Chapter 23

Chapter 23. Good doctor.

Reliably fixed patient does not need anesthesia!

From the diary of a thrifty surgeon.

I opened my eyes. My head was suspiciously empty, and something pressed on my chest. So, let's look to the left ... Elsa and Mira, to the right ... Lucy and Juvia, I think I did die and went to heaven. No, nothing like that happened, just after my return, the girls refused to let me go anywhere and constantly kept in sight, and if they still managed to fight off other guilds (but it was VERY difficult and cost my liver just titanic efforts), then from this I didn't even try to hide from the fighting quartet - it wouldn't work anyway, and why? As a result, when the cute fakes had already begun to nod off, I just grabbed them in an armful and took them home, where we took the bed without even undressing (it's good at least Elsa took off her armor, otherwise it would be completely uncomfortable and tough, and so - very even warm and soft ... if you know what I mean, hehe).

Well, since I woke up first, then I had breakfast, but I really don't want to get out, can I lie a little more? Well, maybe just a little ...

Twenty minutes later.

Everything, you need to get up, I said to get up! Come on, Sephiroth, show willpower!

Another half hour later.

-Mmm? - Elsa sweetly stretched and arched her back, thereby increasing the pressure of her undoubted merits on my carcass. Yes, I never got out, but I tried, honestly! The girl's eyes opened and she saw my smiling face, a second to analyze the situation ... and her face completely merges color with her hair, damn it, how cute she is!

-Good morning, sunshine, - I quietly whisper in the girl's ear and then lightly bite this ear with my lips, wow, a whole tsunami of feelings and emotions, and from the face of the warrior you can already light up. But she did not break away or pull away, which could not but rejoice. It was not possible to continue individual communication - the rest of the girls began to wake up on the sly and each one needed to pay a little attention, but how nice it was, and when Juvia, herself surprised by her courage, clumsily but very diligently began to kiss me ... mmm, the day definitely began just wonderful ... but breakfast had to be prepared in a hurry and at once by the whole team, Lucy was clearly unaccustomed to this, after all, the staff of the servants and the personal chef somehow did not contribute to the sharpening of culinary talents, they refused to let me in cooking, highlighting the role of a food processor - cut, shake, mix, Elsa could cook something very quickly (chopping a hefty piece of meat in three seconds? Easy! It took me a lot of work, heh) and nutritious, but something was missing - that- whether she was practicing, or she just got used to eating from the series "what caught is yours", but Mira and Juvia staged a real culinary duel, accompanied by a fun dive and advice "sop ernitsa ", preferably arm in arm and at the most inopportune moment, and if at first the girls really did somehow compete, then closer to the middle of the process they got a taste and sincerely had fun, teasing each other.

-Sephiroth got himself a harem! - Happy flew in through the open window and thumped on the table - is there a fish? By the way, hello everyone!

-Cat, envy in silence, - it was very problematic to spoil my good-natured mood, - otherwise, I'm afraid the girls will let you go to shawarma, - the warning was reasonable - Elsa looked at the cat with a painful thoughtfulness, rotating a knife in her hands, - how are you, just have a bite arrived or on business?

-Aggas! The Master asked you to come up as soon as you free yourself, and he also has something to do with Juvia! - Along the way, Happy made his eyes to the World, the move was successful and the kind girl granted the winged extortionist a piece of fish, almost larger than the cat itself, and where does so much fit into it?

-Okay, I'll come, but you'd better go on a diet, otherwise you'll get fat, you won't be able to fly.

-I'm a tough guy. Fefy has a fifokai sweater, - Kote answered with dignity, treating the gift. From this phrase, I almost choked with juice, while trying to breathe normally and hold back the laughter bursting from my throat. I love this guild.

After breakfast, we nevertheless went to the guild, alas, the building was still not completed, although the first three floors were ready, but Makarych decided to properly expand the room and now the base of the fairies looked like a fairytale castle ... more precisely, it will remind, in the meantime, it was something like a small stone box (relatively small, of course), surrounded by scaffolding, heaps of construction waste and a crowd of fairies trying to create from all this what should be according to the plans of the architect (I already mentioned that drawings could read about ten people from the entire guild, no?). In general, this is how Chaos looks like, as I suspect. The cat did not go with us, having dissuaded himself for some leftist reasons, I wonder why?

