Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters.
-The Enchanter of Fairy Tail-
Chapter 7: The story of Malvel and Velmal
Year: X752. 32 years till Canon begins.
Cade POV:
After Master Makarov stopped crying, the three of us went downstairs to have some tea in the lounge together. To relax a little, considering the three of us had all been crying quite recently. Makarov had wanted to leave to return to the guild, but mother had insisted had he stayed a while to have some refreshments.
The lounge on the first floor was a nice sized room, with a red rug in the middle of the room. There was a stone fireplace at the far end of the room, for when winter would come. There were three couches, each of them just next to the rug in the middle of the room. To the far left of the lounge there was a great clock which had been there since the house was first built.
As we made it into the lounge, we saw Pierce cleaning the fireplace. He heard us coming and turned around to see us, him looking quite happy to see me out of my room.
"Ah Sir Philipe! I'm glad to see you have left your room now. Are you ok now…?" Pierce questioned upon seeing me, sounding a bit hesitant towards the end.
"Yes, I'm fine now Pierce. I have Makarov to thank for that. By the way, why did you call me 'Sir Philipe' just then?" I asked curiously, rather surprised by that title.
"Ah well, with the unfortunate passing of your father, Sir Cobalt Philipe, that now makes you than man of the house." He said as he moved to clear away some cobwebs from the top left corner of the room.
"Huh… I suppose it does doesn't it?" I realised in surprise, as I then asked him a favour. "Could you bring the three of us some tea please?" I requested, before sitting down on a couch closest to me. He nodded before exiting the room, leaving the three of us alone.
"Well then." Began my mother as she sat down on a couch opposite me. She placed her elbows on her knees so she could cusp her hands on her chin. "I'd like to thank you again Makarov for what you did today. I'm… not sure what would have happened had you not came."
"Oh no, it's perfectly fine. I was just making sure your husband's last wish was fulfilled and to try to give you two some well-needed closure on all of this." Makarov replied kindly. "Say June, if what I heard from your husband is true before he passed, then I believe he was the money maker for this house. Am I correct in saying that? If so how do you plan to pay the huge rent in the coming months?"
"Well, we should be ok through the next four months or so as we have a few million jewel in our treasury that was all saved up from Cobalt's previous S-Class quests. Until then, I'll try to find a decent job somewhere that would allow me to afford to pay rent." She replied with a slow nod.
'I don't know much about paying rent… but this sounds like it would be hard for mother…' I thought with a bit of distress at seeing her frown. 'Maybe I could-'
I was cut off by Makarov as he quickly spoke after nodded his head in response. "I wish you good luck in that June. I'm sure you'll be able to find a job before then. If there are my issues feel free to come to me for help. I'd be more than happy to help Cobalt's family. Speaking of, there is one thing I'd like to do now that I'm here, if you don't mind of course."
"What is it Makarov?" I wondered curiously, tilting my head a little as I said that. Was this why he chose to stay?
"Well, the now former Commander Hugo brought home a gift for you Cade, that was originally meant to be a present from your father. It was meant for your birthday, but unfortunately your father was unable to deliver it…." I looked surprised upon hearing that. That happened? Makarov moved to continue.
"Well, that item in particular, holds the key to translating and unlocking a certain ancient spell book that your father told me about. He brought it to me a few years back and asked me to examine it seeing if I could open it for him. I was ultimately unsuccessful in doing so, but my curiosity for that spell book grew upon first seeing it. So I sought answers, and after speaking to a rather old friend of mine, I learned that the spell book was originally owned by a dark wizard dozens of years ago. His name was Malvel Nickolas." Makarov stroked his moustache carefully, as I gasped in shock.
"Wait… I've heard that name. Didn't he used to work here years and years ago?" I said looking at my mother for answers. "I think he was mentioned one time in a library book here?"
"Yes, he did. He and his brother are indeed mentioned in a history book in our library." My mother answered pointing out of the lounge and to the door which led to the library.
