Instead, she actually approved of the other party's approach of only contracting with Celestial Spirits she genuinely liked.
After all, for a Celestial Spirit Mage, more keys were not always better.
If you did not like a spirit yet still forced a contract, then for those weaker spirits, it was nothing but another form of imprisonment and torment.
Seeing five golden Celestial Spirit keys already laid out on the table…
Kabe suddenly coughed lightly, drawing both of their attention.
Then, with a mysterious air, he reached into his pants pocket. Under the shocked gazes of the two girls, he pulled out two more Zodiac keys.
"W White Sheep and Leo's golden keys?!
Aren't these Sister Karen's Celestial Spirits? Why are they in your hands, Kabe?!"
Lucy recognized the origin of the two keys at a glance, so shocked she nearly froze on the spot.
Sorano's body trembled uncontrollably. She looked at the five keys belonging to herself and Lucy, then at the two Kabe had just taken out.
Seven Zodiac keys in total.
If they tried just a bit harder, it felt like collecting all twelve Zodiac keys might not even be a dream.
If Kabe did not still hold information about her sister, Sorano would have already flipped the table, grabbed all seven keys, and vanished on the spot.
Holding the two golden keys, Kabe once again explained Karen's current situation.
Hearing that Sister Karen had stopped being a Celestial Spirit Mage, Lucy felt deep regret in her heart.
But Kabe's next sentence made her heart tighten sharply, waves of excitement surging through her chest.
"I accepted Karen's request to find a master who could truly treat Leo well.
After thinking it over carefully, the person who best fits that condition… is you, Lucy."
"M me? Kabe… do you really think so?"
This sudden gift falling from the sky left Lucy momentarily stunned.
But in the next instant, she excitedly grabbed the hand holding the key, her voice filled with sincerity.
"Don't worry. I absolutely won't disappoint Sister Karen. I'll take good care of him."
As she spoke, Lucy lifted her head and called toward the door of the reception room.
"Mrs. Moore, please go to my room and bring a check for fifty million."
"Yes, Miss Lucy."
Mrs. Moore's response came from outside, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps leaving.
Hearing this, Kabe's grin nearly split his face. He had not expected Lucy to be even more generous than he imagined, directly offering fifty million for Leo.
He immediately put on a show of modesty.
"You're too kind. Even if you wanted to compensate me, ten million would have been enough.
Five times the price… you're really treating me too well."
"That's only right. Although the market price of a golden key is around ten million, ten million can't actually buy a single golden key.
Not to mention Leo, the leader of the Zodiac."
When Little Rich Lady Lucy said this, she did not even blink. To her, whether it was ten million or fifty million, it was just a number.
What else could Kabe say?
He immediately held her hand and solemnly placed the Leo key into her palm.
"I knew my judgment wouldn't be wrong. I'm leaving Leo to you."
Holding the Leo key, Lucy fought hard to suppress her excitement and nodded firmly.
"Mm. Please rest assured."
Watching the two of them so easily decide the ownership of a golden key, Sorano's eyes turned red. She hurriedly interjected.
"Wait a moment. Don't you still have the Aries key?
You haven't decided who it belongs to yet, right? Look at me…
I can't come up with fifty million, but if I grit my teeth and scrape things together, I can still manage ten million!"
Now it was Sorano's turn to look at Kabe with eager, pleading eyes, like a puppy begging for a bone.
Lucy also suddenly realized something.
Kabe had deliberately come to her even though there was already a Celestial Spirit Mage right beside him.
That level of trust instantly made the girl's eyes redden with emotion. Deep in her heart, she swore she would never betray his expectations.
Hearing Sorano's offer, Kabe put on a troubled, hesitant expression.
"Sorano, it's not that I don't want to entrust Aries to you.
It's just that I've already signed a contract with Aries, Ariès.
She's my Celestial Spirit now."
"What?!" *2
The two girls exclaimed at the same time, eyes wide as they stared at Kabe, who now wore a faintly smug expression.
"Don't act so shocked. I like Aries, so I signed a contract with her. What's the problem?
Who says I'm not allowed to be a Celestial Spirit Mage?"
Looking at Kabe lounging back with the Aries key in hand, legs crossed in satisfaction…
Sorano ground her teeth in fury, anger vibrating in her voice.
"You really deserve to die. You're already this strong, yet you still come steal keys from us proper Celestial Spirit Mages.
You bastard. In the name of Celestial Spirit Mages, I challenge you to a duel!!"
Lucy, who was still reeling from the shock of Kabe becoming a Celestial Spirit Mage, was startled all over again by Sorano's sudden declaration.
"E eh? It doesn't need to go that far, right?
Please don't actually fight…"