I received the answer to this question very soon - Millianna was just walking around and was clearly looking for someone, it's not hard to guess who ...

-Nya! El, have you seen kitty-nya? - hmm ... MPC (Maximum Allowable Concentration * -author's note) kawai exceeded 50 times.

-He visited us in the morning at Sephiroth, and then flew away somewhere, - passed the cat's Valkyrie, in vain he then said about the harem, in vain.

- I see, - the girl purred, - what did you all do at Sephiroth's house, nya? - and so comically tilted her head, my girls somehow hesitated and confused, I had to take the initiative into their own hands.

-This is how we had breakfast, breakfast is known to be the most important part of the day. By the way, Milliana, right? - no, I cannot but ask this question. Let them kill me later, but it's worth it.

-Nya! - the girl nodded in the affirmative, - for friends, just Millie.

-What do you think of becoming my familiar?

-WHAT? - four indignant cries.

-What? A dragonsler should have a cat, but I like girls a lot more than cats. And then there's a cat girl who loves tying games too, you taught Elsa how to knit those funny knots?

- Uh ... yes, - from surprise Millie even stopped nodding, and I felt indignation behind my back together with embarrassment, mmm, what a cocktail, damn well I like to tease my quartet, I can't do anything about it.

-Sephiroth, - a hiss was heard from behind, I think it was Lucy ... did not expect.

-What am I, I'm nothing, it's just - real neko-mimi!

-Who? - surprise again.

- There is nothing better than neko-mimi, a beautiful girl with ears and possibly a ponytail! This is the embodiment of perfection and charm, only a gothic princess or a moe-maid with glasses, sweet in her awkwardness, can compare with her! - it seems that I was carried again - an overdose of magic, superimposed on damage to energy channels, most likely, well, or a great start to the day in the company of four beauties ... I think I would quickly get along with Eitaro and Stein from the Magic Academy ...

-Girls, do you think it should be shown to Polyushka? - Mira came to herself first.

- It seems that we have no other option, besides, in any case, let him check it, - agreed Elsa and folded her hands in a strange gesture. For a moment, strange elastic ropes were wrapped around me, blocking the magic inside myself.

"Forgive me Mr. Sephiroth, but this is for your own good," Juvia added waterways, hmm ...

-Spanyo! What's going on here ... and what are you doing with Sephiroth ?! - oh, Makarych, and even with beer, no, I won't miss this chance, damn it, when he sees me he immediately puts the mug away and ... grins, rrr, bummer. Well, nothing, old man, we'll see who wins!

-Well, the six of us here are playing with tying, it is quite interesting, however, it is somewhat embarrassing that it is on the street. There would be no wait to get home ... - for ten seconds the people digested, and then ... The master hiccupped, knocked his fist on the chest, did not calculate the strength, slipped, tried to breathe and say something at the same time and ... choked on air! But the girls (all five) are very embarrassed, besides, in their emotions something flickers ... dangerous, have I gone too far?

-Khe ... ugh, again! What's with him? - Dreyar looked longingly at the overturned mug - while he was catching balance and trying to clear his throat, he accidentally knocked it down with his hand, heh, consider that this is your karma, old man.

"We don't know, everything was fine in the morning, but the further, the stranger he behaves," Lucy expressed the general opinion.

-Hmm ... that's what girls, drag him to Polyushka, you still had to show, and now - even more so. And ... I'll go with you ... just in case, - uh, does he think I'm going to start a row? Um ... yeah, I do seem to get a little carried away. But letting the girl carry herself in her arms ... no, this will not happen, even if there is no magic, but physical strength has not gone anywhere!

-Eh, somehow this is wrong ..., - strain, you hear a crack and the ropes burst.

-N-do not hold ... nya ... - Millie looks with big eyes at the fluttering ropes, and the others clearly tensed, it is worth calming them.

-So, stop. No "drag", if someone from our company has to carry the rest in his arms, then it's me. I'll go myself.

- Exactly? - Hmm, and why is Makarych looking at me so? And I really don't like the sparkle in his eyes. Does he really want to "calm me down", just in case?

-Exactly, lead! - phew, they seem to have believed, but something really is wrong with me, you need to figure out what the reason is, the behavior is not entirely adequate, and this cannot please. So, Analysis. Study ... search for anomalies. The search is over, a source of "Magic" type radiation has been found inside the body. It is recommended to change the media. The analysis is complete. Not understood. Own source? What is it like? Magic is poured into the world and wizards restore their own reserve due to this, dragon-leagues are tied to the element and can draw energy, "donating" the necessary element of its manifestation from the real world. Dragons ... God knows them, but I'm leaning towards the version with a wider channel and affinity, its own source is something completely beyond. And where could he come from?

