When Lott snapped out of his brief shock, his first instinct wasn't to stop Irene, but to glare at the male members of the Fairy Tail Guild like Natsu, Gray, Laxus, and the male members of the Spriggan 12 present, releasing an astonishing killing intent.
The group of male members instinctively felt a sense of suffocation, followed by being struck by an invisible force and sent flying.
They collapsed, eyes rolled back, onto the ruins of the long-destroyed guild hall.
"Everyone!?" Lucy's face turned pale with fright.
Levy checked on Gajeel, who was closest to her and similarly sprawled on the ground with his eyes rolled back, and sighed in relief, "Don't worry, they're just unconscious."
Lucy also noticed the clear rise and fall of Natsu's chest as he lay unconscious and felt slightly reassured.
"Eek!?" At that moment, Erza let out a shriek like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Lucy turned to look, and her pale face instantly flushed crimson.
Hearing the 'gulp' sounds reminiscent of eating a popsicle, the female mages present who hadn't fainted were utterly dumbfounded.
The youngest, Wendy, nearly fainted from embarrassment, her eyes rolling back.
The one most impacted was undoubtedly Erza.
After all, that woman looked far too much like her.
Watching someone with a face so similar to her own doing such a thing made Erza feel as if she herself were...
Mirajane, standing less than half a meter away from Lott with a front-row 'view', was completely stunned. After standing frozen for a long time, she barely managed to squeeze out four words:
"S-shameless!"
Irene's technique was clearly not great, even somewhat clumsy.
When Lott exerted force, she couldn't catch her breath, coughed twice harshly into her hand.
Looking at what she had just coughed into her palm, Irene hesitated for half a second before a look of resolve flashed in her beautiful eyes, which were slightly different from Erza's almond-shaped ones.
She slightly opened her small mouth and poured it back in.
The worldview of the many inexperienced young women present suffered a catastrophic impact.
Wendy, who had just woken up, saw this scene, her eyes went dark again, and she fainted once more.
This was not conducive to a child's mental health.
Even Lott himself felt somewhat awkward.
'So this is why many people prefer mature women or have affairs… it's not without reason.'
'They really know how to let loose!'
"But the payment for this is still too high." Lott said, preparing to fasten his belt again.
No matter how good Irene's service was, did she really think this level of effort was enough to exchange for a wish?
If that were the case, who knows how many women across the universe would be lining up waiting for Lott.
No matter how good his physique was, he couldn't handle that, okay?
Irene, her silver teeth carrying a slight peculiar odor, gritted her pearly whites tightly.
She suddenly noticed Erza not far away.
Being watched by this woman who looked so much like her, Erza felt a sense of suppression coming from their bloodline.
The moment Erza fearfully took a step back, Irene waved a single hand.
Erza felt as if an invisible giant hand had seized her tightly.
By the time she regained her senses, she had been telekinetically moved in front of Lott and pinned firmly to the ground.
Immediately after, Erza saw Irene's hand grip her own collar.
"Wh-what are you doing!?" Erza, who never changed expression facing the Oración Seis or Grimoire Heart, was now completely flustered.
Rip!
With one hand, Irene tore open Erza's armor as if it were mere cloth.
Although not as voluminous as Irene's, Erza's impressive assets were undoubtedly revealed before Lott.
This move left even Lott stunned.
Immediately after, Irene pinned Erza down, the two women stacked together like a hamburger.
…
"Waaah-"
Over an hour later, Erza, who usually carried herself with the heroic bearing of a Valkyrie in front of her guildmates and enemies, was now crying uncontrollably like a distressed young girl, hugging her knees with her face buried.
The blanket covering her was conjured by Bisca, another female guild member who also used Requip Magic. (T/N: Bisca indeed used Requip Magic, but her name is The Gunner.)
Don't get the wrong idea, Erza's 'first layer' was still intact.
Lott hadn't made a move on her.
After all, Lott would never stoop to forcing himself on a girl.
