July 7, X777

It had already been over a year... Time really flew.

It had been a year since he joined Fairy Tail.

A lot had happened without him even realizing it. Gildarts had returned several times and left again, the guild had taken in quite a few newcomers, and he had fully integrated into this world.

He had not run into much trouble. Even when he had, the bunch at the guild had rushed to solve it before him.

The only major incident was that not long ago, the guild master's son Ivan—Laxus's father—had been expelled from the guild for endangering its safety.

Apparently, Ivan had wanted to obtain something called [Meteor Stardust], which was why he had been kicked out. Aibo had "accidentally" overheard that, but he had no interest in the matter.

At the time, Laxus had gotten into a huge argument with the guild master. It had been quite an ugly scene, but Aibo had never had much contact with Ivan, and Laxus acted full of himself every day. He had no time to go comfort a man.

Anyway, Ivan was a real bastard and had never been popular in the guild, so his departure had barely caused any impact. No one cared.

As for other changes, the greatest change was naturally his own abilities.

His basic three attributes had improved considerably:

[Stamina: 36/36]

[Vitality: 30/30]

[Magic Power: 505/515]

Unfortunately, his body was only a little over seven years old and had not even begun developing. It was still far too frail. Of course, the main issue was that he had too much to do and simply had no time to train his body.

Still, several of his core abilities had improved significantly:

[Telepathy Magic LV4, 37786/10000000]

[Space Magic LV2, 15086/100000]

[Text Magic LV2, 7364/100000]

[Magic Power Control LV2, 1415/100000]

[Meditation LV1, 9156/10000]

Over the past year, he had gained three LV2 abilities. From that, he had drawn a conclusion: when specializing in one ability, he could gain roughly twenty thousand experience points per year.

Assuming Aibo was a fairly talented native, learning a magic would take him several days to reach LV1, half a year to reach LV2, four to five years to reach LV3, and fifty years to reach LV4. Reaching LV5 in one lifetime would be almost impossible.

That showed just how blessed geniuses who awakened magic on their own truly were.

Aibo's Telepathy Magic, which had awakened directly at LV4, was likely the pinnacle ordinary people could only reach after exhausting their entire lives.

Of course, skill levels were not directly linked to personal strength.

After a year of studying magic, Aibo had come to understand a principle—battles between wizards were ultimately battles of magic power.

If magic power was the numerical value, then magic was the mechanism.

Only when two wizards had roughly equal magic power did a contest between magic levels hold any meaning.

If one wizard possessed overwhelmingly greater magic power, then even LV1 magic could crush the opponent.

Of course, that did not mean magic levels were useless.

There were counterrelationships between different magics. In most situations, wizard battles did not involve absolute magic power suppression, and combat contained all sorts of variables, naturally leading to various contests of strategy.

For example, Gray's Ice Magic and Molding Magic were both at roughly LV2, but his magic power was only around 200+. Aibo's Fire Magic was LV1 and his Molding Magic was LV2, yet his magic power was over 500.

If the two fought using only those two types of magic, the outcome would be hard to predict. But if Aibo then used his LV2 Space Magic, Gray would most likely be unable to win.

However, Gray's stamina and vitality were both much higher than Aibo's. If they exhausted all their magic power and began fighting hand-to-hand, Aibo would definitely lose again.

It would be different with Erza. Whether in stamina, vitality, magic power, or magic level, Erza far surpassed Gray, so a battle between them would be completely one-sided.

You could not judge strength by looking at the numbers of a single attribute alone.

Furthermore, if two combatants could not create a gap in magic power and both used the same type of magic, then skill-level suppression became absolute.

A young man named Valen had joined the guild some time ago. He studied Telepathy Magic, but his skill level was only LV2. Whenever they used Telepathy Magic at the same time, he was completely suppressed by Aibo.

Aibo could detect the fluctuations of his Telepathy Magic, eavesdrop on the information it transmitted, and even forge false information to insert into the other party's magic.

On the other hand, Valen could not detect any trace of Aibo's Telepathy Magic at all. A clash between similar magic with such a level gap was a complete dimensionality reduction strike.

Of course, if Valen's magic power had been as powerful as Gildarts's or the guild master's, he could have affected Aibo's Telepathy Magic in return.

All he could say was that in contests of magic, magic power carried far too much weight. As long as the numbers were high enough, magic became the power to create miracles.

According to the guild master, some people were like protagonists in shonen manga. They could ignite their emotions in battle and unleash magic power far beyond their normal limits for a short time, thus turning the tide.

