After Makarov finished announcing the shortlist, Natsu and the others sat around and started chatting.

"By the way, did your partner choose the target?" Lucy asked suspiciously, as she ate her meal.

"Love~" Harpy jumped up with joy and patted his chest hard.

"Natsu's partner must be me!"

"Oh~!" Natsu grabbed Harpy and rubbed Harpy's cat face hard.

"Good brother!"

"Huh?" Lucy sighed in surprise and exclaimed dissatisfiedly, "I thought you would be looking for me to be your partner!" ”

"Huh? Why? Natsu asked curiously.

At that moment, Lucy instantly had the heart to die.

"What about Gray? Have you found a good partner? Lucy asked Gray beside her.

"Ahh Speaking of this question..."Gray was getting dressed, but his movements suddenly stopped, and he took off his clothes directly, bare his upper body, and showed a row of white teeth towards Lucy with his waist inserted.

"Huh?" Lucy was a little dumbfounded, and sighed in confusion.

"Lucy, I'm sorry, can you let me go it alone during this time?" A voice suddenly sounded from behind Lucy, which directly startled her, and she quickly looked back, only to find that Loki had relied on his magic power to cross over from the Star Spirit World.

"Don't worry, I've used my own magic to cross over." Loki smiled apologetically and said seriously.

"So... Is he your partner? Lucy pouted and asked, pointing at Loki and towards Gray.

"Yes, that's right." Gray grinned and walked up to Loki's side, grabbed Loki's shoulders, and said to Lucy with a grin, "Please, your star spirit will lend me for a while." ”

"Really," Lucy muttered dissatisfiedly, looking at the others sitting at the table.

"Jubia! How's that, would you be interested in having me as your partner? After looking around, Lucy smiled and sat down next to Jubia and asked slowly.

But he didn't want Jubia to turn his head to the side directly, and glanced at Lucy with a look of resentment.

"It's all to blame on this woman... Took Jubia's place...", a faint murmur kept coming into Lucy's ears.

Lucy suddenly showed a wry smile helplessly.

"Jubia, I'll be your partner!" Suddenly, a female voice sounded, and everyone looked at the person who spoke in astonishment.

"Lisana? Didn't you just come back and don't take a break? Elfman said with concern.

"Hee-hee, it's okay, Brother Elfman, in that world, I have a good relationship with Jubia!" Lisana smiled heartily.

"That's... So what should I do?" said Elfman, with some eagerness.

"Well... Haven't you been feeling it... I've had a pair of eyes on you all the time..."

Hearing this, Elfman's whole body stiffened, and he turned mechanically to look at the gaze.

"Ai... Abba Green..."

On the other side, after asking again, Lucy found that everyone had a partner, so she could only pounce on the table in despair, and kept muttering, "Really... Even Lebi found Gajiru to help, it's really a plastic sisterhood, it shatters when you touch it, woo, can't I participate in this grand ceremony! ”

"Do you want to go?" Who knows, a voice suddenly rang out.

Lucy couldn't help but be stunned, and replied nonchalantly, "Of course I want to go, it's an annual event!" ”

The corners of Natsu's mouth slowly hooked up a smile: "Then, you can be my partner." ”

"Huh?" Lucy sat up instantly, looking at Natsu in surprise.

As for Harpy, he sat on the side, looking at the guy with a dissatisfied expression.

Of course, he is not qualified to say that others are.

Time rewinds to the present, and Makarov continues to confirm the combination.

"Second team! Gray! Loki! ”

"Huh? This guy has become a star spirit, and he hasn't quit the guild yet! Since Gray disgusted himself, Lu Xiu asked questions without giving up.

"Well, even though Loki is a star spirit, he's still a member of Fairy Tail." Makarov nodded slowly.

Loki also triumphantly showed his back, and the cyan demon tail crest was revealed.

"Cut~" Lu Xiu cut dissatisfied, and couldn't help muttering, "You'd better not meet me... Otherwise, I'm going to have to beat you two bastards up. ”

"The third team, Kana, Lu Xiu!"

"Fourth team, Rebi, Gajiru!"

"Team Five, Elfman, Abba Green!"

"Team Six, Jubian, Lisanna!"

"Team Seven, Fried, Pygusrow!"

"Team Eight, Mester, Wendy!"

"All of the above, all the people who were not named followed me to the cabin to gather! Anyone who violates the rules will be treated as a guild sinner! ”

With such severe consequences, no one wanted to be opportunistic, and the others obediently went to the cabin, even Harpy.

"Now! I announce! The assessment has officially begun! ”

After speaking, before everyone could react, he easily jumped backwards and disappeared in front of everyone.

"What do you mean? Assessments start now? Isn't it on the sea now? ”

"Have you noticed... The ship seems to have stopped? ”

In an instant, everyone reflected and jumped towards the guardrail next to them.

But who knows, all of a sudden, an invisible wall stands in front of everyone.

"It's... Procedure? Fried! Looking at the purple words that kept flashing, Kana said in shock.

"Don't worry, this technique will be lifted in 30 minutes, so we'll go first." After Fried finished speaking, he and Pyguslo each slowly flew up with their abilities and flew towards the Sirius Island not far away.

"Fried!" Gray exclaimed angrily.

"Libby! Can you rewrite it! On the other side, Lucy reacted and shouted at Lebby.

Only to find that Rhobie had already written a string of words in the air with a magic pen, and stepped over the guardrail with Gajiru as if nothing had happened.

"Hee-hee, Lu-chan~ I'm sorry, this... But what about the competition! As he spoke, he winked playfully at Lucy, fell backwards, and jumped straight into the ocean.

The place where the ship stopped was not far from the location of Sirius Island, and even a weaker little girl like Rebby could swim it.

"Hmph, this technique, I've worked with Fried, I can also solve it." Just as Lucy looked disappointedly at Reby's distant figure, another person on the boat let out a chuckle.

Turning his head, he saw that Abba Greene and Elfman had both jumped into the sea, and everyone could only stand on the deck and watch them farther and farther away.

"Damn!" Kana exclaimed dissatisfied.

"It's good to relax, it's a lucky assessment, don't be too anxious." Lu Xiu said unhurriedly.

Kana couldn't help but look back at Lu Xiu, who was still lying leisurely on the sun lounger.

I couldn't help but slowly put a question mark in my heart.

This guy isn't here to play me, is he?