Chapter 2

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In the early morning, the air still carried a hint of chill, and a gentle breeze blew down from the sky, passing over the buildings and reaching the center of Magnolia Town, causing the curtains of a rather luxurious building facing the street to sway back and forth. Though it was somewhat cold, it also gave a refreshing feeling unique to the early morning.

"Click..."

With a very slight sound, the half-open window was pushed open by someone. A boy with neatly trimmed black hair and deep, star-like dark eyes, about eleven or twelve years old, stood by the window, looking at the bustling street outside, lazily stretching, but soon shivered slightly.

"Ugh... a bit cold..."

Feeling the coldness that came with the morning breeze, Noah resisted the urge to turn back and crawl back into bed for a second sleep, and pulled the curtains closed.

This is the 'Fairy Tail' guild!

In the Kingdom of Fiore, where 'magic' is deeply integrated into people's lives, and can be said to be the cradle of those who possess magic and make a living from it, the 'mages' who belong to different guilds and accept commissions from others, using magic to complete the corresponding tasks, are countless. The mage guilds are also numerous.

And 'Fairy Tail' is just one of these densely packed guilds, but it is also one of the most prestigious and well-known.

Now, the place where Noah lives is this 'Fairy Tail' guild.

As the usual gathering place and headquarters for accepting work and commissions for guild members, the 'Fairy Tail' guild is almost uninhabited, even the guild master of 'Fairy Tail' — Makarov Dreyar — lives elsewhere.

However, as Makarov's adopted grandson, Noah has been living here for a year since he was brought back from an unknown place in the wild by Makarov.

Of course, it's not that Noah doesn't like living with Makarov. The reasons for living in the 'Fairy Tail' guild are quite complex, but overall, Noah is quite satisfied with his current living place.

After tidying up the curtains, Noah looked out the window.

Noah's room is on the top floor of the guild, so standing by the window, almost half of Magnolia Town where the 'Fairy Tail' guild is located can be seen.

Early in the morning, many townspeople were already preparing for their day's work in the town, some were busy opening their shops, others were moving some goods, making the street very lively.

Looking at this scene, Noah felt unusually peaceful, and muttered softly, thinking of something.

"Gray should be coming over soon, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud and impolite knocking sound came from the door of Noah's room, causing the door to vibrate frequently.

"Hey! Noah! Get up!"

Hearing the extremely impatient and impolite knocking, Noah couldn't help but smile, turned around, grabbed a jacket from the head of the bed, and put it on. His gaze inadvertently fell on the back of his right hand, where it stopped.

Upon closer inspection, there was a tattoo on the back of Noah's right hand, resembling a bird.

It was the emblem of the 'Fairy Tail' guild.

Those who have the emblem of a certain guild on their body are proven to be mages of that guild.

'Fairy Tail' is the top mage guild in the Kingdom of Fiore, and as a member of this guild, no one feels anything but pride.

However, looking at the emblem on the back of his hand, Noah showed a very complex expression, eventually sighed, calmed his emotions, and went to the door to open it.

What met Noah's eyes was a young boy about his age.

The same black short hair, but unlike Noah's neat and smooth hair, it was somewhat rebellious and stood up in many places. The boy was only wearing a pair of shorts, standing outside the door with an impatient look on his face.

"If you don't open the door, I'll really kick it down!"

Hearing this, Noah didn't frown at the other's extremely unpleasant words but smiled helplessly.

Gray Fullbuster, this is the name of the young boy in front of him. Although he is about the same age as Noah, he joined 'Fairy Tail' about two years earlier, making him Noah's senior.

Although he is called a senior, at this age, he is naturally not a mature mage and is still in the process of learning magic, striving to become a mature mage. So, like Noah, although he has joined 'Fairy Tail', he is not yet at the level where he can accept commissions and go out to work.

Because of this, Noah and Gray often interact, and their relationship is the best in the entire 'Fairy Tail'. This can be seen from the fact that despite his impatient look, he still comes to Noah's room to wake him up every day as soon as he arrives at the guild.

"You're so energetic early in the morning, Gray."

Noah said slightly irritably, and Gray walked into his room without a care.

"You're too lazy. I've already practiced for about an hour before coming to the guild, and you, who hasn't even learned magic, are just getting up now!"

Noah didn't deny Gray's somewhat harsh words but shrugged indifferently.

After all, Gray wasn't wrong.

As a mage who is not yet mature enough to accept commissions and go out to work, Gray, although not yet mature, can already use magic. Even though his use of magic is still very immature, being able to use magic and join the guild makes him a mage.

On the other hand, Noah, who is the same age as Gray and also not yet mature, still cannot use magic and does not even have the qualifications to be called a mage!

This is also the reason why Noah looked at the guild emblem on his hand with a complex expression just now.

Only mages can join a mage guild, this is a common sense.

But Noah joined 'Fairy Tail' without being able to use magic and was branded with the guild emblem of 'Fairy Tail'...

Even though the people in 'Fairy Tail' are not the type to gossip, Noah himself is somewhat concerned.

"I've always been puzzled." Gray, who had entered Noah's room, turned around and looked at him.

"Old man said your magic power is so strong that it surprises him, so why can't you use magic?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this is the eleventh time you've asked me this question, right?" Noah sighed slightly.

"Grandpa said my magic power is too strong, and if I can't control it freely, using magic recklessly will only bring unimaginable disasters. So, he temporarily forbade me from learning magic until I can control my magic power freely. Haven't I already told you this?"

"But are you really that strong?" Gray looked at Noah with doubt.

"I can't see it at all!"

"Is that so?" Noah rolled his eyes.

"Why don't you ask Grandpa yourself?"

Gray immediately shut up.

Although he said it out loud, he indeed had doubts, but Gray still trusted Makarov's judgment. If Makarov said it, then it must be true.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about it. Let's go down, it should be getting lively downstairs!"

Noah smiled and nodded, and together with Gray, they went downstairs.