Treasure Hunt, Part Six

Cana and Makarov lay on the ground in Despair.

The two people lay on their backs, limbs outstretched, like two salted fish.

Cana's mouth was open, her eyes staring blankly at the ceiling, her chest heaving, but she didn't want to move at all.

Makarov was in an even worse state. He had just been knocked unconscious and had his weaknesses exposed, leaving him feeling completely drained and unable to even lift a finger.

Riyao snorted coldly, exhaling a breath from his nostrils, and crossed his arms, looking down at the two people on the ground.

"You stole my wine, and what's most hateful is that you even stole the wine that had only been sitting for a day!"

The two men suddenly raised their heads in perfect unison, their necks snapping upwards as if their heads were springs.

"What a loss, what a loss..."

There was not a trace of regret in their voices, only the heartache of losing money.

Riyao weighed the three crystal balls in his hand, holding two in one hand and one in the other. With a flick of his wrist, the three crystal balls flew up at the same time, forming an arc in the air.

He juggled the three crystal balls, tossing them back and forth between his hands, drawing silver arcs without dropping a single one.

"Hmm? You've found the rest? That was quick. Which one is which again? No problem, we'll release them anyway."

These words alerted Levy.

Her ears twitched, her neck stiffened, and her relaxed expression instantly tightened.

His fingers unconsciously gripped the hem of his clothes, his knuckles turning white.

Cana got up from the ground, braced herself with her hands on the floor, straightened her back, and instantly switched from a lazy state to a fighting state.

She and Lisanna exchanged a glance, their eyes meeting in mid-air. Without saying a word, they reached some kind of wicked consensus.

The two prepared to hug Levy.

Cana moved to the left, Lisanna to the right, and the two of them took a step at the same time, arms outstretched, sinister smiles on their lips, as they approached Levy.

Levy took two steps back, her back hitting the edge of the table, leaving her with nowhere to retreat.

Riyao tossed the three crystal balls around, and after they spun twice in the air, he casually grabbed one and tossed it onto the table.

The crystal ball rolled twice on the table, bumped into a glass, stopped, and then began to glow.

The crystal ball projected a light screen, which slowly unfolded, the ripples at the edges becoming even clearer than before.

The screen displayed a scene from the library.

The bookshelves were lined up one after another, filled with books. Sunlight streamed in through the windows, casting golden dappled patterns on the floor.

Fine dust particles floated in the air, swirling within the beam of light.

Levy's eyes widened, her pupils shrinking to pinpoints.

No!

Little Levy sat quietly under the bookshelf, reading a book.

She stretched out her legs, a thick book lying on her knees, the pages half-turned, her whole body huddled in the shadow of the bookshelf, only a small tuft of hair on the top of her head shining in the sunlight.

Little Lisanna walked in through the door.

The door hinges creaked, and she came running over, carrying something in her hands, her shoes clicking on the floor.

This time it was Lisanna's turn to widen her eyes, her mouth forming an "O" shape, and her finger pointing at the light screen, her fingertips trembling.

"Which crystal ball is this? Animals aren't part of my dark history."

Cana immediately put her arm around Lisanna, wrapped one arm around her back, and locked her in her arms, resting her chin on Lisana's head, laughing like a villain.

"Hahaha, nobody's getting away today."

In the light screen, Little Lisanna and Little Levy holding a book, huddled together, heads close together, chattering away.

Little Lisanna tapped her fingers across the pages, while Little Levy nodded beside her; the two of them looked as serious as if they were studying some profound magical theory.

The memories of their lost lives relentlessly assaulted the two of them.

Levy covered her face, her fingers peeking out from between them, but her eyes still couldn't help glancing at the screen.

Lisanna struggled in Cana's arms, kicking her legs on the ground, but Cana's arms were like iron hoops, not moving an inch.

They wanted to stop it.

Unfortunately, Lisanna was being held by Cana, Levy being held by her fake best friend Lucy.

Lucy hugged Levy from behind, clasping her hands around her waist, pressing her face against Levy's back, her shoulders shaking with laughter, and muttering, "Don't be shy, Levy-chan."

In the light screen, Little Lisanna takes out a set of makeup items from her small bag.

The two began to doodle and draw.

Little Lisanna picked up a brush, gestured a couple of times at Little Levy's face, then dipped it in some powder and swept it onto her face.

Little Levy's eyes were closed, and her eyelashes trembled.

Little Erza walked into the library and saw the two of them learning to put on makeup. She paused for a moment, then joined them.

She squatted down, tilted her head, and looked at the things in their hands, her eyes sparkling.

