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

Laxus raised an eyebrow, looking at Ron with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, I've already bought the tickets, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get to Minedust Town today."

Seeing Laxus's reaction, Ron immediately understood.

All mages who learn Dragon Slayer Magic will experience motion sickness when traveling as their power increases.

Laxus doesn't seem to be afraid of motion sickness right now, probably because its power hasn't reached its peak yet, so this problem doesn't exist.

"Okay, as long as you have no objections, that's fine."

Seeing that Laxus wasn't opposed, he didn't say anything more.

Laxus frowned, wondering why this guy had so many opinions.

Therefore, Laxus gave Ron some instructions before boarding the train.

"Listen carefully, when you partner with me, I suggest you listen to me in everything and don't act on your own."

That way we can get home safely.

"You're experienced, so whatever you say goes, okay?"

Laxus's expression twisted even more as he heard Ron's response.

Although there's nothing wrong with what he says, the combination with that verbal tic makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

Ron's verbal tic was getting more and more annoying to him.

Laxus silently put on his headphones and didn't say another word to him until they reached Dust Town.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

Ron and Laxus boarded the magical train, and with the sound of the engine, they officially set off.

The magical train carrying them left the town of Magnolia along its tracks, heading towards its destination.

……

Parking station in Mineral Town, Kingdom of Fiore.

Shh~~!

The magical train came to a smooth stop at the platform in Dust Town, emitting exhaust sounds and puffing out white plumes of steam.

As soon as the car door opened, Laxus strode out of the carriage and leaned against the platform railing, taking a few deep breaths.

So when he was a little more clear-headed, he could only recall the past few hours of driving as a nightmare.

He was wrong. He thought that as long as he didn't speak while on the train, he wouldn't hear Ron say anything.

To everyone's surprise, when Ron saw that he didn't respond, he went straight to the uncle sitting next to him and asked if they wanted to listen to his story if they were bored.

Unexpectedly, after the uncle next door agreed, the situation spiraled out of control.

Ron tells a story about ninjas from his character's perspective.

Ron's story became increasingly interesting, gradually piquing the interest of everyone in the carriage.

Finally, everyone in the carriage gathered around, and even the staff in the next carriage leaned against the railing out of boredom and listened to his story.

Laxus was sitting right by the window, and he was so crowded that he could hardly breathe.

And so, Laxus maintained this state for several hours until he arrived at Dust Town.

How come this guy's mouth never gets dry from talking the whole time? Can't he just stop for a bit?!

Laxus turned around in shock.

Ron waved to the people in the carriage, then took the apples they had given him and began to eat them leisurely.

[Current role-playing level: 58%]

Ron shrugged, seeing Laxus's shocked expression.

He couldn't do anything about it; the character card only had less than two days left to last.

If we don't find an opportunity to improve our role-playing skills, this character card will be wasted.

Laxus, seeing Ron's smug expression, was completely exasperated.

Laxus quickly stepped off the platform first, while Ron followed, munching on an apple.

Mineral Town is a small town that exists because of the magic crystal mine. Almost all the residents of the town rely on mining magic crystals to make a living.

Magic crystals are the raw materials for making various magical items in this world. They can be found in all kinds of everyday items in this world, and are also the main material used to make lighting magic items.

Not long ago, a group of monsters occupied their core mine, which not only damaged the town's economic lifeline and prevented the town's residents from working normally, but also jeopardized their lives.

Fortunately, these monsters stayed in the mines and had no intention of taking over the town, which gave the local residents some breathing room.

So Ron and his team's mission this time was to eliminate the monsters in the mine, so that the local residents would no longer live in fear.

They arrived in front of the mayor of Mineral Dust Town in no time.

The mayor was an elderly man with long white hair and a thick beard that almost completely covered his mouth.

"Thank you for coming, two mages. Why don't you come into my house and have some tea before we talk?"

The mayor treated Ron and Laxus very politely. Although they looked young, they were, after all, people who had come to accept a mission, so they naturally had to be treated well.

Laxus extended his hand, interrupting the mayor's pleasantries.

"No need, we'll just finish off the monsters and then head back. There's no need to waste time drinking tea. Take us to the mine that the monsters have taken over."

Upon hearing this, the town mayor's expression suddenly turned somewhat awkward, and he began to stammer.

"Actually, I think the task assignment needs to be changed."

Laxus and Ron were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other. Had something unexpected happened?

The mayor sighed and began to explain.

"Just now, when we were checking the headcount, we discovered that five miners were missing."

Under further questioning, I learned that several young miners had secretly gone to mine in another tunnel while I wasn't looking. That tunnel also led to a mine tunnel infested with monsters.

The mayor, feeling helpless, pleaded with Ron and the others:

"So, could you please bring these monsters out with you when you're clearing them out?"

We will double your commission payment.

Seeing the mayor pleading with them like this, Laxus didn't make things difficult for him anymore, but instead lowered his head and pondered.

This is troublesome. The task of clearing out the monsters was already difficult enough, but if we also need to rescue the residents, the difficulty will more than double.

Laxus then looked up at Ron.

"Now that things have turned out this way, we might as well split up and take action."

"I'll take care of the monsters. You go to the other side of the mine tunnel and find the five miners. Tell them to run out quickly."

Ron nodded and gave an OK sign.

"No problem, my magic is perfect for finding people, hmm."

"That's great! Let's not delay any longer..."

Laxus suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

For a moment, he was only thinking about bringing Ron over, but forgot to ask the most important question.

He looked at Ron with a bewildered expression and said:

"Speaking of which, what exactly is your magic?"