Makarov cleared his voice for us. "You see, it all began in the year X686 when the Dark Guild known as Blue Skull was defeated by a group of wizards who would soon become the founders of the Fairy Tail Guild not long after that. When Blue Skull was destroyed, many of the wizards were either arrested or simply fled to others areas in the kingdom."
"However… two young wizards who were former Blue Skull members, would choose to redeem themselves by choosing to work for the Philipe family by volunteering as house servants. The two wizards I speak of are of course, Malvel and Velmal Nickolas." Makarov began as I listened carefully.
"Malvel and Velmal were not fully trusted by the Philipe family of course given their past. As such, they were forced to lock away their spell books in the manor's basement and wear anti-magic cuffs - that would prevent them from using their magic again. They were also kept an eye on by the founders of Fairy Tail, choosing to observe them at a passive distance. To the founders surprise, Malvel and Velmal committed no obvious crimes during their time serving the family. Due to this, the founders slowly began to lessen their interest in watching them." I kept listening, as my mind did question a few things, but felt it best to just keep listening.
"As the years passed all seemed well, until the year X716 when Velmal suddenly disappeared with no trace of him being left behind. To make matters worse, his spell book vanished along with him. It had disappeared from the basement when the family investigated his disappearance. Malvel was questioned for information, but the man denied any idea of him knowing his brother was going to disappear that night. He was oddly silent and dismissive of anything said to him after that incident."
"I think I remember hearing from Cobalt - who learned from his parents, that Malvel was almost like a walking shell." Mother spoke as she put a finger on her chin. "I guess the disappearance of his brother really effected him…"
"Quite possibly." Makarov nodded as he continued the story. "Now then, where was I? Ah yes; Two years after the disappearance of Velmal, Malvel died in his sleep. Unfortunately history only seemed to repeat itself, with Malvel's spell book disappearing two days after he died. According to what Cobalt's father told him, a criminal broke into the manor and stole a number of things which included the spell book. Unfortunately the criminal was never found; that was until a few years ago, when your father ordered the garden checked in fear of giant badgers living under it. While excavating the land they had found a rotted, dead cloaked figure under the dirt."
I shivered at the thought, trying to get that out of head. Makarov continued. "The figure had lots of rare expensive items, but most importantly, he had Malvel's spell book. When the break in occurred years ago there was a case of sinkholes occurring across Fiore – rare I know, but it seemed karma would catch up with the thief. Because he couldn't see where he was going in the night, he fell into a sinkhole which was covered up by earth collapsing around it. When the book was rediscovered, your father got a hold of it and the rest is history."
"Now did you understand everything I said there?" Makarov asked, looking to me.
I was… struggling to remember everything that had Makarov had told us. I only remembered the key important details that I think mattered. Like Malvel and Velmal, their background, their time at the manor, their disappearances and death, as well as the recovery of the book.
"Well, I knew everything about Velmal and Malvel, the spell books, the books disappearing and reappearing, both mages leaving the manor one way or the other." My mother listed, as she counted the things she knew on her fingers. "I must say though, you knew quite a lot there Makarov. How did you know things like the founders of Fairy Tail keeping an eye on the brothers?"
"Oh, I have my sources." Answered Makarov as he closed his eyes and smiled to himself.
"I didn't know our family once held dark wizards, and that there was spell books written by them in the house previously." I said recalling the details in my head. "But wait, why did we need an entire other book to open Malvel's spell book?" I wondered in confusion. "Why wait? Couldn't have father just gave me the book whenever he wanted?"
Makarov looked to answer me. "Well, when the spell books were first apprehended when the brother's joined the manor, the founders of Fairy Tail put a special spell on each and every page of the book to ensure that no one else could use them again. They also made sure to seal the books shut with a similar runic spell to make sure they can't be opened."
"They made two translating tomes that could translate the runes to remove them in case they ever needed them – though I can't think of a reason why. The first tome was given to Master Precht who became the second Guild Master of Fairy Tail. When he left the guild to me, he left immediately after. I'm assuming that he still had that tome on him as he left. The second tome was given to Mavis Vermillion who founded the Fairy Tail Guild."
