Chapter 277: The Sneak Attack at the Beauty Contest
"Hello everyone, sorry for the long wait!
The beautiful fairies are competing in beauty, and the Fairy Tail Miss Contest is about to begin.
I am the host of this contest, Sand Wizard Marcus!"
At ten o'clock in the morning, the Fairy Tail Miss Contest was officially held in the lobby on the first floor of the guild.
Marcus served as the host, standing on the competition stage using a magical microphone, explaining the competition rules to everyone.
Seated at the frontmost row of tables below were the judges for this competition.
They were: Guild Master Makarov, representing the guild wizards; the Mayor, representing Magnolia City officials; a business association representative, representing Magnolia merchants; and a citizen representative, representing the citizens of Magnolia City.
The average score from the four judges would determine each contestant's score, and the one with the highest score would become the champion of this contest and receive a prize of 500,000 J.
Behind the judges sat the guild's wizards and city citizens, who were holding banners to cheer for their favorite female wizards.
In this world, ordinary citizens are also fans—not of ordinary entertainment stars, but of wizards from major guilds.
George sat at a table with Happy, Natsu, Gray, and others, chatting while watching the contest.
Although he was a cat in this world, he was essentially still a man, and such a rare beauty contest was not something he would skip to go read magic books in the library.
Occasionally relaxing and admiring beauties, feeling pleasure physically and mentally, could improve learning efficiency.
"Now, let's welcome our contestant number one, the beauty with exotic charm and an interdimensional stomach, Cana Alberona!"
Cana, with long black curly hair, walked onto the stage holding her magic cards.
"Now it's time for the magic demonstration."
The host quickly moved aside.
Cana threw the magic cards into the air, and they immediately emitted a beautiful glow that enveloped her body. When the light faded, her clothes had been replaced with a sexy bikini outfit.
The perverts below immediately cheered excitedly, and the judges gave her high scores one after another.
"Do you know why Cana is participating in this contest?
Because she owes the guild a lot of money for alcohol and wants to win the prize to pay it back."
Happy, sitting on the table, gossiped to everyone.
In the entire guild, if anyone knew the most gossip, besides Mirajane, it would be Happy, always at the forefront of gossip.
"Cana started drinking at thirteen. According to Mirajane's statistics, a third of the alcohol sold annually by the guild is consumed by Cana alone!"
"A third, that's truly the reincarnation of the God of Wine."
George couldn't help but sigh upon hearing this.
The guild sold quite a lot of alcohol daily; most wizards would drink a couple of glasses whether they had business or not.
But thinking about it, every time they saw Cana, she seemed to be drinking, sometimes even drinking directly from a barrel, so it was understandable.
"She may not be number one in the beauty contest, but if it were a drinking contest, she would definitely be first!"
Speaking of which, Cana's card magic was actually quite interesting. It could summon wind, fire, thunder, and lightning, and recently she had learned card sealing magic from Sho of the Tower of Heaven.
In terms of strength within the entire guild, she was about just below the tier of Natsu and Gray. In other guilds outside, she would already have the strength to be promoted to an S-Class wizard.
There was a book about card magic in the library. After returning from the Hundred-Year Quest, he also planned to include it in his study plan, especially Sho's card sealing technique.
His avatar in the world of the Mage Apprentice was currently learning Balthazar's nesting doll sealing technique, so by then he could perfectly integrate it with the card sealing technique.
"Next up, contestant number two, although a newcomer to the guild, possessing S-Class strength, the good woman whose rain never stops, Juvia Lockser!"
Wearing a blue coat and sporting short hair, Juvia appeared, her body transforming into water and dancing in the air, finally ending with a blue bikini outfit.
After the Phantom Lord incident, Guild Master Makarov had recruited Juvia and Gajeel into the guild. According to Makarov, the two were not bad in nature, but were simply led astray by Phantom Lord's master.
"This must be a natural ability!"
Watching Juvia's body transform into water, George thought to himself.
Juvia's water magic was different from ordinary wizards' water magic; it was innate magic. Before she even learned to control magic, rain would fall wherever she was, earning her the title "Rain Woman."
Therefore, her magic that transforms her body into water and grants immunity to physical attacks was something George could not learn.
It was just like how in the world of Harry Potter there were naturally born Legilimens, natural Seers, and natural Metamorphmagi. In the Fairy Tail world, there were also people born with innate magical abilities.
Juvia's water magic was innate, and later she simply learned corresponding magic to strengthen it.
There were also such wizards in Fairy Tail. According to Mirajane, one of Laxus' Thunder God Tribe, Evergreen, who used fairy magic, was born with eyes that could petrify people.
Since she couldn't control it, she basically always wore glasses to block it.
After Juvia, the next to appear was the most popular contestant and the biggest favorite to win: the beauty whose fame spread across the continent, Fairy Tail's poster girl, Mirajane Strauss.
However, Mirajane was clearly not interested in winning; she performed a series of funny transformations of her head into the heads of various guild wizards, including Happy and George's cat heads.
After that came the Fairy Queen, Erza, who used Requip Magic to change her armor into a cute gothic lolita maid outfit, immediately charming a large number of people with the contrast.
Erza loved shopping for clothes; besides various magical armors, her Requip space was filled with all kinds of outfits in different styles.
After Erza scored high and left the stage, next was the petite and cute Levy, who, with her snow-based script magic, melted the hearts of many tough guys.
Then came the sexy beauty from the Western Continent, Bisca, whose superb magic gun performance amazed everyone.
Finally, it was Lucy's turn, who had entered Fairy Tail together with George, using Celestial Spirit Magic. According to Happy's gossip, she participated in the contest to pay her rent.
Unfortunately, her magic performance had not even started before it was interrupted by an arrogant laugh.
"Ohohoho... Fairy refers to me, beauty also refers to me. That's right, I am the real fairy, and the championship naturally belongs to me, Evergreen!"
Wearing a green dress, glasses, and holding a fan, Evergreen slowly walked out from backstage.
Lucy, just about to argue, was immediately petrified on the spot by Evergreen. Then the curtain fell, and in the waiting area, Erza and others who had just performed were all petrified as well.
Seeing that things were going wrong, the ordinary citizens immediately ran toward the exit of the guild.
(End of chapter)