Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed since the Harvest Festival.
At this moment, Magnolia Town and the Fairy Tail Guild had returned to their usual daily routines.
When Kenichi, wearing a black cloak, entered the guild, he saw the guild hall was exceptionally lively.
"Kenichi, you're finally here!"
Not long after Kenichi entered the guild, Erza walked up to him, waving a job request form in her hand and said, "An S-Class job, want to team up?"
Before the Harvest Festival, Erza had invited Kenichi to do an S-Class job together.
But since he had just returned from a job at that time, Kenichi had declined Erza's invitation.
Now, Erza was once again inviting Kenichi to team up for an S-Class job.
'An S-Class job?'
Kenichi thought to himself, then took the job request form from Erza.
When he saw the reward on the form was 8,000,000 J, Kenichi immediately agreed.
"Great, we'll set off right away!"
After Kenichi agreed to Erza's invitation, a pile of luggage somehow appeared in Erza's hands.
"So fast!"
Lucy, looking at the luggage behind Erza, remarked with a face full of surprise.
After some quick preparations, Kenichi, Erza, Lucy, Natsu, and Gray set off on their job journey once again.
"Taking the train again?"
Natsu, carrying a large backpack, looked at the train in front of him and said with a listless expression.
Complaints aside, Natsu was still very much looking forward to the S-Class job.
Soon, Natsu, along with Kenichi, Erza, and the others, boarded the train.
Kenichi, standing in the train aisle, was just about to take his seat when someone suddenly bumped into him.
It was a little girl with long blue hair.
The little girl was holding a large number of gift boxes in her arms.
The moment she bumped into Kenichi, her small body fell straight down, and the gift boxes in her arms scattered everywhere.
Kenichi turned to look, and when he clearly saw the little girl's face, his eyebrows raised slightly.
'Wendy!'
That's right, the little girl who had bumped into Kenichi was none other than Wendy, the Sky Dragon Slayer.
In the original work, Wendy's official appearance was during the battle against the Oracion Seis.
But, before the Oracion Seis, she had a brief encounter with Natsu and the others on a train.
"What's going on?"
Erza, hearing the commotion, immediately stood up and looked over towards the aisle.
Seeing Wendy fallen on the ground, Erza moved to help her up.
But at this moment, Wendy, seeing the two strangers, Kenichi and Erza, staring at her, her small face immediately turned red.
Without any hesitation, she quickly stood up and somewhat flusteredly apologized to Kenichi: "I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry, I didn't see anyone in front of me just now...!"
"Huh? This little girl..."
At that moment, Natsu brought his face close to Wendy's.
Wendy was already shy around strangers, and she was very flustered right now.
Seeing Natsu lean in, she took a frightened step back, tears welling up in her eyes, and for a moment, she didn't know what to do.
"Natsu, what are you doing?!"
Seeing the little girl was about to cry, Erza punched Natsu directly on the head.
Bang!
With a thud, a bump instantly appeared on Natsu's head.
Natsu clutched his head, gritting his teeth in pain.
After Erza helped Wendy pick up her packages, Wendy hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you very much!"
Then she stumbled towards another train car.
"Is it okay for such a young girl to travel alone?" Lucy asked with a worried expression, looking at Wendy's retreating back.
"It should be fine. That little girl is a mage," Erza said, also looking at Wendy, a specific image appearing in her mind.
The image was of the Cait Shelter's symbol on Wendy's hand.
And it was by this that Erza determined Wendy was a mage.
"I feel like I've seen that little girl somewhere before," Natsu said.
"No way, that little girl definitely doesn't know you," Gray retorted upon hearing Natsu.
But Natsu didn't know how to argue back.
He just felt he had seen Wendy somewhere.
Perhaps Natsu didn't know why he felt a sense of familiarity with Wendy.
But Kenichi knew.
After all, Natsu, Wendy, and the others had all traveled through time from 400 years ago.
Although Wendy was a little girl, the magic she possessed was incredibly extraordinary.
First, there was the Sky Dragon Slayer Magic.
Secondly, there was the rare Healing Magic.
Additionally, she also possessed Enchantment Magic.
Although Kenichi already had Irene's Enchantment Magic attribute, he still very much wanted to obtain Wendy's Sky Dragon Slayer Magic attribute and Healing Magic attribute. (T/N: In fact, Wendy's Healing Magic and Enchantment Magic are part of Sky Dragon Slayer Magic.)
'Wendy, huh? I believe we'll meet again soon,' Kenichi first glanced at Natsu, then shifted his gaze towards Wendy in the distance.
Soon, Wendy's figure disappeared from his sight.