Fairy Tail: This Healing Mage's hits hurt so much!

Erza lifted her head from Mirajane's embrace, took a deep breath, and began to recount her past and the truth about the Tower of Paradise.

She spoke slowly, her voice occasionally trembling, but every word was clear.

It was about the days of enslavement eight years ago, about Gerald's betrayal, about being the only one who escaped, and about the companions left behind in the tower.

When she spoke of Gerald, her fists clenched, and her nails dug into her palms.

"He was once the person we trusted most, the hope of everyone. But that hope turned into despair, and he enslaved everyone to continue building this tower."

Finally, Erza's voice regained its strength.

"Although I don't know what his purpose is, defeating Gerald will end all of this."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a gloomy voice came from the end of the corridor.

"Sister, what did you mean by what you just said?"

Hugh, with his dark skin and blond hair, emerged from the shadows with a twisted smile on his face, a deck of cards between his fingers, the cards flying between them.

"You're spouting lies! Are you trying to gain sympathy from your current companions?"

He approached step by step, his voice growing louder and sharper.

"Geralt said that it was you, sister, who became obsessed with magic and abandoned the past, including us, in pursuit of a higher level of magic! You are the traitor!"

Lucy clenched her fists, stepped forward to block Erza, and glared at Hugh.

"Do you really believe Erza would do such a thing? You grew up with her; you should know her better than anyone!"

Hugh's expression wavered slightly, but quickly returned to its somber state.

Sunlight tried to pull Erza out of Mirajane's arms so she could stand up and talk, but Mirajane slapped him on the head instead.

"Stop messing around." Mirajane glared at him.

Riyao rubbed his head and retreated to the side, looking aggrieved.

Hugh looked at Erza's calm expression, then at Lucy's angry face, and his inner turmoil grew stronger.

His hands trembled slightly, and he almost dropped the playing cards.

One was Jellal, who gave him eight years of hope, and told him that Erza was a traitor, giving him a reason to live.

One is Erza, who gave him warmth when he was a child and was once his only light in the darkness.

He didn't know who to trust.

"I can't tell the difference! I really can't tell the difference!"

Hugh clutched his head, squatted on the ground, his voice filled with pain and confusion.

Just then, Simon appeared silently behind the group, his voice low and calm.

"Erza is right, it's all a lie told by Jellal."

Hugh suddenly looked up at Simon, his lips trembling but unable to utter a word.

When Gray saw Simon appear, his expression changed. Remembering the grudge of being ambushed at the casino, he rolled up his sleeves, ready to go forward and settle the score.

Juvia stopped Gray, placing her hands on his chest and squeezing him slightly with her small hands.

"Lord Gray, wait a minute, this person knew it was Gray's Stand, but still attacked the Stand."

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Her point was that Simon knew it was a stand-in, yet he still attacked, indicating that he didn't actually intend to hurt Gray; he was just putting on an act.

Gray paused for a moment, then slowly lowered his fist.

While they were exchanging pleasantries, Riyo looked around, scratched his head, and asked, "Where's Natsu?"

Everyone looked around, but Natsu had disappeared without a trace.

Mirajane casually patted Erza's head again, her tone relaxed.

"They must have smelled Happy's scent and went to find Happy."

Sunlight clapped his hands and decided to help Natsu deliver his lines.

"In short, all we need to do is go and beat Gerald up. Simple and straightforward, no need to overthink it."

The crowd began to climb the tower; every man should climb a hundred floors!

If nothing unexpected happens, Natsu has already put on the cat head and started having fun.

On the other side, Natsu indeed found the cat room and put the cat headgear on his head.

A fluffy cat-ear headpiece with two pink cheek pads looks absolutely hilarious.

Natsu tried to take it off, but the hood got stuck. He tugged at it twice, but couldn't budge it.

"Ugh, this is disgusting, I can't reach it."

He sneezed, and snot got stuck inside his headgear, covering his face. It was itchy and sticky, and he couldn't get it off no matter what he did.

Natsu was so anxious that he rolled around on the floor, rubbing his cat head against the mat. The scene was both pitiful and funny.

Barley

Just then, Woolley, the blocky man, emerged from around the corner of the corridor, his square arms raised, aiming at the back of Natsu's head.

boom!

