### Chapter 11: Kardia Cathedral, Learning to Read!!
"Did you hear me, you arrogant little brat!"
Makarov's face twitched with anger, and he directly grabbed one of Jiro's ears and roared into it.
"Hiss—, I heard you, I heard you. I'm not some bloodthirsty madman.
I can't be bothered to cause trouble everywhere unless someone provokes me first."
After speaking, Jiro dug his ear vigorously, secretly cursing the smelly old man for shouting so loudly.
If he roared him into some kind of condition, he would definitely transform into a Great Ape and stomp this baldy into meat paste.
Although the answer was perfunctory, Makarov couldn't be bothered to pursue it further after getting the answer he wanted.
With a cold snort, he took out a key he had prepared earlier and threw it to Jiro:
"This is the key to the guild's boys' dormitory. The room is next to Gray's dormitory.
Tomorrow I will arrange for you to study with Gray and Erza.
So, go to sleep early tonight. If you are late tomorrow, I will personally go to your room and wake you up with my fist."
*Study? Could it be learning combat and magic?*
*I can't slack off on that. Strength is the greatest guarantee for living well.*
Knowing the importance of power, Jiro nodded seriously for once, carefully put away the key, and prepared to go back to the dormitory with Gray after eating.
Afterward, Jiro chatted with Makarov about what he had seen and heard today, and his food began to be served dish by dish.
Anxious to eat, Jiro hurriedly greeted Makarov and rushed to the seat that Cana and the others had saved for him.
Amidst the cheers and exclamations of a crowd of onlookers, he began his second eating show.
"This brat..."
Watching plates of food disappear into Jiro's mouth like magic.
Makarov felt heartbroken as if his heart was bleeding, making it hard to breathe.
But the cub he picked up had to be raised no matter how much he ate.
At worst, he would personally go hunting in the forest east of the town. Anyway, he wouldn't let the child go hungry.
*Damn it, for a dignified Guild Master to be reduced to this state, I must be the only one in the whole kingdom.*
*I really want to retire early~~~*
...
"Bang~ Bang~ Bang~"
"Bang~ Bang~ Bang~"
"Hey, Jiro, get up quickly, it's time for class!"
In the early morning, the rising sun had just emerged. Jiro, who slept late last night, was indulging in a wonderful dreamland.
But obviously, his sweet dream ended here.
Outside the door, Gray was knocking repeatedly, his voice more urgent with each shout.
"Hey, Jiro, we're going to be late. If you don't wake up, the Master will come to the dormitory to catch you personally."
On the bed, Jiro turned over unhappily, covered his head with the quilt, and muttered quietly:
"Don't be noisy, let me sleep a little longer~"
"No way, we're really going to be late." After shouting, Gray pressed his ear to the door to listen for movement.
After more than ten seconds passed without a single sound from inside, his face darkened instantly. He turned the doorknob and rushed in.
Scanning left and right, his gaze quickly locked onto the high bulge of the quilt on the bed furthest inside the room.
Stepping forward in a few strides, while shaking Jiro vigorously, he said anxiously:
"Hey, we really won't make it. Didn't you vow to study hard yesterday?
If you are late on the first day, you will definitely be taught a lesson by the Master."
*Study? Class? Didn't I graduate long ago?*
This thought flashed through Jiro's groggy mind, but he quickly shuddered and sat up from the bed with a 'swish'.
"Right, class! Quick, quick, quick, clothes! Going to be late!"
Throwing off the quilt, Jiro, wearing only a pair of underpants, began searching the room for clothes.
Seeing that he finally woke up, Gray breathed a sigh of relief and started helping him.
When Jiro finally finished dressing and washing up and rushed out of the dormitory, it was nearly 8 o'clock in the morning.
8 o'clock was exactly the time for class the next day that he agreed upon with Makarov last night.
The two hurried and finally arrived at today's class location—Kardia Cathedral—after 8 o'clock.
Although he wondered why they would run to a church to learn magic—couldn't the guild teach it?
But Jiro, who was late, was too embarrassed to ask more questions. He just followed Gray into the church, bypassed the largest nave used for worship, and entered a side room next to it.
"Sorry, Mother Mary, we are late."
After entering the classroom, Gray immediately apologized sincerely to an old woman in her 50s wearing a nun's habit standing in front of the blackboard.
It was Jiro's first time, so he also learned from Gray, bowing his head to apologize.
The old woman called Mother Mary looked at Gray and Jiro, who had just arrived, smiled lovingly, and beckoned to them directly:
"Come in, little Gray and our new classmate. Remember not to be late next time, okay?"
Gray nodded gratefully, then hurriedly pulled Jiro to sit in the two empty seats in the last row.
During this time, Jiro saw Cana and Erza looking at him with 'I knew it' expressions.
In class, Jiro didn't dare to talk to them either. He could only nod to them and sit down obediently in his seat.
Every desk here was separate, and there was only a lonely textbook, or rather a bible, on the desk.
Seeing the two seated, Mother Mary picked up the bible again and started the class.
"Alright, let's turn to page 63. We'll start learning from the third paragraph.
Everyone read with me: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud..."
Jiro held the bible of this world blankly, reciting mechanically with everyone.
When the group of children finished reciting, and Mother Mary wrote these words on the blackboard and began to teach everyone to recognize characters one by one, he suddenly realized.
*Not magic, not combat. So-called learning turns out to be teaching me to read?!!*
From fantasizing about learning gorgeous magic and flesh-pounding combat, to turning into dull and boring literacy classes.
Jiro's mood was like a roller coaster that had just climbed to the highest peak and instantly fell to the bottom of the valley.
However, even though the psychological gap was huge, he still honestly held the bible and learned word by word.
Although he didn't know why he could communicate with Makarov, Cana, and others without barriers since transmigrating.
But regarding the written language of the Fairy Tail world, which was different from his previous life, he was completely in the dark.
To avoid the embarrassing situation of not even being able to read mission contents in the future.
Jiro gritted his teeth, tried to return to the state of attending school in his previous life, and began to study hard and seriously.