Standing in the Fairy Tail guild hall, Lucy was overwhelmed with excitement.

This was a Fairy Tail she had never seen before, a time she had never experienced!

Dressed in an incredibly sexy black bunny girl outfit, Lucy felt a bit embarrassed, but she had no choice—it was a disguise to prevent anyone from recognizing her.

Perhaps due to the time travel, Erza's magic space had malfunctioned, leaving only this bunny girl outfit and another cat girl outfit available.

To make matters worse, after changing her clothes, Erza had somehow lost her original outfit, leaving Lucy with no way to change back!

With the urgent situation, Lucy didn't have time to dwell on it.

She had to move forward in this black bunny girl outfit.

She needed to quickly track down Gray, Natsu, and Happy—those three troublemakers who had wandered off on their own—before they did something they shouldn't and affected the future.

As for how to return, she'd leave that to Erza to figure out.

There wasn't much she could do to help with that anyway.

Lucy's gaze fell on the "familiar faces" in the guild.

Levy and Cana were playing chess, two adorable girls facing each other.

A glint flashed in Cana's eyes before she made a brilliant move.

"I win!" Cana cheered, while Levy across from her pouted unhappily.

"Cana, that's cheating! You used magic, didn't you?" Levy protested, absolutely certain Cana was playing dirty.

"Of course not!" Cana naturally denied it.

How could using a little strategy in chess be called cheating?

"Levy and Cana are just too adorable when they were young!"

Witnessing this scene, Lucy couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

She and Levy had become very close friends shortly after Lucy joined Fairy Tail.

Both of them loved reading and Levy was especially fond of the novel Lucy had written—a story inspired by someone special.

Speaking of novels, Lucy's gaze wandered around the guild hall until it finally settled on a certain boy.

Then she realized—that boy was also looking at her, his eyes filled with confusion, surprise and a hint of amusement.

Lucy quickly averted her gaze, her heart pounding uncontrollably.

At this moment, she was incredibly nervous.

That was Marco, after all!

What if he saw through her?!

Thinking carefully, 'The Great Detective' should already be in the works by now, right?

Marco was only twelve or thirteen at this time, yet he had already written such a bestselling mystery masterpiece—just how great was his mind?!

The more she tried to escape something, the more inevitable it became.

The moment Lucy looked away, Marco had already walked straight towards her.

"Hello, do you need any help?"

That same steady voice, though slightly more youthful, sounded beside her ear.

Lucy shuddered, internally screaming—was her disguise about to be exposed by Marco?!

But after a moment of panic, she suddenly realized—Marco didn't know her at all at this point!

Their first meeting should have been at the book signing for 'The Great Detective': Part Two—that was still far in the future!

"H-Hello! I—"

Lucy stammered nervously, but before she could finish, she suddenly sensed a shift in the guild's atmosphere.

Marco's actions had drawn everyone's attention towards her and in an instant, a crowd of enthusiastic people swarmed around her.

"Bunny girl?!"

"Is there a job request?!"

"No need to post it, I'll take it right now!"

The guild's older members eagerly crowded around Lucy—her outfit was just too... revealing.

"Bunny girl! When did you get here? Want to join us?!"

The most exaggerated reaction naturally came from the guild master, Makarov.

Looking at Lucy, he enthusiastically extended an invitation—he could tell this girl was a Mage.

Without even waiting for Lucy to respond, Makarov grabbed her hand and dragged her towards the guild hall's counter, heading straight for Airo to register her—he was going to make her a member of Fairy Tail right then and there!

This was truly a special case, completely skipping all the usual evaluation steps.

The guild master's actions were met with unanimous approval and the crowd of men in the hall cheered joyfully—celebrating the addition of another beautiful girl to the guild!

"..."

Marco shook his head in exasperation.

He was already pretty sure—this bombshell bunny girl in black stockings had to be either Lucy or Happy.

The reasoning was simple.

If this black-stockinged bunny girl wasn't a member of Fairy Tail, she definitely wouldn't be wearing this slightly helpless expression.

She would have long since gone to report to the Magnolia police station!

Moreover, the gaze, demeanor and expression of this beautiful, black-stocking bunny girl as she looked at the members of "Fairy Tail" all conveyed one thing—she knew them.

She was familiar with everything here.

"Gramps! This is going too far!"

Marco didn't remain a silent observer any longer.

He decisively stepped in to stop the out-of-control Makarov.

"At the very least, we should respect her opinion."

Marco stood his ground and argued with Makarov, allowing Lucy to escape as Makarov's attention shifted to Marco, his face filled with astonishment.

"Marco? You brat, don't you like pretty older sisters? That can't be, are you ..."

Makarov looked at Marco with utter bewilderment.

The only difference between this black-stockinged bunny girl and the others was that she was curvaceous and beautiful.

"What the fuck?!" Makarov's question struck Marco like a bolt of lightning, momentarily short-circuiting his 360 iq brain.

How on earth had the old man come to such an absurd conclusion?!

But at this moment, Marco didn't have time to argue further with Makarov.

He quickly turned and left, chasing after the fleeing bunny girl.

Seeing this, Makarov, who was standing at the bar, sighed in relief.

It seemed there was nothing wrong with Marco after all.

"..."

*****

"What in the world is going on?!"

Amid the chaos, Lucy ran all the way out of Fairy Tail, her mind a complete mess.

She felt like she had completely messed things up.

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