Erza fell sitting on the ground, staring in disbelief at the thing left in her hand: "Pack...packaging paper?!"
It seemed like she had won, yet also lost completely.
"The bouquet scattered!" The girls were horrified, their expressions showing they had caused a huge disaster.
And it wasn't over yet. The chapel roof first endured a hit from Jubia, then Kagura's Gravity Magic, and had just withstood the combined magic power of three people. It was now overstrained.
Accompanied by cracking sounds, cracks appeared in the center of the roof, small stones fell from above, like a forewarning of major events.
Everyone looked up, exclaiming, "Danger! Be careful!"
The girls in the center of the chapel scattered in all directions, and soon there was a rumbling sound, a large chunk of the roof collapsed, stirring up dust throughout the hall.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Coughing sounds erupted in the room, with everyone either covering their nose and mouth or gently fanning away the dust, asking the people beside them if they were hurt.
Rhode had long shielded Mira, and a whirlwind formed around the two, keeping the dust at bay.
Then, as if cleaning up before, the whirlwind expanded, blowing away the floating dust in the air, some swept outside the door and windows, others piled up in the corners of the walls.
The air quickly became fresh, and everyone could see the situation in the chapel clearly again.
In the center was a pile of rubble, and beside it was Erza holding ribbons and packaging paper, looking dejected.
Further away were Lucy, Reby, Jubia, and other girls who had dodged in time.
Interestingly, scattered flowers landed one in Jubia's arms, one on Ibarglin's fan, one nestled in Jenny's long hair, and one fell, losing a few petals, on Ginanna's shoulder. Ten or so flowers landed on and around Reby's head and feet.
Some were pleasantly surprised to collect their flowers, and Reby even arranged a small bouquet, her face blushing with happiness.
Those empty-handed looked on enviously.
However, the girls soon realized the problem before them—they seemed to have demolished the chapel at someone else's wedding.
Everyone looked nervously at the couple on stage, pondering how to start apologizing.
Natsu stood with hands on his hips, throwing his head back in laughter: "Ahahaha...always turns out like this! I should've known to join in!"
Gajeel knocked Natsu on the head: "You idiot, sometimes you should learn to read the atmosphere, huh?"
Gray glanced sideways at Gajeel: "I can't believe those words actually came out of your mouth."
Natsu clutched his head, grabbing Gajeel's collar: "Bastard, wanna fight?"
The girls in reflection glared at them angrily.
Laxus sighed, crossing his arms and bringing them down like a hammer, knocking the two dummies over: "If you want to fight, when we get back, I'll join you."
The two lay twitching on the ground, Gray silently distanced himself from them, glancing around to find his clothes.
Mira, however, clapped her hands at this time, showing a gentle smile: "Thank you all! Thank you all for making our wedding so lively, today's the happiest day of my life, I really appreciate everyone coming!"
Mr. Yiye immediately struck a dashing pose, remarking: "MEN~ Such a kind bride...a demon? No, it's the fragrance of an angel!"
Ive immediately knelt on one knee beside One Night, extending his arm, praising: "And the first to notice this was Master Yi...One Night Master..."
Hibiki and Ren immediately joined in: "The most charming man!"
One Night's whole being seemed to sparkle, coolly flicking his bangs, deeply stating:
"No, you're wrong. Even with me here, today the most charming man can only be one, and that's the groom, Mr. Rhode!"
"This is such broad-mindedness!" The Pegasus Trio simultaneously wiped their tears with their sleeves, shouting emotionally, "Brother One Night!"
One Night silently shifted into several cool poses.
Jura folded his arms, revealing a polite smile: "These people, their addresses are still all over the place."
"..." Rhode had mixed feelings. One Night, this person...although narcissistic, self-loving, and likes to steal the limelight, is indeed a good person.
After a brief commotion, the slightly awkward atmosphere quickly became lively again.
Makarov transformed into a giant, using his big hand to sweep away the pile of rubble, and called for someone to repave the carpet and sprinkle petals.
Everyone gathered around the bride and groom, walking them through the flower-paved path out of the church.
The priest and some other clergy members peeked into the chapel from behind the scenes, shook their heads with a smile, and retreated.
—The bill will be sent over tomorrow.
This wasn't the first time the chapel was dismantled by Fairy Tail; six years ago was even worse, nothing major.
Anyway, they were familiar with the process from claims to reconstruction.
As everyone departed, Natsu and Gajeel were left lying on the floor.
Lucy and Reby naturally went over to check, ready to drag one each.
"Leave it to me." Seeing Reby struggling, Li Li kindly transformed into a muscular cat, picking up Gajeel's arm and walking away.
Reby had to follow along.
Hapi, also a smart partner of Dragon Slayer Mages, directly landed on Natsu's shoulder to add to Lucy's burden.
The two and the cat naturally fell behind.
Lucy struggled: "Why don't you come help, huh..."
Hapi said energetically: "Aye, we've been helping all day, already out of energy."
Lucy, in anger, shouted: "Doesn't look like you're out of energy, get off and walk yourself!"
Natsu, supposedly unconscious, complained: "You're so noisy, Lucy."
"Sorry." Lucy apologized for her noise but quickly realized, yelling louder, "Since you're awake, why are you still letting me support you?!"
Natsu scratched his head and laughed: "Ahaha, because the scent on Lucy is so comforting, I accidentally fell asleep."
"Pervert!" Lucy pushed Natsu aside, folding her arms over her chest.
"Don't mind such things, here, this is for you!" Natsu, like performing magic, took out a poorly wrapped bouquet of white roses.
Lucy's face turned red instantly: "Wha-why are you giving me flowers?"
"Because Lucy looked like she really wanted flowers." Natsu said matter-of-factly, "Even though you are so timid, you fought Erza for flowers."
"What I wanted was the bride's bouquet, that's different...anyway, thank you." Lucy took the ugly bouquet with both hands, sniffed it, feeling a bit touched, then puzzled, "Why does it look so familiar?"
Natsu proudly said: "Because I had Hapi pick it from the flower arch."
Lucy's face darkened.
Hapi, earning points, chimed in: "The packaging paper is made from the prettiest napkins! The ribbon is a stolen shoelace!"
"Thieving cat!" Lucy, shocked, pointed at Hapi, then glanced at the bouquet, turned her head, and ran off, "You two give back my feelings!"
Hapi said: "Lucy is so weird."
Natsu, also watching her back, said: "Yeah, doesn't she have a flower from Mira's bouquet?"
Lucy hadn't even noticed, as she turned and ran off, a small pink rose fell from the back of her maid of honor dress onto the ground.
Natsu, with hands behind his head, casually walked towards the guild, thinking for a bit, then picked up the fallen flower.