Heartfilia

With Eleven's comforting words, the little girl calmed down a bit, the tears in her big eyes gradually dried, and she looked up with a sweet smile, "Thank you, you perverted big brother!"

Eleven: ╰(‵□′)╯

"I'm not a pervert! I've said it so many times, I'm not!"

Eleven argued angrily, while the little girl nodded obediently, seemingly agreeing, though her eyes always betrayed disbelief.

"I'm really not a pervert. I'm a mage from the Mage Guild. I dressed like this because the client asked me to, not because I wanted to!" Eleven was still struggling, trying to change his image in the little girl's mind.

('▽'): "Eh? Big brother, are you a mage from the guild? That's amazing!"

Sure enough, the little girl's attitude changed immediately upon hearing this, and her eyes sparkled as she looked at Eleven, clearly showing her great admiration for the profession of a mage.

(￣▽￣)/: "Hehehe, it's alright, it's alright, I'm not that good." Eleven immediately became smug, waving his hand in a feigned modesty.

"So even perverts can join a mage guild! That sounds amazing!" The little girl lowered her head and muttered excitedly to herself.

Eleven:(_)

This girl

That's surprisingly stubborn!

His brain doesn't seem to be working very well either.

I feel like they'd be a good fit for our guild; they should get along well with Natsu and the others.

If she joins our guild, I'll beat her up eighteen times a day!

You brat!!

"Hey little sister, what's your name?"

Eleven gave up and changed the subject, deciding not to dwell on the issue of her being a pervert anymore. After all, she was just a random little girl, so let her do whatever she wanted!

"My name is Lucy! Lucy Heartfilia! And you, big brother?" The little girl smiled sweetly when she heard Eleven ask her name and introduced herself generously.

"Lucy -chan, nice to meet you, I'm Yi."

"Hmm? Heartfilia? You're from the Heartfilia Family?"

Eleven was about to say his name when he suddenly realized that Lucy's last name was Heartfilia!

"Yes, yes, I'm from the Heartfilia Family." Lucy was a little scared of the easily startled Eleven, and secretly took two steps to the side.

"Ah! This is wonderful! Lucy, can you take me to your house? I have something to give to your master." Eleven was overjoyed; he hadn't expected the Heartfilia Family to suddenly appear on their own. What great luck!

"Something for Daddy? Sure, of course!" Lucy smiled sweetly and ran ahead to lead the way. "May I ask what it is?"

Eleven hesitated for a moment, but still took the small box out of his bag. This Lucy was probably the little princess of the Heartfilia Family. It shouldn't be a problem to show her, especially since she already had a golden key around her neck, so there was no need to hide it.

"It's the same golden Celestial Spirit Key as the one around your neck." Eleven opened the box and showed the key to Lucy.

"Wow! It's the Cancer key! Let me see it!" Lucy clearly knew a lot about the Celestial Spirit keys and recognized it at a glance. She excitedly rushed towards the small box in Eleven's hand.

"No!" Eleven slammed the box shut, quickly held it above his head to dodge Lucy's pounce, letting Lucy little nose bump against his chest. "This is for your parents, not for you!"

"Anyway, Daddy will give it to me later, so let me see it first!" Lucy said coquettishly, rubbing her little nose.

"No! My mission is to deliver this to your father!" Eleven was principled and wouldn't be fooled by a little girl!

"Honestly, you stingy guy! Let's hurry back! Let's go!" Lucy stuck her tongue out at Eleven in annoyance, then immediately ran ahead, pulling Eleven along as they headed home. She couldn't wait any longer.

Eleven didn't hesitate and started running after Lucy, exclaiming as he ran, "Lucy, I'm so glad I met you! My magical navigation led us astray. If it weren't for you, I don't know when we would have found the Heartfilia Family's territory."

Lucy looked back at Eleven with some confusion and said, puzzled, "We didn't lead you the wrong way. This entire mountain range is our family's territory!"

Forehead(_)

I'm sorry, Magic Navigation, I wronged you. I shouldn't have smashed you. I'm so sorry!

After some investigation, Eleven finally understood the terrifying wealth of the Heartfilia Family. He barely managed to spot the boundary markers and fences marking out their private territory, almost at the limit of his Spiritual Power detection.

The Heartfilia Family mansion was located in the very center of their territory, quite far from them. At their current speed, it would probably be afternoon by the time they got back.

I really don't know why Lucy, that little girl, ran all the way to such a far place by herself.

"Lucy, why were you crying by the stream all by yourself? What happened?" Eleven couldn't hold back his questions and blurted them out without thinking.

Sure enough, when Lucy heard Eleven ask about this, her excitement immediately subsided, and her steps became dejected, no longer cheerful.

"Today is my birthday," Lucy murmured softly.

"Oh! Happy birthday!" Eleven instinctively offered his blessing.