At this dangerous moment, Miriam rushed out.

Like a mother cat protecting her kittens, it suddenly shoved Woolley's arm away, the gun was deflected, the bullet grazed Natsu's cat ear and flew past, leaving a bullet hole in the wall.

Woolley rubbed his arm, which was sore from the impact, looking puzzled.

"Miliana, oh dear, what are you doing?"

Miriam jumped in front of Natsu, spreading her arms to block Woolley, her cat-ear headband standing out under the light.

She turned around and unleashed a flurry of cat-like punches, raining down tiny blows on Woolley's blocky shoulders.

"A cat! That's a cat! You can't bully a cat!"

Woolley was knocked backward by the punches, his square face screaming, "Are you kidding me?"

"He's not a cat! Look closely, there's clearly a man under that hood! He doesn't look like a cat at all!"

Natsu's little brain once again shone with wisdom.

Wearing a cat headgear, he squatted on the ground, placed his hands next to his cheeks in a cat paw gesture, and then let out an extremely affected meow.

Meow~

Miriam pointed at Natsu, her voice trembling with excitement.

"Look! It's a cat! It's meowing!"

Woolley was somewhat speechless, and his square face twitched several times.

"You brat, still meowing! Are you even a man?!"

Natsu maintained his cat persona and meowed again.

Woolley, unable to bear it any longer, shoved Miriam Anna aside, and his body began to change.

His cube-shaped body disintegrated into many smaller cubes, which rained down on Natsu like a barrage of bullets.

Natsu reacted quickly, grabbing a cat-shaped plush toy next to him to block the block attack. The plush toy was smashed, sending cotton fluff flying everywhere, but it barely managed to block the first wave.

Miriamina reached out her hand in distress when she saw the cat-shaped pillow had been smashed.

"No! Kitty!"

Maintaining his cat persona, Natsu ignited flames on both hands and punched each incoming cube, shouting his chuunibyou name in a dramatic way.

"Fire Dragon's Cat Punch!"

Miriam's cat brain finally caught on. She looked at the flames burning in Natsu's hand, then at the cat headgear, and finally realized that there was a living person under the headgear.

"How awful! A human pretending to be a cat! They deceived my feelings!"

Natsu, who hadn't done this in a long time, made a sarcastic remark while shouting as he smashed the blocks.

"You're the same way! Just because you wear cat ears doesn't mean you're a cat!"

Miriam Anna angrily cast a spell, flicking her wrist, and several cat restraint tubes flew out, precisely binding Natsu's hands, feet, and body.

Cat restraint

Natsu was bound tightly and tried to break free, but found that he could not cast magic. The flames were extinguished instantly under the suppression of the restraints.

Seeing Natsu bound, Woolley finally revealed a smug smile, his cube-shaped body reassembled, and he raised his gun, aiming it at Natsu's head.

"Finally, we can put an end to this imposter cat."

Just as Natsu was about to be executed by Woolley, a blue figure flew down from the ceiling.

Happy!

He clenched his little paws and slammed a cat-like fist hard into Woolley's square face.

"Don't bully Natsu!"

Woolley was knocked back by the sudden punch, his gun went astray, and the bullet hit the ceiling.

Natsu took the opportunity to act cute, wearing a cat headgear, tilting his head, blinking his eyes, and letting out a pitiful meow.

"Meow~"

Miriamina looked at Natsu's pitiful appearance with his cat ears and headband, her face instantly turning red. She cupped her hands to her heart, stared at Natsu adoringly, and couldn't help but smile.

"So cute..."

Her reason and emotions were locked in a fierce battle, but in the end she softened, flicked her wrist, and the cat's restraints were released.

"Fine, fine, I'll let it go since you're so cute."

Natsu, having broken free of his restraints, finally had his cat mask fall off, revealing a face contorted with rage.

He unleashed even more intense flames from his hands, and with a single punch, Fire Dragon's Cat Punch knocked down Woolley and Milliana simultaneously.

The two fell to the ground, seeing stars.

Natsu clapped his hands, looked at the two people lying on the ground, and snorted.

Happy flew around in a circle, tilting his head: "Natsu, you seemed to be enjoying yourself when you were meowing just now."

"Shut up!"