Brandish on the hospital bed let out a soft groan.
Her originally tightly closed eyes slowly opened, seemingly a bit surprised at everything in her sight.
Brandish immediately sat up, and looked around.
"Where is this..." A questioning voice came out.
"The infirmary." Lucy walked over and answered Brandish's words.
Looking at Lucy, Brandish fell silent again, and she lowered her head slightly to look at the magic-sealing handcuffs that were binding her hands.
"Because the guild master said that this can never be taken off, so you can only endure it for a while."
Looking at Brandish's gaze, Lucy explained.
"But having both hands cuffed behind the back is too pitiful, so we cuffed them in front." Cana said.
Brandish nodded slightly, she also knew that she was just a prisoner.
So it wasn't realistic to untie the magic-sealing handcuffs.
Recalling the moment she lost consciousness in her mind, she couldn't help but frown: "Where's that guy Marin?"
Lucy put her hands behind her back, and smiled slightly: "That guy has been locked in jail."
"But you also gave us a scare, you were actually being choked by him, aren't you guys companions?" Cana folded her arms, and shook her head constantly.
But Brandish obviously didn't have any intention of explaining.
After pondering for a long time, she said: "Why did you save me?"
"You're asking why?" Cana spread her hands speechlessly:
"Of course it's because we still have a lot of things we want to ask you."
Hearing this, Brandish turned her head away: "I don't have anything to say."
"Actually, the most important thing is that I don't think you're a bad person, after all, we've all taken a bath together, haven't we?"
Lucy overflowed with a smile, and for this kind girl.
Taking other people's lives was a bit too cruel.
What's more, just as she herself said, she didn't think Brandish was a bad person.
And when they first went to the Alvarez Empire, it was this woman who chose to turn a blind eye, which gave them a chance to rescue Makarov.
Therefore, Lucy didn't feel that there was anything wrong with saving Brandish's life.
Silence… The scene fell into silence again, and Brandish looked down at her hands.
Seeming to have decided something, she raised her head again, and looked at Lucy.
"Do you want to know about Layla?" She asked.
Lucy was stunned.
Brandish raised her hands and shook them, and said: "Take off this restraint for me, and let Lucy and I be alone."
Cana instantly didn't want to, her tightly furrowed eyebrows scolded out loud: "Hey, I said don't be too push your luck..."
Cana's words were interrupted by Lucy.
"It's okay, don't worry, Cana." Lucy's expression became serious.
"No, it's too dangerous, the other party is one of the twelve Shields ah." Cana still wanted to persuade Lucy.
"Leave it to them here." Poluchka, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.
She stood up, and her eyes stared straight at Brandish:
"The chains can be unlocked, but the magic-sealing stone can never be taken off, this is our bottom line."
Brandish squinted her eyes, and then said indifferently: "That's fine too, but I want to chat with Lucy alone for a while."
Poluchka finally nodded when she saw this.
She turned around and patted Cana's shoulder: "Let's go."
Cana sighed for a long time: "There's really no way, if there's any problem, call us loudly."
After the voice fell, Cana walked out of the infirmary with unwillingness.
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"My name is Brandish, and my mother's name is Grami, and she used to be one of your mother's servants."
Seeing that there was only herself and Lucy left in the room, Brandish finally opened her mouth and said about Lucy's mother, Layla.
"When Layla gave up being a celestial spirit mage, she entrusted the three keys she held to three servants."
"The Scorpio key was given to Zoldeo, and the Cancer key was given to Spetto."
"Grandma Spetto?"
Lucy thought of the old woman who had always treated her like her own granddaughter at the first time.
Ignoring Lucy's surprise, Brandish continued to open her mouth:
"And my mother, Grami, was entrusted with the Aquarius key."
"My mother respected Layla very much, and she regarded the Aquarius key as a treasure."
"But..." Speaking of this.
Brandish's hands that were propped up on the sheets unconsciously exerted force.
She grabbed the white and clean sheets, creating wrinkles.
"But Layla betrayed her..."
"What did my mother... do?" Hearing this, Lucy was stunned in place, and a drop of sweat streaked her forehead.
She couldn't imagine that her gentle and kind mother would betray others.
Brandish raised her eyelids, and said: "That Aquarius key of yours was inherited from your mother, right?"
Lucy nodded wordlessly.
"You think, why would the key that my mother inherited be handed over to you from your mother's hands?"
Brandish's eyes stared straight at Lucy, and even her tone became low:
"Layla, she killed my mother in order to take back the key!"
Lucy was completely stunned, and the pupils in those widened eyes were constantly trembling.
"Impossible... there's absolutely no way this could happen..." She murmured in disbelief.
"So... although I have no grievances with you, I can only do this!"
Brandish's feet, which were hidden in the quilt, bent slightly.
Taking advantage of the moment before Lucy could react, she suddenly leaped up, and her unlocked hands went straight for Lucy.
Although she couldn't use magic, Brandish and believed that by relying on her physical skills.
It wouldn't be difficult to subdue Lucy within such a close distance.
But she didn't notice that the water in the vase on the side suddenly rioted.
At this moment, Lucy was still immersed in the shock just now.
When she reacted, Brandish's hands were less than a centimeter away from her.
Her pupils shrank suddenly, and Lucy immediately wanted to dodge.
But in the next moment, a strand of water that suddenly appeared floated into Lucy's vision.
It was clearly just an extremely small stream of water, but it seemed to carry unimaginable force.
The water stream slammed into Brandish's body, and Brandish, who couldn't use magic, was undoubtedly blasted away.
In the next second!
The specks of water began to expand continuously, and it formed a water curtain that was several meters high in just a moment.
And behind the water curtain, a blue-haired mermaid slowly emerged.
"What did you say about my key?" It was still that arrogant and fierce voice.
The blue mermaid raised a smile slightly, and stared at the two little girls in front of her.
"Aquarius?!" Lucy murmured.
"Aquarius... how did you get out?" Lucy asked cautiously.
"Huh? If I didn't come out, could you still be talking here now?" Aquarius glanced at Lucy, and her face showed disdain.
Regarding this, dare Lucy say anything?
She didn't dare, and she could only shrink her neck, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.
Recently, Aquarius's temper had become increasingly fiery.
After all, Aquarius seemed to still be ashamed of losing face during the last Tartaros arc this past year.
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