allendalepharm Chapter 53 Erza: As everyone knows, my mother wasn't good at using magic~
Chapter 53 Erza: As everyone knows, my mother wasn't good at using magic~
"Uru".
Ido's gaze, which was originally directed at Erza and Ultear, was immediately drawn to Uru as he entered the guild.
Time never defeats beauty; it seems that time has left few traces on Uru, and she remains as beautiful as when Id first met her.
Moreover, Uru is now even more charming and beautiful than before. Perhaps this is the difference between a woman and a girl?
"Uru, long time no see."
Ido abandoned Erza, Ultear, and Cana and walked straight toward Uru, his eyes filled with deep affection.
"have not seen you for a long time."
Then, Id and Uru embraced each other as if no one else was around, snuggling together and talking about what had happened during the time they hadn't seen each other.
"We're saved."
"Thankfully, Aunt Uru came."
Erza breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Ul arrive; she had really been on the verge of death just now.
Of course, Erza wasn't afraid of Ido testing her on her cultivation; she was afraid of Ido testing her on her books.
Subjects like mathematics, literature, and geography are just too terrible.
"Fortunately, my mother arrived in time."
Ulutia nodded slightly in agreement.
"Aunt Uru?!"
"Aren't Erza's mother and Ultear's mother the same person?"
Just as Erza and Ultear were relieved by Ul's timely arrival, Cana, standing nearby, seemed to sense something amiss from Erza's way of addressing Ul. She looked at Erza with a puzzled expression.
"Um."
"My mother and my sister Ulutia's mother are not the same person."
"My mother's name is Erin Belserion, and she runs a flower shop in the town of Magnolia!"
"By the way, she's not a mage; she's just a magic enthusiast with a rudimentary understanding of enchantment magic."
"Ultear's mother is Ulr Milkovich, one of the three current S-class mages of Fairy Tail."
Erza noticed Cana's confusion and explained with a smile.
"Is that really how it is?"
"Erza's mother is just an ordinary person, like my mother, she also runs a flower shop."
Cana seemed surprised to find that Erza's background was so similar to hers, both having a powerful mage father and an ordinary mother who loved flowers and romance.
For a moment, Cana seemed to feel that the distance between her and Erza had shortened. She whispered, "So, if I start learning magic now, can I become as powerful as Erza in the future?"
"Isn't that obvious?!"
Erza patted Cana on the shoulder and encouraged her, "As long as you work hard, Cana, you will definitely become an excellent mage in the future, just like Uncle Gildarts."
"I see."
Encouraged by Erza, Cana's gaze hardened, and she decided to follow in her father's footsteps and embark on the path known as a mage.
"The path of a mage?"
Not far away, Ivan, who always sat in a corner of the guild, his eyes gloomy and depressed, radiating negative energy, overheard everything Kana and the others said. He kept muttering to himself, "Heh, the path of magic isn't easy! Without talent, no matter how much effort you put in, it's all meaningless, heh heh heh..."
Ivan vaguely remembered that he had been listed by Makarov as a candidate for S-class mage of Fairy Tail since X763.
In the same year, Ivan encountered Gildarts, who was also taking the assessment, and was subsequently "elbowed" by him.
In X764, Ivan encountered Gildarts, who was his examiner, again, and was forced to spend another year in reflection.
In X765, Ivan was full of confidence, but then he encountered Id and Uru, who had just joined the guild, and was quickly defeated by Id.
In X766, Ivan encountered Uru again, who had failed the assessment the previous year.
In addition, during the seven years from X767 to X773, Ivan encountered the examiner Uru who was completely unyielding, which resulted in him being a "repeater" for eleven years.
However, these eleven years of reflection have been worthwhile. Ivan's strength is now approaching the threshold of the "Ten Saints" realm. Perhaps in a few more years, he will truly cross that threshold.
However, the improvement in strength did not make Ivan happy. On the contrary, he became more and more anxious each year, simply because his son Laxus, as well as Ido's two daughters, Ultear and Erza, were growing at such a fast pace that it was only a matter of time before they surpassed him.
"Damn it."
"Don't push me."
Ivan gritted his teeth, feeling incredibly frustrated.
If his cultivation in the demonic path were truly surpassed by his son Laxus, then Makarov could simply pass the position of commander directly to Laxus, bypassing him, thus rendering all his years of scheming futile.
"That damned genius."
Thinking of this, Ivan's gaze toward Erza and Ultear grew increasingly hostile, a hidden jealousy lurking in his heart toward these geniuses.
As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. After Ide and Uru kissed and hugged each other for a while, Ide seemed to remember something!
Especially when Ido noticed Ultear and Erza sneaking up to the guild gate, a slight smile appeared on his lips as he chuckled, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? I haven't even tested your homework yet~"
"It's bad, we've been found out."
Erza panicked when she realized that Ido had discovered her plan to escape.
"Run!"
Ultear, who was a year older than Erza, was more decisive. She walked right past Erza and ran towards the guild gate.
"elder sister."
Erza was shocked that Ultear would abandon her at such a crucial moment, and her pupils dilated in shock.
Yes, "sisters" are like birds of the jungle; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately.
"boom."
Unfortunately, before Erza and Ultear could act, their feet were frozen by a magic circle released by Ido with a wave of his hand.
"We're doomed, there's no escaping it."
After realizing that escape was hopeless, Erza and Ultear both showed expressions of despair.
"I know."
"That damned Id, how could he use such force?"
"It took me a long time to swim around in the artificial lake before I was rescued."
It was at this moment that Laxus, who had been punched into the artificial lake by Ido and swallowed a bellyful of water, stumbled in from outside the guild.
"Oh, Laxus, you've come at the right time. Count you in for the academic exam later too."
Ide, with his arm around Uru, said this to Laxus, who happened to be passing by.
"ha?"
Why do I have to take an exam too?
Laxus's face turned green upon hearing this. Was it too late for him to jump back into the artificial lake?!