On Star Hill, Lucy and Yukino continued hosting the Celestial Spirits.
Taurus, the easiest one to satisfy, was summoned and immediately spotted Yukino.
After staring lecherously at her chest and ass for a good long while, he was instantly satisfied and returned to the Celestial Spirit World.
Then there was Virgo, whose wish was for Lucy to discipline her harshly!
Hearing that made Ankh think of last night's battle of offense and defense between Mirajane and Erza again.
Lucy could not bear to hurt her Celestial Spirit, so she experimentally flicked Virgo on the forehead.
Who would have thought that even such a tiny bit of pain would still make Virgo feel completely satisfied? She happily withdrew.
Cancer wanted to practice his skills, so he gave the unfortunate Happy a round, auntie-style haircut.
After crying miserably, Happy then served as Sagittarius's archery target.
His auntie haircut was shot open into a grand canyon, making him cry even harder…
Next was Scorpio.
His wish was to find someone to vent to, which basically meant secretly complaining about Aquarius and saying how hard his life was.
After easily acting as a listening post for him, the next one to arrive uninvited was Loke.
The moment he appeared, he boldly tried to flirt with Yukino, making Lucy so angry that she immediately closed his gate.
Fortunately, before Loke left, he still managed to punch Natsu once, which left him rather satisfied, though Natsu was furious.
Then there was Capricorn, who requested that everyone listen to a poem he had written.
And then…
Ankh and Natsu fell asleep listening to it.
Finally, Gemini also stated their wish.
They transformed into Lucy wearing nothing but a bath towel and excitedly began a fruit dance.
Lucy, mentally and physically exhausted, hurriedly sent them away and used that chance to have Yukino take over.
Pisces's wish was to eat a cat and find out what it tasted like.
The moment they appeared, they swallowed Happy whole, and Yukino had to desperately rescue him from the fish's mouth.
Feeling as if he had been defiled by a fish, Happy crouched on the ground and drew circles, muttering things like, "I'm not clean anymore…"
After that, Libra's interest happened to be the exact opposite of Virgo's.
She wanted to see someone crushed pitifully under her gravity.
Nothing else was needed. Lucy and Yukino immediately performed a face-first flop onto a soft cushion for her, and Libra's wish was also fulfilled.
Next, Ankh summoned Ophiuchus.
The naturally airheaded older-sister type, Ophiuchus, immediately made Yukino cry out in surprise the moment she appeared.
This was the first time Yukino had seen the mysterious Ophiuchus Celestial Spirit in human form.
Ophiuchus's wish was also very simple.
She wanted to be a mother.
In other words…
Ophiuchus liked children very much and wanted to experience that maternal feeling of coaxing a child to sleep.
Of course, there was no child here for her to spoil, so Ophiuchus could only hold Yukino in her arms and pat her back as if soothing a child.
Somehow, she really did give off a faintly motherly glow.
"What kind of weird wish is that…?" Natsu could not help whispering.
Looking at the satisfied Ophiuchus, Ankh replied, "There are only a few things she likes. Healing people, shopping with friends, and taking care of children."
Yes.
The Ophiuchus Celestial Spirit, who was famous in legend for cruel curses, was actually a motherly older-sister type with a surprisingly cute contrast.
Once, Ophiuchus had even asked Ankh with great expectation whether, if he had a child in the future, he could leave the child in her care.
That showed just how badly Miss Snake Lady wanted to become a babysitter…
Lucy let out a long sigh at this point.
"Compared to Ophiuchus, my side is the real tough battle."
Aquarius.
At least in Lucy's eyes, she was basically half a mother to her. Who knew what she would demand…
…
While Fairy Tail was enjoying this peaceful daily life, Princess Hisui, who was working on improving her royal capital reconstruction plan, suddenly frowned after hearing a report from her subordinate.
"There's something strange with the remains of the Eclipse Gate? What do you mean?"
The soldier who came to report stammered for a long while but could not explain clearly, so he could only say, "Your Highness, it would be better if you came to see it yourself. We've never seen anything like this before."
Hisui acted swiftly and decisively.
She left the palace and hurried toward the place where the Eclipse Gate's remains were kept.
The Eclipse Gate had been shattered by Ankh that day, and its fragments contained immeasurably terrifying Magic Power.
Because of that, the palace had been extremely careful in handling those fragments and had sealed off the area.
When Princess Hisui arrived, she was quickly startled by the ruins before her.
Not because of anything else, but because there were actually many unfamiliar people here, all surrounded by the kingdom's guards.
Every one of them looked terrified.
"What is going on? Are they intruders?" Hisui ran over and asked.
Arcadios, who was in charge of guarding the area, shook his head with a solemn expression.
"No. They suddenly appeared at the Eclipse Gate. According to our questioning, they all claim to be from the future."
Hisui's eyes widened sharply, and she instinctively said, "How is that possible? The Eclipse Gate has already shattered. How can it still send people from the future here?"
Arcadios was just as confused.
"They said they were ordinary citizens living there, and in the blink of an eye, they appeared here."
"And many of them disappear again before they can even say more than a few words."
The moment he finished speaking, several of the "future people" surrounded by the guards suddenly vanished into thin air!
"Is this… a lingering problem caused by the Eclipse Gate…?"
Hisui furrowed her brows, instinctively thinking to herself.
"The power of time around them is unstable. They must have been pulled in by accident."
The sudden voice startled Hisui.
Then she remembered that there was still a mysterious and knowledgeable "roommate" inside her body!
Hisui quickly asked what exactly was going on.
Yusalk's pleased voice continued, "Zous's power, Soda's power, my power, and Ankhse—well, the power of that Ankh you're always talking about. All those forces mixed together and disrupted the Eclipse Gate, which could affect time. Because of that, the fragments of the gate have started unconsciously releasing chaotic time power, activating the remaining functions of the Eclipse Gate."
"These future people are just unlucky ones who got caught up by the fragments. Don't worry about them. They'll disappear after a while."
Hisui let out a breath of relief, then asked, "There won't be any other negative effects, right?"
Yusalk said lazily, "As long as you keep this group of future people under control and stop them from causing accidents in the present, there shouldn't be any major problems."
"What you should be paying attention to is that group of Celestial Spirits. The Eclipse Gate was contaminated by chaotic divine power, and as beings that can connect with it, the Celestial Spirits naturally won't avoid being affected."
Hearing that, Hisui immediately became so worried that she started biting her nails.
Fairy Tail had Lucy and Lord Ankh, while Sabertooth had Yukino.
It seemed she would need to make a trip and tell them about the Celestial Spirits' problem…
Just as Hisui was deep in thought, a figure drifted out from among the crowd of "future people."
The soldiers seemed unable to see her at all, allowing her to slip out of the encirclement with ease…
Yusalk, who was currently inside Hisui's body, sensed something and suddenly widened His eyes, looking utterly incredulous.
A moment later, this god who loved watching entertaining things happen grinned with delight.
"Interesting~ Ankhseram should be very happy, right?"
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