Chapter 379: Twin Dragons Join the Guild (Second Update)
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There was no need to explain about Orga—he used Thunder God Slayer Magic. After joining the guild, he could also study this form of magic further.
Rufus used Ancient Memory-Forming Magic, a very unique type of magic that could manifest objects and spells from memory. It also allowed him to add his own interpretation to remembered spells and create new ones.
His strength was second only to Minerva and Jieman, possessing power close to that of a top-tier S-Class Mage.
Yukino, like Lucy, was a Celestial Spirit Mage. She possessed two golden keys and was approximately half as strong as an S-Class Mage.
To open the Eclipse Gate, twelve golden keys were needed. According to Macao, after the campaign against the Oración Seis, Lucy had acquired ten golden keys. With Yukino's two keys, they now had the complete set of twelve.
George instructed Minerva to bring the three new members to meet with the current guild master, Macao, to handle the formalities, while he headed to the Bureau of Magical Development to begin work on replicating magic.
The Bureau's magical texts and tomes far exceeded those of Fairy Tail in quantity. There was no way he could read them all anytime soon, so he decided to use a Copy Spell to duplicate a set and bring them back to the guild. This way, he could gradually read through them and also expand the guild's library.
He had promised the king not to take any books away—but he hadn't said anything about not copying them.
That evening, just as George returned to his dorm, Macao came looking for him.
"Guild Master, aside from the four you already approved, quite a few others applied to join the guild today. I've recorded all their information. Would you like to take a look?"
Mages coming to the capital weren't limited to guild-affiliated ones; many were independent. It was only natural that, upon witnessing Fairy Tail's power, they would want to join.
George had anticipated this.
"Let me see."
Taking the list from Macao, he began scanning through the records quickly.
"Huh? These two kids?"
Most of the applicants had average magical abilities, which was to be expected. The more powerful mages were already affiliated with other major guilds or factions, so there weren't many good candidates left to recruit.
However, two children caught his attention.
They were young—only twelve years old—and their magical abilities weren't particularly strong. But in the section listing their type of magic, both had written Dragon Slayer Magic.
One was named Sting Eucliffe and was noted as using Light Dragon Slayer Magic.
The other was named Rogue Cheney and was listed as using Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Take me to meet all the mages who applied to join the guild."
Dragon Slayer Mages always had great potential. If properly nurtured, their future strength would be impressive—at the very least, they'd reach S-Class.
As long as these two children didn't have any major issues, he definitely wanted them in his guild.
However, based on what he currently knew, there were only two ways for Dragon Slayer Mages to come into existence: either a dragon personally taught them magic, or a Dragon Lacrima was implanted into their bodies.
According to their profiles, these two children were orphans. That piqued his curiosity.
If they were taught by dragons, were those dragons still alive? And if they received Dragon Lacrimas, how did they get them—and who implanted them?
Led by Macao, George arrived at the inn where Fairy Tail was staying and met the group of mages who wanted to join the guild.
"That's George? You'd never guess such a small cat could have such overwhelming power."
As soon as George entered the inn, the mages there erupted in excitement.
Following the Grand Magic Games, George had become an icon—not only for regular people but also for many mages who now looked up to him and wanted to follow in his footsteps.
"There are even two Exceeds here."
Glancing around, he quickly noticed two children radiating the aura of dragons, each holding a small cat in their arms.
Although George hadn't experienced the Edolas incident himself due to his Hundred-Year Quest in the Northern Continent, he had heard about it from Macao.
It turned out that the world of Fairy Tail wasn't the only world—there were parallel dimensions as well. He and Happy had both come from the parallel world of Edolas, where they were known as Exceeds.
Back then, the Exceed Queen had foreseen a disaster that would befall their race. In order to ensure the continuation of their species, she sent one hundred eggs to this world.
Among those who arrived later was Wendy's Exceed, Carla, as well as Happy and even George's own current body—they had all come from those one hundred eggs. Carla was even the princess of their kind.
The cats in the arms of the two children were likely also from among those one hundred eggs.
"Silence!"
As George uttered the word "silence," the noisy crowd of mages instantly discovered that they could no longer make any sound within the inn.
This was a modified version of a magic George had developed, combining this world's Solid Script Magic with the "Silent" Clow Card magic being researched in Sakura's world. It could suppress all sound within a designated area.
"I know all of you want to join the guild, but as the strongest guild, Fairy Tail has standards for who we accept."
At George's words, a nervous look appeared on the faces of the surrounding mages.
Most guilds judged applicants based solely on their power—but their abilities were, by and large, mediocre.
"Line up properly in a moment. You'll enter the room one at a time, and I'll personally evaluate each of you.
But don't worry—our criteria are not based solely on current strength. We also value potential and character."
Strength was, of course, a major factor in their evaluations, but there was a distinction between present power and future potential.
Some individuals might seem strong now, but if they were already older, they might not be worth as much as a younger mage whose power had not yet fully developed—like those two Dragon Slayer children.
There were also those with malicious tendencies—murderers, arsonists, or those who wanted to join the guild for impure motives. Such people could not be allowed in.
George's evaluation method was simple: he would directly read their memories and base his judgment on what he found.
After canceling the sound suppression magic and handing the registration forms back to Macao, George instructed him to organize the applicants into a line. Then, George entered a temporary room in the inn to begin the guild admission assessments.
From that day forward, every mage wishing to join the guild would undergo a memory inspection by George.
Of course, the mages themselves had no idea George was reading their memories. To them, it simply looked like George was placing his paw gently on their foreheads.
"Approved!"
"Rejected!"
"Rejected!"
"Rejected!"
"Approved!"
After about half an hour, it was finally the turn of the two Dragon Slayer children.
"Approved!"
George paused in silence for a while after finishing the memory inspection, only then announcing the result.
Watching the two children leave the room with bright smiles, he muttered quietly to himself:
"I can't believe it... So that's what happened. No wonder Natsu couldn't escape that spell barrier last time. Turns out... they're over 400 years old."
By reading the memories of the two children, George had uncovered an earth-shattering secret.
(End of Chapter)