Leaving the battlefield, everyone rested in the demon village that was cursed, but whether it was Erza or Kira, none of them were afraid. Instead, it was those people who had become demons who were afraid.
Still, the village chief and the others begged Erza and Kira to destroy the moon, so their curse could be stopped.
"Erza, please!"
Natsu and Happy also decided to ask, helping the villagers since they felt sorry for them.
Yet, while Kira might be cold, he didn't intend to say anything and left the decision to Erza since he was tired. He thought of taking a bath first as he had been quite sweaty before.
"No."
Still, Erza's answer remained the same.
"Please! I beg you! We will give you all the money and also the Golden Key!"
"Golden Key?" Erza was surprised, then asked excitedly, "Is it a Golden Key of the Celestial Spirit?"
"....."
Everyone was at a loss for Erza's excitement.
"Answer me!"
"Y-Yes!"
"Let me see."
"Here."
The village chief directly showed the Golden Key of the Celestial Spirit that was owned by the village and presented it to Erza.
Looking at the familiar Golden Key, yet with a different symbol, Erza knew that this was a real Golden Key of the Celestial Spirit, one of the Zodiac-Type, which was known as the strongest type among the Celestial Spirits.
If it were before, she might not have had an interest, but this time, it was different.
"Okay, I will take it."
"Erza!" 2x
While Natsu and Happy were happy, Erza was also happy, thinking that the rewards for the quest were quite good.
"By the way, how much money will you pay?"
"Er... everything!
"Okay."
Besides Celestial Spirit, Erza knew that Kira loved money, so let's just think of this as a way to compensate him, she thought. However, she might not have a chance to compensate Kira since he was in danger.
The villagers of this island were still primitive, especially when they still used an ancient-like home, and naturally, it was impossible for a private bathroom with a bathtub and warm water to exist, so Kira, who wanted to take a bath, had to go to the nearby river to wash his body.
However, during this moment of taking a bath, a figure, who had been escaping, hiding, staring at Kira's naked figure with a killing intent, and without hesitation, this figure shot an orb-like object to beat the shit out of Kira!
Yet—
Crack!
A wall of ice emerged from Kira's back and blocked the orb!
However, the force of the orb was as powerful as the cannon, and it tore apart the wall of ice immediately, yet in that moment, it gave Kira a chance to dodge and escape, using the Aerial, Happy's wings magic, to fly, but, how could this figure let Kira escape?!
"Parallel Worlds!"
All of a sudden, the orbs became two and four, and their numbers continued to increase as if all of them tried to stop all the possibilities for Kira to escape!
Yet, the figure frowned since the number of the orbs continued to increase so much that it took quite a chunk of magic power within his body. However, magic power was the only thing that he lacked, but unexpectedly, Kira, who was about to fly, suddenly stopped flying and dove into the water!
"Huh?"
The figure was startled, but then sneered. "Do you think you can escape by entering the water?" This time, instead of creating copies of the orbs, he used a different magic.
"Fast Forward!'
Impossible to follow with the sight, the orbs moved so fast, leaving Kira no chance to escape. Even if somehow the water could slow down the force behind the orbs, it would definitely break his bones, and with the number of those orbs, this attack would definitely break his body apart!
At the same time, the river was quite shallow, so how could Kira think of escaping by entering it?
"Idiot!"
This was what the figure thought, but he forgot about Kira's magic that was used on Toby.
"Hole."
As Kira entered the river, he created a hole to escape!
BOOOOOM! BOOOOOM! BOOOOOM! BOOOOOM! BOOOOOM!
As the water splashed, a booming explosion sound echoed.
Erza and the others should have come, but they didn't seem to hear it, because the opponent wasn't so careless.
However, the figure still underestimated Kira since the figure also thought that it was over, and decided to approach the river confidently, as he didn't think that Kira could escape from that attack, yet—
"Huh?"
All of a sudden, the figure felt dizzy and couldn't breathe.
"W-What...?!"
"Arc of Time." Kira came out of the water safely as he looked at the masked figure who had attacked him secretly, yet inwardly, he felt wary of this person. "It's a powerful magic, but unfortunately, you are too confident."
Yes, the Arc of Time, this was the magic that was used by this masked figure.
In the original story, this magic appeared weak, especially when the original user couldn't even defeat Gray, whose magic was only an Ice Make.
Yet, in reality, this magic was very dangerous, especially since the Parallel Worlds, which could create copies of the orbs, would continue to increase until all the possibilities of the target to escape or dodge disappeared.
In other words, this magic was impossible to dodge, and if the user didn't underestimate Kira and tried to reduce the consumption of magic power, he wouldn't be able to escape.
Lastly, Flash Forward magic increased the speed of the orb.
The orb might be simple, yet if it were moved at a speed faster than the speed of sound, it would be more dangerous than a cannon!
This magic might not be able to affect a living being, and it was just used on a simple orb, yet even so, its danger wasn't reduced.
Instead, the fact that this person could use time magic itself showed how dangerous and powerful he was.
Fortunately, Kira was able to escape to the water, which reduced the impact of the orbs and created a hole on the bottom of the river, which made him completely unscathed.
'Thank you, Virgo.'
If Kira didn't have Virgo, what would happen to him, especially when, due to Arc of Time magic, his precognition ability became useless, as Arc of Time erased all the possibilities of his escape.
Yet, while he was okay, he was still nervous and tense, realising that he really had underestimated the opponents in the world of Fairy Tail.
Lyon, Toby, Yuka, and Sherry.
All of them were weak, but Kira knew that he wasn't the protagonist, nor was he Natsu or Gray, who would be protected by the plot armor. He couldn't be like Gray, who appeared to be okay even after being beaten by this person's magic so many times.
If he died, then he might be able to revive himself due to his unique skill, but who wants to die, right?
"W-What did you do to me...?!"
The masked figure tried to fight, but as he couldn't breathe, it was so painful that he had an intense headache, confusion, and his body started to feel too tired that he couldn't move. Also, his skin began to turn blue, which made him panic, thinking that he was being poisoned.
Suffocating Turbulence.
This was the wind magic that Kira developed after he learned Erigor's wind magic by reducing the oxygen concentration to an extreme and causing hypoxia to the target.
If it were a normal mage, they would definitely pass out or even die due to the lack of oxygen, especially when Kira didn't hold back, yet, this figure could talk and tried to fight back.
Still, even if this figure tried to ask, Kira wouldn't say anything, and just used Wave Magic to undo his transformation magic, revealing a figure of a beautiful woman with a buxom and lewd boy.
The way she dressed was also a little slutty by exposing many parts of her whiteness and curves.
Her chest was huge, and her thighs were tight.
Yes, instead of a man, the masked man's true identity was a woman who used transformation magic to hide her real identity.
Yet, despite how lewd this woman was, Kira didn't let his guard down as before him was an evil woman who had done many conspiracies for her goal.
"Ultear Milkovich."
This was the person behind his attack.
Still, facing her eyes that exuded a killing intent despite how critical her situation was, Kira knew that he couldn't let go of any chances of her fighting back, even though he had the upper hand, and because of that, he kissed her lips.
"?!"
Ultear was startled before moaning and grew weaker as she was subdued and conquered by his aggressive advances.
"Hnh~!"