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Chapter 3: Lucy's Coldness Towards Erza! The Fashion Show In Cyan Town! Lucy's Dark Magic & Minerva's Elegant Beauty!
Lucy's POV
After waking up and putting on the green outfit that Minerva picked out for me yesterday in the town of Matcha, I left my apartment while my cheeks still blushed bubblegum pink in a blissful manner. My smile was blissful, feeling happy that I woke up from a dream where the last image that I dreamed about was when Minerva actually kissed me on the forehead. She kissed my forehead two times in that day, making me feel relaxed. Although, my heart felt much calmer and somewhat less pained after that second kiss.
That kiss felt a bit passionate, almost like I had been kissed by a sweet lover. Minerva admitted that she wasn't interested in being my lover, but I really felt that there was a small spark in that kiss to where Minerva wanted to ignite my feelings of romance. As I placed my hands against my heart and continued to smile at how Minerva was my mistress, my cocoa brown eyes soon glanced at the Fairy Tail guild that was in the distance. Upon seeing that guild where Erza was probably taking another job where Annette would show up to be alongside her, my smile shifted to a calm frown and I elicited a deep breath.
I wanted to just calm myself down, as my mind started to realize that Minerva was making sense in what she said. Erza was romantic with Annette yesterday while doing it in a way that officially cemented her choice of rejecting me as a relationship partner, but did Erza really have to do that in such a cruel way? Thinking about that cruelty in a somewhat calmer state of mind allowed me to feel like my heart wasn't really healed from that pain, but I couldn't go up to Erza and yell at her about it. That would just be a way of making myself look stupid, and I sighed in a slightly depressed manner.
I didn't want to always be wrapped up in past events, but how could I just instantaneously move on without having an actual romantic partner? Being single while also displaying jealousy towards Erza for loving Annette wouldn't really help me make any progress towards loving anyone else, and expressing feelings of bliss and seduction towards Minerva for my confession to be like unrequited love wouldn't help me get a girlfriend. Being single really made my emotions feel like they were in between the two worlds of attraction and pain, just like how I was technically in between Fairy Tail and Seductive Witch by not being an official mage.
Upon looking at my right hand, I stated aloud with a panicked look appearing on my face as I resisted the urge to scream, "Oh, no! I never reported back to Fairy Tail about handling that job where I had to retrieve the sunglasses!"
If I never updated Mira or Master Makarov on that situation and left the guild like a quiet deserter, wouldn't they become concerned and search for me? If any of them found out that I was doing jobs with Minerva in the Seductive Witch guild, then they would probably view me as being a traitorous and evil mage! Making a deal with a dark guild would probably be perceived by Mira as something worse than making a deal with an actual demon, but my emotions were unstable to where my blissful blush slowly returned from how I enjoyed the idea of being Minerva's servant.
Even though she made me endure pain from an agitated plant yesterday and pushed my emotions in certain directions, I could only smile a bit at how she was making me feel stronger. I lifted up my lacy green shirt for a moment to see that there were no bruises from that plant's roots harshly slamming me against the grass multiple times, and even my legs felt stronger. My body ironically felt like it gained more strength, almost as if injuries that didn't kill me would put me on a path towards getting stronger.
Maybe that was what Minerva even wanted to teach me in the Naval Battle, as I really did need to make myself have more strength. I couldn't even shatter any of those giant mossy rocks yesterday, and carrying fashionable clothes with extremely sore arms made them feel heavy like rocks that were made out of platinum. If Minerva was going to make me endure that activity on our next job, then I could only have determination in my eyes at how I would endure it. I would even withstand Minerva applying energy waves to her punches and kicks for them to feel like she was hitting me with platinum, and getting more muscular and confident in response to Minerva beating me down caused me to smile with more happiness. If Minerva could be a cold and dominant mistress, maybe I could use that to my advantage in leaving the Fairy Tail guild.
"Even if Mira cries, I'm... I'm not going to back down!" I stated aloud with a determined facial expression, my heart feeling like it was guiding me to be a mage of Seductive Witch.
There was no incentive for me to surrender to any of the people who would want me to stay in the Fairy Tail guild, especially since I no longer had their guild insignia on the back of my right hand. Thinking more about that guild insignia made me realize that Erza would no longer need to handle jobs with me, and she probably brought Annette to the Fairy Tail guild yesterday as a way of giving that celebrity a little tour and a chance to sign autographs. I looked miffed at the thought of that popular brown-haired woman having everyone be clamoring for her autograph while also wanting to take photos with her, almost like Aroma Flair's popular women were treated like goddesses.
If Erza would make Mira and the others treat Annette like a goddess who couldn't get her deep chocolate brown shoes dirty, then there was nothing wrong with viewing Minerva to have the personality of a goddess. Therefore, I could just walk into the Fairy Tail guild and not care about what Erza wanted me to do. If she wanted me to listen to her stories about spending time with Annette, then I would just ignore her like she was an insignificant person to me. I felt that she needed to be viewed from that perspective, since Erza would want to find some way to rile me up.
She could only get me worked up in a situation where I couldn't control my emotions, so I closed my eyes and a soft breath escaped from my lips. I attempted to calm my body down, wanting to be relaxed. The slight feeling of relaxation caused me to think of Minerva and the allure of her seductive green eyes, and she usually seemed so calm to where she could keep herself from feeling provoked. If Minerva would be very calm and cold in a situation where she had to leave her guild, then I would display that same coldness in my calm presence while walking to the Fairy Tail guild.
Ten minutes later, at the Fairy Tail guild... (Mirajane's POV)
Seeing Lucy walk into the Fairy Tail guild caused me to have a look of relief in my eyes, as I felt glad that she didn't die on that job involving the Seductive Witch guild. Although, it looked like Lucy dyed her hair purple and wore some green clothes that seemed to align with current fashion trends. Even though Lucy changed her style, I still felt happy to see that she was back in the Fairy Tail guild. She walked up to the counter in a somewhat elegant manner, looking calm with some dominance in her small smile as she approached me.
The sight of Lucy trying to walk like a fashion model made me have a curious smile on my face, and I wondered if my friend had gotten a job delivered to her by a famous fashion model who wanted to become a model in the fashion industry. The fashion company that Annette Rosia worked for was promoted in the Fairy Tail guild through the photos that she took with some of us when Erza brought her here, and the fact that I liked Annette's high-end fashion brand even led to her buying me a mocha brown version of my barmaid dress when she found out that her company sold one in Magnolia! Yesterday was a fun day, but I softly smiled at how it seemed like Lucy missed out on such a fun experience of meeting Annette.
"Good morning, Lucy! If you see some people wearing new clothes in shades of brown, we were just happy to meet Annette Rosia. I know it would've been a little awkward for you two to talk with Erza around, but-" I politely told Lucy with a happy smile on my face while having joy in my eyes, before she interrupted me.
Lucy told me with a very stoic facial expression, her eyes displaying so much calmness, "Mira, I hope it won't be awkward if I tell you that I'm leaving Fairy Tail and never coming back."
Upon hearing what Lucy just told me, I exclaimed in an extremely shocked manner right before genuinely looking apologetic, "WAIT, WHAT?! Lucy, I'm sorry! I truly didn't mean to upset you! If you're still very sensitive to hearing about Erza's relationship, I won't mention it to you anymore!"
That caused Lucy to calmly tell me, putting the back of her right fist in front of my face, "Mira, it's not your fault that I'm leaving. You can put fault on that mission involving Seductive Witch, since their strongest dark witch easily beat my ass and pitied me after I surrendered to her. It felt so mature to be at her feet and admit that I'm a weak bitch."
Lucy's last sentence caused me to give her a comforting smile, as I realized her keys weren't with her, and I honestly thought Lucy was just putting on an act of being humble. I imagined that she must have been distraught on that job, since getting defeated in a competition for romantic love and getting defeated by a dark witch would make anyone be driven into frustration. However, Lucy's cocoa brown eyes were seeming to show a strange sense of gratefulness for her own fate. What was so great about losing her Celestial Spirits and getting pitied?
