Zeref listened to his niece speak of how she planned for the tournament and the training regimes for her team and nodded with approval every now and again to show he was still listening.<br/><br/>When it was time for her to leave, he was a bit astonished at how far time flew by during the visit, but due to his immortality, it shouldn’t have been too surprising to say the least, as he had to get used to time passing quicker then he. He didn’t expect a whole day to fly by right under him though.<br/><br/>At the Warden’s statement he smiled softly. “Yes, it does make life here all the more bearable. Makes me wonder how She will behave when she’s all grown up, with children of her own.” He said, musing at the potential of being a great-uncle.<br/><br/>———<br/><br/>At the Dragneel Residence, Natsu observed his daughter coming in. “I expected you to be there instead of training like you should, Why would you party in another town, WHAT?! Do I have to burn him for that!!” He shouted the last part at the top of his lungs, a small spout of flame emerging from his mouth. “Also, where did you find the time to sass me like this?! And I know you got it from you mo-“ just then,  a fish slapped Natsu in the face, sending him falling into the couch and the scent knocking him out cold.<br/><br/>The user of said fish? A certain blue exceed who looked like he got disturbed from his slumber.<br/><br/>“Natsu... keep it down, I wanna fish tomorrow and you’re ruining my strength building to find a big one.” The exceed complained. “At Least She isn’t sneaking a boyfriend home or something be grateful for that.” With that, the exceed slowly spreads his wings and flies back towards where he sleeps in the nighttime, curling up to go to sleep.<br/><br/>“Gotta recount the fish I’m dreaming of... one....two...” Happy sleepily mumbled as he drifted off.<br/><br/>——<br/><br/>At the guild hall at around 7 am, Cain was there early... or was he there late? He was so sleep deprived from Oscar’s training routine he couldn’t tell which. “Man... now I remember why I struck out on my own to find Fenrir.. I just hope I can catch at least a few more z’s...before anyone shows up...” with that statement said his head took a dive forwards and his forehead met the table with a resounding bang. Moments later there was the sound of snoring emanating from the slumped form of Cain, which left a Just now arriving Gajeel all the more confused... and mischevious as he smelled an opportunity for a prank... so he pulled out a black marker and drew a pair of glasses and a moustache on the poor sleeping half brother of his adopted Nephew.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">“Hehehe, Fen will get a kick out of it that’s for sure, used to prank him the same way I remember.” </span>Gajeel thought with a snicker.