Chapter 282 The Cursed Magic Book (1)
"Hey, Kira! Do you have any horror stories in your store?"
Natsu and Happy decided to write a book for Lucy, so they went to the Hope House to ask Kira for some advice. However, this playful man and cat forgot the pain after the wound healed, and for some unknown reason, they thought of writing a horror novel for Lucy.
Seeing how excited they were, Kira complained, "When it comes to giving gifts, there are obviously better options, right?"
Natsu and Happy looked at each other and then turned their heads together.
"But that would be pointless, wouldn't it?"
"That's right! A boring book won't be memorable! It has to be unforgettable!"
"When Lucy can't sleep because of the horror novel, we sneak into her room and scare her..."
"Hey, hey... Is it really okay to say something like raiding a girl's room at night so openly, Natsu?" Kira held his forehead speechlessly, "It's because of shit shovelers like you that innocent and cute harpies are led astray by you!"
"No! Harpies are like this!"
“…”
Kira was speechless, holding the book in his hand against his face and continued to rest: "Whatever you want! If you want to find horror novels, just look in the book section over there!"
The man and the cat looked left and right, up and down in front of the bookshelf in the store, but because Natsu and Happy were not very literate and had not done much research in this area, they not only failed to find the "horror stories" they were looking for, but made a mess instead .
"Natsu, how about this one?"
“Not very good…”
"Hobby, where's this one?"
“It’s boring…”
Before long, the library area became a place where the man and the cat chased and played together.
Suddenly, Natsu lost his balance and his body uncontrollably crashed into a bookshelf.
"not good!"
Boom! Boom!!! Boom, Boom, Boom!!!
The rows of bookshelves collapsed one after another like bonomelettes, stirring up a thick cloud of dust. Natsu and Happy, who were trapped underneath, were naturally crushed under the countless books, looking miserable.
"What are you two doing?!"
Kira's angry roar was heard, and Natsu and Happy were shocked: "It's over!"
"Put the books back in their proper places one by one according to their numbers, otherwise... you know the consequences, right?"
Feeling the terrifying magic power emanating from Kira, Natsu and Happy could not help but hug each other tightly, sweating and trembling: "Yes... we know..."
Half a day later...
"Huh? Happy, come over here and look at this!"
Habib's little body leaned forward, his eyes full of curiosity: "What is it?"
"This!" Natsu held up a book from the pile of books with a strange look on his face.
This is a book with a black cover. It looks a bit worn and the surface is covered with dust. I don't know how many years it has been there.
Happy glanced at it and asked in confusion, "Is there anything strange about this book?"
"Look carefully here!" Natsu pointed to the cover of the book, "Does it look familiar to you?"
Hobbit looked in the direction indicated and saw a scarlet magic circle drawn with unknown runes. It was strange and complicated, with layers upon layers of things. Around the magic circle, there were skulls, sickles and other symbols of death, making the entire cover look even more eerie.
"Natsu, what's so strange about this?"
"I can't explain it clearly, but I feel that this magic circle is very familiar, and there is a very strange magic power on it!"
"Familiar? Have you seen it somewhere before?"
"I don't know! Although it's familiar, I have no impression of it at all!"
"Now that you mention it, it feels so familiar to me! Moreover, it's as clear as if it were engraved in my mind. I can draw it even with my eyes closed! It's so strange. This is obviously the first time I've seen it..."
As the conversation gradually became quieter, the surrounding environment began to become dark, gloomy and eerie.
After a long silence, Natsu suddenly spoke up: "Hey, Happy!"
"What's wrong, Natsu?"
Natsu's voice began to become horrified: "Look closely, this magic circle..."
Sweat gradually began to form on the harpy's face. "This magic circle...?"
"Could it be that..."
Happy swallowed and said, "This is...?"
"Are you calling me?"
A cold voice suddenly exploded in my ears, and along with it, a face without a face appeared!!
“Ahhhh!!!”
"He appears!! The faceless man!!!"
The sudden terrifying scene made Natsu and Happy go crazy!
Boom! Boom!
"I asked you to tidy up the bookshelves, what are you doing?"
Kira took off his mask and knocked the man and the cat out of their fright with two punches.
Tears and snot were flying all over Happy's face: "Wuwuwu... Kira, you bastard! You scared the cat to death!!"
"Okay, okay..." Kira stroked Habib's fur comfortably and asked, "What happened to you guys?"
