"Hey, Noah..."
Lisanna's pretty face was filled with hesitation and uncertainty.
"Has our magic power gotten stronger?"
"I thought it was just my imagination." Noah closed his eyes and briefly sensed the vast, ocean-like magic power within him before nodding.
"Though it's only a tiny, tiny amount, I can indeed feel that my magic power has increased slightly."
"It's no surprise that Noah, who already has such strong magic power, thinks this increase is small, but I feel like my own magic power has increased by about a tenth," Lisanna said in surprise.
"Could it be because we entered Tenrou Island?"
"Probably." Noah turned his gaze toward the enormous tree ahead—the Tenrou Tree standing in the center of Tenrou Island.
"I can sense that the enhanced magic power within us is being transmitted from the direction of the Tenrou Tree. It must be a blessing from the Tenrou Tree, or more precisely, protection granted to the members of the Fairy Tail guild."
There was one more thing Noah did not say.
He could clearly feel that the portion of magic power transmitted from the Tenrou Tree and enhancing him was now turning into his own magic power at an extremely rapid rate, joining Noah's already vast reserves.
Normally, this externally enhanced magic power should have faded away on its own after Noah left Tenrou Island. Yet now, Noah had absorbed it completely.
Noah knew the reason why.
Four years ago, Makarov had said that Noah's constitution was unusual and possessed three peculiar traits.
First: he could immunize himself against and eliminate all negative forces and side effects indirectly affecting Noah's body.
Second: he could absorb all power that entered Noah's body and did not originally belong to him.
Third: he could recover magic power on his own.
Now, the magic