The next day.
Aux woke up from his sleep and subconsciously scanned the opposite side of the campfire, but Lucy, who should have been there, was nowhere to be seen.
Thinking she might have gone to relieve herself, he was about to look away when he noticed a piece of paper held down by a stone, gently fluttering in the wind.
Curiously, he picked up the paper and opened it:
"By the time you read this letter, I will have already left. Thank you for watching the aurora with me! This memory will forever be etched in my heart."
"Also, regarding the Taurus Celestial Spirit, I think a million jewels is too expensive, so I've decided to run away and default on the debt. It'll be hard to see each other again anyway~"
"Are you angry? Hehehe..."
"Even if you're angry, it's no use. This Noble Miss has no intention of paying you. The Taurus Celestial Spirit has already chosen me, and you can't snatch him away."
"Finally... Bye-bye~ Handsome Big Brother Aux!"
Aux: ???
After finishing the letter, Aux stood frozen, as if he hadn't yet recovered from the shocking information.
"Shameless!"
A moment later, Aux crumpled the paper into a ball, angrily threw it to the ground, and roared in fury!
The dignified Noble Miss of the Heartfilia Conglomerate was shameless enough to default on a debt!
Was a million jewels a lot?
For a conglomerate, wasn't that just a drop in the bucket?
Even for Lucy, her annual allowance would surely not be less than that amount!
Yet, such a person, who lacked no money, actually defaulted!
Aux's teeth gnashed in anger. He truly never expected to be tricked by this young girl!
And he had trusted this Noble Miss so much!
"Very good!" Aux sneered. "It'll be hard to see each other again, huh? You just wait. Even if I don't go to your house, you'll have to appear before me sooner or later!"
The Monk can run, but the temple cannot.
As long as Lucy still wanted to join the Fairy Tail Guild, she would eventually have to appear before him of her own accord.
Moreover, Aux also planned to find a time to get his hands on the other keys.
By then, if she didn't pay an enormous price, she shouldn't even think about getting the other gold keys!
"Let me think..."
Aux recalled the locations of the other keys.
He decided to go to Galuna Island first. The key there was ownerless and could be acquired first.
However, this mission required cooperation with an S-Class Mage.
At this thought, Aux exhaled a turbid breath, picked up the crumpled paper again, and after tidying up the trash, he began his return journey... to the Fairy Tail Guild!
His companions at the Guild seemed to have endless topics of conversation.
Macao and Wakaba were still eating and drinking heartily, occasionally sharing interesting stories from work, and sometimes cursing at someone.
Natsu and Gray, over here, were indeed archenemies. No matter what they did, they had to bicker with each other.
"Oh my, oh my... Welcome back~"
Mirajane immediately greeted Aux when she saw him.
She then asked with a smile, "Was the aurora beautiful? It must have been a very rare sight, right?"
Aux smiled and teased her, "That was the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen in my life. The only regret, I suppose, is that I didn't have your company."
Mirajane's eyes curved into a smile.
"Aux, come help me beat up Gray..." Natsu spoke up at that moment.
Aux ignored him!
In Natsu's eyes, he was just a tool to deal with Gray, always wanting him to defeat his archenemy!
Especially after witnessing his Enchantment Magic, such unreasonable requests were made daily.
He was already tired of hearing such words.
"Oh, that's right. Yesterday, a Noble Miss came to the Guild and said she was your girlfriend. She should still be waiting for you in Magnolia Town right now," Mirajane suddenly said.
After speaking, she narrowed her eyes and stared at Aux's face, constantly observing his expression.
"I don't know her..."
Aux denied it without thinking.
In his heart, he sighed continuously with worry, never expecting the Noble Miss from the border city to be so persistent.
Nothing had happened between them!
To openly claim they were dating, wasn't that needlessly ruining his reputation?
"Is that so? Then she must be making things up," Mirajane believed him.
Aux sat back down at the counter with a clear conscience.
After ordering coffee, he became distracted and fell into silence.
After a while of spacing out.
For some reason, he suddenly felt a bit sleepy. He yawned, rubbed his eyes, and started to doze off.
"Ugh..."
Not far from him, Master Makarov also couldn't help but yawn.
Not only that.
The Guild members also started to feel sleepy. Such a sudden anomaly made Aux perk up.
He immediately drank his coffee, widened his eyes, and turned to look outside the Guild's main entrance.
Thud... Soon, Guild members fell to the ground, and some simply collapsed onto tables, asleep.
Before long, the entire Guild was left with only Aux, who was barely holding on, and Master Makarov beside him.
"This guy..."
Makarov actually had some expectation that Aux wouldn't be put to sleep.
After all, a Mage capable of using high-level Enchantment Magic would indeed not be put to sleep.
"This sleepiness came too abnormally; my vigilance wouldn't ignore it," Aux explained.
Sure enough... after hearing that, a strange figure appeared at the Guild's entrance.
"A newcomer..."
The person at the entrance was heavily wrapped in a cloak, with only a pair of eyes visible. On his back, he carried several strange magic staves.
His voice was also particularly muffled, as if he was deliberately lowering it.
"Yo... Hello, Senior. My name is Aux. Are you a masked hero?" Aux greeted him.
This Mystogan really had an imposing aura.
Making people fall asleep before his entrance, this sense of mystery was directly maximized.
"Mystogan..."
Mystogan mumbled his name, then walked to the request board, tore off a request, and registered it.
Afterward, he walked out without looking back.
"Hmph hmph hmph... Mystogan is very shy. He won't talk much to you."
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the second floor.
Makarov and Aux both looked up in unison, while Mystogan seemed to ignore it and continued walking out.
"So you were there!" Makarov grumbled.
The one leaning out from the second floor was Laxus, his face full of arrogance.
As if he didn't put anyone in his eyes.
"This one..."
Aux pretended not to recognize him and looked at the Master with confusion.
"Laxus, an S-Class Mage, the old man's grandson. Do you want to join my Thunder God Tribe?"
Laxus on the second floor introduced himself and then solemnly extended an invitation.
It was clear he sensed that Aux was not simple.
That's why he spoke to him so politely, and his intention to recruit him couldn't be clearer.
"Three... Two... One..."
Mystogan's countdown ended!
The Guild members who had been asleep immediately woke up, rubbing their eyes, still a bit dazed.
"How did I suddenly fall asleep..."
"This feeling is... Mystogan, right?"
"That's right! Making us suddenly fall asleep, this situation can only be Mystogan."
"That guy is still so mysterious..."
"Who says he isn't? I've never even seen what he looks like."
"..."
The Guild members were initially confused, but they quickly understood what was happening.
It was evident they had been put to sleep by Mystogan many times.
"Laxus! Come fight me!"
Natsu, upon waking up, immediately spotted Laxus on the second floor and shouted, rushing towards the second floor!
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