Fairy Tail 129

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Fairy Tail
Chapter 129: "Even so, I..."
[Top text: A new chapter begins! Colour pages and an extra-large 25-page chapter!!]
[Insert text top-right: The Miss Fairy Tail Contest results are in!]
[Labels: 3rd: Lluvia // 2nd: Lucy // 1st: Erza]
[TN: lol Lucy didn't win. What is she do about financial situation now.]
[Insert text left: The fairies have descended! Their smiles, infinitely glittering, are the ultimate magic!♥]

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[Side text: Fairy Tail is shaken by the excommunication of Luxus... The members have taken it in many ways...]
[Text: A week has passed since the Harvest Festival came to a close. // The town has finally returned to its ordinary relaxed atmosphere. // Naturally, the excommunication of Luxus from the Guild... / ...came as something of a shock to everyone. // Why, Natsu was still whining about it only yesterday...]

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Natsu: It just ain't right, old man!!!! // Why'd you have to drive Luxus away, huh?!!!! // He's still one of our comrades!!! // That doesn't change just 'cause we got into a fight!!
Erza: Give it up already, Natsu.
Natsu: I still have to have a rematch with him!!!
Makarov: ......

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Natsu: This time, I'll make sure I'm strong enough to take him down one-on-one, and...
Erza: GIVE IT UP!!!
Natsu: !!!
Erza: Think how the Master must feel about this. // Do you honestly believe he drove Luxus away because he wanted to?
Natsu: But still...
[Text: This certainly isn't the first time this exchange has happened.]

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[Text: As for the Master, he even tried to take responsibility for his grandson's actions and step down from his position. // Everybody tried to convince him otherwise, but...]
Fried: Please, do not try to punish Luxus any more than you already have. // If he were to learn that you had forsaken your position on his account...
[Text: In the end, it was a single comment from Fried (who seems to have taken the old-fashioned position of "contemplation = head shaving") that made the Master give up on this idea. // Speaking of Fried, the other members of the Raijinshuu... // ...seem to have begun, slowly but surely, to come to terms and open up to the rest of us.]

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Evergreen: You can draw a picture of me if you like. / No, I will not pose nude, however, so don't bother asking.
Reedus: ...............
Bixlow: So are you and Loki gettin' it on?
Happy: [aside]oh, you so a~~~re![/aside]
Lucy: [aside]ugh...[/aside]
[Text: I, meanwhile, seem to be surrounded by freaks as usual... // Incidentally, ever since the Harvest Festival finished... / ...Erza seems to have been spending a lot of time sitting by herself.]
Erza: Mistgun...
Flashback!Erza: Master... who exactly is that man?
Flashback!Makarov: He has the exact same face as somebody you know......? How strange... / I'm afraid I don't know all that much about him myself. He doesn't speak much, you see...

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Erza: Gérard...
[Text: At any rate, it's been a busy week for all of us... // ...but for me in particular, there's still one major problem remaining.]
People: And Erza takes the victory!!! // Aahhh~!!! // I knew it'd be her... // Lucy's in second, huh... // And third is Lluvia... // Good going, guys...!

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[Text: I still don't have my rent!!!!]
Lucy: Aaaaaghhhhh~!!!! // What am I going to do about this month's rent...?!
Natsu: Shall we take a job?
Lucy: Natsu finally feels like working again~~~!! // Waaaahhhh~~! Thank you~~~!
Natsu: Well, y'know... we've all gotta do it, now and again...
Happy: Aye!
Lucy: !

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Natsu: What's up, Lucy?
Lucy: Am I just imagining it...? Recently I can't seem to shake the feeling that I'm being watched by somebody...
Natsu: Ah, crap!! What's that called again...?
Happy: Here it is! "Excessive self-consciousness"...
Lucy: That's not it, okay?! I mean, I could just be imagining the whole thing, but... // Ah, well! I'd better go get ready for that job.
Natsu: Meet up tomorrow at noon, yeah~?
Lucy: Sounds good~!!!

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[Side text: Mashima's Ramblings (1): Yakuza 3 and Resi 5 both came out while I was working on the two extra-long chapters for this and the issue before it... Ahhh... no time for gaming...]
Lucy: Tomorrow should be fun~! We're going on a job~~!♪
Someone: Lucy-chan, watch your step there!
Lucy: I'm fine, I'm fine~! // I wonder what I should wear~?!
Plue: Puuun!
Someone: Take care, now!
Lucy: Thank you~!

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[Side text: Mashima's Ramblings (2): It looks like last week's "Fantasia" chapter is going to be published in a revised version with ten added pages for the volume release. Don't miss that!]
Lucy: !! // (There really is somebody watching me!!! // He's following me!!!)

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Lucy: (A stalker...? A pervert...? A kidnapper...?!!!) // He's gone...
Father: Lucy.
Lucy: Aaaaaaghhhhh!! // Nooooooooooooo!!!!

