Shirou's clones number 30 million

Compared to Celestial Magic, this kind of fire magic that you use yourself is more direct and more comforting.

Overwhelmed with excitement, she used the fireball spell several more times.

"I'm clearly not a fire elemental, so how can I use a fireball spell?"

“Because this isn’t standard fire magic.” Mavis looked at Shirou curiously and explained, “This kind of fireball spell, which involves circulating magical energy within the body according to certain rules and then ‘blowing’ it out with the mouth, is clearly from another magic system.”

Shirou didn't reply, but nodded slightly to the noble child and pondered for a moment:

"So, you have now mastered the application of fire magic. This mission is now complete."

"Wait a minute, your teaching is very effective! Could you teach me more magic?"

"No. This mission has been successfully completed. If you want to learn more magic, you must become my disciple. But I have no plans to take on disciples at the moment."

The commission for the mission is not paid directly to the individual, but is handed over to Fairy Tail and then distributed to the individual by the guild.

In order to maintain the operation of the guild, a percentage will be taken as usual.

Of course, compared to other guilds, Fairy Tail's commission is very reasonable and can basically be ignored.

"Please...please accept me as your disciple!"

"No." Shirou shook his head slightly. "The line of people wanting to become my apprentices already stretches overseas. If I were to accept them all, wouldn't I be exhausted? This mission is over. Perhaps we'll meet again someday."

As he spoke, Shirou gave Mavis and Lucy a wink, signaling them to hurry up and leave.

Are you leaving already?

Lucy was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening and hurriedly followed Shirou's footsteps.

I thought this would be a long mission, but I didn't expect it to end so quickly.

Moreover, he unexpectedly learned a fireball spell.

In the front courtyard, after confirming with the noble patriarch that the mission was complete, the three slowly left amidst the patriarch's thanks.

Unlike his naive son, the noble patriarch was well aware that it was extremely rare for a mage of this caliber to undertake a teaching mission, and it was certainly impossible for him to teach more.

After all, while low-level magic is not difficult to obtain, high-level magic is very difficult to buy with money.

To get a powerful mage to accept a disciple, one needs not only a lot of favors and benefits, but also a good rapport. Naturally, the other party wouldn't accept a disciple just because of a simple word from his son.

Leaving the nobleman's house and walking down the streets of Akalifa, Lucy excitedly asked again:

"The fireball technique that Shirou just taught me is very simple and easy to learn. If I had a teacher like that when I was a child, I might have become a very famous fire mage by now."

"If you want to learn, I can teach you later. Besides fire magic, I also know some other elemental magic, but I'm not very proficient in them."

"Wow...! Are all these simple and easy-to-learn spells?"

"Yes, I guarantee you'll learn it," Shirou replied with a smile.

This is neither native magic nor magic from other worlds, but rather a combination of magic developed and improved by Shirou from various worlds.

It incorporates the strengths of many different types of magic, including Fairy Tail, Slime, Ninjutsu, Demon King, and Magic.

Moreover, with Shirou's current perspective and overarching vision, he could easily train a top-tier mage across all magic systems.

"May I?"

"There's no such thing as 'can't' or 'can't. As a person from the future, you're bound to face a lot of malice. Learning more magic will help you protect yourself."

Shirou paused for a moment, then continued:

"Furthermore, Celestial Spirit magic conflicts with your current era, making it difficult to use both simultaneously. If you only know Celestial Spirit magic, there will definitely be situations where you suddenly can't summon Celestial Spirits in a crisis."

"I understand, thank you." Lucy nodded slightly and did not object further.

She had actually been thinking about this issue before.

Looking back now, it wouldn't have been so bad to switch to using other types of magic.

"No need to be polite. So, do you know where your father is? Let's go directly to him."

"At the Love & Lucky business guild, I heard that's where Dad and Mom met."

The last time I came here was seven years later.

At that time, I had just escaped the fairy sphere state. Because I didn't have money to pay the rent and also missed my father, I thought I would come to see him.

At that time, Natsu also had no money for food, so he came running over.

However, I did not see my father that day. I only heard the news of his death at the counter, and then I saw my father's tombstone next to my mother's.

Although in my mind it was only two months since we last met, in reality it had been seven years.

“I have never liked my father since I was a child, and we didn’t have a good relationship. But when I saw his tombstone seven years later, I felt very sad.”

