To create these magic Cards, Hope applied the design of Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards and used an 'Attachment Spell' to imbue various magics into them, thereby achieving a variety of effects.
As Gildarts's daughter, Cana had a high magic capacity, but 'Card' Magic limited her, preventing her from unleashing her magic to its proper level.
'Card' Magic is a comprehensive magic.
Being comprehensive means being able to do everything but not excelling at anything; this type of magic basically has such an intractable flaw.
Not to mention that Card Magic is also constrained by the quality of the Cards.
To overcome these shortcomings, one would have to cheat.
So, Hope, who had his own cheats turned on, helped Cana cheat a little bit too.
These ten new Cards are actually a collection of several magics.
For example, the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" was created by Hope using 'Holy Dragon Slaying' and 'Shaping', then fused into a blank Card using an 'Attachment Spell'.
The reason Card Mages are comprehensive is that they can use Cards to cast other magics they haven't mastered themselves.
The ten Cards Hope created possess impressive power and effects, but they also require sufficiently strong magic to activate, which fits Cana perfectly, allowing her to stop wasting her own magic.
Moreover, these ten Cards were just Hope's first attempt. With this successful experience, he could confidently DIY even more powerful magic Cards in the future.
By then, he might even be able to create things like the Three Phantom Gods, the Three Wicked Gods, or the Three Polar Gods.
...
Cana closed the Card box. She really liked this gift from Hope, so she decided to celebrate. "Kinana, give me another bottle... no, bring me a barrel of ale! Today, I'm going to drink with Hope until we're both wasted!"
After turning back from a snake into a human, Kinana quickly adapted to life at Fairy Tail and was now a skilled guild receptionist.
She brought over a small barrel of ale but didn't hand it to Cana immediately. Instead, she looked at her suspiciously. "Cana, do you still have money? It's not that I'm being mercenary, but Mirajane said you're not allowed to put drinks on your tab anymore..."
Cana's expression froze instantly. She only then remembered that the last drink she had finished was paid for with the very last bit of money she had. Now, her pockets were emptier than her face was clean.
A miscalculation!
She had actually forgotten to ask for booze money when she kicked Gildarts out to wander!
My dear old father, come back quickly; I won't find you annoying ever again...
A regretful Cana turned her head and looked at Hope with puppy-dog eyes.
You accepted my gift and you still want me to buy you a drink?
Hope really couldn't bear to look. He turned his head away and said to Kinana, "Skip the ale. Bring me a glass of juice, and give Cana a glass of plain water."
"So stingy..." Cana pouted.
Hope smiled slightly. "I gave you ten amazing Cards; you didn't show any appreciation, and now you're turning around and calling me stingy? Kinana, don't even give her the plain water."
"Hehe..."
Cana immediately felt awkward, her voice lacking any confidence. "Didn't I kiss you once last time?"
"It was just a kiss on the lips; can that even be used as credit?"
Cana complained bitterly, "Just because I kissed you last time, not only did I offend Erza, but it also caused Mirajane to refuse to let me put drinks on your tab."
"If you don't have money to drink, then go do a quest, hey."
Hope crossed his arms. "And you're acting like I didn't suffer too; Erza almost cut me down that day."
"But didn't you force a kiss on her in the end?"
Cana looked at Hope with disdain and retorted, "You got the benefit and you're still acting innocent. You're definitely a scumbag just like Gildarts."
"So what?" Hope looked indifferent; after all, he thought the same thing himself. His current self-perception was just like Hong Shixian's.
Amidst their bickering, Kinana brought over two glasses of juice—one for Hope, and one she treated Cana to.
Cana hugged Kinana. "You're so nice, unlike some people."
Kinana smiled and sat down next to Cana. When work was slow, she would chat with the guild members.
Hope looked at the girl chatting and laughing with Cana and suddenly thought of Erik. That guy was working for the Council now; he wondered if there would ever be a day when he finished atoning for his crimes.
"Kinana, has your Memory recovered at all?"
Kinana shook her head. She had heard Lucy, who also participated in the subjugation of the Oración Seis, ask the same thing, but she really couldn't recall any memories from her time with the Oración Seis.
The aftereffects of that curse that could turn people into snakes were just too powerful; even 'Memory' magic couldn't help Kinana recover her memories.
But then again, Kinana being turned into a snake happened at least ten years ago. She was just a little child back then; what kind of person could be so deranged?
Just then, Mirajane, who had gone out to do some shopping, returned and spotted the three of them chatting in the hall.
Seeing Mirajane, Hope scurried over to greet her, skillfully taking the bags of daily necessities and groceries from her hands.
Mirajane looked him up and down. "Showing courtesy without a reason—I bet you want something from me?"
"Haha, can't I just care about you?"
Cana added fuel to the fire from the side. "Don't believe him, Mirajane. This guy is the most selfish person ever."
"Who says? I have a good thing to share with her."
Hope mysteriously took a folded letter from his pocket and opened it in front of them. Mirajane and Cana curiously leaned in.
This was a request letter from the New Council.
It requested Fairy Tail to investigate the traces of demons appearing near the "Crobat Great Canyon". If there were indeed demons, they were to eliminate them.
After Makarov received this request, he passed it on to Hope, who spent his days idly in the guild, bored enough to create a huge pile of discarded Cards.
Mirajane read the letter again and sighed with emotion. "I didn't expect the Council to have a day where they would ask us for help. After all, among the current guilds, only we at Fairy Tail have experience dealing with demons."
Mirajane did not hesitate to accept Hope's invitation to team up.
Because of her inner conflict, she hadn't been active for over two years.
Ever since recovering her magic, Mirajane had been thinking about finding an exciting subjugation quest to warm up, and she hadn't expected Hope to come to her.
Don't let it fool you that it's just an investigation quest; given the Council's face-saving style, if they could solve it themselves, they would never request a Mage Guild.
Traces of a demon?
Mirajane suspected that a demon existed in the Crobat Great Canyon, but the Council couldn't handle it and couldn't bring themselves to say so directly, so they requested Fairy Tail in such a roundabout way.
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