I kept looking into Lucy's eyes, now seeing feelings of calmness that were seeming so eerily unshakable. I wondered if Lucy calmly gave up her keys for her own life to be spared in the process, but she never had such a cold heart before. If she felt so much coldness from being beaten by the enemy, then I could only look remorseful right now. If I had been there with her when she took that job, then maybe she wouldn't have to feel so defeated and resort to humility. Lucy may have been very weak, but calling herself a bitch was a bit much for me to hear.
She couldn't always make Aquarius obey her, failed to chase after Ultear on Tenrou Island, got knocked out by Cana Alberona during the S-Class exam, and Lucy even lost to Flare Corona in the Grand Magic Games. Even on the fourth day of that tournament, she was senselessly beaten unconscious by Minerva and would've been floating down to be at her feet if that Naval Battle event hadn't been stopped. On top of all those failures, I put my hands by my heart as I wondered if Lucy felt like she symbolically fell to be at Annette Rosia's feet in what seemed like a recent contest for who Erza loved more.
If Lucy and Annette had interacted yesterday, would such a popular fashion model had told Lucy that it was very disrespectful to confess romantic feelings to someone's girlfriend? If Annette told Lucy to show some respect, then that by itself would've probably been enough to make Lucy more accepting of their relationship than seeing Erza requip in different stylish outfits that all went well with different fashion accessories of Annette's outfits. Seeing how well Erza and Annette worked together as a couple would've probably made Lucy feel more depressed than the moment seeing them passionately kiss after taking photos together and coming to the bar for a chocolate fudge sundae with two spoons in it. Even though they fed the chocolate ice cream to each other, Annette wasn't coming over to the bar with Erza today.
"Hey, Mira. This is the job I'm taking, and its new assortment of swords is a great reward. Annette told me yesterday during lunch that she had heard about them, and-" Erza explained with a nice smile on her face, before I motioned with one hand for her to stop talking.
I politely told her with a small smile on my face, slight bits of happiness entering my eyes as I tried to shift the conversation to a topic that wouldn't make Lucy upset, "That's nice, Erza. We all enjoyed meeting Annette, but today's assortment of jobs became as large as Aroma Flair's rumored quantity of jobs to where I'll be busy with tasks on several late nights. It's not what I prefer, but at least you seem happy."
Erza asked Lucy in a kind manner, her smile seeming genuine, "Lucy, did you choose to follow a fashion idol by dyeing your hair purple and getting an outfit like that to support their new career?"
That interestingly caused Lucy to respond in a cold manner, looking stoic after rudely rolling her eyes, "Is there a good reason for you to even care about my fashion choices? Shouldn't you be more interested in your own decisions, such as how your breath reeks of chocolate? You really want to smell putrid around a tourist?"
Lucy's question involving the decision of referring to herself as a tourist confused Erza, who had been too occupied with her thoughts at the request board to hear our earlier conversation. She looked at me for a moment, causing a puzzled look to form on my face from how Lucy hardly told me much of the details regarding her last mission. Erza looked back at Lucy, who simply displayed that her Fairy Tail guild mark was gone. Erza felt surprised by this, but she narrowed her eyes in an uncomfortable manner at how Lucy had a high amount of coldness in her eyes.
Lucy seemed so calm about her recent crush finding out about this, almost like she expected this situation to occur. Erza, however, started to have a look of curiosity in her eyes. To Erza, it seemed like Lucy never bluntly said anything about hating chocolate desserts before. She frowned at Lucy in a somewhat stern manner as she picked up one fact from yesterday, which was that Lucy didn't even come to the Fairy Tail guild yesterday. Not coming to the guild on the day after being rejected was one situation, but would Lucy actively avoid Annette after finding out that she had been in Magnolia?
When I looked at Lucy's facial expression, she kept displaying calmness as if she didn't even want to react in response to Erza's assumptions. Erza looked at both of us with her lips forming a smile of shock and disbelief, almost like she was thinking that Lucy purposely didn't want to see Annette. From that perspective, Lucy was probably being immature by not wanting to be around the girlfriend of the person she had been crushing on. Although, I could also understand that it was too soon for Erza to think that she could just speak to Lucy as if they both handled rejections of love confessions in the same way.
Lucy quietly rejected the idea of being around Erza any longer by simply glancing at her mocha brown dress in a somewhat disapproving manner, before quietly walking away. I looked concerned for Lucy while trying to stay neutral in this, but I did give Erza a slightly comforting smile at how the tulip-shaped penny brown flowers on the waist of the dress went well with the caramel brown plaid lower portion of the dress. Even though it went well with her dark brown shoes, Erza probably shouldn't have used chocolate-scented perfume with that outfit. In contrast, Lucy's clothes smelled more interesting because the scent of that flower in her hair didn't seem like it was associated with any expensive perfumes or romantic treats.
Seven hours later, in the Seductive Witch guild... (Minerva's POV)
Despite the fact that I wouldn't be buying any expensive perfumes or tasty treats for Lucy today, the sight of her showing up to the Seductive Witch guild today caused me to calmly get up from the table with a newly-picked mauve purple rose in my hands. I walked up to Lucy with a calm smile on my face, before taking out the rose that I previously placed in her hair. That rose was gently replaced with the new one, and its sweet scent made Lucy also smile at me in such a calm manner. Calmness was also in her eyes, but why did some feelings of coldness seem to be fading away?
Lucy's eyes began to lose more of that coldness as I took her over to the request board, and she started to look somewhat happier as I unpinned a lilac purple flyer. She seemed very eager while joining me in seeing the job's description, which involved us simply competing in Cyan Town's local fashion show. The interesting twist to this job was that only the winners would receive the reward money that came with the grand prize, since the client desired to see the beauty that dark witches could provide to an audience.
This job was certainly an easy one for me to handle, a faint smirk forming on my lips from how my beauty could never be outmatched. However, Lucy could do the dirty work of trying very hard to give an amazing performance to the judges, and that would allow her to at least get second place while only being surpassed by me. Feelings of satisfaction entered my eyes from how I would be able to defeat every other woman in that competition, but seeing Lucy look very excited about the job made me glance at her in a curious manner.
Did Lucy Heartfilia even have the grace or elegance to walk down the runway like a prestigious fashion model? I never saw her in any prominent pictures regarding beautiful models of Sorcerer Magazine, but she would surely be a decent candidate to get high scores in a fashion contest full of weak amateurs. She wouldn't be allowed to act like a weakling around me, and that did make an interesting thought enter my mind. If Lucy could learn some new magic, wouldn't that heighten our chances of winning? It certainly would be beneficial, but Lucy's happy smile made me narrow my eyes at how she might get careless.
"Don't pick out the wrong type of magic today, Lucy. You'll be displaying fashion and flair, but don't even think of tripping over your own feet on the runway." I sternly told Lucy with some seriousness in my eyes, wanting us to make Seductive Witch get some more respect.
That caused Lucy to respond to me with a miffed look on her face, scowling a bit, "Minerva-sama, I won't trip over my feet or get nervous! In fact, I can display my fashion choices on the runway while my outfit would look better than Erza's dress from this morning!"
Lucy elaborated while looking at my emerald green dress in a stern manner, "Erza wondered if I was just following a new fashion idol's fashion trend by dressing in what you viewed as appropriate for me, Minerva-sama. However, I avoided getting riled up while also rejecting her brown outfit because I imagined that you would dislike her breath and putrid perfume strongly smelling like chocolate."
At that moment, I responded in a seductive manner while smiling a bit, "Oh? Were you trying to emulate my cold and wonderful personality, Lucy? Did you feel an aggressive urge to defend me, since I'm fashionable and no trends can tamper with my beauty?"
Lucy simply replied with a sweet smile on her face, as that blissful blush from yesterday returned to her cheeks, "Yes, Minerva-sama."
