Chapter 252: Unspoken Premonitions
Fairy Tail's Inn in Team A's room of six.
"Can you tell us now why the people of the Sabertooth Tiger are back with us?" asked Natsu as she looked at the girl sitting in her chair with hair as white as Mirajan, unlike Mirajan, her hair was shorter and only reached her neck, and the girl's name seemed to be Yukino, which was similar to her hair.
"Actually, I'm here to find Lucy Hatfilia," Yukino said, looking at Lucy.
"Eh, why are you looking for me?" Lucy was stunned.
"I've heard of you, a sorcerer who loves the star spirit, and although I don't know why you lost yesterday's match without using the star spirit magic, it still doesn't affect my idea of meeting you," Yukino said.
"So what the hell?" asked Lucy again, feeling even more uneasy.
Then Yukino put her hand on the table, and then two golden keys appeared in Lucy's field of vision, and then pushed her hand in front of Lucy.
Lucy's pupils shrank suddenly after seeing Xue Nai's movements, and her body couldn't help but tremble, and Xiu and Mirazhen, who were also in the room, were also slightly surprised.
"It's ...... Dry...... What?" Lucy's voice changed.
"As far as I know, Lucy, you have collected ten of the zodiac in your hand, right, after adding these two Pisces and the balance constellation, you have collected all the keys to the zodiac," Xue Nai said, looking at Lucy.
However, Lucy's face completely changed when she heard this, and the voices of Loki and the unknown person who used the sacrificial magic sounded in Lucy's mind again, and some cold sweat began to break out on her forehead.
Xiu Ye looked at the two golden keys on the table and frowned slightly, what Lucy thought of at this time, he could naturally think of it, and then put one hand on Lucy's shoulder and patted it gently.
After being slapped by Xiu like this, Lucy suddenly came back to her senses, and turned her head to look at Xiu's expression that asked her not to worry too much, and then her heart slowly calmed down.
"Why...... You want to give it to me?" asked Lucy, looking at the two keys in front of her and then at Yukino.
"Because I decided from the beginning, I'll ......give you the key after the Great Demon Fighting Exercise is over," Yukino said as she looked at Lucy.
"It's not over yet," Gray said.
"It's over for me," Yukino said.
"These two keys are of no use to me, so please take them, and maybe you can open the legendary door that can change the world," Yukino continued.
However, a cold sweat broke out on Lucy's forehead again after hearing Yukino say that it was the gateway to change the world.
"The door to change the world? what is that?" Natsu wondered.
"Huh......" Xia Lulu also made a surprised sound.
"What's wrong?Xia Lulu, do you have a premonition?" Wendy said as she looked at Xia Lulu.
"I have a premonition of anything going on there, I'm just curious," Xia Lulu said.
"The gate to change the world...... Lucy muttered to herself, "Why are things going the way they are?" Lucy turned her head to look at Xiu and Mirajane, who were looking at her.
"I'm sorry, I don't think I'm willing to take your key......" Lucy said slowly, looking at Yukino.
"Did you plan so easily?" Yukino's face was a little gloomy.
"I don't know what I'm thinking now, for some reason I refuse to have all the keys to the zodiac, even though I've always dreamed of collecting all the twelve keys before......," Lucy said with a slight gloom.
"But...... But...... It doesn't matter anymore, what I value now is the relationship between the star spirits and humans," Lucy said slowly.
"I can feel that Yukino also has your own feelings with your star spirits, so you are really willing to give them up?and if the star spirits can easily change hands, then what is the contract with the star spirits?, so you still take back these two keys, I believe you are also very reluctant to leave them" Lucy pushed the keys back in front of Yukino.
Lucy's actions not only surprised Xiu and Mirazhen slightly, but also puzzled Nazgray, who actually gave up the other two keys to the zodiac that she could get her hands on, which was a pity for Nazgre Windi.
"You're really a person who loves star spirits...... "Yukino said slowly.
"If you need to collect the twelve keys to the zodiac in the future, I think these two keys will still reach you......" Yukino said as she picked up the key on the table again.
"No, I don't think I really have that heart, even if I really need it, but I think there should be no danger by then" Lucy smiled slightly, this smile seemed to Xiu and Mirazhen to smile very reluctantly.
"By the way, I can't participate in the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts anymore, it should be the eldest lady Mineba who will participate in the competition in my place, you be careful, she is very strong, she is one of the five strongest people in the Sabertooth Tiger," Yukino said.
