The Devil Slayer & The Steam Prince Volume1

Chapter 2 Fairy family

Erza's POV: We arrived back at the guild and everyone was surprised to see Gray carrying Seth once we got down to the bar hall the master was the most shocked. "What happened to my newest child in that world Lucy calls for aid from shouted master." "The zodiac are not at fault master, it's simply something he has had since birth I answered him calmly." ———————————————————————
"We are taking him to Magnolia Hospital but I only know his first name when he introduced himself earlier by the pool, I doubt they will have just one Seth in their records, does anyone here know of his last name I boomed loudly." "He told me Erza when he asked for my blessing to join the guild, he said it was Whitman and he is known under the alias of The Steam Prince stated master." Mira twitched after master said Seth's alias so I walked up to her.———————————————————————
"Do you know of him Mira other than marking him with our guilds sigil, I asked as I stood in front of her." "He has been interviewed by Sorcerer Weekly a couple of times, he never gave his realm name only that alias, I just can't believe someone with his interview record would one day come here and allow me to mark them she replied."
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Ok, I understand, perhaps he had a reason for not mentioning his last name to Sorcerer Weekly, anyway we will be going now I answered with a nod." "Gray I'll take Seth off of your hands once we get to the hospital entrance, seeing as after Mira and master I was the first person he met and he even told me I'm his idol." I said to Gray as I turned my head his way. Gray nodded and then our group headed to the hospital.
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After a decent run we get to Magnolia Hospital, Juvia helps Natsu get Seth off of Gray's back, Natsu then carried Seth in his arms before placing him into my arms, we walked inside and up to the nurse's desk. "Welcome to Magnolia Hospital my name is Carly can I help you? Said the nurse" "My name is Erza and these are my guild mates Gray, Natsu, and Juvia. The young man in my arms is a new member of the guild he just joined today and he is named Seth Whitman he had his files transferred here recently and we need to see Doctor Goodall, Seth had a seizure during which he hit his head and a small pool of blood was found where his head hit the ground." I said explaining who we were and why we were here.
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"One moment please, that's a lot of info all at once so please just start by stating the patient's name and the doctor you need to see Carly replied." "Patient is Seth Whitman the doctor we need is Doctor Goodall." Natsu stated as he stepped in front of me with a sharp glare in his eyes. Carly then typed in the info and looked for the doctor we needed.
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"Oh yes hear he is, Seth Whitman, history of epilepsy and last seizure attack was 3 years ago ended up with a broken clavicle and a concussion, had all his files sent over to us a week ago, Doctor Goodall is his neurologist, if there was a blood pool where his head hit then he most likely has another concussion that will need staples to be placed and then removed at a later date, I will let the doctor know to come get the patient right away." Carly said as she typed a few numbers on the phone.
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"Doctor Goodall there are Fairy Tail wizards here with Seth Whitman, they say Whitman has had a breakthrough seizure and hit his head causing a small pool of blood to form they need to see you right away." said Carly over the phone lines.
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Within 15 minutes the doctor was in front of us and led us back to his office, Once in the doctor's office I put Seth down on the patient table and Doctor Goodall got busy checking certain things before looking to us. "It is indeed a breakthrough grand mal seizure and a concussion I will get the neuro surgeon to put the staples in, from what I can tell the seizure was caused due to sleep deprivation, meaning he hasn't been getting enough sleep, it looks like he has been sleep deprived and for 3 days now, he just needs to get some good sleep, I want him to take things easy for a month and then come see us to have the staples removed." said the doctor to us before walking to his desk to message the neurosurgeon and Carly back out at the nurse's desk.
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"Will he be ok enough to take job requests Gray asked?" "Yes, he should be fine enough to take work requests as long they don't involve a lot of battling especially hand to hand combat." replied the doctor. After that 2 members of the neurosurgery team were here with a gurney and were placing Seth on it, we followed them down to the neurosurgery floor until they stopped in front of a set of doors. "We are sorry to say this but this is as far as you can go, please wait out at the lobby of this floor, we will come give you the news after we are done." said the first neurosurgeon assistant.
