Chapter 497: Magic Doomed to Fail Before It's Even Performed
In the room, after Dimalia left, Brandish finally raised her head from the ice cream.
It’s strange. I got to eat the star-shaped ice cream I had been craving for and ate so many potato chips, but why did my stomach still feel so empty?
Her eyes turned to the Aquarius key on the table and she was lost in memories from many years ago.
The key to Aquarius is his mother, Grame's most cherished thing, which comes from his mother's former mistress, Leila Heartfilia.
Out of respect for the lady, the mother would take out Aquarius's key every day, wipe it, wash it, and dry it in the sun to ensure that there was no dust on it; and Aquia was her master... and her only playmate.
That period was the happiest time in her life. With her mother and Aquiya, the three of them lived very happily.
Until X777, when she was ten years old, her mother suddenly received a letter from her former master Leila, and then hurriedly traveled far away with the Aquarius Key. After a while, the news of her mother's death came from the Kingdom of Fiore, and the Aquarius Key returned to Leila's hands.
From then on, she believed that Leila was the murderer of her mother.
Afterwards, because of her magical talent, she was taught by Auguste, and with his help, her magic improved by leaps and bounds until she became a Twelve Shields.
Brandish suddenly opened her eyes, stood up and walked towards the cell.
She wanted to have a good talk with Leila's daughter.
…
"Let me...vomit...out..."
At this moment, Natsu perfectly interpreted how a prisoner should behave. Although he did this mainly because of seasickness, his endless wailing was indeed very appropriate.
Gray was getting a headache from Natsu's noise, so he could only tactfully persuade Natsu to be quiet: "No matter how much you yell, they won't let us go. I think you should save your energy..."
His calm tone made people suspect that he was not imprisoned at the moment, but was sitting outside the cage with his thighs crossed and drinking juice.
No, the soldiers guarding outside the cage did not complain like him.
"No! If I don't do this, I'm going to vomit..."
Natsu rejected Gray's proposal. At the moment, he was not in the mood to say that the other party was "unreasonable" or "cruel to his companions" because his physical condition did not allow it.
"Then just spit it out!"
"vomit!!"
"I didn't ask you to vomit on me! Hey! Hold it in! Hold it in!"
Gray's face turned pale and he tried to retreat as far as possible, but there was a wall behind him and he had nowhere to retreat. He could only step on Natsu's face with his foot and press his mouth to the side - that was the direction of Erza.
"vomit!!!……"
Amid the crackling sound of vomiting, the sour gastric juice and a bunch of mosaic-covered unknown objects sprayed directly onto the clothes Erza had just changed into, and some of them even stained her precious long red hair.
My hair!!!
Erza immediately flew into a rage: "You two are still playing at this time?!"
"Eh!? Playing?! I didn't... Wait, don't do anything yet..."
"Be serious!!"
Bang! Bang!
“It’s finally quiet!”
Looking at Natsu who was knocked unconscious by the handcuffs, and Gray who had a big bump on his head and was half dead, Erza sat back in her seat with satisfaction.
She was very measured in her actions. It was Natsu who was making the noise and it was Natsu who spit on her, so Natsu was primarily responsible and received a heavier punishment; Gray was secondarily responsible and received a lighter punishment.
"My punishment will not be light next time!"
Light? Could you please look at the blood on the handcuffs before you say this? ! Gray is almost fainting! !
Even though he knew that Erza had always been so ruthless in her attacks, Happy was still shocked at this moment, with countless complaints flashing through his mind.
Unfortunately, Kira was not there and Lucy was also daydreaming, so there was no one to complain with him.
Erza grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Really... the clothes I just changed into are dirty again! Now I can't change clothes..."
The clothes she is wearing now were given to her by Brandish out of kindness when she was locked in the cage because she couldn't bear to see the other girls having nothing to wear. She will definitely not prepare another one in the short term.
Although she felt uncomfortable, Erza was so strong that she adapted to this state in a second: "Forget it, let's consider the current situation first."
The magic of the Twelve Holy Shields is indeed powerful. Even if we knew the information in advance, Laxus and I would not be able to defeat them. Even if we fought once now, we might not be able to deal with it again. We are now on the sea, Lucy's key was taken away again, and we lost four combat forces directly. We were also handcuffed with magic-sealing handcuffs...
