Chapter 699 Lucy: I feel like... I can't go back~
Midnight.
Inside the hotel where the 'Emperor's Shield' stayed.
Kira, Lucy from the parallel world, Zeref, and August, the four of them sat at a table in silence.
"That's what happened. So now Lucy No. 1 needs to find some clues about 'Nirvana'. You are the person who has lived the longest among those I know. Do you have any clues?"
Hearing Kira's question, Zeref and August looked at each other in disbelief at the 'Lucy No. 1' in front of them, who was wearing a black cloak and looked exactly like the Lucy Heartfilia in their memory, and they exclaimed in amazement.
"It's incredible that there is such a thing as a 'parallel world'..."
"Well, isn't it similar to Edras and Elentina? You should know that, right?"
Zeref shook his head, denying Kira's guess: "It's different!"
"After all, Edlas and Elentina are just different worlds connected to Ascalante and related in a mirror manner. They are not 'parallel worlds'. The best evidence is..."
As he said that, he looked at Lucy No. 1 and said, "You are using Celestial Spirit Magic, right?"
"Yes!"
Since she and the Jellal in her own world are like-minded partners, Lucy No. 1 does not feel wary or restrained towards the Jellal in front of her. She is just a little bit friendly, just like a younger sister looking at her older uncle.
"The key to the zodiac?"
“That’s right!”
"That's right! The Star Key of the Zodiac is unique and only exists in Aslant. Neither Edlas nor Elentina has it. But the world she lives in has another one, which means that the world No. 1 affected by 'Nirvana' is parallel to Aslant where we live..."
When Jellal talked about this, his eyes lit up and he started talking eloquently. He looked as proud as when he was having a secret date with Mavis.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he began to explain to Kira. Augustus on the side was very supportive and looked at his old father who looked like he could be his grandson with admiration.
Kira, Lucy No. 1: "..."
"This guy really knows how to give face to his father in public..."
"After living for so long, you must understand all the ways of the world... But I think he really admires you!"
Regardless of whether Auguste's worship was real or fake, Kira didn't have time to listen to this nonsense from Zeref, so he interrupted his explanation and asked directly: "Just tell me if there is any solution?"
"No!"!
Jellal paused for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, "I guess the me in her world has the same magical talent and theory as me! He has been researching for more than a year but couldn't find a way to restore the world. How can I, who haven't experienced it myself, know?"
"Besides, I'm really not familiar with either Nirvana or the clan that created him..."
What he said made sense, and Lucy No. 1 had no choice but to say, "Even so, I still want to do more research in this world to verify whether there are any discrepancies with the information I found before. Perhaps that is the key to restoring World No. 1!"
This hope is slim, but it is the only thing Lucy No. 1 can do now.
"What if you can't find it?"
"Then we can only go to the next world and continue searching!"
As the chief designer of Eclipse, Jellal knew exactly what kind of creature was created by his hands, so he was a little surprised by Lucy's statement.
"Come to think of it, you said you came to this world using Eclipse, but I remember it only has the function of traveling through time, not traveling through parallel worlds."
"Could it be that I in World 1 made some new changes to the Eclipse Gate?"
It's no wonder that Jellal thought so. After all, in his opinion, he was the only one who could make such changes to his own Eclipse.
As far as he knew, those who were at the pinnacle of the magic world now or in the future: Auguste, Irene, etc., were all strong in the use of magic, not in the theory of magic; Preshito was talented, probably a few times as talented as himself, but not very strong; as for Kira?
Too young! Too little experience!
For a moment, Jellal thought to himself, 'It's not that I own this world, I'm just talented'.
However, when Lucy heard Zeref's question, her expression suddenly became very awkward. Her eyes flickered and she scratched her cheek lightly with her fingers: "Well..."
"What's wrong?" Jer suddenly felt something was wrong.
Did I guess wrong?
"In fact, the 'Solar Eclipse' in my world has probably been tampered with by someone."
Jeff was stunned.
Lucy No. 1 hesitated for a moment and said, "Before I set out, no one noticed anything unusual about the Eclipse. Even Jellal from that world thought it was a portal through time. But when I walked out of the Eclipse portal, I ended up in another world, which I recorded as World No. 2!"
"When I discovered this and wanted to return to World No. 1, it was already impossible!"
"Perhaps it is because of the confusion and intersection of many parallel worlds that World No. 1 is still continuously providing me with the magic power needed to open the Eclipse Gate, so I can continue to open the Eclipse Gate. But this is also the limit of what I can do. Every time I open the Eclipse Gate, I go to a new parallel world and cannot return to World No. 1."
"I think there's a good chance that I'll never be able to go back!!"
Having said this, Lucy No. 1 suddenly thought of her companions who had fallen into darkness. She was overcome with grief for a moment, and then she couldn't help sobbing and crying softly.
Kira was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "So... the difference between Lucy in World No. 1 and Lucy in our world is in her emotional control? It seems like she cries a lot..."
Lucy's crying stopped abruptly: "..."
Don't say such things at this time!!
…
On the fourth day of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts Show, the competition went on as usual.
As for Lucy No. 1 who arrived unexpectedly, because she couldn't find any information related to "Nirvana" for a while, and the guild members couldn't leave for the time being, Kira forced her to stay, but promised to take her to find relevant information after the game.
Therefore...
The next day, at the meeting place.
"There are two Lucys?!"
When the wizards of Fairy Tail saw that there were two Lucys around them, they were all stunned. Then they came up curiously and looked at this person who was suspected to be Lucy's twin.
The same appearance reminded everyone of Lucy from Edlas.
"Could it be Edras..."
“No!”
"Huh?! Then why…"
"This is this, this, this, this..."
“Ohhhh!! I see…”
After a conversation...
"I told her that if Zeref didn't know, then he could only ask Brian. After all, that guy did a lot of research to activate Nirvana."
While Lucy No. 1 was playing with Lucy, Natsu, Happy and the others, Kira explained to Makarov and the others why he kept her behind.
"But isn't it said that Brian in that world is also a good person? If he doesn't know, how can Brian in this world really know anything?"
"There's no clue even about Jellal. Where can we get relevant information?"
Although he had no objection to Lucy No. 1 staying, and even welcomed it, Makarov was not very optimistic about Kira's idea.
"If it's a parallel world, there should be some differences!"
Kira knew what Makarov meant, but Lucy No. 1 was still Lucy, a companion, so of course he would help her if he could. "And if we calculate by time, it's already X786 here, and it was only X785 when you left World No. 1. One year is enough to change a lot of things. Maybe Brian could know something during this time?"
"Besides, this is the only solution I can think of right now!"