"From what I heard from Master Precht, Mavis left a few years after the Guild was founded for unknown reason. I would assume that she took the translating tome as she left. When Master Precht found her dead body a year later, the translating tome was missing. Due to such a lack of information, the tome we have here could be either of the two, considering that Mavis and presumably Precht have now passed on from this world." Makarov finished, him looking a little sad about the fate of his old master.
The three of us fell into silence as Pierce then returned with the tea, which Makarov quickly drank to fix his sore throat from talking so much. It was then that mother decided to speak up, with Pierce leaving once again to clean the library this time.
"Well we have the spell book and the translating book in the storage room upstairs. I could go and get them for you if you want?" She suggested to Makarov. "There would be another thing I'd like to bring down as well…"
"Ah, that'd be excellent June!" Said Makarov, who was in a good mood after drinking the tea just then. Mother then left to fetch the two books from the storage room, which left just me and Makarov in the room.
"Say Cade." Makarov turned to me. "When the spell book is unlocked, I have a proposal for you: Would you be interested in learning the magic inside of the book?"
That took me by surprise, I wasn't expecting Makarov to suddenly offer me the chance to learn magic from that book. "What!? H-Hold on Makarov… I was under the impression this whole time that we were gonna open the book, and then destroy it due to the fact that a dark wizard wrote the spell book. And… I'm not sure I would want to learn magic from a book that was written by a dark wizard, when it was dark wizards that killed by father." I said looking a little grim at remembering the mention of his death. The whole conversation about the two brothers had taken my mind off my father, which I found surprising.
Makarov shuffled his feet awkwardly before turning to look at me. "It's good of you to be cautious about learning from that book. It wasn't originally my idea to have you learn that magic you know. It was your father's idea."
"Wha-!? It was… my father's idea?" I spluttered in amazement. "But… he would have known that Malvel was originally a dark wizard, right? Why would he want me to learn his spells?"
Makarov hummed as he looked at me with a rather curious expression. "Tell me Cade. Do you believe that any man can be redeemed from the crimes they committed in their past? Do you think redemption is possible?"
I thought carefully for a while before responding. "Well I… um…"
"That's… hard to say… If I had to give an answer, I think it really comes down to the individual themselves and not the actions they committed."
Makarov bidded me to continue. "I think that they can maybe be forgiven no matter the crime, as long as they acted with intentions that put them in an unfair position, like if someone they loved were held hostage. I think my father said that he met a few people like when he was on jobs…"
Most of this information had came from my father, so I think I had a good idea of what I was saying. "Erm, in other words, I think we can forgive them, but we may never be able to forget what they did. Heh, sorry, most of that came from the stories that my father told me." I finished, before then realising something. "Wait… do you think Malvel really redeemed himself and regretted the actions he done in the past?" I wondered, with my eyes widening a little at the possibility.
"You remember when I said earlier that Fairy Tail's founders watched over the brothers to make sure they were up to no good right? Well there was one moment when one of the members was travelling to visit a member of the manor that day, as they were friends with them. But as he was travelling to the front door of the manor, he failed to notice an ex-Blue Skull Wizard preparing a sniper shot from afar ready to kill him." I gasped, as Makarov quickly continued the story.
"But as he was about to take the shot, Malvel jumped in front of the shot taking it to the shoulder! That alerted the founder who quickly dealt with the sniper using their magic. It was around that point the founders chose to not pay as much attention towards the brothers."
"I do think it's entirely possible that Malvel redeemed himself during his time at the manor, he could have let that sniper kill the founder in which… well things would be very different for the Fairy Tail Guild that's for sure." Makarov explained solemnly at that last part, as he sipped the last of his tea.
I chose to speak up with this new info in mind. "Well I didn't know that he chose to save a man from dying. That was never mentioned to me by my parents, or in the history books. I mean, I don't know why Malvel and Velmal joined a Dark Guild, so I'm not entirely sure I can forgive him…" I muttered back to Makarov.