Erza, outside the light screen, tried to stop them. She took a step forward, her arm already outstretched.

But Mirajane held her tightly, wrapping his arms around her back and interlacing his fingers around Erza's waist.

"Erza, don't rush, look how cute you were when you were little."

The three little ones in the light screen huddled together putting on makeup, and even did each other's makeup.

Little Erza took the powder compact, patted it on her face in front of the mirror, then realized it wasn't right after a couple of pats, so she rubbed it with the back of her hand, covering a patch.

Little Lisanna draws Little Levy's eyebrows, Little Levy puts lipstick on Little Erza.

The three people formed a circle, scrambling around, and every now and then someone would sneeze from the powder, the sneezing sounds coming from the light screen, which amused everyone outside.

After a period of drastic modifications.

The three of them were dressed up as if they were human or ghosts.

Lisanna sported bright red lipstick, the red lipstick extending beyond the corners of her mouth and down to her chin, making her look like she had just eaten a bloody tomato.

Coupled with her smug little face, it was undeniably comical.

Levy's eyes were bruised like a ghost's, her eyeshadow was applied thickly and unevenly, darker on the left and lighter on the right, and her entire eye socket looked like she had been punched twice, the bruises still hadn't faded.

Erza was even more shocking; her entire face was yellowish, as if she had applied a layer of turmeric powder, and her lips were purple, almost black, as if she had eaten some poisonous fruit.

The most outrageous thing was that she had a third eye drawn on her forehead, a crooked circle with a dot in the middle. It looked neither dignified nor mysterious, but rather like a mole with hair growing on it.

The people outside the light screen couldn't stop laughing.

Laughter erupted in waves. Some people had just stopped to catch their breath when they looked up and saw the image on the screen, and they laughed so hard they squatted down again.

Gray, ever outspoken, pointed at Erza on the screen and laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight.

"No wonder Erza hardly ever wears makeup, haha..."

The fist swung from the side, landing precisely on Gray's temple.

Gray's laughter was abruptly cut off. He slumped to the side, face down on the ground, his legs twitching in the air for a moment before going still.

Little Riyao emerged from the light screen.

He peeked out from behind the bookshelf, his head sticking out, holding something in his hand that was hard to see clearly.

He opened and closed his mouth, muttering something, the sound of which was hard to make out, but his expressions were very rich, his eyebrows moving up and down, and his fingers gesturing in various ways.

The three children nodded, exchanged glances, and then resumed drawing.

Little Riyao turned his head away, covered his mouth, and laughed incessantly, his shoulders shaking as he squatted behind the bookshelf.

This scene was recorded clearly by the crystal ball.

Outside the light curtain.

Erza and the other two broke free of their restraints and lunged at Riyao.

Erza charged in from the front, Levy circled around from the left, and Lisanna flanked from the right, the three of them forming a pincer movement, their fists raised.

Riyao held up a crystal ball in front of them, just in front of their noses. The three of them stopped abruptly just two centimeters away from the crystal ball.

"Don't rush, there are two more. The last one was blue-haired, and there are still animals and words left. Don't you want to see them?"

These words made the three of them stop in their tracks, their fists hovering in mid-air, their fingers slowly loosening.

Erza looked at Levy, Levy looked at Lisanna, and Lisanna looked at Erza. The three of them fell into thought.

We're waiting for the others to gang up on you!

Levy lowered her fist, put her hands on her hips, and snorted, but her eyes still couldn't help glancing at the remaining two crystal balls.

Lucy couldn't help but complain, pointing her finger at her chin and tilting her head.

"I feel like this title has only a tiny bit of connection to the content of the crystal ball."

"I'm too lazy to come up with any sensational headlines, something rough will do."

Riyao shrugged, palm up, flipped his hands over, looking quite self-righteous.

He casually placed one of the crystal balls on the table, and the ball struck the surface with a dull thud.

Levy relaxed now, let out a long breath, slumped her shoulders, and slumped into the chair.

The rest was none of her business; she crossed her legs and swung her toes back and forth.

She found the text and checked it before coming back, hehehe.

A slight smile played on her lips as she tapped her fingers lightly on her knees with a quick, rhythmic beat.

What animals think is none of her business; she can't turn into an animal.

Lisanna relaxed, crossed her arms over her chest, leaned back against Cana, and her expression changed from fear to smugness.

She checked the animal evidence, so the text probably has nothing to do with her, hahaha.

The two exchanged a glance, their lips curving slightly upwards, both revealing a smile that said, "I'm safe now."