53 Meeting Mavis (1/2)

”Where are we?” As we appeared on the shore of Tenrou Island, Erza asked the question on everyone's mind. They were looking around them trying to figure out where they were and it seems they haven't been here before if they weren't able to figure out.

”We're on Tenrou Island. The holy ground of the Fairy Tail guild. And also the resting place of Fairy Tail's first Guild Master, Mavis Vermillion.” I replied to Erza's question nonchalantly but the rest of them were gob smacked as to what this meant.

”What!?” All of them except Anna shouted at my answer as they began to fire multiple questions at me at once.

”Calm down, it's nothing serious. Master Makarov already knows about this. Me and Anna will be living here while we're at the guild. Well anyways, let's go pick a spot to build our house.” I managed to stop them from asking so many questions at once, but they were still quite anxious so I told them my purpose in coming here and to get their mind busy in order for them to relax.

”Wait, what do you mean the both of you will be living here? What about us? Will we only see you at the guild?” Mira chimed in suddenly and asked me that.

”Well, I don't mind you coming here to live with us but not right now. There are still things that will need you to be present at the guild. For now, we can catchup and spend some time with each other but I will need you to continue with how you did things before I came.” I told them seriously while not trying to push them aside or anything.

It was slightly uncomfortable for me to do this to them after having just reunited but I don't want to mess up the Fairy Tail events that will be coming. I will at least have the next week or so to spend completely with them so I guess that can be considered a conciliation prize. After I was able to settle their emotions down, we set off deeper into the island to find a place to build a home for us.

For the first few minutes, the atmosphere between us was somewhat awkward after what happened but that soon faded as Anna and I were able to get everyone to talk again and focus on finding a place to build a house.

After two and a half hours, the group was slightly tired and hungry so we decided to rest up a bit and have lunch before once again setting out. What I forgot to mention was the weather. It was hot as hell. Tenrou Island is known for having just one climate, summer, throughout the year but this is ridiculous.

We had only walked for a few minutes before we were all covered in sweat. While I would admit that the sight of the girls with their clothes sticking to their bodies while their clothes began to become see through, it was still hard to bear this degree of heat.

While resting, we were being watched by a group of Tenrou Squirrels. The Tenrou Squirrel is a small rodent-like creature, which, as the name suggests, is highly reminiscent of a squirrel, with dark spots covering its back. As again implied by its name, it only lives on Tenrou Island, inhabiting its southern part, and is an extremely uncommon sight even for scholars who have studied all of the world's organism.

As they were harmless and looked to be hungry, we gave them some of the leftover food from lunch before getting our things packed and going deeper into the island once again in order to find our future home. As we kept walking, it didn't take long before we found ourselves in a small clearing surrounded by thick vegetation and in the middle of the clearing stood a gravestone.