Fairy Tail: Magic is not such an inconvenient thing.

I shouldn't have brought this up!

“It’s alright. Uncle Gildarts saved me and took care of all the bad guys. I’m very grateful to him. It’s just that… we can’t go back to the village.”

"It's all in the past, Abbot. From now on, the guild is your home! We are all your family!"

Cana hugged Abbot tightly. She no longer cared much about Abbot's relationship with Gildarts; she decided to treat Abbot as her younger brother from now on.

"Hmph, I'm here for you! Don't panic, little brother. I'll protect you from now on, and no one will dare to bully you!"

Gray patted his bare chest with a sense of loyalty, seeing a bit of himself in Abbott.

Really? Thank you so much!

What kind of kind children they are! Abbott could hear the care and sincerity in their words.

In fact, he lived in a daze before awakening his memories of time travel. His memories of living in the village were already somewhat blurred, and he only had some affection for the old village chief who adopted him.

But it's hard to say how painful it was.

Although there was a reason for his wariness of the unknown world and unfamiliar environment, Abbot still felt somewhat ashamed that he had approached the two children with ulterior motives.

Ugh, you filthy adults.

"Everyone in the guild is such a nice person. When I first saw Uncle Gildarts, it was like seeing my father! Gray and Cana are like my older brother and sister. I love everyone."

Aibo said this with a sly smile.

[Heavens, Angels!] x2

Chapter 5 Getting Back on Track

Abbott quickly adapted to life in Magnolia.

The town was quite prosperous, and the security was better than he had imagined. There was even something unexpected like a magic train.

With all sorts of wonderful magical crafts, the living standards of ordinary people are far higher than the medieval level of "swords and magic" in his stereotype, and are closer to the Victorian era.

However, perhaps due to magic, the division and fragmentation of civilization in this world is quite severe.

The country he lived in was sparsely populated, with only a handful of major cities. Far from towns lay wild and untamed lands, where tribes of savages and powerful magical beasts roamed the wilderness and forests.

Ordinary villagers in remote areas may never be able to leave their hometown for their entire lives.

Therefore, Ebo felt that Gildarts' willingness to take him away from the village to Fairy Tail was a debt of gratitude no less than saving his life.

Although Fairy Tail is quite noisy, everyone in the guild is talented and speaks very well, so Aibo quite likes it here.

With her innocent and adorable appearance, her pure and harmless facade, her emotional intelligence beyond her years, and a little bit of telepathic magic...

Abbott successfully gained the favor of almost everyone in the guild; well, at least to the point that no one would refuse his request for guidance on magic.

Although Abbott was eager to begin learning magic, he first needed to learn to read and write before he could start.

There are many writing systems in this world. Ibo even saw Chinese characters in some books, which are called Oriental script.

However, he had not systematically learned the mainstream common writing system and still needed to start learning from scratch.

Kana volunteered to be Abbot's language teacher.

At the same time, Abbot also got his first job in the other world—a guild waiter.

The daily wage is 1000J (50JPY), with food and lodging included. It's pure child labor exploitation, but unfortunately, this is another world where there are no laws protecting minors.

So, during the day, Aibo worked and studied at the guild, and at night he studied by lamplight at the guild. He even studied in his dreams. These past few days have been quite fulfilling.

After seeing that Abbot had become familiar with guild life, Gildarts accepted a quest and left.

Shortly after President Makarov returned, the newspapers published news that the Magic Council had destroyed several dark magic cults.

Those Diagonal Orders seemed to have been destroyed before Abbot even had the power of revenge.

Watching Abbott skillfully read the newspaper article, the new teacher, Kana, boasted to Gray:

"Grey, I might be a genius teacher!"

Is it possible that Abbott is the genius?

"Hmph, of course my brother is a genius too!"

Kana stood behind Abbot and squeezed his cheeks:

“Little Aiboo, I have nothing more to teach you. If you want to learn another script, I can introduce you to a friend.”

In just a few days, Abbo had already learned the common script. After all, he could read it before, and his new brain was also quite efficient, so there was no difficulty in memorizing it.

"My literacy skills should be sufficient for now, but I don't mind making new friends."

"Hehe, she's a girl from town. She loves reading and said she'll join our guild once she learns magic. I'll introduce her to you next time~"

Kana has become much more cheerful lately, and she doesn't seem to care much about her father's departure anymore.

Because she got a really fun younger brother, she never knew before that not all boys are as annoying as Gray.

"Tch, Abbott, stop hanging out with these annoying girls! How about I continue teaching you the magic of a real man? You'll definitely learn it in no time."

Gray also ran over and patted Abbott on the shoulder; he also liked this "savvy" younger brother.

"Grey! You perverted exhibitionist, don't you dare corrupt my Abbot!"

"Hey! When!?"

"Sorry, Greg, I'd like to learn some simpler magic first. Your magic is too powerful; I can't keep wasting your time teaching me. But..."

Aibo smiled and his gaze fell on the "system panel" that others couldn't see.

His biggest achievement these past few days has actually been figuring out how to use the cheat system; his panel data has now changed dramatically.

