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"You know?!"
Gray and Mira both looked at Qi Yan.
"Really?! Qi Yan, you know where Loki is?!"
Gray was a bit agitated. Loki was one of his best friends, and he was very worried about his sudden departure.
"Hmm... more or less."
As a man who had seen the entire plot of Fairy Tail, he naturally knew about Loki. Loki's screentime wasn't a lot, but not too little either.
"Where is he?"
"Hmm... he should be with his master!"
"Master?!"
Mira and Gray were both confused. What in the world was a master?
"Oh! Right, you don't know! Loki isn't human; he's a Celestial Spirit."
"A Celestial Spirit?!"
Mira and Gray were stunned. Of course, they knew what a Celestial Spirit was. While Celestial Mages were rare, they weren't nonexistent. For example, the guild's new member, Lucy, was a Celestial Mage.
"No... no way? How could Loki be a Celestial Spirit?!"
"Yeah! Qi Yan, how do you know Loki's identity?"
Qi Yan thought of a reason and said, "Aren't I receiving Heroic Spirits? Heroic Spirits and Celestial Spirits are both spirits, so I can sense that the other party isn't human. Isn't Lucy a Celestial Mage? After the Galuna Island mission ended, when I saw the Celestial Spirit Lucy summoned, I knew Loki's identity was a Celestial Spirit."
"Who is Loki's master?"
"That, I don't know."
This wasn't a lie, because he truly couldn't remember who Loki's master was.
"Then let's go out and look for him too."
Mira was a bit worried about Loki's situation.
"No need, I'll go alone."
"Do you know where Loki is?!"
Qi Yan nodded: "Yes, I have my ways to find him."
"Really?!"
"Full Reception: Ulquiorra Cifer!"
Qi Yan, in front of Mira, received Xiao Wu, transforming into Xiao Wu's appearance.
Then Qi Yan placed his right palm on the ground.
"Investigate Nerves!"
Qi Yan closed his eyes and rapidly spread his perception along the ground in all directions. This was the Arrancar's 'Reiatsu Perception,' which allowed him to sense the Reiatsu of everyone around him, know their strength and location, and display the location of the detected targets in his mind as burning flames.
Swish, swish, swish!!
Azure flames lit up in Qi Yan's mind, most of them very dim, these were ordinary people.
Some brighter ones were Mages. The brightest flame Qi Yan sensed was undoubtedly Master Makarov; its brightness far surpassed everyone else's.
Soon, in the mountains west of Magnolia Town, Qi Yan sensed a cluster of flames. The flames flickered, dimming and brightening like a candle in the wind, threatening to extinguish at any moment. This magical perception perfectly matched Loki's.
Qi Yan opened his eyes: "Found him!"
"Really?! That's great!" Mira and Gray couldn't help but cheer when they heard Qi Yan's words.
"Alright, you two go tell everyone to come back. I'll bring Loki back safely."
"Okay!"
Mira and Gray responded.
Qi Yan tapped his toes, and his body rapidly moved towards the town. Since he remembered Loki's identity, he would need someone else to save Loki.
Soon, Qi Yan arrived at Lucy's rental house.
"Lucy!"
"Eek!"
Lucy had just come out of the bathroom after showering. Qi Yan immediately greeted her, but Lucy was startled, and her bath towel fell off, revealing Lucy's perfect figure.
This made Qi Yan's blood surge, and he sighed in his heart: Truly Lucy, this figure is indeed a nice body.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Lucy also noticed her bath towel had fallen, and she shyly covered her chest with both hands, then squatted down to pick up the towel and cover herself.
Qi Yan retorted, "Why aren't you wearing clothes? Has Gray corrupted you?"
"I just finished showering, of course I'm not wearing clothes!! Besides, this is illegal trespassing! Breaking into a girl's house late at night, no... no way... what are you going to do... are you going to..."
Qi Yan immediately raised his hand and said, "Don't worry! I'm not interested in you!"
"Hmph! Then what are you here for?!"
"Loki has left the guild and might be in some trouble. I need your help."
"What?!"
Lucy's expression changed upon hearing this: "Loki left the guild? Why?"
"I don't know that. Quickly put on some clothes. I'll take you to find him."
"Then you turn around!"
At the West Mountain Waterfall, Loki stood before a tombstone, his gaze fixed on the grave. This was the resting place of his master, Karen. He didn't want the guild members to see him die. Rather than that, it was better for everyone to think he had left. This was also the most suitable place for his final demise.
Suddenly!
A voice rang out: "Loki!"
Loki quickly turned his head at the sound, and seeing Qi Yan and Lucy, he was astonished: "Qi Yan?! Lucy? How did you know I was here?!"
"This is my sensory magic. It's quite simple to sense your location within a certain range."
Loki couldn't help but sigh in admiration, "You live up to your reputation!"
"So... this is your master's tomb?"
"You... how..."
"What? You don't think you've hidden your Celestial Spirit identity very well, do you?"
This time, Loki was completely shocked. Qi Yan actually knew his Celestial Spirit identity. But thinking about Qi Yan's many incredible abilities, it wasn't impossible for him to know his identity.
"You actually found out..."
"A Celestial Spirit?!"
Of course, even more shocked was Lucy. Loki was a Celestial Spirit? How could that be? She, a Celestial Mage, hadn't even noticed.
"You... are you dying?"
"You even know that. Yes, I'm about to die. Just as humans cannot survive in the Celestial Spirit World, Celestial Spirits cannot survive in the human world. In the human world, a Celestial Spirit's life is slowly stripped away, eventually leading to death. I've been in the human world for three years."
"Three years?! Even one year is already incredible!"
Lucy's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Yes, I've reached my limit now. I can't use any power. To avoid worrying everyone, please forgive me for leaving this way. Please help me say goodbye to everyone. Don't let them know I died. Just assume I'm still alive somewhere else."
Qi Yan directly raised his hand and refused: "I'm sorry, I don't like delivering messages for others, and I especially don't like delivering last words. It's too unlucky. If you have anything to say, go back and tell everyone yourself."
Loki was slightly stunned, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can't go back."
Then, as if to express his emotions, Loki began to tell the story of him and his former master. His former master, Karen, was a woman with a very unpleasant personality.
She liked to be flattered and enjoyed toying with men, making them spend money on her. Sometimes, when those men pestered her, to get rid of them, Karen would summon Aries to keep them company.
And she would sometimes hit or scold them, these Celestial Spirits, not treating them as living beings at all, only as tools for making money. To stop this behavior, Loki chose to forcibly open the gate, so Karen couldn't summon other Celestial Spirits, and he also demanded that Karen break his and Aries's contracts.
He originally intended to scare Karen, but what he ultimately received was the news of Karen's death. It turned out that Karen, unable to summon Celestial Spirits, chose to go on a mission and was killed during the mission.
Because of him, his master died, which violated the rules of the Celestial Spirit World. So from that day on, he could no longer return to the Celestial Spirit World. The Celestial Spirit World refused to accept Celestial Spirits who defied their master's orders.
He had already sensed that he would completely disappear soon.
Loki smiled at the two and said, "Thank you for listening to all of this. After telling everything, I feel much better. Even if I die now, I'll have no regrets."
Qi Yan listened quietly to Loki's words, then said indifferently:
"Don't worry, with me here, you won't die."