Levy McGarden

Levy peeked into the room, before stepping in.

"H-heya!" She said, mimicking her usual speech, but it was clear something was amiss.

"Oh. What's up, Lev?" He replied with a grin.

Levy began looking around, seeing that Ignazio was apparently packing up for the day.

"Oh crap. I'm sorry! I didn't realize you were leaving. I can come back later" she said, turning on her heel and beginning to walk out.

"Levy!" He called after her. She froze in the doorway. "It's fine. I'm here to help if you need it. I'm willing to make the time"

She tensed up, nodded, and shut the door; now just standing in his office. Ignazio waited a moment before chuckling a little.

"You know you can sit down, right?" He joked. Levy's face went red.

"R-right. Sorry"

She moved across the room, sitting down in the chair opposite him as he looked at her.

"I can tell something's bugging you. What's up?"

Levy adjusted in her seat.

"So... I guess I'm just not feeling confident." She said.

This was a bit of a shock. Levy always seemed overly confident to him most of the time.

"Not confident huh? You?" He asked somewhat incredulously.

"Well... Yeah. Look. It's not confidence about my magic or anything. It's... Do you know what it's like to be a petiet girl surrounded by women with big asses, big tits, and even bigger egos?" She huffed.

"Aaah. That kind of confidence." He said. "So you're a little bothered by how uh... Stacked the competition is?"

She sighed

"At this rate I'm gonna be alone forever. Guys are practically lining up for Erza, Cana, Lucy, and Mira. And obviously Bisca is with Al. I dunno. I just feel like nobody really looks at me the same way." She sighed "Not that I want a bunch of dudes lusting after me. Or that I don't want to have the desire for love anymore. I just..."

He felt a little responsible for this. He HAD been using his hypnosis to make the guys ignore the girls in the Guild. She definitely had these thoughts before that, but that probably wasn't helping. At least, not helping HER.

"You don't want to have that pang of inferiority whenever you see another woman" he stated

"Yeah." She confirmed "and Erza walking around without her armor isn't helping. But I heard that was your doing?"

He nodded.

"It was. She wanted to be more relaxed. Granted, we're still in the early stages with Erza. I managed to get her out of that armor in one session but... I feel like getting her to actually relax will be a monster all on its own."

Levy gave him a sincere smile

"Don't sell yourself short." She began "This is the most relaxed I've ever seen her. Even when we guild girls go on vacation or something, she always feels like she's all business. We could be splashing around in the ocean or having a pillow fight, but even if she was participating her mind always felt like it was still on Guild business. You've helped"

"Well. Thanks. Guess you aren't the only one feeling a little off, huh?" He joked, causing Levy to calm down a bit.

"Ha! Yeah. I guess you're right" she said in her normal, more chipper voice "Anyway! I figure if you can get Erza to calm down, maybe you can help me. Besides Erza's been singing your praises to basically everyone."

"She has?!" He asked. He hadn't programmed her to do that. So it was a good sign for future sessions. And probably good for business.

"Yeah! I think some of it is her trying to get people in here. But she explained the whole hypnosis thing to everyone and people seem more calm about it now. Pretty much everyone seemed to understand it too. She's uh... Still trying to explain it to Natsu, and still trying to convince Cana to come in." She shrugged "So anyway. I was just wondering if you had time to uh..."

He smiled and gave her a nod

"Course! You said Erza explained the process?"

"Mhm! Nice and clear."

This was good. It would make it easier in the future. He wouldn't have to sit there and explain hypnosis to each client.

"Gotcha. In that case..." He began, pulling out his watch "shall we?"

"Heck yeah!" She said, leaping out of her seat with enthusiasm. He gave her a curious look before she sat down.

"Right. Sorry. Relax" she laughed.