Shadebrook Town

"So, you have come here Zeref…" Zagnivol's old and powerful voice resounded in the area. Both Shun and Zeref turned their heads towards that direction and saw the Azure Blue Dragon approaching them.

"It has been a long time since we last met, isn't that right, Zeref?" Zagnivol had a small smile on his face as he saw the greatest and the Most Dangerous Wizard in the world. Zeref also smiled as he nodded, "Indeed, it has been too long since we met. Perhaps 400 years already... "

Zeref glanced towards Shun as he commented, "So, you also got yourself a child as well…"

To which Zagnivol shrugged as he commented, "I just took pity on this kid, that's all." A tick mark formed on top of Shun's head as he added his own comments, "Took pity, more like kidnapped me, you lizard!"

Zagnivol innocently whistled as he uttered, "I don't know what you are talking about…"

Zeref smiled at their exchange, he remembered his own brother Natsu must have also been like this. He waited for the day when he would meet his brother Natsu once again…

Shun had some questions about Zeref and inquired Zagnivol, "Who is he? Is he your old friend?" Zagnivol started to speak without caring about Zeref's permission, "He is the greatest Wizard among the humans. He isn't really a friend but more like an acquaintance that I knew from long ago…"

"Ohh…" He then turned towards Zeref with a doubtful expression, "Why did you come here? It shouldn't be because you missed him, right?" Zeref just had that thoughtful expression on his face as he nodded his head.

Shun was surprised as he backed away while exclaiming, "WHAAT!? YOU came back to meet him? This giant lizard? Are you out of your mind? Are you a loner? That should explain why you came to meet this lizard. Come play with me… Better than talking to this scally ass."

Zeref heard his words and was astonished. The very notion of playing seemed funny to him.

'Play with me, the Black Wizard, the mass murderer.' Zeref shook his head in amusement as he turned towards the Zagnivol with a questioning gaze, "So, you have just trained him, huh. You do know that he has to know how to behave around humans."

Zagnivol grinned and showed off its white teeth, "Yeah, I know that. But what can I do, it's not like there are any humans around here." Zeref facepalmed as he heard that and thought in his own head 'There would be humans if you didn't scare them away while monopolizing this whole mountain for yourself, you Buffon.'

Zagnivol coughed up as he knew what Zeref was thinking. He changed the topic by asking, "So, what should I do now?" Zeref put his hand under his chin as he spoke out loud, "How about bringing a human here?"

Zagnivol straight out rejected it, "No, I don't want to take care of another human. You don't know how much trouble it is in managing this one child. One more and my headache will double!"

He seemed to really hate handling humans. Zeref just sighed before thinking for a different idea and suggested, "Then how about leaving Shun in a Human village, you can pick him up from that location after a month or so."

Zagnivol had a single thought in his head 'FUCK!! Why didn't I think of such an obvious way? I can fucking laze around like a boss! It has been so much trouble to handle this brat!'

He glanced towards Shun and smiled, he admitted, "Hm...You are right." He then declared, "Alright then, we shall leave for a Human Town right now. Get on my back Shun!"

Shun obeyed as he couldn't wait to get away from Zagnivol. A month without Zagnivol would be excellent.

He jumped on Zagnivol's back and took off the ground with a considerable amount of speed. He tightly grasped Zagnivol's neck and felt an unimaginable amount of wind striking his small body.

He released some Azure Fire around his body as he burned off the Wind which struck his body. It caused him to be comfortable while sitting on the Dragon… With that speed, it took them about 3 hours to enter the Kingdom of Fiore.

The reason Zagnivol entered this Kingdom once again was that this was the Kingdom from where he picked up Shun. He lowered his altitude and got down in a nearby forest. Shun jumped down on the ground and stared back at Zagnivol.

Zagnivol just had a single thing to say, "Take care kiddo. Meet you here after one month…" With that, it took a sharp turn and started to fly back, but Shun noticed some teardrops flowing out of his eyes.

He started to wave back at him as he spoke offhandedly, "You too, scally ass... Don't return too early." His voice drifted in the wind, and he remained standing at that position for some time. While he was up in the sky, he had noticed a nearby town, that town was Shadebrook.

He went inside the town and saw every single one of them having a happy expression on their faces. He saw some children holding onto their parents' hands while dragging them towards the market.

He was overwhelmed with the amount of happiness in the town, he also felt very relaxed while he was in this town. He was tired of the lonely life he lived in the Forest, Shun was happy with Zagnivol, but he was bored there.

Besides, he wouldn't have to train here and would be able to enjoy his life here for an entire month. He had a small pouch with some jewels in it and was wondering why Zagnivol gave these to him

When he asked, he got a reply, "You will know when you are in the town."

His stomach grumbled as if wanting itself to be known. He heard someone saying, "Let's go and eat some food." and started to follow them quietly.

Eventually, he reached the market where he was about to go to the restaurant that a lady stopped him at the door. Shun nervously looked towards her and had an adorable expression on his face, he asked her in his cute voice, "Big Sister, can I go inside and eat something? I am starving…"

She looked towards him and exclaimed, "CUTE~!" She kneeled down and pinched his cheeks as she asked him, "You are so cute! Where are your parents? It isn't nice for them to leave you behind like this."

Shun had a sad expression on his face as he lowered his head, "My parents are dead big sister. My adopted father left me here…" The lady had an apologetic expression as she heard his words, she didn't think that she was making him remember about those sad memories.

The lady had an angry look, "Your adopted father left you here. How dare he leave you here alone!? Tell big sister when he comes back, he needs to be lectured about child care."

She then pleasantly smiled, which surprised Shun at how quickly she changed her expression, "Alright then, come inside. I will pay for your food for this one time…" Shun nodded as he didn't think that the town had such lovely people in it.

He entered the restaurant and sat on the table, the lady gave him the menu and asked for his choice, "So, what would you like to have?" Shun was blank for some moments before he read the list and didn't understand what those items were.

He stared blankly at the lady and sadly replied, "I don't know a single item...I have never eaten anything. Please order anything that you think is good." The lady quickly realized that she was asking a young orphan boy for choices.

Cursing the adopted father even more for never bringing his child to a restaurant, she turns and starts to make some things which she knew he would like.

He seemed as if he had never eaten anything from the menu, she decided to let him eat the most delicious things in the world. The first thing that came was Chocolate Ice-cream, then the Chocolate Cake and the Chocolate Shake.

After hearing her order, Shun did realize one thing, this lady loved chocolate. He wondered if it was as tasty as hearing about it from her mouth. It took about 10 minutes for them to receive the order and Shun's eyes widened.