Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 479 Jerry the Working Man (First Update)

Meanwhile, Natsu was engrossed in choosing high-bounty missions with Happy at the notice board, trying to fill their empty wallets, completely forgetting why they had brought Jerry to the guild in the first place.

There's no way around it; that's how memory works for single-celled organisms. The recent brawl had already exhausted all my brain cells.

"staff?"

Jerry looked puzzled.

How come I'm already considered an employee after just joining the guild? And what's the difference between a guild employee and a guild mage?

Mirajane, who was standing next to Jerry, seemed to notice Jerry's confusion and offered an explanation:

"Guild mages generally need to complete tasks issued by the guild to earn rewards, and a portion of these rewards must be handed over to the guild."

Guild members, on the other hand, don't need to take on quests to receive rewards, which come from serving the guild, just like me.

A normal mage guild is like a brokerage company. Brokerage companies make most of their profits from brokerage fees, so the income of a mage guild comes from a percentage of the rewards that mages receive for completing tasks.

Of course, there are also some extra sources of income, such as the alcoholic beverages and food sold in the guild hall, which can generate considerable profits.

However, Fairy Tail guild is different from other guilds. Compared to the relationship based on interests, it has an additional layer of camaraderie and a family-like bond.

The guild leader treats all the guild's mages like his own children.

Therefore, in order to enable the guild's mages to improve their strength and complete missions without hesitation, the guild silently covers the huge compensations for things like damaging public property.

Therefore, compared to the wealth of other guilds, Fairy Tail, despite being the largest and strongest guild, taking on the most missions, completing the most missions, and receiving the most rewards, is actually in a state of deficit almost every month.

Jerry's appearance was like a ray of dawn shining into the guild.

His healing spell can completely repair the damage caused by the Fairy Tail mages, thus saving the guild from huge fines.

This is why Makarov wanted to recruit Jerry as a guild employee.

Paying Jerry, a guild employee, is better than handing the money over to the Magic Council. Besides, the fines the Magic Council receives from him each time far exceed the funds needed to repair those public buildings.

In this way, the guild will no longer have to worry about financial issues every month.

After Makarov gave a brief explanation of his future job as an employee and the corresponding salary, Jerry nodded in agreement without much hesitation.

He wasn't after Makarov's generous salary, but rather he felt that becoming a guild employee would greatly help him learn the magic of various mages later on.

First of all, once he becomes a guild mage, he definitely won't take on any guild missions. He's not short of money, so there's no need for him to waste time completing a lot of meaningless tasks.

He would rather spend that time in this magical commercial capital and study the magic of this world.

However, if you don't accept any missions, it will definitely arouse suspicion, and it won't make sense on the surface. No mage would not accept missions and not make money.

If you become an employee of Fairy Tail, then this problem will naturally be solved.

Fairy Tail employees don't need to take on missions to earn money; their guild salaries are enough for them to live on.

Secondly, as Makarov said, his job was mainly to repair some of the damage to public property caused by the guild mages during missions.

This would prevent the guild from being condemned by the Magic Council and fined a huge sum.

This might actually be a way for him to interact with the guild mages.

Although it was the guild's job, Jerry's appearance helped these mages solve the problem of damaging public property, preventing the guild family from being bullied by the council.

Everyone will be extremely grateful to him, and their goodwill towards him will definitely skyrocket.

Over time, he will surely become an indispensable member of the guild and a pillar of the guild.

In this way, it would be much easier for him to ask the guild's mages for advice on magical matters.

Although magic in this world is mostly passed down from master to apprentice, there is not much sectarianism.

Because most mages' magic is not unique; many mages possess it, but each has their own unique combat techniques.

He doesn't need to ask others about combat techniques; he only needs to learn the principles of those spells.

Truly rare magic, such as lost magic, is not rare because it is not passed down to outsiders, but mainly because there are too few people with the talent to learn it, which makes it very rare.

There's also Dragon Slayer Magic like Natsu's. If you ask him for help, he'll teach you 100% of the time, and he won't charge you any fees. But the key is that without the help of dragons, that kind of magic is basically impossible to master.

Finally, this job doesn't require him to waste any time at all.

If something goes wrong, the guild leader will definitely notify him, and then he can simply open a portal to the destination, use a healing spell to fix it, and it will probably be resolved in less than two minutes.

With his spatial magic, he doesn't need to take a train or carriage to slowly travel there and back.

After careful consideration, Jerry felt that becoming an employee of Fairy Tail seemed like a good option.

"Jerry, don't worry, I know you came to the guild to take on quests and hone your magic skills like everyone else. So even though you're an employee, you don't need to stay at the guild every day like Mirajane."

As long as you don't have a job, I allow you to accept the tasks posted on the bulletin board, just like other mages.

However, you should be careful. After all, while the Arc of Time magic can neutralize the effects of matter by altering its past and future, it doesn't inherently possess strong offensive power. If you have time, it would be better to learn some other offensive magic!

Makarov was in high spirits when he saw that Jerry had agreed to become a guild employee. He even gave Jerry some privileges that normal employees didn't have, as well as some kind reminders.

"I understand, Guild Master. I'll ask the other mages in the guild for advice on magic when I have time. I'm very interested in many kinds of magic!"

Upon hearing this, Jerry also broke into a bright smile.

"If you have any questions about magic, you can ask me. Although I am old, I learned quite a few kinds of magic when I was young."

Makarov downed another large glass of ale, gulping it down in high spirits.

Jerry's eyes lit up when he heard Makarov's words, and he was in a great mood as well.

(End of this chapter)