Fairy Tail: You said you were just acting, are you serious?

shuh~

Accompanied by familiar sound effects, a dazzling purple light flashed in the scene that appeared.

As the light gradually faded, a B-grade character card with a purple border floated quietly in mid-air.

Ron was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his temples helplessly.

"So, the power of the 'Baichuanjiajian' was really exhausted?"

Even so, I did draw a B-grade card, so this time I'm quite lucky.

Ron looked at the floating B-rank character card and sighed.

This is a role he quite likes, and the character traits in the original work are easy to portray. It's a favorite role card for novice actors, but there's no room for him to develop it now.

This character's abilities are too powerful; they can't be used in the city of Magnolia.

"If I use it in this city, I'll probably get kicked out by Chairman Makarov."

After a moment's consideration, Ron put the B-grade card into his Multiverse Item Vault, keeping it as a trump card for later.

As for the Bucky card, its remaining value has been fully extracted, and it's time for the final settlement.

Ron silently prayed for early settlement, and then a familiar notification appeared before his eyes.

[Character currently at 100% performance level, settlement can be made in advance...]

[Perfect role-playing; all abilities of the current character card are available for selection]

Please select one of the abilities you wish to acquire.

After Ron chose the one-time defensive skill card of ability three, this C-level skill card appeared in the Multiverse Item Vault.

After Ron finished calculating the character cards, he immediately equipped the [Silencer].

He now needs to prepare and head to the Fairy Tail guild.

Chapter 19 The Perfect E-Rank Mission

Magnolia Town, Fairy Tail.

At that moment, a small figure appeared at the gate of the Fairy Tail guild.

A little girl stopped in her tracks and looked up, staring blankly at the Fairy Tail guild emblem.

She was also holding a small white dog on a leash, which was staring at the gate just like her, wagging its tail happily.

Six-year-old Cana followed her mother's last words and came to Fairy Tail guild.

A man wearing a cloak walked out of the lobby on the first floor. Cana immediately recognized the man as the one she had seen in the photograph, her father Gildarts.

Cana kept staring at Gildarts until he realized she was watching him and their eyes met.

Kana's eyes lit up, her lips curled into a smile, and her cheeks flushed.

She finally met her father, whom she had been longing to see.

"You should go home quickly."

After Gildarts said that, Cana was stunned for a moment.

He smiled and continued walking forward without looking back.

"Staying in a place like this will make your clothes smell like alcohol!"

Cana took a few small steps toward Gildarts, watched him leave, reached out her hand, and looked sad.

Strange, why?

Why didn't they realize who I am?

She eventually withdrew her hand slowly and stopped walking.

She lowered her head, unable to utter the words of acknowledging her biological father.

“Hey, Ron.”

"Where did this new character come from today?"

Gildarts' voice suddenly came from not far away, causing Cana, who was immersed in grief, to subconsciously raise her head.

Gildarts, who hadn't gone far, was standing with his hands on his hips talking to a strangely dressed child. Gildarts was covering his mouth and laughing, seemingly quite happy.

The child was wearing a dark purple robe with exquisite gold embroidery on the front hem.

He wore a pointed helmet made of cardboard, with cheek guards on both sides covering the front, revealing only his eyes, nose and mouth.

Just by looking at his eyes and mouth, you can feel his serious and composed demeanor.

"Hi."

Ron gave a brief reply and nodded to Gildarts, then said nothing more.

Gildarts knew that the boy was playing the roles in his script every day, and seeing that the boy could come up with new tricks every day, he just found it cute that the boy was trying so hard to keep a serious appearance.

He chuckled, patted Ron's cardboard shoulder armor, and strode away.

Ron watched Gildarts leave, then turned and walked toward the guild gate.

As the strange man approached her, Kana hastily led her dog aside to make way.

As they passed each other, Ron's eyes met hers, and he noticed Kana's depressed mood.

He didn't say much, just nodded quietly to her, and then pushed open the guild's main door first.

After Ron entered the hall, Kana glanced back at her father's departing figure and murmured to herself.

"Is this Ron a Fairy Tail mage like Dad?"

Ron attracted everyone's attention as soon as he entered the guild.

The lobby on the first floor was as noisy as ever. Ron silently walked to the notice board covered with task sheets, enduring everyone's unsurprised gazes.

He looked up and scanned the list, finally tearing off an E-level mission form that met his criteria.