That sweet smile on her face was complimented by feelings of joy beginning to appear in her eyes, and Lucy now felt seduced enough to display some of my personality traits in her rude attitude towards Erza. Wow, the sheer irony of those circumstances led to a sweet smile appearing on my face as I made feelings of seduction be in my eyes. I locked eyes with Lucy while leaning down to closely look at her, feigning a light pink blush of joy at what Lucy had done. I did feel joy, but only at how my manipulation was pushing Lucy away from Erza.
Lucy had now been the one to push Erza away by not wanting anything to do with her, but I doubted that Lucy made her actions seem harsher than Erza's rejection from the other day. Lucy's harshness could be refined, as every beautiful temptress did their need their adorable little purse dog to know when to bare her fangs at someone. I wondered if Lucy's cold attitude would emotionally and mentally destroy Erza, almost like air being cold enough for it to break tempered glass. Even if Erza wanted to put the pieces of their friendship back together, I wouldn't allow that.
I noticed that Lucy didn't mention today's newspaper where the main headline involved Annette Rosia and Erza Scarlet taking cute and romantic pictures together in the guildhall of Fairy Tail yesterday, so Erza kept indirectly informing me that she was bringing controversy upon herself by still hiding secrets from Lucy. According to what Lucy told me, it felt like Erza wasn't even much of a friend if she couldn't just wait around for Lucy to get back to Magnolia for her to at least meet Annette and join in on the little celebration. Although, Erza and Annette preferring the scent of chocolate over Lucy's pink gifts that probably smelled like strawberries made me feel like I could give Lucy some much-needed motivation.
"Listen, Lucy. When you're walking down the runway and performing, display a fierce amount of ambition alongside your elegance. If you're truly going to be passionate about winning against some of those beautiful models, just imagine that it's a fierce showdown primarily between you and Annette." I explained to Lucy with a persuasive smile on my face, as I placed one hand on her heart.
That caused Lucy to respond to me in a puzzled manner, as she looked a bit confused, "If she's not actually there, then how can I imagine that situation?"
"Well, just imagine that one of the judges who criticizes you is actually Annette. If she dislikes your dress, then you'll want to compensate for that by displaying all of your passion with ambition, confidence, and elegance." I replied to Lucy with a somewhat kind look on my face, putting a finger against her lips to keep her from asking more questions.
Lucy kindly smiled back at me, feelings of subservience appearing in her eyes. Lucy started to walk away from me with her hands on her hips, walking in a calm manner towards the entrance doors of Seductive Witch's guildhall. She quickly turned around to walk back towards me with a confident smile on her face, some ambition in how she walked towards me with sternness in her eyes as if she was desiring to prove that she deserved to be the winner. Lucy soon got close to me by ending her steps with elegance in how she walked, having her head held high as she had a proud smile of happiness on her face.
She looked at me with that happy facial expression, only for me to sigh in a displeased manner at how she seemed to walk up and down that imaginary runway like she was the best rookie fashion model of the group. Lucy would have to watch a professional show her what to do, prompting me to gently shove her aside with my ass as I walked down to Seductive Witch's entrance doors. I incorporated the attitude of dominance and confidence into every step, looking straight ahead as I started smiling at some of the other dark witches.
They watched me turn around to elegantly walk back to Lucy, who blushed as she saw me stop to turn to my left and right sides. I posed for my adoring audience with my lips forming a smile of seduction, and I walked up to Lucy while purposely making one of my breasts gently press against her lips. Lucy sighed in an infatuated manner, her cheeks blushing rose pink with a small smile of pleasure on her face as I stepped back. I slowly turned around, allowing Lucy to see the curves of my large ass in this emerald green dress as she closely walked behind me on our way out of the guild to the train station for us to go to Cyan Town.
One hour later, in Cyan Town... (Lucy's POV)
Minerva and I went to the town of Cyan, which was in the southwestern part of Fiore while being near a cyan blue lake. The town also had its streets in cyan blue while its buildings were light blue, and there was a large fountain of flowing cyan blue water near an upper route that led out of Cyan. This upper route had several stores for fashion accessories, along with some stores that sold items related to magic. My eyes glanced at a store's window, which was to the left of a large house with a cyan blue pitched roof going well with its light blue wooden exterior.
This adjacent store also had light blue wood on its exterior while the flat wooden roof was cyan blue, but I felt that a fashion show's competition would require me to use magic. Without my keys, I softly smiled at how I would need to use some new magic. Although, not having much money meant that I would need Minerva to buy something for me. I glanced at her for a moment, before softly smiling at the sight of a lilac purple ring being in the display window. That ring was in a lilac purple box, which was on a cyan blue rectangular table that featured other items of Holder Magic.
Minerva also glanced at that table, before smiling at me in a confident manner. She realized that I was interested in getting some new magic, even if I just wanted to temporarily use it. That ring would probably give me some powerful magic, but I started to stare at it as I felt very hypnotized. There was just an alluring aspect of the ring that tempted me to go into the shop, and I followed Minerva into the store. The shop's plaid cyan blue carpeting went well with its dark blue walls, but my eyes remained fixated on that ring.
I went over to it with Minerva, and she picked up the ring box while smiling in an intrigued manner. As I liked the sight of Minerva's beautiful smile, the ring box had a mauve purple price tag that informed me of how the ring only cost 40,000 jewels. Minerva wasted no time with pulling out a small brown bag of jewels from the left pocket of her dress, and she held the ring in her other hand as she walked up to the cyan blue counter with me being right behind her. I got to see Minerva hand the ring to a female cashier, who had her blue hair tied back into two long twin tails. She wore a cyan blue vest top with dark blue jeans matching her dark blue eyes, and she glanced at the price tag.
After she saw Minerva hand her the money, I asked Minerva with a curious look on my face, "Minerva-sama, why did that ring have a mauve purple price tag? Did it get stolen from Seductive Witch?"
That caused Minerva to turn around and reply to me in a sarcastic tone, scoffing as she looked displeased, "These losers couldn't take down any of us, Lucy. They probably just bought a bunch of unwanted accessories from different towns for their shoddy little fashion show."
Minerva continued as she started speaking a bit nicely, smiling in a pleased manner after the cashier put the ring in a plain blue shopping bag and handed it to her, "Although, one mage's unpopular trash is another mage's desired treasure."
"That makes so much sense, Minerva-sama." I kindly replied, agreeing with her wise words."
Minerva viewed that ring as my desired treasure, handing it to me as we walked out of the store. Glancing down at the box allowed me to see that the top of the ring box labeled this accessory as the Dark Starry Ring, and I took the box out of the bag as I stood on the street with Minerva. She watched me open up the box towards her, before I handed her the bag and put the ring on the ring finger of my right hand. This quickly caused a lilac purple aura to surround my body, only for it to become mauve purple as the aroma of the rose in my hair soon had its scent be more potent. If this ring involved dark magic, did it somehow have cohesion with the power of the mauve rose?
I glanced at my reflection in the shop's window while my eyes looked very seduced, and my plain purple hair became mauve purple. This caused me to gasp in shock while Minerva remained stoic, and I felt curious enough to aim my right hand up at the sky. I imagined a spell of Celestial Spirit Magic in my mind, thinking about one of the spells that pertained to some books that my Celestial Spirit named Loke had obtained for me from the Celestial Spirit World. I proceeded to fire the spell from my right hand, but I soon gasped in shock at what I created.
This spell was known as Celestial Converging Burst, and it should've made seven large golden stars be created in the sky. However, these stars in the sky were mauve purple and they all ended up having mauve purple lights shining from them. The stars ended up detonating in seven large blasts, only to send down mauve purple star-shaped projectiles towards the city. That caused me to gasp in a somewhat panicked manner, thinking that my attacks would destroy Cyan Town. Before any of my attacks could even strike the city, I soon saw a large rainbow-colored energy wave be thrown into the air.
