Chapter 21: reunion with an old friend

A/n: apologies for the late chapter, I have been very busy the past couple of weeks and i tried to write look for inspirations for the chapters

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Third POV

After Albion used [Andata] to return to Ishgar, the man known as August had a look of surprise seeing the affect of the ring. He has never seen a magic item that could teleport a person to another continent before.

August:'If Alakitashia had a magic item like, we would not have to use so many resources to move an army when one person coulduse this item to teleport the army.' he thought to himself with a look of intrigue. This type of thinking was what Albion what was worried about.

It happens in every world; when people high in political power sees a strong items like the dimension ärm [andata], they only see its potential military applications.

Gramy and Brandish notice the look on Augusts face and become concerned; their concerned stemmed from when Ablion warned them about telling people about ärm, that those who are high in the government would only see the military application.

When August sees the concerned looks on their faces, he regains his composure and begins to talk.

August:"I apologize for taking your time."

Gramy:"It is ok sir August."

August:"Oh please just call me August." he said before noticing their magic power, remembering that he said that he trained them in magic so they can defend themselves as he continued. "Both of you have great potential, would the two of you like to learn magic from me?" he offered after seeing that if they are this strong now, they could become stronger in the future.

The two girls were surprised to receive an offer to train under on of the Spriggan 12 since they know how strong they are. Albion did tell them to keep up their training but there is only so much they can do by themselves. Gramy then turns to her daughter and asks her opinion on learning from one of the 12.

Gramy:"What do you think about learning from mister August?" she said causing August to twitch his eyebrow at being called "mister" by Gramy.

The child had a look of contemplation at her mothers question. She knew that she had to get stronger so won't be left behind by Lucy and Albion. However, she was not sure about learning from the man known as August.

After spending 4 minutes thinking about the idea, she begins consider learning from the wizard king to become strong enough to protect her family and the people she cares about.

Brandish:"I will accept learning from him." She said with a firm resolve in her voice.

Her resolve did not go unnoticed by her mother and August, though her mother can guess the reason for her daughters determination. When Gramy saw this, the image of the boy who just left came to her mind. This thought caused Gramy to have a small knowing smile.

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Heartfiliqa manor

Albion POV

I returned to the Manor after dropping off Gramy and Brandish to their house in Alakitashia and meeting August. Knowing his personality from the anime, he may be curious about my [andata].

I notice mini-Lucy running toward me with her mother walking behind her at a leisurely pace. Not long after I see them, Lucy tackled me with a hug but I was able to stay on my feet.

Lucy:"You came back!" she exclaimed while tightening her hug and nuzzled her head against my chest.

Me:"I did promise you I would come back didn't I?" I said to her before her mother walked up to us and started talking.

Layla:"Oh goodness. kukuku." she said giggled while looking at her daugher.

After that we went back to into the manor and I begin to think of what ärm to give Lucy. She needs other ways of defending herself in case she can't use her keys. Plus, she may get upset that I gave Brandish ärm and not her.

I did not want to deal with that so I thought of the ärm that would be best suited to her fighting style since she likes to use a whip and support her celestia spirits in battle.

There are a few ärm that come to mind that would work for Lucy; a weapon ärm, a dimension ärm, a couple of nature ärm including one that could harden her body so she won't be injured easily.

I have already noticed that Lucy is starting to get attached to me, which I don't mind, but I wwon't always be around so it would be best that she does not rely on my for everything. After all, I cannpt fight her battles for her or she will not grow.

When two days pass, I have Lucy meet me at our usual training spot behind the manor. Because I am going to give her the ärm that she will train with.

Me:"Lucy I am going to give you some ärm that you will train with and use from this day onward."

Lucy:"Really?" she asked with a surprised look on her face.

Me:"Yes, this way you would have other ways to fight when you can't summon celestial spirits." I said as I took out the ärm that I thought would be best for her from my [haven bag] as I continued. "These nature ärm will be able to harden and strengthen your body so you wont be injured easily." I said as I took out a body hadrening ring and a strength enhanching ring and handed them to her.

Lucy:"So I just have to concentrate and channel magic energy into these rings?" she asked while looking at the rings in her hand.