"Speaking of which, the Sabertooth Tiger became what it is today because of the change of guild leader and the five magicians," Gray thought about the limited story about the Sabertooth Tiger.
"So you're not one of the five?" Lucy was slightly surprised.
"No, I'm just a newcomer, and I was originally going to compete in place of the eldest lady who has a job, so the strongest five people of the Sabertooth Tiger have been gathered" Yukino shook her head and said.
"Thank you for the reminder, but is there anything else going on?" asked Lucy.
"No, that's what I'm here for, and now it's time for me to take my leave," Yukino said, retracting the key and standing up.
"Lucy, maybe you don't know it yet, in fact, in the past seven years, the number of Star Spirit Wizards has dropped dramatically, maybe in the near future, you and I may be the last Star Spirit Magicians......" Xue Nai looked at Lucy and said.
This sentence made Lucy stunned, and then Lucy wanted to ask something, but found that Yukino had already walked out of the house, and picked up the suitcase that she had been holding in the beginning.
"That's it, I thought she's here to find fault," Natsu scratched her head.
"There are people who have come to the other guilds alone to find faults?" said Gray glanced at Natsu.
"I heard that she represented the Sabertooth Tiger in the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts this afternoon, and lost," Xiu asked.
"Well, it's a battle with your life......" Wendy replied with a nod.
"If that's the case, I think I've guessed a few points," Xiu said in a deep voice.
"Maybe it was the battle that cost her life that made her really decide to give those two keys to Lucy," Xiu said.
"Are you afraid that you will lose your life, and the star spirit will fall into the wrong hands, there is indeed a possibility of saying this," Mirajan nodded in agreement.
"That's why she's holding her luggage?" asked Xia Lulu.
"Who knows, but judging from what she said and the look on her face just now, I'm afraid she shouldn't be a member of the Sabertooth Tiger anymore, and this should be the most appropriate explanation for her luggage," Xiu said slowly.
"It's no longer a member of the Sabertooth Tiger...... "Natsu looked at the door of the inn, and at this time, Yukino's figure had already disappeared from everyone's field of vision, and her brows furrowed slightly.
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Since Elusa was not in the hotel, Xiu could only wait in the room, and Mirajane went back to the girl-only room where she and Lisa Nakana lived, ready to wash and sleep, but Lucy and Wendy were not so lucky, and could only sleep with Nazgray in the room for six people, originally there was Elfman's bed in the room, but Elfman now lives in the infirmary in the Domus Arena, so everyone plans to repair the location of this bed, which Xiu said doesn't matter, even if there is only one corner, he can sleep peacefully, and the body needs to go back to the other side of the world tonight, and then take a moment to recreate a more advanced mind body that can be materialized with magic power, so that the mind body can carry a little more magic power, and it is very dangerous for the body to stay in Kulokas in a state where the magic power cannot be recovered, although I am confident that I will not be in mortal danger, but because of the ontology, the magic of the other side of the world will dissipate, which is also very dangerous for Siqia.
in the bathroom
Wendy, who had just finished taking a shower, had dried her body and put on her pajamas, while Xia Lulu was constantly wiping her wet white hair, and if she didn't dry it and go to bed, she would catch a cold.
Lucy was also in the bathroom because Wendy had just finished washing, so Lucy had just come in to get ready to take off her clothes and take a shower.
"Sister Lucy, isn't it a shame that you gave up those two keys like that?" Wendy was wiping a clean towel on her hair, just like Xia Lulu, so that her hair would dry faster.
"Yes, it's rare to have twelve keys," Xia Lulu agreed.
"This ...... How to say that...... Actually, it was because I had collected the twelve keys that I refused......" Lucy sighed softly and said, "It's because I know that I'm afraid of ......."
"Scared?" Xia Lulu stopped wiping her body after hearing Lucy's words, and looked at Lucy behind her from the mirror in front of her, her expression slowly sank.
"Lucy singing in the ruins, the white knight, the ruined castle...... Does it have anything to do with yesterday's premonition?" Xia Lulu secretly said in her heart, in fact, Xia Lulu was awakened from her dream yesterday afternoon, and it was that premonition that woke her up, because nothing happened about Lucy, so except for telling Polyusica about it after she woke up, the rest of the people didn't know about it.
The only thing Xia Lulu knew for sure was that it was a bad premonition, and it was about Lucy.
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Xiu continued to wait in the room for nearly half an hour before Elusa returned, and Elusa was also shocked to find out that Xiu had actually returned.
"When did you arrive?" asked Elusa as she looked at Xiu in surprise.