Upon seeing all of my projectiles burst into mauve purple fireworks that would be harmless, I asked aloud in a startled manner, "Minerva-sama, you obliterated my spell that quickly?"
"Lucy, was that weak attack meant to be as cute as you hiding behind your Celestial Spirits like a coward during the Naval Battle? Shouldn't a dark witch normally put some magical power into her newly-created spells, instead of having useless and flashy attacks?"
Minerva's thought-inducing questions caused me to reply with an ambitious look appearing on my face, "Minerva-sama, this ring converted my Celestial Spirit Magic into dark magic! Even if I only imagined the spell to be flashy, I'll show you that I can infuse magical power into a spell!"
"If you can actually do that, then display that to me in the fashion show instead of being an arrogant klutz." Minerva stated to me in a strict tone of voice, looking stern as her eyes immensely expressed doubt at me possibly being an asset to her on this mission.
In this moment, I simply followed Minerva towards the place where the fashion show was being held while I felt that Minerva was pushing for me to work harder. We probably wouldn't have much time to practice with spells, especially if the fashion show was happening in one or two hours. It seemed that I would have to self-create spells and improvise, instead of going through with my tendency to think of a good idea before actually making it occur. Being autonomous in that manner was very risky in a competition, but it could be rewarding if I surpassed the high scores of other girls in the competition.
As Minerva and I both took a moment to glance at some of the other girls who were wearing various dresses for Cyan Town's fashion show, we both soon saw a girl with long and plain blue hair walk past us as she had two younger female companions on her left and right sides. The main woman of that trio simply wore a light blue dress that was strapless while also having azure blue shoes to compliment it, and two cyan blue bows were on the right side of her head. She turned around to merely glance at Minerva and myself, her light blue eyes looking very confident in that moment.
I didn't personally perceive that woman's confidence as a sign that she was one of the best fashion models in the competition, but Minerva would want me to be stylish enough in this competition to where I could possibly triumph over strong opponents. Speaking of girls who were strong, I felt a slight bit of anxiety in my eyes from wondering if I should've tried to buy some cosmetics like blush and powder yesterday. Some of the other girls were already applying lipstick and eyeshadow to their faces, which made me feel like they had some kind of advantage to win.
Five minutes later, in the fashion show's foyer... (Minerva's POV)
Even though some of the girls were putting on lipstick and powdering their faces, that wouldn't give them much of an advantage against a beautiful woman such as myself. In fact, I already started thinking about which dress to wear as I entered the foyer area of this building. The cyan blue floor and the azure blue walls made me think about wearing a blue dress, since that would truly align with the theme of this town. Although, the sight of other women wearing blu dresses did make me look slightly miffed.
If they were all believing that the color blue would also factor into making themselves have a great chance at winning the competition's grand prize, then I would have to show them that they were just some worthless losers who were signing themselves up to get embarrassed. I took notice of the cyan blue reception desk that had a woman with plain blue wavy hair behind it, and the light blue Lacrima Crystal on the desk was glowing as its light shined towards the faces of the girls who were signing up for this contest.
They also appeared to be writing their names on a sign-up sheet, before walking through a nearby pair of elegant-looking cyan blue doors that had a female staff member in front of them. That room obviously just led to the backstage area pertaining to the fashion show, and I narrowed my eyes in a stern manner from realizing that I couldn't get to try on the best dress if someone else got to it first. That prompted me to firmly grab one of Lucy's wrists while making my way to the front of the line, only getting there after that blue-haired girl from earlier finished signing up.
Glancing down at the descending order of written names on the light blue sign-up sheet allowed me to see that her name was Sienna Sapphira, and the fact that the other girls behind her seemed to admire her beauty only made me wonder if she was famous. If she did have fame, then I would gladly defeat her and gain much more notoriety. I signed my name below hers on he list with the dark blue pen that was nearby, and handing the pen to Lucy allowed her to also officially be on the roster. She stood in front of the orb first, smiling softly like a casual competitor. After she was officially registered for this contest, Lucy watched me get in front of the orb for it to record the image of me elegantly smiling as I made my cheeks blushed pink with one hand in my glossy hair.
"Minerva-sama, you're so beautiful." Lucy told me with a smile of genuine admiration on her face, her cheeks blushing light pink at the sight of my loveliness.
That caused me to reply in a kind tone, smiling in a sweet manner, "Thank you for praising me, Lucy."
I gently patted her head, before letting her follow me towards that back room. Lucy would have to pick out her own dress, but my lips did form a seductive smile at how I felt that I could influence her into wearing a beautiful dress that would mainly compliment my own outfit. Lucy was simply my sidekick on this mission, which meant that she certainly couldn't wear something that was more beautiful than my outfit. Even if Lucy would be upset about the outfit that she had to wear, would she really be miffed when I won and helped us obtain more money?
After all, that new ring on her hand was now added to her large debt that was owed to Seductive Witch. If Lucy had been a dark witch in this contest without my strategy and wisdom, then she probably wouldn't even obtain high scores from the judges. Lucy was going to be an emotional wreck without my guidance, and she would be very submissive to me. The thought of Lucy obediently putting on a blue dress with a seduced and hypnotized look in her eyes caused me to have a joyful look in my eyes, smiling triumphantly as I would truly dominate over every girl in this competition.
That included Lucy, who would probably cheer the loudest for me after I won. From my perspective, I felt like I was becoming her idol and her inspiration. Lucy was just idolizing me like I was her goddess, and it felt enjoyable to be worshiped by her. Of course, I expected to receive praise and admiration from her without any feelings of attraction occurring. If Lucy ever felt attracted to me, then she would just be setting herself up to get rejected when she tried to confess her love to me. We were only teammates, but walking into the back room and seeing other girls trying on dresses did make me frown as my heart sent feelings into my mind that were a bit... possessive.
"Lucy, are you wanting to see my nude body?" I softly whispered in a sultry tone of voice, smiling nicely as I blushed.
Lucy replied to me with a rose pink blush appearing on her face, her expression looking flustered, "Minerva-sama, I... I... That didn't.. really cross my mind!"
"Wouldn't you enjoy feeling seduced by my beauty, instead of letting your eyes glance at our lowly competitors?" I asked Lucy in a more lustful tone, feigning a flirtatious smile that was genuine.
That caused Lucy to politely respond, sweating more, "Yes, Minerva-sama. Your body is wonderful."
Upon hearing that last remark from Lucy, I gave a soft kiss to her neck. She elicited a very soft sigh, blushing more and nearly perspiring as her eyes were getting filled with feelings of lust. She was wanting to admire my physical beauty, only viewing me as the most beautiful woman in the room. If she viewed me as the most beautiful woman when I was naked, then I would gladly return that praise by complimenting Lucy's nude body. I had already seen her naked before in Seductive Witch, but her beauty didn't need to be marveled at by any other women.
Wait, why was I not wanting other women to admire her beauty? Did a part of myself feel slightly insecure about my methods of being seductive, since Lucy admitted that she felt seduced by me? If Lucy felt enchanted by other women, then that just made me get labeled as a moronic strategist who couldn't get Lucy to stay tethered to me. I continued to give Lucy a flirty smile, wanting to manipulate her emotions to where she would never claim that I was lesser than any other girls who even walked past her.
Sienna Sapphira walked past us, having the audacity to look at us with a kind smile on her face as Lucy started to happily smile at me. At least Lucy didn't display any happiness towards seeing Sienna in her tacky blue dress, and I gently grabbed Lucy's hand for a moment as my eyes looked around the room to see where I could find the dresses that were pertinent to the best fashion brands. If I wore a high-end dress that was quite fashionable, then wouldn't the judges certainly think that my sense of fashion was deserving enough for my performance to be a tough act for any girl to follow?
