The Heartfilia family is getting more harmonious now. Jude now always gives time for his family on the weekend even if it's just a little. He still works like a madman on weekdays, but that's just so he can have enough time on the weekend for his family.
Meanwhile, there's still no news from Ur. She hasn't found the advanced magic for Ultear and they can't contact her because she is too far, so the portable communication magic tool can't reach her because she is on another continent.
Without anyone to train with, Alex can only train by himself. On weekdays, he trains in the morning and afternoon. He only does basic training like training his physique and magic control.
At noon, he is playing with Lucy because that's supposedly his job. Sometimes he also goes with Layla and Lucy to other towns. Layla usually didn't take Lucy on her business trip because she can't take care of her, but now there's Alex to accompany Lucy while she works.
On the weekend, Alex will go to the forest or mountain to hunt or just fight magical creatures. He needs real battles once in a while to train his battle senses. So he chooses the weekend because Lucy will be with her parents and he doesn't need to babysit her.
Thanks to his weekly hunt, the Heartfilia family finally knows that he is not weak. After all, he always brings back the result of his hunt. Of course, he only brings back edible animals like wild deer or boars, not something like a Vulcan.
Because of that, Jude often asks Alex to protect the deliveries of important goods. It's much cheaper and faster than hiring Mages from Guilds and Alex is more than happy to do it because he can take a breather every once in a while.
Taking care of the child Lucy all day long is very tiresome. She might get "bullied" a lot in Fairy Tail after she joins them. But now, she is the "bully" who makes Alex suffer almost every day because she just does whatever she likes and he is basically forced to do whatever she asks because he is her babysitter.
So he is happy whenever Jude asks him to escort the deliveries to other towns because then he can escape from Lucy for a few days. He can escape from being dressed like a girl and play girly games all day long.
Most of the time, the deliveries he escorts will get in trouble like being attacked by bandits or wild creatures. It's because these deliveries are passing through dangerous roads, forests, or mountains. That's why they need to be escorted.
But with Alex's power, it's easy to handle some normal bandits and wild creatures. Even if the enemies can use Magic, he can handle it well too because almost all of them are weak and can't use magic properly.
Well, if those Mages can use magic properly, they would join Guilds instead of being bandits. At the very least, they would be in Dark Guilds, not the sides of the roads. The strong magical creatures also live deep in the forests or mountains, not near roads.
Thanks to these escort jobs too, Alex can improve his battle skills. He can even get some rewards if the bandits are wanted. Though weak bandits like the ones he defeats don't offer much rewards, but it's better than nothing.
Then 6 months after he came to the Heartfilia Family, something good finally happened to Alex. The seal of the 3 Tails finally breaks, freeing the 3rd Tailed Beast in his body.
"Great! I'm finally free from that seal. It was very suffocating there." The 3 Tails, Isobu's voice is really not suitable for his appearance. He sounds like a young boy even though he actually looks like a tough guy.
"Congratulations, Isobu. It was difficult to gather enough power to break the seal and recover your power, but it finally paid off." Matatabi welcomes her brother.
"Tch, you take too long to come out of that seal." Shukaku has his own way to welcome Isobu.
"Hehe, sorry, the seal was just too strong."
"Welcome to the team, Isobu." Alex finally can say his welcome to the new team member.
"Nice to meet you, Alex. I've seen everything that happened to you. It's great that you could go through all that and still grow to be a good person like this." Isobu smiles at Alex.
"Hmm? So you could see what I did even though you were sealed?"
"Yes, we can see what happens outside the seals. It's just that we can't do anything other than watch. Hasn't Matatabi and Shukaku told you about this?"
"He must've forgotten. This guy is smart and witty sometimes, but he's dumb and forgetful most of the time. So don't put too much trust in his brain in the future." Shukaku spits a fact that really hurts Alex's heart, and no one even tries to deny it.
"A-anyway, let's learn more of your abilities. Also, please remember that we use magic power here, not chakra." Alex reminds Isobu about the source of power in this world which is magic power.
"Oh, right. I'll keep it in mind. Magic power, not chakra."
"Yeah, magic power. It's made out of energy particles that spread all over the world called Ethernano. Mages store them inside their bodies and use them to activate magic spells. It's basically chakra, but the way we use it is different. Instead of hand seals, we use magic circles. Though skilled Mages who understand their spells greatly won't need magic circles sometimes, just like how some jutsu don't need hand seals to use."
"We never need to use hand seals like shinobi because we are beings made of chakra anyway, so it won't be that different." Isobu already knows about it and isn't really confused by it.
"Yeah, but somehow those magic circles just appear when we use some techniques. We don't even need to think about them and they'll just appear automatically. It was so strange at first." Shukaku explains the feeling when using his techniques that turn into magic spells.
"Heh, now I want to see it for myself." Isobu is intrigued.
"Then let's try it." Alex is also eager to try Isobu's skills.
He can't try his first transformation into Isobu in the mansion because an accident might happen, so Alex goes to the forest where he can try all of Isobu's skills freely.
"Alright, let's do it!"
A grey magic circle appears under Alex's feet before his body lights up in dull grey color. He means to transform into the beast's humanoid form, just like Shukaku's and Matatabi's humanoid forms.
However, Alex turns into a mini Isobu instead. He just becomes something like a human-sized turtle instead of a humanoid turtle. So now he is just a big turtle that stands on all 4 and has 3 tails.
Well, at least he has hind legs in this form because Isobu doesn't have hind legs. So if Alex transforms into full form Isobu, then he won't have hind legs even though he becomes gigantic.
"Well, this feels strange. Crouching on all 4 like 4-legged beasts, what a strange feeling. It's so strange that it feels so natural too. But why don't you have a humanoid form?" Alex asks if Isobu knows something about it.
'I think it's because of the shells, they are heavy so I think you'll lose balance if you stand on 2 legs with such heavy shells on your back. Unless you can use Jinchuuriki's Chakra Mode. There won't be any heavy shells in that form, so you can stand on 2 legs just fine.'
"Hmm, makes sense. But can I use Chakra Mode like the Jinchuuriki in Naruto World? I never feel like I can use it even after I get the 3 of you."
'I don't know, kid. Maybe it's not possible in this world. The law of this world is different from our original world. Like it has a different source of energy. Even if it feels similar, ethernano and chakra are still completely different.' Shukaku gives his speculation.
'Also, don't forget, Alex. We are not the real Tailed Beasts. We are just clones made by a God who wants to experiment with our power in this new world. That God is also the one who reincarnated you here. A being that can do something like that easily surely can modify our abilities as well. Maybe that God removed Chakra Mode and changed it into the humanoid or human-sized forms.' Matatabi also gives her opinion.
"Right, that's possible. If he can recreate us who were from different worlds and send us here, then modifying your power must be easy too for him. Sigh, but man, I really want to use Jinchuuriki Chakra Mode. That just looks cool."
'Yeah, whatever, just hurry up and try Isobu's skills. We aren't here to talk about this crap.' Shukaku is impatient.
"Fine, fine."
Then Alex starts messing around with Isobu's skills until night.
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