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"Ugh..." Natsu, with his back to Li Xiaoxi, let out a sob, his eyes swirling in circles, as if he were drunk. He swayed for a moment before collapsing to the ground, unconscious.

Li Xiaoxi then raised her head, released her hand from the hilt of the knight's sword at her waist, turned to the side, looked at the fallen Natsu, and made a 'V' sign in the direction of Makarov, Erza, and Gray.

"Clap clap clap clap—!"

Everyone present then realized what was happening and burst into laughter and applause.

"Well done, Xiao hope!"

"You've gotten stronger! What an amazing sword strike!"

Everyone here is a Fairy Tail mage, and even the weakest one is much stronger than Gray. Although not everyone knows what just happened, most of them do.

Just as Natsu unleashed a powerful attack beyond his own limits, Li Xiaoxi swiftly drew her sword with a speed that most people could only see as a flash of light. Instead of retreating, she advanced and struck Natsu in the abdomen as she passed by the fiery meteor that Natsu had transformed into, knocking him unconscious.

Judging from the fact that Li Xiaoxi maintained the posture of drawing her sword after the attack, it can be seen that after hitting Natsu, Li Xiaoxi sheathed her sword at the same incredibly fast speed.

All these factors combined resulted in the two switching places and facing away from each other.

Of course, seeing that Natsu was only unconscious, Li Xiaoxi must have held back and didn't actually use the sword to cut him; otherwise, Natsu would have at least drawn blood.

“This guy…” Gray made no attempt to hide his shock.

"To secretly become so strong all by himself, he's incredibly cunning!"

Makarov nodded with a smile, his gaze shifting to Li Xiaoxi, his expression gradually softening.

"Go for it, Xiaoxi..."

Chapter 223 Conditions for Learning Magic

After her match with Natsu, Li Xiaoxi approached Makarov.

"President, I have a question for you."

"Oh, what's the problem?"

"President, no matter how much I try to improve my control over my magic, I can only control about half of the magic power in my body. Once it exceeds half, the magic power in my body will surge uncontrollably."

Li Xiaoxi brought up the question that had been troubling her for the past few days, a question that had been keeping her up at night.

"Is that right?"

"Yes, Chairman."

"That means your body can only accept so much magic power for the time being. Once it exceeds the limit your body can accept, your body will tell you and actively cut off the magic power in your body."

"Does that mean I can't continue cultivating?"

"Don't rush. What you need now is not to continue cultivating and controlling your body's magic power, but to let your body accept your enormous magic power. You should know that the amount of magic power your body can currently accept is the total magic power of all the members of our guild. It's already remarkable that your body can withstand so much magic power."

Makarov patted Li Xiaoxi on the shoulder and closed his eyes to sense the magic power within her body. This wasn't the first time Makarov had examined the magic power within Li Xiaoxi's body, but each time he was always astonished by the seemingly boundless amount of magic power emanating from her.

However, when Makarov examined Li Xiaoxi's magical power this time, besides being shocked by its vastness, he also sensed that it was clearly divided into two camps. One camp was very docile, flowing quietly within Li Xiaoxi's body; the other was like a naughty child, running amok within her. However, it knew its limits and didn't do anything harmful. But these naughty magical energies, upon discovering an outsider in Li Xiaoxi's body, actually greeted Makarov.

"President, what should I do next? Can I start learning magic?" Li Xiaoxi looked at Makarov expectantly, after all, this was the first power that truly belonged to Li Xiaoxi.

Makarov shook his head at Li Xiaoxi's expectant face. "Xiaoxi, although you can control half of your magic power now, the other half is still a potential problem. Furthermore, your magic power is simply too vast. I still do not approve of you learning magic."

Although Li Xiaoxi was slightly discouraged after hearing Makarov's words, she quickly rallied. If Li Xiaoxi could control half of her body's magic power in a few months, then she believed the remaining half wouldn't take long either.

"Then, President, what should I do now?" As one of the Ten Wizard Saints appointed by the Council, Makarov's understanding of magic was unparalleled, and Li Xiaoxi knew that her president would give her the right path.

“What you need to do now is not to cultivate in one place, but to gain experience,” Makarov told Li Xiaoxi, giving her the most important thing to do right now. Indeed, gaining experience was the best choice.

"Experience?" Li Xiaoxi was a little unsure.

“Experience means going out to work,” Makarov said with a burp reeking of alcohol, his nonchalant manner uttering words that greatly surprised Li Xiaoxi.

"Work?" Li Xiaoxi's eyes lit up.

