Chapter 369 Daily Life - How Santa Claus Was Laid Off
As Christmas approached, everyone added many festive decorations to the guild tavern under Makarov's arrangement. The biggest change was the addition of several "Christmas areas" in the tavern.
These "Christmas areas" are surrounded by wooden fences, inside which is a pine tree stuck in the snow.
At the top of the tree is a golden five-pointed star, or a huge bow; in the middle are hung colorful satins, bells, light bulbs, and dolls of different colors; and underneath are piled gift boxes of different sizes.
It can be said that the festive atmosphere is quite strong.
There are several new leather sofas in the guild . In addition to pillows, there are also various styles of plush dolls on the sofas. These dolls include Santa Claus and reindeer, as well as the guild's own magician. Of course, they are all in Christmas costumes.
Most of them are women, and the popularity of female wizards in the guild can be basically seen from the number : Mira is the most popular woman, and naturally there are the most dolls with her image, followed by Erza and Lucy, and the rest are relatively few, and the number is about the same, but everyone has one.
There are also dolls with male images, but the overall number is relatively small, and only those who are handsome or famous, or wizards like Kira who have both, have them. As for those like Makao who have neither of these... hehe.
The appearance of the "Fairy Tail Wizard Plush Dolls" can be traced back to a few days ago. These things suddenly appeared in Magnolia and quickly became a trend. They spread to the guild in less than a day.
So everyone started to follow suit, and in order to prove their popularity, some people bought dolls in their own image and gave them to the guild; some people simply liked a certain magician, so they bought a bunch of them and placed them in the tavern for enjoyment - this is how the dolls in the image of Mira that can now be seen everywhere in the guild came about.
As expected, Juvia spent a lot of money to buy a large number of Gray dolls, so Gray doll became the second most popular doll. After that, the nymphomaniac was still not satisfied and hung the doll on herself, making it difficult for her to move.
Similar to Juvia, but not as crazy in their behavior are Jet and Dolor. They naturally hold dolls in the image of Rebby in their hands. They show off and shout as if they are afraid that others don't know that they like Rebby, which makes Rebby herself very embarrassed.
The most reserved people in the guild were Alzak and Bisca. They hid their dolls and dared not show them to others, but everyone knew that the dolls in their arms were in the image of each other.
Anyway, everyone had a great time because of the stuffed animals - Kira was even happier because he was the one selling them.
At this moment, Kira was sitting on a leather sofa, holding seven or eight task lists, with a worried look on his face: "Designated tasks... This is the kind of trouble that comes with being famous."
Lucy, who was standing by, was filled with envy after hearing this. She almost had the expression "Leave this kind of trouble to me" written on her face. She asked out of curiosity, "What task is it that you are specifically assigned to do? Is it troublesome?"
"It's not a big deal, they are just small tasks, but they have a time limit, you see!"
Lucy took the stack of task lists that Kira handed over, and found that they were all tasks such as "pretend to be Santa Claus and give XX (gifts) to children on Christmas Eve."
Kira lay on his back on the sofa and muttered, "Really? Santa Claus only works one night a year, but I work a whole year! Now he wants me to work overtime and give him a day off. What's he thinking? - This sofa is so comfortable!"
Lucy complained speechlessly: "Well...but Santa Claus was fake from the beginning, right? It was just something parents told to trick their children, right?"
"That's not the case! They really exist!" Kira said forcefully, "It's just that later on, someone always took away the jobs that originally belonged to Santa Claus, causing them to face the crisis of being laid off, and finally they were directly fired, so now almost no one has seen the real Santa Claus!!!"
Hearing Kira speak so confidently, in such detail, and so logically, Natsu and Happy's faces were immediately replaced by shock: "Ehhhh??!! Is it really like this?!"
Gray was even more shocked than them: "You actually believed it??!! You can tell it's fake just by hearing it!!"
"Eh?! So it's still fake??!!"
“…Two idiots!!”
Lucy put down the task list in her hand and asked, "These tasks don't seem to be difficult. Even the gifts are reimbursed by the client. Why are you still so troubled?"
Kira replied unhappily: "Let me ask you, what's the point of the client entrusting us with this task? Can't we just deliver it ourselves after the children go to bed?"
Erza, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke: "What Kira said is not without reason, but sometimes there are special circumstances, such as parents not having time, so I will still choose to accept it!"
In fact, she also received similar commissions.
"I understand what you mean, but why is it a specific mission? Any wizard can do this, right?"
"Maybe you are too famous..."
Kira sighed helplessly: "Ah... Originally I wanted to give gifts to the children in the orphanage tonight..."
"Huh? You can actually be so kind sometimes?"
"Of course! I'm their teacher Kira! Hey, hey...what are you looking at? If you don't believe me, ask Kana!" At this point, Kira suddenly turned around and shouted, "By the way, Kana, what gifts have you prepared for the children?"
Not far away, Kana's hands trembled as she drank: "Haha...haha...well..."
Kira understood: "I know!"
This guy must have not prepared anything!
…
It snowed heavily at night.
A gorgeously dressed reindeer sleigh was running in the air, pulling a medium-sized carriage. The figure on the carriage had a big white beard, a red hat, a red cotton coat, black boots, and a bulging light yellow cloth bag in his hand.
This person is Kira dressed in Christmas clothes.
He still chose to accept the commission. As for the task of delivering gifts to the children in the orphanage, it was given to Kana, who did not buy any gifts - whether it was paying money or contributing effort, she had to do one of the two.
Perhaps starting tomorrow, the legend of "Mrs. Santa" will spread in Magnolia, and it's a Mrs. Santa who loves drinking.
The sled landed on the roof with a thump. Kira picked up the cloth bag that looked like it contained a lot of things but was actually empty, and walked towards the chimney.
Of course, the cloth bag is just a decoration. The gifts that parents prepare for their children are all placed in Kira's personal space. With such a convenient magic, who would be so honest as to put the gifts in the cloth bag?
In order to fit the character's image, Kira deliberately used cotton to prop up his clothes a little bit, making him look a bit like a Santa Claus with a big belly. However, his steps were light, and he could not hide his unrestrained and free manner, so he looked more like an energetic old man.
"Get to work, get to work!"
The chimney was dirty, dark and narrow, but these were no problem for Kira. He was not really fat. He took out the lighting crystal and cast flying magic. He entered the house through the chimney in less than a minute.
Although this was a commission, out of a due diligence attitude, Kira could only carefully read the child's wish and then give the gift away.
"These parents are really stupid. Can't they take a peek at their children's wishes in advance? What if I don't prepare the corresponding gifts? Wouldn't the mission fail?"
Kira tiptoed to the child's bedroom. The child was sleeping soundly, and it was a good time for him to complete his task.
Kira picked up the wish list hanging on the Christmas tree. There were very few words on it, just a simple line. He was a little surprised, and then he smiled with relief: "So few wishes? It seems that this is a very honest child..."
【I want to be a great wizard. 】
Kira was silent, and the smile froze on his face.
Can you please understand the purpose of Santa Claus before making a wish!!!