Me:"Yes. it will make your body stronger during use and at the same time it will train your magic control and that training would also increase your magic capacity." I explained as I took out another ärm and continued. "This ärm is called arc-en-ciel or Arcane Shell it allows the user to control a rainbow energy that can be used to block attacks and constrain your opponents. If your oponnent touches the energy they will recieve some damage and will explode if they manage to destroy it. The more magic power used, the stronger and more durable the energy."

Lucy:"Can I make constructs with this rainbow energy?" she asked as she accepted the ärm.

That is a good question, in the MÄR anime they only showed the rainbow energy created by this ärm only took the forms of a shield or a ring. Maybe the wielder of this ärm could make constructs from the rainbow energy such as swords and arrows.

After all, Nature ärm let their wielders to control the elements of nature, the light element in this case.

Me:"It might be possible with enough control of magic power." I responded to her question while I take out the last ärm that I believe would help her and continued. "This is a dimension ärm called [psycho space], it creates a dome that cuts you and your opponents off from the rest of the world. While you and your enemies are in that space, the strength of your enemies magic will be cut in half. So it won't affect your allies, including your celestial spirits."

Lucy:"That sounds strong, but it must take a lot of magic power to activate and maintain that space right?"

Me:"Correct." I said, impressed that she figured that out before I had the chance to tell her as I continued. "With you keep your current training your magic power should be strong enough to keep the dimension ärm active while keeping a celestial spirit summoned to defeat your opponents. But I also suggest that you get silver gate keys for celestial spirits that are skilled in combat since they dont use as much magic power as the zodiac keys."

Lucy:"That makes sense, and If I play my cards right with [psycho space] even silver gate celestial spirits could defeat my oppenents."

Me:"Right, but you need to sense their magic power to determine if you need a silver gate or a zodiac spirit. Since zodiac spirits are stronger then silver spirits but use more magic power." I advised Lucy.

After all, if she used all her magic energy to summon and maintain a zodiac spirit and maintaining [psycho space] and did not defeat her enemies by the time her magic power runs out, she'll be in danger.

Lucy:"I understand." she said with a serious expression.

Its comforting to know that she is getting stronger and that she has more ways to protect herself and her friends. She's become like a little sister to me, so its only natural that I want her to be safe and happy.

Me:"Tomorrow I will pay a visit to the Blue Pegasus guild" I said with a serious expression.

Lucy:"Why are you going to Blue Pegasus, are you going to join their guild?" she asked with a head tilt.

When I remember the Blue Pegasus guild master Bob, I get shivers down my spine. Plus, I am bot a fan of Ichiya and his trimens. And there is Karen Lilica, the reason for my visit.

Me:"No, I will be looking for Karen Lilica."

Lucy:"You mean THE Karen Lilica? She was featured in sorcerer weekly and she is a celestial wizard like me." she said with an excited tone in her voice.

Me:"No, she is nothing like you Lucy." I corrected her.

Lucy:"Huh?" she said with a look of confusion.

I then explained that unlike me, her and Layla, Karen Lilica sees celestial spirits as no more then tools and treats them as such. Lucy had a look of shock hearing that someone would treat celestial spirits like that.

then she had a look of realization as she looked at me and asked.

Lucy:"So you'll be going there to convince her to change her treatment of celestial spirits?"

Me:"Well I could try, but I have the doubt that she is willing to listen to me or the celestial spirits she is contracted with since I am acquainted with one of them." I said while thinking of Leo before continuing. "It is likely that I will have to use [celestial law], it would be the perfect test run for the spell."

Lucy:"What happens to the celestial spirits that are contracted to her? and what happens to her?" she asked with an anxious look on her face.

Me:"They won't be harmed by the spell, and their contract with Karen will be broken. So they will need new celestial wizards to form contracts with them. as for her, she will still be able to use other holder type magic but she will never be able to use celestial spirit magic again."

Lucy:"Which spirits does she have contracts with? I don't remember which ones."

Me:"She is contracted to two zodiac spirits, Aries the Ram and my old friend Leo the Lion."

When I mentioned the spirits Karen is contracted to, Lucys eyes widened hearing that there was another person with zodiac keys. It is not surprising she would have this reaction since there are only 12 golden keys.

Lucy:"Are you going to form contracts with them?"

