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

The thief, caught by Ron, obediently knelt on the ground and told Ron in detail about the effects of the pill.

"So these are pills from the Magic Development Club?"

Ron looked at the boy with dark circles under his eyes and nodded thoughtfully.

This pill sounds good, but with 24 frames per second projection, it seems a bit useless for him.

Ron then put it in his pocket.

"Confiscate it. Take this back and study it."

The thief's eyes widened, and he unconsciously reached out his hand.

"Hey, take your hand back."

Gray and Leo stared at him, their eyes revealing their displeasure at the thief interrupting their performance.

When the thief saw their glares, he trembled slightly, but ultimately withdrew his hand and restrained himself.

"Your package is full of stolen goods, isn't it?"

"That's right."

"That's fine then, you can go and turn yourself in."

After Ron finished speaking, the thief paused for a moment, a puzzled expression on his face.

"Confess? You're not going to arrest me yourself and bring me to the guards?"

Ron scanned the thief from head to toe, noticing his dark circles and thin limbs, and asked:

Have you been having trouble sleeping lately, and waking up frequently?

The thief's eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"How...how did you know?"

"Just by hearing the name of this pill, you can tell it has serious side effects. Your physical condition isn't good, and you can't handle taking too much. It will overdraw your physical and mental resources, and you'll definitely have serious health problems."

Ron continued:

"If you turn yourself in, your prison sentence will be shorter, and you can also take this opportunity to quit taking these pills."

"After you get out, find a proper job and start a new life."

Upon hearing Ron's heartfelt words, the young thief was stunned for a moment.

He recalled that he had indeed been prone to mental confusion after taking the medication.

Recalling how Ron had instantly controlled his magic, he knew that if Ron really wanted to take him to the guards, he would not be able to escape.

"Thank you......"

The young thief stood up, bowed tremblingly, and then turned and headed towards the guard team, which was still a few streets away.

Ron watched his departing figure, then finally bent down and picked up the spatial package he had left behind, emptying out all the stolen items.

Everything was scattered on the ground, attracting the crowd of onlookers.

"Hey, is that my wallet?"

"My necklace?!"

As the lost items were emptied out, passersby gathered around and took their belongings.

As the girl in the blue coat passed by, she squeezed in as well.

"Juvia's package is here after all...!"

When the blue-haired girl saw that her package was intact, her gloomy eyes finally brightened.

She carefully picked up the package, smiled, and then turned and left the square with happy steps.

Strangely enough, the drizzle lessened considerably the moment the girl turned to leave, and no more raindrops fell.

The dark clouds that had been hovering over Foss Town miraculously stopped causing thunder and gradually dispersed, revealing the bright sun.

Gray felt the sunlight falling on him and couldn't help but enjoy it.

"Finally, the sun is shining."

"That's amazing!"

Just then, an excited shout interrupted Gray's thoughts, making him somewhat irritated.

He turned around and saw a boy wearing a high-necked long-sleeved shirt and with fluffy short hair staring at Gray with bright eyes.

"Are you saying I'm amazing?"

A puzzled Gray glanced around, finding no one beside him, then pointed to himself and asked.

He pushed up his square-framed glasses and nodded excitedly.

"Your performance was absolutely fantastic, it was simply art."

"Really? It's not that amazing...?"

Even so, when Gray heard the praise, a lewd smile appeared on his face, and his heart began to flutter with pride.

The bespectacled boy walked towards Leo and asked:

"Is your theater troupe still hiring?"

I admire you guys so much! If you let me join, I'll do any odd job, as long as I can follow you.

"Haha, I can't make that decision myself, you'll have to ask our commander."

Leo gave an awkward smile, somewhat at a loss for words with the enthusiastic boy.

He and Gray both looked at Ron behind them, their eyes pleading for help.

Ron looked the boy in square-framed glasses up and down and gave him a subtle smile.

"We have no intention of staying in this town, we need to get going."

"I live alone at home, so it's no problem for me to go back with you."

"Sure, we're short-staffed anyway, you're hired."

Since the troupe is currently short-staffed, and they've offered themselves up, Ron naturally has no reason not to take advantage of it.

Seeing that Ron had agreed so readily, the boy's face lit up with joy, and he began to introduce himself.

"Great! My name is Paris. What do you need me to do, Commander?"

"What you're saying now... wait a minute."

Just as Ron was thinking about how to assign him odd jobs, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps approaching.

Gray and Leo looked over at the same time and saw a blond businessman in a suit coming over with several security guards.

"Sir, the wallet is really here!"

The bodyguard searched the ground for a while and finally picked up a wallet, which he handed to the businessman.

"Yes, this is my wallet."

The blond merchant smiled and asked Ron a question.

"You were the one who just caught the thief, weren't you?"

"Yes."

Ron nodded in response to the businessman's question.

"I came to this town for work, but my wallet was stolen by that person..."

He opened his wallet, took out a photo of a blonde girl, and smiled kindly.

"More than the money in my wallet, I'm thinking about this photo of my daughter."

He then gave Ron and the others a grateful look and bowed.

"I really want to express my gratitude to you. Please feel free to tell me if there's anything you want."

Ron paused for a moment after seeing the photo, and then he recognized the businessman.

He declined for a while, but the merchant insisted on repaying him, so Ron lowered his head and thought for a while, and then came up with a feasible plan.

"If you really want to repay me, we'd like to take the magic train to Magnolia in the Kingdom of Fiore right now..."

After Ron finished speaking, the merchant nodded in satisfaction.

"No problem, I'll buy your tickets to Magnolia, top-class tickets with compartments, I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"