"Eh—?!"
Lucy was scared: "Then you still dare to do it?!"
"If I don't, I'll never be able to do an s-class mission!"
"Anyway, if you two want to do it, go ahead, but I'm absolutely not going!"
Lucy refused. On one hand, it was because of the Fairy Tail Guild rules that non-S-Class Mages could not take on s-class missions. On the other hand, she remembered how terrifying Qi Yan was, especially his 'Tyrant' form. Just standing there, she felt like she was going to wet herself.
If Qi Yan found out she had secretly taken his quest, she couldn't even imagine the consequences.
"Tch, fine. I even wanted to bring you along. Happy, let's go."
"Aye!"
Natsu and Happy jumped out of the window.
"Ugh!"
Lucy sighed helplessly. Natsu was too reckless, even daring to secretly take on an s-class mission.
"Forget it, I'm not thinking about it anymore. Time to sleep."
Just as Lucy turned to go back to her bedroom to sleep, she saw a piece of paper on the floor beside her. It was the s-class mission request Happy had stolen, and she was startled.
"What is this?!"
"Why didn't he take this paper with him?! Doesn't this mean I stole it? What should I do?!"
At this moment, Lucy noticed the reward on the request. Besides 7 million J, there was also a Golden Key.
Lucy quickly picked it up and examined it carefully: "Really? Can I really get a Celestial Spirit Gate Key?!"
Celestial Spirit Gate Keys were useless to other Mages, but they were incredibly precious to Celestial Spirit Mages. There were only twelve Celestial Spirit Gate Keys in the entire world.
She never expected one of them to be a reward for this quest.
"..."
Lucy immediately ran to the window and shouted, "Natsu—! Happy—! Wait for me!!"
*****
"Oh no—!!"
"Master, the request forms on the second floor are gone!"
Mira counted the requests every morning to ensure that no quests were lost, which could cause trouble for the clients.
This morning, as Mira arrived at the second-floor request area, she saw that the request board was empty. The s-class mission request form she had originally prepared for Qi Yan was missing.
This immediately made Mira anxious. The loss of an s-class mission was no small matter. She hurried down the stairs to report to Makarov.
"Pfft—!"
Makarov sprayed out the wine in his mouth when he heard this, and the usually noisy Fairy Tail Guild suddenly fell silent.
Laxus's leisurely voice rang out: "Last night, I saw a cat furtively tearing it off. Oh, and that cat had wings."
"Happy?!"
Speaking of a winged cat, Happy was the only one in the Fairy Tail Guild.
"So Natsu and Lucy are involved too?!"
"What are you thinking, those idiots. They've really messed up now."
"They just went off to take on an s-class mission?!"
Everyone in the Fairy Tail Guild looked shocked. An s-class mission was not a simple task; one misjudgment could cost even an S-Class Mage his life. In the Fairy Tail Guild, only S-Class Mages, with the Master's explicit permission, were allowed to take on such high-difficulty quests.
Laxus said to Makarov: "This seriously violates our Fairy Tail Guild rules. When they come back, they'll be kicked out of the Fairy Tail Guild, right, old man? Speaking of which, with their pathetic skills, they want to do an s-class mission? They probably won't make it back, hahahaha."
Mira angrily confronted Laxus, demanding: "Laxus, you clearly knew the consequences, why didn't you stop them?!"
Laxus argued: "I only saw a gust of wind blow by, and a cat tear off a piece of paper and run away. How was I supposed to know it was Happy, or that Natsu was going to do an s-class mission?"
Mira glared at Laxus.
Laxus didn't care in the slightest: "Oh, it's been a while since I've seen that expression on you."
Makarov asked Mira, "What quest was the missing paper for?"
He had been at a regular meeting when this quest arrived, and having just returned and dealing with the trouble Qi Yan had caused, he wasn't clear on what quest it was.
"The Cursed Island, Galuna Island."
Makarov's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "It's Demon Island!!"
Everyone in the Fairy Tail Guild was startled to hear this. Demon Island was famous; it was said that true demons resided on that island, hence its name, Demon Island.
"Laxus, go bring them back to me!!"
"Are you kidding? I'm about to start work now. Mages who can't clean up their own messes don't deserve to be in our Fairy Tail Guild, right?"
"Ugh..."
Makarov didn't expect Laxus to use his own words against him.
Just then, Mira suddenly remembered Qi Yan: "Master! Qi Yan! There's also Qi Yan! This job was originally for Qi Yan, but you weren't here at the time, so he temporarily didn't go."
Makarov's eyes also lit up. That brat Qi Yan was very enthusiastic about s-class missions. With his strength, catching Natsu and the others would be easy.
"Sarusuk! Go find Qi Yan for me immediately!"
"Yes!"
Sarusuk received the order and immediately used his 'Divine Speed' magic to rush towards Qi Yan's house.
In the early morning, Qi Yan woke up, stretched, and yawned. The fatigue from being drunk the night before was swept away, and he felt refreshed and energetic.
"The weather's nice today, perfect for a quest."
Qi Yan quickly packed his belongings, intending to go directly to the Fairy Tail Guild, accept a quest, and depart.
Just then, thump, thump, thump!
A rapid knocking sound echoed.
"Who is it? Coming!"
Qi Yan was a bit curious who would come looking for him so early in the morning. He opened the door and saw Sarusuk standing outside.
"Sarusuk! Why are you here?"
"Qi Yan, Master needs to see you!"
"Master needs me?"
Qi Yan was a bit puzzled, but he quickly followed Sarusuk to the Fairy Tail Guild.
As soon as they arrived at the Fairy Tail Guild, Mira came up to him: "Qi Yan, it's bad! Natsu and the others secretly went to do an s-class mission."
"So what if they did? An s-class mission isn't that big of a deal."
At this moment, he hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem.
"He took your s-class mission?"
"What?!!"
Qi Yan's voice immediately rose.
Then his expression turned ferocious: "Damn it! Do these guys want to die?! How dare they touch my quest?!"
His s-class missions were crucial to the speed of his growth. They could touch anything else, but not his s-class missions.
"I'll go kill them!!"
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