Ten minutes later... (Lucy's POV)
All of the other women in this competition seemed like they would be giving me a tough act to follow, no matter who performed prior to me. Seeing them have such confident smiles on their faces with no sense of nervousness made some feelings of anxiety enter my heart, as I wouldn't be going up against weak mages in this beauty contest. Although, being near a rack of dresses that were in different hues of blue did seem somewhat calming to where I softly smiled. My hands retrieved a dress from the cobalt blue back, and I looked surprised at the sight of this dress.
The dress that I placed against my body was a pale blue evening dress, its size being perfect for me, and I softly smiled as my eyes took notice of the fashion brand's dark blue label that was placed on the inner portion of the dress. This specific dress was part of the same high-end fashion brand pertaining to the dress that I picked out for Minerva in the town of Matcha, and I happily smiled as I felt the urge to wear it. Before putting on that dress, I proceeded to take off all of my clothes and I felt my face blush with warmth at how I was nude again.
Being naked around other girls again made me have some feelings of embarrassment appear on my face, as I had been humiliated during my previous time of having other girls see my bare body. I glanced down at my huge breasts for a moment, blushing as my hands gently touched them. I wasted no time with covering them in he moment where Sienna and some other women were looking in my direction, and I realized that Minerva never picked out a bra and some panties to go with my other green clothes.
I shifted my attention to a plain blue rack where some dark blue lingerie was located with some other lingerie outfits, including the garter belts. As I took the dress over to that rack and felt that some pale blue lingerie would go well with this dress, I blushed in an amorous manner as I could smell the aroma of the mauve rose in my hair. Another whiff of its scent made me feel seduced, and one of my hands took the lingerie off of the rack. I quickly put it on, only for Minerva to walk over to me and watch me put on my dress.
Upon seeing me wear such a fashionable dress, Minerva smiled at me in an approving manner right before calmly telling me, "Lucy, you certainly are good at picking out a decent dress for yourself. However, my dress shall receive much more praise."
As I saw Minerva easily pull a rack of dresses towards us, I asked her with a curious look on my face, "Minerva-sama, which dress did you pick out?"
"This dress certainly feels like it would be worn by a winner." Minerva arrogantly replied to me, smiling as she took a royal blue dress off of the rack.
Instead of immediately changing into that dress, Minerva proceeded to sweetly smile and take off her emerald green dress. She let it fall on to the plain blue tiled floor that matched the plain blue walls, resulting in Minerva wearing a lacy white bra with lacy white panties. Minerva proceeded to give me a confident smile, and she gently removed those clothes. Minerva was now naked, her cheeks blushing rose pink as she stood in front of me like a goddess who was proud of her own body's beauty. Minerva slowly turned around, allowing me to see her toned and thick ass that had been large.
Minerva seemed very comfortable with being naked before changing into an outfit for a fashion show, and she probably had experience with participating in beauty contests. Despite never hearing any news from Sorcerer Magazine about her being the winner in any fashion shows in Fiore, Minerva's relaxed smile really displayed confidence. From my perspective, Minerva wasn't even trying to pretend to be confident. She naturally felt that this specific contest was hers to win, and the possibility of losing didn't even seem like it would frazzle her.
Did Minerva really avoid thinking about losing in situations where she barely put in much effort? Was that why she could be naked right now while holding a dress without feeling any pressure or intimidation from the other competitors? When I looked into her gorgeous green eyes, I blushed from feeling seduced by her elegance and confidence that was strongly displayed. Minerva viewed herself as the most beautiful lady in the room, and how could I really deny that to be true? Minerva was acting like an amazing fashion model, just like she had done in Seductive Witch today.
"Minerva-sama, I believe that you'll do great when you perform on the runway." I told Minerva with a soft smile on my face, before seeing her put on the royal blue dress.
Minerva replied to me with a calmer smile appearing on her face, her cheeks still blushing as the dress made her breasts look larger, "Thank you, Lucy. I'll certainly be outstanding, but I also expect you to put on a decent performance."
I responded to Minerva in a somewhat optimistic tone, my eyes still displaying some anxiety, "Minerva, I'll do my best."
At that moment, Minerva gently rubbed one of my cheeks with her hand as she deeply looked into my eyes. As I looked back into Minerva's eyes, I felt my face blush with more heat in this moment where her touch felt as soft as the smoothest fabric for a dress. She kept rubbing my cheek while starting to give me a smile of assurance, believing that I would perform better than most of our competitors. We both looked over at a nearby light blue vanity to see that a red-haired girl just got up from it, holding a red lipstick dispenser in her hand.
Minerva gently grabbed my hand while walking over to the vanity with me, both of us looking into its circular mirror. Minerva kept her eyes focused on my reflection in the mirror while opening the top drawer on the right side of the vanity, and she pulled out a dark purple lipstick dispenser. She opened the tube of lipstick, applying it to my lips in a gentle manner, and I smiled at how the dark purple lipstick went well with my mauve purple hair. My hair also went well with the purple bracelet that was still on my wrist, but Minerva smiled with a determined facial expression as she opened the drawer that was directly below the one that contained tubes of lipsticks.
She sighed happily from how she was lucky to quickly find the necklaces, putting a necklace made from plain blue beads around my neck. I started to smile with more ambition, my anxiety lessening as Minerva stood next to me with a proud facial expression. She made sure that I looked good for the judges, even if my performance would make them feel bored, and I turned to smile at her in an appreciative manner. Before I could happily hug Minerva for her expertise with fashion and outer beauty, the sight of Sienna Sapphira and other women walking through a doorway made me gasp in a surprised manner at how the fashion show would soon begin.
Five minutes later, in the fashion show's main room... (Minerva's POV)
After Lucy and I walked through the doorway to reach a hallway with plain blue tiles and aegean blue walls, we went through an aegean blue doorway that took us to the fashion show's main room. In this room, we stood on a plain blue rectangular platform with all of the other girls while a light blue and thin runway was directly in front of us. The runway's deep blue tiles were brightened by the sapphire blue lights that shined down from the dark blue stage lights that were behind the parting and elegant-looking plain blue curtains.
The curtains that separated from each other revealed all of the competitors to the audience, and my eyes remained stoic as I saw that there were 16 of us. That number would dwindle down to one, the one person who would end up being the winner. My lips formed a happy grin at how I saw the trophy, which was a sapphire blue trophy with four plain blue stars on the adjacent podiums surrounding the main piece of the trophy, and there was also a bouquet of cyan blue flowers that were wrapped in a cloth made from gold silk.
That would obviously also be awarded to the winner, but I did start to have a slight feeling of amusement in my eyes at the sight of a much smaller bouquet being wrapped up in silver silk. That was obviously getting awarded to whoever earned second place, which would probably be Lucy or Sienna. Those two stood next to each other, both of them smiling in a somewhat casual manner while my own happy smile was coupled with the intense amount of determination in my eyes. Not only was I intent on winning, but I would certainly impress the panel of three judges who sat in navy blue chairs while being in front of a cyan blue rectangular table.
The leftmost judge was a man with spiky mint green hair while he wore dark green sunglasses to compliment his plain green dress shirt, the judge in the middle of the panel was a woman with cyan blue hair in a bob style while she wore a sapphire blue mini dress, and the rightmost judge on this panel resembled Jenny Realight from Blue Pegasus while her hair was chocolate brown to match her plain brown eyes and her caramel brown dress that looked quite elegant. She looked quite stoic, unlike the blonde-haired emcee who had shoulder-length blonde hair that complimented her plain yellow dress and dark yellow shoes.
"Welcome, everybody! This is Cyan Town's fourth fashion show, and it's also gonna be an electrifying beauty contest! I'm your host, Voltoria Electrisse from Sunnysol!" The emcee announced to the audience members, who all sat down in the eight rows of plain blue chairs that complimented the light blue carpet.
Voltoria turned to all of the participants while having a proud smile on her face, holding a yellow microphone in her hands, "Today, these lovely ladies are all vying for the title of being the winner of this year's fashion show! Last year's winner was Sienna Sapphira, who is here for what could probably be her fourth consecutive trophy!"
