togophonebook Chapter 405 There's something I want to tell you before the date ends.
Chapter 405 There's something I want to tell you before the date ends.
Chapter 405 There's something I want to tell you before the date ends.
Although tonight's Krocas wasn't as lively as the Grand Magic Games qualifiers, it's still an annual grand event.
Many shops are still open for business, and the wide streets are frequented by pedestrians and tourists.
Chase and Erza first went to eat the strawberry cake she had been craving at the dessert shop, and then strolled around the clothing street.
After a meal and some walking around, Erza's tense nerves visibly relaxed, and she gradually adapted to being his girlfriend.
At least they won't blush or stammer because of ordinary physical contact.
The two's relationship has barely returned to the normal state before Erza realized her own feelings, but of course, it's a bit more intimate now.
However, as they passed through a quiet little square, a sudden appearance of a dark figure interrupted the beautiful atmosphere of their date.
"Finally found you! I'm so excited!"
On the high wall of the square, a girl wearing a black cat-ear robe stood in the bright moonlight, looking up and quite conspicuous.
Chase remained calm, having noticed something amiss when he passed through the square.
"Miliana's tone?"
Erza's pupils contracted as several familiar faces of her childhood friends unconsciously appeared before her eyes.
"Hehe, long time no see, Ailu-chan~!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the future Miriam on the high wall took off her wide hood, excitedly leaped down, and crashed straight into Erza's arms.
Erza looked delighted, caught him steadily, and spun him around twice in mid-air.
Meow! I really miss you!
"Me too, I didn't expect to run into you here!"
"Miliana seems to have grown taller."
"After all, seven years have passed since then~"
Watching the two women chat so naturally, Chase, who was left out, thought to himself, "Thank goodness Erza is wearing a white dress tonight, instead of her usual armor."
The hardness of that breastplate is something that ordinary mages can't withstand—Natsu and Gray certainly can't.
"Miliana, so you've joined a guild?" Erza happily grasped the hands of the future Miliana.
"Yes, it's the Mermaid's Heel." Future Miliana nodded with a smile.
She wanted to find Erza when the Grand Magic Games started yesterday, but Mermaid Heel's performance on the first day was very poor.
They dragged everyone along for a whole night to review the events.
"Are Sivori and Hugh here too?" Erza reacted quickly, without mentioning Simon's name.
Simon from the future world died at Gerald's hands in an attempt to save his counterpart in that world.
"How could that be? Mermaid Bell is an all-female guild!"
After thinking for a moment, Miliana smiled and said, "They are still on their journey, and we keep in touch from time to time."
"Oh, that's wonderful. It's great to see you looking so energetic," Erza exclaimed, tears welling up in her beautiful eyes.
Although she wasn't Miliana from her own world, her longing for her was incredibly intense, especially after learning that Simon from the future was no longer there.
"Aww, I feel the same way~"
Once they had recovered from the joy of their reunion, Chase coughed twice to make his presence known.
"By the way, Elu-chan, what's your relationship with him?"
Miriamina was startled, her smile vanished instantly, and she stepped forward to shield Erza behind her, her hair standing on end, her eyes filled with vigilance as she stared at Chase.
She naturally knew Chase—he had fought to such an extent with Jura, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, that she couldn't help but care.
However, what prompted Miriam to take such an instinctive precaution in the future was not Chase's terrifying magic or the oppressive aura he exuded.
But just now, she saw this man's claws gripping Erza's hand!
"Tch, Chase, he's my boyfriend," Erza quickly stepped forward to explain.
With other people present, her old problem relapsed, and she became so shy that she could hardly speak properly.
"Huh? But didn't that muscular gorilla just say today that Mirajane the Demon is his girlfriend?!"
Looking at Erza's flushed face, Future Miliana stared wide-eyed in utter shock. "Could it be—"
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miriam."
Chase stepped forward, greeted her, and then smiled as he reached out and pulled Erza into his arms, answering with his actions, "Yes, that's exactly what you think."
Erza, who was suddenly embraced, symbolically struggled twice, then gave up resisting, turned her head to the side and nestled in Chase's arms, not daring to look at the future Miriam Anna.
"Wrong?!?!!" Future Miriam's entire brain short-circuited instantly.
That dashing and valiant El-chan, who looked like a knight, actually...
Perhaps she wanted to take a break, or perhaps she realized that her presence was disturbing their date.
In the future, Miriam made up a random excuse about going home to collect laundry and hurriedly turned to leave.
Erza's pounding heart only calmed down after the lone figure disappeared at the end of the street.
"You were absolutely right, Chess," she remarked.
Not long ago, when Chess was looking for Ultear in the future to activate the second magic source, he said that he might be able to see Miliana and the others he was looking forward to soon.
"Fate can be so mysterious sometimes," Chase said.
"I wonder if Miliana from our side has joined Boa Hancock's Scale, and Simon, he should be with Wally and the others right now, right?"
As she spoke, Erza suddenly remembered something important, "That's right! I need to tell the other me this good news quickly!"
"Then let's go back first."
Chase looked up at the starry night sky above. "I have a game tomorrow, I need to get some rest."
Upon hearing this, as if triggering some key word, Erza, who had just been reflecting on life, froze instantly, and her body temperature rose rapidly.
She recalled the advice Lucy, the strategist, had given her when she was meticulously preparing for their date at the hotel.
Lucy, with a sly look on her face, said, "Although they're both Chess's girlfriends, Mira has already won the first official date."
"No matter what, Erza, you have to get Chesgo's first kiss quickly, or you won't have another chance!"
Despite being a block of wood that can't be burned by fire, Lucy, the idiot, is a genius when it comes to giving advice and support to her best friend.
Well, those so-called "love gurus" who talk a good game are usually people who have never been in a relationship.
Erza vehemently refuted the accusations at the time, but when it came time to end the date, she couldn't help but feel tempted and unwilling.
Lucy's words kept echoing in her mind, and phrases like "first kiss" and "defeating Mira" made her heart race even faster.
"Strange, is it going to rain?" Chase frowned slightly upon hearing the thunder.
"Okay, it seems so. I...we should...we should go back quickly!"
Erza, her eyes darting around, finally chickened out. Her movements were stiff, like a robot caught in an overload, as she awkwardly walked past Chess.
"Erza?" Chase called out.
"Here!" Erza, who was extremely nervous, immediately stood at attention.
Chase:
"......
"There's something I want to tell you before I go back."
"What is it, um...—"
Under the moonlight, the open square suddenly fell silent.