Endless adventure

chapter 51

"You lost it!?"

The shout renders everyone silent as the poor fool who lost the flute shivers in fear before his fellow guildmate. Anger was rolling off him in waves, his face dark with rage and his teeth clenching hard enough for them all to hear it. The staff in his hand shook as he restrained the urge to end this pathetic creature cowering before him. He gave him one job and he went and failed. He had told him to keep the flute safe, keep it hidden, keep it close. He had no reason to be wandering the train and flirting with every woman he saw. He and his foolishness ruined everything that was so carefully planned out. Had he not specifically told him to avoid the phoenix? He had informed him of there being two of them, the second less known than the first, but just as, if not even more dangerous. So why in the hell did he approach and flirt with one of them?

"Did I not tell you to stay away from the phoenix?!"

All the coward could do was nod, not even daring to look this man in the eyes. He was praying to every single god out there that Erigor's wrath and his stupidity were not the cause of his death. At this moment he was regretting every life decision ever made to bring him to this point. Yes, he had told him to stay away from the phoenix. Yes, he had seen a very detailed picture of the woman he was supposed to avoid and told very clearly that she had a sister that looks almost the exact same, mask or not, it would be easy to notice the both of them.

So why was he stupid enough to approach one of them? Why, oh why did he think it a good idea to flirt with her? He doesn't understand it himself and he just wished he could undo his foolishness.

"You ruined everything!" A gust of wind erupted from the angered Erigor, hitting Kageyama in the chest painfully. "But no matter"

He was calm within seconds, a smile growing on his face.

"They'll come for us and when they do I'll rectify your mistake"

No one said a word, but most of them had the same thought, or perhaps doubt in mind. Erigor planned on confronting them directly and not a single person there believed he could succeed. He himself is wary of them, warning each of them to avoid them at all cost. He, who always told them to fight, was warning them against it.

Now he plans on facing them?

Suddenly they were all regretting the choices that led up to this moment.

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"Why are we following the train and not going to the council?"

The automobile swerved dangerously, sending Lucy crashing into Asher, who did not seem one bit affected by the rough handling of the vehicle and in turn everyone within. Lucy, tired of being thrown around constantly did not even try to move away from Asher, knowing the phoenix was the most stable thing to cling to at the moment.

"For one, Archer is in no way returning this flute"  Wendy is the one to answer the question. The young slayer sat in front with Erza and Archer and had to turn around to face the blonde. The vehicle flew over a pretty rough bump, Wendy went up with a yelp, only to be carefully grabbed by Archer.

"Careful Wendy"

"Erza's the one driving so recklessly" Wendy rebutted with a look sent the redhead's way.

"I agree with the child" Came Nero's voice from the roof. How she managed to stay up there through it all is a mystery.

"We have to get to them before they do anything dangerous" while the argument was very much logical, the rest don't seem to agree because they have the flute.

Looks like they're heading straight for the men who want to kill a ton of people. Neither Erza nor Archer had said where they were headed and no one had asked. It seemed everyone had understood what was happening before Lucy, which made her feel left out. The fact that the group can agree on something without saying a word speaks volumes and she wonders if she'll ever get on that level with them.