After a spotlight shined down on Sienna in the same moment where Lucy took some steps over to me, Voltoria turned to the judges and happily announced, "Let's also applaud our judges! In fact, one of them is the guild mistress of Aroma Flair and-"
She was interrupted by the brown-haired judge rudely exclaiming, "Everyone knows I'm the beautiful Corinne Chocolatti, so just get on with the show and don't waste time in my tight schedule!"
Voltoria simply had a calm look on her face without giving Corinne a response, and she motioned with one hand to some staff members for the contest to officially begin. Some upbeat music pertinent to the fashion industry began to play over the speakers while Voltoria simply demonstrated how this first round would work, walking on the runway in a somewhat elegant manner. When she reached the end of the runway, she posed in a somewhat elegant manner. That caused Corinne and the other judges to pick up some light blue pieces of paper that were on the table, the highest scores being displayed by the numbers 8, 9, and 10.
As Voltoria waved the crowd, she started to go back to the middle of the runway. She pretended to walk towards the judges again, only to purposely trip over her feet and fall off of the runway. That resulted in each judge looking unimpressed while holding up papers that all had a '1' on them, so acting clumsy on the runway would cause a contestant to receive a low score. The lowest scores would probably go to some of the fashion rejects who were wearing red dresses, as I really thought they were fashionably clashing with the environment.
The sight of a girl with wavy red hair nervously stumbling on to the runway prompted the fashion show to begin, and she seemed somewhat intimidated from seeing Corinne's fierce glare. The girl timidly posed in her candy red dress, only to get a total score of 9 points. Each judge gave her a score of '3', and she ran off the stage whilst crying hysterically. Some of the other fashion models walked down the runway, quickly posing with some forced smiles of confidence, but they all received very low scores.
"It seems like a high score will allow you to advance on to the next round, if barely anyone impresses the judges." Lucy stated aloud to me in a calm manner, her face displaying a slight amount of anxiety.
That prompted me to tell her with a confident smile on my face, before giggling a bit, "If that's the case, then allow me to show all these amateurs how a real fashion model makes herself look like a dominant queen."
I proceeded to walk down the runway, walking in a very elegant manner as my face displayed a mix of confidence and calmness. My footsteps were relaxed as I walked in a calm manner, my steps being nicely paced during every single second, and I locked eyes with each of the judges. When I made it down to the very end of the runway, I elegantly posed for them while also posing for the staff members who were making their plain blue Camera Lacrima Crystals flash for them to permanently capture my beauty. I slowly twirled around in a sultry manner, my lips forming a lustful smile as I gently made one of my hands caress my ass in a gentle manner. The sight of my blushing face caused the judges to also blush in response, and they gave me a total score of 30 points.
That moment of receiving such a high score only led me to walk back up the other side of the runway in an elegant manner, my triumphant smile reflecting my attitude of dominance. Now that I was truly dominating over the rest of the competition, I smirked at Lucy in a smug manner while wondering if she would walk with enough grace to even slightly match my performance. Lucy proceeded to elegantly walk down the runway in a poised manner with a smile of determination on her face, before giving the judges a facial expression that was a mix between seductiveness and a bubbly attitude. She giggled sweetly, before her eyes displayed joy in a submissive manner. The Lacrima Vision Screen above the runway displayed Lucy's cheeks blushing rose pink, her hands slowly moving to her chest as if she wanted to cover her breasts.
Lucy's high-end dress looked as nice as her interesting performance, which surprisingly earned her a score of 27 from the judges. Corinne frowned in a stern manner as if Lucy's performance wasn't as good as mine, but the sight of Lucy walking back up the runway was the moment when Sienna Sapphira went down the runway. I frowned at Sienna, her elegant walk being as poised as my own during her performance where that confident smile on her face just seemed so natural. She slowly posed for the judges, before raising eyebrows as she posed for the staff members. Sienna even blew a kiss towards Corinne, who felt seduced enough to join the other judges in giving Sienna a perfect score of 30.
15 minutes later... (Lucy's POV)
Sienna had been good enough to move on to the second round of this contest, along with me and Minerva while this would also be the final round. The last round of this local contest only allowed the contestants with the eight highest scores to reach this round, ousting the weaker wizards who weren't great at being fashion models. However, all of us who remained in the contest got to see Voltoria demonstrate the rules for this round by making a plain yellow aura of Lightning Magic surround her body as she approached the end of the runway.
Voltoria created two large orbs of lightning in her hands while smiling proudly, and moving her hands around in circles that went in paradoxical ways caused the orbs to eventually touch. When they made contact with each other, Voltoria's projectiles ended up bursting to create two circles of yellow glitter that went outward. The judges awarded her a score of 21 for that performance, and they added those points to her previous score for it to now be higher. Therefore, the contestant who had the highest score at the end of this round would win the whole competition.
That caused me to smile at Minerva, who could be the winner if she received another perfect score of 30 points. Minerva proudly smiled right now, determined to win the trophy. If Minerva could help us complete our job of impressing the client by winning, then would I also be making a good contribution to the mission by getting second place? I smiled nicely as that question made its way into my mind, but a frown of doubt soon made its way on to my face from how I stood in between Minerva and Sienna. If Sienna also managed to receive 30 points, then she and Minerva would both win while my contribution would likely be futile.
I didn't want to be a burden to Minerva on this mission, and feelings of eagerness filled my heart as I wanted to see what I could do with my new magic. When the spotlight shined down on me in this moment, I boldly walked down the fashion runway with elegance and grace. I smiled at the judges with a victorious look in my eyes, wanting to help Seductive Witch's mages obtain the top two spots in this contest. I proceeded to imagine another spell of Celestial Spirit Magic, and this spell was known as Astral Starry Night. This spell prompted me to raise my hands up into the air while I built up a high amount of magical power, and a mauve purple aura engulfed my body. I soon sensed five star-shaped projectiles appearing high in the air, being directly above me, and I used my magical power to make them all spin around in a circle.
Upon seeing the ring of stars come down around me and rotate in the clockwise direction at a slow rate, Corinne stated with a bored facial expression, "Displaying a high-end dress with a mundane spell is interesting, but the paradox should be a display of art that excites a critic."
That prompted me to think to myself in a somewhat aggravated manner, imagining Annette replacing Corinne in that seat, "I don't remember saying that my performance was finished."
After aggressively stretching out both of my palms and sending more feelings of frustration and anger into my magic, Voltoria exclaimed as the stars detonated in large explosions to leave behind mauve purple twisters of fire, "Wow, Celestial Spirit Magic synthesized with eerie flames of darkness! Lucy Heartfilia displays the viciousness of a celestial mage with the elegance of a confident fashion model! Let's see if the judges are impressed!"
Corinne and the other judges all held up the pieces of paper with the number '7' on them, which meant that I earned 21 more points. That made my overall score total up to 48 points, and I smiled in a happy manner from receiving good scores throughout both rounds of this competition. That prompted me to gracefully walk back up the runway with a joyful look in my eyes, feeling very happy that I assisted Minerva with helping Seductive Witch obtain the fashion show's trophy. However, getting back to Minerva and seeing Sienna elegantly walk down the runway made me feel a bit anxious at how Sienna could still achieve victory.
She walked all the way down to the end of the runway, before making a cyan blue aura engulf her body. She proceeded to rapidly spin around while shooting out six cyan blue bubbles from her mouth, and the aura sent itself into the bubbles for them to become much larger. Sienna daintily touched each of the bubbles, infusing them with more magical power for them to become cyan blue towers of water that were all quite large. Sienna sent more magical power into them for the twisters to become deep neon blue, and neon blue glitter began to emerge from them.
