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

Weiss, on the other side, was also dressed as a clown, and he was laughing, but it was a very ugly laugh.

"Good afternoon, everyone. Today is a rehearsal for our Pure White Theatre Troupe."

Ron, dressed as a clown, raised his magical megaphone and began his performance for the audience.

"Our Pure White Theatre Company is about to reopen, so we will be drawing lucky audience members to come on stage and help with the performance, and there will also be free prizes for you."

When the townspeople below the stage heard about the reward, they clapped and cheered, and the atmosphere gradually heated up.

On stage, Weiss clapped his hands in response to the applause from the audience.

He never imagined that he, who had never been on stage before, would eventually have to play the clown and go on stage.

However, for the sake of the drama troupe, he had no choice but to go on stage with Ron, since now only Ron and he were left in the troupe.

"Now we'll choose a lucky audience member. Who would like to come up on stage?"

The audience immediately started discussing, but no one volunteered to raise their hand and go up to the stage.

"I'll do it."

Laxus, who was a few steps away from the audience, was the first to raise his hand.

He maintained his cold expression, staring intently at Ron on the stage.

All the townspeople turned their heads instantly at the sound, all looking at Laxus.

Laxus frowned, turning his face away from the intense gaze.

Ron's smile froze for a moment but quickly returned to normal.

His mouth, which had already recovered, stretched even wider, and his smile became even brighter.

"Please come up here, the audience member who raised their hand."

Ignoring the cheers of the crowd, Laxus stepped onto the stage from the side.

Although he didn't like attracting public attention, he still came up on his own initiative.

Because he wanted to see up close what this guy was up to.

Laxus walked straight to Ron's side, staring at him with sharp eyes, as if trying to kill him with her gaze.

Ron ignored him, a bead of cold sweat trickling down his forehead.

Without saying much to Laxus, he simply grabbed the megaphone and shouted at the audience.

"Without further ado, today's performance is a human body separation magic trick! Please have your assistant bring out the props."

With an unpleasant smile, Weiss pulled a rectangular iron box upright from behind the curtain, on which two large question marks were drawn.

There was a noticeable gap in the middle of the iron box, and a piece of gleaming silver metal plate was placed on top of it.

Weiss pulled the wooden crate to the center of the stage, spun it around twice, and then straightened it.

After Weiss opened the two doors of the wooden crate, which were marked with question marks, he revealed a space large enough to accommodate a child.

The audience below the stage looked at the magic wooden box and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

"Performing magic tricks is so old-fashioned, who would believe that?"

"Yeah, it's just magic tricks, isn't it?"

Shh, don't interrupt their performance.

After Ron saw that Weiss had finished operating, he continued:

"This is our human body separation box. Please, our lucky audience member, enter!"

"Eh?"

Laxus was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

The audience below the stage was stunned. The noise subsided, and the atmosphere gradually turned cold.

Ron's smile faded, but he still held up the magical megaphone and turned to look at Laxus.

"What, you don't want to?"

Ron then threw his head back and laughed, patting his chest to exaggerate his performance.

"I was just kidding, how could I possibly let you in!"

After he finished speaking, the audience burst into cheerful laughter, and Ron heated up the atmosphere again.

Weiss maintained his smile and clapped along with the audience, acting like a mere prop.

Laxus's face turned red, veins popped on his forehead, and he glared at Ron through gritted teeth.

Well, you little rascal, you're still messing with me on stage.

You better not give me a chance to embarrass you, or you're dead meat.

Ron then went into the magic box himself, still using the magic megaphone to address the audience below.

"Okay, then you'd better watch carefully, don't miss the show."

After saying that, Weiss walked over and took Ron's magical megaphone.

Weiss then closed the bottom door of the magic box, preventing it from being shown to the audience.

boo~

Ron's feet popped out from under the wooden crate on the lower side and stood in place.

Weiss then picked up the metal plate and handed it to Laxus, gesturing for him to put the metal plate down.

The cheers from the audience quieted down when Laxus picked up the metal plate.

The scene was completely silent; everyone held their breath.

After Laxus understood how to operate the device, he stood to the side and took a few deep breaths.

Clang!

Laxus pushed the steel plate through the gap, making a metallic scraping sound that sent gasps through the entire audience.

"Don't worry, I'm still alive."

Ron maintained his smile and even moved his lower legs to show them off.

Then Weiss stood to the side and closed the top door of the wooden crate.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, Ron's lower feet moved.

As Ron moved, the lower box gradually separated from the upper box.

The more boxes are placed in front, the more the boxes stacked on top begin to sway.

"not good!"

Weiss's face showed a look of shock, and he quickly hugged the swaying box with both hands.

As a result, the boxes below completely detached and began to circle around Whis and Laxus on the stage.

Laxus was also stunned; he couldn't understand what was going on at all.

The audience members below the stage burst into laughter at this comical scene.

Weiss held the box in both hands, watching the other box sway back and forth.

He then handed the box to Laxus, before turning his face to the audience.

"Don't open it!"

After shouting that, he chased after the lower half of the body, leaving Laxus completely bewildered.

The little box with two legs turned around and looked at Weiss, as if it had a soul, and then ran even faster, trembling all over.

The audience laughed even harder at the hilarious chase scene.

"It wasn't magic at all, it was just a comedy!"

Laxus then figured out the principle behind this magic.

It turned out that Ron had hidden in the box on the bottom floor when the side door closed.

Then Ron hunched over and ran around the stage like that, trying to make the audience laugh.

This is why they wear clown costumes and clown makeup.

Thinking of this, Laxus's face showed a complete loss of interest.

It's a boring trick, not because it will showcase any novel magic or magic.

Forget it, there's no point in exposing such a simple magic trick.

However, as Laxus watched the two still putting on a comical chase on stage, and the audience still laughing below, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

This kid really has a talent for these kinds of performances; now I finally understand why he's so popular.

Laxus, who was holding the box with both hands, felt that it was blocking his view of the chase scene up close, so he prepared to switch to holding the box with one hand.

Thump~ thump~

Laxus accidentally shook the box while moving it and heard a noise.

His eyes widened, and he stared in shock at the box in his hands.

What's going on? Is there something in there?