Chapter 354: FTG Chapter 351: Happy’s Supernatural Event

"Last night, I was so hungry I couldn’t sleep, so I thought about going to the academy’s pond to catch some fish to eat."

As soon as Happy opened his mouth, it caused the temples of several people around him to throb.

"I remember the academy’s pond doesn’t allow fishing, right?"

"If you went fishing, how come you didn’t call me?"

"I remember you ate so much last night you almost burst, how could you still be so hungry you couldn’t sleep?"

Several people interrupting one after another caused Happy’s mouth to twitch: "Can you let me finish speaking?"

The few of them felt sheepish: "You speak, you keep speaking..."

Happy nodded and continued: "You guys know my fishing skills; up until now, I haven’t come back empty-handed a single time. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to describe it as superb. Not a single cat in the entire academy is better than me!"

"I’m not bragging or anything, but with just a slight display of my skills, I reach a height that other cats can never achieve in a lifetime!"

When Happy reached this point, Erzi had already lost interest in listening further. Because she knew that this few-months-old kitten had already picked up the bragging habits of those older men in the guild—only about three out of ten words he said could be taken seriously, so the rest of the story wasn’t worth listening to.

Just as Erzi was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly changed her mind. Since she had already gathered around, she might as well listen to see what kind of big talk they were making.

She only heard Happy continue: "At that time, I merely used a few minor tricks, and in just two short hours, I caught seven or eight fat and large fish. That taste... slurp... it was truly delicious, I can still remember their taste even now."

"When I pulled those fish out of the pond, their tails were still slapping one by one, as if saying ’come eat me, come eat me’..."

Speaking up to this point, Happy’s eyes grew misty as he twitched his nose, and the entire cat seemed to sink into a beautiful illusion, with saliva uncontrollably flowing down from the corner of his mouth.

Slap!

Erzi crossly smacked Happy on the head: "Can you tell the story properly?"

"Alright, alright..."

Happy snapped back from the beautiful illusion, "At about three o’clock, I suddenly heard a strange commotion in the center of the pond. It sounded like a ’crackling and snapping’ sound. Because I was simply too curious about that sound, I packed up my fishing rod and flew over wanting to see what was going on."

Everyone blinked in confusion: "A crackling and snapping sound?"

Feeling self-conscious under their gazes, Happy thought about it carefully and said again: "It also seemed like a ’splashing and crashing’ sound, anyway, they are all pretty much the same!"

Hearing him say this, everyone knew that Happy actually hadn’t heard clearly what kind of sound it was at all. Maybe it was just the sound of the wind striking the pond, or the sound of fish in the pond splashing the water as they leapt out of the surface, or something else entirely.

"And then? You flew over and looked, did you discover anything?"

Natsu swallowed hard, looking at Happy with a completely serious face, seemingly having been entirely drawn into the story he was telling.

Happy had a deadly serious expression: "Nothing... at all!"

"..."

Everyone tilted their heads in unison, large question marks popping up over their heads.

"Huh??"

"Are you sure, nothing happened??"

Happy’s expression became even more serious as he nodded with certainty: "Yes, there was nothing on the pond, and I just came back safe and sound like this!"

Erzi brought a hand to her forehead speechlessly: "Just as I thought, I knew your story wasn’t worth listening to!"

Gray also couldn’t help but complain: "Seriously, blankly wasting five minutes of my life."

Natsu had a face full of resentment, seemingly blaming Happy for playing a trick on him: "Happy, you..."

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing everyone turning around intending to leave, Happy instantly grew anxious, raising his paws as he began hopping up and down: "I only said nothing was discovered on the pond, the strange part comes afterward!!"

Oh?

Everyone stopped in their tracks and turned back around.

"So there’s actually a sequel..."

"Next time, please just get straight to the point!"

"So what exactly happened?"

Happy mimicked the small habit Makarov often did, clearing his throat twice, putting on a ghastly pale face, and continuing: "The truly bizarre part is, when I came back, I discovered that the fish I caught earlier were actually all gone!"

"Can you imagine that kind of scene? The fruits of my entire night, completely gone!!"

"In the end, I still went home on an empty stomach and went to sleep on an empty stomach!!"

The more Happy spoke, the more sorrowful he became, and he couldn’t help but shed tears. Two lines of bitter and salty tears dripped and splattered onto the tabletop like that, quickly wetting a corner of the wooden desk.

Everyone was speechless once again.

Gajeel muttered in a low voice: "It’s just that the fish you caught disappeared, what is there to make such a big fuss about..."

Happy shouted back in dissatisfaction: "This matter is very serious, alright!! It caused a huge blow to my young and fragile heart!!"

Gray leaned against the corner of the wooden table with a lack of interest: "Did you accidentally bump into the bucket, so the fish all swam away?"

Happy shouted again: "Absolutely not! The bucket I used to hold the fish was still sitting in its original spot perfectly fine, but the fish inside were completely gone!"

Seeing Happy so sad, Erzi also felt a bit bad for him for a moment: "When you left, did someone happen to pass by and then release the fish you caught back into the wild?"

Gray took over the conversation, saying: "But I’ve never heard of there being a night watchman in the academy."

Erzi shook her head, then glanced sideways at Happy: "It doesn’t have to be a night watchman, maybe it was some fellow who, just like Happy, couldn’t sleep at night and went wandering blindly around the academy?"

"That... is not impossible, but if that person was wandering blindly, then let them wander blindly, why release Happy’s fish? Do they have nothing better to do?"

"If they had things to do, would they run to the academy in the middle of the night to wander blindly?"

Hiss—

Makes sense, makes sense!

It was actually completely impossible to refute!

Happy wiped away his tears with the back of his paw, shaking his head as he said: "I’ve also thought about what you guys said, but not only were there no footprints left around the bucket, I couldn’t smell the scent of any other person appearing either..."

It was actually like this?

Everyone suddenly realized. With Happy’s sense of smell, if a person or some other thing had passed by, he definitely would have smelled it out instantly. But the fact was that he simply hadn’t discovered any trace of anyone being around, so it was no wonder it was called a supernatural event.

Gajeel chuckled wickedly from the side: "Maybe you ran into a Water Ghost Fish!"

"Water Ghost Fish?" Everyone present froze.

Gajeel put on a serious face to lecture them on the lore: "Legend says, in places with water like riversides, lakes, or ponds, if too many of the fish inside are eaten, the resentful souls of those fish will gather together and turn into a magical creature called a ’Water Ghost Fish’."

"It’s said that Water Ghost Fishes make a ’gurgle gurgle’ sound, and if a person hears it three times within a few consecutive days, they will be dragged into the water and eaten by them!!"

"Eeeek?!!!"

"Will be eaten by fish?!"

Happy’s scream echoed through the entire guild.