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We all looked at Seth and one by one said goodbyes, I was last of us to say goodbye to him. "Wake up from this safe and healthy and I will make sure the baker makes those cakes you wanted, regardless of if he takes special orders or not." I said softly as I swept a few stray hairs to one side of his head. We all then watched them roll Seth in before we left for the lobby and decided to send Natsu back to the guild to give everyone the news and to bring Lucy and Wendy over when Seth wakes up.
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After a half hour of waiting around someone approaches us. "Excuse me, are you the wizards who brought in the patient who had a seizure and concussion? I'm April Bellwether, I'm the head neurosurgeon your friend is going to be fine the head staples went in easy and he didn't wake from any pain of them being put in, he is in a recovery room right now and once he wakes up he can be discharged and brought back to the guild, I will take you to his room if will kindly follow me." Said a lady in a white coat and flats with long dark brown hair tied into an over the shoulder ponytail.
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We all followed Doctor Bellwether to the neurosurgery recovery floor, she soon stopped in front of a room that was numbered 616. "This is his room, please try not to rush his recovery and please keep details of how he came to be here down to a minimum, one of his past doctors made the mistake of telling him every detail, making him end up with a deer in headlights kind of face and he started to panic." the doctor said as she opened the door for us.
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"I will stay out here and try to get in touch with the guild to let Natsu, Lucy, and Wendy know what floor we are on and the room number they have Seth in." I said as I just stood off to the side. "But why when you're his idol, I'm sure he would have an easier time with being told what happened if you were telling him." Gray stated. "As true as that may be Gray, it was you along with Juvia and Natsu who were with him when it happened, so you and Juvia should be the ones to see him wake up." I say to Gray who just nodded back before walking in with Juvia right behind him.
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(Warren, it's Erza do you read me? I said over telepathy trying to get in touch with the guild.) (Read you clear as ever, what's the new guy's condition Warren replied.) (It's a confirmed seizure and concussion, he had staples put in his head and is in recovery right now, tell Natsu, Lucy, and Wendy that we are on the 6th floor and he is in room 616, I said relaying the information.) (They're on their way, Warren answered.) (Thanks that's everything, Erza out, I said as I ended the conversation.) Shortly after that Juvia came out of the room. "He is awake now, you can come in if you want." Juvia said calmly.
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I agreed to it and walked in, as soon I was in the room he sat up and lifted his head, yet he didn't meet my eyes. "It's easy to tell when you're coming in your everyday armor, the clinking of the metal gives it away." chuckled Seth softly refusing to meet my eyes. I told him the rest of our team in on the way from the guild hall and that I want him to meet my eyes. "That's good to hear and as you wish Fairy Queen." he replied. As he turned to face me I saw his eyes were puffy from crying so I asked him why he is crying, he told me it's because he never wanted us to witness him having a seizure and is sorry for if he scared anyone.
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"You have nothing to apologize for, we learned from your digital self that its something u had since u were born, sure it worried us but after all you're part of the Fairy Tail family now so of course we were gonna worry about it at first, Gray answered him and I nodded in agreement. Just as Juvia was about to speak a knock came from the door. "Yes?" Seth called out to the door." "It's Lucy and the others." came the answer. "Come on in then." Seth said with a flat tone. "We just heard what you said and I wanted you to know that the Spirit King and Taurus are both healthy thanks to you, they both send their thanks, don't put so much blame on yourself for your medical condition, like Gray stated your part of our family now and family is always there for each other when needed." Lucy said to Seth sweetly. Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla all nodded in agreement.
