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

Chapter 197 Let’s go together!
The presidents present at the meeting spoke freely and expressed their opinions. Some thought that it should be taken seriously, while others thought that it was just a casual remark by the king and should not be taken seriously.

As for Rod's beloved President Makarov, he was as drowsy as a chick pecking at rice.

After Rhodes reminded him twice and found that it was of no use, he had to take out a small notebook to write down a few key points for the old man.

After discussing the topic of the Wizard Festival, President Goodman concluded with a few words, expressing the hope that everyone would pay more attention to news in this regard after returning home.

Perhaps this will be an opportunity to further increase the magician's influence. If not grasped properly, it may affect the reputation of his own guild.

"So, let's move on to the next topic, regarding the tax issue that was slightly revised at the end of last year..."

Rhodes recalled that he had never paid taxes since he came here, and had never even thought about such issues before this month.

The first time he realized he needed to pay taxes was when he helped Mira do her annual reconciliation at the beginning of the month.

This country has a fairly relaxed tax policy towards wizards from regular guilds, and taxes are generally paid by the guilds.

The tax rate is so low that it does not need to be deducted from the wizard's mission remuneration, but is directly paid from the "deposit" submitted by the client.

When a client posts a task, he or she usually needs to pay a small "deposit". According to Rod's analysis, this should include taxes, service fees and "advertising fees".

Ordinary tasks usually pay around 1%, which is insignificant compared to the task rewards.

Moreover, Fairy Tail has its own rule that when the remuneration exceeds one million, it will be calculated as one million and the amount will not be increased.

Anyway, the guild will help with processes like tax payment, so ordinary magicians don't need to get involved at all.

Specifically speaking, Mira and Rhodes are now handling most of the affairs, and the president just needs to take the time to sign and pay the money.

Out of curiosity, Rhodes also inquired about the tax rates for merchants, workers and farmers.

After comparison, I can only say that being a magician is pretty good.

"The next topic is about the kingdom's decree to support the development of magic items and its impact on magicians who own them..."

Item by item, the presidents discussed the new decrees and slightly revised legal provisions issued by the kingdom, analyzing the impact that would be on the wizards, and whether the alliance should take any special actions next.

The discussion lasted from two o'clock until around six in the evening.

At this time, someone asked about Fairy Tail's attitude: "Mr. Makarov, what do you think?"

Rhodes quietly pushed his unreliable old president.

Makarov suddenly woke up and slapped the table: "Let's go together!"

Rhodes reasonably suspected that the old man might have been dreaming about fighting with someone. To be honest, that move just now was quite domineering.

But this sudden sentence made the presidents look at each other in confusion.

Bob, who was familiar with Makarov's character, was already laughing with his hands on his face. Goodman was almost the same, but he had to preside over the meeting, so it was very difficult for him to hold back his laughter.

Makarov also realized that something was wrong. He quietly stretched out his arm behind his back and tugged at the corner of Rhodes' clothes.

It's like when a classmate is dozing off and the teacher calls him to answer a question, but he doesn't know what the teacher is asking and he needs help.

"Ahem..." Rhodes had to clear his throat, "What our president means is that no matter whether the kingdom's policies are beneficial to us or not, we must unite together, overcome difficulties together, and make the environment of the magic world a better place.

We at Fairy Tail will continue to work towards this goal, and we hope that everyone can join hands with us. In short, let’s do it together!”

Makarov nodded deeply: "Yes, that's right, that's what I meant." "Well said, you are worthy of being Mr. Makarov!"

"It couldn't be more appropriate as the closing remarks for today's meeting."

Goldman, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, suppressed his laughter and said, "President Makarov's words seem to have taken away my job, but since he has already said it, let's end today's meeting here. Dismissed!"

At dinner time after the meeting, Goodman mercilessly mocked Makarov's gaffe and said bluntly, "I almost got embarrassed again!"
Makarov argued with him with a red face, and it was unclear whether it was because of anger or drinking.

"No wonder you brought Rod-chan here, what a good kid~"

Although President Bob's voice was a little low, it sounded unexpectedly gentle.

Rhodes found that he was almost getting used to it.

Just in case, he decided to look through more photos of Mira later.

"That's right!" Inspired by Bob, Makarov came up with a good idea, "Rod is just like my child. What's the difference between what he says and what I say!"

"Shameless." Goldman said, "Polyusica must be disgusted by this and refuses to go to the guild."

"What does this have to do with her!" Makarov did not intend to follow Goldman's pace, and put on a smug expression, "I said, are you jealous because you see that our guild has such outstanding young people?"

Goldman couldn't admit defeat when it came to this: "The kids in our guild won't be bad either!"

"Is that so? It won't be long before this child becomes an S-class wizard."

"What's so great about S-rank? We have an S-rank almost as big as him in our guild!"

"So what? Do you dare to compete?"

"What are you afraid of?!"

The two refused to give in to each other, and Rhodes asked, "President Bob, if the two of them get drunk and start fighting, can you mediate?"

"Oh, their relationship has always been so good." Bob did not answer Rhodes' question, but asked, "Who is responsible for mediating when you fight?"

"..."Most people just want the fight to be more intense, so no one wants to try to stop it.

Only Erza would intervene on the first day she returned to the guild, or when she could no longer tolerate it.

Otherwise, it will develop to the point of destroying the house, and then the president will step in.

Should we go and ask the president’s president to come and mediate?
President Bob said, "Let them be. They are all old and now prefer to decide the outcome by other means other than fighting."

"Another way? What is that... No, do we have to decide the winner in a drunken quarrel?" Rhode asked. "Solve it by finger-guessing?"

"Their personalities are likely to make them compete with the next generation of the guild." President Bob said.
"Maybe Rod-chan will represent Fairy Tail and compete with the young men from the Four Hounds~"

Rhodes thought of the young S-class wizard that President Goldman had just mentioned, and said uncomfortably, "Please spare me. I can't afford to offend an S-class wizard right now."

Bob encouraged: "Young man, you should be more confident. You are from Fairy Tail~"

"Why do I feel like you know more about Fairy Tail than I do?"

Rhodes smiled bitterly. He just got beaten up by an S-class wizard last month and didn't have the confidence to take on the challenge.

(End of this chapter)