Fairy Tail: Encountering Auguste at the Beginning

"What did you say?" Leila looked at the S-level commission in Makarov's hand and asked again with some uncertainty.

"It's an urgent commission issued by the young master of the Qiu Renier family, the Duke of Savalou." Makarov knew what Leila was thinking and answered him again.

"I know, why?" Leila took the commission and checked the information on it, but she was still a little puzzled.

"Because someone recently gave him an assassination mission, he was a little scared and wanted to find someone to protect him." Makarov explained.

"This is even more impossible, who would be so stupid to assassinate the Duke? Is there really anyone who would take such a thankless task?"

Leila was even more confused. There are still many ordinary people in this world, and the Duke also has some power. If he is involved in the incident, the country will take action. He is more willing to believe that someone released this news to threaten the Duke to achieve some purpose.

Of course, the assassination guild accepts everything, and those people are guys who are afraid of chaos in the world.

"I heard that someone has already accepted the commission, so the Duke came to find a wizard to protect himself."

"Why do you need a wizard?" Leila frowned and asked.

"I don't know about this, you can ask yourself when the time comes." Makarov spread his hands, indicating that he didn't know either, and then sent him away: "Okay, this is the Duke's commission specifically for our guild, and it must be completed."

"Okay." Leila said helplessly, what is this all about.

He wanted to refute, why not go find other people, Makarov also responded that Laxus still needs to rest, not to mention that it is really hard to say if he goes, he really doesn't trust others, or Leila can take on this important task.

"Ah, I have to go out for a mission again." Leila scratched her head, her hair was messy, and she came down from the second floor listlessly.

"Leila, are you going on a mission?" Lucy asked in front of him.

"Yeah."

"Then let's go together."

"Yeah?"

"Aren't we in the same team?" Lucy pointed at her and Natsu.

"Oh, that matter, we were just pulled there temporarily, and do they look like they are in the same team?"

Maybe Lucy didn't see it, Leila pointed behind her again, and Lucy looked in the direction, Natsu and Gray were fighting with each other, not hiding the disgust on their faces.

Lucy looked at the two people fighting, and reflexively prepared to find Erza, but Erza didn't care about them, but was chatting with Cana and Ultear.

Lucy had a bitter face, and the team was gone before she had time to miss it.

Leila shook her head and said, "Forget it, let's talk about the team later, I can go alone, you guys can stay in the guild."

"Be careful on the road!" Mira said with concern.

"Well, I know!" Leila walked out of the guild with a swagger.

Rubinas City——

In the southwest of Magnolia, a city next to the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore, this is the territory of the Qiu Renier family, and their manor is here.

After stating the purpose of the visit, a maid led Leila to the center of the manor, and saw the villa at a distance. A butler was also waiting for the two at the door. After understanding the situation, the butler took Leila into the villa.

"Lady Leila, please wait a moment, I will go to inform you." The butler bowed to apologize, and then asked Leila to sit in the living room, and he went to a room on the second floor.

Leila sat down and looked around. It seemed that she didn't find anything unusual along the way, not even the shadow of assassination. Moreover, if she was afraid, why didn't she issue a few more commissions.

While Leila was thinking, the butler had come down to Leila and stretched out his hand: "Lady Leila, please move."

"Yes." Leila nodded and then got up and followed the butler.

After knocking twice, the butler pushed the door open and walked in. The Duke of Savalou was sitting at the desk. The butler said respectfully, "Your Excellency, the person has arrived."

"Okay, let me see." The Duke of Savalou squinted his eyes, danced with excitement, stood up and walked out from behind the desk. The butler closed the door, leaned against the door, closed his eyes and rested, as if waiting for orders.

He stood in front of Leila. His noble clothes and hairstyle all showed that this silly, round-framed glasses, um, hearty, fat, and somewhat short man was the Duke!

"What? Hello, Duke of Savalou." Leila was shocked by the Duke's appearance, and then realized that the Duke was in front of her and she couldn't think of such rude things, so she greeted him.

[Why do Dukes always look like this? I remember that the Duke commissioned by Lucy and Natsu was also a short man.Fatty, is this Thomas' problem or Majima...]

"Hmm, sit down, Your Excellency Leila." The Duke of Savalou did not notice Leila's momentary distraction, and even if he noticed, he would not say anything.

Savalou led Leila to the sofa on one side of the room, and then motioned for him to sit down.

"Uh, thank you."

After sitting down, Leila looked at the Duke of Savalou in front of him, ready to get the details from him, but the Duke of Savalou began to talk to him about other things, and was not interested in this matter.

"By the way, Your Excellency Leila, do you want tea or something else?"

"Tea is fine."

"Okay." The Duke finished speaking, and then stretched out his hand to signal the butler, who left the room to prepare things after receiving the order.

"The Duke of Savalou..."

"Your Excellency Leila, do you like tea very much?" Before Leila finished speaking, Savalou interrupted him.

"It's OK, Duke of Savalou, then..." Leila continued to ask.

"Leila, is being a wizard fun?"

【Fuck you, fat guy, let me talk, don't you know how to write a face? Believe it or not, I will use word magic to write a bunch of faces for you to crush you to death. I'll give you face. 】

"Well, it's OK, it's quite interesting." Leila's clenched fist loosened, took a deep breath, pressed down the top of her head, and smiled.

"I'm so envious, I also want to be a wizard, but unfortunately, my father won't let me, saying that I must inherit the family assets." Duke of Savalou looked at Leila with envy at first, but when he mentioned inheritance, he drooped his face and kept shaking his head, looking very unwilling.

Leila just looked at him silently, still with a fake smile on her face.

【Fatty, what are you pretending to be here? 】

"By the way, is Lucy doing well in that guild?" Savalou suddenly said, with an expression on his face that Leila couldn't describe, very... disgusting.

It was that kind of, [Hehe——♥, Miss Lucy♥], when she thought of it, she began to sweat nervously, her cheeks turned red, her hands were still shaking, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Huh? How did the Duke know?" Leila ignored Savalou's disgusting look, and he was more concerned about how Savalou knew Lucy.

"Oh, it's a long story. I was still a handsome young man at that time, and she..." Savalou raised his head at 45 degrees, showing a nostalgic look, and said slowly.

"Duke, can you make it short?" Leila interrupted him, not wanting to avenge the previous revenge, but it was just too hot.

"Oh, I met her at a dance, liked her and always paid attention to her." Savalou didn't care about Leila's words, and then said it briefly.

"Hmm?" You can finish the sentence, so don't make such a big show.

"Later, she wanted freedom, so she left and became a wizard."

[You sound like you have a good relationship with her, but I've never heard of it before. Are you a bootlicker? ]

"So I think wizards must be fun."

"I see, that's why the Duke specially asked a wizard to protect you."

Savalu agreed and nodded, but suddenly reacted and hurriedly grabbed Leila with a look of fear on his face: "Protect? Yes, yes, Sir Leila, I'll leave it to you this time."

[You finally got to the point. Haven't you felt anything for so long? ]

"Don't worry, Duke, can you tell me something now?"

PS: Duke Savalou is mentioned in the 68th chapter of the manga and the 29th episode of the anime. In the original book, after Lucy returned home, Jiude said that he had arranged a marriage for her, and it was this Duke.