Fairy Tail: Magic is not such an inconvenient thing.

"Okay, my choice is..."

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"President, my suggestion remains the same as before."

Recently, many residents have complained that their taxes have increased, and the lord has levied additional taxes on our city...

Abbott appeared in Makarov's office, offering advice to the chairman:

"Over the years, that idiot Duke Abar has repeatedly increased taxes. He doesn't dare to take action against our guild, but he dares to have the mayor target ordinary people. In the end, it's our guild's interests that are harmed. I think this matter has reached a point where it must be resolved..."

Abbott gestured across his neck:

"President, let me take care of this cerebral palsy duke. Don't worry, my magic is very convenient and won't leave any traces."

"...Abbot, calm down, you're being a bit too aggressive."

Makarov wiped away imaginary cold sweat from his brow. In fact, this wasn't the first time Abbot had brought up this suggestion in front of him. Back when Duke Abar first raised taxes, Abbot had planned to have the Duke assassinated, but Makarov had persuaded him to give up the idea.

I thought Duke Aibar knew when to stop, but now it seems that this guy is really insatiable. Even Makarov has the dangerous idea of ​​"why not let Aibar kill him".

Afterwards, I felt extremely ashamed. How could I have thought of letting my own child commit murder? I really am a failing president.

"We'd better hand Aibal over to the council to deal with..."

"Then, Chairman, you should send someone to arrest him immediately."

"...No, the council isn't under my control. I need a reason to get the council to take action."

Makarov pulled out a commission document and handed it to Abbot:

"There's an opportunity now to investigate Aibal. Why don't you take on this job, Aibal?"

"Let me see... go to Duke Aibar's house in the Hiloci store to pick up a book? The reward has been increased from 20 to 200? This client is quite wealthy..."

Makarov laughed:

"How about it? You haven't done a commission in a long time, have you? Why don't you give it a try? As long as we can collect some evidence from that Aibar's house, we can have the council arrest him without any problem."

After thinking it over, Abbott figured it wouldn't take much time anyway, and more importantly, he'd really wanted to teach that idiot duke a lesson for a long time, so he nodded in agreement.

"I'll make the trip then."

Just as Abbot was about to accept the commission and turn to leave, a brilliant idea suddenly occurred to him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve into a smile:

"President, I'm thinking of taking care of our Miss Lucy and bringing her along on this mission. You shouldn't have any objections, right?"

Makarov didn't see anything wrong with it at all, waving his hand without even looking up:

"Hmm? That's good news. Go ahead, come back soon."

"Received! Hehe."

Abbott looked at the description of Duke Abel on the commission, which said he was recruiting blonde maids. But he remembered that this old bastard was bad in every other way, except for one good thing: the duke's aesthetic sense was very distorted, and his maids were all ugly.

An evil plan suddenly emerged.

Hehehe, Lucy, as your senior, I will definitely take good care of you, the newcomer!

Chapter 128 Teaming up with Lucy

Lucy, who had just finished taking a bath, rolled around on her bed in the dorm:

"Waaaaah~ Why did it turn out like this? I came to my favorite guild for the first time, and I even met my idol. Two happy things happened at the same time, and it should have been a dreamlike, blissful time, but why..."

"Lucy, you remember what I wrote very well."

"Alas--!?"

Lucy suddenly jumped out of bed, turned around and saw the pink-haired kid sitting on her sofa:

"E-Eborg!? What are you doing here!? This is my room! How did you get in!?"

Abbott glanced at Lucy, who was dressed in revealing clothes, and smiled broadly.

Although the plot of his Naruto novel was largely the same as the original work, he definitely wrote it however he pleased, incorporating a lot of quirky and unique references that only he knew. He didn't expect that some readers would actually remember these sentences. It seems that Lucy is truly his loyal reader.

"When I helped Lucy move, I left a spatial marker in your room. I needed to contact you, so I teleported here. Isn't that convenient?"

"Convenient my foot!! You're trespassing! Why are you leaving marks on someone else's house like that?!"

"Isn't it because Lucy didn't become a full member? Then I'll be able to leave my mark on your guild crest, and I won't need the room mark anymore."

"Oh, my foot!? Is that the point?! You have absolutely no sense of boundaries! This is private space! This is trespassing!"

Lucy was too exhausted to shout anymore, so she lay face down on the bed with her bottom sticking up.

This was already the umpteenth time she'd been exhausted in the past two days. Why did she feel so powerless? Why was guild life so different from what she'd imagined? What went wrong?

"Don't be angry, it's not the first time anyway, it doesn't matter."

"What do you mean 'not the first time'?!"

"Actually, I just came by once, but I saw that you were taking a shower, so I went back first."

"No!? This is my room! Abbott, you're being so casual!!!"

Abbott shook his head and said helplessly:

"I really can't do anything with you. Here, this is my access card. You can come and go as you please with this. Is that fair?"

"Uh, eh? Huh??"

Is this right? Lucy took the access card blankly, not quite understanding why things had suddenly turned out this way.

"Actually, I have something I want to ask Lucy for a favor. It's always a little embarrassing to ask someone for a favor~ I hope Lucy won't mind."

For some reason, Lucy felt her heart flutter when she heard Abbot call her "older sister." She had never felt this way before. Was it because she had inexplicably chosen to join the "girlfriend fan club"?

But there's a reason for that. After all, Abbot is my marriage prospect. I was just trying to keep an eye on Abbot's social circle to prevent anyone from getting ahead of him... I didn't know anything about it myself, so I didn't have any other thoughts, no!

Lucy brainstormed for a while, then secretly put away her access card and casually smoothed a strand of hair at her temple:

"Oh, I see. Well, then there's nothing I can do. What is it that you need help with? I'll do anything to help..."