"A job?!" The others in the guild exclaimed in surprise, even the half-dead Natsu and Gray jumped up.

So-called mages are actually a special group of people who can use magic to unleash spells.

Generally speaking, anyone who can skillfully use magic, regardless of the type of magic, can be called a mage.

However, mages prefer to be able to use magic and join a guild, as that is what makes a proper mage.

After all, mages are required to perform various tasks to earn rewards.

A legitimate guild that can accept commissions from all over the Kingdom of Fiore and provide them to the mages within the guild for selection is naturally indispensable, which is why such an unspoken rule exists.

Therefore, strictly speaking, although Li Xiaoxi has joined the guild, she cannot be considered a formal mage even though she has not yet started learning magic.

Even Erza hasn't taken on any work yet. Erza's magic is already quite proficient, surpassing that of most adult mages. In addition, she possesses excellent swordsmanship and the skill to use various weapons. In some ways, she is much more mature than Li Xiaoxi on the path of becoming a mage.

However, even so, Makarov had not allowed Erza to accept any requests or go out to work before. Instead, he wanted Erza to hone her skills first, and only after she had developed the ability to work independently would he acknowledge her ability to go out and work.

Before that, Erza's living expenses were covered by the guild, and she would repay them with her earnings once she was able to go out to work.

Therefore, to outsiders, Erza, who is proficient in using magic and is a member of Fairy Tail, can be called a mage. However, within the guild, a child who is not yet capable of working cannot be considered a mature mage.

If Erza is like this, then Li Xiaoxi, who hasn't even started learning magic yet, is even more so.

Now, Makarov's words are an admission that Li Xiaoxi has the ability to accept commissions, go out to work, and stand on her own!

How could Li Xiaoxi not be happy?

How could the rest of Fairy Tail not be surprised?

It's worth noting that even Laxus wasn't recognized by Makarov as having the ability to stand on his own until he was thirteen years old, when he was allowed to take on guild commissions and go out to work.

"President!"

After the initial excitement subsided, a look of worry appeared on Li Xiaoxi's face as she calmed down.

"Is it okay for us to go out and work now?"

Upon hearing Li Xiaoxi's words, Erza, Natsu, Gray, and the rest of the guild members also realized what was happening.

"I know what you're worried about, but since I asked this question, it means you already have a certain level of ability and can stand on your own. Otherwise, how could I have so easily allowed you to go out and work?"

In front of everyone in the guild, Makarov jumped off the bar, put his hands behind his back, and looked up at Li Xiaoxi.

"Xiao hope, although you haven't officially started learning magic yet, you've already honed your swordsmanship to a level comparable to Erza's during this time. Even if your strength isn't quite on par with Erza at full power, it's not far off!"

Makarov glanced discreetly at the knight's sword he had given Li Xiaoxi, which was tucked into her waistband. With a reassurance in his heart, he nodded to Li Xiaoxi.

"Even without knowing how to use magic, you already possess strength that most mages can't match. Accepting missions and going out into the world will broaden your horizons and increase your experience, which will be crucial for your future progress. At the same time, it will allow your body to gradually accept the powerful magic within you, so you should have some confidence in yourself."

Li Xiaoxi pondered for a while. During this time, she thought about her mission: to save the world. If she didn't even have this much confidence, how could she talk about saving the world? Could it be that she couldn't save the world on her own without the Xiaoxi brand and the ship girls? Thinking of this made the slight hesitation in Li Xiaoxi's heart disappear. She took a deep breath and nodded heavily to Makarov.

"President, I have decided to formally accept the commission and go out to work. Please grant me permission!"

“Very good!” Makarov grinned.

"So, starting today, you officially have the right to accept commissions and go out to work. The commission form is posted in the commission column. Take a look yourself, and if you find something you like, just tear off the commission form and come to me to go through the procedures!"

"Yes!"

As the two youngest mages in the guild were born, everyone in the guild offered their blessings.

Chapter 224 Familiar Magic

Li Xiaoxi has been in this world for several months, but apart from Magnolia Town and the surrounding area, she has not been anywhere else. Although Gaia gave her a map of this world, Li Xiaoxi still wants to see this world for herself, which is completely unrelated to the previous two worlds.

The first two worlds were based on Earth, but this world is purely magical and has no connection whatsoever to the world Li Xiaoxi is familiar with. Therefore, Li Xiaoxi really wants to go out and see it for herself.

Now, Fairy Tail's guild master, Makarov, has personally recognized Li Xiaoxi as someone who can accept jobs and become a real mage to take on quests. Although Li Xiaoxi doesn't know magic yet, don't underestimate her current strength.

