Celestial Spirit Body

The experimental cabin on the west side of the Riyao Manor receives very little sunlight throughout the year. The heavy blackout curtains are drawn tightly, with only a few thin rays of light sneaking in through the window cracks, illuminating the dust floating in the air.

The table was piled with magical drafts stained with reagents, half-full glass bottles, and even the air was filled with the pale green smell of potions and the lavender scent of stardust.

"I choose you! Virgo!"

As soon as Riyao's voice faded, the golden star gate opened, Virgo, dressed in a classic black and white maid outfit and carrying a feather duster, made a dazzling entrance.

As soon as she stood still, she looked around, her gaze sweeping over the pile of animal bones in the corner and the magic books on the bookshelf. A thin blush rose to the tips of her ears, and her eyes drifted to the labeled reagent boxes, as if she had thought of something she shouldn't be thinking about.

Riyao rolled his eyes, grabbed the curtain cord and pulled it sharply, and sunlight flooded in, illuminating the dimly lit room until even the dust was clearly visible.

"What nonsense are you thinking?"

Virgo's neatly styled hair drooped, even the feather duster looked limp. She blinked her eyes pitifully, "Huh, isn't it what I thought?"

"I summoned you to conduct an experiment."

As soon as she finished speaking, a suspicious blush rose on Virgo's cheeks, and her fingers tightened their grip on her skirt.

"Hey! This is a serious experiment!" Riyao quickly waved his hand, afraid that she might misunderstand something, and pushed the leather notebook lying on the table between the two of them.

"This is a legitimate magic experiment, and I need your cooperation."

Virgo leaned closer, stared at the scrawled handwriting for a few seconds, then tilted his head and asked, "Boss, what kind of magic is Life Mimicry?"

"Similar to Take Over Magic, but also incorporating Enchantment Magic and Transformation Magic, though its core essence is Life Magic."

Riyao picked up the pen dipped in reagent, made two marks on the notebook, and spoke with a hint of pride in having figured out the solution.

Virgo tilted her head and thought for two seconds, then tapped the Life Mimicry " on her notebook with her fingertip, her tone as calm as if she were asking about dinner: "So, what does the boss need me to do?"

"Let me analyze your magic, and your body, that'll do." Riyao leaned back in his chair, swinging his legs that were draped over the side.

"Bang."

A loud crash shook the reagent bottles on the table, and the wooden door of the experimental hut was kicked open, the door panel slamming against the wall with a dull thud.

Riyao was swinging his legs when his pen "clattered" onto the notebook, splashing a little green medicine. His eyes widened instantly.

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"You filthy scoundrel, you pervert! What are you trying to do to Virgo!?"

Mirajane stood in the doorway with a dark expression, her hair blowing wildly in the wind. She was clutching a freshly ladled vegetable soup spoon in her hand, her fingernails dusted with kitchen flour, and demonic claws protruding from her fingertips, as if she wanted to tear him apart.

Lisanna peeked out from behind her, clutching the corner of her apron as she secretly peered into the room, a half-eaten cookie still in her hand.

"You scared me! I didn't do anything." Riyao quickly waved his hand, pulled the open notebook closer to his chest, and touched his nose to hide his guilty conscience.

When Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman first joined Fairy Tail, they were dragged to the manor by Riyao, who claimed that they were asked to help take care of the manor's magical plants so that he could freeload on their meals every day.

Mirajane had come to call Riyao for dinner, but after overhearing a couple of words like "body" while peering through the door, his face instantly turned as black as ink.

Her gaze swept across the entire small room: on the top shelf were several brightly colored magazines, the very same "Sorcerer Girl Weekly" that she had "borrowed" from Chairman Makarov's locker last time, with the cover model wearing a revealing dress, standing out conspicuously in the sunlight.

