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Of course, her goal remained the same; she still dreamed of joining Fairy Tail.

But she's currently penniless, so joining her for a couple of meals should be enough for now.

After all, she had just rushed out of the city and hadn't even had lunch yet.

As she was thinking this, her stomach growled loudly.

The three of them immediately turned to look at her. Feeling their gazes on her, Lucy scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly and changed the subject:

"Well, let's not rush things with the guild. How about we go into the city first and then eat and talk?"

When Lucy asked him to come for a free meal, Beetz chuckled and nodded in agreement.

So the four of them temporarily put aside their differences and returned to Rostock together.

Before going to the restaurant, Bitz had Yan take him to a bank in the city, and then, in front of Lucy, he casually took out a one-kilogram gold bar from his combat suit and exchanged it for a total of 1700 million J.

Seeing his amazing actions, Lucy unsurprisingly revealed her true colors as a sarcastic commentator.

"Where did you hide such a big gold bar before?!"

Why would you casually pull out something like that? Would a normal person carry a kilogram of gold bars with them when they go out?!

Put away the small cards, such as bank cards or passbooks, that the bank teller respectfully handed to you.

Bitz adjusted his loose-fitting combat suit and explained:

"Don't underestimate my combat suit. It can hold ten more of the same gold bars."

"Is that what I meant?" Lucy was speechless for a moment, but she was indeed attracted by the stretchability of the combat suit, and even tapped it with her hand to examine it carefully.

On another note, Bitz previously thought the two long shoulder pads extending from the combat suit on his shoulders looked a bit ugly.

So they had Liang Bing modify it, changing it to the tank top style that Vegeta would later often wear.

The shoulder pads that were removed were later taken by Liang Bing for research.

It is said that the combat suit has excellent stretchability and protection. I plan to analyze the materials to see if it can be replicated and then equipped the demon legion with it.

Later, Beetz felt it was too high-profile, so he took off the red cape as well.

His current attire is very similar to Vegeta's later work, even his inner bodysuit is black, only a bit darker than the one worn by Vegeta.

After withdrawing the money, the four of them went straight to the nearest restaurant without hesitation.

The three, who were unfamiliar with the customs and culture of the Fairy Tail world, handed the menu to Lucy, who then ordered a table full of dishes.

While waiting for the food to be served, Lucy took the initiative to ask about the guild.

She rested her chin on her hands, staring intently at Beetz with her large eyes, and asked curiously:

"Judging from the fact that you can easily pull out gold bars, you must be quite wealthy and born into an aristocratic or wealthy merchant family."

"If that's the case, why did you even bother establishing a mage guild? Wouldn't it have been better to just be a wealthy man?"

"Cough cough~" Beetz nearly choked on his tea. He put down his cup, gave Lucy a strange look, tapped his fingers on the table, and said speechlessly:

"It sounds a bit out of place coming from you, Miss Lucy Heartfilia."

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Now it was Lucy's turn to be surprised. Her expression instantly turned wary, and she reached for her key pouch at her waist with her right hand, saying cautiously:

"You know me?! You knew my identity from the beginning, were you sent by that guy?"

"Send you my foot!" Rolling her eyes at her irritably, Bittz tapped her combat suit and stated the facts:

"Do you think I'm someone who's short of money, someone who could be bribed by your father to deliberately get close to you, a runaway heiress?"

"That's true, but..."

Lucy still had some doubts. It wasn't just her boasting, but the wealth controlled by the Heartfilia Consortium was beyond the reach of ordinary rich people.

In the past, other noble and wealthy young masters had approached her in various ways, all with the aim of seizing her family's wealth through her, the only daughter of the Heartfilia family.

But Bitts was clearly not in that category; he was only lusting after Lucy's body.

So, in front of Lucy, he confessed directly:

"Let me tell you the truth, I'm all about money. I don't even care about the Heartfilia Consortium."

To put it more pretentiously, I never consider whether my friends are rich or not, because none of them are as rich as me anyway.

After Lucy and the other two were clearly stunned by this pretentious remark.

After a long silence, Leng Cai retorted in a low voice:

"Nonsense, Queen Keisha is the richest person in the entire universe."

After her initial shock, Lucy quickly took out her notebook again and wrote down this boastful remark.

As she wrote, the three of them could hear her excitedly muttering to herself.

"That sounds incredibly rude, but it's definitely a classic line. I'll write it down; maybe the villains in the book will use it later."

After writing down the famous quote, closing her notebook, and looking up again, Lucy's hostility had mostly disappeared.

"Although I don't remember when someone as wealthy as you appeared in the rich circle of the Kingdom of Fiore."

However, since you can say something so authoritative, I'll believe you for now.

As she spoke, she steered the conversation back on track.

"Speaking of which, since you're so rich, you have even less reason to start a guild."

A mage's mission is extremely dangerous; one wrong move and your life could be in danger. Are you really sure you've thought this through?

Beetz couldn't help but find it amusing to see Lucy giving him such a serious warning.