The road for reflections passed imperceptibly and now we found ourselves at the threshold of a forest hut, hmm, pretty cute, a vegetable garden by the porch, the birds are singing, something does not fit in with the image of a terrible Baba Yaga, as they say about Polyushka in the guild (quietly, in a whisper and looking around).

-And what Zerefa did you come to me with such a crowd? - an old woman came out of the hut. The old woman had a height of about one meter ninety, a cloak, visually suspiciously similar to dragon skin and thick pink hair. It might look like Sakura from Naruto at the age of fifty or sixty, judging by the nature and nature of the activity (doctor), it may well be, but if we look at her with different eyes ... I don't understand ... but where are the energy channels? This granny is not a magician. Moreover, I saw this only twice - with Jose after "Fairy Law" and ... with Mystogan from Edolas ... I just had questions, many questions for this pensioner.

-You see Polyushka, we would like to ask you to examine Sephiroth - he behaves somehow strangely, plus, he survived a shot from Aetherion ... - Master Makarov - God-chosen magician, the head of the strongest guild in Fiore ... was clearly afraid of the interlocutor and behaved like a sapper in a minefield.

-Why was there a crowd like that? Okay, let's get it over here and GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! - this is a bark, the dragons will be jealous, - the depressed Master took the girls with him, yes, a stern medic here, you won't say anything, - here, damn people, brought problems to my head, well, sick, tell me what happened to you ? - Along the way, the woman interfered with some kind of drugs, added suspicious powders to them and dripped compounds, generating clouds of various color shades.

-Yes, they consider me a nutcase, it seems, I don't know, why? - I shrug and sit down on the couch.

- Are they fairies? Hmm, however, - the old woman scratched her forehead, - so, drink this, this and this! - three bottles with different potions were poured into me, one of which turned out to be, it seems, a magic blocker or something similar, it is logical if the patient turns out to be violent, it is better to reduce his possibilities as much as possible. After pouring the potions inside, the kind old woman applied a little outside too - a strange sensation, like an ointment with menthol plus tingling, moreover, the composition was applied only to the face, but the cold was felt all over the body. The medic looked at me through some kind of glass and whistled, - a dragonseer, and even with such a reserve ... strong, but what is this? Sooo ... have you had any lacrima lately?

-Hmm, well, I kind of was almost eaten by her ...

-That's how ... understandable, understandable, shitty, - the woman darkened, - how did you even manage to survive?

-The magic of life and the talent of a dragonslayer ...

-Aaa, and because of whom a couple of hectares of forest died out, by the way, the magistrate Dubov allocated a large sum for the investigation of this case, the reward for information is seven hundred thousand precious, however, demons with her, that's what to do with you?

-What's wrong with me?

-You see, my young suicide, such contact with lacrima, and even, apparently, the injected magic beyond all possible limits is very dangerous, your body is saturated with it at the very "I can not", although, taking into account the nature of the material, you had lacrimation of bones, in theory, it should have killed you, but for some reason you stayed alive and now I have to mess with you, - sounded like an accusation, hmmm, a "good" grandmother.

-Can I speak Fiore?

-Oh, - Polyushka sighed heavily, - what kind of illiterate youth have gone, you only need to break and destroy everything, I explain on my fingers. Lacrima crystals were soldered into your bones, taking into account the saturation of your own carcass with magic, they feel very good there, so good that they begin to resonate and radiate magic back into your body, simultaneously straining the energy channels that are barely holding on. This is, to put it mildly, unhealthy. Both physical and mental, now it has come, - the good doctor looked at me like a moron, although, judging by her emotions, she was still worried about this moron.

-And what are the options?

- We need to get rid of the lacrima, but I have no idea how. You can still siphon the magic out of you, but it passes through the channels and this is also not an option - such a procedure will either kill you, or kill the magician in you, "the doctor thought.

-Is the whole problem in the bones? - Eh, Simba will have to work.

-Yes.

-Then everything is all right, I'll just grow new ones and gradually replace them.

-You will do WHAT? - eyes are square-square.

