Dawn broke gently, casting soft rays of light across the sky as the world awoke in quiet.
In a forest filled with massive mushrooms, the Fairy Tail guild lay hidden silently within. The guild hall was shrouded by a thick vine; in fact, it would be more accurate to say that the hall was built into this enormous vine. Above the wooden door, the words "FAIRY TAIL" were inscribed.
Nate noticed various unique structures around the guild, such as pumpkin houses and treehouses. As Mirajane landed, she returned to her normal form and asked, "Do you think Lisanna will be here?"
"Let's go in and see."
Nate approached the wooden door and pushed it open. The guild's tavern was relatively quiet in the early morning, with only a few people present.
When the two appeared in the doorway, everyone inside turned to look. They seed puzzled upon seeing Nate, as he was a stranger—perhaps a client? But when they saw Mirajane, they were stunned.
"Welco! What can I—wait, what!?"
A warm greeting ca from behind the bar, but the welco quickly turned into shock. Edolas Mirajane's eyes widened as she saw a mirror image of herself.
The tavern erupted with exclamations.
"Mirajane... there are two of you?!"
"What's going on? Am I still dreaming?"
"Who are you people?"
Everyone in the tavern looked back and forth between the two Mirajanes, identical in every way.
"Hello, everyone! I'm Nate, and this is Mirajane Strauss," Nate greeted with a smile, having expected this reaction. "We're from a parallel world, Earth Land, and we've co to Edolas to look for..."
He scanned the crowd and stopped when his gaze landed on a young girl with short white hair. Although it was his first ti seeing her in person, he knew she was the one they were looking for.
"...a sister who's been missing for two years."
The tray in Lisanna's hands clattered to the floor. She stared at Mirajane with wide eyes, her mouth open in shock.
"Mi... Mirajane?" Her voice trembled with emotion and joy.
Mirajane instantly recognized her sister and ran to her, embracing her tightly. "Lisanna, it's really you! I'm so sorry; it's all my fault!" Tears filled Mirajane's eyes as she laughed and cried, overwheld with sorrow and joy from their reunion.
Lisanna, however, remained dry-eyed, still processing it all as she clung to her sister. Was Mirajane really here? Had she co all this way to find her?
The others in the tavern exchanged confused glances, unsure of what they were witnessing.
Another world? Another Mirajane?
Edolas Mirajane stood in shock before offering a gentle smile. She had known for a long ti that this Lisanna wasn't her real sister—their true Lisanna had passed away years ago. Two years ago, this Lisanna had arrived at the guild alone. While others believed she was their own Lisanna, only she and Elfman knew this was another world's Lisanna.
Now, with Lisanna's real sister here, Edolas Mirajane felt genuinely happy for her.
"I'll explain the situation to everyone," Nate said, sitting down at a large mushroom-shaped table and helping himself to a cup of tea. The others turned their attention to him as he began to explain slowly and calmly:
"It all started two years ago..."
...
The story of Lisanna wasn't complex, and in ten minutes, everyone understood the situation.
"So, you crossed worlds just to find Lisanna?" asked Edolas Lucy, whose deanor was completely different from the Lucy Nate knew. This Lucy, whose full na was Lucy Ashley, had the look of a gang leader, with a black outfit, thigh-high boots, a fierce gaze, and a tough tone.
She was sitting on the mushroom table with one foot on a mushroom stool, her arms crossed as she raised an eyebrow and remarked, "Sounds pretty romantic! Fine, I'll believe your story for now!"
It was strange for Nate to see Lucy acting so high and mighty. He stifled his thoughts and looked at the other mbers of this alternate guild, both familiar and unfamiliar.
He noticed Juvia, who looked identical to his girlfriend, though her personality was quite different—no trace of her romantic obsession. Here, it was Gray Surge who wore thick layers of clothing and a scarf, as if he were afraid of the cold.
Noticing Nate's gaze, Edolas Juvia touched her face and asked calmly, "Is there sothing on my face? What's the other world's like?"
"The Juvia in our world is very sweet," Nate replied with a smile, secretly wondering if this Juvia, like his girlfriend, had a tiny birthmark.
Seeing her face, identical to his girlfriend's, filled him with a surprising sense of familiarity and curiosity.
"If you want to know, why not ask her directly?" Nate suggested.
"Ask her directly... did the Earth Land Juvia co along?" Edolas Juvia asked, intrigued. The others leaned forward, just as interested, all curious about what their otherworldly selves might be like.
"She didn't co, but with these, we can video chat." Nate summoned several second-generation rings and laid them on the table, explaining their functions as he distributed one to each Fairy Tail mber.
Once they had each received a ring, everyone felt a much warr connection to Nate.
Edolas Juvia slipped the ring onto her right middle finger, marveling at Earth Land's magic. Could they truly communicate face-to-face across worlds? This was beyond imagination in Edolas.
As she activated the ring, she set her userna as "The Real Juvia" and asked Nate, "So, Nate, you're a mber of Fairy Tail in your world. But here... no one has ever heard of you."
Well, of course not! Nate thought, amused. As a transmigrator, it would be strange if an Edolas counterpart of himself existed here.
"Maybe I just never joined the guild here. Before finding you, we actually ran into Erza," he explained.
"Erza? Erza Knightwalker?" The group was startled.
Nate held up a card, revealing that Erza Knightwalker was sealed inside.
Knightwalker pounded on the inside of the card, her voice muffled: "Now that you've found Fairy Tail, let out already!"
"I know you're in a hurry, but hold on a bit longer," Nate said, sending a ring into the card's space with a grin. "Do you want to chat with the other world's Erza? Consider this ring a gift."
Knightwalker fell silent, though she could hear everything happening outside the card. The concept of a Magic Net was astonishing to her—such a thing existed in Earth Land? As the 2nd Captain of the Kingdom's Magic War Division, she felt it was her duty to gather intelligence on such unusual magic.
By now, Edolas Juvia had already sent a friend request to "Sunshine Doll." When the video call connected, everyone gasped in amazent.
"We can actually see across worlds?"
"This magic is incredible!"
"This is... divine power!"
On screen, Earth Land Juvia appeared, standing in a luxurious villa on the outskirts of Magnolia. It was her and Nate's eting place, and though she didn't stay there often, she liked to keep it clean.
This morning, she had gone there as usual—until a person nad "The Real Juvia" sent her a friend request, which she accepted with a sense of annoyance.
"You—you—who are you?" Juvia stamred when she saw her own double on the screen.
"Hello, Juvia of Earth Land, I'm Juvia of Edolas," her double greeted warmly.
In response, the Earth Land Juvia burst into tears.
"Nate-sama! Are you abandoning Juvia? This imposter isn't the real Juvia!"
Wait... are you even jealous of yourself? Nate sighed inwardly.
Strictly speaking, the two Juvias were different people—they just happened to look identical.
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