Chapter 29

As for Natsu and Gajeel?

They were just remnants of the old era; even if they couldn't beat them when they were young, now it was they who couldn't beat them.

Strength is the truth, and strength is also the confidence that they are currently called the strongest.

[Just one day, while the five little guys were still arguing, a young and beautiful woman appeared in their lives.]

["This is Anna, a remarkable Celestial Spirit Black Mage. From now on, she will be responsible for your cultural lessons, so please call her Teacher Anna."]

[In the footage, Igneel pointed at Anna and introduced her grandly.]

[Natsu: "Teacher?!"]

[Gajeel: "Tch, what is that? I don't need that kind of thing!"]

[Wendy: "Um... An... Teacher Anna, hello..."]

[Sting: "Brother Natsu is the strongest!"]

[Rogue: "Bullshit, it's obviously Gajeel!"]

[Saying this, Sting and Rogue prepared to have another fight over this issue; after all, as a qualified little fanboy, one absolutely cannot allow their idol to be insulted.]

[Seeing the two little brats fighting, Natsu and Gajeel naturally couldn't sit by and watch; as the bosses, the two also had to stand up for their little brothers.]

[Thus, the two little guys also started fighting.]

[Seeing this scene, Anna looked at Igneel with some helplessness: "Is this how you teach children?"]

[Facing Anna's questioning, Igneel also scratched his head in embarrassment.]

[He chuckled: "Hehe, we are all a bunch of roughnecks, only Grandeeney is a bit gentler, but she doesn't know how to teach children either, so that's why we invited you over."]

[Having said this, Igneel straightened his expression.]

["You also know that our plan has less than a year left. These children are the hope, so they must learn some of the most basic skills in this remaining year."]

["Common sense of the human world, relationships between people, or language, writing, etc., they need to learn them faster."]

["Alright, alright, I know. However, my methods are not gentle, you know."]

[Anna shook her head, interrupting Igneel's muttering.]

["It's fine, it's fine, everything is left to you. We are responsible for teaching magic and such, and you are responsible for the cultural aspect."]

["As for gentleness... these children don't need gentleness!"]

[Igneel said decisively.]

[Anna understood, then locked her gaze on the five children, four arguing and one crying.]

[Anna shook her head helplessly, then directly waved her palm: "Formula, no fighting, no noise."]

[Strange magic flowed, and the next moment, the rules that appeared out of thin air completely bound the four little guys who were fighting.]

[Facing the confused gazes of these little ones, Anna came before them with a smile.]

["Alright, introduce yourselves."]

["My name is Anna, Anna Heartfilia!"]

Natsu: "One year? What exactly does that mean?"

In the Fairy Tail guild, looking at the words Igneel said on the screen, Natsu asked in confusion.

Gajeel glanced at Natsu sideways and spoke helplessly: "Do you even need to think about that? Idiot."

His gaze was fixed on the screen, and he said in a deep voice: "It's very likely the matter of the dragons collectively disappearing on July 7th, year X777."

July 7th, year X777.

When this date was mentioned, Natsu and Wendy, who were present, both fell into silence simultaneously.

For several Dragon Slayers, that was a special day.

Since that day, the happy times spent with their fathers and mothers had all turned into bubbles.

To this day, the three Dragon Slayers still did not know what exactly had happened back then.

That caused the dragons who raised them to disappear on the same day.

So much so that to this day,

they were still searching everywhere for traces of the dragons who raised them.

But, so many years had passed, and they had gained nothing.

Wendy: "I think, through this screen, we might be able to know what exactly happened back then."

Like Makarov's thought.

Wendy also believed that if they wanted to figure out what happened on that day many years ago, perhaps only the screen could give them the answer.

The footage on the screen continued.

[Anna's arrival made the five children extremely unhappy.]

[Just imagine, children who were originally free and could do whatever they wanted were suddenly told they had to go to school; that feeling was incredibly irritable.]

[Especially Natsu and Gajeel, these two guys, as soon as they heard any knowledge points or the like, they would become drowsy.]

[They were slacking off all day.]

[But because of this, they didn't receive few punishments from Anna.]

Lucy: "I'm a bit puzzled, why is it that Natsu is Natsu, but the Natsu of our world is so clueless when it comes to learning?"

Gray: "What other reason could there be? His IQ is problematic."

Natsu: "? Gray, you have no right to mock me, okay?"

Gray: "At least when I was little, I wasn't forced by Erza to learn how to write."

"It's clear that a teacher taught you when you were little, but you still can't do it. If that's not stupid, what is?"

Natsu: "I... I just didn't want to learn..."

"Later when Erza taught me, didn't I learn quite fast?"

Erza: "Hmm... indeed, at the critical moment of life and death, Natsu did learn quite fast."

Erza's words instantly made everyone in the guild recall many years ago.

At that time, Natsu couldn't even understand the mission requirements on the request form.

Let alone go on missions.

So, the enthusiastic and kind Erza took the initiative to help Natsu learn to write and read, etc.

At that time, Natsu hadn't realized the severity of the situation,

and very happily agreed,

but everything that happened next could almost be called Natsu's nightmare!

A nightmare even more nightmarish than Anna!

Have you ever seen...

someone not allowed to eat if they couldn't read an article?

Have you ever seen...

someone suffering a beating if they couldn't write a character?

Have you ever seen...

a scene where someone had a sword held to their throat while being made to memorize words?

Under Erza's teaching, young Natsu made rapid progress.

There was no help for it; if he didn't stimulate some potential, he would be dead immediately.

And the most infuriating part was that no one could help Natsu.

Yes, when Natsu was forced to study all night long,

not even a single person dared to stand up and plead for him.

After all, that was Erza, the Queen of the Fairies, Erza!

Who dared to persuade her?

However, although Erza was strict, the effect was indeed outstanding.

The books that Natsu could never read before were soon understood.

The words he couldn't read before could now be read fluently.

The words he couldn't write before were now completely fine.

And all of this took less than a week.

From this point of view, it could at least prove that Natsu's learning ability was actually very strong.