-Magic of Life opens up very great opportunities for ... creativity, I did not know the problem, but now I can solve it ... for some time.

-You can't do magic, club! Polyushka shook her hands.

-Other options? - to raise an eyebrow in a corporate gesture.

-Yes, "fairy" is a diagnosis, - the doctor said with feeling, - okay, do you need anything?

-My laboratory. And nothing more.

-Okay, I don't like it, but there really are no options, then, if you don't bend, come to me - you will need to examine you and check what you put on there ... and so that you must come, do you understand me? - with this look you can frighten a dragon, but what kind of demon is she? For a moment, even I got it.

- Understood, understood, - I nodded obediently.

-Then get out of here, the blocker will hold the magic for another three hours, so take another portion - you can't do it anymore, otherwise nothing will help you, - Polyushka handed me a bottle of purple potion. In which green sparkles flickered ... beautifully - and I need to return to the second patient, what nasty stuff they stuffed him with? - Yes, I became completely bad if only now I noticed a carcass on the next bed. The carcass had long, tousled black hair, standing upright, pierced face and ... everything else was hidden under the bandages. And here is Gajeel, just what is he doing here? This is what I asked the combat pensioner.

-This old fool brought this pillow for needles to me and asked me to patch it up, - Polyushka pursed her lips, - that I just didn't try, but the wounds do not close, and this is not poison - the body of a dragon-leaker processes any poison, and in a month that and even more so. Not an artifact and not magic - yes ... The Great Spirit Sagittarius is cruel.

-Familiar mug, it seems, it was Sagittarius Lucy who "caressed" him.

-Sagittarius? Celestial Spirit? - Polyushka's glance became very kind.

-Yes...

-I will kill this old fool! And there was no way to tell the rhinestone? So, that's it, you - get out of my house, and I suddenly had something to do! - muttering something about old senile and their bird memory, the woman almost kicked me out. Hmmm, no wonder that with such a doctor, fakes, even getting wounds, try to lie down at home or in the guild ... although, on the other hand, any member of "Tail" perfectly knows how to provide first aid, hehe. Okay, I'll go, too, before the roof really flew off - there is a very unpleasant job ahead ...

Locked in a laboratory with a bunch of bones and chalk, I started a very unpleasant procedure. I have never mocked myself like this, but, as one pilot said, if you want to live, you will not be so upset. The operation itself may be worthy of a separate book, especially fascinating techniques such as "pull out the bone marrow and engraft it back", "cut the skull" and other little appetizing things. I will only say that it was unrealistic to extract the whole skeleton - I had to crush and change a piece, as a result, I became the proud owner of ten kilos of lacrimal bone dust and a couple of lacrimal bones, in total, the whole process took thirteen hours and if it were not for the blocker from Polyushka - it would be the most fun time of my life, but the magical poison worked great, leaving my brain clear. But in addition to a clear brain, this thing woke up the Toad, which, having looked at the upcoming events, began not just to press me, but downright "to play inquisitor", trying on various methods of killing on my carcass. Drain so much energy no matter what!

In general, no matter what, analyzing the conversation with the stranger, I came to the conclusion that they just appreciated me, recognized me as unsuitable for any plans at the current time and kicked me in the butt after having sex. And on this I spent energy comparable to the explosion of a nuclear bomb that wiped out Hiroshima! Damn it, yes, with such a breakthrough, I could transmute adamantium from any metal under a centner, and even if I had good ingredients for melting ... And that's not counting the death of the brave player! I just forgot to hand it over to Natsu, and as a result, all the power of Etherion went through the device. The artifact could not stand such abuse and left this sorrowful world. Eh, I have no luck with the music, I will have to order a new one ... the mood sank lower and lower, although somewhere in the middle of the process I was distracted.

-Em ... Hello, Sephiroth, why didn't you even come to me to check ... oh gods, what are you doing ?! - Damn, I'm not at all in shape with these Epherions, Toads and lacrimation, I didn't even notice how Ur came in here - the only person who had access to the laboratory (in general, it's logical, if you remember that she appeared here at one time) ... And it looks like the girl was surprised to find me here.

-I crush the skull - I need to extract the frontal bones ..., - with some vengeful pleasure, I watched the green girl turn away sharply, but there is nothing to break into the laboratory at the time of the experiment.

-W-why? - oh, it seems successful, now replace and merge.