That's just his principle.
But even so, seeing Irene, with a face 90% similar to her own, making that expression with rolled-back eyes and a lolling tongue at almost zero distance, Erza was still terrified.
Not to mention they were too close at the time.
Although her 'first layer' was intact, Erza had to admit to herself-
She had felt something.
Erza pulled the blanket tighter around herself, looking at Lott with tear-filled eyes as he finally fastened his belt.
'Could I ever marry anyone else but him?'
On the other side, Erza's good friend, Mirajane was also changing clothes.
"N-Nee-san, a-are you okay?" Her younger sister, Lisanna Strauss, asked worriedly.
Even someone with Erza's strong character was crying like that, so Lisanna was truly worried her sister might do something drastic.
Earlier, when Irene was about to reach her limit and realized Lott didn't intend to make a move on Erza, she noticed the white-haired girl nearby and pulled her into the fray.
Satisfying the client thoroughly in one go increases the chance of securing the contract, right?
Thinking back carefully, this was already the second time Lott had encountered such a situation.
However, unlike Erza's case, Lott noticed Mirajane didn't seem to offer much resistance.
Adhering to the creed of not refusing meat delivered to his mouth, Lott didn't hold back either.
"What do you want?" Lott asked Mirajane after wiping his face.
As a reader of legitimate web novels in his previous life, Lott never took advantage for free.
"N-no need..." Although much calmer than her friend Erza, having just experienced her 'first time', Mirajane couldn't help but blush when Lott looked at her.
Originally, she just wanted to curry favor with Lott and ask him to help deal with the Alvarez Empire.
As for offering herself... Mirajane had actually considered it.
To be honest, if they really went to war with the Alvarez Empire, the cost would far exceed just this.
In a way, their guild actually came out ahead.
It's just that Mirajane never expected Zeref to come seeking death on his own.
But for her, and even for the entire Ishgar Continent, this was undoubtedly a good thing.
What she really didn't expect was for a crazy woman who looked like Erza to pull such a stunt, resulting in her being 'handed over' anyway.
However, Mirajane's mood was relatively calm because she had already been prepared for it from the start.
"...Would you come help me take care of the children?" Lott asked after thinking for a moment.
Since Mirajane didn't have any specific wish at the moment, he could keep her around for now, and she could think about it later.
It just so happened that he was quite short on women of the virtuous wife and good mother type who knew how to care for children around him.
Miku, while she had the heart of a housewife, unfortunately had little talent in cooking.
All things considered, only Kagura Chizuru was somewhat reliable, and sometimes even she was too busy and needed Videl to lend a hand.
"Hmm..." Without much hesitation, after being slightly stunned by Lott's proposal, Mirajane nodded gently in agreement.
Her sister, Lisanna and their companions Lucy, Levy, and the other women were shocked.
'Offering yourself and then going to take care of someone else's children?'
'Girl, you don't have to set your stance so low, do you?'
"May I ask, will you grant my request now?" In contrast to Erza and Mirajane, who had changed into new clothes, Irene remained in her previous state, her face full of desperate hope.
Anyway, the men had been sent flying miles away.
No one could see.
Compared to being seen by some young girls, she cared more about whether Lott would agree to help lift her curse.
"...Fine." To be honest, there weren't many women who could leave Lott speechless, but Irene definitely counted as one.
He thought Charlotte Linlin was already crazy enough, but he never expected to encounter another one after all these years.
The only difference was that their looks were like heaven and earth.
"Can I ask a question?" With matters temporarily settled, Mirajane couldn't help but ask:
"Is Erza your..."
Irene cast a cold glance at Erza. "You've all guessed it, why ask me?"
Hearing Irene's retort, the female members of the Fairy Tail guild were dumbfounded once again.
'Holy crap, this mother is just too much?!'
However, Lott was quite calm because he knew Irene's attitude towards this daughter was one of mixed love and hate, possibly even more hate than love.