I joined the audience members in looking amazed at her spell, feeling like her grace and control over that Water Magic truly needed to be admired. Although, I soon blinked my eyes in a startled manner from seeing a tiny rainbow-colored energy wave appear in one of the twisters. It made Sienna's projectile become hot like boiling water, before violently popping like a water balloon. Sienna gasped in shock, her concentration being disrupted as all of the water twisters started to burst. Their water drenched Sienna, along with making the outfits of the judges get soaked.
Upon having her hair and dress get soaked, Corinne asked Sienna in an extremely angered tone of voice, "Do you know how much this dress costs, you damn idiot?!"
Sienna responded in a shocked manner, the fashion model startled at what had quickly transpired, "I... That wasn't...!"
Corinne stated aloud, giving Sienna a thumbs-down gesture with both of her hands, "Sienna Sapphira, you're disqualified and your low score of three points will be bonus points that get added to the next contestant's score!"
The Lacrima Vision Screen displayed Sienna having a genuinely saddened look on her face, tears welling up in her eyes. She simply ran off of the stage without a word, presumably going backstage to cry about her loss. As Sienna would be crying over her loss, Minerva was smirking in a sadistic manner with a high amount of viciousness in her eyes. I glanced at her eyes, before seeing a rainbow-colored energy wave vanish from being in front of her left palm. Did she sabotage Sienna's performance?
Minerva proceeded to walk down the runway while her lips formed a remorseless smile, and she started to evilly smirk as she stepped into the puddles of water. Minerva made two energy waves surround her hands, placing them in the water for the energy waves to be very bright, and Minerva made the explosions propel the water upward for neon blue glitter to come down upon her in a spiraling formation as she gave a sultry and sweet smile to all of the audience members who were now cheering for her. They even got to see Minerva beautifully pose for the photographers, who captured her smile of dominance with some coldness in her eyes.
As the photographers themselves began to cheer for Minerva, Corinne and the other judges reached for the cards that had the number '6' on them. They gave Minerva 18 points, making her also have 48 points, but Sienna's disqualification meant that she technically earned three points that would now go to Minerva. That allowed Minerva to have a total score of 51 points, deeming her as the official winner of the fashion show. Voltoria brought the trophy and the flowers over to Minerva, who saw a woman with long and dark blue hair in the crowd nodding in approval at her victory.
15 minutes later, in Cyan Town... (Minerva's POV)
After that woman revealed herself to be the client and handed me a brown bag of 300,000 jewels, I proudly accepted a larger brown bag of 500,000 jewels from Voltoria. She also handed me the trophy, which had its highest part resembling an elegant blue dress, and the largest bouquet was also placed in my hands. Since I had the largest bouquet, I smiled with the feeling of amusement in my eyes at how Lucy simply carried the smaller bouquet that had been the prize for second place. Although, she only got such a high score in the second round by performing first.
I purposely chose to not perform first, due to Sienna Sapphira proving herself to be my greatest adversary in that contest. However, I smirked in a rude manner at how she was fooled into thinking that she had to outshine Lucy's personality and grace in that fashion show. If Lucy hadn't convinced herself to wear that high-end dress, then she wouldn't have been the perfect pawn for this mission. I didn't want Lucy to outshine me, but giving the returning champion a false perception of who her best competitor would be certainly allowed me to crush her chances of winning.
"Well, it's clear that I'll be appearing in the next issue of Cyan Town's fashion magazine." I arrogantly told Lucy with a proud smile on my face, wearing my emerald green dress again.
That caused Lucy to ask me in a stern tone, her voice displaying some curiosity, "Minerva-sama, were you really doing the right thing by cheating to win?"
"If I didn't do that, wouldn't we have lost and earned no money? In that scenario, wouldn't I have to make us take much more difficult missions to make amends for competing like a saint? Besides, did they explicitly say we couldn't cheat?" I asked Lucy in a stern tone, turning around and looking miffed as she seemed to value integrity over monetary wealth.
Lucy replied with a slight frown on her face, understanding my logic, "You're being very sensible, Minerva-sama."
Lucy's response simply caused me to turn around and smile proudly, since she wouldn't be a snitch and try to expose me for not playing fair. I didn't play fair in the Grand Magic Games, as I had to right to display that Sabertooth could win by any means necessary. I only lost because I played around too much in that fight, allowing Erza to feel vengeful enough to unleash that Nakagami Armor. Letting my enemies get vindictive towards me was not part of my new strategy for manipulating my pawns on a chessboard, and I would just oust them as quickly as possible.
By eliminating the biggest threats at the most pivotal moments, I could have all of my desires perfectly fall into place. Not having Erza around meant that I could manipulate and seduce Lucy into doing whatever I wanted, which was quite enjoyable. Since Lucy now had access to a darker variation of Celestial Spirit Magic, I felt interested in seeing if she would actually get stronger. Although, Lucy wouldn't be fighting any strong opponents who could kill her. If she died, then I couldn't keep exploiting the wedge between Lucy and Erza for my own personal gain.
Speaking of personal gain, Lucy's hair reverting back to its plain shade of purple reminded me that I needed to keep buying more shower supplies for the guild's bathroom. With this amount of money that we earned, Lucy did finish paying off her huge debt to Seductive Witch. However, her choice of fully paying back the debt didn't mean that she was free to go back to Fairy Tail and tell the tales of how I was her partner. Even if Lucy wanted to rub her victories in Erza's face, my mind had the thought of Erza viciously beating me up and trying to restrict Lucy from ever going back to Mauve Town.
Even if Erza were to attack me and ignore Lucy, what was stopping her from possibly making Annette keep track of Lucy? My eyes were narrowed in a miffed manner as I thought of how I couldn't rule out the possibility of Erza telling Annette about Lucy confessing to her, and confessing romantic feelings to someone who had already been taken really seemed like it could make high amounts of tension flare up. Although, I started to have a shocked look on my face from realizing that a small part of my heart didn't want Erza and Annette to hurt Lucy anymore. If I didn't want Lucy to get hurt, it was just because she was so subservient to me! She was like a fun toy for me to play with, being a doll that happily enjoyed how I treated her!
"Minerva-sama, I'm glad that we both looked lovely in our dresses today. You have... a very... beautiful body." Lucy nicely told me, causing me to turn around and see her blush as she spoke in a more seduced tone.
That prompted me to respond in a sultry manner, gently stroking her hair, "Thank you, Lucy. I'll admit that you did display some beauty, but you're still not my type."
Lucy told me with a shy look on her face, blushing as she didn't avert her eyes from my sultry smile, "Minerva-sama, I think you're... more beautiful... than Erza.. when you're naked."
Upon hearing Lucy display some shyness, I asked her in a lustful whisper while putting my lips right in front of her forehead, "Between Erza and myself, whose ass, breasts, and pussy have you thought about kissing more?"
Lucy responded quietly with a flustered look on her face, her cheeks blushing bubblegum pink right before they became rose pink during her moment of profusely perspiring, "Minerva-sama, I... I only recently.. thought of.. kissing your... beautiful body."
Even though my inexperienced partner felt very flustered, I sighed happily as I heard Lucy finally express some lewd thoughts regarding me. She was attracted to my physique, the attraction to my body increasing after she saw me naked? If I had let Lucy rub my ass and kiss my pussy, she probably would've ended up fainting from feeling flustered. She now felt flustered enough to nearly trip and fall, causing me to catch her in my arms. I sweetly smiled down at her, my own face feeling the warm temperature of a light pink blush from how her nose was now against my breasts.
Lucy lightly sniffed me, blushing more as we were so close together. I helped her get back on her feet, before we kept walking back to the train station. If Lucy couldn't keep her balance on the train, then she could gently rest her head on my lap like a cute cat that wanted to be petted by her beautiful mistress. I gently petted her head, liking how she was physically attracted to me more than her past moments of wanting to romantically be with Erza. Although, I started to have a joyful look in my eyes as I gave Lucy a sweet smile.
