Fairy Tail: My Magic is Yugi Muto's Deck

Chapter 67 Deliora the Demon

Near the village guesthouses, in a small pavilion covered with thick leaves.

"Hey Chase, weren't you supposed to be so much faster than us? How come you're only arriving now?"

Lucy sat on the wooden stool, shrinking her body as much as possible to avoid being directly exposed to the purple moonlight overhead.

After hearing about the villagers' experiences, she was terrified of being tainted by the curse and turning into a demon.

In contrast, Chess, who already knew the specific reason, didn't care much and leaned against the edge of the pavilion, letting the moonlight fall on him.

"Well, it's a long story. On the way here, I happened to witness pirates committing a crime, so I just did a good deed," Chase said without batting an eye.

"Huh? Really? I'm not doubting your character, Chess! It's just..."

For once, Lucy was surprisingly clever, giving Chase a suspicious look. "Our routes should be the same, right?"

At the same location and destination, how come they didn't encounter any pirates or merchant ships?

"Lucy."

Chase raised his eyes and met Lucy's gaze with utmost seriousness.

"W-what's wrong?" Lucy felt a little awkward under his gaze.

"No, the moonlight is quite beautiful tonight."

"You've been holding it in for ages just to change the subject! Besides, what's beautiful about this eerie moonlight?!"

Watching her master, who routinely catches spittle on his face, the dark magician girl sitting next to her covered her mouth and chuckled.

After making her rant, Lucy looked at Chase and the Dark Magician Girl, most of their bodies bathed in moonlight, and couldn't help but feel worried.

"Chesco, you guys should go inside and sit down. Being exposed to the moonlight like this might bring a curse!"

"I've heard about the situation from the village chief. If I'm not mistaken, the moonlight won't have much of an impact on us," Chess said with a smile.

He emphasized the word "we".

As a precaution, before coming to the village, he had already gone to the Moon Temple in the center of the island to secretly observe the Moon Drop ritual.

I learned from Leon, who is also Gray's senior brother, that the Moon Drop Project will be completed tomorrow.

So there's absolutely no need to rush.

"Isn't it too hasty to make a judgment based solely on guesswork?"

Daisy clearly didn't notice the hint Chase had given him.

"Lucy, don't underestimate the judgment of an S-class mage!"

The Dark Magician Girl was even bolder, standing directly in the open space outside, tilting her head back and staring at the purple moon in the night sky with her beautiful big eyes, "Isn't this moon quite pretty~"

"Wait, how come even Dark Magician Girl is... No matter what, this is too dangerous!" Lucy hurriedly spoke up to stop her.

"Speaking of which, Lucy, what are you and Nazgray planning to do next?" Chase interrupted with a smile.

"Well, we're planning to go to other parts of the island tomorrow... wait! I can't tell you!"

Lucy instinctively covered her mouth halfway through her sentence.

"Sigh, my lovely sister has already joined forces with those two idiots so quickly." Chase sighed, feigning sadness.

"because!"

Lucy looked up abruptly, then lowered her gaze again, swaying her skirt with both hands, her voice lacking confidence.

"Because I wanted to see if I could complete the commission on my own."

"I've been thinking about this the whole way to Karuna Island..."

She knew perfectly well that this was a completely overconfident act, but since things had already come to this point, she could only keep her head down and move forward.

Not to mention monsters like Chess, Erza, and Mira, the other members of the guild are all incredibly powerful.

Infected by this atmosphere, as a newbie, she inevitably wanted to become a little stronger.

"I see."

Chase saw through her obvious thoughts written all over her pretty face, gave her a thumbs up, and said, "Then give it your all!"

"Yes! I will try my best!"

Encouraged and trusted, Lucy's dim eyes instantly brightened, a smile bloomed on her pretty face, and she nodded emphatically.

"Before that, let's get some rest and recharge."

Chase stood up and stretched. "I'm a little sleepy after traveling all day."

After saying that, he called out to the dark magic girl and walked straight towards the temporary guest room.

Lucy got up, but as soon as she took a step, she froze in place as if she had realized something terrible.

Wait, wait, there's only one guest room, which means...

Following the exhibitionist and the fire-breathing monster, here comes another dead card player?

Forget about sleeping!!!

Lucy felt her head buzzing and she was devastated.

"Hey, Lucy, is there anything else?"

The dark mage girl following behind Chess turned around and gave him a questioning look.

Oh right, at least there's Dark Magician Girl to keep me company!

I'm not alone!

Like a withered tree coming back to life, light returned to Lucy's eyes.

