"Leo?"
"Celestial Spirit?"
"W-Wait, that's Loke, not Leo!"
All the fighting quickly stopped as all of them looked at Virgo, the new Celestial Spirit owned by Kira.
Still, while Virgo hesitated at first, she was sure of Loke's identity after she saw his reaction. "No, I can't be wrong. He is Leo, the Lion, and he is a Celestial Spirit."
"..."
While everyone was at a loss for Virgo's words, none of them thought that she was lying, so all of them looked at Loke, who had become so nervous before he gritted and ran away!
"..."
"Wait, Loke!"
"Is what she said the truth?"
"Why did you run away?!"
Yet, Loke knew that he couldn't stay; no, he didn't want all of them to know the truth even though he knew that it was impossible to hide since his time was short and he was about to die.
"Virgo, can you tell me what is the truth?"
Makarov somehow became sober and looked at Virgo hopefully.
Virgo closed her lips and then looked at Kira.
"Is it a secret that you can't talk to a Virgo?"
Similar to the work in his previous life, while some works could be talked about freely, some works had to be kept as a secret since it was confidential and related to the growth of the company.
While forcing Virgo to answer all of the doubts, if it was related to the secret among all the Celestial Spirits and she might be punished by talking of that secret, Kira wouldn't force her despite how desperate everyone was.
After all, while it was unfair, Virgo was more important to Kira than Loke.
"It's not a secret, but it isn't something pleasant."
"Please, I beg you!"
Makarov begged, hoping for Virgo to talk.
"Please!"
Everyone did the same, so Virgo, who received Kira's permission, nodded and started to talk about Loke's experience.
Loke was known as Leo, the Celestial Spirit of the Lion.
The story starts with how rare the Celestial Spirit magic user was and how everyone's way of treating their Celestial Spirits was different.
"It is rare to see someone like my master, Kira-sama or Lucy-sama since most of the users treat us like servants, slaves, or even worse, they just treat us like tools."
"Tools..."
Instead of a living being, they treated the Celestial Spirit like those non-living beings, which made all of them frown.
"Leo was unlucky."
Unlike Virgo, who loved being mistreated, most of the Celestial Spirits weren't masochists, so they couldn't feel happy about being treated as servants, slaves, or tools.
Still, as a Celestial Spirit was a being that would fully abide by its contract, so of course, unless the Celestial Spirit magic user broke the contract, it would remain within the contract until it was broken.
"However, Leo had made a mistake."
"Mistake?"
"He killed his previous owner."
"....." Everyone.
If it was just a small mistake, such as mischief, then they might be able to say something, but for Loke to kill his previous owner, all of them couldn't say anything.
"T-Then, what happened?"
What was the punishment for killing the owner?
"He couldn't return to the Celestial Spirit World."
That's it...?
Was that a punishment?
Still, Kira asked, "What would happen if he couldn't return?"
"He would die as he couldn't return to the Celestial Spirit World."
For example, a human couldn't live without air, and a fish couldn't live without water. If the Celestial Spirit couldn't return to the Celestial Spirit World, they would die.
Still, as the leader of the 12 Golden Zodiac Keys, Loke was powerful, and despite three years having passed since he was punished for killing his master, he was still able to return to the human world. But even so, this was his limit, and soon, he would die.
"That's impossible! How could Loke kill his previous master?"
Yet, even so, while Loke was a playboy, he still had created many genuine friends, and the comradeship of the Fairy Tail was quite high, especially when everyone's personality was quite good despite their many flaws, so when they thought Loke would die, they couldn't stay calm, especially Gray, who had quite a good relationship with Loke.
"Gray, your clothes."
"Ah, my clothes!"
Only, Virgo muttered, "Small."
"....." Gray.
Somehow, those words made the atmosphere strange.
Still, when everyone was staring at him, Kira felt helpless and decided to ask further, "Did he really kill his previous owner, Virgo?"
"That's what the Celestial Spirit King told all of us. He told us that Leo had killed his previous owner, so Leo was punished."
As for the rest of the details, Virgo didn't know, and more importantly, how could she and the others defy the king?
Similar to the era of feudalism, the king's words were like the words of god.
Even Duke Everlue could do many things within the Shirotsume Town, then, for the Celestial Spirit King, who controlled the Celestial Spirit World and was also the strongest among all the Celestial Spirits, how could the Celestial Spirits defy him?
Fortunately, the Celestial Spirit King was fair and just, and he just followed the rules that he had made.
As Leo had killed his previous owner, how could he not be punished?
"I don't think that Virgo is lying, and there is no reason for Virgo to lie."
Still, for Virgo, not being trusted or being looked at with suspicion, Kira decided to step forward since even if she was a masochist, she was his Celestial Spirit, and of course, he would help her, especially when she wasn't at fault as what she did was just telling the fact, which everyone asked her for.
If the truth couldn't be accepted by everyone, then was Virgo at fault?
"That's..."
"No way..."
"So, Loki had killed his previous Master?"
Still, in this strange atmosphere, Kira decided to say, "But as you have known him for so long, do you think he is someone who will kill his previous owner mercilessly?"
"..."
Everyone suddenly remained silent as if they were in deep thought.
"I think there must be a reason for this."
"Yes, there is no way that he did that without a reason! Or, it might be an accident!"
"Can you do something, Kira?" Makarov looked at Kira with a hopeful expression since, unlike others, he felt like... Kira could do many things that were impossible for others.
Loke might be like that, but as Loke was a member of Fairy Tail, Makarov still hoped to help Loke.
Could Kira do something?
Kira wasn't sure, but if he could help Loke, he knew that he could gain Loke's power, too, so he would be lying if he wasn't tempted, considering the potential of the Celestial Spirit Magic.
At the same time, he knew that it was also a chance for him to fill the gauge of his gacha ability.
'Help others...'
It was troublesome, and sometimes, he wouldn't be rewarded, yet if he knew that his act would be rewarded, why should he hesitate, right?
Lastly, when Kira tried to master his ability to become a werewolf, Loke was also there, cheering for him along with everyone so—
"I don't know what I can do, but let me try. Moreover, after knowing all of this, it will feel uncomfortable to not know everything."
'Tsundere.'
They thought, but first, they had to find Loke first.
"So, where is he?"
"Yes, where has he gone?"
"We have to be fast, or else he will be gone!"
Still, while Natsu was silly most of the time, he was quite smart at critical moments. "Kira, you can search for him, right?"
"Well..."
As Kira made a prayer-like gesture, he felt a miracle once again give him direction, leading him toward where Loke was.
"Let's go."
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!"
The Fairy Tail might be a borderline illegal guild, yet even so, their comradeship was strong!
Let's save their Nakamas!