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

She stared blankly at the snow-covered sky, her eyes gradually welling up with tears.

Tears welled up in her eyes and slid down onto the snow.

"Stop talking..."

She lowered her eyelids, her throat gradually losing its strength to utter a sound, making a final stand.

"You're a liar..."

"Why don't you face your own heart?"

Stop deceiving yourself.

Ron ignored her breakdown and continued to correct her distorted perceptions.

"You hate your own mother, yet you still traveled all this way to come here. Isn't there some selfish motive behind it?"

"I chose to come here because I wanted to solidify my belief that I hate her..."

"No, Urutia, your heart is very simple."

You miss your mother, so you came back to see her one last time, right?

Urutia pursed his lips, uttering not a single word of rebuttal.

She closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks and disappearing into the snow around her.

Urudia continued to cry. Ron stood up from the snow, brushed the snow off his body, and took out the scroll.

After redrawing the giant ink-wash bird, Ron sat steadily on its back.

"and many more."

Upon hearing Urudia speak, Ron turned his head again.

"Why didn't you just take care of me here?"

Urudia's self-destructive words startled Ron slightly.

He then lowered his head and pondered for a while before slowly responding to her.

"Despite how I treated you before, you still held back for your final blow."

"You've never even considered killing me, so how could I possibly kill you?"

Although Urudia verbally declared she would deal with him, when his clone landed unprepared, she ultimately chose to use her ultimate attack.

This means that Urutia is still kind at heart and has not become too twisted.

Perhaps because she is in an earlier timeline, it is easier for her misunderstandings to be cleared up with words.

She was just a child being used, which is why Ron decided to hold back and choose Wabisuke to control her.

Telling her these truths was just an attempt to be a kind person.

Ron then turned his head away from Urudia.

"The magic effect on you will be removed after I leave."

If you really want to clear up the misunderstanding with your mother in person, head towards Deliora.

Phew~!

With a flap of its wings, the giant ink-wash bird stirred up a strong gust of cold wind, carrying Ron into the sky.

He spotted a town further away high in the sky and began flying towards it.

On the snow-covered plain, only a disheveled Urutia remained, lying alone in the snow.

Chapter 56 Gray, Rio, and Ur

After Ron rode away on the wind, Ultear lay on the snow for a long time, her thoughts in unprecedented turmoil.

Finally, she managed to stand up, her body trembling, and went into a nearby tavern.

slap~

Urutia finally found a water source and splashed water on his face in a public restroom in the tavern, both to wash away the filth and to stay sober.

She opened her eyes, looked up at herself in the mirror, and saw that the ink and tear stains on her face had faded with the sewage.

She wore a complicated expression, unsure of what to do after receiving information that contradicted her own understanding.

She then recalled her many memories with her mother, and then remembered Ron's words, which gave her a vague sense of direction.

"Do we have to find Deliora to find out the truth?"

Although she didn't know why exploring Deliora's information would provide the answer, since it was the same order given by her guild master Hades, she decided to search.

At this moment, her eyes were no longer confused. Now, she only wanted to find the motivation to continue and prepare to move forward.

......

Meanwhile, in a town in the north that is always covered in ice and snow.

A boy with a black hedgehog-like head was sitting on the edge of a flower bed made of red bricks, with several hydrangea bushes behind him covered in snow.

Beside him was a boy with short white hair, who looked older than the boy with black hair.

The black-haired boy waited with a bored expression, unlike the white-haired boy who looked on with admiration while waiting.

Their eyes were fixed on the fruit vendor ahead, waiting for their master to lead them away.

"Uru, you've taken on another new disciple? How adorable! Both of them seem destined to grow up to be handsome!"

The fruit shop owner was teasing the female customer in front of her, and even covered her mouth and laughed.

Uru is a woman with short, jet-black hair, delicate features, and a curvaceous figure.

Meanwhile, the beautiful Uru was biting into an apple with a helpless expression.

"Grey is very rebellious, and it's really giving me a headache."

"Hey, when they grow up, give me one."

"I'll give you both! That way I'll have some peace and quiet; they're always making so much noise I can't get any peace."

While they were chatting, the white-haired boy Leo behind them asked the black-haired boy Gray beside him a question.