-The side effect of shooting at close range with Etherion and swimming in lacrima, - everything fell into place, - now you can watch, - Ur turned around and began to examine me incredulously.

-And How?

-And so, - I pointed to the fragments, slightly glowing with an even blue light ... beautiful.

-M-yes, and I also wanted to ask you about my problems ...

-So ask, I can think and work at the same time, and the break is worth taking, so what happened there? - I collapsed on the armchair and waved my hand at the next one, but after some thought, Ur chose to settle on me, as if it was necessary, hmmm, her daughter definitely has a bad influence on her.

-It's all about my ... illness, - that's funny, I'm not ashamed at all, but this little incident makes her very embarrassed. - I once got sick, but now it's all over again ... You see, it's one thing when a little girl undresses and quite another ... well ... now. - She averted her eyes, her cheeks turned pink, lovely!

- Have you tried to change clothes?

-In terms of?

-Well, wear an unusual style, for which muscle memory has not yet developed.

Ur pondered.

-Not. Do you think it will help? - the girl fidgeted a little, making herself comfortable, so, don't be distracted, I have to change a third of the skeleton, and in general, I have my girls ...

- I'm not an ice mage, but theoretically I can.

- Okay, - said the girl slowly, - Any ideas?

I pass my gaze (well, not just a glance) along the Ur figure.

-Very lecherous ... Did I say that out loud now? - the ice princess nodded, contentment and playfulness reigned in her emotions, no, it cannot be treated, my friend, I am making a diagnosis for you, you are a womanizer, although ... I do not see anything wrong with that. - Hmm ... I wanted to say here you need to think.

- Well, well, - the ice sorceress stretched rather, as if by chance demonstrating her dignity to me from a new angle, no, you need to find her a permanent man urgently ... or wait a bit? - I will be very grateful ... - Well, and even with such a tone in your ear, so, put it aside, I need to work, otherwise the roof may drift away for a long time. Magical overdose ... brrr. The last thought served as a good alternative to a bucket of ice water, so after driving the girl out of her home and promising to take care of her upbringing (for one thing and explaining the reasons for such a "brazen" neglect), I returned to work. Shaking her hips, Ur went upstairs - to figure out something to have a bite to eat, otherwise you will "die of hunger ... maybe", for which she is very grateful.

I crawled out of the laboratory somewhere in time for lunch, not bad, considering that I crawled into it in the evening. In the kitchen, my favorite quartet was waiting for me, having a nice conversation with Ur, as I understood, the topic of conversation was Gray - the guy recently behaved somewhat strangely, he even stopped conflict with Natsu and more and more often he could be seen (still in a half-naked state ) in the company of books or in a small wasteland near the guild, which traditionally serves as a testing ground for spells (not very destructive, of course). Hmmm, a delicate situation, I feel like a sapper in a minefield, it's good that the ice princess does not claim any rights to me and is not jealous, otherwise an epochal battle could come out, in which I would have been a loser.

After dinner, we decided to head to the guild, I remember that the old man wanted to tell me something, alas, it was not so easy to get there. I had to thoroughly embed in the city park.

The fact is that while I mocked myself in the laboratory, Gajeel was quickly patched up (and kicked out of the house, here Polyushka is very consistent) and Makarych immediately grabbed him into the guild - another dragonsler is not superfluous, well, Juvia is officially accepted (and everyone without me, assholes, but, as it turned out, the people were firmly convinced that I was at Polyushka's, and there were no fools to pry into this monster once again, however, then it is not clear what the girls were doing in my house, waiting for my Mmm, nice) and everything would be fine, the iron Dragon Slayer even came up to apologize to Droy (it seems that it was him who had a bite on the head), and he did it himself (that's what a life-giving arrow in the ass does!), But, he managed to run into the returned Lexus, um, he seemed to be quite far from Magnolia. So rushing to my funeral? Be that as it may, but this fake Killer decided to assert itself at the expense of Iron, and he was still not in the best shape, and their "weight categories" were still different. In general, Gajeel was rolled on the ground under the disapproving glances of Levi and her team, the blonde did not pay attention to the girl's requests to stop, eh, but in the anime he was shown relatively normal, or was it after a preventive hit in the face? And as for evil, I'm in an even worse condition than Gajeel - without risk to health, I can only use physical parameters, and the absorption of the elements of the Dragonsleers. But the blonde is already limitless, you can't let this down, however, they beat me to it.

