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

Chapter 18 The Guild's Women Are Tigers
Could Erza, who has a resolute appearance and a terrifying aura, be so thoughtful as to bring local specialties for her companions?
Rhodes was a little curious about what was in the gift box...it couldn't be armor, right?
"I'll open it now!"

Laqi laid the gift box flat, gently untied the ribbon with the bow on it, and opened the lid.

"What is this?" Rhodes couldn't recognize what was inside for a moment.

First of all, it’s not armor, but it is indeed a metal product, and it looks like a statue of a woman?
No, there shouldn't be strange gaps and handles on the statue.

While Rhode was wondering, Laqi had already pulled the handle and opened the "metal statue", revealing the hideous spikes inside.

Unexpectedly, Laqi's expression was not one of horror, but of surprise: "Ah! It's the Iron Lady!"

She stroked the cold metal, her face actually flushed: "Great!"

"Iron...Iron..." Rhodes' tongue was a little tangled, his head was buzzing, and he unconsciously took half a step back.

This thing is a torture device! Isn't it a local product? What local specialty would be a torture device?
Why do we give Iron Lady as a gift?
And since Laqi was able to bring this thing back without batting an eyelid, she must have natural supernatural powers like Kana, right?
The big question is, girl, why are you so excited?
Mira smiled: "Ah, the gift Erza prepared is so thoughtful."

Intentions? Ulterior motives?

"No, that, Mira..." Rhodes considered his words, "Are you sure this is a gift, not a death threat or something?"

"How could that be? Laqi's favorite thing is all kinds of torture instruments. This well-made iron lady is the best gift for her."

Mira tilted her head, "Hey, didn't I tell you? There are a lot of torture instruments collected in Laqi's room."

“…” You only told me that Laqi’s collection was very interesting and gave me a chance to visit it.

Rhode realized a serious problem. The girls in the guild, such as Miki, Cana, Laqi, and Erza...

Although each one is prettier than the other, they are also more difficult to deal with than the other.

That is, Leibi is cute and has a good personality, and although Mira is a little bit scheming, she is gentle most of the time.

I just don't know if there is any side of me that he doesn't understand.
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Rhodes had some free time in the afternoon, so he had some time to practice magic.

Erza seemed to have nothing to do, so she came to the guild to chat with a girl with long green hair.

Thanks to her, the tavern was quieter than ever before.

But according to Mira, things were quiet for a while only when Erza came back, but soon everyone would start making noise again.

Leibi was holding a small notebook and reviewing the pronunciation she learned in the morning. Whenever she saw Rhodes taking a break from practicing, she would come to him to learn a few strokes of Chinese characters.

During this period, Makarov also helped Rod modify the summoning spell.

Generally speaking, when a Celestial Mage summons a Celestial Spirit, he will call out the name of the Celestial Spirit and use the corresponding key at the same time.

However, Rhodes only had one pendant, but it was connected to different summoned creatures at the same time. Now he could only distinguish them by calling their names.

When he becomes more proficient in magic, he can skip most of the lengthy spell chanting and just call out the name.

The initial spell will be used when he senses a new summon.

"Toad, three wolves, six birds, a stone monster..." Rhodes counted the wild monsters he might summon next with his fingers. It felt that he was still a long way from the little dragon and the big dragon.

Although I don’t know if there are any particularly powerful ones among those ordinary wild monsters, judging from the size of the river crab today, even wild monsters like the three wolves and six birds that are very weak in the game can be called ferocious beasts based on their size when summoned.

For Rhodes, the most important thing now is to increase his magic power and improve his magic proficiency.

As for magic, the time available for meditation every day is limited and cannot be rushed, so the only thing you can practice is magic.

Rhode captured Worm, who was eating and drinking for free in the tavern, and started practicing the magic of "closing the door", which is the magic of canceling the summoning.

"I am the one who connects the two worlds. You must obey my will and return to the abyss, Poro!"

After the spell to close the door was finished, Worm's figure gradually became transparent, and finally disappeared completely. "Success!" Rhodes was very happy that he succeeded on the first try.

Then he began to chant the summoning spell:

"I am... passing through the gate! Open the gate of the abyss, Poro!"

The magic vortex appeared and disappeared, and Worm reappeared in front of Rhodes.

"Very good, do it again!"

"…Return to the Abyss! Poro!"

"...Open the gate of the abyss, Poro!"

"……return……"

"……Open……"

Rhodes practiced magic over and over again without getting tired, and Worm could only cooperate.

It was fine at the beginning, but after a few times it became boring and the little one became more and more casual.

Sometimes he appeared standing, sometimes he appeared sitting, and sometimes he was lying on his back, trying to cross his legs but failing...

Worm felt very annoyed, but Rhodes had no choice because it consumed less magic power.

If he switched to summoning river crabs, with Rhode's current magic power, he would have to rest after two times at most, and there was no way he could practice repeatedly.

"Ah, ah... Achoo~~~"

After practicing for who knows how many times, Worm sneezed violently when he appeared in the tavern again.

It had retracted its long tongue and a long snout was hanging there.

Rod's first reaction was: "So you have a nose."

Worm sniffed hard, turned around and faced Rod with his butt, and the little horns on his head drooped down - he was a little angry.

It was a harsh winter in the Howling Abyss, but summer had already arrived in the Kingdom of Fiore. After so many ups and downs in temperature, even the Poros were about to catch a cold.

"Ah, I'm sorry. It's my fault."

What if Poro gets angry?
Rhodes thought for a moment and said tentatively: "Mira, I want an omelette..."

Worm's drooping horns stood up.

"...another bowl of tomato and egg soup?"

Worm turned around and stuck out his tongue again, with happiness written all over his face.

Although I haven't fully figured out Worm's hobbies, eggs are definitely one of his favorite foods.

"So easy to coax." Rhodes skillfully reached out to touch the head, horns, scratch the chin, and rub the belly.

Mira smiled and helped him order, but a slightly harsh voice sounded from above:
"Are you finally quiet? You've been making so much noise since just now."

Rhodes looked up and saw that the person who spoke was a blond young man with a lightning scar on his right eye.

He was wearing something that looked like headphones, a tan top, and a coat on top - even though it was summer.

At this moment, he placed his hands on the railing on the second floor and looked down at Rhodes with a bad look on his face.

(End of this chapter)