Fighting through pirates with Fairy Tail

Chapter 54 Id: We must become cultured mages!

Not long after.

Ido then took Erza, Ultear, and Laxus to the basement to test their cultural level.

It's like how children only like physical education, art, and music classes when they're in school, and find all academic classes boring.

Erza, Ultear, and Laxus were also annoyed by Ido's cultural literacy campaign.

But they had no choice but to accept it, because they couldn't defeat Id.

Sooner or later.

"I will defeat you sooner or later, Id."

Laxus stared at the exam paper in his hand, gritting his teeth as he thought.

The exam ended an hour later.

"These three guys are done for."

Looking at the exam papers presented by Erza, Ultear, and Laxus, Ido said with a headache.

"So, all three of you didn't study hard at all while I was gone?"

Ido swung his iron fist and smashed it hard onto Laxus's head. Then, remembering that Erza and Ulutia had also done poorly, he added two more punches.

"Why are you only hitting me?!"

Laxus clutched his head, saying with a terrible headache.

"Father, I simply cannot understand why we, as archmages, must learn these useless words?!"

Ulutia asked Id for advice.

"Because in this world, there is a kind of magic called word magic, and another kind of magic called spell."

"If you don't understand words and arithmetic, you'll run into a lot of trouble when you encounter users of word magic and spell magic."

Idris explained.

"Word magic and spells?"

As soon as Ido finished speaking, Ultear, Erza, and Laxus immediately became serious.

"Yes."

Id nodded slightly and told the three little ones what he had heard from Makarov: "Word magic is the magic of manipulating words to fight. For example, writing 'fire' can summon fire, and saying 'ice' can manipulate ice."

When Id first learned from Makarov that there were mages in this world who could manipulate words to fight, he was also extremely shocked. Fortunately, he knew both the English alphabet and Chinese characters, which were the mainstream writing systems in this world.

Yes, Fairy Tail is a multicultural world, and the mainstream writing system currently uses the English alphabet and Chinese characters.

This can be seen from the FAIRY TAIL written on the door frame of the Fairy Tail guild.

In addition, there are ancient scripts, which Ido cannot understand. Among the entire Fairy Tail guild, only Irene can understand them.

Eileen: "After all, the so-called ancient scripts are the scripts used in our time."

"Among them, spells are based on word magic and incorporate 'arithmetic,' turning words into rules. If you can't even understand the rules, you can easily be trapped by the spells! By the way, once a spell is written, it is absolute until it is dispelled."

Id continued explaining.

"Father."

"Id".

"Please teach us words and arithmetic."

"Coach, we need to become cultured mages."

After Ido explained to Erza, Ultear, and Laxus why they had to learn to read, the three of them changed their previous impetuousness and asked Ido for advice.

"it is good."

"From now on, you will spend two hours each day learning to read with me."

Id paused, looked at Kana standing at the basement door, and smiled, "Of course, Kana, you'll be coming here to take classes with them from now on. Simply put, only those who can read can understand the most basic magic books, am I right?!"

"Um."

Standing at the basement door, Kana cautiously peered inside. After hearing Id's words, she was taken aback for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

In addition to teaching the children basic knowledge, Id also teaches them how to properly practice magic.

Because Kana had not yet found a magic that suited her, Id began by teaching her how to meditate and how to sense the magical particles in the atmosphere.

Of course, all of this was taught to him by Uru.

As for Erza, Laxus, and Ultear, who had already embarked on the path of magic, Ido let the three of them go outside to practice on their own, and told them not to go to the guild's back mountain.

cough cough.

"Teacher Id, please tell me, when will I be able to master my own magic?"

After meditating for a while, Kana asked Id for guidance.

"Magic is the power of miracles, and it is divided into two types: 'innate' magic and 'acquired' magic."

"As long as your belief is strong enough, you will eventually find the magic that suits you."

Ide relayed to Kana the words that Uru, Irene, Makarov, and the senior Volod had taught him.

"I see."

Kana nodded as if she understood, silently thinking to herself, "The most important thing in cultivating magic is faith."

"Um."

Id looked at Kana, who was still closing her eyes to sense the magical particles, and adopted a posture that suggested she was a promising student.

Magic is the embodiment of belief, and dominance is the embodiment of willpower. At its core, both magic and dominance are idealistic.

"Buzz".

Several hours later, a faint white light appeared on Kana's body while she was in a meditative state; it was the glow of magic.

"Has the magical source begun to replenish itself?"

"Truly worthy of being Gildarts' daughter."

Id was now convinced that Cana was definitely Gildarts's child, as her magical affinity and talent were both exceptional.

"hehe."

"When Gildarts comes back from his partying days, I'm going to give that guy a piece of my mind."

As Id pondered this, he seemed to already imagine Gildarts being criticized mercilessly by him, who was on the moral high ground, and kneeling down begging for mercy.

After Ido finished teaching the children, he and Uru, along with Ultear, Erza, and Cana, returned to Irene's flower shop in the town of Magnolia.

"Eileen, I'm back."

Ide pushed open the flower shop door and looked at the most vibrant red flower among the blossoms. He smiled and greeted it.

"Allah."

"have not seen you for a long time."

Eileen looked up at the sound, and when she saw Id, a look of longing flashed in her eyes.

"Could this little girl be...?"

When Eileen's gaze swept across Ide's face and landed on the slightly timid Kana, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and she raised her hand and waved it.

"The child is safe and sound with me, you don't need to worry."

Thousands of miles away, Cornelia, who was filled with longing for Kana's whereabouts, immediately heard a voice in her mind.

"It's Lady Eileen."

Cornelia breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.