-Laxus, leave him alone, - Elsa, as always determined, now, in anger, she is especially beautiful ...

- Oh, hen with her brood? - the electromagnet grinned, and my fists itched. Strong.

- You should watch the language, Lexus, otherwise they can cut it off.

-Sephiroth, I see you are still alive, - he is definitely disappointed by this fact, I give a grudge ... stranger, - are you hiding behind women's backs? - Well, his eloquence skill has grown somewhat since our last communication.

-And I watch you fall lower and lower? Already you mock the wounded, what's next, start taking sweets from children in order to show the steepness of the guild or beat old people? Although the latter is unlikely - some old people can smack in return, right, Lex?

- Oh, maybe then you will tear yourself away from the skirt of our Titania and prove your words with something more weighty than empty bravado? - and again a smirk, but he knows, filthy, that now it is contraindicated for me to conjure ... or not? However, it doesn't matter. I started going around my girls.

- Sef, stop, you can't, you yourself said ... - Mira, as always, worries.

-I won't hurt him ... not even to death ... - claws begin to grow on his hands. The blonde smiles happily in response.

- STOP! - bliiin, that's why he intervenes at the most inopportune moment? Does he smell them or what? -Laxus, Sephiroth, what Zerefa ?!

- Again they interfered, - Dreyar junior shook his head in displeasure, - nothing, one day the old man won't have time to save you, - how much anger in his voice.

- It's funny, you almost read my mind, - hmm, or maybe just his razor across the throat and into the well? No, perhaps it will be somewhat radical, Laxus, although a goat, is his own goat, and Makarych will be very upset. Without another word, the blond walked away in a flash of lightning, leaving me to deal with the disgruntled Makarych, you bastard!

-And how is this to be understood? - the grandfather was very belligerent.

- Master, - I took a deep breath, calming down and banishing unnecessary hormones, - with all due respect to you, - I shake my hand, removing claws, - Lexus is already going too far. Today he beats the wounded guildmate, which he cannot even answer for participating in the events from which he squeezed himself off, and what will happen tomorrow? Will he try for the sake of his "cleansing from garbage" and vanity to arrange a massacre between his own?

"Hey, I can stand up for myself," Gajeel said.

- I have no doubt, Iron, only now you are wounded and weak, to arrange a beating of such an enemy for the sake of your arrogance, and even your guildmate - you need to be the last man ... - I squinted at Levi and other girls, - ahem, not good type, in general, you want a fight, so go train on the bandits or arrange a normal training, but not this, - Gajeel looked at me in a strange way and grunted.

-And you're an interesting guy, shall we brush off when I get well? - Damn, Natsu is number two, the version is pumped up, brutal.

- Agreed, it will be necessary to attract a couple more types, otherwise they have relaxed something lately. And yet, Master, to the question of the Lexus ...

-Well, you exaggerate too much, - Makarov raised his hands in a soothing gesture, - by the way, how are you feeling, is everything all right? Has Polyushka already discharged you?

-Don't try to change the subject. It just so happened that the guild became my family and I have a very negative attitude towards people who attack this family. Lexus attacked his own, I don't care what relations we had with Iron before, since you accepted him, then you are sure of his qualities and worldview, - in the last words the Master somehow fidgeted, and Gajeel clearly suppressed a laugh ... hmmm maybe I underestimated the gimmicky spirit of the Fairies - which means he is a member of the family and this attitude of Lexus ... - I shook my head.

- Well, he's quite hot, I'll talk to him.

- As you wish ... but if he even touches the girls with a finger ... I won't hold back and you can do whatever you want, at least banish it, but now, I'm sorry, I need to go back to Polyushka, - the magic name immediately allowed me to end the conversation and do not let the Master make claims. I think then it's worth apologizing to the old man for such harsh words, but today his grandson was very close to the line, after crossing which I begin to regard the individual as a personal enemy ... with all that it implies. Damn Lexus ... annoying.

The girls managed to be left in the guild, at first they rushed with me to Polyushka, but somehow not very actively, it was clear that the beautiful ladies (except for Juvia, that ratio of indicators of concern for me / panic fear of a monster with pink hair (not Natsu) was still more in my direction, but she was also able to convince) somehow they are not very eager for a nice kind grandmother, so in the end the fakes allowed themselves to be persuaded to sit in the guild, Mira will have to poke around with papers again - in less than a day their absence has accumulated a lot, and the rest have something to do. As a result, I went to the slaughter to the local Baba Yaga in splendid isolation.

