And many of these so-called supporting characters had the potential to grow stronger. They simply lacked resources! After all, background characters had no Protagonist Halo.
But things were different now. Meeting Ren had changed their fates! Take Sherry: in the original story, she was an unremarkable minor character. After meeting Ren, though, her future held limitless possibilities!
Ultear was another example. Her original fate was to become an old woman after casting forbidden magic. But with Ren around, she would never grow old like that!
Compared with Sherry, her cousin Sherria was far more powerful! She had Sky God Slayer Magic, an enormous reserve of magic power, and a genius's talent. Even without a protagonist's halo, she would become a powerhouse someday!
After all, in the Fairy Tail World, God Slayer Magic surpassed Dragon Slayer Magic! And only three God Slayers had appeared in the original story!
Sherria was one of them, wielding Sky God Slayer Magic!
Ren looked at the young Sherry and Sherria and fell into thought.
He knew they were still little. Clearly, they had yet to learn the magic they would wield later. That meant Sherria probably had not learned Sky God Slayer Magic yet!
As for how Sherria had learned God Slayer Magic, the original story never said, and Ren did not know either!
If he left Sherry and Sherria here, they might follow the course of fate and learn their own magic. But if he took them away, they would lose those opportunities!
Ren fell silent, pondering. A moment later, he smiled, lifted Sherry and Sherria into his arms, and gently stroked their wine-red hair. "Sherry, Sherria... Come with me from now on."
The two girls, already a little frightened, looked at a loss when they heard him. Sherria turned to her cousin Sherry