After wandering the town for a bit, Nicolas found what seemed like a pawn shop so he decided to go there to sell some of his gems since he had no money.
He showed a handful of gems to the shopkeeper and asked how much for them. After examining the gems for a bit, the shopkeeper told him 2 million J for all of them.
Nicolas kept silent for a bit while showed a disappointed face. Although he had no clue what the price was, he learned in his previous life that doing that would make the shopkeeper bargain.
Almost immediately, the shopkeeper raised his offer to 2.5 million J but Nicolas still kept his disappointed face. The shopkeeper then said 3 million saying that it was his final offer.
Nicolas accepted the 3 million J offer. Although he was sure that he got scammed after seeing the shopkeeper's smiling face, he just left without making a fuss.
After that, he went into a nearby restaurant to eat.
'Finally, true food.' Nicolas was overjoyed by the prospect since most of the time, he would just eat grilled meat or just rocks and gems so he was craving some variety.
He was able to determine that 100 J was roughly equivalent to 1$ after seeing the prices of food.
After asking his waiter, he also learned that Magnolia was only half a day away on carriage.
After he finished eating, he decided to hit the road to Magnolia immediately.
Although he wanted to go by carriage at first. He decided against it after remembering that Dragon slayers get motion sickness when riding vehicles.
He then decided to go there by flying. Flying would just take him 3 to 4 hours maximum and he was in a rush to put a request to find Wendy and the others so the sooner he arrived, the better.
After he got to the outskirts of the town, he deployed his dragon wings and flew at full speed and followed the road.
On the road, he saw a farmer's cart so he stopped for a bit and decided to ride it in order to verify if he had motion sickness or not. He was able to verify that he indeed had motion sickness so he disembarked immediately after vomiting on the roadside and went on his way to Magnolia.
...
Two hours later,
It was now in the afternoon and he was now at the gates of Magnolia, Nicolas arrived even faster than anticipated.
As he entered the town's gate, he went to a nearby guard and asked him for the location of the Fairy tail guild.
The guard gave him a disgusted whitebeard face but still gave him clear directions.
Soon enough, he arrived at the doors of the guild.
Since the doors were open, he let himself in and looked around the guild. He could see familiar faces such as Gray, Erza, Kana, Macao and Wakaba but ignored them and went straight to what seemed like a receptionist.
"Welcome sir, are you here to post a request?" the receptionist asked him.
"Yes, but my request is bit complicated so could I meet the guild master to discuss it with him?" Nicolas responded.
The receptionist responded that the guild master was currently not here and would probably return in the evening.
He then asked the receptionist if he could wait inside the guild for the master. The receptionist accepted so he sat on the counter and ordered some food to pass time.
As he looked around the guild, he saw Macao and Wakaba approaching him and they suddenly talked to him.
"Hey there, are you here to post a request?" Macao asked him.
"Yeah but I need to talk to the guild master first so I'm waiting for him to come back." Nicolas responded.
"Is that so? Would you like to drink with us." they asked.
'Well, I don't have anything better to do while waiting so might as well join them. I'm an adult anyway so why not.'
"Alright" Nicolas responded and followed the two of them to a nearby table.
As they sat down, Wakaba gave him a mug of beer and then began to introduce himself and Macao beside him.
Nicolas also introduced himself while chugging the beer in one go. Macao ordered another beer while the three of them chit-chatted.
...
Three hours later,
Nicolas got drunk and was currently dancing on the table with Macao and Wakaba while putting Gray in a headlock. The drunk Nicolas who saw Gray in only his underwear told him that he was a pervert so Gray who tried to pick a fight was grabbed by Nicolas and dragged away on the table to dance.
A short man accompanied by a pink-haired boy then entered the guild. Macao was the first to notice so he shouted loudly.
"Hey! Master's back."
Nicolas also saw that Natsu was with him so he approached them while throwing Gray away.
"Hey Natsu. You're here too."
"Nico, have you seen Igneel? He suddenly disappeared and I don't know where he went" Natsu said while pulling on Nicolas's shirt.
"Stop pulling on my shirt, you brat." Nicolas said while punching Natsu on the head lightly.
"I don't know where he went" Nicolas said. And since he was quite drunk, he made a weird face while saying that so Makarov who was listening nearby immediately knew that Nicolas was lying. Fortunately, Natsu the simpleton didn't know that so he was sad that he didn't get Igneel's news.
Makarov nearby then interjected
"Hello, Young man. Are you Natsu's friend?"
"Oh! You're the guild master. You're so short." Nicolas said while laughing.
Makarov who felt offended then asked Nicolas another question immediately
"Young man, do you have a business in our guild?"
Nicolas finally remembered what he came here to do so he told Makarov to wait a moment and pinched his nose while blowing to eject the alcohol from his ears to sober up.
Although, he never did that before, he instinctively did it since he saw someone do it in a Murim Manwha before. And he could control liquids to a certain extent so it worked.
(A/N: Return of the Blossoming Blade. Check it, it's good)
After he sobered up, he began to talk:
"Sorry about that. I'm here to put a request but I need to talk with you privately first." Nicolas said with a serious face.
Makarov nodded and asked Nicolas to follow him into his office.
But before the two went, Nicolas went to the counter and gave the receptionist 30.000 j and said:
"Give this guy anything he wants to eat" while patting Natsu on the head. He then turned to Natsu and said: "Wait here and eat first. I've got to talk with that old man."
Natsu nodded and soon began to eat the food already in front of him.
Nicolas then followed Makarov back to his office.