Me:"I was thinking of forming a contract with Aries, but not sure if Leo has other plans." I say wondering if he is already rebelling against Karen to protect Aries.

Lucy:"If its possible, could I form a contract with Leo?"

Me:"Well, that is between you and Leo when his key is in your hands."

Kuroka:"Your not going without me!" she yelled as she flew in our direction dressed in a black kimono that was made by one of the maids.

I can sense that her magic is growing stronger, she has been working hard with her training. I think that if Kuroka were to fight Karen, there is no doubt that Kurka will win.

Me:"I was not planning to leave you behind this time." I said to Kuroka causing her to expression to soften with relief.

Kuroka:"good, because it was mean of you to go to the western continent without me." she said with her ears down wwith an upset look on her face.

I then start to pet her head to make her feel better, but I have a feeling of what she really wants.

Me:"I'll treat you to a good meal in town, when we are done at Blue Pegasus." I said causing her ears to perk up, she's too easy to read.

Kuroka:"I'll hold you to it."

I knew that was what she wanted, after all, we hardly eat out when we stay at the Heartfilia manor.

After that, Kuroka and I make final preparations to head out the next day. When tomorrow morning came, Lucy and Layla came to see us off.

Lucy:" You'll come back right?" she asked.

Me:"Of course, if things go as I exect them to we will be back by tommorow." I wasn't lying, I was thinking of giving her Leos key while I keep Aries's key. Plus I did promise Kuroka a meal in the town.

Though I will have to tell her that Kuroka and I want to journey to see the world and convince her to stay home until she leaves home in the canon. There are events that I want to change before the canon timelie would begin. Like making sure that Lissana doesn't nearly die and get sent to Edolas. And even if she does get sent to Edolas, I will sense the magic from the Anima and train enough to be able to use [aqua aera] to travel myself.

Layla:"You be careful out there." she tells me and Kuroka.

"We will." x2 we aswered. Though it is not like Karen is strong enough to defeat Kuroka let alone me when we have multiple types of magic and different ärm in our arsenal while she can't even fight on her own.

Me:"[Andata] take me and Kuroka to the ruins north west of Shirotsume."

As I said that, my magic energy is drained from me by my ärm and light covers both me and Kuroka before the scene in front of us changes to the what appears to be the ruins of a cathedral.

I look around to see a man with orange hair and a suit with a slightly pale complection.

Me:"Hey Leo, it's been a while. though You look like you've seen better days."

When I greeted him, he raised his head and his eyes widened when he see me.

Leo:"Albion? Is that you?"

Me:"Yes its me." I said as I gestured to the flying feline next to me and continued. "This is my friend Kuroka."

Kuroka:"Hello Leo. Albion has told me alot about you."

Me:"So whats going on with you? Maybe I can help."

Leo:"Heres what happened..."

He then went on to explain that Karen keeps abusing Aries and decided to take a stand to get her to release their contracts by not letting her summon spirits so she can't take any jobs. According to him this all happened a month ago, so if I succeed she will not be killed by Sorano AKA Angel.

As we heard the story, Kurooka had a look of anger that showed that she wanted to rip Karens face off.

Me:"Well, I can help you free Aries with my [celestial law] spell."

Leo:"So its finished?" he asked with a look of shock.

Me:"Yes, also when she is free I will make a contract with Aries." then is eyes sharpen as I continue. "Calm down, I am not Karen. You know how I treat celestial spirits from my interactions with Caelum. I am not going to force Aries to fight. At best I would summon her just to have conversations with her. You have my woed that I won't mistreat Aries."

Leo:"Your right, I'm sorry." he said as his eyes soften.

Me:"It's alright I understand how you feel. you want to make sure your friend is safe and be treated well. Now if you'll excuse me, I will have a chat with Karen. we'll be back with good news." I said as I turn my back at the last sentence and head to the Blue Pegasus guild with Kuroka following me.

Karen will likely hate me when I am done with her but I do not care, she will face punishment for mistreating clestial spirits.

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A/n:If I write my fairy tail fanfic with the [Quincy template system] and essences of blank and arch mage, which quincy should I use as the first template?

Sternritter?

quincy Royal guard?

Uryu from TYBW?

let me know your thoughts.