E-rank missions are mostly simple tasks, consisting of trivial matters, but they reward slightly more J-coins than temporary workers hired from outside.

Ron maintained a serious expression as he walked to the bar and placed the food on the wooden table.

Makarov, who was drinking, looked down at Ron's cardboard helmet and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

"Kid, judging by your appearance today, you've written a new script again?"

Ron nodded and then fell silent.

Makarov glanced at the task list and frowned.

"Isn't it necessary to find a partner for your first mission?"

Ron tilted his head down, shaking it with the helmet on.

"Okay, just be careful not to hurt yourself."

Seeing Ron's firm stance, Makarov said no more and agreed to his request.

"I wish you success in your first mission."

Thank you.

After saying those words, Ron turned and left under Makarov's gaze.

Makarov shook his head and continued drinking from the already full wooden barrel cup in his hand.

A short while later, Ron arrived at his mission location, a rather large slaughterhouse.

The slaughterhouse owner came out to greet him and, after confirming that he was wearing the Fairy Tail guild badge, led Ron to the slaughterhouse next to the chicken farm.

The slaughterhouse was filled with a pungent, fishy stench—a strange smell resulting from the mixture of learning and chicken manure.

"Little brother, your job is simple. Just deal with these roundworms Y's chickens. The knives are all on the table."

Their previous worker fell seriously ill, so they sent him home to rest and recuperate, thus freeing up a man at the slaughterhouse.

"If you're scared or can't take it, you can call me anytime..."

Before the landlady could finish speaking, Ron had already walked to the wooden table and picked up a chicken-killing knife stained with dried blood.

Seeing that Ron did not resist after putting on the gloves, the proprietress breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and left to attend to her own business.

giggle~

Ron reached into the chicken's mouth, grabbed it by the neck, and pulled it out.

Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!

The chicken in Ron's hand was constantly thrashing about, trying to break free from the restraints around its neck.

Swish!

Ron swiftly brought the cleaver down, slicing it across the neck and instantly killing it.

Just then, Ron's eyes widened slightly, a hint of excitement in them.

Because a system notification appeared in his eyes.

[Infinite Wisdom Initiated]

[Target defeated, forced extraction completed]

[Maximum Magic Power and Mental Power +0.01]

Really useful!

Ron's lips curled slightly, but his hands didn't stop moving in the slightest.

He quickly grabbed the second chicken and cleanly and efficiently bled it without the slightest hesitation.

Then they grabbed a third, a fourth...

Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

Inside the slaughterhouse, only the sound of Ron mercilessly bleeding the chickens and their dying cries could be heard.

A few hours later, the landlady got up to rest and took the opportunity to check on how the strange child was doing.

She was stunned when she peeked into the slaughterhouse.

The table was piled high with chickens that had been bled.

Ron's apron was splattered with dark red blood, and his helmet was also mostly covered in chicken blood, with the edges of the helmet wrinkled and limp from the blood seeping through.

He was focused on killing the chicken and didn't notice the proprietress peeping at him.

From his gleaming eyes and slightly upturned lips, the proprietress couldn't tell that he was tired; in fact, he seemed to be getting more and more excited as he fought.

This scene gave the proprietress goosebumps and raised goosebumps on her back.

"Should I have stopped him?"

The proprietress swallowed hard, then quickly backed away without making a sound, and slipped away to rest elsewhere.

As Ron watched the continuous "+0.01" appear before him, his knife continued to strike relentlessly, like a merciless blood-draining machine, constantly reaping magic and spiritual power.

Chapter 20 Kana Alperona

As darkness fell, kerosene streetlights gradually illuminated the streets of Magnolia, replacing the sun.

The noise and laughter in Fairy Tail's first-floor lobby were not as loud as they were at noon.

During the day, the energetic guys were making a ruckus, but by night they were all exhausted, and the mages were all chatting in hushed tones, with only occasional heated arguments.

Among them, a short figure looked sullen, his head resting on the wooden table, his face facing the window of the hall.

Cana looked worried, staring at the moon hanging high in the night sky outside the window, hoping that Gildarts would return today.

Unfortunately, it seems that her wait today was in vain.

Kana sighed. It was so late, and she felt embarrassed to stay any longer.

She looked up, intending to leave the Fairy Tail guild and come back tomorrow to continue waiting.

"Liqi, let's go."

She tugged at the dog leash, but to her surprise, there was no resistance and no barking, which momentarily stunned her.