The Magic Merchant in Fairy Tail

41: The Ecstasy of Collecting

　"Oh, Lucy, you look great here!"

　　At Lucy's house, Gray was lying on the sofa with his upper body naked and greeting Lucy.

　　"Illegal trespassing!!! And why are you taking off your clothes in my house!!!" Lucy raised her leg and kicked Gray in the face.

　　"Wait a minute... You misunderstood...!! I came here after I took off my clothes."

　　"roll!!!"

　　After the quarrel, Gray told the reason for his visit: "Today is that day. I came to call you because I was afraid you forgot."

　　Lucy couldn't remember: "What?"

　　"You really forgot," Gray scratched his head, "It's what Natsu said before, that he wanted to duel with Erza!!!"

　　"!!!"

　　There was a lot of noise in front of the Fairy Tail Guild. All the people who were still in the guild came out to join in the fun. Hundreds of people formed a huge circle, and countless eyes were fixed on the two people standing in the middle, the protagonists of today's duel, Natsu and Erza.

　　When Lucy arrived, the two had been standing there for half a day.

　　"Wait a minute!!! Are these two...serious??"

　　Obviously, she has not yet fully integrated into the atmosphere of FT (Fairy Tail).

　　So Elfman next to him explained: "It's serious. If you don't take fighting seriously, you're not a man!!"

　　Mira turned around and reminded her brother: "But Erza is a girl."

　　Marcus was sweating coldly: "It must be a monster girl..."

　　"But... a duel between two of the strongest teams..."

　　Lucy's words caused Gray to wonder, "What is the strongest group?"

　　"You, Natsu, Erza, and Killer, you are the strongest combination of FT..."

　　"Huh?" Gray was a little amused. "Boring! Who said that?"

　　Mira, who was originally smiling behind him, covered her face and cried: "Yes...Mira said..."

　　"Ah?!" Gray was suddenly at a loss. He had never been able to do anything about crying girls.

"Kira and Erza are fine. Natsu and Gray are also men, but I don't agree that they are the strongest. There are many very powerful people in Fairy Tail, such as me."

　　"The strongest woman in Fairy Tail is definitely Erza, but as for the strongest man, besides Killer, there's Gildarts, Laxus, and Mistgang are also very powerful."

　　"Ah, I think I heard someone talking about me." Kira popped up from somewhere, "Except for the president, the strongest person in the guild must be Gildarts. Laxus can't compare to him. There are several Natsu between them!"

　　Everyone was speechless: "What kind of unit of measurement is this..."

　　"Kira, why are you free to come here today?"

　　"Of course. How can such a good show be without me?"

　　"What a show! Erza must have won!"

　　"Don't say that. Natsu is also very strong... By the way, I just saw Cana open the odds secretly in the back. Do you want to bet on how long Natsu can last? Right now, 20 minutes has the highest odds, and 5 minutes has the lowest."

　　"Pfft, doesn't this mean that you don't think Natsu will win? Did you bet on him for 5 minutes?"

　　"How is that possible! I'm a law-abiding wizard and never get involved in this kind of thing. I just think that Cana might lose money this time. Hey, I don't know when she can pay me back the money she owes me."