Laxus's Bad Luck

Time flew by.

Several months passed in a hurry, and soon it was August—the tail end of summer, when all things flourished...

"Alright, that's enough for today!"

On Fairy Tail Back Mountain, Ywen stopped instructing Erza. Honestly, at this point, there was little left for him to teach her.

Thanks to Erza's incredible talent, in just a few months, she had raised her swordsmanship to roughly level five or six according to Ywen's system.

Ywen could not help but marvel at this. Without the system's help, he probably would not have been able to raise his swordsmanship to level five or six even in a lifetime. As expected of Erza, who had inherited Aileen's terrifying talent—she truly was a monster...

But when he recalled that, in the original story, Erza had awakened her magic power and relied on her talent to become an S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail in only three or four years, Ywen understood.

"Huff..."

Erza panted heavily as she gently wiped the sweat from her forehead. Her control over Haki had become increasingly proficient, and her swordsmanship increasingly fierce. She had even completely mastered the secret of Soaring Slash. Yet even so, she still could not defeat Ywen—she could not even catch up to his shadow. That troubled Erza somewhat.

In Erza's eyes, if she could not keep up with Ywen, then she would not be able to take on missions with him...

"In any case, Erza, there's nothing more I can teach you now. Your future training will depend on you. Whether it's improving your magic power or training your Haki and swordsmanship, how far you can ultimately go will depend on how high you set your sights."

Ywen looked at Erza and spoke softly.

Over the past three months, he had successfully helped Erza improve her swordsmanship, but there had still been no progress with her Haki.

That made Ywen suspect there was something wrong with his teaching ability.

Or perhaps...

Although Haki, as a special power that did not belong to this world, could be attached to others through his Attach Magic, it could ultimately only be attached. Whatever level it was attached at would remain fixed, and it could not continue to improve...

If it was the former, then it was fine. Ywen could only complain that his teaching talent was far inferior to Teacher Kai's and Teacher Kakashi's...

But if it was the latter, then it would be a serious problem. Ywen did not know whether attaching an untrainable power to Erza was right or wrong.

Still, Ywen had a backup plan...

Even if a power distinct from magic, like Haki, could not be improved through training in this world, once he had enough funds, Ywen could forcibly empower Erza...

But that was a last resort. Ywen still hoped Erza could improve her Haki through training.

In fact, even if Haki could be improved through the recipient's training after being attached, Ywen did not intend to give this ability to too many people. After all, magic was still the mainstream power in this world. In Ywen's view, it would be more loss than gain if the recipients abandoned magic to train Haki instead...

The reason Ywen had attached Haki to Erza was because Erza's magic, Requip: The Knight, did not require training.

Whether Requip Magic was strong or not mainly depended on what armor Erza wore. If the armor was strong, Erza was strong.

Erza's main offensive methods were still swordsmanship and Martial Arts, so she could train Haki, swordsmanship, and magic without neglecting any of them.

After all, Erza's magic mainly required her to collect equipment and improve her strength...

Therefore, Erza could perfectly combine magic, Haki, swordsmanship, and even Devil Fruit abilities. Others could not achieve such compatibility.

Speaking of Devil Fruits...

Ywen had originally wanted to try attaching his own Devil Fruit ability to Erza, but he failed. He discovered that to grant someone else a Devil Fruit ability, he had to completely separate the Devil Fruit from his body, turn it into a complete fruit, and then have someone else eat it. The moment he realized that, Ywen gave up...

He had originally planned to use Attach Magic to exploit the loophole that ordinary people could not eat two Devil Fruits, but unfortunately, he could not exploit it...

"Big Brother Ywen, are you going off to take missions again?"

After being silent for a long while, Erza pursed her lips and looked at Ywen as she asked.

"After all, we're Mages of Fairy Tail! How can we, as Mages, keep from taking missions forever?"

Ywen smiled faintly, then rubbed Erza's little head.

"Alright!"

"Big Brother Ywen, go take your missions!"

"I'll work hard at taking missions too, because I'm also a Mage of Fairy Tail!"

"When Big Brother Ywen comes back again, my strength will be completely different. I'll definitely give you a huge surprise!"

Erza nodded, then looked at Ywen and spoke earnestly.

"Alright! Then it's a promise. When I come back next time, Erza, you have to give me a huge surprise!"

Ywen looked at Erza's earnestly adorable expression and nodded with a smile.

"Mm! I definitely will." Erza nodded lightly, silently making up her mind. I have to become even stronger than I am now. I have to catch up to Big Brother Ywen.

"I'll be waiting for you..."

Ywen gently stroked Erza's little head once more.

Then, Ywen sent Erza home, bid farewell to Aileen, and returned alone to the Fairy Tail guild.

The people in the guild were still chatting and joking around as usual...

Ywen did not make too much of a fuss either, since he was a low-key person.

Ywen casually glanced around and found that neither the guild master nor Gildarts was present, so he went straight to the mission board to choose some suitable missions.

He first came to the ordinary mission board. The missions there were ones that most Mages could complete, and many did not have mission ranks. In fact, aside from S-Class or higher missions, mission rankings were not clearly defined. It was only because Ywen's system had its own set of evaluation standards that it categorized these missions into A-Class, B-Class... all the way down to E-Class and other ranks.

"Sure enough, there aren't any missions I want..."

Ywen casually glanced over the jobs on the regular mission board. Most of them were low-ranking tasks with neither combat nor danger involved.

Ywen had no intention of wasting time on such jobs. He rose to his feet, intending to head upstairs to the S-Class mission board and try his luck...

"Ywen, you're back!"

Just as Ywen was about to leave, his Observation Haki suddenly sounded a warning...

"Is that Laxus?"

Ywen turned toward the outside of the guild. At that moment, a blond boy who looked around thirteen or fourteen stood outside the Fairy Tail Guild's doors, his hands in his pockets as he prepared to return inside...

Yes, it was Laxus, who had just completed a mission. Lately, he had continually taken on extermination quests and slain quite a few magical beasts, all to temper his strength until he could defeat Ywen.

"If Laxus sees me, it'll be troublesome..." Ywen muttered to himself. "So sorry, Laxus. Until I've picked a mission, you'd better not come in!"

As Ywen's words fell...

An immense force of gravity descended upon Laxus, who was just about to enter the guild.

Boom!

In an instant, a human-shaped crater appeared before the Fairy Tail Guild's entrance. Laxus lay pinned to the ground in terror, his cheek pressed tightly against the earth.

"That should do it..."

"Then, until I've picked a mission, you'll just have to lie there for a while, Laxus!"

As Ywen spoke, his body lightly floated up to the second floor.

Actually, Ywen was doing this for Laxus's own good. Otherwise, Ywen would have had to spend time instantly defeating him. What a hassle~

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