If she truly wanted to romantically be with me and not deceive her own heart, couldn't she just prove it right now? Lucy elicited a gentle sigh while I playfully leaned down for our eyes to meet, and she watched me make one finger point at my face. I nicely smiled at Lucy, who still blushed as she started softly smiling. Lucy pressed her lips against my cheek in a gentle manner, giving me a sweet little kiss. That caused my face to blush more while I gave her a genuine smile of appreciation, and I felt glad that Lucy wouldn't be thinking of me as her next crush out of desperation.
In fact, I did turn around and briefly grin in a smug manner at how I could create a new rule regarding how Lucy would interact with me. If she felt like kissing my forehead to try and make me blush, then she would truly have her heart pulling her towards my seductive charms. If I acted very sexual by kissing her lips and feigning feelings of romance, then she would just keep falling in love with me to where all thoughts of Erza as a love interest or a friend would be pushed out of her mind. I glanced back at Lucy for a moment, seeing her cheeks now blush fuchsia pink as we kept walking, and she had blissful feelings in her eyes. Her mind seemed very deep in thoughts of bliss right now, but I smirked ambitiously at a thought pertaining to the back of her right hand as we were on our way back to Seductive Witch.
One hour later, in the Seductive Witch guild... (Minerva's POV)
When we got back to the Seductive Witch guild, I smiled in a calm manner from seeing that the guild mistress was standing near the back counter. The guild mistress was a woman who had midnight purple hair flow down to her hips while the front part of her hair was in a fringe hairstyle, and her hair went well with her orchid purple eyes. She wore a mauve purple blouse with an orchid purple skirt, which compliment her plain purple high-heeled shoes that had straps. The guild mistress of Seductive Witch was named Violetta Murasakino, and she was finally back from handling an S-Class mission.
Violetta's days of being away on dangerous missions may have left me as the unofficial person who had authority over the Seductive Witch guild, but Violetta was the person who unfortunately took the stamp and color palette for Seductive Witch's guild insignias when she was departing from the guild to handle that job. Since Violetta was now back for a few days, I began to have a delighted look in my eyes as my lips formed a nice smile. Violetta glanced up from a flyer that she placed on the counter, seeing me walk towards her with Lucy right behind me.
"Hello, Minerva! You've done very well with keeping the dark witches from getting too rowdy when I'm gone." Violetta told me with a kind smile on her face, gently closing her eyes.
That caused me to respond in a confident manner, sounding pleased by her positive criticism, "Well, Violetta, it's only natural that they would listen to the strongest dark witch who works under you."
"Speaking of people who work under you, is this your new servant that Reira briefly mentioned earlier?" Violetta asked me while smiling in a friendly way, opening her eyes as she shifted her attention to Lucy.
Lucy respectfully replied for me, bowing her head and closing her eyes after I quickly turned around to nod my head at her in a demanding manner, "Hello, Violetta-san. My name is Lucy Heartfilia, and I'm an unofficial mage of Seductive Witch. I'm rightfully paying back my debt to Minerva-sama for not killing me when I was a mage of Fairy Tail."
Lucy's words caused Violetta to smile at me in a somewhat impressed manner, her eyes informing me that I chose a good wizard to have as my pet while she personally didn't view Lucy to have much magic at her disposal. Violetta had heard of Lucy from my stories about the Grand Magic Games, her eyes widening a bit as she realized that this was the girl who I sadistically tortured in the Naval Battle. Lucy and I were now in the same guild, but that didn't stop me from ridiculing her with the mental torture of losing a contest by a little technicality that benefited me.
However, I scowled at Lucy in a slightly annoyed manner at how she hadn't even been slightly miffed at me for making her be a loser. From my perspective, it seemed that she was just caring about paying me back as soon as possible without much quarreling being involved. If Lucy was smart enough to come up with an idea like that, then Fairy Tail certainly wasn't entirely filled with idiots. However, my scowl quickly turned into a somewhat scheming smirk from thinking that Lucy would probably be frazzled if there was a day where we didn't actually have any tough tasks to complete.
Of course, I would have to seduce her into thinking that a mundane job was something serious that we had to handle. If I were to tell her that the debt was fully paid back, then wouldn't Lucy become lazy? I had no tolerance for lazy teammates who slacked off, especially not having tolerance for dark witches who shirked their days of training at the first opportunity. Since I felt that Lucy needed more practice with her dark Celestial Spirit Magic, then we would just have to take a job where we could have a bit of fun before engaging in harsh training.
If Lucy thought that my energy waves from the Naval Battle were harsh and powerful, then I would try to hit her with attacks that were much stronger. Some energy waves that had the properties of dense platinum could certainly create some vicious explosions, and sadistic feelings entered my mind from seeing Lucy panic from having to deal with the fiery flames pertaining to her own spell. That attack she unleashed in the second round of the fashion show could be labeled as Celestial Dark Flame, but she needed to make its power be on par with the strength of dark magic wielded by Reira and other dark mages in Seductive Witch.
"If you want to be an official mage of Seductive Witch, where would you like your insignia to be placed and what color should it be?" Violetta asked Lucy in a sweet tone, smiling nicely as she snapped me out of my thoughts.
Lucy responded with a pleasant smile on her face, lifting her coat and shirt to display the right side of her waist to the guild mistress, "Please make it be mauve purple, and stamp it here!"
After seeing Violetta pull out a rectangular and plain purple makeup kit and a dark purple stamper from the left pocket of her skirt, Lucy told me with a sweet smile on her face, "Minerva-sama, I'm very happy that I get to be an official mage of Seductive Witch."
Violetta officially welcomed Lucy into Seductive Witch by dipping the bottom of the stamp in mauve purple paint, before stamping Lucy's waist with her new guild mark. Lucy glanced down at her guild mark, which was the image of a pair of feminine and seductive lips with a petal-filled rose in the middle of the lips. Since it seemed like someone left the mark of a romantic kiss on her body, Lucy's cheeks blushed pink as she began to happily smile. She proceeded to kindly giggle at Violetta, happy to be a mage of Seductive Witch.
However, Lucy sweetly giggled as I gently ran my fingers through her hair. She felt my touch to be very gentle in this moment, and I lightly caressed her face with my hands. Now that Lucy would officially be my subordinate in this guild, I proceeded to give her a short and sweet kiss on the lips. The kiss wasn't romantic, evident by how I felt happy enough to feign a rose pink blush on my face as my eyes displayed some feelings of seduction. This kiss was just a welcoming gift for Lucy, and it would be nothing more.
I gently pressed one of my hands against her heart, feeling it palpitate at fast speeds after I gave her that kiss. This little dark witch started to blush light pink while smiling t me in a loving manner, but she was just playing right into my hands. By accepting that kiss, Lucy agreed to just let herself succumb to being seduced my be. She even blushed more when I gave her a somewhat flirtatious smile, and shifting to having a sultry smile while making my breasts bounce towards her face caused Lucy to elicit a soft moan of arousal.
She was truly falling for me, her heart drifting towards me at such a fast pace. She would probably want us to actually become a romantic couple, but tampering with her heart to where her love for me would make her follow my every command felt like it would be much more exciting. I feigned the smile of being thrilled by that kiss while handing the lesser amount of money from the job to Lucy, and she walked out of the guild with a smile that displaying genuine feelings of love and happiness. Of course, Lucy's feelings of love were nothing more than her heart expressing obedience to her older and beautiful mistress who would make her succumb to any form of temptation.
How was Chapter 3? Feel free to tell me your thoughts on it. Lucy is now an official mage in the Seductive Witch guild, and Minerva's skills with seduction seemingly allow her to have complete control over Lucy for them to have the dynamic of mistress and servant. Although, some romantic aspects such as being unified in fashion sense and opposing morals making them like two halves of one relationship were displayed. In regards to one part of this romance, Minerva's traits of jealousy and insecurity may end up providing fuel in part of their eventual romance. Speaking of romances, Erza and Annette will also be featured a bit more in this arc. By the way, this is the third part of the Mauve Rose Arc! I'll update soon. :)
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