oh, you mean me? I'm the Fire Dragon Slayer!"
Gardino: “…”
Why can I understand each word, but have no idea what it means when they are put together? Can you explain what a dragon slayer is?
"Natsu-san, what is this Dragon Slayer you're talking about? How come I've never heard of it in all these years on the Grand Line?"
"A Dragon Slayer is a wizard who uses dragon-slayer magic! And because my attribute is fire, I'm called the Fire Dragon Slayer!" Natsu explained as a matter of course.
This kid...what's with that proud look of 'You don't even know this? You are so ignorant'? ! ! I want to hit him! !
Gardino clenched his fists.
"Can you tell me more about it?"
Natsu said succinctly: "It means you can set fires, and you can recover your magic power and physical strength by eating fire, but you can't eat your own fire."
Out of caution, Natsu did not reveal his weakness of being sick in transportation.
After hearing Natsu's explanation, Gardino was stunned: Being able to set fire is fine, there are many people and people with special abilities in this world who can do this, but eating fire to restore magic power and physical strength? ? Although I don't know what magic power is, just the fact that it can restore physical strength is incredible! Even the devil fruit ability users don't have such a supernatural ability, right? ?
What kind of monster is this guy?? ! !
