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

Laxus stared at the box in shock, only then realizing that its weight was a bit off.

According to the principles of magic, this doesn't make sense.

He swallowed hard, driven by curiosity, and with one hand holding the box, he reached out with his other free hand toward the small door marked with a big question mark.

On stage, after he opened the small door, which had a question mark on it, it faced the audience and blocked Laxus's face.

Upon opening it, his eyes widened even more, and a chill ran down his spine.

Ron's upper body was completely inside, staring helplessly at Laxus, holding a lighter-shaped [Change Coin] in his hand.

Laxus turned to look at the lower half of the body that was still chasing him, then at Ron's upper body in front of him, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

"I warned you not to open it, luckily I was prepared."

Having said that, Ron swiftly brought the Divine Strike in his hand to Laxus's front.

puff~

Ron pressed the button with his thumb, and a small, round puff of smoke instantly popped out and bounced towards Laxus's face.

After the smoke cleared, the machine popped out a spring-loaded duck head that bounced around in mid-air.

As soon as Laxus inhaled the smoke, his eyes rolled back and he fell backward.

Upon seeing this, Ron immediately slammed the small door shut with lightning speed, so that none of the audience members noticed.

Unexpectedly, in that instant, the box containing the lower half of the body quickly ran behind Laxus, who had fainted and fallen, and used the box as a cushion to successfully catch Laxus.

The box containing the upper body landed smoothly on Laxus.

The audience applauded enthusiastically and cheered for the performance.

Weiss, who was unaware of everything, also clapped and marveled at the young leader's acting talent.

Seeing the young commander's efforts, the old commander will surely be extremely gratified.

Whis carefully placed the unconscious Laxus aside before putting the magic box back together, otherwise the magic trick would be exposed.

He pulled out the steel plate one last time, then opened both small doors, and the complete Ron walked out.

Ron showed the audience his unharmed body and bowed to thank them.

The cheers reached their climax at this moment.

Ron waited for the cheers to subside before he began his promotional speech.

"In addition to lucky audience members receiving prizes, we can also receive free tickets after the show. When the Pure White Theatre Company reopens in the future, you can use this ticket to come in and watch for free."

After he finished speaking, Weiss, who was standing to the side, took a large stack of tickets and began to hand them out.

After doing all this, Ron breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Laxus lying to the side.

Just as Ron helped him up and took him back to the guild, he saw two people approaching from the crowd.

Ron recognized their faces and his face lit up with joy.

"Uncle Macao, Uncle Wakaba."

"That was a good performance. Even Laxus cooperated with you. You two get along well."

Macao and Wakaba came over to chat, clearly having witnessed the entire performance.

From an outsider's perspective, Laxus simply pretended to look at the box and acted out a frightened expression, thus completing the performance in cooperation with them.

"Haha, no, he really is unconscious."

Ron awkwardly maintained his smile; he really wasn't cooperating.

Macao and Wakaba were stunned for a moment. They thought Laxus was acting, but when they got closer, they were indeed terrified and fainted.

"If you have something else to do, go ahead. We'll handle Laxus."

Ron nodded and thanked the two men.

Ron wasn't worried that he would reveal the secret to the Fairy Tail members after he woke up, since he had used the Divine Memory, and all he had to do was forget those few seconds.

Watching the two middle-aged men help Laxus back, they kept muttering about how Ron had scared him into fainting.

Ron felt relieved and went over to hand out tickets with Weiss.

......

Fairy Tail Guild, first floor lobby.

Laxus's eyelids fluttered a few times on the sofa, and then he suddenly opened his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Macao and Vie surrounding him.

He frowned. How did I end up lying here? Shouldn't I be on the stage?

"You're finally awake! How did you faint on stage?"

After being reminded by Marcao, Laxus realized that he had fainted after opening the box.

"All I remember is that there was a really scary skull image inside, and then I woke up here."

His memory had already been replaced, so naturally he couldn't recall seeing Ron's upper body still in the box.

Via and Marceau exchanged a glance and smiled, surprised that Laxus could be startled.

"Oh, right, Ron told you that as a lucky audience member, there's another prize you didn't get a chance to claim. You can go to him to ask for it later."

Laxus couldn't help but get goosebumps when he heard Vi say that.

Although Laxus's memories have been replaced, his fear remains.

He didn't know what reward Ron was going to give him, and he didn't want it; he just wanted to get away from Ron.

Laxus only knew that a voice inside him kept telling him that Ron was not someone to mess with.

Meanwhile, in a residence in downtown Magnolia.

Ron had been practicing his transformation magic in his living room.

He washed off his clown makeup, and a magic circle behind him kept shining, allowing him to change his clothes hundreds of times in a short period of time.

His visual effects magic has already reached level D, and his magical power is still sufficient, so he has begun to practice costume-changing magic to improve his performance on stage.

Until he saw the changes on the panel, the magic circle behind him disappeared, and he returned to his casual clothes.

He smiled as he looked at the panel. It wasn't just that he had upgraded his costume magic to D-rank; his overall rating had finally changed.

[Rank Rating: Third-rate actor, E-rank mage]

"As expected, I still need magic to improve my rating. I need to draw a powerful attack spell next time."

Just then, a sound rang in Ron's mind, and a series of system prompts suddenly appeared in front of him.

Congratulations on your level upgrade! Rewards have been issued.

The cooldown time for drawing from the Multiverse Role-Playing Gacha has been permanently reduced from 72 hours to 48 hours.

[Gain 1 chance to draw a card; you can draw a card at any time, ignoring the cooldown period.]

Ron was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with surprise.

Unexpectedly, improving his rating would also reduce the cooldown time for drawing cards, which means that his efficiency in acquiring character cards and abilities in the future will be greatly improved.

The cooldown time for the multiverse role-playing card pool has been reduced, so he can put the character cards he doesn't need into the multiverse item inventory first. He can prepare the character costume in advance and then find a suitable time to play the role.

But none of that matters now, it's time to start drawing cards.

I wonder how my luck will be this time?

Thinking of this, Ron couldn't help but rub his hands together.