A Father's Duty

I woke up before sunrise and what appeared in front of my eyes is the sleeping face of Irene which I found cute. Kissing her forehead, I slowly stood up from the bed to prepare for the day and hopefully plant the hops. I have already bought the way to plant it for a single point.

I went to check on the chipmunks before heading down to check on Gildarts, and saw him sleeping.

I went down and washed my face before heading to my plantation as I built mounds of soil that has a little bit of sand in it and buried the hops' rhyzome and planted 10 ft poles and formed them like a tent, just like a gypsy house.

The system told me that the hops didn't need any fertilizer at all if it is planted in the upgraded soil. I have also concocted a reason if ever someone asked me how I can grow plants in this barren wasteland.

After planting the hops, I still have a lot of time before breakfast so I want to sort out all of the things I got from the system as I went far away from the house. I asked the system to cover my tracks, even my scent so that no one should be able to find out where I am.

First thing I took out is the Bladeform Legacy as I studied the mask.

"System, if I remember correctly, juggernaut uses a katana, wouldn't it be useless as I am a heavy sword user?" I asked the system.

[Host is forgetting that the souls residing in the host's mask are very different from the souls that juggernaut awoke. Host's wisdom soul contains the mystic arts of ancient times while the raging soul contains the experiences of a formidable warrior capable of wielding any weapon, be it sword, bow, spear, scythe, and etc. Like I said, only the best are given by the system to the host. The mask could also transform your weapon to a katana, with the weight of a greatsword to fool your enemies.]

I nodded in understanding as the advice given by the system can be useful in some situations.

I wore the mask as 2 eastern dragons in red and blue-green colors(Don't know the exact color of the legacy style) rotated in my arms and I appeared into an unknown space.

"Welcome to our realm. The realm of Wisdom and Rage." the dragons spoke at the same time.

"I resided in the mask to share the knowledge and mystic arts of the ancient times to one fated with the mask." The Wisdom blue-green dragon said.

"And I share the arts of killing to the chosen one." The Raging orangy-red dragon said.

"Speak, what path would you like to learn first." They both said

Since my magic circuit is still broken, I chose the killing path and asked them.

"What is the difference between the fated one and the chosen one?" I asked.

"Fated one is the one who have acquired the mask we are residing." The Wisdom dragon said.

"And the chosen one needs to be approved by me." The Rage Dragon said.

I nodded in understanding as the rage dragon flew and entered my body and I was transported into a desert battlefield filled with different kinds of weapon.

"Pick your weapon and prove to me that you are the chosen one." The Rage dragon said.

A hundred sand soldiers arose from the sand battlefield but they didn't attack me as they waited for me to pick up my weapon. I chose the heavy sword as my weapon as I readied myself to fight against the sand soldiers.

The sand soldiers started rushing towards me as I swung my sword horizontally and a soldier was cut down and disintegrated into sand.

I sent slash upon slash towards the soldiers as they were cut down by my sword. When I reached my 50th soldier, I noticed that the soldiers are getting stronger because the time I kill a soldier is getting relatively longer and concluded that the more I kill, the more they got strong.

I started going on a rampage as I killed 5 soldiers per swing of my weapon and when I reached the 90th soldier, they started blocking my sword with a wall of their own sword. I can't use knocking as they are just beings made from dust. Instead I used damage knocking on my body to lessen the damage I got from them as I continued cleaving the soldiers with my sword and cleared the battlefield.

"You have earned my recognition. You are indeed chosen by me... and the mask itself." The dragon said.

'Well... that was anti-climactic.' I thought before nodding.

[The Bladeform Legacy is your property host. Why would your property cause you trouble? Would Host like to claim the rewards?] The system said as I nodded.

Countless memories of the ancient warrior wielding different weapons rushed into my mind as they integrated with me. What I found fascinating is that the way I'm using heavy sword can be upgraded as I noticed my flaws and how to deal with other weapons. There is also an unarmed combat masters mixed within the bunch.

It took me five minutes to integrate all of those memories into my body. Be it short swords, Greatswords, longswords, spear, bow, and many more. Although I have gained theire memories, I still have to familiarize myself with the weapons by using them in combat.

I have also learned the weapons' strength and weaknesses as well as the ways to patch the weaknesses.

I exited the space as I saw the two dragons once more.