Aibo could only say that this magical world was far too idealistic. He did not think he was the kind of fighter who relied on emotional outbursts. If he encountered an enemy like that, would he not get killed by some sudden twist?

Sure enough, he ought to become the Sword God of Ten Miles Slope and only leave home after leveling up to the max.

He had gotten sidetracked.

Besides those core skills, Aibo had learned a great many LV1 magics. The ones he could name included...[Crush Magic LV1] [Fire Magic LV1] [Ice Magic LV1] [Enhancement Magic LV1] [Smoke Magic LV1] [Light Magic LV1] [Lightning Magic LV1] [Earth Magic] [Wood Magic] [Giant Magic LV1] [Transformation Magic LV1] [Water Magic LV1] [Sand Magic LV1] [Shadow Magic LV1] [Card Magic LV1] [Metal Magic LV1]...

Since learning a new magic offered such incredible value for the cost, Aibo would study one whenever he had free time. He had basically raised every magic he could learn to LV1, while the ones he could not learn had been forcibly raised to LV1 with Inspiration Points.

Aibo might not have been the strongest young person in the guild, but he was definitely the young person who had mastered the most magic.

No one would object if he called himself an all-element wizard now.

Moreover, Aibo currently possessed...

[Inspiration Points: 660528]

That was right—six hundred and sixty thousand Inspiration Points. He could gain an average of fifty thousand Inspiration Points per month. Aibo had barely spent any of them and had been hoarding them all along.

Those Inspiration Points were enough to raise six LV2 skills to LV3, but... Aibo still felt that he was gathering them too slowly.

After all, they looked like a lot at first glance, but even going all in would not be enough to raise a single skill from LV3 to LV4.

At this rate, it would take ten years just to barely raise one skill to LV5! How many decades did a person have in life? If leveling was this slow, how was he supposed to reign supreme over heaven and earth? Sigh, this cheat was still far too underpowered.

It would be nice if Inspiration Points could be allocated to his magic power attribute...

Wait.

Was I overlooking something?

"Aibo, Aibo~"

His thoughts were interrupted by a girl's call. In the next instant, Aibo was already downstairs outside his home.

Because he loved the magic of teleportation so much, Aibo had gotten into the habit of instantly appearing behind someone whenever they called for him. That was also the main reason his Space Magic experience had risen so quickly.

"Cana... What is it?"

Today, Cana wore a floral dress. When she turned around, her black hair brushed past the tip of her nose, carrying the sweet scent unique to a young girl. Her eyes held undisguised delight, and her lips were curved in a smile.

"Aibo, we agreed to watch the stars together tonight, right? Your big sister is here to keep our date~"

"Uh, but it's only afternoon."

"Then we need to get ready! Come on, come on, go shopping with your big sister. Let's buy lots of tasty food!"

Ever since Erza had saved enough money to move out of Aibo's house half a year ago, Cana had finally given up her futile challenge against Erza. Their score had ended at eighty-one to zero.

In truth, Cana's magic power was not much lower than Erza's. She was absolutely outstanding among those her age. The main problem was that although Card Magic had strong utility, it was honestly rather mediocre in combat.

Aibo had learned Card Magic as well. It was an extremely versatile magic that could be combined with all kinds of other magic. It was exceptionally powerful as support magic or logistical magic, but it was awkward when used as a primary magic.

Aibo had advised her to learn a different type of magic, but Cana did not seem to care much about it. Without the pressure of Erza, she had even become lazier about training.

Whenever Gildarts returned in the past, Cana would often circle around her father and test the waters. But after repeatedly failing to get any results from her subtle hints, she had simply given up. Now, even when Gildarts came back, she did not care. She focused entirely on Aibo and had turned into a complete "little-brother fanatic."

Aibo did not know how to judge Cana either. In the past, he had wanted to clear up the misunderstanding that he was not Gildarts's illegitimate son. But now, his relationship with Cana was no different from family, so whether he explained it or not no longer seemed important.

Aibo raised Cana like a younger sister, while Cana doted on Aibo like a younger brother. They each went by their own terms and got along harmoniously.

"Tonight is July 7, X777, the Day of Sun-Moon Crossing. It's an extremely rare celestial phenomenon. My divination says tonight is a night of destiny, and something good is sure to happen. There's a high chance there'll be shooting stars!"

Cana held Aibo's hand, her expression proud and happy.

"On such a special day, we siblings definitely have to spend it together. Maybe we can even make a wish upon a shooting star!"