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

The next morning, Ron's promotional campaign officially began.

He finished making the promotional flyers and posters, found a magic bookstore to print enough copies, and then gave half of them to Weiss, the only member of the drama troupe, while he took the other half with him.

Upon hearing this good news, Weiss immediately straightened his back, his eyes filled with fighting spirit, eager to distribute all the flyers and posters.

After agreeing on their respective distribution routes, they went their separate ways, and Ron's first stop for his promotional campaign was naturally the Fairy Tail guild.

Just as Ron put up the poster in the lobby, the first person to be attracted and run over was Kana.

Kana stared at the Pokémon on the poster with shining eyes, especially Pikachu in the center of the image.

"Ron, what are these adorable magical beasts?"

Wearing his doctoral gown, Ron finished putting up the poster and began explaining it to the curious Kana.

"These aren't magical beasts, they're called Pokémon. They'll be the main characters' companions in our Pure White Drama Troupe's storytelling tomorrow."

Ron planned to do two storytelling performances tomorrow, just like his previous theater troupe, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

Seeing the expectant look in Kana's eyes, Ron knew that these Pokémon were particularly attractive to children.

What he wanted was to attract children to come in and watch, so that the parents wouldn't be so resistant.

Lidas then came over, took the flyer, and made his first gesture.

"I watched Ron draw these Pokémon by hand, so naturally I had to go and see them for myself."

Marcao took the flyer, scratched his head, and looked at Ron with a puzzled expression.

"Ron, your Pure White Theater Troupe is short-staffed. Do you need to reopen it so soon?"

They even changed it to a storytelling style. Why not recruit more members before starting?

He was worried that Ron would have a hard time running the business alone, so he didn't understand why Ron was in such a hurry.

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Before Ron could explain, a sound suddenly came from the bar.

The diminutive Makarov jumped onto the bar and put his arm around Macao's shoulder.

"Macao, don't say anything more. I believe Ron has his own ideas, so you don't need to worry about it."

Makarov stroked his chin and took a flyer from Ron.

"I think these... what are they called again?"

Pokémon.

Ron mentioned it from the side, and Makarov suddenly realized.

"Oh, these Pokémon are quite interesting. Since our guild's affiliated theater troupe has reopened, how can we not go and support them?"

Makarov cleared his throat and began to announce using amplification magic.

"Everyone in the guild who doesn't have a quest tomorrow, go buy tickets!"

Macao was relieved of his worries and laughed.

"Since the chairman has spoken, I'll take my wife to see him too."

The mages in the guild all told Ron they would come to support him, and Ron thanked them all.

After finishing his promotion at the Fairy Tail guild, Ron still came to see Makarov before leaving.

"By the way, Chairman, when you go back, tell Laxus that the theater troupe will reopen tomorrow, and he'll know then."

Ron left with just that one sentence and continued to spread the word to the other residents on the street.

Makarov looked at Ron's retreating figure with a surprised expression.

Makarov knew his grandson's temper all too well; how could Ron still dare to invite him?

Did Ron's relationship with him change after they went on a mission together?

After finishing everything at the guild, Makarov finally arrived at his house and met Laxus.

Laxus happened to be going out at that moment, and he was taken aback when he saw Makarov.

"Laxus, the Pure White Theater Troupe is reopening tomorrow, are you going?"

Laxus lowered his head for a moment after hearing Makarov's words before answering.

"have no idea.

If I'm not free tomorrow, I won't go.

Laxus, having left those words behind, put on his cold demeanor again and walked past Makarov.

Makarov stood there, stunned. He turned around, watched Laxus's retreating figure, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He had expected Laxus to be very resistant, but to his surprise, Laxus did not refuse him outright.

Seeing that Laxus left without saying a word of boredom, Makarov's brow finally relaxed.

On this day, the neighbors all received flyers from the Pure White Theater Company.

Some people expressed their skepticism, while others felt that the storytelling would lose its original flavor.

However, their attention was drawn to the Pokémon on the flyers, and as long as they were attracted, Ron had achieved the publicity effect he wanted.

Before we knew it, it was already the next day.

A different scene appeared next to the tent of the Pure White Theater Company.

Besides the Fairy Tail members who had already bought tickets, there were also other residents who came out of curiosity, and a large number of people gathered.

Many of the families who came were families with children, wanting to buy tickets to see a performance.

Because of the large crowd the first time, Ron started having everyone line up to buy tickets to avoid further arguments on site.

"Young Commander, the tickets for both the afternoon and evening shows are sold out. I've never encountered a situation where tickets are completely sold out before."

After selling out the tickets, Weiss was so moved that he hugged Ron tightly.

He had originally planned to switch to storytelling temporarily, since his regular customers wouldn't come anymore.

He was surprised that they came too, and even said they would support him, which touched him deeply.

"The old commander will be extremely gratified to see the young commander's efforts."

"Let go, my costume is getting wrinkled."

Ron pushed aside the still-moved Weiss and smoothed out the wrinkles in his white coat with his hands.

"We've been promoting it so hard, so it's no surprise there's a huge crowd. Don't be surprised if you see this kind of thing again."

After finishing his tidying up, Ron walked toward the Fairy Tail guild members.

Ron was greeted by a group of familiar faces from the Fairy Tail guild. From Makarov, Cana, Marcao, Wakkaba, and Ridas, a full third of the mages had come to show their support. The sight of them all standing there was truly spectacular.

However, there was another figure that Ron never expected, standing with them as well.

"Leqi, you came with Wei too?"

Ron was slightly taken aback, then asked in surprise.

Unlike her initial reaction upon first meeting, Leqi nodded with a beaming smile.

"Yes, I felt this would be very interesting, so I came with Sister Wei."

Now that she is no longer in danger, she has naturally returned to her original personality and seems to be a cheerful child.

Wei patted Leqi's head and said to Ron:

"Her parents were unavailable, so they asked me to bring her to support them."

Ron nodded, checked the time one last time, and then picked up the magic megaphone.

"Time's almost up, you can go in now."