Chapter 353 The Parade Begins (Ch 353)

“That’s not right, Noah, didn’t you just learn how to draw sugar paintings? How come you can draw so well?”
Mirajane tried a few more times and found that she couldn’t draw a Fairy Tail emblem pattern as beautiful as Noah’s, so she asked Noah in confusion.
“The young man really just learned it. When I saw him trying it at first, he was also very bad at drawing, but he soon became very good at it.”
At this time, the stall owner saw that there were no customers coming, so he walked over to Noah and the others, and after hearing Mirajane’s question, he spoke.
“Then how can you draw so well?”
Sorono asked, looking at Noah in confusion.
“I don’t know. Maybe I learned faster, or maybe you left too deep an impression on me?”
Noah took the spoon from Mirajane, scooped up a spoonful of melted syrup, and drew the image of the stall owner on the board in front of him.
After finishing the painting, Noah drew a sugar painting for Urrutia and the others respectively.
Everyone looked at these five sugar paintings. At first glance, all five sugar paintings were very delicate.
But if you look closely, you will find that the sugar paintings made by Urrutia and her friends have more spirit than those made by the stall owner, and this spirit makes the entire sugar painting seem to come alive.
Noah handed the sugar painting to the stall owner and Urrutia and the others.
Holding the lifelike sugar paintings in their hands, Urrutia and the others were all smiling.
By comparing your sugar painting with that of the stall owner next to you, you can tell how good your sugar painting is.
If Noah hadn’t paid close attention to them, he wouldn’t have been able to draw such vivid sugar paintings. They would naturally feel happy.
They all looked at Noah with eyes full of emotion.
The stall owner next to me was holding a sugar painting and found that his mouth was full of sweetness and his stomach was full before he even started eating.
He shook his head and went back behind his workbench. A customer had already come to the stall to place an order.
“It’s so hard to draw.”
Seeing that Noah’s painting was so beautiful, Mirajane took the spoon from Noah again and started trying, but after trying several times she failed to draw the pattern she wanted.
“really.”
Urrutia and Erza also tried a few more times, but they couldn’t draw any good patterns either.
“Forget it, as long as Noah can draw.”
After trying a few times, Sorono realized that he couldn’t do it like Noah, so he gave up.
She rolled her eyes, looked at Noah slyly and said:
“Come on, come and help me draw some of my sugar paintings.”
“Hmm? What’s wrong?”
Noah took the spoon from Sorono with a bit of surprise and started drawing.
“Don’t ask so many questions, just draw quickly!”
Sorono laid on top of Noah and said to him.
“Okay, okay, don’t move. You’re disturbing my painting.”
Noah drew five or six sugar paintings in a row, all of which were images of Sorono in his daily life, and each one was lifelike.
“Not bad, not bad. Draw a few more.”
Kongno picked up the solidified sugar painting with satisfaction, admired it in the sunlight, and nodded with satisfaction.
After Noah drew a total of ten sugar paintings, Kongno was satisfied and put them all in his own personal space.
When Urrutia and the others saw what Sorono did, they suddenly realized what was going on and stared at Noah.
“All of them.”
Seeing their expressions, Noah naturally knew what they wanted, so he said with a smile.
After drawing ten sugar paintings for each person, they all put away most of the sugar paintings with satisfaction, leaving only one in their hands to appreciate.
“By the way, help Yukino and the others make some sugar paintings!”
Sorono thought of his sister and said to Noah.
“Um.”
Noah made some sugar paintings for Wendy, Yukino, Melty and the others, and also for Xia Lulu.
“Why don’t we do this at home in the future.”
Sorono licked the sugar painting of the Fairy Tail emblem that Noah had just made in his hand, and felt the sweetness in his mouth, so he said to Noah.
“Will you do it then?”
Noah rolled his eyes at Sorono.
“Don’t you have it?”
Sorono said with a smile while holding Noah’s hand.
Noah glanced at Sorono and didn’t object.
He also thinks that sugar paintings are quite interesting and there is nothing wrong with eating some at home.
“Okay, let’s continue to visit the festival.”
Urrutia said to everyone.
“Wait a minute, Noah, make a few more candy paintings for us to eat on the way.”
Erza really likes the sweet taste of sugar paintings, but she doesn’t want to eat the ones she already has, so she asks Noah to make a few more.
“Then I’ll make a few more sugar paintings of the guild emblems.”
The sugar paintings of the guild emblems were simpler than the portraits of people, and Noah made more than twenty of them in a row.
Everyone has one, and quite a few are stored in their personal spaces.