"It's true that he ruined his health due to overwork."

"To be honest, I haven't really figured out how to face him yet."

"Even if I saw him here, I wouldn't be able to help him since I'm not good at making money. Seven years later, he would definitely leave this world again for the same reason."

"However, this time, if possible, I hope to stay with him until the end."

Shirou stared blankly at Lucy, feeling very uncomfortable with her pessimistic way of thinking.

If I were in the same situation, I probably wouldn't have any better way to deal with it.

However, I am not Lucy.

Soon after, the three entered the business guild Love & Lucky.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for someone named Jude Heartfilia. I heard he works here."

The person behind the counter paused for a moment, then immediately stood up and shouted:

"Mr. Jiude, someone is looking for you!"

Soon, Jiude, dressed in old clothes and looking disheveled, rushed over.

Upon seeing Lucy, he paused for a moment, then said somewhat angrily:

"Why are you here!"

It's always like this.

Lucy's expression froze visibly; her initial anticipation vanished instantly, and the resentment that had accumulated over the past decade resurfaced in her heart.

"It's nothing, I just happened to be passing by and wanted to see how you were doing."

"Now that you've seen it, leave quickly and don't disturb my work."

"You...all you ever think about is work!"

"Of course, I need to save up enough money as soon as possible! Luckily, a good opportunity has come up recently..."

At this point, Jiude suddenly fell silent, and then said very seriously:

"If there's nothing else, you should leave quickly. This isn't a place for you."

I shouldn't have come to see him!

Lucy's mood clearly became somewhat depressed, and she looked down at the ground with a droopy head.

What was I thinking? Couldn't I have just taken a look from afar? Why did I have to come here and get humiliated?

Chapter 382 Is This the Ultimate Test?

Chapter 382, ​​Section 383: What kind of ultimate test is this?

Seeing this, Shirou slowly spoke:

“Mr. Jude, I am Lucy’s companion, Acnologia. I’d like to discuss a few business matters with you. May we talk outside?”

"I'm very busy too, but I'll give you a little time for Lucy's sake."

Jiude was the first to leave the guild and went straight to a private room in a restaurant across the street. After ordering a large amount of food, he finally spoke:

"Speak, what do you want from me?"

Lucy looked at Shirou with equal curiosity.

"Well, I'd like to collaborate with Mr. Jiude to establish a chamber of commerce that mainly sells several newly developed products."

As he spoke, Shirou reached into the white mist space and summoned a thin notebook and a ballpoint pen made in modern society.

"Look, this is the first product I've prepared."

Jiude immediately took the notebook, quickly flipped through it, nodded slightly, and then shook his head.

"This style of notebook is indeed very rare, but it is easy to imitate and won't sell for much money."

"No, the product I'm talking about isn't a notebook, it's a ballpoint pen."

Shiro pressed the back of the ballpoint pen and began writing in the notebook, explaining as he did so:

"Most of the pens on the market now are quill pens, while some nobles use quill pens with a specially made steel tip."

"Although the prices vary, a quill pen is a quill pen. It is not easy to preserve, it is easily damaged and not durable. It has too many drawbacks."

"This ballpoint pen is a completely new product, unlike the quill pen. It can be preserved for a long time and is not expensive to produce."

At this point, Shirou handed the ballpoint pen to Kudo, indicating that he should try it out.

Although there are improved versions of the quill pen, namely the fountain pen, the fountain pen is obviously not as easy to use as the ballpoint pen, and it is too easy to imitate, so it is not suitable as an initial product.

"Ballpoint pen...? Oh wow...! With such a smooth writing experience, it's bound to be a bestseller! Moreover, the most important part of a ballpoint pen is the ball at the tip; such a small ball would be extremely difficult to imitate!"

Jiude tried it briefly and immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"Please cooperate with me! With this pen, I will definitely make a comeback in the shortest possible time."

"Don't rush, I still have other products to introduce."

Immediately afterwards, to Kudo's surprise, Shirou took out different types of pens one after another.

Due to the influence of magic, the technology tree in this world is somewhat skewed. It's hard to say about other products, but Shirou is certain that these pens can definitely create a small wave in this world.

"I will send the materials on making these pens to Mr. Jiude later. Let's use these pens to open up the market first."

"Of course, these are just small-scale projects. Next, please look at my second product."

As he spoke, Shirou produced a box in his hand.