"Gray, how much longer will it take me to surpass Ur?

Gray, standing to the side, didn't care at all, wearing a sour face.

"I'm not interested; all I want is power."

Once I defeat Deliora, I'll say goodbye to that wretched woman!

thump~

Uru, who had apparently settled his bill sometime earlier, suddenly smacked Gray on the head with a hammer.

"Who are you calling a stinky woman? This kid!"

"When will you teach me powerful magic?"

"I told you, the magic of transformation is the magic of freedom. When you find your own form, you can be as strong as you want."

"Humph!"

Boom!

Uru swung his hammer at Gray's head again, his face contorted in a rage.

"And why take off your clothes in this public place?!"

"what?!"

Gray looked down and froze.

He then realized that he had unknowingly taken off his clothes and was only wearing his boxer shorts.

"Damn it, it's all your fault! You made me develop weird habits!"

The neighbors who were passing by couldn't help but laugh as they watched the three of them arguing.

Just as they were about to head back, they overheard some conversations on the side of the road.

"By the way, have you ever heard of Deliora?"

"He seems to have moved to the northern continent, I heard it's somewhere around Blago."

Upon hearing this news, Gray's pupils instantly contracted and his eyes widened.

Anger and hatred welled up on his face, and he unconsciously clenched his fists.

Meanwhile, high in the sky, quite a distance from Blago.

Phew~!

The giant bird, reminiscent of an ink painting, glides smoothly beneath the gray clouds.

Ron sat cross-legged steadily on the bird's back, and the fierce winds were neutralized by Ron's powerful physique.

After discovering news of Deliora in another town, he continued flying towards Blago.

He recalled his conversation with Urutia on the snowfield not long ago.

He originally wanted to force her to come with him, but given that she was an enemy rather than a friend, he wasn't sure if she would plot against him.

It's unclear whether this conversation will influence her opinion.

He hoped she would eventually come to her senses, but if she remained obstinate, he would have no choice but to continue being her enemy.

Ron then stopped thinking about it and started looking at the changes on the panel.

[The boundless mind was triggered multiple times]

[Increases the maximum magic and mental power by 52 points]

[Talent: Magic Power (C), Mental Strength (C), ...]

[Rank Rating: First-class actor, C-rank mage]

[Current performance level: 100%]

He hadn't had time to check before, but when he cleared out the pack of Icefield Wolves, those forty-odd wolves provided him with a full 50 points of his maximum magic and mental power.

However, he did not expect that his battle with Ultear would be interrupted, and he was also defeated by Ultear, which triggered his infinite sanity, perhaps because she had lost her desire to fight.

Therefore, by defeating Urtia, Ron gained an additional 2 points to his cap, for a total increase of 52 points.

And so, his magical power and mental strength finally broke through the bottleneck, and his level rating was finally improved.

This improved his rating, which also meant that new prompts appeared in front of him, and this time he viewed them all at once.

Congratulations on your level rating upgrade! A reward has been sent to you.

[Gain 1 chance to draw a card; draw at any time, ignoring cooldown time]

[The countdown to draw cards has reached the system limit, therefore, I have been granted one chance to participate in a limited-time card pool that has appeared only once in history.]

"Is one draw a day the limit? This system is really stingy."

Ron shook his head. He wasn't too disappointed now, since drawing cards still depended on luck.

This gacha pool doesn't have a pity system; if you're unlucky, no matter how many pulls you do, you'll get the same result.

As for the opportunity to have a fixed limited-time gacha banner, I haven't seen any good banners to stick with since the limited-time gacha banners appeared, so I'll leave it for now.

He has used one fixed card pool opportunity, so he has two left.

There's not enough time to do the fixed limited-time card pool quests yet; I need to accept Gray's request first before considering this matter.

"Since we already have a chance to draw cards, let's give it a try."

Ron sighed as he looked at the Naruto world-limited gacha pool, which he hadn't gotten anything from several times in a row.

I haven't drawn a decent card in days since I started gambling.

Ron's gaze then unconsciously shifted to the permanent multiverse role-playing gacha pool.

"Let's go back and try again, maybe there will be a surprise."

Swish~!