Yo 👋, Author Ibry here.
It's been a while since I did one of these. I hope all of you are doing well.
First off, thank you for supporting my fanfiction so far. It genuinely means a lot to me.
There are a few things I want to talk about, so I'll get straight to the point.
For starters, I'll be uploading much more frequently over the next few months.
I'm a 17-year-old high school student, and since it's currently summer break, I have a lot more free time on my hands. Because of that, I'm aiming to upload every 3–5 days whenever possible.
Honestly, I prefer this schedule far more than the weekly uploads I used to do.
I really enjoy writing. At this point, it feels less like a hobby and more like a way of life.
Whether it's emotional scenes, comedy, casual character interactions, worldbuilding, or fight scenes, I genuinely love the process of creating them.
Sometimes I get the same kind of excitement a kid gets when opening a present. Even while writing this note, I'm smiling like an idiot. 😁
That said, I still get self-conscious about my writing.
There are times when I feel like I'm not good enough. Like I could be better. Like I should be better.
But I've only been writing for about a year.
When I look back at my older chapters and compare them to the recent ones, I can clearly see how much I've improved.
Not just my grammar or descriptions, but my overall style as well.
My writing today is very different from the writing I started this story with.
To me, writing this fanfiction isn't a job.
It's a commitment.
Not only to myself, but also to everyone who thinks my story is worth reading. Everyone who takes time out of their day to click on a chapter, leave a comment, favorite the story, or simply follow Albion's journey.
So truly...
Thank you.
Thank you all for reading.
Just knowing people enjoy something I've created fills me with an unbelievable amount of happiness. 😄😄
Now, let's talk about a few parts of the magic system.
The first is Hand Signs and Somatic Control.
Many spells require specific hand signs, body movements, stances, weapon gestures, or even symbols drawn through the air in order to activate properly.
These physical actions act as catalysts that guide magic through predetermined pathways within the body before release.
Examples of Somatic Control include:
- Hand-sign sequences
- Arm and body motions
- Weapon-based casting gestures
- Air-drawn magical formulas or symbols
A simple example would be Juvia's Water Slicer technique.
Whenever she performs the spell, she raises a single hand as part of its activation process.
The second topic is Incantations, also known as Chant-Based Casting.
Certain spells require spoken activation through structured phrases, verses, or magical chants.
These incantations help stabilize and properly shape the spell's full power before release.
The first time we saw this in the story was during the battle between Metsuri Ebonveil and the magical beasts within the Elder Woods near the village of Darry.
However, there is a reason why chant-based magic hasn't appeared very often.
Incantations possess a major weakness:
The caster becomes vulnerable while chanting.
During activation, a mage is forced to divide their attention between combat and recitation.
Because of this, incantation-based spells are most effective when:
- Allies are protecting the caster
- Defensive barriers are active
- The user has sufficient distance from their opponent
- The battle allows enough time to complete the chant
Think about it.
Could you imagine trying to recite an entire magical verse while someone is actively trying to punch you in the face?
In a high-intensity fight, that's basically giving your opponent a free attack.
This is why Metsuri only used an incantation to place Albion in a barrier.
It's also why she didn't rely on them during the direct portions of her battle.
Doing so would have been practically suicidal.
Speaking of Albion, let's talk about our main character.
I think the best place to start is with his past—or at least, the parts of it that we currently know.
By now, we know Albion was raised inside a laboratory located somewhere within the Kingdom of Fiore.
What we don't know is why he was there in the first place.
We don't know how he arrived there.
We don't know who brought him there.
And we certainly don't know who was funding or operating the facility.
That said, I think it's pretty obvious that Albion was being observed, experimented on, or perhaps both.
As for why?
Well, the answer is probably tied to what Albion actually is.
We've already received hints that he belongs to a race that was supposedly wiped out roughly four hundred years before the events of the story.
If that's true, then Albion's very existence should be impossible.
Naturally, that would make him someone worth studying.
The laboratory itself remains one of the largest mysteries in the story. The only thing we know for certain is that it exists somewhere within Fiore.
