Fairy Tail: Magic is not such an inconvenient thing.

Levy covered her mouth and chuckled:

"Eibo, didn't you know? The popularity of the Naruto manga has far surpassed your original novel. Brother Lidas is a very famous manga artist now, haven't you noticed he rarely comes to the guild anymore?"

"Oh... I thought he'd been thrown into the dark room again..."

Aibo doesn't really care much about Naruto-related matters. Although he maintains the habit of updating every day, he has treated it as a daily exercise in practicing word magic.

Anyway, he never missed out on the royalties, and Aibo was usually very busy, so he naturally didn't pay much attention to the subsequent impact of the novels and comics.

However, the key issue now is not that, but rather...

[Hehehe... Mira and Erza, those two little good-for-nothings, have been hogging Ebo for so long and haven't done anything. It seems they really haven't realized Ebo's true potential. In that case, don't blame us sisters for being impolite~]

"...Is it enough to just accompany you to the event?"

"Well, will Abbot be able to transform into a 15-year-old? Children under 10 are not eligible to apply."

"..."

You've got a pretty good plan, haven't you? Abbott thinks Levy seems to have changed a bit; maybe he should get her electrocuted.

[Hmph, once I raise Abbot step by step and find a chance to have my child, they'll never have a chance! What the book said was right after all; raising a child really does have to start with the child!]

No, no, no, it's not just spoiled, it's completely rotten! What kind of rubbish books has Levy been secretly reading these past few months?!

I thought those two were tough enough, but I didn't expect an even bigger culprit to be waiting here! What kind of problem children are in my guild?!

"Um... can I not go?"

"Why? Even Abbott won't help his sister anymore?"

Levy put on a pitiful and aggrieved look. Are all these pretty young girls born with superb acting skills?

If Aibo hadn't been able to hear her inner thoughts, he would have been completely fooled by her innocent and pure appearance.

Cold sweat broke out on his back. Abbot realized a very serious problem—he couldn't seem to find an excuse to refuse.

An eight-year-old child wouldn't refuse such a normal request, and Levy clearly took advantage of this to advance her "development plan."

Is it really going to backfire on me for always acting like a child? That doesn't make sense!

Damn it, I can't let Levy keep going down the wrong path! I need to come up with a perfect excuse to reject her!

You're so dense! Think of something!

"...I'll help, I will."

"Yay! Here, take your tickets. Remember, it's the 20th of next month!"

Chapter 49 Happy and Ellu

Albert agreed to Levy's request only as a stopgap measure. His super brain told him that since he couldn't directly refuse the date, he should find a way to sabotage it indirectly.

So Aibo plans to invite a few more of his good brothers to help out. He thinks it would be good to have Gray cosplay Sasuke and Natsu cosplay Sakura.

In the following days, Natsu stayed almost constantly by his egg, which made Mira very unhappy with her new "neighbor". She felt that Natsu had corrupted Lisanna and suggested that Abbot move the incubator to the forest.

Abbot ignored Mira's unpredictable antics; he needed to take care of his egg. The sounds coming from inside were growing louder, and he could even hear faint "thoughts," indicating that an intelligent being resided within.

Could it be... that this really is a dragon egg?

Another thing that annoyed Abbot a little was that he had also customized a body-strengthening magic for Elfman.

This wouldn't have been a problem in itself, but the issue was... he discovered that Elfman might actually have some kind of talent; the strength of the body tempering magic he was using was now much higher than Erza's, and by a significant margin.

When Abbott started to worry about Elfman, he actually said that more could be added, and that he could still tolerate it.

This made Abbot question his life choices, because Elfman's body-training intensity was more than 7 times that of his own, which meant it would hurt at least 7 times more, but the kid just endured it without uttering a sound.

Could it be... that the problem is actually with me? Am I really that fragile, that unable to endure hardship?

Abbot was troubled, but he didn't plan to train himself to the level of Elfman, which would be excessive. However, Abbot slowly increased the intensity of his body-strengthening magic.

Because Abbo found a way to alleviate the pain, which is soul magic—the Thought Body.

The Thought Body is different from the Shadow Clone. Although the Thought Body is a clone that is almost indistinguishable from the original body, the Thought Body and the original body have synchronized thoughts and are not divided into two parts.

This means that if more magic and attention are invested in the thought entity, the body's senses will become dulled, and it won't perceive much pain.

He could even send his clones to conduct research and experiments, while his main body stayed at the guild to play with the girls, and then use magic to gain experience on both sides at the same time, thus gaining double the happiness.

Both the Thought Form and the Shadow Clone have their advantages and disadvantages, but the Thought Form is clearly more suitable for Aibo.

Today, Aibo's main body works as a waiter in the guild. With its limited computing power, the main body is more suited to this kind of mindless work.

Just as Ebo and Laxus were chatting about the advantages and disadvantages of light magic and lightning magic, Natsu came rushing over carrying an egg, anxiously shouting:

"Abbot! Abbot! Help! My eggs are going to break!"