"Many wizards join Dark Guilds due many different reasons Cade. Maybe they lost faith in the Magic Council. Perhaps they were kidnapped at a young age and moulded into a weapon of evil. Or maybe they just think that by joining a Dark Guild, it will be easier to accomplish their goals - whatever they may be of course."
"Like you said, we never found out why the brothers joined that guild, so I have an idea. When we translate the spell book and unlock it, we'll see if there is any spells that would be deemed 'illegal' by the laws we have. If there is some illegal spells, I will destroy the book, if not then you are free to learn the magic inside of it. Does that work for you Cade?" Makarov suggested to me, having now finished his tea.
"Yes, that works for me Master." I answered smiling. I doubted my mind would change on that. "Wait… how do you plan to translate and open the whole spell book in such a short amount of time?" I inquired with curiosity.
Now that I thought about it, I realised that I had never seen Makarov's magic before. That did get me think of what he did use. Super Reading Magic perhaps? But before I could continue to imagine what magic he had, he pulled something out of his pocket.
"I'll be using these!" He said with gusto, as he pulled out a pair of large glasses, holding them up into the air. "These are Gale Force Reading glasses. They are used when reading something to intake the information you are seeing on the pages at a much faster rate than you usually would. I'll use them to translate the book at a rapid speed." He explained with a smirk, as he twirled the glasses in his hands round.
Just then my mother returned with the two books under each of her arms. There was a lacrima tucked under her arm. "Here they are, sorry it took so long! It was easy to find the translator but it was a bit harder to find the spell book." She said as she then put the two books on a nearby coffee table. Me and Makarov both stood up to go and see the books in question.
"Hang on, what's the lacrima for?" I asked looking up to mother as she sat it on the table, away from the books.
She only smirked a little. "That'll come after this. Just be patient a bit longer." I only nodded I confusion as my gaze turned back towards the books.
On the left, there was an old thick leather tome with a leather strap attached to it, to stop it from opening accidentally. On the right there was a rather dirty black spell book, with strange markings along the front cover, that came to cover the spine of the book as well. The title of the spell book was written in gold and read 'M.N' and underneath it read 'X684'. 'These are the spell books…?' I thought with curiosity. 'They look so old…'
"Well no time like the present!" Makarov said as he whipped on the reading glasses and slowly opened the translating book, and bringing the front cover of the spell book close to him. "Now then…" He muttered, as he pulled out a pen and paper from his pocket and began to flick through the translating book while also stoping to take notes every few seconds.
A few minutes into the reading he stopped for a minute to take a break. "Out of all the spell books I've had seen in my life, this is by far the most complex and detailed." He muttered, before getting back to it. "The four founders sure knew how to set up magical runes."
After what felt like forever, he finally finished and closed the book while also removing his glasses, before holding up the sheet of paper he was writing on. "Now then, this is the complete alphabet of the runic language the founders put on the spell book. I believe; if all the information I've gathered for the last few years is correct, then we can use this to unlock Malvel Nickolas spell book!"
"Wait, that entire book was just to learn the alphabet needed to decode the runes on the other one!?" Mother stressed in shock, myself shocked as well.
"Yup! The founders sure were nervous of what was in here." Makarov said as he held up Malvel's spell book. "Well if you don't mind I'd like to start translating the spell that protects the book from being opened. If that's ok with you, June and Cade?" Makarov requested for approval looking at the both of us.
"Well yes I don't mind… but… shouldn't you be back at the Fairy Tail Master?" I said, nervously scratching the back of my head. "You've been here a while, and-"
Makarov simply waved his hand at me "Oh, those kids will be fine, I've only been gone for an hour or so. Trust me, I've let them for longer." He said as he put the spell book down on the table as he held the sheet of paper in front of him.
"Here we go…" He whispered quietly, as he placed his hand on the front cover which showed a small purple magic circle as he did. Removing his hand, he then looked at the runes on the circle and back to the translation sheet as he then said.
