A few days later, just as Kenichi, Erza, and the others were preparing to go on a job, Elfman suddenly approached them.
"Yo, Elfman!"
Seeing Elfman approach, Natsu greeted him.
Under normal circumstances, Elfman would definitely respond with something like: "That's the manly way!" or similar.
But today, Elfman only gave Natsu a faint response, then said to Kenichi: "Kenichi, I need to talk to you about something. Is it convenient to step outside?!"
Kenichi glanced at the somewhat downcast Elfman, then turned to Erza and the others and said, "I'll be right back!"
"What's wrong with Elfman?"
After Kenichi and Elfman went out, Natsu asked with a puzzled expression.
Gray, looking at Elfman's back, said, "He might have some worries."
Natsu, holding his chin, said, "That's really strange. Even Elfman has worries? Isn't he all about being a man?"
Hearing Natsu's words, Lucy couldn't help but complain: "You think everyone is like you, without any worries?"
While Natsu, Gray, and the others were talking, Mirajane, in a jet-black long dress, came running over: "Erza, have you seen Elfman?"
Seeing Mirajane didn't look too well, Erza said, "Elfman just went out with Kenichi. Did something happen?"
Mirajane hesitated for a moment, then said with difficulty: "Elfman wants Kenichi to revive Lisanna."
"What?"
"Revive Lisanna?"
As soon as Mirajane said this, Erza, Gray, and the others were all shocked.
"Revival... that's forbidden magic. No matter how much of a genius Kenichi is, he couldn't possibly know that kind of magic, right?"
"And using forbidden magic is extremely dangerous!"
Erza said with a grave expression.
Just then, Gray suddenly remembered Ur, who had been manifested by Kenichi before: "No, Kenichi does possess a magic that can bring the dead back to life."
At that time, when Kenichi manifested Ur and the others, Erza wasn't present, so she didn't know Kenichi possessed Manifestation Magic.
Now, hearing Gray's words, Erza was shocked: "Kenichi can really bring the dead back to life?"
Gray glanced at Erza and said seriously, "It's not true revival in the literal sense. It just creates a person identical to the deceased when they were alive."
Reaching this point, Gray looked at Mirajane and said, "Elfman should know that even if Kenichi creates a Lisanna, it wouldn't be the real Lisanna!"
"I've told him several times, but he just won't listen!" Mirajane said with a pained expression.
Two years ago, Elfman accidentally harmed Lisanna.
This had always been an unhealed wound in Elfman's heart.
A few weeks ago, Elfman saw Kenichi 'revive' Ur, Jellal, and a group of spirits.
Elfman then wanted Kenichi to revive Lisanna too.
Although Elfman knew it wasn't true revival, he couldn't convince himself otherwise.
Mirajane knew what Elfman was thinking, but she could also understand.
"Mirajane, I'll go with you. We absolutely cannot let Elfman do such a foolish thing!"
Erza said to Mirajane, then went with her towards the guild entrance.
…
While Mirajane, Erza, and the others were talking, Elfman, who had called Kenichi out, indeed begged him to revive Lisanna.
But Kenichi refused on the spot: "I cannot revive your sister."
"Why? On the day we destroyed the Thunder Palace, didn't you revive many people?"
"I've already said that was not revival magic."
There was one more thing Kenichi didn't say out loud: 'Your sister isn't even dead! Your sister is currently in Edolas!'
But Elfman simply wouldn't listen to Kenichi. He had fallen into a mental dead end.
Left with no choice, Kenichi had to change his approach and tell Elfman that Lisanna wasn't dead.
"My magic can only manifest deceased people from others' memories. But my magic cannot manifest your sister. This means your sister is not dead at all!"
'Your sister is not dead at all!'
The moment Kenichi said these words, Elfman's expression changed dramatically.
And Mirajane, who had just come out with Erza, froze on the spot, standing there as if struck dumb.
"Lisanna isn't dead?"
"Are you telling the truth?"
Elfman didn't doubt the truthfulness of Kenichi's words at all. He asked with tears in his eyes.
At this point, Erza hurried to Kenichi's side and asked in a low voice, "Kenichi, is Lisanna really still alive?!"
"My magic can manifest the deceased from others' memories. Living people cannot be manifested. Just now, I tried to manifest Lisanna, but I failed. This means Lisanna isn't dead!"
Kenichi looked at Erza and spoke this complete nonsense with a perfectly straight face.
However, the fact that Lisanna wasn't dead was indeed true.
"Sis! Lisanna isn't dead!"
"Mhm!"
At that moment, both Mirajane and Elfman shed tears of joy.
Mirajane, somewhat excitedly, walked up to Kenichi: "Kenichi, then do you know where Lisanna is now..."
Bzzzt-
Originally, Mirajane wanted to ask Kenichi where Lisanna was now.
But before Mirajane could finish her sentence, a huge vortex suddenly appeared in the sky above Magnolia Town.
"What's going on?"
Erza, noticing the huge vortex, slightly furrowed her brows.
And Kenichi's expression also changed immediately.
"This is..."
Perhaps Erza and Mirajane didn't know what this vortex was.
But Kenichi knew. This vortex was called Anima, a gate connecting to the parallel world of Edolas.
In the original work, the entire Magnolia Town was sucked into the Edolas World.
Just as Kenichi thought of this, an exceptionally powerful attractive force came from within the vortex.
In just the blink of an eye, Erza, Mirajane, and the others, along with the entire Magnolia Town, began flying towards the huge vortex.
Kenichi knew that once sucked into that vortex, except for Dragon Slayers, everyone else would turn into Lacrima in Edolas.
Kenichi was already a Dragon Slayer.
Naturally, he wouldn't be affected.
But Mirajane and Erza were not Dragon Slayers.
Kenichi didn't hesitate at all. He directly used Command T.
Bzzzt!
Bzzzt!
In the next second, Erza and Mirajane both shrank to the size of a palm.
Kenichi grabbed the shrunken Erza and Mirajane, one in each hand.
"Ke... Kenichi! What are you doing?!"
Being held in Kenichi's hand like this, Erza, like a little girl, immediately blushed deeply.
But before Kenichi could even explain, the entire Magnolia Town was sucked into the vortex.