Energy: 21/21

[Stamina: 18/18]

[Magic Power: 365/366]

[Telepathic Magic LV4, 4550/10000000]

[Meditation LV1, 555/10000]

【Crushing Magic LV0, 24/1000】

[Smoke Magic LV0, 404/1000]

Fire Magic LV0, 200/1000

[Ice Magic LV0, 211/1000]

【Magic Makeup LV0, 333/1000】

[Card Magic LV0, 110/1000]

【Costume Change Magic LV0, 666/1000】

【Inspiration Points: 533】(※)

My strength increased a bit, and my magic power increased by more than ten points after learning meditation. I also learned many level 0 spells.

These spells were learned by Ab from the mages in the guild these days, and he only learned each one for a day.

Learning different spells in the same amount of time yields different amounts of experience points.

This explains that different spells are at different levels of difficulty to learn, and the speed at which experience points are gained also varies.

Judging from the progress, Abbot learned the Transformation Magic the fastest, and the Shattering Magic the slowest, with his progress remaining unchanged.

After learning Ice Shaping Magic from Gray for a day, two new skills appeared on my character panel: [Ice Magic] and [Shaping Magic]. The learning difficulty of the two skills is different.

Combination spells are calculated separately in the system.

Here's the key point: based on the previous learning progress, the experience in meditation magic shouldn't have increased so quickly. That was actually due to Abbott's cheat code.

Inspiration points!

There's an asterisk next to the Inspiration value on the panel—that means you can add points to it.

When this ※ symbol first appeared, my meditation experience bar had reached over 300, and my inspiration value was over 700.

Aibo subconsciously clicked the button, and then his meditation level increased from lv0 to lv1.

This cheat code allows you to fill in the missing progress in the experience bar by consuming Inspiration Points.

In other words, if Abbot wanted to, he could spend 334 Inspiration Points to learn the Dress-Up Magic all at once.

This discovery thrilled Abbott, and the value of this "golden touch" skyrocketed.

However, he has no plans to use his inspiration points to increase them.

Since the magic of changing clothes is not difficult to learn, even without using any cheat codes, he would probably learn it in another day or two, so there was no need to waste this inspiration.

The costume-changing magic was taught by Miss Airo. It's said to be a very popular spell among female mages, allowing them to change their clothes at any time.

The principle is to place a mannequin with a similar body size in another room or space, and change its clothes through a magic circle, which is an application of spatial magic.

It's not difficult for beginners; you just need to memorize the magic circles. However, there will be limitations on the distance you can travel when changing outfits.

However, Miss Airo said it took her more than a month to learn this magic, and Abbot wasn't sure if it was because he was exceptionally talented or if he had misunderstood the experience progress bar.

So he wanted to try learning a spell on his own first.

As for Inspiration Points, save them for now. You can never have too many of these, because it takes ten million to upgrade from level 4 to level 5, and it will probably take a hundred million to upgrade later.

While the demand for Inspiration Points is enormous, Abbot has little clue how to obtain a large amount of Inspiration Points.

Although the inspiration value seems to increase every day even if you ignore it, the speed is too slow, averaging only about 100 points per day, which is completely insufficient.

As for how to proactively increase your inspiration points...

I have a guess, but I'm not sure if it's correct.

He decided to try it out today.

Chapter 6 The Correct Way to Use the Cheat Code

While reading, Abbot discovered that the magic in this world could not only be used to construct magic circles and cast spells, but could also amplify oneself like internal energy.

He immediately thought of many wonderful uses for magic, and felt a burst of inspiration. Then he glanced at his inspiration value and found that it had increased by dozens of points.

Therefore, Abbo guessed that if he wanted to gain a lot of inspiration points, he might need to use his imagination to create new magic or something similar.

After all, its name is Inspiration Value, so it must be related to inspiration!

However, the history of magic in this world is long and all-encompassing, and it is unrealistic for Abbot to create a new magic with his current level of magic.

However, he didn't actually intend to create a new magic. New ideas and new techniques could all be considered "inspiration".

As long as the ideas you come up with have a real possibility of being realized in this world, you will definitely gain a lot of inspiration points!

So, Abbott set his sights on Gray.

After all, he doesn't have many options right now; Gray is the only one in the guild who is both capable and willing to help.

She hadn't developed a good relationship with the older children, and since Kana was still learning and perfecting her own magic, the adults were even less likely to pay attention to her.

Gray is still a bit arrogant, straightforward and easily fooled, and very easy to deal with.

"...But Gray, Airo gave me the day off today, I want to see how you train."

"Haha! Did you hear me, Kana? Give it to me!"

Gray snatched Abbot from Cana's arms and arrogantly dragged him out of the guild:

"Elbow, Abbot, let me teach you the real man's workout routine!"

"Hey! You two, wait for me!"

Watching the three little ones leave the guild, the older men drank and laughed heartily.

"Our guild's new blood is really energetic!"

"Gray has become much more cheerful lately; he's not as grumpy as he was when he first arrived."

"Kana too, it's definitely all thanks to Abbott."

"To Aibo!"

"cheers!"