Abo smiled slightly; the fish had taken the bait.

"Lucy hasn't done any quests since joining the guild, right? Prospective members can also take on some guild quests, but the really high-quality quests are reserved for full members..."

I happen to have an easy, lucrative quest here that's perfect for Lucy. The reward is 200 million gold! Would you like to team up with me and complete it?

"I want!"

When Lucy heard 200 million, her eyes lit up like gold coins. Although she wasn't short of money and had taken all her savings (about tens of millions) with her when she ran away from home, this was the first time she had ever earned money on her own!

"Huh? Aren't you going to reconsider, sis? If you agree, you can't go back on your word, okay?"

"Absolutely no problem! 200 million! I'll do anything for you!"

Lucy spoke irresponsibly with great enthusiasm, but in reality, she felt that the guild's request couldn't be too bad, and with Abo as a teammate who should be very reliable, she couldn't think of any reason to refuse!

"Okay, then I'll go back and register for the mission. We'll set off tomorrow. Lucy, you need to be ready!"

"Yes, no problem!"

Just as Aber was about to leave, he seemed to suddenly remember something, took out the request form, and handed it to Lucy:

"Oh, right, Lucy, our mission is to retrieve a book from Duke Aibar's house. Since we'll be sneaking into the Duke's residence, you might need to apply for a maid's uniform. This is a maid outfit I prepared beforehand. Practice playing the maid tonight, and I'll check your homework tomorrow. That's about it."

See you later! ~(∠?ω<)⌒★”

Aibo put down the white silk maid outfit he was holding and disappeared.

Lucy was left staring blankly at the request form in her hand.

"Wait, no, isn't something wrong!?"

What... what's going on? Why do I feel like I've been tricked? Could it be... I've been set up?!

However, as a Celestial Spirit Mage who respected the spirit of contracts the most, Lucy had no intention of going back on her word, and could only helplessly pick up the maid outfit and try it on.

After putting it on, I found that the maid outfit was actually quite pretty and cute. But how did Aibo know my size? The size was even just right. Is this a coincidence?

—This is certainly not a coincidence.

As the god of information in ancient Greece, Abbott now only needs to glance at someone's approximate body measurements to know their physical attributes.

Ever since Abbott's telepathic magic was transformed into information magic, Abbott has never given up on developing this skill.

Aibo can quantify his own basic values ​​using the system, so he wondered if he could develop a magic that could detect other people's basic values.

Theoretically, it's entirely feasible. He could even create an "authentication technique" that connects to a knowledge base of ancient documents. If successful, this magic should be enough for him to publish several top-tier papers.

Unfortunately, Abbott doesn't have enough time. So far, he has only developed a spell that can detect other people's magic power. He successfully measured his own guild leader's magic power with this spell—87.8.

It was ten times his own power. No wonder Abbot couldn't sense how much magic the guild master had before; the difference was too great.

Makarov's magic power is probably among the top in the Ten Wizard Saints; Geralt, a young man who just broke 100,000, can't compare to the Chairman.

Aibo also wants to make a magic power detector like the power level detector in "Dragon Ball", which might sell very well.

However, all of this takes time. Compared to these things, Abbott is more concerned about his "trip" with Lucy right now.

That said, Lucy is really a good girl. Born into a prestigious family, she doesn't have the typical spoiled brat attitude; in fact, she's very good-natured, can take a joke, is beautiful, has a great figure, and doesn't seek revenge even when wronged—she forgets about it immediately...

Hehehe, this kind of girl is the most fun to bully!

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's request!

Chapter 129 Ailu is Ai from Aibo and Lu from Gabrielle.

"Not bad, not bad! Lucy, you look just like a real maid!"

"Of course! Nobody understands maids better than me!"

Aibo looked at Lucy in front of him, dressed in a maid outfit, and nodded in satisfaction. Although Lucy's behavior was not like that of a young lady, her model was really good and she looked good in any clothes.

Abbott certainly didn't intend for Lucy to become that idiot duke's maid. The reason he tricked Lucy into wearing a maid outfit was, of course, for his own enjoyment.

"But... Lucy probably has never been a real maid, right? What if she gets caught?"

"How could that be?! I know the job of a maid better than anyone! Don't worry, I definitely won't give myself away!"

"but..."

"Hey! If you don't believe me, Abbot, how about I become Abbot's maid for the next while? I'll show you what it's like to be—"

"A word is settled!"

"?"

"From now on, Lucy-neechan is my maid! Come on, I've prepared the magic carriage, let's go~"

"Eh..."

Lucy followed Abbott somewhat blankly. She felt that something was wrong, but it didn't seem like there was anything wrong.

"Boss! Boss! Over here, over here, meow!"

Ailu was jumping around on top of a very futuristic-looking car.

Lucy's attention was instantly drawn to the uniquely designed magic vehicle.

"Is this a new type of magic vehicle? I've never seen one like it before."

"Of course you haven't seen it before, because this car hasn't been released for sale yet. This is a prototype magic car from our Fairy Tail research department. It's equipped with gravity magic circles and wind magic circles. This is a magic car that can fly. Experience this groundbreaking creation."

"Wow~"

As Lucy opened the car door, she discovered that the interior space was even larger than it appeared from the outside, like a small room, which made her eyes light up.

"What an awesome car! Abbot, how much would this kind of magical vehicle cost if it were released? I want to buy one too!"

"That's hard to say. This vehicle has been modified by me. Such a large spatial magic array is not safe, so it's not appropriate to install it on the vehicle and sell it for the time being. For a regular magic vehicle, the starting price would probably be around 500 million gold."

"Oh, it doesn't seem too expensive. Can I reserve one?"

"Of course, no problem. If you like, I can personally design one for you. It's a special privilege only Lucy-neechan gets!"