Fairy Tail: I'm Not the Most Terrifying Mage

“No, that’s completely different,” Xia Lulu said. “That’s magic, this is sorcery.”

“They’re all the same,” Emily said.

Deeply influenced by Yevlith, she believed that the performance of magic was more important than the skill, and that the audience's gasps were the highest praise.

In her spare time, she also learns some magic tricks—magic tricks that use magical props—and mainly studies the techniques of magic performance.

She put down her hat and went to get something else.

“This is a really magical little nightlight.” She held up a white round plate—like a dinner plate—on which lay a deck of cards, “and matching cards.”

She drew a card and placed it on the plate.

A virtual projection appeared above the plate, showing a fairytale-style animated scene, and then a gentle female voice slowly emanated from it.

The female voice is telling a fairy tale.

Although the frame rate was very low, the important parts of the video were still displayed.

"How interesting!" Wendy exclaimed. "That voice... isn't that Sister Dove?"

“Yes, there are many stories here, all recorded by Sister Dove,” Emily said.

"Oh, right, I have some more."

Emily then showed them off one by one, and she was very excited.

After all, before Wendy came, there were no children her age who she got along well with.

There is a boy in the guild named Romeo, who is Marcao's son.

However, Romeo doesn't like playing with Emily. He longs to become a mage and idolizes Natsu. Since learning magic, he has devoted himself to it.

Emily continued to train diligently, but Yefrit always urged her to balance work and rest, even believing that at her age, playing various things was more important than learning magic, since deception magic mainly relied on comprehension, and a lack of mental agility was unacceptable.

Anyway, Emily hasn't even started learning yet. Her daily lessons mainly consist of reading and sword practice. Her magic power increases by meditating and sleeping at night. Emily already has a high level of magic power, and deception magic isn't the type that consumes a lot of magic power, so there's no need to worry about running out of mana in the future.

Moreover, without a strong will, a strong desire to become stronger, and a sufficiently strong will, cultivation will be an extremely painful process—sometimes even leading to a dislike of learning.

Anyway, Yefried taught Emily using his own experience—he started learning deception magic at the age of six, surpassed his adoptive father a few weeks later, redefined deception magic at the age of seven, could fool the demon Miko at the age of eight, and then developed the second stage [Abyss] a month later, and then his research into magic came to a standstill.

The increase in strength is due to factors such as the increase in magical power, improved proficiency in magic, upgraded equipment, and combat experience, rather than a change in the nature of magic itself.

This improvement in strength completely stalled when he was fourteen, until recently when he experienced a qualitative change in his magic.

and so.

Deception magic is a paradox—at least that's how Yefrit interprets it.

The threshold is high, and there are requirements for magical attributes; otherwise, one has to rely on acquired transformations. To put it simply, the reason why none of the Valiel family's generations of deception magic users have been able to produce a truly strong individual is not only due to their intelligence, but also largely because the ultimate potential of their magical attributes is not as high as the starting point of Yefrit's magical attributes.

Imagine if their magic was detected as soon as it was released; how could it then infect others? So they could only fool ordinary people.

In contrast, Yefrit's magical influence was so well concealed that even though he had been registered with the Magic Council for ten years and many powerful figures knew what kind of magic he used, including Joseph and Makarov of the Ten Wizard Saints, they still couldn't figure out how the deception magic worked—it could manipulate all five of their senses, and as long as Yefrit didn't attack first, there was no flaw in his abilities.

It is easy to see the importance of magic attributes.

The offspring of magicians may not necessarily inherit all of their parents' magical attributes.

Even Yefried himself wasn't sure if his child could learn the magic of deception.

Emily is alright, at least. Her magical attributes are quite good, although the specifics are still debatable, but so far, they seem to be a good match for deception magic.

Therefore, for geniuses with suitable attributes, the proportion of magical strength improvement through cultivation and actual combat is not high; they can only rely on enlightenment.

So it is—

High barriers to entry exclude the vast majority of people.

However, geniuses can learn quickly, but once they get the hang of it, it all comes down to their comprehension.

If Yefriede can be stuck for so many years, who knows how many years Emily will be stuck? Maybe a few days, maybe a few months, maybe a few years, maybe a dozen years, or even a lifetime, it wouldn't be surprising.

Mages pursue the ultimate in magic and the pursuit of truth; becoming stronger is merely a byproduct. Many gradually forget their original aspirations and become solely focused on power. Yefrit wants to lay a solid foundation for Emily so that even if she gets stuck for many years and cannot progress further, she won't go astray.

so

The focus of teaching should not be on putting pressure on students, but rather on increasing their reading volume and broadening their horizons in the early stages, making their minds more active and their thinking less rigid, thereby indirectly enhancing the invisible and difficult-to-improve "comprehension".

Cultivate interests and hobbies, and find goals to strive for.

Once everything is ready, you can cross that door.

Yefried can let go now, didn't I say—

It comes from enlightenment!

