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

Chapter 161 Memory
Rhodes' investigation began with the guild photo album.

Since Mira said that Mest joined the guild a long time ago, even if there are no individual photos, he should be able to be found in the group photo, right?
Mr. Luo’s photos in the magazine were included in the album, and he also took a group photo with everyone during the harvest festival.

However, even after flipping through the pages, Rod didn't see a single photo of Meister.

There is also no trace of Meister in the collection of paintings that Lidas keeps in the library.

Is this person really as mysterious as Mr. Gang?
Although the possibility is small, it is not impossible. After all, I asked Mira, Cana and Elfman, but they were all hesitant and couldn't explain clearly about Mest's situation.

If we want to understand him, we have to check the past mission records, but...

As someone who had assisted Mira in organizing mission records, Rhodes knew how many missions there were in a month, and could imagine how terrifying the number of missions was every year.

Thinking about the mountain of information, Rhodes felt a headache.

"I still need to borrow a pair of Feng Yong's glasses...but Leibi doesn't seem to be here today."

Lei Bi also took on a lot of tasks on her own some time ago - although she didn't have much confidence in herself, she still wanted to give it a try when the time came.

There were still too few people like Rhode who didn't care about S-rank from the beginning.

"Guild Membership Roster? That's good. At least I can find out when he joined the guild. I can then narrow down the list when I look for information."

The first name on the list is the president Makarov, followed by Polyusicaa, and then Gildarts, Makao, Vakaba and other senior members.

This is arranged in chronological order of joining the guild, and except for the first president Mavis, other members who have passed away or resigned are not included in the record.

Rhodes reasonably suspected that there might be another roster in the guild that recorded all the members of the guild so far.

He flipped through the pages one by one, from the beginning to the end, and saw his name, then flipped back to the beginning again: "No?"

Rhodes read it carefully for the third time, but still couldn't find Meister's name.

"What the hell?"

……

Rhodes held the roster and went to the president with a heavy heart, wanting to ask for clarification.

Makarov felt something was wrong: "Mest? Of course he is a member of our guild, why do you ask?"

"Because he is not on this list, and I can't find him in the guild's photo albums or art collections." Rhode turned to the last page and pointed at his name.
"Even my name is written here, which means it has been maintained recently. If he is an old member from many years ago, how could he have forgotten to register?"

Makarov found it a bit difficult. It was certain that Meister would not be found in the album because all the photos of him had been put away.

As for the list, it is a book with living connection magic. When the emblem on the body disappears, the name will disappear with it.

In order to go undercover, Mest's original emblem has been temporarily removed, and his name will naturally disappear as well.

Although we are not working undercover using our real name, we should still be more cautious.

This way, the secret will not be exposed when the list is shown to the Council - the original intention of making this book was to facilitate the Council's regular review of the guild personnel list.

I didn't expect that Rhodes would find out at this time.

Makarov had a headache: "Why did you suddenly start investigating Mest?"

"Since I'm going to be Kana's partner, shouldn't I investigate my opponent before the exam?" Rhode said, "You know my style."

"..." Makarov nodded.

Indeed, this kid would investigate the local situation before accepting any small mission to leave Magnolia, let alone such a big event as the S-level exam.

Being cautious is certainly a good thing, but at this time... Makarov didn't even think of such details.

Want to temporarily restore Mest's coat of arms? But that guy might be reporting to the Council right now. Isn't that selling out teammates?
"Well..." Makarov thought for a moment and said, "I have a photo of Meister. Since he rarely takes photos, I kept it away on purpose. As for the list... maybe I missed it when I was transcribing it."

Rod stared at him, his expression asking, "Do you think I'm a fool?"

It's not difficult to print a few more photos, and how could I neglect something as important as the roster. "Then can you help me retrieve a few of Mest's mission records? I mean those ordinary missions that don't involve confidential content. There shouldn't be none at all, right?"

"At this stage, all the missions he has done need to be kept secret." Makarov felt a little uncomfortable when Rhode stared at him. Lying to his own child...

No, he didn't lie. "In short, Meister is indeed a member of the guild. There is no doubt about that."

"Then..." Rhodes suddenly stopped talking, "Wait a moment."

He took a few steps back and scanned the tavern: "Erusa, can you come over here for a moment?"

"Hmm?" Erza came over, "What's going on?"

Mira, who was not far away, also walked over quickly and looked at him curiously, feeling that she had missed some big gossip while serving the dishes.

"Erza, you come to the front and get ready for battle. Mira, you step back a little and stand here." Rod pulled Mira to hide behind Erza.

Erza asked in confusion, "Fight? With whom?"

Makarov looked at him helplessly: "What is this for?"

Rhode bent down and pressed Mira's head to make her lower it.

Mira slapped his hand away, but she felt like something funny was going to happen, so she cooperated with him and hid.

Rhodes asked cautiously, "President, is there any magic in this world that can control your mind?"

Veins bulged on Makarov's forehead. It seemed that this guy was suspecting that he was being controlled!

You asked Erza to come over because you were afraid that you would suddenly hurt someone, and you wanted to find someone who could compete with you, right?
Makarov didn't know whether he should be happy or angry that he could remain cautious even at a time like this.

"Hahaha..." Mira held her stomach and laughed so hard. Although she didn't know what happened, Rhodes actually said such a conclusion seriously.

And they were even prepared for the possibility that the president would attack them after being exposed.

It's so much fun!

"The president has been controlled? Are you sure?" Erza opened her right hand and a long sword appeared in her hand. She was really ready to protect Rod and Mira at the first moment.

Makarov sighed helplessly: "So-called mental magic, once the person realizes that he is being affected, it is easy to resist.

Unless the magic power of the caster is far higher than mine, so that we are not on the same level at all."

"..." Erza put down her sword. This seemed unlikely.

Moreover, if someone with magic power far higher than the president wants to plot against them, they can basically give up resistance.

Rhodes thought for a moment: "Then..."

Makarov glanced at him. "Are you going to ask about magic that can affect memory again?"

Rhodes nodded.

"In theory, memory magic can indeed affect people whose magic power is far higher than one's own. But at the same time, as long as one realizes that one may have been under this kind of magic, it can be easily cracked.

I have checked myself and I have not been bewitched by this kind of magic. Are you satisfied?"

Makarov looked at the brat hiding behind Erza and wanted to hit him on the head.

After saying this, Mira and Erza were both stunned for a moment: "President, I..."

Makarov raised his hand to stop them from talking.

He glared at Rhodes, jumped off the counter, and put his hands behind his back: "Follow me."

(End of this chapter)