"Spell book of secrets I unlock thee. Spell book of power I unlock thee. Spell book of knowledge I unlock thee. Finally, spell book of Malvel Nickolas I unlock thee."
As he said that full verse, the runes on the front cover began to quickly disappear, before the whole book glowed a brilliant white colour and then returned to normal as quickly as it happened. Makarov then slowly put his hand on the front cover of the book and opened it up. "It's done…"
"The spell book is now open!" He grinned. The three of us let out a small cheer, fluffing what father wanted. To open the spell book and see what's inside.
"You did it Makarov! Now we can see what's in the book" I cried happily, as I looked back to Makarov, my gaze flickering between him and the spell books. "I'm so excited!"
"That we can Cade, that we can." Makarov spoke smiling at me. "But say… It would be a bit inconvenient for me to constantly come up here to translate a single page of the book. As such I have a proposal for you: Would you like to join Fairy Tail?"
Upon hearing that, I almost fainted. I had to double back on what he just said. "What?!"
"You want me to join Fairy Tail? But I haven't unlocked my magic yet! In fact… I don't even know if I have magic!"
"Well…" Mother spoke up, catching our attention. "I may have a way to answer that. Cade, remember the gift I for you for your birthday?"
My mind quickly raced to recall what I had gotten. 'There was the board game, and then there was… Ah!'
"The lacrima!" I said suddenly. Makarov looked a bit confused as I spoke up to clarify what I meant. "Right, I got a lacrima on my birthday that could tell me if I had magic or not! So we can use it now to see if I have a magic container or not!"
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Makarov grinned as he looked at the lacrima that mother had brought in with her. "Let's use it and see if you have magic or not Cade!" I hastily picked up the lacrima and was about to use it until Makarov cut me off quickly. "One more thing Cade: If you don't have magic, then I would still like to offer Fairy Tail open to you. Even if you don't have magic, we'd be happy to accept you."
Me and mother smiled at his generous offer. "Thanks Makarov. But I don't think that will be necessary, because I know I have magic within me! I just know it!" I grinned as I held my hands to the lacrima. "…So, I just hold up my hands like this?"
Mother nodded, as she watched with Makarov. A few seconds passed, and I became a little worried at the fear of getting myself worked up for nothing… until the lacrima shined a dim blue colour. "A-Ah! Th-This is-!"
"MAGIC!" I laughed at this amazing answer. "YEAH! THIS IS AWESOME!"
I held my hands on the lacrima a bit more as I placed it back on the table. "You see, I knew I'd have magic! Now I can join Fairy Tail!" I hugged mother with joy as she squeezed me tightly. When the hug was broken, a rather curious thought occurred to me. "Hang on, don't I need to unlock my magic first? How can I join a magic guild without magic?"
"There are some slight complications behind that." Makarov sighed. "Though, it is still possible for you to learn new magic Cade. You wouldn't need to wait to unlock your dormant magic. You could join the guild while trying to learn new spells from that spell book."
I frowned a little. "Well… I know but… I kinda thought it would be nicer to awaken my dormant magic and then learn the stuff from the spell book, you know what I mean…?" I muttered as I scratched my head.
"Oh, I know how you feel, I was the same when I was your age. But I learned that it didn't really matter in the end if the first spell I ever cast was from learned magic or dormant magic within me. What did matter was that I was able to live life to the fullest by learning magic as soon as I could. It turns out that I'd awaken my dormant magic at the age of 18 years!" Hearing that left me stunned. I always thought that you were never going to awaken your magic after ten years.
"Listen Cade, I'm saying that if you don't take action now and stick with what you have in mind, you may end up joining Fairy Tail at a much later date with your awoken magic in which you may regret not joining it sooner by learning a magic earlier on in your life." Makarov told me in a sincere manner. "By joining a guild you can make new friends and memories that will last forever. Also it would be easier for you to come here and learn what spells are in the book, rather than me having to come all the way up here."