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"Did they say when they plan on discharging me asked Seth?" "Doctor Bellwether said you could be discharged as soon as you woke up, Doctor Goodall said you can work but u cant do hand to hand fights and to take things easy for a month and then come back to get the staples removed, he also said to get some good sleep and to not miss taking your meds nightly, seeing as what caused this was you were sleep deprived for 3 days Juvia said calmly."
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"I'll go get one of the nurses to get the doctor and the discharged papers, Lucy said before leaving the room." "So why did you not sleep for 3 days straight Seth? I asked as I stood by the wall." "The hype of joining Fairytail kept me from getting enough sleep, I would only get a few hours each of those nights and then each day like the days before it I would see a different town or city of the nation and then get onto a train to the next town, each town I would see by walking on my own alone with just my feet, my magic, and my imagination to keep me company. Maybe father was right for once and I should have just joined the guild the same day I left the family estate and traveled by train." Seth said as he turned to look out at the clouds. As I'm ready to ask him what he meant Lucy came walking in with the doctor behind her.
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"How are you feeling Seth asked Dr. Bellwether?" "A little upset that the guild I dreamed of joining saw this happen to me, other than that I'm ok I suppose." Seth replied as he looked at the doctor. "Well then it looks like you can be discharged, now we are just going to need your signature on these papers and then you can go." the doctor said calmly. Seth took the feather pen from her and elegantly wrote his name on each page and then passed everything back to her.
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Seth then got up and put his hand to his head before walking out in front of all of us and we all followed after him. Everyone linked arms onto each other's shoulders and we all walked side by side back to the guild. Once at the guild I left the group to keep my promise to Seth and got the baker I buy cakes from to make the special ordered cakes Seth wanted and then returned to the guild and we all had a welcome to Fairy Tail party for him.
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Seth's POV: the party was over hours ago and now I was relaxing on my bed and just watching the last drops of sunset drift away and the moon hang in the sky I then decide to go and take a bath before bed to reflect on the day and make sense of everything, I walk into the boys bath and place my towel and pajamas in an empty cubby and then head into the water with my body wash and shampoo.
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"Hey, Seth so you're a late night bath taker as well." said a voice. I turned and noticed it was Gray so I just quietly nodded and slid into a corner of the water. As I washed up I noticed the water was body temp and I like it hot enough to create my alias so I conjure some fire funnels in my palms and press them into the water and spread my hands in opposite directions.
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"Thanks for that buddy baths are supposed to be nice and hot Gray said with a smile." I give him another silent smile before squeezing out my body wash and washing my arms and chest once I rinse off my arms and chest I put my leg up against something sturdy and wash my legs before putting them back into the water I wash the rest of my body under the water and then I bring my head back to the surface and trade my body wash for my shampoo it was called tropical burst and had all my favorite fruits in it.
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I lather up my hands and carefully massage it into my hair once I was sure I got every inch of my hair covered I dunked under the water once more and then climbed out and went to my cubby to dry off and as I walk away I turn back and say to the ice mage "Don't stay in that steaming water long or you might get pruney g'night."
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I then dry off and change into my pajamas and once back in my room I take my bedtime meds with a large bottle of water on my nightstand like I've done when I lived at my family estate. And yet I'm restless so carefully I open my window and slide down to the ground on a cloud of steam. I then do as I used to back when I couldn't sleep in the estate and I would sneak down to the ballroom. I quietly and elegantly dance with my eyes shut letting the cool air run through my hair. I can see mom watching me quietly from off in the corner of the room and so I just let my feelings show and start to quietly cry a little as I dance but it's a mixed cry sad that she is gone but happy that I can remember these good times.———————————————————————
While dancing I open my eyes and realize I was leaping from steam cloud to steam cloud and dancing as I do so, I never imagined I would learn such a trick but then again I get most of my battle moves from my dancing and so I just continue to dance and once I was starting to feel tired I carefully lowered myself to my bedroom window and slid into bed and my eyes closed peacefully as soon as my head made contact with the pillow. "I love my fairy family." I said softly before sleep consumed me.