Speaking of Fiore, I know I haven't explored the country's geography, politics, or locations all that much yet.
That isn't because I've forgotten about them.
You have to remember that most of the main cast are still children.
The story is currently being told from the perspective of characters who know very little about the world beyond their immediate surroundings.
As Albion learns about the world, we'll learn alongside him.
This also gives me time to properly flesh out locations, cultures, guilds, and future plotlines without rushing them.
Another thing worth discussing is Albion's biological parents.
The simple truth is that we know absolutely nothing about them.
In fact, Albion himself doesn't even believe he has parents.
As far as he's concerned, they might as well not exist.
However, I think people sometimes forget that a huge portion of Albion's life wasn't spent in the laboratory.
It was spent with Metsuri.
While we still don't know every detail of their time together, we've learned enough to understand that their relationship was deeply unhealthy.
We know Albion suffered both physical and verbal abuse.
We also know that Metsuri attempted to teach him combat to some extent.
Whether those lessons were genuine training or simply another extension of her treatment toward him is something readers can decide for themselves.
What we do know is that Albion is nowhere near a master fighter.
Actually, he's pretty terrible at hand-to-hand combat.
I mean, seriously.
Do you know how bad you have to be at fighting for your own alternate self to beat you up?
That's a level of disrespect I don't think most protagonists ever recover from.
Speaking of Albion's other self...
Let's talk about Amon.
Or, as most readers originally knew him:
White.
White Albion.
The stitched-mouth menace himself
There are not go things we need to talk about him, but let go over his name first. White never had a name.
This is something most readers already know, since it's been a major part of his character, but let's talk about Amon.
Or, more specifically...
Why was he called "White" or "White Albion" before he received a proper name?
The answer is actually pretty simple.
Nobody in the story ever called him "White."
Nobody called him "White Albion" either.
The only reason those names appeared at all was because there wasn't any other way to identify him.
He looked exactly like Albion.
Except he was white.
So the narration needed some way to distinguish the two.
If you go back and reread the previous chapters, you'll notice something interesting:
Albion himself never once calls him "White."
Not a single time.
The only place those names ever appeared was within the narration itself.
Fun fact:
The name Albion is historically associated with "white," which is where that temporary label originally came from.
This is also why Albion eventually gave him a real name.
Amon.
Another fun fact: the name Amon can be translated as "The Hidden One."
Which is pretty fitting.
After all, Amon's existence was hidden from Albion for most of his life.
Now let's talk about something more important.
Amon's origins.
Most readers know how Amon was created.
But I don't think everyone fully understands why.
It has already been revealed that Amon was born from Albion himself.
More specifically, from the inhuman blood flowing through his veins.
However, that alone isn't what created him.
The real answer lies in the five years Albion spent living with Metsuri.
During those years, Albion was isolated.
He wasn't allowed to have friends.
He wasn't allowed to form meaningful relationships.
He had nobody he could truly speak to.
Nobody he could connect with.
As a result, he became emotionally dependent on the only person in his life:
Metsuri.
We see evidence of this throughout the story.
For years, Albion mistook desperation for love.
He wasn't clinging to her because she treated him well.
He was clinging to her because she was all he had.
This was hinted at as early as Chapter 2.
During his conversation with Gajeel, Albion says:
«"What my mother gave me wasn't love, I just wanted to believe it was."»
«"I'm lonely. And I don't want to be alone anymore."»
«"I want to matter. I want to be needed. I want to know it's okay for me to exist."»
«"But I was scared—too scared to leave my house. So I waited..."»
«"Hoping someone would come looking for me. Hoping someone would choose me."»
At first glance, these lines seem straightforward.
But looking back now, they reveal a lot about Albion's mental state.
When Albion says he doesn't want to be alone anymore, he isn't talking about physical loneliness.
He's talking about isolation.
When he says he wants to matter, he's expressing a desire for validation.
A desire to know that his existence has value.
And when he says he was too scared to leave his house?
He's not talking about the building itself.