On the desk by the window, there is a row of medicine bottles arranged according to the color spectrum, arranged according to the colors of the rainbow. Some of them are effective medicines, while others are ineffective liquids in transitional colors, mixed by Riyao to satisfy his intermittent obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Several boxes were filled with various materials, which he would use to concoct potions when he had nothing else to do. He would sell the recovery potions to guild members; he couldn't give them away for free, or he would ruin them. He also used some potions to enhance his own physical abilities.

It looks like some kind of monster material. Buy it, infuse it with life energy, and you get top-quality, fresh monster material!

Whatever withered, extinct herbs you find, buy them, infuse them with life energy, and plant them in your medicinal field—a continuous supply of extinct herbs.

"The boss just wants to study my Celestial Spirit body to improve his magic," Virgo added quietly, clutching her apron.

"Right, right, what bad intentions could a decent person like me have?" Riyao immediately patted his chest and came closer, but before he could finish speaking, he knocked over a bottle of light blue reagent and hurriedly caught it.

"If you're a decent person, then no one is." Mirajane rolled her eyes, snatched the notebook from his arms, flipped through a couple of pages of scribbled magic notes, and frowned, scratching her head. "Isn't this about Take Over Magic?"

"Similar, similar," Riyao quickly laughed it off.

Are you sure it's not plagiarism?

"Can you call it copying when it's something a respectable person does!" Riyao jumped up to retort, his elbow knocking over scrolls on the bookshelf, which rolled all over the floor.

He pushed Mirajane and Lisanna, who was still reaching for the medicine bottle, toward the door, yelling, "Get out! The experiment is important, don't cause trouble here!"

Lisanna turned around and stuck out her tongue. Mirajane glared at him before leaving, saying, "Don't do anything weird," before closing the door.

Riyao took a deep breath, reached out and grasped Virgo's wrist. A pale green life magic emanated from his fingertips, slowly seeping into her veins and coursing through her Celestial Spirit body.

He closed his eyes, his brows furrowed, carefully sensing the subtle differences between Celestial Spirit magic and ordinary life magic.

"Boss, Life Mimicry is similar to Take Over Magic. You're not going to let Virgo receive it, are you?" Virgo's calm voice rang out.

"How could that be? You are my dearest friend and family, I'm not some kind of devil." Riyao stopped his magic.

He activated the Life Mimicry Magic, and the pale green life magic intertwined with the Celestial Spirit magic on Virgo's body. Strands of Celestial Spirit life information were gently absorbed from her body by the magic in Riyao's palm.

"Huh, what's this?" Virgo's eyes widened in confusion, feeling as if something inside her had been copied and pasted.

Riyao abruptly released her wrist, leaning back in his chair with a sigh of relief, "Just as I imagined! The Life Mimicry was indeed missing a trigger!"

"Boss, are you planning to switch to Celestial Spirit?" Virgo tilted her head and blinked curiously.

"Hehe." (¬◡¬)✧

Riyao swung his leg, a smug, roguish grin on his face.

"Will that Virgo will be Celestial Spirit of the Celestial Spirits?"

"It's alright, I'll find you a good family later." Riyao stood with his hands on his hips, looking like a bully trying to snatch someone away.

"Waaaaah, does Boss not want me anymore?" Virgo began her expressionless performance.

"Oh ho ho..." Riyao laughed even more arrogantly, like a bully.

Another loud bang, and the wooden door was kicked open again. This time, Riyao had already heard the commotion at the door, and could even hear Lisanna tugging at Mirajane's clothes and whispering, "Sister, shouldn't we be keeping up with Riyao's experiment?"

Mirajane rolled her eyes. "Stop talking nonsense, he's definitely up to something shady!"

Riyao didn't even look up, leaning against the door swinging his legs, clutching his newly tidied notebook, and looking at the two who barged in with a mocking expression. "Sister Mira really cares about me."

Mirajane's ears turned slightly red, Riyao looked at Mirajane with a smile.

"It's been a long time since I've seen the boss so happy," said Virgo expressionlessly.