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

Monet, a coastal town.

After boarding the magic train, Ron and his companions finally arrived in a large town and prepared rooms at a hotel.

With Gildarts joining them this time, they booked four rooms: one for Gildarts, one for Ron, and one for Uru, and one for Gray and Leo.

"Alright, now we can finally perform again."

"Yay!"

Inside the hall, Gray and Leo, upon hearing Ron's plans for the day, showed expressions of excitement; they could put on an act again.

Ron looked at the two temporary employees who were even more excited than him about starting work, and felt a little helpless.

Looks like they haven't gotten tired of acting yet; they're even more energetic than me.

"By the way, Gildarts, how are you doing today? Planning to come and watch our show?"

Ron looked at Gildarts and asked.

"I have a task assigned to me, I'll go and take care of it in a bit."

"A commissioned mission? Are you sure it's not another trip to find women?"

Ron asked Gildarts with a puzzled look.

"Cough cough cough!"

Gildarts choked on his own saliva.

Seeing that Uru was starting to distance himself from him again, Gildarts quickly took out his commission form.

"My mission is to eliminate Unikol, so don't try to slander me out of thin air."

Ron shrugged helplessly and spread his hands.

Who knows? I don't even need to spread your bad news, and a bunch of people already know. It can't be something I just guessed, right?

Seeing how serious Gildarts was, Ron put away his joking thoughts and started looking at the contents of the mission.

"So that's how it is. It was this Unikol who was lurking in the river, obstructing the flow of ships?"

"That's right. Monet is a border city divided into east and west by a great river. If we can't deal with this monster, we won't be able to get there by boat."

After explaining, Gildarts revealed a smug smile.

"So I'm doing something important so that we can catch the boat smoothly tomorrow."

How about that? Don't you think my image instantly becomes much more impressive?

Gildarts waited for applause and praise, but after a while, he was met with only emptiness.

Ron and Uru exchanged glances, then looked at Gildarts with puzzled expressions.

Finally, it was Ron who spoke up:

"Uncle, have you forgotten how we left BLACKVOC?"

Gray and Leo added from the side:

"Yes, we don't need to take a boat tomorrow, we can just fly there by bird, right?"

Gildarts's smug smile froze instantly.

"I'd completely forgotten we have a big flying bird; I feel like something's missing..."

Gildarts then abruptly steered the conversation back on track, pretending to be serious:

"But that's not important. In short, this is a legitimate request from me, so don't give me any more nonsense."

After saying this, Gildarts walked out of the hotel with a righteous look on his face, ready to go on his mission.

Uru sighed and shook his head. This Gildarts really seems to be an unreliable old man.

She was starting to doubt whether she should have brought Gray and the others to Fairy Tail; their future in Fairy Tail seemed rather uncertain...

Ron sighed helplessly, then turned to look at Gray and Leo.

"Ignore him, take the keys, and come to the lobby to meet us after everything is sorted out."

Finally, the three of them nodded, took their room keys, and went to their rooms with their luggage.

Ron went to his room and, after closing the door, began to process the character card for [Nanami Kento].

[Current character role completion rate: 100%, settlement can be completed in advance...]

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

He hesitated for a while, but finally chose the four-card combo of Black Flash, since having more good trump cards is not a bad thing.

[The Black Flash Quadruple Combo (A) has been selected and is being integrated into the panel...]

[The Black Flash Quadruple Combo has been detected as a one-time use skill and is being converted into a skill card.]

Ultimately, this ability was transformed into an A-rank skill card and arrived at Ron's Multiverse Item Vault.

Ron smiled with satisfaction, then picked up the bag containing theatrical props after tidying up and went out to meet up with Uru and the others.

By this time, it was getting dark outside, and the streetlights outside the hotel were turning on one after another.

They arrived at the Place de la Monet, found a suitable spot, and began to set up their tent.

Uru played games on the street, attracting a good crowd. After finishing his work, he went back to his hotel to rest.

Then Ron began his storytelling performance, and Gray and Leo started showing off their terrible acting skills again.

The performance quickly attracted a large crowd of residents and business people from the town.

Ron felt very pleased as he watched the crowds grow.

Just as the storytelling performance was coming to an end, Ron inadvertently heard some noises coming from afar, and he looked over curiously.

Then, without realizing it, his eyes widened, a bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and he had a bad feeling.

On the wide square street, a middle-aged man wearing a dark cloak was seen carrying two girls and running away, with people chasing after him.

Ron quickly recognized Gildarts, and that his target was heading towards the performance.

Gildarts even had the leisure to wave at Ron and smile.

Ron glared at Gildarts, inwardly wanting to shout out a complaint.

Don't come any closer!

Forced into a corner, Ron began to speed up his storytelling pace, causing Gray and Leo to unconsciously quicken their movements as well.

Ron quickly prepared to end the performance to earn popularity points. After finishing his speech, he bowed to the audience and finally got 300 popularity points, then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Excuse me, please move aside!"

"You shameless mage, don't run away!"

As Gildarts drew closer, Ron finally saw the mage chasing him.

He was a burly mage with a pacifier in his mouth and a short, middle-aged man on his head, his eyes filled with anger.

"Grey, Leo, disperse the crowd, I'll be right back after taking care of something."

Ron sighed, then jumped off the stage and changed his clothes instantly.

[Weapon Transformation Magic - Zanpakuto Hyōrinmaru]

"Ice Wall".

Ron swung the Hyōrinmaru towards the ground, creating an ice wall that forced the pursuing mages to a sudden stop.

"Hey Ron, I'll leave these two to you this time."

After giving his instructions, Gildarts ran towards the port.

"Kid, are you really going to get involved in this?!"

The middle-aged man shouted at Ron, who was blocking their way.

Ron twirled his knife and stared at the middle-aged man.

"There's no way around it, you guys and I still have a score to settle, after all..."

He then pointed the tip of his knife at the two of them, his eyes showing a serious expression.

"You almost ruined my performance."