One minute later...
Kira gently stroked the book that Natsu handed over, and said as he recalled, "I remember this book. I bought it at a trade fair when I went to the capital, Crocus, to attend a party two years ago. At that time, I just thought that the magic on it was very strange, so I wanted to bring it back for research, but then I got busy and forgot about it."
Under the gaze of Natsu and Happy, Kira slowly opened the magic book in his hand.
The book has only a few pages, only about thirty, but each page is as thick as a fingernail. Strange dark green words are densely written on the yellowed parchment, and the strokes reveal a spooky and strange dark magic.
Natsu wondered aloud, "Kira, what does it say here?"
"I don't know! These are words I've never seen before! I just thought it was too troublesome at the time, so I put it aside."
Happy's eyes widened with fear: "This is not something that can be thrown aside without worrying about it, right?!"
"What can I do? I don't know this kind of characters...wait!"
Kira's voice made Natsu and Happy's hearts jump, "What's wrong?"
"Look here!"
The man and the cat looked in the direction Kira's finger pointed, and there was also a line of strange dark green text.
"Here...what's going on?"
"It says here, 'At dusk the gears of fate will start turning.'"
"Huh?! Didn't you say you didn't recognize this kind of writing?"
"I really don't know it! But I don't know why I can understand it! How strange!" Kira frowned and said after thinking for a while, "Hmm... maybe this is the kind of magic text that can only be understood by people who meet certain conditions!"
Natsu instantly became interested when he heard this: "Huh?! There is such magic? How interesting!"
Kira waved his hand and said, "Oh? It's rare that you are interested. In that case, I'll give this book to you."
"Really?"
"Of course!" Kira nodded, and suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and suggested, "By the way! You can try to show it to other people, maybe they can see something too!"
Natsu and Happy looked at each other and said, "That makes sense! As expected of Kira!"
"If you find out the secret of this book, please tell me!"
"No problem! Let's go, harpy!"
“Ouch!”
After Natsu and Happy left in a hurry, there was a sudden sound of giggling in the Hope Hut, followed by a sinister and crazy laugh.
"He believed it! He really believed it! This method is really good! Hahahaha!!!"
On the other hand, Natsu and Happy were about to go find Lucy, but they ran into Erza and Gray.
"Since Kira can understand the text, then Erza should be able to do it too, right?"
“You can ask!”
After some discussion, the man and the cat stepped forward to stop the two men and explained what had happened.
"A weird book?"
With doubt in their hearts, the two took the magic book and looked at it for a long time...
" This pattern is really strange. It's the first time I've seen it, but it feels like I've seen it many times!"
Erza flipped the book over and over again, then said hesitantly, "Hmm... I don't recognize this kind of writing either, but there is one sentence in it that I can understand!"
Natsu and Happy looked excited, "Are you serious?! What is it?!"
Erza pointed to one of the lines of text: "It says here [Those who know the truth will be cursed]!"
"Eh?! Curse...will we be cursed?!" Natsu and Happy were shocked by what Erza said.
However, unlike these two people with low IQ, Erza was calmer and said calmly: "Who knows! But it seems that Kira's guess is correct. It is indeed cast with the magic of 'different people can see different words'!"
As she spoke, Erza handed the magic book to Gray again, "It should have some kind of magic added to it, right? It's quite interesting!"
Gray took the book, flipped through it, and exclaimed in amazement: "It's amazing! I can actually understand this kind of text?! It says here [The blizzard will gradually devour the trapped beast]!"
Happy was sweating profusely: "Natsu... I think we should not investigate further..."
Hearing his partner's dissuasion, Natsu felt anxious and angry: "Damn it! Even Gray can understand a sentence, why can't I?!"
Erza was also very surprised about Natsu's situation: "This is really strange!"
Gray scoffed, "Maybe because Natsu is an idiot, that's why he can't understand it?"
"Huh?!" Natsu's anger +1+1...
Sensing that the atmosphere was a little bad, Happy hurriedly tried to dissuade them: "Hey... calm down, Natsu..."
But it was too late.
"In that case, no matter how many people I find, I will definitely translate this book!" Natsu's body was boiling with flames, and his face showed an even more excited expression, "I'm on fire!"
“Eh??!!”
Before leaving, Erza reminded: "I've never seen this kind of text before, you can actually ask Levi!"
This sentence awakened Natsu and Happy, and they suddenly realized: "That's right!"