I thought about what he said carefully, and the more I thought about it, the more I realised that… Makarov was right. It didn't really matter if my first magic was awoken or not, what mattered was making the most of the time we have left. If I did wait to join Fairy Tail when I did awaken my magic, I would be wasting years that I could be spending in the guild itself.
Not to mention… we would be running out of money in the manors treasury. Joining a guild now would be the best way to try to wake sure we don't run out of money in the foreseeable future! Finally there was father to think about. I'm sure he would have wanted me to join now, so I could be having fun now and learning those spells. In the end, the decision was clear. 'What am I thinking? Of course I have to join now!'
I grinned before looking up at Makarov. "Master Makarov. I'm gonna accept your offer to join the Fairy Tail Guild! I thought about what you said and… you are right. It doesn't matter if I wait a few years to awaken my own magic, what matters is that I make the most of time that I have. And I'm sure my father would have wanted me to join as well." I said smilingly happily at him, before holding out a hand for him to shake.
Makarov shook it back, as I felt that I had made a life changing decision - one that I felt I wouldn't regret.
A few hours later, me and Makarov stood outside the Fairy Tail Guild Hall. It was a big building with what looked like two floors, and it incorporating several architectonic styles: it took on a shape reminiscent of a pagoda, with each floor being smaller than the one below it and sitting on the latter's roof.
The roofs also bore great resemblance to those of real pagoda, consisting of extremely long, arched tiles lined up one after the other and possessing simple curved protrusions jutting upwards on the building's angles. On the highest roof, topping the summit of the building, sat a simple, round and pointed dome. The roof below the one with the dome, the middle one, housed a large banner with Fairy Tail's symbol on it, held up by a pair of vertical poles. Above the building's large entrance was the name of guild written in large capital letters. Quite the grand building.
"So what do you think?" Asked Makarov looking at me with a smile on his face.
"I think the founders had the right idea." I commented smiling back at him. "I've seen it from a distance before, but it looks great closer up!"
Makarov chuckled upon hearing that, smiling back at me after hearing that. "Yes, the building is magnificent isn't it?" I nodded my head at him, agreeing with what he said. "Well then, let's go in and make you an official member!" He said happily as he opened the doors to the guildhall.
As we both entered, I got to have a look at the guilds interior. The inside was similar to a large lunch hall, and mainly consisted of wood, possessing a parquet floor and a mezzanine held up by wood beams overlooking it. Several long benches and the related tables stretched across its length with a bar. Next to the bar I could see a board with bits of paper on it. I could also see stairs that led up to the second floor, as well as a staircase in the corner of the room that must lead down into a basement area. 'Wow, this place is huge.'
At the far end of the main hall, there was a door which I assumed led to Makarov's office. As we walked further in, a few of the wizards sitting on the benches turned to look at me with puzzled looks on their faces. When we reached bar counter, Makarov stopped and jumped on the counter while clearing his voice. There was still some chatter amongst some of the guild members.
"Listen up everyone! This is Cadewell Philipe, who as I'm sure you know, is the son of Cobalt Philipe who you all knew and loved. Today he will become a member of the Fairy Tail Guild!" Makarov shouted loudly for the whole guild to hear. Upon hearing those last few words, everyone in the guild cheered with excitement and delight at me joining. That startled me a little, as I quickly smiled at their kindness.
"I'm not done yet with the news so all you brats quiet down now!" Makarov yelled a few seconds after the cheering did not subside. "As you know, we no longer have any S-Class Wizards in the guild, so that means the S-Class job board is being closed off until we get more S-Class Wizards. Until that happens you are free to access the second floor!"
Upon hearing Master say that, all the wizards in the guild immediately started to run up the stairs to the second floor.
"Come on let's go!"
"I wonder what's up there?"
"I hear there's free beer!"
"Maybe there's a secret entrance to something?"
"WOULD YOU FOOLS STOP AND LISTEN, I'M NOT FINISHED YET!" Bellowed Makarov, who suddenly grew to a ginormous size towering above everyone in the guild. When that happened, all the wizards in the room practically sprinted back to the first floor to listen to what Master had to say. "I still have more to say."
