Nate toyed with the 'Fleuve d'étoiles' in his hand.
The Celestial Spirit King wasn't wrong—it seed sowhat useful, though not particularly so.
"This looks like Lucy's weapon..." Nate thought, recalling that Lucy would indeed possess this weapon in the future. The details of when and how she acquired it were hazy in his mory, but it didn't matter much.
What surprised Nate more was that he could activate the 'Fleuve d'étoiles'. The energy from the Celestial Spirit World was unique, sothing Nate referred to as "Celestial Spirit Power." He had drawn a bit of this energy from his Deep Web's magic reserves and injected it into the 'Fleuve d'étoiles', which imdiately activated the weapon.
"Does this make a sort of celestial spirit mage?" Nate mused, shaking his head as he stored the 'Fleuve d'étoiles' away.
He opened the magic web's library and searched for the na "Karen."
The results were too nurous. He narrowed them down with the keywords "celestial spirit mage" and "Blue Pegasus."
Soon, information about a woman appeared.
Karen Lilica, a celestial spirit mage of Blue Pegasus, died in the year X781. Her grave was located...
Nate found the location of Karen's tomb.
"She should be there."
In a flash of golden light, Nate soared through the sky, leaving Magnolia behind in an instant.
The townspeople looked up, astonished.
"Fireworks during the day?"
"Maybe a shooting star?"
"It's so fast, and now it's gone!"
...
At Karen's grave, located near a roaring waterfall, the water cascaded down, creating a misty spray.
Loke knelt before the tombstone, his spirit fading.
Suddenly, a flash of golden light descended from the sky.
With a thud, Nate landed.
"As I thought, you're here."
Loke looked up, startled to see Nate.
"Nate!"
"Good morning... or, well, almost noon now," Nate greeted as he examined Loke. His body had beco semi-transparent, with glowing, firefly-like particles drifting from him.
Loke gave a weak smile. "I'm about to disappear. I'm sorry to cause you all this trouble, but..."
"I know you're a celestial spirit," Nate said, nodding. "I knew the first ti I saw you."
"Ah, I forgot about your Six Eyes."
Loke paused, then added, "But how did you know I was here?"
"I asked the Celestial Spirit King. He said you were dying, so I looked into it on the Magic Net."
A straightforward answer that left Loke stunned.
'You asked the Celestial Spirit King...?'
As strange as it sounded, considering Nate's mysterious and powerful nature, it wasn't all that surprising.
"I need your help with sothing," Nate said with a smile.
Loke shook his head weakly. "I'm about to disappear in a few hours. I doubt I'll be able to..."
Before he could finish, Nate raised his hand and shot a burst of Celestial Spirit Power into Loke's body.
Instantly, the fading transparency of Loke's form reversed, restoring his solid appearance.
Loke was dumbfounded.
"This is Celestial Spirit Power!" he exclaid in shock.
Nate nodded. "The [Magic Arena] is in need of an administrator. Since you can't return to the Celestial Spirit World, how about helping manage it?"
Celestial spirits could be summoned into the [Arena], so naturally, Loke would be able to enter it as well.
"The [Magic Arena]?" Loke asked, confused.
"You've been offline for a while. Once you get inside, you'll understand."
Nate placed a hand on Loke's shoulder, and in the next mont, Loke vanished.
At the sa ti, Nate closed his eyes and entered the [Arena].
...
Inside the [Magic Arena], Nate and Loke appeared high above [Sky Island].
This wasn't part of the ga map but a void-like space in the Deep Web, infinite and empty.
"What is this place?" Loke asked, astonished.
"The ga world," Nate replied, giving a brief explanation of the [Magic Arena] and pointing to the five maps below: [Sky Island], [Volcano], [Desert], [Beach], and [Forest].
Each map had two players currently engaged in battle. Whenever soone lost, they would be booted from the ga, and new players would take their place almost instantly.
Loke watched, stunned by what he saw. "You're a God, Nate!"
Nate smiled. "I just brought my imagination to life in the form of a ga."
"Just like the forum needs moderators, the ga needs an administrator too."
It took Loke a while to process what was happening. He had been preparing himself for death, but now Nate had saved him. Alive again, Loke wondered how he could repay such a debt.
"Nate—no, Nate-sama—what do you want to do for you?" Loke asked earnestly.
'Are you a samurai? Why the formalities?' Nate thought, amused.
"There's no need for that. We're guildmates," he replied casually. After a mont, he added, "But there is sothing you can help with. See those five maps? There are thousands of players waiting to join, but with only five maps, the queue tis are getting ridiculous."
Waiting all day just to play a single ga? This ga wouldn't last long like that.
"So, your task is simple: create more maps for the ga."
With the current player base, at least 50, maybe even 100 maps would be necessary to keep the queue tis manageable. Nate didn't want to spend ti creating them himself, so it was the perfect job for Loke.
That way, Nate could be lazy again!
"Create more maps?" Loke nodded. "It's nothing compared to the life debt I owe you."
'Wait until you start making maps; it's a tedious job,' Nate thought. Then, in a low voice, he added:
"There's actually sothing else, sothing more important I'd like your advice on."
Loke straightened, his face serious. "I will help with anything in my power, even at the cost of my life!"
"There's no need to be so dramatic," Nate chuckled. "It's just... I have a friend who's a bit of a playboy. He's currently dating three girls at once."
"And there might be more in the future, but none of the girls know about each other."
"You, Loke, have juggled multiple girlfriends before. Do you have any tips for my... friend?"
'You an you, right?' Loke thought, resisting the urge to roll his eyes.
He replied, "Your friend's three girlfriends—what are they like? There's no one-size-fits-all solution. It depends on each girl's personality, and your friend will need different approaches for each."
Nate fell silent for a mont.
'Forget it. Might as well be honest.'
"One of them is Ultear, a mber of the Magic Council," Nate began.
"The other two are Erza Scarlet and Juvia."
He paused before adding, "And in the future, it might include Mira and Lucy as well."
Loke froze in place.
'What kind of nightmare difficulty is this?'
Forget Ultear from the Magic Council, whom Loke wasn't familiar with. But the other four were all mbers of 'Fairy Tail'!
If a massive conflict broke out, it wouldn't be surprising if Nate ended up being chased down.
Still, despite the danger, Loke couldn't help but admire Nate. Loke had always juggled his relationships with won outside the guild.
"Nate, you're the real hero here!!"
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