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

After a whole night of light snow, the thin layer of frost and snow on the roads has gradually thickened.

The carriage left two wheel tracks and countless hoofprints on the shallow snow as it headed toward its next destination.

The morning sunlight shone through the clouds onto the hardworking carriage, making it feel much warmer.

"Ron, are you sure you don't want to stay a few more days?"

I noticed quite a few people came to listen to your storytelling yesterday, and I think even more will come today.

The driver, dressed in a thick cotton coat, asked while pulling the reins and exhaling white breath.

Ron leaned against the carriage and waved to the driver who was turning around.

"No, the atmosphere in that village isn't good. One day is enough."

There aren't many people in that village, so even if the performance continues for another day, the popularity score won't increase much.

Besides, I embarrassed them so much last night, so it's best to leave quickly the next day to save them from wasting my time.

"Alright then, hold on tight."

The coachman didn't ask any more questions. After all, as long as the mage who had paid the full fare for the carriage made his request, he would obediently comply.

Moreover, setting off so early would allow him to reach his destination sooner and settle the final payment, which he was naturally willing to do, as half a day of rest would be enough.

slap~

The coachman cracked his whip, and the carriage sped up a bit.

Ron, who was in the carriage, had also put on his winter clothes and leaned back on the soft seat. He then activated the system with a thought.

He looked at the panel that only he could see and observed its changes.

[Current role-playing level: 100%]

His Minato Namikaze aura has reached approximately 95% after yesterday's various actions.

He had originally thought that performing one show today would be enough to reach that goal, but when he talked to Mirajane last night, he realized that it had quietly risen to 100%.

It seems that yesterday's actions were very much in line with the Fourth Hokage's kind personality, which is why they had such an effect.

Ron also took a moment to check the character card's ability five, and sure enough, it had disappeared after Ron used it, leaving him with only four abilities to choose from.

However, the settlement for A-level character cards remains the same, except that ability five can no longer be selected.

After checking, he had a thought and began to calculate the settlement.

[Character card duration expired, settlement in progress...]

[Final Settlement: Role-playing accuracy 100%]

[Perfect role-playing; all abilities of the current character card are available for selection.]

Please select one of the abilities you wish to acquire.

Ron ultimately chose ability four, [Space Magic - Flying Thunder God], to further enhance his mobility.

In this way, if he encounters any danger, as long as it's not an enemy with speed-up magic, he should be able to escape.

[The Space Magic - Flying Thunder God (B) has been selected and is being integrated into the panel...]

[Fusion complete]

As the fusion is completed, the cooldown timer for drawing cards will have only a short time left.

As soon as the card draw cooldown was over, Ron immediately pressed the card draw button, targeting the Naruto World limited card pool.

shuh~

Finally, in the familiar card-drawing screen, a B-rank character card appeared.

Naruto - Sai

Ron glanced at Sai's four abilities, and two of them were somewhat to his liking.

[Ability 3: Ink Painting Magic - Super Beast (B)]

[Effect: A materialization magic similar to painting magic, it infuses magic power into specially made ink and brushes to create various super beasts, giving them mimicry life and making them obey commands.]

[Ability 4: Ink Painting Magic - Ink Clone (B)]

[Effect: Creates a physical clone that perfectly matches the user's appearance and aura using specially made ink. The clone can act and fight independently. When attacked, it instantly transforms back into ink, which can blind enemies within a small area.]

If I remember correctly, this Ink Painting Magic: Super Beast can summon small animals and giant birds to control, somewhat similar to Deidara's clay sculpting.

If he chooses to acquire this ability, then at least he can make these super beasts hold magic bomb clay, achieving the same result as equipping the Deidara character card.

However, this method consumes more magic power than before, since magic power needs to be injected into the ink and clay separately to perform this operation.

As for ability four, it is an independently controllable clone. He has needed this kind of clone to act for far too long.

Ron couldn't choose for the time being; one was to use it in battle, and the other was to save himself from the fatigue of performing. Both had their uses.

However, he has no plans to equip anything right now; he'll decide what to do when he gets a mission assignment.

Having made up his mind, Ron closed his eyes and leaned back on the cushions to rest.

For the next three days, the last bus traveled smoothly along the northbound road.

As they got closer to the mission location, the temperature gradually dropped.

What was originally a thin layer of snow is now so deep that even the speed of the carriage is affected.

However, Ron did not waste his time on this long journey.

[Accumulated popularity points from other regions during the mission: 620]

To ensure the horses' stamina, the coachman would stop at post stations and outlying towns along the route for half a day each day to rest and recuperate.

Ron, on the other hand, would find a crowded tavern to tell stories whenever he stopped, making the most of the opportunity to accumulate popularity points, and he would have a storytelling performance every day.

Because entertainment options are scarce in the northern climate, coupled with Ron's storytelling style and the quality of the opening of the Naruto story, almost every performance attracted an audience.

In just two and a half days, Ron had already collected more than half of the popularity points he needed from other places. This progress was beyond his expectations. He didn't expect that there were still quite a few people in these towns.

With over 300 popularity points remaining, he has enough time to turn the gacha pool into a permanent one.

However, on the third day after equipping the [Jounouchi] character card, the gacha results were not ideal.

He had been hoping for another high-level character card, but it turned out to be a C-level character card without the ability to create clones, so he just tossed it into a corner of the Multiverse Item Storage to gather dust.

Ron saw that he had used up all his luck in the city, so he decided to play other roles first to see if he could draw better items from the multiverse.

At least for now, his combat strength is sufficient to deal with the current danger; let's complete the mission first.

On the evening of the third day, the snowstorm outside became even more violent than the previous two days.

The carriage then arrived at a more remote small town, gradually slowing down before finally coming to a stop near the town.

This village is located at the foot of a snow-covered mountain, which is the very location where Ron accepted his mission: Icemark Town.

At this moment, the driver, who was fully equipped with cold-weather gear, got out of the driver's seat, quickly knocked on the window of the covered wagon, and then pulled down his protective mask.

"Brother Ron, we've finally arrived in Iceborn Town."