Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 502 The Purple Moon (Second Update)

Let's go back to the night two days ago.

In Magnolia, Lucy, having finished dinner, hummed a little tune and strolled along the riverbank with her pet Protoss, Canis Major, back to her rented room.

However, the moment she opened her bedroom door, the scene inside caused her blood pressure to spike and her mood to plummet into negative territory.

Because she actually saw Natsu and Happy, covered in sweat, doing push-ups and sit-ups on her pink bed, holding several dumbbells.

"Get out of here!"

Lucy immediately jumped up and delivered a double kick, knocking Natsu and Happy off the bed.

He then unleashed a furious roar at the person and the cat.

Breaking into a girl's room without permission is bad enough, but doing *that* in her room is utterly shameless.

But before she could finish her rant, Habby pulled out a request form stamped with a big "S" and waved it in front of her.

It turns out that Natsu, having suffered consecutive defeats to Erza and Mystogan and being denied permission to go to the second floor, had Happy steal an S-rank commission from the second floor, intending to return after completing the mission and impress everyone.

Lucy was the perfect teammate they planned to invite to complete the S-rank mission.

"No, we're not qualified for S-rank missions yet. This is already a violation of the guild rules. Quickly return this commission form!"

Lucy was immediately shocked upon hearing this. She had only learned from Mirajane before leaving the guild that mages who were not approved by the guild master were strictly forbidden from accepting missions on the second floor, otherwise the consequences would be quite serious.

Natsu, however, looked completely unconvinced:

"If we don't give it a try, we'll never get to the second floor. If we successfully return, the old man will definitely approve of us. By the way, the reward for this mission is 700 million J!"

"I won't go even for 7000 million J, absolutely not! Natsu, you're so capricious! If you want to go, you can go yourselves!"

Lucy firmly refused.

Just kidding, it's an S-rank mission. She doesn't want to die young. Besides, as the young lady of a top conglomerate, she's seen far too much money. She earns money just to pay rent, not because she's greedy.

"Are you really not going?"

Natsu confirmed again.

Lucy waved her hand, her meaning quite clear.

"Oh well!"

Natsu and Happy exchanged a glance and a sly smile appeared on their faces.

"However, the reward for this mission is not just money; the client also promised to give me an extra weapon..."

Two minutes later.

Lucy excitedly packed all the things she might need for her trip, slung them over her shoulder, and smiled as she said to Natsu and Happy:

"Let's go find Jerry to take us to Galna Island!"

To my utter surprise, she eventually agreed.

There was no other way, because the reward on that commission form was not only 700 million J, but also a key to the Zodiac Spirit!

There are only twelve Golden Celestial Spirit Keys in the world, which is incredibly tempting for a Celestial Spirit Mage like her.

These keys were truly obtained entirely by luck, and she simply couldn't refuse them.

"Jerry!!!"

Just as Lucy, Natsu, and Happy were about to leave, an angry roar suddenly came from outside the house, followed by a burst of lightning.

"It's Laxus!"

Natsu immediately recognized Laxus's voice and was about to go out to check the situation when Lucy grabbed his arm.

"We can't let Laxus know we stole the S-class mission order, otherwise we won't be able to carry out the mission."

So, after Laxus left, the two people and the cat cautiously went out and arrived at the house where Jerry was.

Then they saw the same scene as Laksa.

"What do we do now?"

"Lucy asked."

The original plan was to have Jerry, who was on good terms with them, use a portal to send them on their way, since there were no more trains to Harugion Port at this time.

"Then let's run there!"

Natsu looked very serious.

He gets carsick, so running makes him feel better.

"Absolutely not!"

Lucy immediately rejected the suggestion; she wasn't Natsu, that kind of animal, and she didn't have that kind of stamina.

So, in the end, she reluctantly took out some money from her empty purse and took Natsu and Happy by carriage to Harugeon Castle.

Unfortunately, the carriage was too slow, and they were caught red-handed by Gray, who had come to catch up with them by train the next morning, shortly after they arrived in the city.

However, Natsu was determined. Taking advantage of Gray's inattention, he knocked him unconscious and then took the unconscious Gray with him on a boat to the cursed island.

Let's go back to the present.

At 8 p.m., a ring of fire appeared out of nowhere on the beach of Galna Island.

A handsome young brown-haired man and a red-haired woman in armor stepped across the ring of fire, one after the other.

It was Jerry and Erza.

"Huh, a purple moon?"

As soon as the portal closed, Jerry noticed that the moon in the sky was purple.

Although this is a magical world, the moon here is no different from the moon on Earth. Just now, when he was in Magnolia City, the moon was still its normal color.

"Be careful, it might be related to this island. It's been rumored to be cursed and haunted by demons for a long time."

"demon!"

Jerry's face suddenly lit up with interest.

He originally came here just to help Erza escort Natsu and the others back to the guild, but now he's developed a bit of interest in the island.

A few days ago, he took some time to study the cellular structure of the cursed demon. If he could obtain more genes from different demons, it might be helpful for his later research on new bloodline enhancers.

"Let's go check out the village on the island where the mission was posted. Natsu and Lucy might be there around this time."

Erza pointed to a small village, or perhaps a small mountain stronghold, that could be faintly seen through the dense forest not far ahead, enclosed by long logs.

After all, a typical village wouldn't have a four- or five-meter-high wall, let alone two watchtowers.

Jerry shrugged, indicating he had no objection.

So the two of them walked together toward the small village in the woods.

"Could it be that they've already noticed our arrival?"

As they approached the village gate, before Erza could even knock, the heavy wooden door was opened with a twist of a rope.

On the other side of the wooden door stood Lucy and a group of strange humanoid creatures with sharp horns on their heads that didn't look human, as well as a Happy flying in the air.

"Erza, Jerry!"

Lucy was overjoyed the moment she saw Erza and Jerry.

She was just worrying about how she would fight off that group of powerful mages when she was all alone, when the mighty Erza and the all-powerful Jerry appeared before her. They were like saviors!

(End of this chapter)