"Thank you," Lucy said, tilting her head back and smiling, though the smile seemed somewhat forced.

"What's wrong with celebrating your birthday? Is it because you're another year older?" Eleven asked, puzzled, clearly terrible at conversation.

"No way! I'm only twelve! How can I be old?" Lucy blurted out excitedly as if by reflex, but quickly calmed down and said with a hint of resentment, "It's because Dad doesn't remember it's my birthday today. Ever since Mom passed away, he's only been focused on work, sob sob sob."

As she spoke, Lucy suddenly started wiping away tears and sobbing uncontrollably, unable to stop her sorrow.

Eleven was momentarily flustered, not understanding how he had made the little girl cry again. After thinking for a while, all he could do was gently pat Lucy's head and slowly stroke her hair to comfort her.

Eleven had never celebrated his birthday since he was a child, and the children in Fairy Tail didn't have the habit of celebrating birthdays either, so he couldn't understand Lucy's sadness at being forgotten on her birthday by her family, and didn't know what to say.

Lucy didn't seem to need any words of comfort at that moment; all she needed was someone to confide in and share her grief with.

Feeling Eleven's large hand patting her head, Lucy burst into tears and threw herself into Eleven arms, crying even harder. This made Eleven even more flustered, desperately trying to soothe the little girl while making all sorts of incomprehensible soothing noises.

"Oh, right, Lucy, let me give you a birthday present!"

After a while, as Lucy calmed down, Eleven pushed away Lucy, who was still sobbing, grinned, and turned to rummage through his bag.

Soon, Eleven pulled something out and handed it to Lucy with a smile.

This is a key pouch, a key pouch with the Fairy Tail logo engraved on it.

This was something Eleven won in a raffle at Romeo's birthday party. He'd kept it in his bag and almost forgotten about it, but now he was taking it out as a gift to appease the little girl.

Hey, that's clever!

"Wow, thank you!" Lucy was delighted to receive the gift, admiring the key pouch from every angle. Then, pointing to the Fairy Tail emblem, she looked up at Eleven, "What's this design? It's so cute!"

"That's Fairy Tail!" Eleven smiled slightly, rolling up his sleeve to reveal the Fairy Tail crest on his forearm. "I'm a mage from the Fairy Tail guild, and this is our guild's crest, our honor!"

"Fairy Tail? How amazing!" Lucy stared at the Fairy Tail emblem on her keychain, her big eyes sparkling as if she were imagining something wonderful.

It was already dusk when Eleven walked out of the office of Jude Heartfilia, the head of the Heartfilia Family.

"Wow, this big shot is something else. He's so serious I don't even dare to breathe." Eleven ripped off the black hood from his head and took a deep breath of fresh air.

The mission was complete, and he didn't care whether his night clothes were damaged. He quickly tore off his clothes, changed back into his own attire, and stretched lazily.

The night outfit was simply thrown into the trash can—to hell with it!

The mission was relatively simple. Although there were some twists and turns, no major mistakes were made, and he was fortunate enough to receive a reward, which moved Eleven deeply.

Bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, Elaine walked out of the Heartfilia Family mansion via the exquisite staircase. In the backyard of the mansion was a peaceful little cemetery. Eleven thought this was a shortcut back to the guild, so he naively walked in.

At the end of the cemetery stood an exceptionally ornate tombstone. A blonde woman stood before it, bowing her head in mourning for the deceased.

Eleven stopped and stood silently at the back. It would be extremely impolite to disturb them while they were mourning the dead, and Eleven could wait that long; there was no need to rush.

"Layla, I'm sorry for making you suffer this fate."

The blonde woman appeared very downcast. She muttered to herself for a while before hastily ending her eulogy and turning to leave. She immediately spotted Eleven standing silently behind her, Eleven gave her a polite grin.

"Lord Eleven!?"

The blonde woman paused for a moment, then her expression turned to astonishment, and she couldn't help but gasp.

"Um, you know me? Um, no need to call me 'sir,' that's too polite." Eleven was a little embarrassed by the address; it was the first time someone had ever called him "Sir Eleven."

So shy (w)

The blonde woman stared at the shy Eleven in surprise for a long while, then chuckled and covered her mouth, saying, "Sorry, sorry, I might have mistaken you for someone else."

[_]: "Oh, I'm not mistaken, I am Eleven."

"Hehehe, really? What a coincidence!" The woman smirked as she looked at Eleven, as if she were looking at something very interesting. She coaxed Eleven like a child while chuckling even louder.

Eleven felt completely bewildered, as if she had encountered a crazy woman.

However, she didn't say another word to Eleven until the blonde woman gracefully left. She seemed to be in a slightly cheerful mood, like a housewife who had just gotten the biggest piece of gossip, secretly delighted.

Eleven was left standing there, completely bewildered, gazing at the setting sun, quietly contemplating life.