Fairy Tail: I Don't Want to Be the Guild Master

"It's okay, Carla," Wendy said, her voice slightly trembling. "Mr. Rhodes has a spell that helps me recover my magic, so I'll be fine."

Carla's ears twitched, surprised. "You can recover her magic power? Then why didn't it work last time?"

"I was completely drained back then," Rhodes explained with a sigh. "But let's not get into that right now. Did you two find anything suspicious?"

Carla crossed her arms, her expression unimpressed. "The town looks normal, peaceful. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary."

"Aye, Carla's right," Happy agreed. "But..." He hesitated for a moment, casting a glance at her.

Erza's eyes narrowed. "But what?"

Happy looked a little unsure. "We did see... a strange light. It was pretty far away though."

Carla huffed and stuck her paws into her jacket. "Tch. I told him it was probably nothing. Some light flickering in the distance isn't necessarily connected to what we're dealing with."

Still, with no better leads, Rhodes pressed gently. "Describe the light. What direction did you see it from?"

Happy paused to recall. "It lit up on the mountains. It changed colors, purple, gold, blue, cycling back and forth. I think it came from that way..." He pointed toward the north, a bit uncertain.

Rhodes and Erza exchanged a sharp glance.