In the old witch's house ... um, the sorceresses greeted me unexpectedly warmly.

-Oh, already done? Briskly, well, why are you standing on the doorstep, if not your own, come in, maybe a tea? - instead of a grumpy, bitchy person with the makings of a professional interrogator, a sweet granny met me, to say that I was in a state of shock is to say nothing.

-Am ... uh ... Pole. Are you okay? - so, just in case, it is worth preparing something humanizing ... from magic I have only radically humanizing, but a couple of purely chemical compounds remained in the Spatial Pocket ...

-M? Are you talking about changing my behavior? - the woman poured tea leaves into the kettle.

-Yeah ...

- You see, Sephiroth, I have a negative attitude only to people ... there is a reason, but you are still not a person, - the medic splashed boiling water and a pleasant aroma of wild berries and herbs spilled over the room. Hmm, unexpected.

-And who am I? - I am cautiously interested.

-It's hard to say for sure, but I have a suspicion that they call you a demon for a reason, I don't even know how much you depend on the body, - oh, and she understood that from a couple of potions?

-Can you give more details?

-Well, you can do it in more detail, at the first examination I noticed life in your cloak, but explained this by the fact that you are a Life magician and just slightly modernized your clothes, - the old woman cut me with a sharp look, - that's just the structure of this "clothes" and her the magical content is almost three orders of magnitude more complex than the human body, and some nodes are responsible for the mind, which is clearly superfluous for even an "improved" cloak, and very well developed ... unlike the nodes of your body. Taking into account that you spoke about bone tissue replacement as something relatively simple, as well as cases of your disregard for injuries that I know about, we can conclude that the concept of "clothes" and "body" are diametrically opposed to you - well, not Fuck an old lady from the woods ... and she understood that from a couple of potions and an examination of the magic lines? Hmmm ... Stirlitz has never been so close to failure, and the surname of this pensioner is not a case of Muller? And now what i can do?

"Hmm ... let's say you're right about something," I began cautiously, "and what's next? - I took a sip of tea, interesting collection, fragrant.

-Yes, nothing, you seem to be a good guy, you don't offend fairies, you remind me of one redhead - also with an awl in one place, - Polyushka smiled, - so whether you are even Zeref's artifact or the Black Mage himself, that he is too buried in experiments - it is not customary for us to be interested in the past, - the kind grandmother buried herself in her cup.

-I see. Thanks. May I ask you not to expand on my nature? - I counted the options. She is not a magician, and if something happens, it will be possible to try to correct the memory, but it is risky - without genomes, you can burn your brains on naked Simba.

- Quite, as I said, I somehow do not care, the rest, I think, too, - hmm, not lying, - and many wizards at a certain point in time cease to be considered people, the same God's Chosen, more precisely, the first three of them, - Polyushka smiled at something, remembers someone? - so your case is interesting, but far from unique.

-You just reassured me, maybe then answer my question?

-Mmm?

-What world are you from? - round eyes and surprise in emotions. And, well, yes, she also choked on tea, hehe.

-Khe, how did you know?

-Hmm, so I really guessed. And I found out very simply - I can see magic structures. They are everywhere in this world - in any animal, bird. Human. Something very significant must happen for a person to lose his affinity for magic - I saw this only in Jose after "Fairy's Law", but there also the nervous system was destroyed a little less than completely, - I slightly exaggerated, - and in Mystogan , but did not have time to ask him - painfully quickly he washed away. Such an anomaly is unusual for this world, and taking into account the fact that I once stumbled upon a girl while walking in the woods, that it had been considered dead for two years now ... some doubts arise.

-Smart boy, - uh, is she mocking that? After all, I may be older than her ... theoretically, - I came into this world many decades ago from Edolas - it really is a world parallel to ours, but, unlike this, it lives according to slightly different laws and the magic in it is rather limited ...

-Can you tell us about him? And by the way, Polyushka isn't his real name, is it?

-Well, something can really be told, but I hope it will remain between us, - I nodded, - as for my name ... once my name was Grandina ... - what did it cost me to keep the poker face ... think only - next to me is the Edolan version of the Dragon of Heaven, Wendy's mentor ... hmm, it will definitely be an interesting story.