"So this is how we're greeted huh?" Lyon commented as he held Ichiya's frozen head in one hand. Lyon looked around the room at the people staring at him. He suddenly noticed a few familiar figures from Fairy Tail. He recalled Natsu and Erza from the Gulana Island incident. However, he was much more surprised to see that Meliodas had also come to this mission.
"Meliodas? So they sent you as a delegate for Fairy Tail." Lyon commented. He was not expecting to run into Meliodas so soon after their last encounter. He remembered how strong Meliodas was from their last encounter. Now their group will have both Jura and Meliodas. A smile formed on his face as he flung Ichiya's body through the hall. Meliodas returned a cheeky grin to Lyon as he caught Ichiya by the head.
"Yo!" Meliodas greeted back.
"Hey! Don't throw the boss around like that!" Eve exclaimed. "You got some nerve!"
"Tch...there's too many men here…" Hibiki commented.
"Men?" A feminine voice said coming from the ground. Meliodas looked down at the red carpet that spanned across the hall going down the middle from the entrance. The carpet began to move, rising up into the air and swirling around a specific area. A familiar figure could be seen underneath between the rotating carpet.
"Oh neat, both Lion and Cherry are here." Meliodas said enthusiastically. The carpet that was swirling around Sherry abruptly stopped and fell to the ground.
"You still can't get our names right?! It's Sherry!" Sherry exclaimed. She was also a bit surprised to see that Meliodas had come. It was thanks to him that they were able to finish the Ogre mission. He even split the reward, even though he did most of the work. This left a very good impression of him on their group.
"Come on Meliodas, it's Lyon!" Lyon shouted from across the hall as he started walking over to where Meliodas was standing.
"Oh no you don't!" Ren shouted as he and the rest of the trimen rushed in front of Lyon. He waved his hands as gusts of wind gathered around his hands.
"We're not letting you off the hook for freezing Master Ichiya's head like that!" Eve said angrily as he snow started forming around him.
"If it's a fight you want, then I'm all fired up!" Natsu shouted as he ran up to the trimen and Lyon with his fists ignited. "I'll take you all on!"
"This is getting a bit out of hand." Meliodas commented. He raised Ichiya's frozen head up and looked at him. Underneath the ice, he could still hear him mumbling faintly the word "Men."
"That's enough! All of you stop!" Erza shouted. She rushed over to where the trimen, Natsu, and Lyon were standing off and glared at them.
Meliodas looked back at Ichiya as he felt the ice shaking in his hand. The ice around Ichiya's head shattered as Ichiya burst free from Meliodas's hand.
"My honey!" Ichiya exclaimed with his arms outstretched as he ran towards Erza.
"I said...GET AWAY FROM ME!" Erza yelled angrily. She wound her fist back as Ichiya ran towards her. Before he could embrace her in a hug, his face met Erza's fist again sending him flying. The three trimen watched in shock as their role model was abused again and soared through the air, heading towards Meliodas.
"Natsu heads up!" Meliodas called out. He clasped his hands together, preparing to hit Ichiya the other way. Natsu turned his attention to Meliodas and grinned.
With both of his hands, Meliodas hit Ichiya back like a volleyball, launching him high into the air and almost hitting the ceiling. Natsu waited eagerly for Ichiya to land as he prepared to jump up and spike Ichiya.
At that moment, the room seemingly froze. A domineering magical presence could be felt coming from the entrance. Everyone looked towards the entryway at a lone figure standing there.
"That's enough!" The figure shouted, his loud voice echoing across the hall. The figure began walking towards the previously rowdy mages who were now watching him.
"This is no time to fight amongst ourselves."
"Jura?!" Erza questioned as she watched Jura approach them. She recalled Meliodas having talked about Jura joining with Lamia Scale on this mission.
"So that's the ace of Lamia...Iron Rock Jura…" Hibiki commented.
Natsu had a puzzled look on his face as he stared at Jura. Despite having seen him come to the guild before arrest Meliodas, he had already completely forgotten who he was.
"Who is this guy again?" Natsu asked as he turned to Happy.
"You already forgot? That's Jura! One of the Ten Wizard Saints. Don't you remember he's the guy who came and arrested Meliodas?" Happy replied.
Hibiki gave a puzzled glance to Meliodas. 'He was arrested by Jura...oh I see. I remember him in my archive now.'
Jura scanned the room, counting the mages who were present.
"It appears that we are still missing the delegates from Cait Shelter." Jura commented. He glanced over at Meliodas. Meliodas returned a friendly smile to Jura.
"Yo, Jura!" Meliodas greeted.
"Ah, Meliodas. It's nice to see you again. Keeping yourself out of trouble?" Jura asked.
"Doing what I can." Meliodas responded. Meliodas glanced over at the trimen who were still gawking at Jura's presence.
"Since we're still waiting for that last guild to show up, can you guys get me some ale?" Meliodas asked the trimen.
"We're not your damn butlers! Get it yourself!" Ren angrily replied.
"Well alright then." Meliodas said with an aloof tone. He turned around and began heading towards the back of the mansion.
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Meliodas walked down several long corridors, peering into each room until he eventually found the kitchen. He walked into the grandiose kitchen. It was more than three times the size of the room he was renting. The floor was made of a smooth white marble with acrylic designs and there were several stove top islands in the middle and a bar area.
"Perfect!" Meliodas said happily as he approached the beverage refrigerator. Meliodas's eyes widened and his eyes twinkled as he started going through all of the selections which he had never seen before. A smirk formed on his face and he began taking a few bottles and putting them in his requip storage.
'He did say I can serve myself.' Meliodas thought to himself with a large grin.
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