This time I let the Wisdom Dragon merged with me, since the only requirement is being the fated one, as countless knowledge of mystic arts and the likes merged with my mind. I saw different totems and their effects as well as knowledge of herbs and ancient medical treatments appeared in my mind. It took me another 5 minutes to digest all of them. What caught my attention is the way on how to make an ambrosia, the drink of the Gods, or so they say, that would grant you immortality.

After digesting everything I appeared once more in the WoD as I removed the mask. Satisfied with my gains, I turned to the cooking magic.

"System, what is the use of cooking magic if my magic circuit is wrecked?" I asked.

[Although host has recovered 10% of your magic circuit, you could still use it, though the output would be really weak.]

I nodded once more. Although I could use the magic, its output would be useless and wouldn't be able to damage the enemy. If I haven't merged with the Wisdom dragon, I wouldn't have exploited this but I could use the low output magic as a feint or a distraction for the true attack.

After that, I redeemed the body refinement manual and saw that I needed herbs to make a paste to mix with water to start the refinement process and reach the first level and I saw that the herbs I need is very rare and not available at the system at the moment.

Since I can't use it yet, I redeemed the Breath of Thunder. I see this as very important because it patches my weakness as a heavy sword user which is speed.

Surge of memories rushed in my mind as I saw the the 6 initial sword form and Zenitsu's 7th form he used to defeat his senior. Since they are only memories, I would have to train in it from the bottom and I remembered that the first form, thunderclap and flash, is the bread and butter of all the other forms.

In the series, Zenitsu, always perform thunderclap and flash in an iaido stance, but with my experience in using the heavy sword, I tweaked it a little bit as I perform the stance but with my sword hovering on my shoulder. I focused the meager amount of magic power I have in my body and channeled it to my legs. (His hold over the sword is like how Shimazu Toyohisa charge towards the enemy commander to take his head in Drifters anime)

"Kaminari no Kokyu, Ichi no Kata." I muttered in a low voice. Although muttering the name of the technique may sound foolish, it helps me focus as I image the end result of the technique, If I mastered the technique, I wouldn't need to use a physical routine and use a mental routine to complete the technique. Just like Aimaru and Takimaru's routine in Toriko.

Routines are actions centered around mental images and physical movement. The higher the concentration, energy, and experience a person has with routines then the less physical movement is required to perform the routine. The lowest level of a routine requires a lot of movements and time but at its highest level it is an entirely mental action.

By imagining a scenario or event strongly enough, a person is able to cause an impression of that scenario or event that it actually occurs, whether that be imagining stress and forming an ulcer or imagining an attack succeeding and having it actually succeed. To fully utilize the effects of the technique it requires an astonishing level of concentration and self-confidence, and depending on the difficulty of the d.e.s.i.r.ed impression the energy required can be enormous.

In simpler terms, a routine is like Sasaki Kojiro's Thousand Image Defense from Shuumatsu no Valkyrie but on the offensive side.

(In the anime, Aimaru and Toriko fought and with Aimaru's Ultimate routine, Toriko believed he would be obliterated if he attacked Aimaru as he backed far away. Though in the manga, Aimaru even demonstrated the routine to Toriko as he formed an ulcer on his body as he coughed up blood with just the mental routine, but it wasn't shown in the anime since it would gross out the viewers)

I dashed towards the empty space and slashed the imaginary enemy. The results? a deep crevice formed, even though my sword only hit the air. Seeing this made me excited of its prospects in the future.

I practiced my heavy swordsmanship to correct the flaws I had and mixed it with Breath of Thunder. I also tried using two-fold and it exhausted my magic reserves and after training, I went back home.

I returned home with satisfaction. Even though I can't use the body refinement manual yet, I know that it is a formidable manual as well since it came from the system that offers "only the best" of quality.

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I'm not going to heavily invest on action scenes as this is a slice of life novel, with a bit of action from time to time. The life of a father in Fairy Tail world.

If you have read the disclaimer warning before reading the novel you would understand what I'm saying.

Also concerning the ruined timeline, it doesn't matter. When MC transmigrated into Fairy Tail world, everything is already f*cked, be it the timeline, and even the world itself. Being the father of Erza, picking up Kagura, Lucis Kingdom and more. So I suggest to not dwell on it.

Even though I'm going to be using fairy tail story arcs, I would skip some and alter other arcs because of the ruined timeline and other variables. But that's for the future and still a very long way ahead.

Anyway 2nd chapter would be uploaded laturr. Back to work!