139: Chapter 139 Perverted! An Unexpected Request"no--!"
Lucy immediately objected, "That would definitely land us in the council's jail!And."
She turned to the client, her expression serious."I'd like to hear your reasons for requesting the destruction of this book, since it doesn't sound like.anything perfectly legitimate."
Natsu crossed his arms and curled his lip in disdain: "With a reward of 200,000, why do you care about reasons?Just rush in and burn it down!"
Upon hearing this, the client looked up in surprise: "Don't you know?This morning, I already increased the mission reward.to a full two million J."
"Two, two million J?"
Natsu's eyes were instantly filled with the huge gold coin symbol, and he jumped up excitedly, "Two million!If we split it among three people.uh."
His mathematical abilities were clearly insufficient to handle such complex calculations.
Happy was bubbling with happiness, gesturing with his little paws: "So easy!Natsu and I will each get a million, and the rest is Lucy's!"
Lucy's forehead bulged with a tic-tac-toe expression as she retorted, "That means I wasn't left with a single penny?You two idiots!"
She cleared her throat, trying to remain professional, and said to the client, "I already knew about the increase in the reward to two million a while ago."
But that's precisely why I'm even more curious about your 'reasons' for commissioning the destruction of this book.There must be a reason behind such a huge payment, right?
The client, Kirby Menlow, had his head down, and his expression was obscured by the brim of his hat, but his tone was unusually firm, even bordering on obsessive:
"No reason!No why!I just.I absolutely cannot let this book continue to exist in this world!It must be destroyed!"
"Oh—!I'm fired up—!"
Natsu didn't care about the reasons; just hearing the man's resolute attitude completely ignited his fighting spirit!
He shouted excitedly, grabbed Lucy with one hand and Happy with the other, and rushed out of the client's mansion like a whirlwind, heading straight for Duke Abel's residence!
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The gates of Duke Aybal's luxurious yet vulgar mansion.
Lucy took a deep breath, strained her voice, and called out to the closed door in a sweet and coquettish tone:
"Hello~ Is anyone home?I'm here to apply for a maid position~"
Natsu and Happy, hiding behind the bushes in the distance, watched them nervously.
Just as Lucy finished speaking and was waiting for a response, a chunk of ground behind her suddenly bulged up with a "plop"!
Then, a middle-aged man dressed in an exaggerated suit, short and stout, with a bizarre hairstyle and an extremely flamboyant and lewd expression, emerged from the ground like a groundhog and said in an aria-like tone:
"Is that.calling.us."
Lucy was startled and quickly turned around.
Duke Abel squinted his small eyes and scrutinized Lucy as if she were merchandise, looking her up and down with an extremely uncomfortable gaze.
Lucy, fighting off nausea and goosebumps, quickly forced a sweet smile in a low voice:
"Master~ Hello~ Please take care of me~"
Under Duke Abel's scrutinizing and increasingly critical gaze, Lucy felt her smile almost freeze.
After looking at it for a while, Duke Aibar suddenly curled his lip in disdain and said in an extremely disgusted tone:
"Hmph!No need!Go back.Dinosaur Girl!"
"A.dinosaur girl?"
Upon hearing this word, Lucy was struck dumb!It felt as if countless sharp arrows had pierced her heart in an instant!
She clutched her chest, staggered back a step, and knelt down in disbelief and pain, suffering a tremendous emotional blow!
Duke Aybar proudly raised his double chin, ran his chubby fingers through a greasy strand of curly hair on his forehead, and said smugly:
"Listen up!For a man as great and outstanding as myself, only the most beautiful and exquisite woman in the world is worthy to serve me!"
As he spoke, four creatures dressed as maids suddenly darted out from behind him.
They were bizarrely shaped; some had exaggerated makeup on their faces, some had extremely strange body proportions, and some moved like marionettes.In short, they did not look like humans!
Duke Aybars, with a look of utter bliss, spread his arms wide, surrounded by the four "beautiful" maids, as if he were in paradise.
"I see!" Natsu, who was watching from a distance, suddenly realized something.
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An open space away from the Duke of Aybar's mansion.
Looking at Lucy, who was sitting on the ground with a completely broken expression, as if her soul had left her body, Natsu whispered to Happy, who was standing close by:
"I told you we didn't need to bring Lucy, right?See, she's completely useless."
Happy nodded: "Ah~!How useless."
Lucy, slightly recovered from the shock, heard their comments and, in despair, waved her arms and shouted:
"No way—!It's because Aibal's aesthetic sense is just too weird!Too bizarre!No normal person could possibly meet his standards!"
Natsu continued his merciless sarcasm: "That's just an excuse."
Happy nodded in agreement, perched on Natsu's shoulder, and looked down at Lucy with a disgruntled gaze: "Love~"
Overwhelmed with grief and anger, Lucy's tears flowed like a waterfall as she looked up to the sky and cried out:
"I'm so angry—!You blind, perverted freak!"
Seeing Lucy's breakdown, Natsu clasped his hands in a fist salute and said confidently, "Alright!In that case, leave it to me!However."
Although Gray was completely unaware, Natsu still habitually thought: 'It's better to leave such an embarrassing thing to Gray; he should be used to it by now.'I'm used to it.
Under the questioning and slightly ominous gazes of Lucy and Happy, Natsu's chakra surged, and his appearance first transformed into Gray, who was only wearing underwear.
Lucy & Happy: "?" What's going on here?
Immediately afterward, Natsu began to try hard to recall the appearances of the four "astoundingly beautiful" maids, his face and body starting to twist and deform violently like putty.
A few seconds later, a bizarre version of "Blonde Maid Natsu" was born, combining the "advantages" of all four maids and being described as a "masterpiece"!
Its imposing presence is enough to silence a child's crying, silence a man, and bring tears to a woman's eyes.
Lucy and Happy stared in disbelief, then exclaimed in unison, "So ugly!"
After transforming, Natsu's voice became muffled, but he proudly gave a thumbs up:
"Ugly is exactly right!That's the effect I wanted!"
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