"No, no, Dark Magician Girl, let's sleep together tonight!" Lucy suggested enthusiastically.

Upon hearing this, the Dark Magician Girl frowned, looking somewhat troubled.

"Although I also want to sleep with Lucy, staying in the mortal world would be a waste of Master's magic power."

Lucy: "..."

*Snap!* Her light went out.

"Lucy, a girl should be more reserved. How can you sleep in the same room with two perverted monsters?"

Chess pointed to the guest room, his expression very serious.

"Is this what I wanted?!"

Lucy instantly bristled, angrily emphasizing, "And there are three now!"

"Harpy, I guess he doesn't count?"

"It's you!!"

"...I didn't expect you to think that way. I was just thinking about whether I should use a card effect to summon a deluxe private room for you."

Upon hearing this, Lucy's eyes lit up, and she instantly changed her expression, running over at lightning speed to affectionately hug Chess's arm.

"Chess, you're the best~" the shameless girl said in a coquettish tone.

Chase smiled and sighed, ultimately unable to bear it. Cards were generated at his fingertips, and a magic circle lit up.

Under Lucy's expectant gaze, white light intertwined and swirled, constructing a luxurious structure crafted from rare wood and inlaid with six-pointed star gems...

coffin!

"This is the coffin of the Dark Demon Clan's resurrection. The space inside is quite comfortable, and lying in it can even slightly restore your magic power."

Lucy: "...It was my mistake to have illusions about you, Chesgo."

After a two-and-a-half-second pause, covered in goosebumps, she couldn't hold back any longer and pointed at the coffin in front of her, swearing, "What the hell is this?!"

"I might as well summon Horolochim myself!!"

Good news: although the light went out, Chase very kindly turned on a lamp for her.

The bad news is, the lights are off.

Looking at the coffin, which seemed even more eerie under the purple moonlight, Lucy suddenly realized that sleeping in a room with several monsters wasn't so bad after all.

"Haha, just the reaction I expected." Chase laughed heartily.

This time, the Dark Magician Girl didn't side with him. Instead, she puffed out her cheeks, reached out and pulled Lucy to her side, put her hands on her hips, and scolded, "Master, please stop teasing Lucy."

"Hurry up and add Lucy to the deck!"

While her presence in the mortal realm does indeed continuously deplete Chase's mana, conversely, adding Lucy to the deck would not cause this problem.

—Just like how Chase used card magic to imprison the pirate Clooney before.

"Huh? In Chesgo's deck?" Lucy blinked, puzzled.

"Ahem, Dark Magician Girl is absolutely right."

Chess coughed lightly, his smile fading, and pulled out a blank card. "So, Lucy, want to come in?"

Lucy was taken aback at first, then looked at the cute dark magic girl beside her, and nodded repeatedly.

Despite her complaints, she trusted Chess completely from the bottom of her heart!

Goodnight, Lucy.

Goodnight, Chesgo.

After saying goodnight to each other, the magic circle flashed by, and Lucy followed the Dark Magician Girl into the deck.

"Now, I should get ready to sleep."

Chess clapped his hands, walked into the temporary guest room, glanced at Natsu and Gray who were fast asleep, and lay down directly in the middle spot where Lucy had been.

"Strange, I feel like something's missing."

He muttered something to himself, looked around, and pulled the hobby from the corner to use as a pillow.

"Yes, that's more like it."

At the same time.

Upon entering the card space, Lucy was no longer sleepy and curiously began to examine the environment where Dark Magician Girl "lived".

The spacious and exquisite room is decorated in a pink color scheme that is unique to girls, and various fluffy dolls are piled up in the corners, mostly related to card monsters.

There are winged chestnut balls, cotton candy, and little blue dragon maid, etc.

Besides that, the most eye-catching thing is the bookshelf that is as tall as two people, with all kinds of magic books neatly arranged on it.

"The text is completely incomprehensible, it looks so profound..." Lucy was dazzled.

"Those are just the basics. Master has ten times more books than we do here!"

The dark magician girl casually picked up a magic book and opened it, and countless mysterious runes immediately jumped out.

"Mr. Dark Magician? You guys are really amazing."

"After all, becoming stronger is the only way to better help my master~"

Lucy: "..."

Seeing how hard this powerful dark magician girl was working, she suddenly felt like a complete waste.

"Let's not talk about that now, Lucy. If you don't go to sleep soon, you won't have any energy tomorrow!"

Since they were both girls, the Dark Magician Girl had no inhibitions and took off her magic robes and equipment in front of Lucy.

This made Lucy blush: "What a great figure!"

