"Bang!" Accompanied by a loud crash, the entire duke's mansion trembled three times.
A massive, incredibly huge black shadow blocked everyone's line of sight.
Virgo held the half-roasted, unlucky duke in her right hand, staring at the person and cat in front of her.
As a Celestial Spirit, she spotted the Celestial Spirit keys hanging from Lucy's waist with a single glance.
Natsu clenched his fists, looking down at Virgo with contempt: "Looking for a beating?"
Having eaten his fill here and not feeling hungry for a whole day and night, Natsu also felt a bit in the wrong and didn't want to make a move again.
But!
If Virgo didn't know what was good for her and made a move, Natsu wouldn't mind sending her a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!
Virgo stared at Lucy's Celestial Spirit keys without saying a word, showing no intention of moving aside.
Natsu's patience was extremely limited.
Flames wrapped around his right fist. Just as he was about to strike, he was stopped by Lucy.
"She's been staring at my Celestial Spirit keys, it must have something to do with Celestial Spirits. Let me handle this!"
Without hesitation, Natsu grabbed Happy and ran: "Happy! I saw a lot of fish just now, let's go eat fish!"
"Aye!" Happy, who had been weak and limp just a moment ago, instantly became full of energy upon hearing this news.
Lucy panicked and shouted: "Hey! You're just leaving me behind like this! What if I can't beat her?"
So exhausting!
Lucy felt that by choosing Natsu, this heartless guy, she would be exhausted every moment of every day.
Both of them were gluttons; as long as there was food, they completely forgot about her.
"Too heartless!"
"Why did I choose these two guys as partners!"
While she was muttering and complaining, Virgo set down the duke, who was mostly roasted.
The unlucky duke couldn't be saved. Since she was still in the human world, she needed to choose a new Celestial Spirit master.
Lucy happened to appear at this time, so she could only test her strength and her feelings for Celestial Spirits.
Dropping the unlucky duke, Virgo's body sank, and her nearly two-meter-wide body easily burrowed underground.
"Open! Gate of the Taurus constellation, Taurus!"
A magic circle opened from the key, and golden light filled the duke's mansion.
"Moo!!!" A cow's bellow that shook the entire duke's mansion startled the people checking the situation outside.
As soon as the perverted bull appeared, he stared at Lucy: "Lucy's figure is super..."
"Bang!" The ground broke open, and countless rocks flew everywhere.
The perverted bull's words were cut off by Virgo before he could finish.
When he clearly saw Virgo's size, the perverted bull's anger instantly shot through the roof.
"Such an ugly thing, daring to lay a hand on Lucy, moo!!"
Swinging his giant axe, he chopped towards Virgo.
Both were Zodiac Celestial Spirits, their magic power was on the same level, and there was no difference in strength.
Lucy watched from the side as the two exchanged blows back and forth; neither could gain the upper hand, and neither showed signs of losing.
"This isn't right! Logically, there shouldn't be a display of strength with almost no gap like this."
"Such a situation absolutely does not exist between mages."
"Taurus is a Celestial Spirit; his combat power is influenced by my magic power."
"Could it be that that dinosaur woman..."
To confirm her guess, Lucy quietly walked towards the unlucky duke who had been roasted half-cooked by Natsu.
As a Celestial Spirit mage, Lucy had a peculiar connection with Celestial Spirit keys, and she quickly found the Celestial Spirit key on the unlucky duke.
Somewhere else.
A blue head and a cherry-pink head squeezed together, secretly watching what was happening below.
"Dumb Lucy is developing towards being a thief!" Happy muttered softly.
Natsu gently patted Happy's head: "Don't always call Lucy dumb. To guess that Virgo is a Celestial Spirit from the battle between Virgo and Taurus shows that she isn't dumb at all."
"Joking around is one thing..."
Before Natsu could finish his sentence, Happy covered his mouth and snickered, looking at Natsu with a very strange look in his eyes.
"Natsu is protecting Lucy!"
Rolling his eyes at Happy in annoyance, Natsu said matter-of-factly: "She's my woman, if I don't protect her, am I supposed to let someone else protect her?"
He liked Lucy quite a bit. Having been with her for so long, he had grown even fonder of this woman who loved to complain and had a very big heart.
Natsu would not admit that he liked any woman with a big heart!
"That unlucky duke was knocked down by me with one punch. Virgo definitely has to choose a new contractor. Even without my deliberate arrangement, she would still seek out Lucy."
"My leaving earlier was to prevent Virgo from being wary of me. She definitely won't use heavy hands on Lucy, much less hurt her."
Happy looked at Natsu with a gloomy face: "Natsu is so good to Lucy, but you promised me a big fish and won't keep your word."
"Natsu's heart has been stolen by Lucy, you're not the Natsu whose heart only had me anymore!"
"Waaah! I've been abandoned by Natsu."
Natsu couldn't help but smile; crying so miserably all for the big fish in his heart.
Happy's acting skills were on par with an Oscar-winning actor.
Those tears, there was absolutely no faking it.
He gently ruffled his head: "On the way back, I'll get you a whole big fish, I guarantee you'll eat your fill!"