He's talking about Metsuri.
He was too afraid to let go of the only relationship he had ever known.
Even if that relationship was hurting him.
And this is where Amon enters the story.
For five years, Albion had nobody he could speak to.
Nobody he could trust.
Nobody he could confide in.
Every fear.
Every rejection.
Every moment of loneliness.
Every ounce of anger.
Every bit of pain.
He kept all of it buried inside himself.
Year after year.
Eventually, that mountain of negative emotion became something else.
Something tangible.
Something alive.
Amon.
The Inner World was born alongside him.
This is why Amon behaves the way he does.
He isn't simply an alternate personality.
He isn't merely an evil counterpart.
Amon is the embodiment of everything Albion refused to acknowledge.
His anger.
His resentment.
His hatred.
His selfishness.
His fear.
His desire for power.
His desire to survive.
Amon is the accumulated result of years of suffering and abuse.
The physical manifestation of Albion's negative emotions fused together with the mysterious inhuman blood flowing through his body.
Think about that for a moment.
How much pain does someone have to endure before their emotions begin taking shape?
Before their loneliness starts speaking back to them?
Before their darkness becomes a person?
That is why Amon believes himself to be the "true" Albion.
Because from his perspective, he is the version of Albion that never lied.
Never suppressed his feelings.
Never pretended everything was okay.
He is everything Albion buried.
And everything that eventually clawed its way back to the surface.
I feel like this gives a lot more context to Amon as a character, as well as why he views Metsuri the way he does.
Let's see... what else do I need to talk about?
Uhh, hold on. Let me think.
Uhhh...
Oh! Right.
The name Amon actually holds a special place in my heart.
Less than a year ago, I wrote another Fairy Tail fanfiction. The main character of that story was named Amon. He was also five years old, had violet eyes, and had an abusive relationship with his adoptive father.
Yeah...
It wasn't exactly my best work. 😅
Eventually, after writing over twenty chapters, I deleted it. So when I started this story, I was really tempted to make the new protagonist's name Amon as well.
Instead, I changed it to Albion.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that, for me, I kind of have two main characters. One is Albion, and the other is Amon. In a weird way, Amon allows a piece of my old story to keep living on.
Now then, let's talk about Albion's mysterious growth ability.
More specifically, just how powerful it actually is.
Due to Amon's actions, Albion was forced to remember everything involving Metsuri.
What's important here is that Albion's memories were never sealed away. They weren't lost, erased, or hidden.
He simply didn't want to remember them.
So he did everything he could to avoid thinking about them.
Honestly, I think that's one of the most human parts of his character.
Now, we all know what happened during the long Metsuri flashback. I mean, come on—it lasted several chapters.
Not to mention it took me over a month to write.
Yet everything that took us chapters to read and understand, Albion processed in only a few seconds.
That is the true power of his growth ability.
This is also why Amon was so shocked when he realized what had happened.
Another fun fact: Amon knows all of Albion's memories.
To such an extent that it's almost as if he experienced them alongside him.
That's why his feelings toward Metsuri are so intense.
In a strange way, Metsuri got exactly what she wanted.
Remember, she never wanted Albion's love.
She wanted him to hate her.
There are still so many mysteries left in the story.
What mission led Metsuri to encounter Albion?
Why did she sell him to Phantom Lord specifically?
Why did she betray and kill her own allies?
What exactly is Albion?
What was the strange power that magical beast was using during the Elder Woods battle?
What happened in Juvia's past?
And why does she hold such hatred toward the Ebonveil Clan?
And many, many more.
If you're excited to learn the answers to these questions, then I hope you'll continue reading.
Truthfully, I still have a lot to learn as a writer.
Every chapter teaches me something new, and I hope to keep improving as the story continues.
For now, I'm going to use this fanfiction as a way to improve my skills.
And to do that, I'm basically using Hiro Mashima as my training dummy.
Well, that's all, folks.
Oh! And the illustrations of Reiga and Yang will be in the comments below.
See ya! ✌️
Byeeee! 👋👋