And so, the two blonde girls, looking very attractive, lay on the pink bed in the other dimension, chatting about all sorts of interesting things until they fell into a deep sleep.

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The next morning.

"Oh no! Something terrible has happened!"

"Wake up, wake up now, Gray!"

Amidst Natsu's frantic shaking, Gray groggily opened his eyes.

"Damn fireball, what the hell are you doing so early in the morning?!"

Once he regained his senses, he yelled at Natsu.

However, instead of arguing with him as usual, Natsu covered his head with both hands, his face full of terror: "Lucy, Lucy has been cursed by the moon and turned into a complete demon!!"

Gray raised his hand to rub the sleep from the corner of his eye, and looked seriously at Chase, who was fast asleep on the floor.

"Oh, it was just a dream."

thump.

He lay back down immediately.

Two seconds later, he sat bolt upright again: "Wait a minute! How did Lucy turn into Chase?!"

"A curse! It's definitely a curse on this island!!" Natsu shouted with absolute certainty.

"Ugh, why do I wake up with a sore back and aching muscles?"

Happy yawned and floated listlessly through the air.

Chess was awakened by the noise. He rubbed his eyes first, then greeted them with a natural smile: "Hey, Nazgray and Happy, good morning."

Not only their appearance, but even their voices are exactly the same!

Natsu and Gray exchanged a glance, simultaneously recalling the rumors about Karuna Island they had heard yesterday. Instantly, their hair stood on end, and they hugged each other tightly in fright.

Compared to an ugly (handsome) demon.

Lucy transformed into Chase would be a hundred times more terrifying!!

The scene changes.

"I really don't know what's going on in your heads! How could I possibly become Chesgo?!"

After hearing the whole story, Lucy emerged from the card space, speechless, and rubbed her forehead.

"Hey Lucy, I think I slept wrong last night. Can you massage my shoulders?" Happy landed on her shoulder.

"I'm busy."

Lucy cruelly refused, "We're not here for a vacation; we're going to explore the island today!"

Upon hearing this, Natsu finally remembered the commission he had made and the match against Chess.

"Aaaaah, we can't let that bastard Chase beat us to it!"

Without any thought or plan, he rushed out of the room and disappeared at the end of the village gate in the blink of an eye.

"A muscle-bound simpleton, always acting like a clumsy child."

Gray scoffed at this reckless behavior. "No matter how urgent it is, you should at least take your clothes off first."

While they were talking, the clothes had already been carelessly tossed aside.

Wearing only a pair of shorts, he started running and chased after Natsu.

"So the only difference between you and Natsu is that you have to take off your clothes!" Lucy complained.

"If we don't chase after them now, we might never find them again," Chase warned.

"Really!" Lucy sighed heavily, feeling utterly exhausted.

However, since the matter was already discussed last night, we naturally have to take this commission seriously.

She hurriedly put away the Celestial Key, picked up the unwell Happy, and used all her potential to run wildly after Nazgre and the other two.

The noisy room immediately became quiet.

"Since we're just killing time anyway, let's ask the chieftain and the others for some tea," Chess yawned.

Knowing everything about Karuna Island, he had no intention of going on an adventure with Natsu and the others.

Aside from being overt "race rivals," the Moon Drop's magic circle only works at night, so going during the day yields no results.

Now, all he needs to do is wait patiently.

"A renowned ice-themed mage from the northern part of the continent, possessing formidable strength comparable to the Ten Wizard Saints."

"Uru Mirkovic..."

Chess murmured to himself, the image of Uru, who was willing to give his life to protect Gray and seal Deliora, flashing before his eyes.

The line, "I will seal away the darkness in your heart," brought tears to the eyes of countless viewers at the time.

And now, the opportunity to make up for this regret is right in front of us!

Thinking of this, a cross-shaped phantom of a magic card flashed past Chase's fingertip.

He strolled out of the house and leisurely went to have tea with the village chief.

on the other hand.

After leaving the village, Natsu and his companions ventured into a dense forest filled with strange vegetation to begin their investigation into the Moonlight Curse.

Although there was a minor hiccup along the way, the group eventually arrived at the Moon Temple located in the center of Karuna Island.

Due to Natsu's mischievous actions, the group fell into the darkest space at the bottom of the temple.

The air here is bitterly cold, and at the far end stands a giant, crystal-clear ice sculpture.

"Hey, hey, how could this be? It must be a lie!"

Gray's body trembled uncontrollably as he stared at the ice sculpture with terror in his eyes, memories of the past flooding back.

"The demon Deliora, frozen in absolute ice..."

"How could I possibly end up in a place like this?!"