Chapter 31

Natsu finally arrived at Magnolia and was already standing in front of the guild, he smiled and slowly opened the door, only to find something bizarre.

A young boy no older than twelve wearing a black trenchcoat with bandages covering his arms to his face, he was laughing loudly.

Natsu couldn't help but sweatdrop seeing that, 'Oi, oi, oi~ can he even breath with those bandages covering his face? Is he okay?'

"Hahaha! You lot have a decent strength, I will give you all the honor to be my, Dark Emperor of Chaos', servants! Muwahaha!"

Natsu's eyes twitch as he walked towards the boy and smack his head.

"OOUCH!!!"

The boy held his head as he looked at Natsu with tears threatening to fall from his eyes.

"Ohh~ the master is back."

"Master beat that kid up, he's so annoying."

"Yeah, yeah, he's been like that since this morning, I couldn't even drink properly."

"I say we tie him up and throw him in the sea, his words are killing me."

"That's sounds cruel, we may be crazy but Fairy Tail won't fall so low as to drown a child, but I guess its okay if we rescue him before he die."

Hearing those words, the boy couldn't help but feel a slight chill running down on his spine,

'Crazy! This people are even crazier than me!'

However, it will take more than that to make the self-proclaimed Dark Emperor of Chaos feel afraid.

"F-Fufufu~ y-you think I'm afraid? I, the Dark Emperor of Chaos, i-isn't even afraid of the wild force of chaos inside my body! I-If i unleash the power of my right eye then this whole town will be swallowed by chaos!" The Dark Emperor of Chaos proudly declare.

"You aren't really convincing," Natsu stated as he saw the trembling legs of the boy, "anyway, why are you here kid?"

The boy stared at Natsu with some fear in his eyes but still snorted haughtily, "H-Hmph! You s-shall address me as Your Majesty,- OW!"

Natsu once again smacked his head as the boy fell down on his buŧŧ as he ċȧrėss his head. He glared at Natsu angrily, "Child abuse! That's child abuse I tell ya! You won't get away from smacking this emperor's head you hear me! I will get you back for this!"

Natsu sighed and ignore the boy's words as he crouched down, "Anyway, kid aren't you having trouble breathing with that bandages on? Here let me help you."

"NOOO!"

The boy tried to run away only to find it futile, he couldn't escape Natsu's grasp as he keep on struggling.

"STOP! These bandages are seal to my power! If you took it off then the whole Ishgar will be doomed! No one can save us all!"

"Yeah, yeah, just stay still for awhile." Natsu held the boy firmly before he forcefully took the bandages from the boy's body.

Everyone was watching closely, as the bandages were removed, the boy look around his surroundings before he blushed and covered his face with his hands as he crouched down.

"N-N-Nooo! D-Don't l-l-look a-at m-m-me!"

'What the hell?' Is what everyone is thinking right now as they look at the boy no older than twelve.

'What a quick change of personality.' Natsu weirdly glance at the boy before shaking his head as he stood up and walk towards the bar.

However, before he could walk further, the boy held his sleeves, as Natsu glance at him, he was looking down on the ground, not daring to look up.

"M-m-mister, c-c-can y-you g-g-give me b-back m-m-my ba-bandages?"

Natsu realized that he was still holding the bandages, he gave a shrugged and handed it to the boy.

"T-thank y-y-you!"

Natsu nodded and turn around walks at the bar before ordering something to eat some juice.

"Fufufu~! You should be grateful that my master place a second seal on my body! Or else, the whole Ishgar would've already been consumed by the insatiable chaos! Fufufu~!"

Natsu ignored the annoying voice of the boy and instead look around the guild, "Hey Kinana, where's Kagura?"

Kinana, who was serving a guild member at the side, heard him and answered, "Hmm, well she went on a job three days ago, she should be returning today."

Natsu nodded his head and waited for his food to arrive. 'I still have to attend the guild master meeting three days from now," (A/N: I actually forgot about the meeting so I'll just extend it)

Natsu then glance at the boy who is still going on with his 'speech' and he couldn't help but chuckle, he finds him interesting and the magic power he has is also quite large.

"Hey kid!" Natsu called out as the boy stopped speaking to turn and look at Natsu, "What's your name?"

The boy was a bit stunned but then laugh loudly, "Fufufu~! Is it perhaps that you realized about my greatness and wanted to be mine servant? Very well, I shall give you the honor of knowing my name, I am Alexander Daijena the 3rd! The Dark Emperor of Chaos! Usually, people will have to address me as Your Majesty, but since you're mine first servant, then I shall allow you to use my name! Fufufu~"

Natsu sighed and shook his head, "Do you have somewhere to stay? If not, why don't you join my guild?"

"Eh?" Alexander was stupefied by the offer but then immediately laugh, "Fufu~ Though the Dark Emperor always work solo, because my first servant ask for it, then I shall reluctantly join this small guild."

Though he said that, Alex still couldn't help but feel touch by the invitation, back in his hometown, he was always bullied by the other kids, and if it wasn't for his teacher who taught him magic and everything he knew, then perhaps he wouldn't be here right now.

Besides, despite being like this, he was very wary of everything and everyone, he doesn't easily give his trust and the only reason he agreed to join the guild was because he knew that despite being a rowdy bunch and also a bit, okay, a lot destructive, they are nice people.

You might say that he is not being wary because he only got to know them this morning, but Alex have this sense that allow him to determine whether that guy is nice or not.

This sense was cultivated through years of being bullied and betrayed by someone he put his trust to.

"Why don't you just say you're happy to join our guild? Kinana, the stamp."

Natsu ordered as Kinana nodded her head, suddenly, Natsu's nose twitch as he smelled someone familiar, he glance at the door and it suddenly opened.

What he saw made his widened for a bit, Kagura walks in with a completely new attire, now she was wearing an elaborate blazer with gold lining, and a large collar, which is open to reveal a collared shirt and red tie underneath.

The cuffs of this jacket are tucked into a pair of white wrist-high gloves. On her legs, Kagura wears a pair of black tights, which are tucked into a pair of knee-high boots and sit under a short white frilled skirt.

Natsu smiled as he saw her walks towards him.

"Welcome back, Kagura."

Kagura smiled and nodded her head, "Welcome back to you too, Natsu."