User blog comment:Woest/Celestial Spirit King and Zeref/@comment-3424593-20131215040943/@comment-24066070-20131215062014

Since Precht had been looking for the magic closest to Zeref and found Arc of Time, I assume Zeref created the magic, albeit his mastery over it would be greater than Ultear's.

Gotta say you made a good point. We should get some info on how certain people can use magic while others can't. With all the magic learned from books (Ultear, Chelia) it gives the impression people can just grab a book, pick the magic they like and learn it. Another thing I wonder about is why the mages only learn 1 type of magic. I would constantly be looking for more magic. Like requip has been demonstrated by several people and it's very useful, so I wonder why not everyone learns it.