[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-in-fairy-tail-sorry-i-really-am-the-mastermind-b":3,"chapter-in-fairy-tail-sorry-i-really-am-the-mastermind-b-in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-563":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","In Fairy Tail: So Sorry, I Really Am the Mastermind",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2127118,3474,"Chapter 563","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-563",563,"\u003Cp>This couldn't help but annoy the president, who was nearly eighty years old. He suppressed his anger and looked at the annoying guy in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Can you move aside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"President, do you still remember me? I am Zhao Afu, the son of your distant aunt's third cousin's neighbor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The president didn't know this guy at all. He had originally thought this person would be self-aware enough to yield the path. Who knew he was so ignorant? He even wanted to climb a family relationship with him. Did he really think he was senile?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What did the neighbor's son have to do with him?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Get lost, you're blocking me from seeing someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In a fit of anger, the president, whose body was still healthy despite being nearly eighty, jumped up and kicked the middle-aged man in front of him to the ground, stepping over him without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He took the initiative to greet Lin Cheng, who was still standing near the front desk, and shook his hands, with an awkward but polite smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You must be Lin Cheng Tute. You've had a hard journey. The genius the Empire finally sent is the one I've been waiting for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Speaking of which, it was all tears. President Holder, who had applied for talent from the Empire several years ago, finally saw hope before he was about to retire.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Yes, I am Lin Cheng Tute. You must be the president of the Blacksmiths' Guild. You are a bit exaggerated!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It did look a bit exaggerated. An eighth-stage blacksmith was so respectful to a blacksmith who hadn't even been certified yet, and seemed to be looking forward to his arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was very unreasonable!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It's not exaggerated at all. You don't understand my pressure. We'll talk about that later. Let's certify your blacksmith grade first. Come, this way, watch the steps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Speaking of certifying the blacksmith grade, the middle-aged man who was playing dead on the ground suddenly came back to life. He hadn't forgotten that he was also here to re-certify his blacksmith grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was just that the kid he looked down on before had now become a big shot that even the president needed to flatter. Who exactly was the other party?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hey, Old Wang, what is that kid's background?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As a staff member passed by, the middle-aged man grabbed him and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Don't mention it. You didn't offend him, did you? That is a member of this year's Imperial Important Talent list. He is also the only important talent in the blacksmith profession in the last ten years. Do you think the president values him?\" Old Wang whispered in the middle-aged man's ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"That's true.\" The middle-aged man didn't expect the other party's background to be so strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was no wonder the president valued him so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Empire had developed comprehensively in recent years, with the reform of big cities and driving surrounding cities to get rich together, which also indirectly promoted the economic development of various industries. But only in the blacksmith industry, it was becoming increasingly depressed throughout the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It wasn't that the blacksmith profession was no longer good, but there were fewer and fewer young people who had the patience and chose to be blacksmiths.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If young people with innovative minds didn't become blacksmiths, then for the blacksmith industry, it naturally presented a state of depression year by year.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Old blacksmiths were constantly retiring, and some middle-aged blacksmiths could only support the backbone of the Empire. The future ultimately lay in the hands of the young.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, he had to say, even if denied by Old Wang, denied by the president, and spurned by the entire guild, he still had to say!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I think that young man is not very good, because he is really too young!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Why is he not good? Even if he isn't, it has nothing to do with us. Why are you here? Zhao Afu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I came here today with a feeling, thinking about whether I can break through to become a fifth-stage blacksmith.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Give it a rest. You come once a week. You said this half a year ago, and you're still a fourth-stage blacksmith.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What stage do you think that guy will start from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Fourth stage, I guess. He is the only blacksmith genius in the last ten years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Damn, I spent ten years of effort to become a fourth-stage blacksmith. Why? If he can start at the fourth stage, I'll eat shit at the entrance of the guild.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You said it yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I said it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Regardless of how the two behind him were betting, Lin Cheng followed President Holder to the first testing room.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The first test was to light the furnace, which was the basic skill of a blacksmith. As long as you could light the furnace within one minute, you would pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The original first test was not such a simple basic skill, but faced with the depressed prospects of the blacksmith industry in the Empire, the Blacksmiths' Guild lowered the threshold for becoming a blacksmith.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Lin Cheng learned the rules, he tilted his head, feeling that this was somewhat insulting.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Did this count as a test?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hurry up and do it. I believe in you, Lin Cheng.\" The test began. President Holder saw that Lin Cheng still hadn't started, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He was looking forward to Lin Cheng's performance, so he hoped he wouldn't fail the first level.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Alright, I feel like this is a bit too much of a joke.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A ball of spell fire ignited directly in his hand, and he threw it into the furnace. One second!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A raging fire rose in the furnace, and the anvil burned red. The temperature was so high that even Old Wang and the middle-aged man standing at the entrance retreated, only feeling an unbearable heat wave rushing toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>President Holder didn't expect that Lin Cheng was also a fire-element Class Mage, and couldn't help but praise him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1014,"2026-06-16T12:13:34.850Z","2026-06-17T08:53:56.698Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c7b255d3b6bbabbddf638005e5215f8251e8cc5675c837e4efce469133f0fbe0","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-564","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-562",660,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fin-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-cover.jpg"]