novelraw Chapter 518 - 518
Chapter 518 - 518
With their objective successfully achieved, the group returned to the Guild Hall, completely satisfied.
Lucy and Hisui left happily, chatting and laughing.
Marco had also assigned them a mission, and now that Leo's situation was resolved, they needed to hurry up and get started.
Fortunately, the time flow in the special dimension created by the Celestial Spirit Master was completely different from the real world.
Time there had nearly stopped, so they hadn't actually lost much time.
'If only I could train in there,' Marco thought. 'Time wouldn't pass in the outside world, but I could keep getting stronger. Just thinking about it is insane!'
Unfortunately, even the Celestial Spirit King couldn't maintain that dimension for long.
Moreover, it would collapse under intense Magic Power fluctuations.
Even the combined presence of Lucy and Hisui's Celestial Spirits had destabilized it. Training there was clearly unrealistic.
"Marco-nii? Where's Loki? Did he already go back?"
From behind the bar, Lisanna asked Marco curiously.
Everyone else was out on missions, searching for medicinal herbs to heal Gildarts.
As an S-Class Mage, Mirajane was naturally a key player, leaving Lisanna to hold down the fort as the Guild's "poster girl."
Lisanna had been here when Marco and the others left, so she knew exactly what they had been up to.
"Yeah, we succeeded," Marco explained with a smile. "Loki returned to the Celestial Spirit World and is now Leo the Lion again. But he hasn't left Fairy Tail. He's become Lucy's Celestial Spirit, so he can still visit the Guild often."
There was no need to hide Leo's identity as the Leo Celestial Spirit anymore.
He could now openly appear at the Fairy Tail Guild in that capacity, especially since the Celestial Spirit King had already acquitted him.
In truth, no one had ever blamed Leo—not even President Bob of Blue Pegasus. He just couldn't get past his own guilt.
His inability to return to the Celestial Spirit World had also led him to wallow in self-pity.
Now that he could finally return to the Celestial Spirit World and had regained his power, he naturally wouldn't hide his identity as the Leo Celestial Spirit anymore.
"That's great!" Lisanna was genuinely happy with this outcome.
Everyone in the Guild got along really well, and Leo had been one of the more active members.
Lisanna naturally didn't want to see him just leave.
It was perfect that he could stay as Lucy's Celestial Spirit—it was like he had officially teamed up with her.
"We can't let him go," Marco joked casually. "He's ranked high on Sorcerer Weekly's 'Most Desirable Boyfriend' list. He has tons of female fans. If we let him leave, what would we do if they all showed up at our door?"
Marco was kidding, but Leo's popularity was indeed no joke.
With his handsome looks and approachable personality, Leo often interacted with his female fans, so his popularity was naturally high.
Because he knew how to engage his audience, he was far more popular than Natsu or Gray.
Natsu, on the other hand, couldn't care less about fans.
He lived by his own rules and treated everyone the same, offering no special attention to his admirers.
Gray was much the same in that regard.
By contrast, Gray understood social cues a bit better than Natsu.
Plus, he frequently provided "fan service," so his popularity was slightly higher than Natsu's.
However, quite a few people also thought he was a "pervert."
Not that any of this mattered.
They weren't the type to live off the "fan economy." Natsu and Gray couldn't care less what others thought of them, they were solely focused on improving their own strength and tackling one mission after another.
"We're about to start rebuilding the Guild Hall," Marco said, shifting to a more serious topic after the jokes.
"We'll set up a temporary registration desk across the street, so things might be a bit tough for you all for a while."
Even though the Guild Hall was being rebuilt, the Guild's daily operations had to continue.
Requests still needed to be accepted, and missions still needed to be completed.
Everyone relied on this work for their livelihood, so they couldn't just take a break.
While they'd have to find other places for their usual gatherings, meals, and casual chats, the mission registration and request intake would remain at the same location.
This would prevent outside clients from getting lost.
"It's no problem at all, not tough in the least~"
Lisanna shook her head.
Their work as the Guild's receptionists was a bit tedious, but it was far easier than going out on actual missions.
Plus, they were paid well. With such good treatment, there was nothing to complain about.
"Keep up the great work! You'll get a promotion and a raise before you know it!"
After helping out at the Guild for a while and chatting with Lisanna, Marco left a few large flatbreads behind and departed from the Guild Hall.
The old man had left long ago, disappearing to who-knows-where.
After making a detour, Marco returned to the depths of the East Suburban Forest.
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[Mission Name: "The Star That Cannot Return to the Sky"]
Mission Content:
A man named Loke has joined Fairy Tail, but his true identity is Leo the Lion, a Celestial Spirit. Exiled from the Celestial Spirit World for violating his contract and causing his former master's death, he needs help. As a fellow Guild member, help him return to the Celestial Spirit World!
Mission Progress:
Help Leo return to the Celestial Spirit World (Completed)
Mission Reward: Leo-related Saint Cloth or Skill.
Claim Mission Reward?
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Looking at the System mission, Marco didn't hesitate and chose to claim the reward.
"I hope it's a Saint Cloth!"
Between a Saint Cloth and a skill, Marco naturally preferred the Saint Cloth.
He already had four Gold Cloths: the Aries Gold Cloth, Gemini Gold Cloth, Capricorn Gold Cloth, and Libra Gold Cloth.
Unlocking three had granted him Athena's Exclamation, and unlocking more—perhaps six or even twelve—might yield further rewards.
The main reason was that the Saints had an overwhelming number of diverse skills, making it hard to imagine the conditions for earning rewards by collecting specific skill combinations.
Collecting a Saint Cloth set was far more straightforward.
Of course, if it was Leo-related, a skill wouldn't be bad either.
After all, the Leo Saints were all formidable warriors, including the bug-like existence known as Regulus.
If he could draw the Twelve Zodiacal Howl, that would be incredibly powerful—a combat technique that even surpassed Athena's Exclamation.
It was self-created by the bug-like Regulus, who could also unleash Athena's Exclamation on his own.
[Congratulations! The Leo Gold Cloth has been unlocked!]
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