Climbing the Mountain

Zonia, the Sacred Mountain, is one of the most recognizable landmarks within the world of Earth Land due to the events that have transpired at said location. It was here where famous Fairy Tail Mage had the unfortunate experience of meeting the Black Dragon and the self-proclaimed King of Dragon Acnologia whilst on a 100-year quest, resulting in the man losing his arm and barely escaping with his life. After the event took place, the Magic Council decided it would be the best if they set up an outpost to keep watch for the Black Dragon's return. It was even rumored that a potential Wizard Saint was stationed there in order to improve the moral of the people that were also placed at the outpost.

The rumor of such powerful mage being stationed in such place sparks curiosity in people, having the desire to seek out if it is true or not. As such, a team of mages were currently traveling along the path of the mountain that led to the camp, to see if the rumor was accurate. Leading the group was a young man with an apathetic look on his face, clearly showing no interest in what was going on. His appearance was casual, but still imposed fear especially due to his crimson eyes, fitting for a demon. It was quite obvious who this was — this young man was Tsuyo Morduin.

Walking alongside Tsuyo was a young girl who, based solely on appearance, looked to be in her early teens. Her clothing was incredibly inappropriate, revealing much of her chest to the world. Despite her vulgar clothing, she seemed to have an innocent appeal to her, seen through her bright blue eyes. This young lady was Kogu Marlowe. With a grin on her face, she turned to face her companion and asked with cheerfulness in her voice, "Aren't you excited Tsuyo? There might be a Wizard Saint at a camp near this mountain." Her eyes sparkled at the mere thought of being able to meet such a powerful mage. "I bet he has a bunch of stories to tell. He's probably fought against a ton of dark mages and monsters! He probably even saved an entire vill-"

It was at this point Tsuyo looked up at the sky and began to block out Kogu's rambling, a skill that he developed from spending a great amount of time around the exuberant bluenette. While most people would find this rude, Tusyo didn't care and knew that Kogu wouldn't take offense to such an action. It was just in his nature to not pay attention to whatever doesn't catch his attention and instead focus on more important things, at least from his perspective. He was currently wondering why they were even bothering to check out this rumor. It didn't benefit any of the members in any shape or form, therefore this entire situation was pointless. Feeling that someone was poking him, he focused on his surroundings and turned his head to stare at Kogu, who had looked to be waiting for his answer on something.

Seeing the confused look that was on Tsuyo's face, Kogu pouted at being ignored once more but decided to repeat her question. "Since you weren't listening, I'll shall repeat what I said for your sake." Not noticing the annoyed look that he sent her way, Kogu continued with he question. "I said, what do you think that this potential Wizard Saint will be like? I think that they'll be a kind person and might give me lots of blueberry ice cream!" Her eyes sparkling once again at the mere thought, she was soon lost in her own fantasy revolving around the frozen desert as once again didn't notice the deadpanned look that Tsuyo gave her.

While her train of thought wasn't exactly the best, her question was surprisingly good. If this rumored Wizard Saint candidate was in the mountains, which he doubted, he wondered how exactly this person was. After the nefarious actions of and, the Magic Council began to tighten down on the Wizard Saints as they ran full background checks on current every member and monitored to see who they interacted over the course of many months. Assuming that they did this for their candidates as well, that person must have a good record and well known within the council. It would be very hard to say how this person would be in terms of personality. He would assume that at the very least, this person would be calm and collective and possess great intelligence.

Poking Kogu in the head to get her out of the daydream she had been focused on, Tsuyo gave his answer in an uncaring tone. "I can't honestly give you a straight answer on how this candidate will be, at least regarding personality." Seeing the puzzled look on her face, he sighed and resumed his explanation. "While I can't guess how they shall act, I can say this regarding their bailies. They are leagues above us. At the very best, I would only be considered a low S-Class Mage due to our lack of experience. Even the lowest ranking Wizard Saint is worth more than five S-Class Mages in both terms of physical and mental capabilities." With his part said, Tsuyo focused his attention back on the road before them.

Greatly surprised and slightly confused at the answer he gave her, Kogu decided to just accept it and turned to see how their other companion was doing. This young man, despite his childish appearance, had a certian vibe to him that practically screamed "don't mess with me or else". The sound of his footsteps on the ground was practically nonexistent, signifying that he did not want his presence to be known by others around him, fitting for an assassin or thief. His spiky white hair was a dead giveaway for who he was — the King of Thieves, Hogotsu Sezoku who was simply staring off into space as he followed behind his comrades.

"Hey Hogotsu, what do you think the Wizard Saint candidate will be like?" Kogu asked for the third time. Hogotsu, now focused, looked over at Kogu with a deadpanned look on his face and replied. "I can honestly say I don't care about how this Wizard Saint candidate will be act like. What maters to me is that we aren't wasting our time out here on some crappy gossip. Why did we even decided to check this out? It's not like this will affect us in anyway!" Hogotsu ranted as Tsuyo nodded in full agreement with him, still not recalling why they even cared about enough to check this out.

Kogu tilted her head in confusion at Hogotsu's rant like a puppy as she asked with a small frown on her face. "Don't you remember? It's that time of the month where we go and one thing that one of us wishes to try. Last month was Tsuyo's turn, so now it's my turn and I wanted to check out this rumor." Smiling at reminding her companions of why they were here, she failed to see the both of them face palming either from forgetting or couldn't simply comprehend that was the reason why they were out in these mountains. Focusing her sight on the path ahead, Kogu was able to see what seemed to be a outpost that had a flagpole with the flag of the Magic Council symbol flowing in the air.

Grinning at the sight, Kogu began to run toward the camp as Tsuyo and Hogotsu followed behind her after regaining their bearings. Soon, they arrived at the camp as Kogu began to look around as she tried to spot anyone that could fit the bill for the Wizard Saint candidate. Calling out with excitement in her voice, "Hello! Is the Wizard Saint candidate here?! We traveled a long way and we were hoping to meet them if they are here."