33 *Title Hidden* (1/2)

Standing in the center of this mess is a tall, muscular man with shoulder-length orange hair and a stubbly beard. He was wearing a long, black, high-collared and tattered cloak with shoulder plates, around his waist is a simple belt. He also wore loose-fitting dark pants, complete with an armored waist-guard bearing plates similar to the ones on his shoulders, tucked inside simple boots.

Right now he was breathing slightly heavy and was sweating a lot. After catching his breath, he seems to have finally sensed my presence as he looked towards me and was slightly shocked. Maybe because he didn't expect a fourteen –year-old looking boy to be here. He straightened his back to fully show his presence as an S-class mage and the man known as the strongest mage in Fairy Tail Guild.

Gildarts Clive.

That's right, Cana's father, the man with one of the strongest magic in the world and the person who came out of fighting Achnologia alive. I have already decided that I would first fight two of the strongest mages in Fiore to test myself and see where to improve before heading off to my next target for the harem. The first one I want to fight is Gildarts so here I am.

”What are you doing here kid? Go away, you might end up getting hurt since I am not able to fully control my magic right now.” He said after looking at me for a while with curiosity.

”My name is Ray Cross. I am here to challenge you to a spar, Gildarts Clive.” I replied as I gave him a small smile waiting for him to accept my challenge since he was portrayed as someone who looked forward to a good fight in the canon.

After recovering from his initial shock he told me to leave which of course I splendidly ignored and went on to challenge him to a fight. Once again, he was sent into a shocked state but recovered soon. He looked at me for a while without showing any expression on his face.

”You want to fight me? Hahaha, No way!!” He gave a hearty laugh in response to my repeated challenges before taking a page out of my book and splendidly refused me.

This time it was my turned to be stunned. I thought he was supposed to be a guy who looks forward to challenges. He was like that in the canon for sure. I mean, he gladly accepted the challenges thrown his way by Natsu and it was also quite evident by how he was portrayed. I never thought he would refuse so I didn't know what to do.

He walked away seeing me unresponsive and I finally managed to get myself together. Since you don't want to accept my challenge, then I will just follow you until you do agree. Because in your case apart from testing myself, there is also the reason of beating you up in Cana's place.

And so began my boring journey of following Gildarts. He just kept on walking aimlessly without any destination in mind while completely ignoring me. After a few weeks, I was getting more and more bored so I spread my senses to see what my girls who I have already met are up to.

There was Erza who seems to be doing a mission, Mira who was beating up some Fairy Tail members and Lisanna who was looking at the mission board alongside Elfman who seemed to have put on some muscles since the last I saw him.

And then there was Levy who was reading a book while there were two guys trying to talk to her to which she remained completely oblivious. Then there was Kagura who was training with the sword and Brandish who was also training. And lastly, Cana was, well, drinking.