Fairy Tail's civil war had ended, but Makarov had yet to announce Laxus's punishment. The guild members were not particularly concerned, either, because Fairy Tail's Fantasia Parade was coming up next. It was their annual Harvest Festival tradition: most of the guild's members formed a procession and made a circuit of Magnolia's main streets. It was also one of the reasons so many tourists came to Magnolia for the Harvest Festival.
So this is the Fantasia Parade. Magic really does belong in fairy tales. Shen Fei stood beside the magical castle in the procession, creating bubbles with magic. As he watched Fairy Tail's parade, he felt a little wistful. Performances like this were exceedingly rare. After all, this was real magic.
Shen Fei had originally been assigned a more important position, but Gray was an Ice Mage too. More importantly, it was a role that let him work with Juvia, so naturally it had gone to him. Gray and Juvia's job was to use water and ice to produce fantastical effects, such as mist and rainbows.
Natsu's job was to breathe fire into the sky to create a fireworks display. He was very good at that sort of thing, and he could even shape his flame-magic fireworks into Fairy Tail's emblem in the sky. That undoubtedly required considerable control over his flames.
Lucy also had a part in the show. Loki's light magic was undoubtedly excellent for visual effects. Unfortunately, Aquarius was not interested. Otherwise, the performance would have been even better, since Aquarius looked like a mermaid.
Quite a few people from other guilds have come. Since his task was simple, Shen Fei could spare some attention to study the surrounding spectators. He spotted quite a few people he recognized. Although he had never met many of them, he