"Wow!" Lucy's face turned red instantly.
Seeing Lucy's face turn red, Cana laughed. "Why are you blushing?"
Lucy turned away in a panic, her eyes spinning. "It's not that..."
Feeling Lucy's panic, Cana became interested. She narrowed her eyes, staring at Lucy playfully. "Oh... how many guys have you dated?"
"Three... three."
"Lies! You don't want a boyfriend?"
"I do... oh my gosh," Lucy glanced at Chen Fan who was being beaten by Mira. She saw Chen Fan who was cowardly and didn't dare to fight back, then she became desperate and continued, "Honestly, I don't understand either, huff..."
"You're so funny! Listen up, everyone! Lucy has never had a boyfriend until now!" Cana yelled. Laughter erupted. Lucy waved her hands in a panic.
Suddenly, Cana turned to Lucy again. "Don't worry, my tarot cards say you'll meet your soulmate today."
"Soulmate?" Lucy repeated, then glanced at Chen Fan, but quickly shook her head.
Suddenly, Erza ran past her wearing a dress. Lucy was confused. "Erza, what's wrong? Why are you wearing a dress?"
Erza stopped, turned around. "The next step is to put on makeup. We can't keep going on like this." Then she left, leaving a confusing sentence for Lucy.
"Thump, thump..." Gajeel passed by wearing a suit, playing a guitar. A dark line filled Lucy's forehead. "How strange! The harvest festival is over!"
"Don't you know? Today a reporter from 'Weekly Sorcerer' is here to interview us," Mira explained with an angelic smile, although the pig's head behind her ruined the beauty.
"What? 'Weekly Sorcerer'?" Lucy complained, covering her face.
"They said they're going to do a special 'Fairy Tail' weekly edition."
"Interview... special edition... reporter... oh! This is a fated encounter! The reporter will interview me and be captivated by my cuteness. 'Miss Lucy, I must include your beautiful appearance in the illustrations!' I'll finally be in an illustration, and this reporter is my soulmate! 'Miss Lucy, I want to interview you for the rest of my life!' If I can get paid for the interview... maybe I can pay the rent! This is killing several birds with one stone, right? Hehe, hehe..." Lucy suddenly laughed crazily.
"Hey, Miss, you're saying your inner monologue out loud," Chen Fan whispered in Lucy's ear. Mira was stunned to hear Lucy's words.
"Natsu, Lucy is broken," Happy said to Natsu.
"Did she eat something weird?" Natsu said, thinking.
Gray interrupted, "Is she not able to handle the pressure of the rent, to the point of going crazy?"
Suddenly, Lucy screamed, "I can't go on like this!" Then she ran out like Erza.
"Erza, I'm back!" Lucy greeted Erza who was standing in front of the door. Seeing Erza still wearing a dress, she suddenly remembered what she was supposed to do. "Oh no, I forgot to buy the magazine. And I didn't go home, I came here instead." She was really depressed.
Seeing Lucy's sad face, Erza understood and sighed.
Suddenly, a voice interrupted. "Oh... The Fairy Queen, the real one! Cool! So cool! It's really the Fairy Queen! Cool!" Erza and Lucy turned, seeing someone with a camera dancing around. Lucy was sweating.
"Who is he? Why is he so excited?" Lucy said with a stutter.
Mira came over, smiling. "This is Mr. Jason, a reporter from 'Weekly Sorcerer'." As Mira was explaining, Erza had already started posing.
Seeing Jason's strange behavior, Lucy thought, 'He's not my type at all.' But since things were like this, she tried to attract Jason's attention, but was completely ignored.
After interviewing Erza, Jason rushed toward Juvia and Gray. "Gray! It's really Gray!"
"Who are you?" Gray said with a cool demeanor, seeing Jason taking pictures back and forth.
"A reporter from the magazine," Juvia told him.
"Juvia? Cool!" Jason yelled, then turned to Gray. "Gray, why do you always take off your clothes?"
Hearing that, Gray couldn't act cool anymore. He jumped onto the table, yelling at Jason, "Don't make me sound like a pervert!" He didn't realize his pants had come off. His cool attempt was in vain. He only realized it when Juvia reminded him.
"Ah... I feel hot too! Should I take off my clothes too?" Lucy suddenly appeared, but her presence was foiled by Natsu who suddenly appeared in front of the camera.
"Bang!" Natsu flipped the table, sending Lucy flying.
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