Aquarius turned to look.
Upon seeing Scorpio, her expression instantly changed.
She was no longer fierce, instead, she softened.
"Scorpio? What are you doing here?" Aquarius asked in a gentle tone.
Seeing her like this made Lucy's eyes widen, and she couldn't help but wonder if she'd summoned a fake Aquarius!
There was no helping it, the difference in treatment was too huge. Whether facing Lucy or anyone else, Aquarius always acted sadistic.
'Where was this gentleness before?'
"Aquarius, I'm... working."
Scorpio was also very surprised to see Aquarius summoned by Lucy.
He scratched his head and answered with a smile, then walked straight toward Aquarius, losing any desire to fight.
"Let's go back together and continue our date."
Walking up to Aquarius, Scorpio held out his hand.
He had thought it through: taking Aquarius back wouldn't count as breaking his contract.
After all, he was directly taking away one of the enemy's major fighting forces.
Aquarius's strength went without saying, she definitely had the strongest area-of-effect damage among the Zodiac Celestial Spirits.
"Okay, whatever you say." Aquarius also smiled.
She immediately understood Scorpio's idea, and even understood why Lucy had summoned her.
Lucy obviously knew about Scorpio.
Aquarius was always gentle in front of him, but she also had her grievances and jealousy.
Sometimes, she'd vent those complaints to Lucy.
Their relationship was indeed complex.
Aquarius shot Lucy a glance, her eyes carrying a warning. She's warning Lucy not to say anything stupid, or she'd take her out directly.
Scorpio also looked at Lucy, matching this girl with the little contractor Aquarius often brought up.
In fact, Aquarius cared deeply about and cherished her relationship with Lucy, she just had a different way of showing it.
With both the Gate of the Water Bearer and the Gate of the Scorpion open, the Celestial Spirit couple left together, leaving the two Celestial Spirit Mages behind.
"...Wow."
This baffling maneuver almost made everyone break their composure.
But Lucy had achieved her goal.
Even without her Aquarius spirit, she still had several powerful spirits, and she herself had combat capabilities.
But what about her opponent? Could she also have several Golden Keys?
"I didn't expect there to be a Celestial Spirit Mage among the Oración Seis."
Hisui looked surprised.
A "traditional Celestial Spirit Mage" like this actually become one of the Oración Seis?
If they were all at this level, then the Oración Seis really wasn't worth much.
After all, Lucy held a full six of the Zodiac keys in her hands.
Even if the other six were all in the hands of this Oración Seis member, it would just be... average.
She wasn't as strong as Lucy.
Hisui didn't believe anyone's talent in "traditional Celestial Spirit Magic" could compare to Lucy's.
After all, Lucy could summon the Celestial Spirit King!
Moreover, among the Zodiac spirits, the one with the strongest individual combat power, Leo, and the one with the strongest area-of-effect attacks, Aquarius, were both in Lucy's hands.
How could this Oración Seis member beat Lucy?
"Come forth! Gate of the Lion, Leo!"
Wearing a smug, "just as planned" expression, Lucy directly summoned the Lion, Leo.
She wanted to see how this Oración Seis member was going to handle this.
"Come forth! Gate of the Ram, Aries!"
Angel's expression was ugly, but she truly hadn't lost her combat ability just yet.
Most importantly, she actually still had a trump card she hadn't used—a lethal move specifically tailored against Celestial Spirit Mages.
Hum!
Magic power rippled, and a figure appeared.
Aries, the Ram Celestial Spirit, one of the Zodiacs.
Of course, the main reason the Fairy Tail members found it familiar was because of her previous contractor and the Lion Celestial Spirit, Leo.
Everyone was already aware of the entangled history between them at the time of Karen's death.
Although they hadn't known Loke was Leo back then, they found out later, making the story even more memorable.
Seeing the Ram here truly shocked everyone.
But thinking about it carefully, it wasn't that strange.
Karen Lilica was killed back then, and her Celestial Spirit keys were stolen.
The person who killed her obviously wasn't some saint.
The fact that it was a member of the Oración Seis actually made sense.
"Aries!"
After being summoned, Leo was clearly the most surprised when he saw Aries.
He hadn't expected this at all.
Even though they could see each other in the Celestial Spirit World, the influence of their contracts prevented them from revealing their contractors' situations.
Even Scorpio and Aquarius, who were a couple, didn't know about each other's status, let alone the incredibly introverted Aries.
Aries had pink hair and a pair of small ram horns on her head. She wore a tight, white wool-like mini dress that revealed her cleavage.
Her expression was timid, giving her the appearance of an innocent young girl.
"Leo... I'm sorry..."
Upon seeing Leo, Aries's first words were an apology.
The girl's face was full of guilt.
Now that they were meeting in the human world and both of their contractors were present, naturally, some things didn't need to be kept bottled up anymore.
"Why are you apologizing? The one who should apologize is..."
Hearing Aries's "I'm sorry," Leo grew a bit emotional.
But he didn't finish his sentence, after all, she was already dead, and saying those things now was useless.
He turned his gaze toward Angel.
"Are you the one who killed Karen?"
Looking at Angel, Leo asked with a serious expression.
Angel paused for a moment at Leo's question before quickly catching on.
"Karen? Oh~ you mean the Ram's previous contractor? That loser who couldn't even summon a Celestial Spirit?"
Angel wore a smile, as if bringing up some pathetic creature. In truth, Karen had left quite a deep impression on her.
After all, Karen had delivered a Zodiac key right to her, and she didn't even have to put in much effort to take it.
At first, she was actually quite surprised.
Karen was clearly a Celestial Spirit Mage, yet she couldn't summon her spirit. It was only later she realized Karen had failed to open two gates simultaneously.
"It was you..."
Angel's answer made Leo clench his fists.
The murderer who killed Karen... had finally appeared.
Even though his mistakes couldn't be undone, he could at least avenge Karen.
"She's just a trash Celestial Spirit Mage who couldn't even manage a dual summon."
Angel continued her harsh critique.
Her words were a bit too sharp as Hisui and Lucy exchanged a glance, it was a good thing both of them could dual summon now, otherwise, they'd be included in that insult.
"Prepare to die!"
Fury surged within Leo.
He lunged forward fiercely, making a straight line for Angel.
Whether Karen was trash or a genius, she was dead now.
She had already paid a heavy price for her actions.
As one of the factors that led to her death, Leo naturally couldn't tolerate her murderer spouting such insolent nonsense right in front of him.