Numerous tiny cracks appeared on the eggshell in Natsu's arms, and it was trembling incessantly.

Aibo could already hear the restless sounds of the small creatures inside:

"Natsu, don't worry, your egg isn't bad, it's about to hatch."

"Hey! Is it finally going to hatch?!"

Natsu was very excited, and all the idle people in the guild gathered around to join in the fun.

"Huh? This egg is actually going to hatch?"

"Could it really be a dragon egg? I've never seen this type of egg before."

"I guess it's a big bird egg, how could it be a dragon?"

"Damn it! This is a dragon! My dragon!"

【ai! ai!】

As the sound of the eggshell cracking grew louder, suddenly a small blue creature hatched and flew into the sky.

"cat??!"

"It can fly? It has wings, is it a bird?"

"It's a cat, isn't it? It's definitely a cat, and a blue one at that..."

As everyone was discussing, the little blue cat wobbled and "floated" onto Natsu's head, its wings disappearing, and it waved to everyone in greeting.

"Hey! Ah!"

Everyone in the guild was shocked.

A talking cat!?

"so amazing!"

"So cute~"

"Dragon! My dragon!"

Natsu lifted the kitten up like Simba, making everyone laugh.

Taking advantage of this moment, Aibo's main body and the thought form in the house switched places, and then headed towards the bedroom.

Sure enough, my own eggs started to crack. The incubation times of these eggs all seemed to be about the same, but it seemed that my own egg was not hatching very smoothly.

Abbot approached the large, restless pink egg and encouraged the little one inside.

"Click~"

Instead of flying out like the other blue kitten, it broke the eggshell with its elbow, and a kitten with white fur and pink stripes appeared in front of Abbott.

The kitten blinked its bright, large eyes, stared at Abbot for a moment, and then uttered a sentence:

"mom!"

"..."

Abbott nearly lost his balance and fell to the ground. He stroked the newborn kitten and said with a kind smile:

"No, you should call me boss."

"mom!"

Abo took a deep breath, incredibly relieved that he hadn't taken the egg to incubate with Natsu. He reached out and pinched the big-headed cat's face, his eyes crinkling into a smile:

"Come on, say it with me—Boss."

"Damn... Boss!"

"Not bad, not bad, you're a promising kitten. Oh, and you're a female kitten. What should I name you?"

Meanwhile, everyone in the guild was also urging Natsu to name the blue kitten.

"As expected, I still have to call you [Ailu]."

(“It’s decided! This guy’s name will be [Harpy]!”)

The little blue cat and the little pink cat got their own names almost at the same time.

Although it wasn't a dragon that hatched from the egg, Abbot was still quite happy, since it was a talking magical cat!

As a traditional magician, how could he not have a cat? It's a pity that his cat is white instead of black, but that's okay, he will train Ailu to become the strongest magical cat!

"Elbow! Ailu, the boss will take you to take a bath and then teach you to talk."

"Hey! Boss!"

"Not bad, not bad, but Ailu, you need to remember you're a cat, so you should add a 'meow' at the end of your sentences, understand?"

"Boss Meow!"

"No, no, it should be 'meow' at the end!"

"Boss! Meow!"

"Hahaha, that's right, that's right! Elu, you're so smart, you seem much smarter than Natsu's Happy~"

"Hai! Boss! Meow!"

"Yosh! You're full of energy! You deserve a reward! I'll make you something delicious tonight. Oh, I can't cook, Baruga! Quick, make something nice for my cat!"

The summoned Valkyrie stared silently at the kitten in Abbot's arms for a long time:

"Little master, I think this kitten can't eat solid food yet, we should give it milk."

"Hmm? That makes sense. Then please buy more milk. Oh, and buy a magic refrigerator too!"

"Yes, sir."

With a new little creature suddenly appearing in the house to take care of, even Abbott, who never cared much about food, became more family-oriented.

Aibo held the kitten Ailu and looked her over from left to right, becoming more and more satisfied. He knew he would have a cat now!

When an ape gets a cat named Elo, what will he do next?

Abo met Ailu's gaze intently.

"Elu, as an Elu cat, you must remember your mission. You must learn to cook, do housework, set traps, and most importantly, take care of me!"

"Yes...yes, boss?"

"Elu, don't hesitate, you must believe in yourself, you can definitely become an all-around amazing cat!"

"Yes, boss! Meow!"

"Little Ailu, grow up quickly, and then we'll go hunting monsters together!"

"Yes, boss meow!"

On the day Ailu was born, 8-year-old Abbot seemed to have rediscovered his true childlike innocence. (Not really.)

Chapter 50 Monster Hunter! Activate!

Erza is in a good mood lately.

It's not just because Abbott named his cat "Ailu".

The guild was incredibly excited when Abbo brought another cat dressed in clothes to the guild that day and announced her name as Ellu.