He truly embodies the saying, "The master leads you through the door, but the cultivation depends entirely on the individual!"

Thanks to Yeffert's radically different philosophy, Emily was able to have a happy childhood.

This worried everyone in the guild, who feared that Yefrit would ruin the students.

The vast majority of people in the guild do not follow this process of learning magic.

Characters like Erza and Mirajane rely on awakening, and their subsequent advancement involves combat, collecting and upgrading equipment and materials, as well as seeking out powerful demons and engaging in breakthrough battles.

Natsu, Gray, and others improve through training, which requires them to maintain extremely high-intensity training daily and engage in various practical battles.

So when they heard Yefried's arrangement for Emily—reading books in the early stages, and then figuring it out on her own after getting the basics—they thought it would make everyone's foreheads crease with worry. Could that really work?!

Anyway, Yevlit was very confident, and Emily blindly worshipped her.

Although she also made a vow to work hard, since her master said that this was the best way to learn the magic of deception, and allowed her to play in a lively and innocent way, what child wouldn't love to be spoiled by their parents?

Wendy watched with envy.

Emily has lots of fun and interesting things to do.

She really wanted to have fun, but felt that her age wasn't quite right.

Wendy is at an age where adults see her as a child, but she feels that she has grown up and should be more sensible.

The mentality of yearning for fun and interesting things, yet pretending to be mature and rejecting them, usually doesn't change until the age of eighteen or nineteen, when one becomes like a college student in another world, openly accepting their own preferences.

Although Emily is young and innocent, she is actually very sensitive. After all, she did not grow up in a carefree environment like a princess. She was an orphan in a slum with a disease, and was extremely vulnerable. Naturally, she is very good at reading people's expressions.

She kept an eye on Wendy's eyes until she noticed that Wendy's eyes lit up when she saw a nightlight that could project a "dragon's projection," revealing a complex emotion. Emily then made a mental note of this.

She remembered that Wendy, like Natsu, was a dragon's child, but the dragon had left them.

perhaps

Emily chose something else and gave it to Wendy for the time being.

But in her heart she was thinking: Tomorrow I'll go find my master and make a Tianlong night light for Sister Wendy.

Early the next morning.

Emily couldn't wait to put on her cute clothes and skirt, and styled her hair in two little buns. As soon as she entered the store, she saw Yefried still yawning, rushed over, and gave her a big hug.

"Master!"

"Good morning," Yefrit said, ruffling Emily's hair.

"Mr. Yefried, you're up very early today," said Dove as she entered the house. She had come with Emily, of course, but as they approached the door, Emily slipped away and ran in first.

"Yes, I had a wonderful dream last night," Yefrit said excitedly. "I dreamt I was fishing and caught a four-pound fish!"

"..." The turtledove sighed inwardly.

Mr. Yevlittle truly had no talent for fishing; after so many times of catching nothing and only small fish, he didn't even dare to dream of it.

Mr. Natsu and Happy often catch fish that are half the size of a person.

“So after I have breakfast, I’m going fishing.” Yefrit had barely finished speaking when she mysteriously pulled Ikaruga closer and whispered, “I’m going alone today, and I feel it’s a good omen, so please don’t tell Natsu and the others!”

"Yes." The turtledove nodded helplessly.

“Master, there’s something I want to tell you,” Emily said.

"What is it?" Yefried asked with a smile.

"Well, didn't you make some nightlights that could project monsters before? I want you to make a nightlight with a dragon projection for Wendy."

"Oh, that one."

Yefried recalled.

Natsu also has one; it was a gift from him when they were in the Iron Forest.

“Okay, no problem. I’ll carve while I’m fishing today,” Yefrit said.

"Master, you're the best!" Emily jumped up happily. She was in pretty good shape now, and she jumped up and hugged Yefrit's neck, then gave him a big kiss on the cheek.

"Mr. Yefried is such a gentle person, you could even say he's perfect." Looking at Yefried's doting smile towards Emily, Ikebana was deeply moved.

riverside.

After having breakfast, Yefrit sneaked over—he even hid his fishing gear and various snacks, then strolled around like he was going shopping, and eventually reached the riverbank.

Only then did he take out all sorts of equipment.

Arrange them one by one.

Yefrit took out a card and a pen for carving magic circles.

He bent down and began to carve.

After a while, I looked up and glanced at it.

It's almost noon.

'clatter'

Suddenly, footsteps could be heard.

"Harpy?" Yefrit turned her head and saw that it was Harpy.

The other person wore a strange smile, which had a hint of ingratiation.

“Yeflit, fishing?” Harpy said.

"What are you going to do?" Yefrit said warily. "I got this spot first, and I use it often. If you want to fish, stay away from me, and go fish downstream!"

"It's not fishing," Habi said somewhat awkwardly.

"What's going on?" Yefrit used her magical senses and found only Happy. "Huh? Where's Natsu? You're not with Natsu?"