Fairy Tail: Starting with Fairy Queen Erza

"You can freely form parties within the Fairy Tail guild's mage roster..."

"We are looking for members who share your vision and have the ability to help you gain an advantage in the upcoming S-rank mage assessment."

"I wish everyone good luck in passing the assessment."

"That's all, disband!"

Makarov waited until these people were inside the guild...

The crowd, who were initially excited by the announcement of the S-rank Archmage exam list, were forced to calm down by the powerful magic of Ian and the others. Only then did they begin to discuss the rules for this year's S-rank Archmage exam.

Yes, in order to increase the chances of Laxus, Erza, and others passing this year's S-class mage exam, he specially allowed this year's candidates to find a helper from their guild to participate in this year's exam together...

After announcing the adjournment of the meeting.

Makarov and the others then slowly walked down from the podium...

Among them, Ian glanced deeply at Erza, who was not far away, and thought to himself, "Good luck, Erza! The road ahead is one you must walk alone. You must overcome the difficulty of making friends!"

Yes, Ian, the doting father, has no intention of interfering with Erza's decision regarding forming a party with the other guild members...

To be honest, Erza is good in every way—strength, character, personality, appearance—there are no flaws in any of them. Her only weakness is her interpersonal skills, which is something Ian hopes Erza can improve in this S-class mage assessment.

"I've found my partner!"

"Harpy, you'll be my partner, and we'll take this year's S-rank Archmage exam together!"

"Our goal is to win."

Natsu raised Happy on his head and shouted excitedly.

"Love~"

Happy waved his little hand in agreement.

However, Happy's earlier decision to stake all his dried fish on Ul and Erza's actions revealed that this thieving cat did not have high hopes for Natsu.

Emotionally, Happy will always be by Natsu's side, his brother, as they face all dangers together! No matter how many perils lie ahead, they will overcome them together...

But rationally, Happy could only apologize to Natsu, saying, "Dude, you're really no good."

"Elfman, how about teaming up with me?"

After thinking for a while, Gray went straight to Elfman.

In Gray's opinion, Elfman was the most suitable person to be his partner.

"Sorry, Gray..."

"I have already promised my sister that I will participate in the competition as her partner this year."

Upon hearing this, Elfman waved his hands and shook his head repeatedly, a hint of apology in his eyes as he looked at Gray.

"Haha, Gray, you're late."

"You Erza faction guy, you'll never pass the test."

Mirajane put one hand on her hip and sneered at Gray.

"hateful……"

Since Elfman had already agreed to Mirajane's request, Gray naturally couldn't say anything more. He could only look at the other members of the guild with his probing gaze.

"Laxus, please allow me to be your partner in this year's S-rank Archmage Examination!"

With short green hair, dressed in a red knight's outfit, and a rapier at his waist, Fried approached Laxus and mustered his courage to volunteer.

"partner?!"

"What a joke, I don't need that kind of thing at all."

Lacussas, wearing headphones and listening to raucous music, rejected Fried's offer of service.

To be honest, Laxus was very dissatisfied with the rules that Makarov had set for the S-class mage examination this year.

Are you kidding me? !

Does Makarov really believe he can't defeat any one of Ian, Gildarts, Warrod, or Uru alone?!

And then I'll successfully pass this year's S-rank Archmage assessment?!

Okay, it seems he really can't beat Ian and the others...

"Laxus looks so cool even when he's acting alone!"

"However, I still hope that Laxus can take me with him."

Fried was completely captivated by Laxus's lone wolf declaration...

But deep down, he still wanted Laxus to acknowledge everything he had done and to treat him as a partner, or at least as a subordinate.

"Ugh……"

"I'm really impressed by you."

"If you want to be my partner, you'd better hurry up and keep up with me."

Laxus sighed as he finished speaking…

He seemed quite helpless about Fried's persistent pestering. After finishing his words, he put his hands in his pockets and walked out of the guild.

"what?!"

"real or fake?"

"Laxus, wait for me..."

“I genuinely wanted to be your partner.”

Fried seemed surprised that Laxus would agree to his request. He was stunned for a moment, as if his mind had gone blank, and then he was overjoyed...

As he spoke, he strode to catch up with Lacusa, who was continuing to move forward.

Together with Laxus, they left the Fairy Tail guild.

But unbeknownst to Fried, Laxus's lips curled into a smile...

Laxus, that blond, arrogant guy, genuinely enjoyed the feeling of being worshipped and recognized by Fried.

Ultimately, Laxus is just a...

He's just a chuunibyou (delusional) teenager hoping to gain recognition from his guildmates.

“Lisanna, you can be with me…”

Inside the guild hall, Erza pursed her lips. She hesitated for only a moment before the other contestants formed their teams.

Lacusa has Fried.

Natsu has Happy.

Mirajane has a younger brother named Elfman.

After looking around, Gray approached Biguslo, who had just joined the guild a few months earlier.

In a short time, there were not many people left who could team up with Erza. In desperation, Erza turned to Mirajane's sister, Lisanna, hoping to get her help.

"I'm so sorry, Erza!"

"I've already agreed to team up with Sister Kana."

Lisana politely bowed deeply to Erza to express her apology. She was not targeting Erza as Mirajane claimed; it was actually Cana who approached her first, seeking to team up.

"No, no, no! You don't need to apologize to me at all."

"Lisana, you need to understand, you haven't done anything wrong..."

“You are different from your sister. You are a good child.”

Erza paused for a moment, then waved her hands repeatedly at Lisanna, indicating that Lisanna didn't need to be so polite with her.

"Hahaha……"

"Erza, do you feel the difference in strength between us now?!"

"Without brothers or sisters, you probably can't even gather enough people to team up with right now, can you?!"

What a pity!

"Even your two usual underlings, Natsu and Gray, are useless right now and can't help you at all~"

Just then, Mirajane appeared beside Erza without her noticing. She didn't miss the chance to mock Erza and spoke loudly.

"You guy..."

Erza was so angry at Mirajane that her fists were hard.

However, Erza ultimately held back...

She really doesn't have time to waste on Mirajane right now.

the other side.

Ultear approached Lucky Ollieta, a cute purple-haired girl with glasses.

Leqi is a wood-attribute shaping mage, and is considered Uru's disciple. She often consults Uru, a master of shaping magic, about the essentials of using shaping magic...

His actual strength is quite good, only slightly weaker than Gray and Leon, but he has some flaws in his personality.

“Senior Sister Ultear, thank you for choosing me from among the crowd and letting me accompany you to face the endless S-rank hell ahead. I will always keep myself in top condition and will never let my guard down for a moment…”

The slightly young Leqi nestled close to Ultear, a bright smile on her face, saying things that gave Ultear a terrible headache.

"Please speak human language."

Urudia looked at Leqi and said desperately.

Let's cheer each other on!

Upon hearing this, Leqi condensed and summarized what she was about to say.

"okay."

Urudia smiled and nodded slightly.

Yes, Leqi is a good person in every way, except that she loves to use strange metaphors.