FAIRTY TAIL: THE SINS OF A MAN - CHAPTER 5 (Patreon)

I ran and ran, attacking the Vulcans that followed me every now and then, until they stopped their chase.

Needless to say, I was tired.

Unimaginably so.

Overusing one’s mana felt like working out for ten hours straight, but with flu-like symptoms as a cherry on the cake.

I was, however nowhere near to ethernano exhaustion but was still incredibly exhausted.

“Time to find a shelter,” I sighed, relaxing my posture.

It had been a while since the last Vulcan attacked me, ten minutes to be precise, so it was safe to say I was in the clear. According to Warrod, Vulcans never drop a chase, so the only reason I was safe now was because I had outrun them.

“Men…” Another?! Crap, I was wrong.

“Rising Tornado!” I hissed as I turned around blasting the bastard away.

Only to find out, it was no Vulcan who I had just attacked in a burst of panic, but a human, who upon getting hit by my attack, had shouted in a dramatic way, “Meeeeeeeennnnn~”

That man was no other than Ichiya Kotobuki, the perfume wizard.

Even with somewhat foggy memories, his appearance was something NO ONE could forget.

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I ran towards where Ichiya had landed, and immediately apologized, creepy or not. I had attacked him without a care, which was mighty irresponsible of me.

“Not to worry,” Ichiya said, making a pose, as out of nowhere he pulled out a rose to add to his dramatics, “Your parfum was inspiring young man!”

“I… thanks?” I smiled, happy he was not angry.

“Indeed,” Ichiya nodded, sniffing the air around me, I now felt slightly better for attacking him.

“Please stop…” I was rather uncomfortable with the whole sniffing situation.

“Men~” Ichiya smiled, making another pose. “Such beguiling parfum in such a young kid… meenn~” ok, now I don’t feel bad for attacking him, in fact, I now feel bad for apologizing.

Now that I think about it, what is he doing here anyway?

No, no Gale, don’t ask, the less time you spend with the parfum guy, the better, do as in the malls, and walk away from the perfume salesman.

“It was a… pleasure to meet you sir, but I have to go,” I said, and started walking.

“Meenn~” Ichiya jumped in front of me, once again doing another pose, as rose petals fell from the sky, “I can’t allow such parfum to be in danger! Allow me to escort you out of this wretched forest, meen~”

No wonder Erza gets shivers from this man, the man ain’t right in the head.

“I… I can take care of myself,” I replied.

“I insist,” Ichiya bowed ever so lightly, grabbing my hand in a knightly manner.

“RISING TORNADO!” 

“MEENNNNN!~”

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After a few rising tornados.

Ichiya learned to respect my personal space, for now, at least.

“So cruel, unbefitting of such a nice parfum!” Ichiya lamented as I glared at him.

“Darn right I am, you tried to hug me three times after I blasted you high into the skies, were this 2020, I would’ve canceled your ass,” I replied with an exasperated sigh.

“Meen~” Ichiya lamented on the back.

“Again, I can take care of myself, so… go find a new perfume or something,” I sighed.

“While I don’t doubt the strength of your alluring parfum, I can’t in good conscience leave you alone in this Vulcan-infested Forest,” Ichiya replied, doing another pose.

Welp, it seems like I am stuck with the perfume guy.

“So, what were you doing here anyways?” I asked.

“I had a mission to complete here, which was using my unique parfum to eliminate the Vulcans and their parfum,” Ichiya replied, hand and rose to his heart, as petals fell from the sky.

Real question though, where in tarnation does he keep all the roses and petals.

Wait a moment, he was tasked to eliminate the Vulcan infestation, I could make use of that.

“Let me help you then,” I said, turning around.

“Men?” Ichiya asked, once again striking a pose.

“They attacked me, and I defeated 32 of them, with backup, I am confident this will be easy,” I said, extending my hand, “So, what do you say, partner?”

“Meen!” Ichiya smiled, twirling around in excitement, before he took my hand, “I knew your parfum was that of a warrior! Worry not our unique parfum will defeat them,”

Why does everything after Parfum sounds dirty?

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After a few hours to recover my lost Ethernano, we turned back, and with surprising ease defeated the rest of the Vulcans, making a total of 89 Forest Vulcans that had infested the forest.

“The parfum of our battle shines bright,” Ichiya declared.

“I suppose,” I replied, looking at him, “You can go now, there is no need to escort,”

“You are right,” Ichiya began, as a smile began to form on my face, “But…” nooo, “You did this job basically alone, I can’t taint my parfum by taking the reward, please, come with me to…” at this he jumped into the sky, landing in front of me with a dramatic pose, “To Blue Pegasus!”

“How… how much was the reward?” I asked.

“354,000 Jewels,” Ichiya replied.

“Fine,” I sighed, sadly I couldn’t let such a large sum go to waste, that alone would feed me for months, as long as I lived in the woods traveling and such. 

“Meenn~” Ichiya smiled, twirling around. “I can’t wait for the others to see your unique parfum~”

“Please stop,” I muttered.

“Never~” Ichiya winked at me, “My parfum burns bright, and it shall never be stopped! Men~”

“Uggh,” I sighed once again.

Who would’ve thought my journey would’ve led me to him, not me, ever, but besides his creepy personality, and weird fixation with my parfum as he says, he was a nice enough guy.

“And if you want, you can join our guild, your parfum belongs with us!” Never.

“Nope,” I shook my head adamantly, “I have my aims on another guild,” Fairy Tail was the guild I wanted to join.

“Such a sad development! Men~~” Ichiya lamented, tears overflowing his eyes, “But I understand, such parfum needs to be free!” 

I understand Erza to a deep emotional level now.