Fairy Tail: Next Generation - Volume I

Chapter 22: Brother Dear

For about a week after the Miss Fairy Tail completion, Marigold was bathing in money, even though she only had a couple thousand jewels after paying her rent.

"Hit me Mira," she'd say at the bar, "I'm loaded." 

Mirajane would smile as she got Marigold her regular order of steak and a side if fish for Malcon and Psycho. The two kittens would gnaw on the fish bones as Nashi sat next to her mooching her off for some steak.

"For a plant mage you're pretty carnivorous." Nashi said.

"I have my tastes, I eat enough vegetables from my garden, generally because I can't afford anything else. So this is a nice and rare incentive." Marigold said, in a daze as she tasted the delicious steak.

"Careful kid," someone said.

Nashi and Marigold turn to see Droy smiling down on them.

"That's exactly how I got fat, took me years to get it all off. Couldn't manage to pick up a girl for years." He mourned, thinking of the unfortunate past.

"Hey, you're Troy right?" Marigold asked.

"Droy..." Droy groaned a bit, but he was used to the younger kids not knowing who he was.

"So you're a plant mage like me?" Marigold got a bit of sparkle in her eye as she spoke.

Droy was nearly shocked by her enthusiasm, he grinned and nodded. "Yep, I was a member of Shadow Gear back in the day. But I don't do as many jobs these days. You see I've got a son to look after. So I want to keep myself in check. Can't afford to make my son grow up without a dad."

"So you're scared of getting screwed over on a job?" Nashi said.

"For his son." Marigold added cheerfully.

"Kids these days..." Droy mumbled. "Good talking to you. Tell your dad I said hi, Nashi."

"Say hi yourself! Don't be so lazy!" Nashi shouted as Droy walked out.

He stepped out of the guild hall when a boy no more than eight ran up to him and hugged him.

"Good dad," Marigold mumbled. She frowned for a moment and them went back into her steak.

Suddenly the door springs open and in run Liddan and Gideon, both covered with ash.

"WE LIVE!!!" they both shouted. They both panted, out of breath as they walked over to the counter and each take a chunk of Marigold's steak, which was all of it.

"Thanks Marigold," Liddan said.

"Ditto!" Gideon groaned as he gorged down the steak.

"We haven't eaten in three days!" Liddan moaned.

"Well, that sucks." Marigold muttered, unable to think of anything else to say.

Liddan and Gideon had just recently gone on a job together, the job was worth 200,000 jewels and involved something like setting fire to the rain. Of course after reading the word fire, he immediately took the job and Gideon with him.

"What did you even do on that job?" Marigold asks as Gideon and Liddan perform a full throttled man hug in front of the entire guild.

"IS A TRAP!!" Liddan shouted, an inch away from Marigold's face.