Big White Ball Goes into the Pot

"Damn! What happened here?"

Hearing the commotion beside them, little angel Kornech, who was treating the wounded, and Loke, who had been dozing off, both turned toward the source.

"Your Majesty?!"

"Old man?!"

After their initial shock, the two asked in unison, "How did you end up like this?"

"It's nothing. I just overexerted myself!"

Signaling that they need not worry, Lazy God Number Three pointed at Golden Softie on the ground. "By the way... what happened here? How did Lucy get hurt so badly? And... Loke, didn't you return to the Spirit World?"

"Hmph! Wasn't this all arranged by you, old man?"

Hearing Pink Ball's complaint, Lazy God, who knew the plot inside out, was completely dumbfounded.

"What the hell?!"

Looking at the innocent-faced emperor, Pink Ball began counting off her grievances on her fingers.

"If you hadn't arranged for Auntie Leena to reinforce Brother Fried, how would Sister Kana and I have been temporarily assigned to escort prisoners of war? If we hadn't escorted prisoners, how would we have taken this route? If we hadn't taken this route, how would we have run into Sister Lucy while she was being hunted? If we hadn't run into Sister Lucy..."

"Stop!"

"Get to the point!!!"

To make his presence known—and to avoid getting caught in the crossfire when immortals started fighting later—Loke hurriedly took over the conversation. (Ahem... can I not tell you that the latter was the real reason?)

"Your Majesty, this is what happened. Just now, Lucy was first attacked by Big White Ball, then pursued by the man possessing Capri's body. She only escaped the crisis after running into Erza, Pink Ball, and the others."

"However, when the battle ended, Lucy was held hostage and suffered serious injuries during the rescue."

Hearing this, Lazy God Number Three