Fairy Tail 71

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Fairy Tail
Chapter 71: Balsam Night
[insert text: Good little boys and bad little boys, // let's all stop scavenging for food!♡]
[Label: Bad little boy (lol)]

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[insert text: Out in one! // The ultimate (tentative title) team in Fairy Tail... // ...are having fun (?) doing their job as usual!!]
Lucy: All right!!! Another job done!!!
Taurus: MOOOO!!! You were beautiful, Lucy-saaaan!!!
Natsu: But man, these guys barely even put up a fight...
Gray: Weaklings like these shouldn't go around stirring up trouble...
Grunt: Don't think you'll get away with doing this to us... / Devon will never stand for it...!
Happy: Oh, we beat him up already.
Grunt: Whaa?!!

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Erza: I'm finished over here, too.
Lucy: That's our Erza!
Grunt: Unhh... // Nhhhh...
Erza: Hm. // Not a chance!!!! // It looks like you need a little more punishment.
Grunt: Aaaahhhh!!
Taurus: Aaaaahhhhhhh... Erza-sa~~n~~! Punish me, too, ple~~~~~ase!!!
Lucy: Imposed Recall time!

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Erza: But that job certainly was quicker than I thought it would be...
Natsu: Damn riiiight!!! I needed more chance to go wild!!!
Gray: I think you went plenty wild enough...
Natsu: Hey, Lucy, check out this jewel!
Lucy: Aaah! You can't just take things like that!
Erza: Well, we've got lodgings for a full day left... leisurely sort of town, this one. Let's stay the night and then head back.
Natsu: Eh, shaddup! We've gotta get back quick and find another job!!!
Lucy: Hm? // Hey, look over there... // ...Isn't that Loki?
Loki: Hmm?

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Gray: Huh, what a coincidence.
Natsu: You got work around here too?
Loki: You guys too?
Lucy: Ahh, just who I was looking for!!! About the keys earlier -
Loki: LUCY!!! // Well, work to do, must dash.
Lucy: What's with him~?!
Gray: Man, what did you do to that guy? [aside]you sure scared him off![/aside]
Lucy: I haven't done anything~~!
[box: This is a small town, just a little way west of Magnolia... / Balsam Town. // It's a great sight-seeing spot for Oriental architecture.]

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[box: Our latest job was to take out a group of thieves who had settled in some nearby castle ruins. // We finished up pretty quickly, so now we're staying the night here, but...]
Lucy: What's with that Loki...?!

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Natsu: HERE WE GOOOOOOO!!!!
Happy: Yaaay!
Gray: Ugh, keep it down guys, I'm sleepy over here.
Natsu: Hey!!! Come on!!! We're at a real ryokan!!! // If you're stayin' at a ryokan, you've GOTTA have pillow-brawls!!!
Gray: Isn't it "pillow-fights"?

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Erza: Hahah... I have already secured all of the best pillows. // You fools stand no chance!
Lucy: The "best" pillows...?
Natsu: I'll take out Erza right noooooooow!!!!
Gray: Oh, dear...
Natsu: BAM!!!
Erza: Fool.
Gray: Buaaagh! // Natsu... Why, you...!!!
Natsu: Guaghh!

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Erza: Not bad!
Lucy: Ahahahaha! // Maybe I'll give this a go too! // ...Then again, maybe I'll sit this out. [aside]I'd die...[/aside]

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Lucy: Ahhh... are those guys really even human......?
Plue: Puuun!
Lucy: Well, Happy's a cat, though... // And you're a dog, right, Plue?
Plue: Pupuuun! // Truth is... I'm actually a human, puun.
Lucy: Ohhh... // !!!

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Lucy: Whaaaaaa?!!! // A human?!! Wait... you can talk?!!
Happy: Aye!
Lucy: "Aye"?
Happy: I am actually the servant of a hero with a sacred stone, puun!
Lucy: Yeah, yeah, okay, stop messing around and get yourself out here.
Happy: Awww... since it's you, I thought I might be able to fool you for a whole week......
Lucy: Well, that's flattering...
Happy: Hey, where you going, Lucy?
Lucy: Taking a walk, since I wouldn't last two seconds in a pillow fight with those guys.
Guy1: He~~y there, ojou-san.
Lucy: !

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Guy1: You look great in that yukata... / Sightseeing?
Guy2: Us, we came from over in Oshibana, yeah? / So how about it? Come for a drink with us, yeah? It'll be funky.
Lucy: Sorry, I already have company.
Guy1: Oh, come on... just for a little while...?
Lucy: Sorry~!
Guy1: And when you say "company"... you mean that cat and that..............................
Plue: Puuun!
Guy1: .....................
Guy2: .....................

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Guy2: Well, whatever, we don't mind if you bring your funky little friends along...
Guy1: Let's go, yeah?
Lucy: Pushy, aren't you... // Happy, do something about these guys!
Happy: Meo~w!
Lucy: "Meow"?!!! Why, you...!
Guy1: Talkin' to the little kitty? How cute.
Lucy: No!!! // Look, you guys... just cut it out.........! // !! // Huh...?!! What's this...? // My body... it won't move...!!!
Guy1: Whaddaya say? Play with us a while...?
Guy2: Let's make this a real funky night, yeah?
Lucy: Are these guys... mages?!! // This is bad -

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Guy1: !!!
Lucy: Huh?
Guy2: Wh - Who the hell d'you th - // Guahh!
Happy: Ahhhh!
Plue: Pupu!

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Loki: You all right?
Lucy: Loki!!!
Loki: I'm very sorry.
Lucy: For what?!!
Loki: These punks are rogue mages, they're known for preying on women... // I was in the middle of a mission to capture them.
Lucy: Ohhh...

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Loki: Well, I'll just be turning these guys in. See you later!
Lucy: Hey...
Loki: !
Lucy: Thanks for saving me, okay? / And for finding my keys for me...
Loki: Oh, don't worry about it...
Lucy: Hey... if you don't mind, could you come with me for a bit?
Loki: Huh?
Happy: C - C - C - Could this be...?!!!
Plue: Pupuu!!!
Lucy: Oh, shut up.

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Lucy: ...... // Hey... you don't have to sit quiteso far away......
Loki: S - Sorry... [aside]Hahah...[/aside]
Lucy: I've been meaning to ask you for a while, but... // What exactly's the deal with you and Stellar Spirit mages? // ...If you don't want to tell me, that's okay... But you know, I'm just who I am...
Loki: Yeah... I know that. // I'm sorry... really... If I've been bothering you, I apologise. // You should just forget about me.
Lucy: What's with that? You sound like you're breaking up with a girlfriend or something!

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Lucy: *si~gh* / Well, whatever. // I was just wondering... // Thanks again for saving me!♡ / You know, you're really not a bad guy! // Besides, you can say what you like, but we're still nakama in the end, you know? // Well, then, I'll just be -
Loki: Wait.

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Lucy: !!! // Wh - / Whaa?!
Loki: Lucy......
Lucy: Y - Yes?!!

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Loki: I... don't have long left to live.
Lucy: Huh?!!
[insert text: Lucy's heart thumping and pounding! What could Loki's "confession" signify...?!]
[bottomInsertText: Next week, a special 24 pages! Loki's sad story awaits!!]
[bottom text: To be continued in Chapter 72: "A Star That Cannot Return To The Sky"]