"I arrived this afternoon, but I didn't send you a letter or anything because of the urgency," Xiu replied truthfully.
"In that case, why don't you go back sooner, in that case, you can also participate in the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts in the guild," Elusa continued.
"No, I also have something important to do when I come back this time, maybe I'll have to leave Kulokas soon, so I can't participate in the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts to help the guild win the first place" Xiu shook his head and said, after being together with everyone for so many hours, he naturally knew the purpose of Fairy Tail's participation in the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts Exercise.
"So what are you here for?" Alusa wondered.
"That's what I'm waiting for you, I've heard that Gerald is investigating the strange magic power of the Great Demon Fighting over the years, that's what I'm going to ask about......," Xiu said as he looked at Elusa.
"Could it be that Ashu, you're also tracking Zeref's trail?" Alusa was taken aback.
"That's true, but I'm not sure if it's so, so I asked, so Gerald didn't notice that strange magic yesterday afternoon?" asked Xiu, looking at Elusa.
"I asked Gerald not long ago, and Gerald didn't feel the magic for the past two days, saying it seemed to have disappeared out of thin air," Elusa recalled what Gerald had said to herself.
"So Gerald deduced that there was something blocking the magic from happening, so he decided to go to the organizers tomorrow to investigate it up close," Elusa continued.
"Didn't you feel that magic yesterday, didn't you feel it when I was playing?" Lucy said in surprise, by this time she had already finished her shower, and like Wendy, she was wearing pajamas waiting for her slightly wet hair to dry naturally.
"Well, Gerald's statement that he didn't feel any unusual magic shouldn't be wrong," Elusa said, nodding.
"Ah Xiu...... So what's going on?" Lucy asked, looking at Xiu.
"I don't know, I thought it had something to do with the magic that Gerald was tracking, but now it doesn't seem to be directly related, but I don't deny that there is something that Gerald said that something blocked the possibility of the magic emanation," Xiu said slowly.
"Are you going to stay and track it down?" asked Lucy.
"No, it's better to take the initiative to look for it than to wait here," Xiu glanced at Lucy and shook his head, and walked towards the door of the inn, taking out a diamond-like magic crystal from his pocket as he went.
After Lucy saw the magic crystal in Xiu's hand, she knew that Xiu was going back to the other side of the world.
"How long will it take?" asked Lucy immediately.
"My strength is limited, it will take about a day, and then the situation will be a little better than it is now, by the way, Elusa, if Gerard feels that magic tomorrow, then please let me know when I return" Xiu continued.
"Well, it's a pleasure......" Elusa replied with a nod.
"See you tomorrow night...... then," Xiu glanced at Lucy again and walked straight out the door.
"Well, see you tomorrow night," Lucy replied, she understood something from Xiu's words, because of her own lack of magic power, Xiu needs to go back to the world to find a way to solve this problem, and it will take about a day, and Xiu's magic problem should be much better by then.
Xiu quickly disappeared from the sight of several people, after leaving the hotel, Xiu found a deserted street, crushed the magic crystal in his hand, and the fragments of the magic crystal flew up, and soon in front of Xiu, it became a dark door and the space in the middle was still revolving, Xiu quickly walked in and then the door disappeared in place, and there was no way to see that there was a person and a door here.
On the other side of the world, in a treehouse surrounded by a film of light.
Xiu walked out of thin air through a door, and after Xiu walked out, the door disappeared immediately afterward, and he looked not far away, where there was a somewhat weak body sitting on a magic array with his eyes closed, which was a mind body that had left a lot of magic power in place of his own body.
"Has the mana been worn out a bit," Xiu said to himself with a slight frown.
"Really, it seems that it still needs to be transformed from a certain object in order to connect to the magic of the body...... How can the magic of this era not feel as good as before" Xiu said helplessly, and at the same time sat on the magic array instead of his own thinking body, and the hands of the thinking body and the main body also overlapped slightly, and then Xiu began to feel that the magic power in his body began to recover continuously.
After a long time, the hands of the mindfulness body and the main body were separated again, and the magic carried by the mindfulness body was only the magic that could maintain the normal appearance.
"The magic of the loss is still expected," Xiu said to himself, shaking his hand vigorously.
"After resting for a while, let's use the Shura blade as a carrier for the embodiment of the physical energy of thought" Xiu looked at a silver sword path that was quietly inserted into the ground not far away.
"In this case, although I don't have the strength of the main body, it is much better than the state of lack of magic power just now."
Then Xiu closed his eyes and began to recover the magic that he had lost by separating his mind body.