"I said, don't act like you're a senior."

"Seriously, have you ever joined a guild, fought against mages, or had any experience carrying out missions?"

Under Beetz's barrage of questions, Lucy lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Uh—no..."

"Heh, what else is there to say? The three of us are all experienced warriors... uh, mages."

"At least I'm much better than a complete newbie like you."

"I'm so sorry for being so useless."

Lucy was so devastated that she burst into tears. Only after Beetz said that did she realize how useless she really was.

Even if I went to Magnolia, I probably wouldn't be able to become a member of Fairy Tail.

Lucy suddenly felt this worry, and at that moment, Bitches began to try to comfort her:

"So instead of starving and sleeping on the streets, you might as well join my guild first."

Together, we can accumulate experience from scratch, participate in the construction of the guild, and learn how to manage the guild.

They can also join us on missions and learn how to fight from us.

"Once you've become familiar with the guild for a year or two and become an excellent, qualified mage, I won't stop you if you want to leave."

"This... let me think about it."

With such great offers, Lucy was unsurprisingly tempted.

She was still a little hesitant, mainly because one or two years seemed a bit long to her.

But think about it: from a complete novice to an outstanding mage capable of standing on his own.

Without the tempering of time and the accumulation of numerous tasks, it would be impossible to achieve this.

Perhaps only then will I be qualified to join Fairy Tail.

Lucy, who inexplicably had a mysterious filter on Fairy Tail, thought to herself.

Then, as if she had made up her mind, she earnestly extended her fair hand to Bitz.

"In that case, I'll have to rely on you for guidance, Chairman."

"Yes, I will definitely take good care of you and help you become an excellent mage."

With a smile on his face, Beetz reached out and took Lucy's outstretched hand, gently shaking it as he spoke words full of profound meaning.

However, Lucy didn't understand the other meaning behind Bits' words; she was still secretly excited that she finally had a guild.

Yan He Leng observed their conversation and behavior.

Leng remained as arrogant as ever, unable to understand why Bitz would go to such lengths to recruit a 17 or 8-year-old kid who knew nothing to form a guild.

Yan, however, understood perfectly well, and looked at Lucy with a hint of pity.

This innocent and naive girl has no idea what kind of pirate ship she's boarded.

She felt contempt and disgust for Bitz, that lecherous scoundrel, and there was also a faint sense of displeasure that she herself was unaware of.

Shortly after Lucy agreed, their food arrived.

Lucy, who was already starving, immediately put aside everything else and started eating.

But to her surprise, Bitches acted even more like a starving ghost than she did.

Before she could even take a bite of the dish, Bitches tilted her head back and shoved the whole thing into her mouth.

Watching Bitts devour most of the food on the table in the blink of an eye, like autumn leaves being swept away by the wind, Lucy swallowed hard in shock and quickly called over the waiter, ordering dozens more dishes.

After giving the instructions, she quickly joined the fray, competing with Bitches for food.

Unfortunately, she couldn't outeat a Saiyan. If it weren't for Leng, who was sitting next to her, taking pity on her and picking up a few bites of food for her, Lucy would probably have been hungry and waiting for the next round of food to be served.

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Chapter 195 A Lunch Worth 30 J, Lucy Blushes!

"Thank you, Sister Leng."

Lucy thanked the kind-hearted older sister with gratitude and then quickly buried her head in her food.

Out of curiosity, Leng Heyan and his companion each put some food into their own bowls and began to taste the food from this other world.

When it came time to pay the bill, the restaurant owner personally used something like a calculator to repeatedly calculate the amount before wiping away sweat and trying to suppress his excitement as he enthusiastically said:

"Distinguished guests, the total cost of this meal is 306, 520 J."

Of course, forget about the odd amount; 30 J will suffice.

It was only 30 J, and Bitz readily paid the money.

The owner, who was afraid they would dine and dash, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After swiping the money from Bitz's card, the owner personally saw them out, warmly hoping they would visit again.

They waited until they left the restaurant and sat down on a park bench in the city center.

Lucy was still in a daze, not yet recovered from the shock she had just experienced.

"Heh, heh heh, 30 J, and he actually ate up my entire fortune in one meal."

As she spoke, her fleeting gaze turned to Beetz, and her tone became more serious than ever before:

"Now I'm finally starting to believe you're a super-rich person, but the average family definitely couldn't afford to support such a big eater like you!"

Bits: "..."

"Stop talking nonsense, don't talk like you haven't eaten."

"How can that be the same? The most Leng Jie, Yan Jie, and I ate was 5000J. The rest of the food went into your stomach."

"Well, Lucy, you've already learned to contradict the guild leader on your very first day in the guild, haven't you?"

A troublemaker like you who doesn't listen to reason isn't usually popular in a union.

"Hey, what do you mean by that? Are you threatening me, you bastard?!"

Lucy was shocked that Bitz would be so shameless. She had only been in the guild for a short time, and this bastard was already acting like the guild leader.