Levy

Ul compared his fist size with that of some unreliable little old man!

Then!

He silently walked into the Fairy Tail guild's library...

Today, Ul had no intention of taking a job. While making money was important, what he needed to do next was equally important...

In the world of Fairy Tail, magic wasn't something particularly precious!

Except for a few extremely rare and special magics, most ordinary magics were traded like commodities. If someone wanted to learn magic, they could simply buy it from a magic shop.

Of course!

The prerequisite was having money!

And for Ul at this moment, that was an insurmountable hurdle.

But fortunately, he had now joined "Fairy Tail."

Fairy Tail actually housed many magics, and most of these were freely accessible to Fairy Tail members. As long as a guild member wanted to learn, they could freely borrow and read them.

That condition sounded generous, but in reality, whether this restriction existed or not made little difference to guild members.

Learning magic was no simple task!

Most Mages in this world only studied and mastered one type of magic, because even a single magic was enough to occupy a lifetime of research!

Everyone's talent and energy were limited...

A Mage who learned several types of magic—if they weren't mentally unstable, then their talent had to be freakishly inhuman!

Otherwise.

An ordinary person would never dare to do that!

Emmmm!

Now we'd probably have to add a cheater to that list.

Ul's own aptitude was only D-rank water attribute Magic Power!

If he tried to rely solely on this aptitude to train into a powerful Mage, while it wasn't completely impossible... let's just say Ul was a man who knew his own limits.

But although his innate talent was poor, the passive ability brought by his system was not.

"Lava Body" granted Ul dual earth and rock attribute aptitude. While he still didn't know exactly what level this reached, Ul felt it couldn't be worse than his water attribute Magic Power aptitude!

The library rarely had visitors. To put it bluntly, that bunch of guild members didn't exactly look like the type to study seriously!

When Ul walked into the library!

There was only one person inside...

A petite blue-haired girl. If Ul hadn't recognized her, he would never have guessed that her age was about the same as his.

When Ul entered, this girl was struggling on tiptoe, reaching up toward the bookshelf for a book...

Seeing this scene!

Ul walked over slowly, reached up to take down the book she wanted, and handed it to her.

"Is this the book you're looking for?"

"Ah... thank you!" The blue-haired girl first looked up at Ul, then quickly took the book, her cheeks slightly flushed, and shyly whispered her thanks to him.

"You're welcome!" Ul smiled.

"I'm Ul, a member who just joined the guild recently!" Ul introduced himself.

"I'm Levy!" Levy's voice was very low. If there hadn't been only two people there in the silence, Ul might not have heard her at all.

The current Levy was quite different in personality from the girl in Ul's memory... though her build was about the same.

The Levy in Ul's memory was a girl who liked quiet. While she was a bit introverted, she definitely wasn't this shy...

But Ul wasn't surprised.

After all, that was four years from now!

After casually chatting a bit with the little girl Levy, Ul began searching the library for the books he needed.

Learning a magic wasn't just about finding a book and copying what was on the page!

In summary!

Learning magic also required a solid foundation of theoretical knowledge.

To successfully inscribe a Magic Circle, one had to calculate using magical formulas before attempting it...

That meant!

If Ul wanted to learn earth attribute magic, besides the basic magic books here, he would need at least two or three supplementary magic theory books to successfully master it...

Ordinary magic books were easy to find in the library, since most of the books here were categorized.

But the supplementary theory books for this particular magic tome were not so easy to find. There were just too many of them, and Ul had no idea which one would be the most suitable.

"Um... if you're looking for a book, I can help you..."

Just as Ul was scratching his head in frustration, a weak voice suddenly came from behind him!

Hearing that voice, Ul's eyes lit up.

Right!

How could I forget about this bookworm?

Though this girl was small in stature and average in strength, she was a true scholar!

If Ul remembered correctly, Levy's greatest hobby seemed to be reading books and studying ancient scripts. Even her magic was cast through written words...

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

Ul quickly explained what he needed to Levy.

Then, in less than a minute, all the books Ul required appeared before him...

"Thank you!" Ul said gratefully.

"You're welcome!" After helping Ul find the books, Levy returned to her usual shy demeanor.

Ul didn't directly pick a high-level spell as his foundation magic. With his current strength and talent, it would be hard for him to control such magic. Besides... even if he tried to force it, there was no guarantee he could actually learn it!

After all, not everyone was like that red-haired uncle, who could use a "Superior Magic" as his foundation spell.

Ul simply chose three basic earth-attribute spells and one "Lower Magic" as his attempt to learn earth-attribute magic. At the same time, this would serve as a test to see just how good the earth-attribute Magic Power aptitude granted by the "Lava Body" passive really was.