Fairy Tail: I don't want to be the president

Chapter 115 I Have Hundreds of Millions of Plans
Because he was obsessed with studying, Rhode missed the guild's posting of the winners of the Fairy Tail Miss Selection Contest.

Fortunately, he already knew the result in advance.

The first place was undoubtedly Mira, who took away a prize of 50 J.

The second place is Erza. Although it is a whole job, some people like excitement.

Unexpectedly, the third place was Kana. It seemed that many viewers were still obsessed with this beautiful lady who failed to show her magic.

But these rankings are not that important, because there is no prize money except for the first place.

I can only provide you with a topic for conversation.

When Rod left the library, everyone had gone home, and Mira and Elfman were about to close the door.

Worm followed them with his tongue hanging out, and only ran over happily when he saw Rhodes.

It seems that he still remembers who his master is.

Elfman asked, "So you're still here. Didn't my sister tell me you had a mission?"

Rhodes said: "I checked some information and will leave tomorrow morning."

"Mission..." Mira thought for a moment and only said, "Be careful."

"Don't worry, it won't be a big problem if it's just an investigation." Rhodes patted his chest.

Mira knew that was the voice of the magic book and couldn't help laughing. This person was really reassuring.

The three of them walked together for a while before parting ways on the fork in the road. Elfman said:
"Sister, even Rhode has gone to work, so it's almost time for me to find a suitable task tomorrow."

"Why do you say 'even Rhodes'?" Mira was a little worried about Rhodes' image in everyone's eyes.

"I just received my salary and bonus, so I don't have to worry about the expenses at home."

"That's why I have to go out to work. How can a man just rely on his sister?"

"Yes, yes." Mira looked back and wondered whether to let Elfman and Rod team up next time.

This way, we don't have to worry about Elfman getting into danger or getting into trouble. By the way...

No by the way.

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The next morning, the sun was not very warm and the breeze made it seem a little cool.

Because he was going on a long journey, Rhodes not only carried a backpack, but also a suitcase.

He was thinking of finding time to learn the magic of changing clothes, so that he could have an extra storage space and it would be convenient when going out.

When he arrived at the station, Gray was waiting for him at the door with only a cross-body bag on his back.

Rhodes took a special look and found that the boy was wearing trousers, a shirt, and a coat.

"Hey!" Gray simply raised his hand as a greeting.

"Good morning." Rhodes felt that he had only raised his hand, and Gray's windbreaker was already on the ground.

He wondered, "How did you manage to take off your windbreaker and throw it on the ground without even moving your crossbody bag?"

"Ah? What nonsense are you talking about...Huh?!" Gray picked up his windbreaker in a hurry, "Well, let's go buy tickets first."

Rhode said, "Wait for Wendy and Xia Lulu first?"

"Mr. Rhodes!"

Wendy was carrying a backpack with a little rabbit decoration on it and was waving as she ran towards Rhodes.

Then, boom!

Rhode shrank his shoulders. Does this kid have the attribute of falling flat on his face every time he appears on the field?

He stepped forward and gave her a hand: "Are you okay?"

Wendy dusted herself off and said politely, "It's okay, thank you Mr. Rhodes."

"I told you not to be rash." Xia Lulu followed calmly with her hands in her pockets, "So it was you who Mr. Makarov was talking about. Why didn't you make it clear earlier? I was worried that you were some weirdo."

"There is a weirdo as well." Rhode introduced, "This is Gray who is on my team, the Ice Demon..."

"Ah!" Wendy covered her eyes and her little face turned red.

Xia Lulu said madly: "Hey, why did you bring a pervert here?"

"..." Rod looked back and saw Gray was left with only his shorts, and people who wanted to enter the station walked around them.

The temporary team's first meeting didn't seem very pleasant.

After a little incident, the four of them bought three tickets and sat opposite each other after getting on the bus.

Although the three of them treated Xia Lulu as a human being, the ticket seller obviously did not.

Rhodes' envious look made Xia Lulu feel uncomfortable.

The little white cat's face actually blushed a little: "Don't look at me like that, I didn't mean to evade the ticket!"

"I didn't say anything. Your weight is enough to cover the cost of Wendy's ticket." Rhode said, "This is a shady station. There is no children's ticket."

Wendy smiled a little reluctantly, and said weakly, "Well, Mr. Rhodes, if possible, I don't want to be treated as a child at all."

"Ah, sorry, Wendy is a wizard who can handle everything on her own. She is definitely not a child."

Xia Lulu complained: "If you really think so, don't say it in a coaxing child's tone."

"..." That couldn't be helped. It was the first time for Rhode to meet a child as cute and well-behaved as Wendy, so he just acted like that unconsciously.

Gray suddenly asked, "By the way, what races are Xia Lulu and Harpy?"

"Hmph! Just think of it as a talking cat, pervert."

"Xia Lulu, that's so rude." Wendy gave Gray an apologetic look.

Rhodes waved his hand: "It's okay, she's not wrong."

"Hey!" Gray glared at him.

Rhodes said: "Please restrain yourself a little, really, at least don't take off your clothes in public."

Gray folded his arms, turned his head away and said nothing. He didn't mean it.

"If you're bored, take a look at this." Rhodes rummaged through his backpack and handed the order and a few papers to Gray.

"Ah? Wasn't the mission content already mentioned yesterday... What is this?"

Gray took out the task list and found a rough outline of the southern mountains on the first sheet of paper.

The map shows the target area to be searched on the first day after arrival, the scheduled resting place and search area on the second day, and the third day...

Turning to the second piece of paper, it wrote about the poisonous insects and beasts that needed to be avoided in the mountains, and what food was easily available.

There was only a brief sentence about the water source, noting that it could be melted with Gray's ice or topped up with text magic.

The next step is to discover how to track the target, where the terrain may be convenient for concealment, and mark where stone beetles can be used to impersonate stones to create cover.

Then there is the contingency plan for tracking those who have been discovered, which is divided into escape and fight, with several plans listed for each, ABC.

At the end it also said 'There is too little intelligence on the target, the Zat brothers, and the situation of their helpers is unclear, so you must be cautious in the battle.'

Gray was stunned. "I say, did you do the same thing the last time you teamed up with Natsu?"

Rhode shook his head: "No, I didn't make a plan last time because I didn't have enough experience, and I felt that Natsu wouldn't read it even if I did, so I thought about it temporarily and dictated it."

Gray didn't know what to say. He seemed to know why Natsu didn't cause any trouble during the subjugation mission.

Gray, a senior wizard who has been in the guild for more than eight years, fell into deep thought. Is this the working process of a wizard?
Useless little knowledge:

In Fairy Tail, accepting a mission is usually referred to as 'going to work'.

I often mix up the words "work", "entrustment" and "task". I wonder if anyone minds.

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(End of this chapter)