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Father: It's me. // Your father.
Lucy: No way... // Huh? / Whaaa?!!

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Lucy: (Father?!!) // What are you doing here......? // I mean... those clothes... / What's going on?
Father: Heartfilia Rail has been bought out... // I've lost my company... my home... my money... everything.
Lucy: No way...!
Father: I had used everything I owned as collateral, you see... // Running a business... really can turn a man into an utter fool.

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[Side text: Mashima's Ramblings (3): Burn After Reading looks pretty cool. I feel like I haven't seen Brad Pitt in a comedy role for a while.]
Lucy: B... But the house?! / That's where Mama's grave...!
Father: I had it moved here. // Though it should be sad... // ...I actually feel like laughing. // All of that fortune, gone in an instant. // Everything I achieved in those long years, reduced to nothing in a single night.

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[Side text: Mashima's Ramblings (4): I'm enjoying The Sarah Connor Chronicles (still working my way through it). Linda Hamilton... really wouldn't have been an option, I guess...]
Father: The money that I worked so hard to earn, I sacrificed my family in the process!!! / It's just... funny!!! It makes me laugh!!! Ahahahah!!!
Lucy: Wh... What are you here for?
Father: To see... my daughter's face. // Lucy.
Lucy: What, now you decide you want to see me...?!! Besides, I thought I told you to stay away from Fairy Tail!
Father: I don't have that kind of power any more. I just... came to see my daughter's face. That's all.

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[Side text: Mashima's Ramblings (5): I was surprised to learn that a fellow artist I know lives right near a pasta restaurant I frequent. We should have a meal together sometime...]
Father: Please, don't look like that... // I've been in the wrong all this time, I admit that. // I don't plan on sticking around here, either. / I'm going to start working at a merchants' guild in Acalypha. // Start over from scratch.
Lucy: Acalypha?
Father: It's west of here; within walking distance.
Lucy: I see...
Father: Well, then... Lucy.

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[Side text: Mashima's Ramblings (6): Fairy Tail... I feel like I have a fun sort of year planned ahead. Here's hoping it goes well!]
Father: The truth is, I need a little money to get me going.
[TN: Oh, that absolute bastard.]
Father: Just a hundred thousand Jewels or so will do. // Could you just lend me that much?
Lucy: D... Don't be ridiculous... I don't have that kind of money...
Father: What do you mean?!! It's just a hundred thousand!!! // You're my own daughter!!! You should easily be able to find a little sum like that!!!
Lucy: What... are you talking about?

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Father: I need money!!!! I'm crawling to you in shame here!!!! Look at me!!!! // I just need you to give me the money!!!!
Lucy: I have no idea... what you're saying...
Father: Why, of all the dirty little... Your own father...

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Lucy: GO AWAY!!!!
Father: Tch...

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Lucy: He's the worst... // The absolute worst...
[TN: Incidentally... are "fathers" the theme of the moment? Lucy's father, Luxus' father, Luxus' father's father...]

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Natsu: Lucy! It's time to get going~!!!!
Happy: Let's go!!!
Lucy: Yeah... // Let's go...
Happy: So... what kind of mission's it gonna be?
Natsu: No idea.

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Gray: This one. // Capturing the escaped convict Velveno.
Happy: Velveno... as in Guild Hunter Velveno?! He's been found?!
Natsu: Oohhhhh!!! I've heard that guy uses some incredible magic!! This should be good~~~~~~!!!
Erza: The reward comes to four hundred thousand for each of us... that should cover your rent, right, Lucy?
Lucy: Uh-huh! // For about six months!! Let's do this!
People: Hey! Did you hear the news about Acalypha? // You mean about that merchants' guild getting taken over by some guerilla group? Yeah... scary stuff...

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People: No... about the group that took 'em over. I heard it was the Dark Guild, Naked Mummy... // Seriously?! But then... the army would be no match for them!
Flashback!Father: I'm going to start working at a merchants' guild in Acalypha.
Lucy: (Fathe...)
Natsu: What's up, Lucy?!! Hurry up, we've gotta wipe out this Velveno punk!
Erza: That's "capture", not "wipe out"...
Gray: Either way, it's gonna be messy. I'll knock his brains out!!
Happy: Aye, sir~! // [aside]Gray, your clothes...!![/aside]
Lucy: ...... // (A man like that... what do I care... // It's got nothing to do with...)
Gray: ?

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Lucy: Where exactly is Acalypha?!!
[Insert text: Lucy caught up in painful memories...]
Natsu: Lucy?
Happy: Hey... what about the mission...?!
Lucy: Sorry!!! There's something I have to do!!!
Gray: But... your rent...
[Insert text: Unable to erase the warmth she sought after! At this rate... it will never be over!!]
Lucy: (He may be a good-for-nothing... / But even so, I... // ...I have to save him!!!!)
[Bottom text: To be continued in Chapter 130: Love & Lucky]