After saying goodbye to the stall owner, everyone held a sugar painting in their hands and licked it while walking around the festival.
It was after noon before Noah and his companions returned to the guildhall.
The sugar paintings were distributed to Wendy and the others. They took them with surprise. The sweetness of the sugar paintings brought smiles to their faces.
Noah and his friends began to prepare for the magical parade and celebration banquet in the evening.
“Are the fireworks ready?”
“The fireworks have been transported to the designated location, and the city hall has arranged people to set them off when the time comes.”
“How’s the costume preparation going?”
“Everyone got their own costume and they were able to put it on before they set off.”
“Has the float been arranged?”
“Everything has been arranged. The decorations have been checked and there are no problems. We can set off at any time.”
Noah and Laxus checked the preparations one by one.
When Noah mentioned the float, he remembered something and looked in Natsu’s direction:
“Natsu, come see me before you leave. I’ll help you cure your transportation sickness so you can ride the float.”
“Really?”
Natsu said with a surprised look on his face.
Ever since he started to get dizzy with transportation, he has had no affinity with vehicles, and floats are no exception.
Now that I hear I can sit on it again, I am naturally very happy.
“Great, Harpy!”
“like!”
“Whenever the floats leave, I must be on the first one!”
Natsu threw a few punches excitedly and looked at Noah with expectant eyes.
“Don’t get so excited, there’s still some time before it starts.”
Lucy said to him from the side.
“I can’t wait to get in the car!”
Natsu kept running around excitedly until he was punched by Erza and finally quieted down.
“Fool!”
Gray complained to Natsu as usual.
“Gray, if you take off your clothes during the parade, I will make you pay. The same goes for Leo.”
Urrutia said with a fierce look in his eyes. After hearing this, Gray and Leo shuddered all over and nodded in agreement.
“As a newcomer, is it okay for Juvia to participate in this parade?”
Juvia said with a worried look on her face.
“No, since you have joined the guild, you are a part of the guild, so you will naturally be a part of the parade as well.”
Urrutia said as she turned back to look at Juvia.
“You guys just go and join the parade, I’ll just watch from the sidelines, but you asked me to join you too.”
Uru was also starting to prepare nearby, and she said to Urrutia.
“Mom, it’s rare for you to be in the guild at this time, of course you have to join us!”
Urrutia hugged her mother and spoke to her in a sweet voice.
“Okay, Mom will participate.”
Ulu looked at his grown-up daughter in front of him, and he couldn’t help but feel happy at the thought of participating in the performance with her.
“Noah, how are the security preparations going? Should I not participate in the parade and be responsible for security?”
Laxus said to Noah.
“Are you still not confident about my arrangements? Security has already been arranged.
In addition to the city’s security team who will be responsible for maintaining order, some older guild members who did not participate in the parade will also help with security.
Mr. Mistry will also take care of the security issues, and I will also be aware of the safety of the entire parade.”
Noah said to Laxus.
“Mistergang is back? Why didn’t I see him?”
Laxus asked curiously.
“You also know his situation. He wouldn’t appear in front of everyone unless there was something special.”
Noah replied.
“That’s right, so he is also using illusion to create special effects like in previous years?”
“Well, since he can’t show up in public, he can join the parade this way.”
Laxus nodded, there was no problem in that regard.
Everyone began to make final preparations busily and nervously.
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The sun has set, and the residents of Magnolia have tacitly turned off the lights in their homes. The whole of Magnolia fell into darkness, with only the stars in the sky and the newly risen moon casting a faint light on the city below.
Both local citizens and tourists from other places have been waiting on both sides of the parade route.
Some more impatient people came directly to the gate of the Fairy Tail Guild, waiting for the parade to begin.
The guild, which was normally brightly lit and bustling at this time, now became pitch black and so quiet that those people almost thought they had come to the wrong place.
Suddenly, a bright light rose into the sky in the distance.
“Bang!”
The dazzling red light, accompanied by a loud explosion, turned into a brilliant firework.
Immediately around Magnolia, bright lights with long flame tails rose into the sky one after another and bloomed into colorful and brilliant fireworks.
“Crackle, crackle!”
Fireworks of all colors continued to bloom in the air, lighting up the entire night sky, and the sound of explosions never stopped.
The Fairy Tail wizards haven’t appeared yet, but everyone’s enthusiasm has already been ignited by the fireworks blooming in the sky.
The bright lights that kept appearing in the sky illuminated the smiling faces of those waiting along the parade route below, some with surprise and some with anticipation.