"It's really a desperate situation!" Erza sighed helplessly.
"But crisis is also an opportunity!"
Um??
"Are you all right now, Lucy?"
"Yeah! Sorry for making you worry."
Lucy seemed to cheer up, with her usual confident smile on her face, "As long as we're together, nothing will happen. We're wizards from Fairy Tail!!"
I don’t know if this sentence was cast under the magic of words by Kira, but all members of Fairy Tail could feel an inexplicable confidence rising from the bottom of their hearts after saying it, allowing them to cheer up in desperate situations.
Sure enough, Erza felt relieved after hearing that. Her face lit up with joy and her eyes lit up as she praised, "Well said, Lucy! I meant the phrase 'crisis is also an opportunity'."
"Hehe...Kira actually said this~"
"Kira? It's rare for him to say something so serious..."
Laxus was currently severely dehydrated, so Erza could only pick out the tallest among the short ones and discuss the future arrangements with Lucy, who was relatively smart.
"What do you think we should do now?"
Lucy thought for a moment and said, "At least we can't fight at sea! Now Laxus, Natsu and Wendy are unable to fight. Their combat power is greatly reduced. If we really fight, it will be disadvantageous to us."
Erza nodded: "You are right! Fighting on land is extremely difficult, not to mention on the sea. And we don't have the method to deal with those two magics yet! What if we run away?"
"If we want to escape... a warship like this must have a small boat for escape. If we can seize the boat while the enemy isn't paying attention, we might be able to escape. But my key bag is still in their hands, I have to get it back!"
"Their target is the Albares Empire. They are taking the shortest route. Our target is also there. If we want to avoid them, we have to take a detour, which will take too long and our supplies may not be able to hold up!"
The two looked at each other and sighed slightly: It seems that we can't escape anymore.
"Speaking of which, we haven't declared war on the Albares Empire yet, so in principle we can't be considered enemies, and there's still room for peace talks!"
"Hmm...that makes sense!!"
"Since these two people have captured us, there are only two possibilities: they are trying to torture us for information or to threaten us as hostages."
“Oh!! I see!!”
"If the Albares Empire really wants to go to war, it will be a major event involving both countries . We are just a magic guild in the kingdom, so I don't think they will make things too difficult for us."
Lucy didn't know about the 'Fairy's Heart', so it was understandable that she made such a guess.
"Uh... well..." Erza looked a little embarrassed, "I think we should not be too arbitrary about this..."
"In short, I think the best way is to wait until the ship docks, find an opportunity to steal the key back and run away, then hide and meet up with the president and the others. Otherwise, once we are imprisoned in the prison of the Albares Empire, we will be completely passive!"
"Um……"
Erza regretted bringing up this topic. The two of them analyzed it for a long time, but there was almost nothing they could use...
"We still have to think about how to solve the problem of the magic-sealing handcuffs."
"Handcuffs... I have an idea!"
Lucy smiled confidently, then whispered something in Erza's ear.
Her method was very simple: she used the excuse of "I ate too much ice cream and have a stomachache and need to go to the toilet" to lure away the guard in front of the cage, then used the excuse of "I'm wearing handcuffs and it's inconvenient to take off my pants" to seduce him into unlocking the magic handcuffs for her, then she would sneak attack him and knock him unconscious when he wasn't paying attention, and finally she could grab the key and let everyone out.
After hearing this idea, Erza was immediately astonished, as if she had been enlightened by Lucy: "Ohhhh!! It does sound like a good idea!!"
"But is it possible to succeed?"
"Don't worry, it will definitely succeed!!"
Habib, who listened to the whole process, was sweating silently and complained in his heart: Where on earth do you get your confidence from...
After making up her mind, Lucy squeezed her chest to expose herself as much as possible, then twisted her hips to the door and said in a soft and delicate voice: "Guard brother~ My stomach hurts so much, can you take me to the toilet 'alone'?"
As she spoke, two pitiful tears squeezed out of her eyes and hung on her eyelashes, about to fall. She believed that few men could tolerate this.
Unexpectedly, the guard did not respond to her request. Instead, he stood there with his back straight, not daring to move.
Suddenly, Lucy felt a cold gaze coming from the side.
She turned her head stiffly and met Brandish's eyes directly.
The air froze instantly.