Makarov then grew back down to his normal height and cleared his voice. "As Cade is new here, I need someone to help him learn the ropes around here, do we have any volunteers?" A few hands were raised, but there was one small hand trying to make its presence known among the others, as the person whose hand that belonged to was jumping up and trying to make their way to the front of the crowd.
"I'll show him the ropes!" Said an energetic teenager as he pushed his way to the front. When he made it to the front I was pleasantly surprised to see who it was. "We already met a few days ago!"
"Ah, Gildarts! Yes, you'd be a good pick as you're around his age. Plus you already know each other so that's a bonus." Said Makarov, as he looked towards Gildarts who was now in front of him. "Alright everyone that's all the news I have to say! Now, we just lost our S-Class job board, so it'll be hard for us to stay in the list of top 50 guilds across Fiore, so get out there and make us look good!" Makarov said with determination, and he raised his fist in the air upon saying that.
After saying that, the guild members all ran either to the second floor or to the job board to get a job request. Makarov then smiled and turned back to face me. "They sure are an energetic bunch, aren't they?"
"Now then, we need to make you an official member of the guild." He said before summoning a number of different coloured stamps out of thin air. "What colour would you like your guild mark to be, and where would you like it?"
I answered instantly, as I had always dreamed of this moment. "I'd like it coloured red… and could I have it on my left arm just here?" I pointed to where I wanted it, that being on the front of my arm.
"Sure can!" Said Makarov as he pressed the stamp on my arm, and when he removed it showed a lovely red Fairy Tail Guild emblem. "And that's you an official member!"
"That's great!" Gildarts cheered with a grin. "When I learned that Cobalt has a son, I always wanted you to join so we could go out on jobs together!"
"I'm afraid that you'll have to wait a little longer for that Gildarts." Makarov… or should I be calling him Master now? I think I call him Master now, right? "Cade hasn't unlocked his magic yet. So he will have to try and unlock it or learn new spells first."
"Damn, that sucks…" Gildarts sulked a little, while Master Makarov gave him a pat on the shoulder.
"No need to worry Gildarts. Given how energetic Cade is, I'm sure he'll have found a way to figure it out by the end of the next week." Master said as he looked towards me.
"Don't worry Master, just give me a week and I'll be up and running with magic!" I assured him, standing up as straight as I could. "Only one week is needed, then I'll be ready to go on all sorts of jobs!"
"Well if you're so sure, why not?" Master smiled with a tint of amusement at my confidence. "Let's see if you can learn magic in a weeks time. I'll let you hold onto the spell book as well as the sheet of paper which has the alphabet for translating the runes. Feel free to tackle this however you like." He nodded as he handed me back the paper and the spell book.
"Ah! Thanks Master!" I beamed as I took them from him, Gildarts looking curious.
"Now then, I have to be going now. Got plenty to do back in my office! Gildarts: Don't destroy the guild hall, and good luck to you Cade!" Master said as he turned away from us both and walked away.
When Master closed the door behind him, Gildarts looked at my spell book with curiosity, speaking up. "What kind of spells are in that thing by the way?"
"Huh? Oh that's going to be the magic I'm gonna learn. Well as long as there isn't anything illegal in it of course." I said sheepishly at that last part.
Gildarts blinked. "Illegal?"
Unfortunately I couldn't hear Gildarts as I looked around the guild hall, beginning I to think about my father. 'Father, I hope you're happy with what I'm going to be doing with the next years of my life. I'm still not entirely confident that there isn't any illegal spells in this book… but you trusted me to use and learn from it. I promise I'll make you proud!'
Well there you have it, that's the end of Arc 2 everyone. We finally got to see the backstory of the two brothers, and now Cade has joined Fairy Tail! Along with that he's also got a young Gildarts to help him and show him the ropes.
A slight time limit is present for Cade. Will he be able to learn magic in the seven day time limit?
I do hope that you are enjoying this story and I'll see you guys in the next chapter!