Three Hundred and Ninety First Envy? Bad Past?
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The sun was setting and the sky was full of sunset glow. ¤,
With the sparse light, Noah, holding a box in his hand, brushed aside the grass, crossed the trees, and after passing through the paths, the scene in front of him suddenly became clear.
Not long after, a clearing with a clear river appeared in front of Noah.
And beside the small river, a girl with striking crimson long hair was staying there.
"Drink—drink—drink—!"
Amidst the awe-inspiring shouts, Erza, who was wearing icy armor as always, held a knight sword in one hand, like a Valkyrie who descended from the sky, while nimbly running back and forth along the river bank, while waving the sword in her hand at high speed. The knight's sword brought out pieces of sword light.
"choke-choke-choke-!"
The crisp sound of sword strikes was fleeting in the air like a sharp piercing sound.
Looking at Ersha's ghostly figure and the sword lights that flashed again and again, Noah seemed to see Ersha who was diligently practicing her sword skills on the river bank when she was a child, and involuntarily brought a gentle Smile.
In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed, both Noah and Erza have grown up.
Different from the Ersha who could only ponder the use of sword skills jerky and grow up in a clumsy way, the current Erza's sword skills have already reached the level of perfection, which is far from what it used to be.
Moreover, Erza is no longer the one who didn't even get a work permit. A novice mage who can only stay in the guild and hone his magic for a while. But a real strong man.
He won the title of the only fifth S-class mage in Fairy Tail (), and also won the title of Fairy Queen. Known as the strongest female mage in Fairy Tail (), she is also a true strongman who is one of the strongest candidates.
Thinking about it this way, Noah felt that the things in his childhood were still vivid in his mind, flashing through his mind one by one, making Noah immersed in the memories of his childhood.
Unfortunately, this memory did not last long.
"Noah?" With a sound of surprise, the sword lights flashing on the river bank all disappeared.
Noah came to his senses,
look ahead. Seeing that the two knight swords in Ersha's hands were turning into a burst of light and disappearing into Ersha's hands, Ersha herself cast her eyes on Noah and said in surprise.
"It's strange that you are here."
"What's so strange?" Noah shook his head funny, walked forward, came to the bank of the river, and looked at the flowing water in the clear river.
"This secret base seems to belong to me at the beginning, right? If it wasn't because I want to learn sword skills from you, you wouldn't know about this place, would you? Why are you talking about it now as if it belongs to you?"
"Speaking of it, it seems that there is such a thing." Erza couldn't help but chuckled. Come to Noah's side, stand side by side with Noah, looking forward.
"I have been practicing here for a long time, and I forgot that you brought me here."
"I didn't expect you to keep coming here. If Mira and Lisanna hadn't told me, I would have been kept in the dark." Noah spread his hands.
"If you tell Natsu and Gray that you practice here almost every day, they will understand why you are so strong, right?"
"Don't say that. The two of them are also working hard." Erza turned her head and said to Noah without knowing why.
"Let's put it this way. You haven't been here for a long time, don't you?"
"Yes." Speaking of this, Noah himself was a little bit embarrassed.
"After all. If it's just pure exercise, it's hard for me to improve my strength. Now, if I want to become stronger, it won't work if I just exercise. I need more training in actual combat or death battles. Or find another way, the chances of coming here will naturally decrease, and it will even be difficult to come back.”
"It's true." After being said by Noah, Erza also recalled Noah's excellent close combat ability and unfathomable strength, and couldn't help but sigh.
"You are indeed above me now. When I reach the level where you can't rely on simple exercise to become stronger, then it will prove that I have more or less caught up with you, right?"
"Don't say compliments, you are already very strong." Noah curled his lips, and sat down directly on the spot, and put the box he had been holding in his hand on the ground.
"I have brought you a gift of consolation."
With that said, Noah opened the box, exposing the things lying in the box to the air.
That is a strawberry cake.
As soon as Ersha's eyes lit up, she immediately sat down, snatched the cake on the ground without hesitation, picked up the fork placed in the box, took a bite first, and then had some aftertaste. Said to Noah with a slightly cheerful tone.
“Still delicious as always.”
"Is it just delicious as always?" Noah couldn't help but smile when he saw Erza, who only behaved like a young girl in love when facing her favorite food.
"I thought that compared to before, the cake shop in Magnolia now has a much more refined method of making cakes, and the taste will improve a lot."
"Huh?" Erza was taken aback when she heard this sentence.
"Haven't you tried it?"
"Compared to sweet things, I prefer lighter tastes." Noah responded casually.
"And, as I said just now, this is a condolence item for you."
"Really?" Erza took another bite of the cake, holding the cake box, her tone became ethereal.
"Eating the cake you brought like this, I can't help but think of the scene when you first brought me a cake when I was a child."
At that time, Erza still had something wrong with one eye, and she covered it with a medical eyepatch. She was silent and would only stay in the corner of the guild, sitting quietly by herself, not interacting with anyone little child.
"At that time, I had just arrived in Fairy Tail (), and you were the first fellow in the guild that I met with. Just like now, you sent me a cake." Erza He turned his gaze and looked at Noah again.
"Actually, I've always wanted to ask you, at that time, why did you want to send me a cake?"
Hearing this, Noah was silent.
why?
Why do you want to send cakes to Erza and have an intersection with Erza?
Noah did not forget the mood at that time.
"The first time I saw you, I knew you were a person with a lot of stories." Under the gaze of Erza, Noah said this sentence indifferently.
"Elusha, in fact, in your heart, there has always been a part that no one can touch, right?"
Hearing these words, the expression on Ersha's face froze instantly, and all the expressions in her eyes also froze all of a sudden.
"A child who is so young can resist fighting with others in such a lively place. Either he is really afraid of strangers, or there must be a reason for doing so." Noah seemed not to notice the change in Erza , said to himself.
"But you don't look like a person who is afraid of others, so I think you must have a past that you can't tell, and it must not be a good past."
"Really?" All the expressions on Erza's face disappeared, and her gaze at Noah became cloudy.
"So, at that time, did you do that because you felt sympathy for me?"
"Sympathy?" Noah smiled and shook his head.
"It would be fine if it was sympathy, but unfortunately, at that time, the only feeling I had was envy."
"Envy?" Even Ersha was stunned on the spot after hearing such words.
envious?
Envy yourself lonely?
Envious of your bad past?
Can this be envied?
If someone else said such a thing, Erza would definitely think that the other party was laughing at her, but Noah is not that kind of person.
So, what does this sentence mean?
"Even if you have a bad past, a painful past, or even a desperate past, it's all your past." Noah's complexion suddenly became complicated as if he had seen through what Erza was thinking. .
"Isn't it enviable to have a past that can prove its existence?"
Erza stood there in a daze, then seemed to remember something, fell into silence, and couldn't speak. ,