Fairy Tail: Broken Hearts

Chapter 4

I sat on a bench while everyone around me did the same. Everyone had gone back to crying and panicking. But I didn't do any of that. I swiped my hand down and looked at my menu, just like in any other game there was an inbox, and messages tab, along with storage that I could carry everything in. But there was an extra tab that had a book symbol on it. I clicked it and the screen split in two with a small section on the right and the larger section on the left.

'Celestial Spirit Mage'

The only option available on the right section said. I tapped it and words typed out at a fast pace across the large section on the left.

'So we have an index on all the Magic's in the game. But it looks like we have to hear about something first before we are able to learn about it.'

I thought eyeing the very empty selection surrounding the tab with my magic etched into it and started to read it.

'A Celestial Spirit Mage, also known as Stellar Mage, has the ability to be able to summon spirits. The more famously know spirits would be the twelve Zodiacs.

These Spirits come in a form of keys that can be found everywhere around the map.

In order to obtain these keys, you can either buy them in shops or win them in a fight. However, there is only one of every key.'

I switched over to my storage tab and saw that it was empty. I was going to have to search for these keys before I did anything else. I closed down my menu and headed towards a shop that was nearby. As I opened the door, a little bell rang above the door. And young man, couldn't have been more than a couple years older than me was sweeping.

"Excuse me." I said trying to get his attention, and he stopped sweeping to turn to me. He had a handsome face, but unlike everyone else I've seen up until this point was actually happy.

"Hello, what can I help you with?" He asked with a smile.

"I'm looking for some keys." I told him. "But they're not regular old keys, they're magical keys." He hummed as he swiped down and opened his menu and scrolled through what I can only guess would be the store's inventory, and selected something on his menu. And small-sized display box appeared on the counter.

"Would these be what you're looking for?" The man asked as he shut down his menu and smiled at me. 

Before I could even take a step forward, I could feel something within me turn. Like I was a clock, and the sudden appearance of the keys were making me step forward.

"Really well-done sensory mechanics." I commented under my breath. I had never felt a push or pull like that ever in a nerve-gear game, and I even had the super popular, well-funded games that didn't feel this immersive.

I walked forwards and examined the keys that were in front of me. There were three gold keys and three silver keys. I touched them ever so slightly and I could feel something surge through me.

"I think they are." I told him. "How much?"

"Well, which one are you interested in?" He asked me and leaned on the counter.

"All of them." I said and looked up at him. He flinched in surprise and laughed a bit.

"Miss, you do know that these are quite expensive keys right?" He asked me.

"I figured, but they are required for me to be able to use my magic." I informed him.

"I see." He said and looked down at the keys that were in front of him. "Well, unfortunately, the silver are five thou- . . ." He started to say but didn't finish his sentence as he froze in place. His eyes seemed to have become static, and his face became blank. He then shook his head after a moment, and his eyes seemed to have dulled over. "The silver keys are five hundred jewels each. And the gold is eight hundred each." He said with suddenly no emotion.