Aside from being unable to use magic, Li Xiaoxi's combat power is enough to easily defeat the Dragon Slayer Mage Natsu. Moreover, before coming to this world, Gaia and Alaya gave Li Xiaoxi a key, and now Li Xiaoxi knows what that key is for.

In this world, there exists a type of magic called Celestial Spirit Magic. Those who wield this magic are called Celestial Spirit Mages. They possess Celestial Spirit Keys (silver and gold keys), granting them immense power. They can also summon Celestial Spirits to fight enemies, enhancing their mobility and manpower. Celestial Spirit Magic is a possession-based magic; one must possess a key and use it as a medium to summon Celestial Spirits for combat. To use Celestial Spirit Magic, one must first enter into a master-servant contract with the Celestial Spirit using the key, carefully discussing the terms of the summoning contract and ensuring that the contract is not violated. This magic can only be summoned by the contracted master; others cannot use it (unless the contracted master dies or is captured, in which case the contract can be dissolved and a new master found).

Li Xiaoxi's key is the Star Spirit Key, but strangely, it is neither the silver nor the gold key that appears among the Star Spirit Keys, and it also exudes a strong royal aura.

The day after Makarov approved her for the job, Li Xiaoxi got up early, packed everything for her trip, and went downstairs to the task board to find a suitable mission.

"Nobu, haven't you found a suitable mission yet?" Li Xiaoxi asked Nobu Lazarus, who was always loitering in front of the mission board. Since Li Xiaoxi joined Fairy Tail, in her understanding, the reason Nobu was always loitering in front of the mission board was because he "wanted to find missions that only he could accomplish." Li Xiaoxi had even asked him why he decided on missions, and Nobu's answer was that his reason for not deciding on missions was "to find missions that only he could do."

"Not yet, but I'll find a suitable mission eventually. By the way, Xiaoxi, are you here to pick up a mission too?" Nobu blushed deeply at Li Xiaoxi's question. He was quite embarrassed to be asked such a question by an eleven or twelve-year-old child.

While searching for the task she wanted to do on the task board, Li Xiaoxi replied, "Not bad, this is my first task."

There were quite a few tasks on the task board, but most of them were easy, mostly involving finding lost fur or helping people escort goods. The truly challenging tasks were on the second floor, which were what Li Xiaoxi was most interested in. However, Li Xiaoxi couldn't enter the second floor until he became an S-rank mage. Nevertheless, Li Xiaoxi firmly believed that he could definitely become an S-rank mage.

Finally, Li Xiaoxi tore off a quest from the quest list—the most challenging one—to subdue mountain bandits. The reason it was considered the most challenging was because the reward for completing it was 100 million. Besides the 100 million reward, Li Xiaoxi had another important reason for choosing this quest: it mentioned that there were mages among the bandits.

"Xiao hope, have you decided on this mission?" Makarov asked Li Xiao Xi, after looking at the mission details.

"President, this is it," Li Xiaoxi nodded with certainty.

Seeing Li Xiaoxi's thorough inspection, Makarov didn't say anything more. He quickly registered her information and then told her, "Take care on your journey." Li Xiaoxi nodded and left with the quest sheet. Because Li Xiaoxi had gotten up early, there were only a few people in the guild when she left Fairy Tail.

After Li Xiaoxi left Magnolia Town, Gray called her to wake up as usual, but there was no response when he knocked on her door. Finally, Makarov informed her that Li Xiaoxi had accepted a quest and left the guild.

"I didn't expect that kid to be so fast, but I can't fall behind for too long. I'd better work hard on my training today!"

"Grey, you should put your clothes on before you work out," Cana said speechlessly, looking at Grey who was only wearing his underwear. Cana had complained about this countless times.

"Huh?!" Gray then realized that he was only wearing a pair of shorts.

Just as Gray was about to put on the clothes he had lost somewhere, this voice came through.

"You think you can take on missions? If anyone should take on missions first, it's me, you droopy-eyed guy!" Natsu said with a confident smile.

"Do you want to fight?! You sly fox!" Gray, ignoring the clothes he'd lost somewhere, stood in front of Natsu wearing only his underwear and said angrily.

"I can't get what I want, droopy eyes!" Natsu was a little eager to try.

But just as they got into a fighting stance, the two of them fell to the ground simultaneously, creating two small craters.

"Members of the same guild are not allowed to fight, understand?" Erza said very seriously to the two lying on the ground.

"Hmm," Natsu and Gray exchanged a glance, then replied helplessly, "There's no way we can sleep. Erza's strength is greater than the two of us combined!"

