Chapter 321: Cute, Want to Kidnap
"Of course I learned it in school," Rhodes said matter-of-factly.
Mira blinked. "They teach that kind of thing in school?"
It sounded a bit sad, but it was true, Mira had never gone to school.
Not just her, many in the guild hadn't received any formal education. Most learned basic literacy from elders: some at home from their parents before tragedy struck, others in church, or later in life after joining Fairy Tail.
Natsu, oddly enough, probably had the strangest education. He said Igneel taught him how to read and write.
But when he got to Fairy Tail, he realized the human writing system was different. So Erza had pinned him down and personally "re-educated" him, with a fist when needed.
Rhodes suspected dragons had their own written language, but Natsu insisted it was just the script that was different, not the spoken words. Unfortunately, after seven years, he'd completely forgotten how to write in the dragon system.
Nowadays, Magnolia had both magic schools and ordinary classrooms, but most folks weren't interested. As long as you could read job postings and do simple math, that was enough. Some who were passionate about magic theory or research pursued it, but those types were rare.
Girls like Levy, who loved reading and had a deep reservoir of knowledge were outliers.
Mira had learned to read and write from her parents before they passed. Later, she taught Elfman and Lisanna on her own.
None of the Strauss siblings had attended a formal school, so Mira had no idea if what Rhodes mentioned was something actually taught in classrooms.