The members of Fairy Tail watched the whole thing from the sidelines, since such scenes were just part of Fairy Tail's daily routine for them.

After leaving Magnolia Town, Li Xiaoxi was captivated by the scenery along the way, but she didn't forget her mission. Following the map Gaia had given her, Li Xiaoxi made her way to her destination step by step.

Originally, while traveling, Li Xiaoxi wanted to practice controlling her magic, but she discovered a very important problem. The magic that she couldn't control before, no matter how hard she tried, suddenly became uncontrollable after she calmed down. She found that the half of the magic that was out of her control was very familiar to her – wasn't this Xiaoxi's magic?

(I've decided, the protagonist's magic will be to master the power of the Little Nozomi Card, plus a super magic from Fairy Tail, and that will be enough!)

Chapter 225 The Conflict Between Worlds

Half of Li Xiaoxi's current magical power comes from the world she was born in, which provides the magic for the Xiaoxi card. The other half consists of magical power that gradually accumulated in Li Xiaoxi's body afterward, as well as the magical power she acquired after coming to this world.

The magic power that provided Xiao Xi's cards was beyond her control. No matter how much Li Xiao Xi tried to control that magic power, it would always disperse on its own. Li Xiao Xi had been thinking about this before. Her body was an integration of dimensions, and theoretically, it should be the strongest body available. There shouldn't be any reason why her body couldn't handle the magic power. Although Makarov said that her body couldn't withstand the magic power, Li Xiao Xi knew that wasn't the case. However, she couldn't explain it to Makarov, as it was simply too profound.

Now, when Li Xiaoxi put aside her desire to control half of the magic power in her body and observe that magic power, she actually discovered that this magic power was the magic power that provided the Xiaoxi card.

After discovering this, Li Xiaoxi said, both amused and exasperated, "You bad things, come out here!"

Just after Li Xiaoxi finished speaking, a magic book appeared out of thin air in the sky and flew directly into Li Xiaoxi's hand.

Immediately after Li Xiaoxi obtained the Book of Demonic Arts, she was able to control the other half of her magical power, and it was even easier to control than the magical power she had cultivated for several months.

After Li Xiaoxi caught the grimoire, the Xiaoxi Cards inside flew out one by one, transforming from card form into spirit form. The card "Wu" clung to Li Xiaoxi's clothes, seemingly afraid she would abandon them again. Besides Wu, the other Xiaoxi Card spirits fared no better, looking pitifully at Li Xiaoxi.

"Weren't you supposed to be left in another world? How did you end up here?!" Li Xiaoxi, forgetting to comfort Xiaoxi, asked her biggest question.

Before the mirror could return, Li Xiaoxi found herself in a familiar space.

"Sister Gaia and Sister Laiye, come out! You two need to explain why the Little hope card appeared in this world," Li Xiaoxi said after arriving in this space.

"Little Xi, don't be angry! There's a reason why your sister did this." Gaia and Alaya appeared in front of Li Xiaoxi as soon as she finished speaking.

"What's the reason? Didn't the sisters say that in order to gain control of their own power, they had to put the Little Hide Card in that world? But wait, since the Little Hide Card has come to this world, what about Yamato and the others? Did they come to this world too?" Li Xiaoxi suddenly thought of this question and asked.

“None of your beautiful ship girls exist in this world,” Alaya said playfully.

“Xiao hope, there’s a reason we’re doing this. Before, you only used magic to provide power for the Xiao Xi cards, but that power wasn’t your true power. However, once you learn their magic through the Xiao Xi cards and can use their magic without borrowing them, that power will truly be yours. Once you can use their magic without borrowing them, the power of the Xiao Xi cards will increase again when you use them. At that time, the Xiao Xi cards will unleash power that will surprise even you,” Gaia patiently explained to Li Xiao Xi.

"Then why didn't you let me wear the Xiaoxi card in the first place? You even lied to me about mastering my own power," Li Xiaoxi said unhappily.

“Xiao hope, we have to do this. Only by doing this will you understand the essence of magic better. In that case, your magical achievements will go further. However, we apologize for deceiving you,” Gaia and Alaya apologized to Li Xiao Xi.

After hearing Gaia and Alaya's explanation, Li Xiaoxi's initial unhappiness at being lied to disappeared. Indeed, as Gaia and Alaya said, Li Xiaoxi now had a clearer understanding of magic. Furthermore, since Gaia and Alaya genuinely cared for Li Xiaoxi, wouldn't it be unfair for her to be angry with them?

"Gaya, Alaya, thank you for everything you've done for me."