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

Chapter 210: Natsu? Forest fire prevention?
"As expected of Natsu." Lacy felt that Natsu hadn't caused such a big mess in a long time.

"How miserable." Rhodes drew a few strokes in the air with his fingers, "Will you eat fire?"

"Oh~~" Natsu opened his mouth and swallowed the flames created by Rod, "Thank you for the treat!"

Rhodes's flame tastes ordinary, and it's good to use it to satisfy hunger occasionally, but if you want to eat delicious flame dishes or food, you still have to spend money to buy it.

"Rod, can you write a fish for us?"

"Sure, but you can't eat it." Rhodes waved his finger, and a 'FISH' with fish scales and fins appeared in the air.

Hobby bit it and said, "It's so hard! It doesn't taste good either, it smells like fish!"

"Maybe the structure is too complicated. Even Levi can't do this."

Rhodes had seen Leibi write a butterfly with words, but the colors and patterns only had the characteristics of a butterfly and could only be used for decoration.

"Why don't you go find Worm? It seems like it still has some fish to eat."

The two cute creatures have a good relationship, and Habby actually got a small fish from Worm: "Hey, Rod, how about you team up with us?"

Rod declined. "Please let me go. I just got back yesterday. I have already run two long-distance missions with Erza this month, and also accompanied the president to a regular meeting. I haven't had a good rest at all."

Natsu patted Rhodes on the shoulder and comforted him with a sympathetic look: "Thank you for your hard work."

In his opinion, whether it is teaming up with Erza or accompanying the president to meetings, it is extremely hard work.

Happy seemed to think so too: "Ai~ can only continue to team up with Natsu."

Natsu said dissatisfiedly, "What's that tone, Happy? Are you disgusted with me?"

"But we took three missions in a week and only got 1 J. The rest was all paid as compensation." Habib said sadly, "If Rod was here, he would get the full amount."

"Damn it, I must get the full reward again to show you!" Natsu went to the notice board angrily, determined to choose a suitable task this time.

Natsu had been thinking a lot lately about what the president had said to him before the S-Class exam.

He suddenly felt that if he could get full pay a few more times on his own and not get into any trouble at all, he might be able to take the S-level exam this year.

After successfully defending Mira's right to have lunch in peace, Rhodes decided to help Natsu screen as well.

A mission that would allow him to easily get full pay would preferably be one that is far away from crowds, or even far away from human settlements. It would be even better if there is one that allows Natsu to wreak havoc.

Rhodes looked through the information on the counter and found a very interesting commission - mine blasting.

The master in charge of blasting took sick leave, and the mine urgently needed a blasting expert to be responsible for targeted blasting, so this seemed quite suitable.

After carefully looking at the type of mine, it turned out to be a coal mine. Rhodes silently stuffed it to the bottom and gave up.

It's too expensive. If Natsu were to light up the coal mine, even if he sold the entire guild, he might not be able to afford the loss.

Rhodes flipped through the pages again and pulled out a card: "Naz, there's a good job here, do you want it?"

"What?" Natsu came over to take a look.

"Forest Ranger"

Wildfires are common in the dry winter, so a water wizard (or a wizard with other fire-fighting methods) is needed to serve as a ranger to prevent wildfires.

Happy also came over to watch: "Is Rod crazy? If Natsu were to do this kind of work, would it be fire prevention or arson?"

It was his idea to let the Fire Mage be a forest ranger.

"Of course it's fire prevention. If we find a fire anywhere, we can just let Natsu eat it, right?" Rhodes said as a matter of course.
"As long as there's someone to supervise him and prevent him from breathing fire randomly... you, Harpy, can be in charge of this. Besides, you can fly around and patrol. This seems to be suitable for you two."

Natsu is not an ordinary fire wizard. He can eat any fire that was not set by him.

Natsu rubbed his chin, "Sounds good, there's mountain fire to eat."

No, the ideal situation is to have no wildfires.

Rhode wanted to complain about his train of thought, but he heard Happy say, "But it will take more than half a month for the next group of rangers to replace us."

"The work period is a bit long, but food and accommodation are provided, and there is a river at the foot of the mountain. When I get bored, I can dig an ice hole and go fishing."

Rhodes felt that his rhetoric was a bit like that of a black broker who tricked minors into working... But this task was indeed quite good, and the salary standard was quite high.

And it won't interfere with Natsu's daily practice. He can just run long distances with weights in the forest.

——Rods had seen Natsu's training, leaping like a frog while carrying a huge rock on his back, being chased by rolling stones, and hitting rocks with his bare hands, which was quite rough.

Natsu was easily tempted: "Okay, I've decided on this one!"

"Love!" Habby was also attracted by the favorable condition of being able to fish during working hours.

"Let me take a look." Mira was probably still worried, so she finished her lunch quickly.

"Ah, it's here."

"What's the problem?" Rod asked.

"Everything is fine, except that there are some precious trees growing here, and there are wolves nearby at night, so you have to be careful."

Natsu was full of confidence: "They are just a pack of wolves. If you dare to come, I will beat them all away!"

"I think we should be careful not with the wolves but with the precious trees," Rhodes reminded, "Harpy, remember to keep a close eye on him."

"Love..." Habib had no confidence in this matter.

If Natsu got into a fight with the wolves, he wasn't sure what he could do.

Mira confirmed that this mission was not dangerous for Natsu, stamped it, and handed him the commission: "Good luck."

"Just watch me! Let's go, Harpy!"

"like!"

The two set out again with full energy, as if they had never experienced mission failure.

Everyone has his own life.

Rhodes sighed like an old man and continued to look through the mission information.

Mira asked, "What are you still looking for?"

"same as before."

"But don't you want to take a few days off?"

"Yeah, but you have to keep watching even when you're resting. It would be a shame if you missed it because of the rest."

Mira stopped talking. Strictly speaking, this was a violation of Rhodes's rules.

But since the president has agreed to it and she has no objection, it is not against the rules.

But Mira thought that Rhodes had helped her share a lot of work in the past few months, so should she get a salary increase?
Does this count as abusing power for personal gain... No, nothing happened to us, it's a clean slate, this is what Rhodes deserves for his hard work, it can't be counted as abusing power for personal gain.

"By the way, this is for you." Rhodes took out a notebook from his bag.

"Notebook?" Mira took it and opened it. Rhodes' name was written on the cover page. There was a bunch of mission information recorded inside, and some places had simple drawings.

Giving a girl a notebook, and it’s a used one, what does it mean, is there something written on the back…

Mira flipped through the pages until she reached the unused section in the middle of the notebook, and two squashed flowers appeared before her eyes.

The petals have been flattened, overlapping in some places, and are not completely dry yet.

The paper near the petals was slightly wrinkled because it absorbed moisture and was stained with a little color.

Mira recognized them, one was a wintersweet and the other was a butterfly flower, both of which were relatively cold-resistant flowers, but not common near Magnolia.

She covered her mouth gently, surprise flashing in her eyes.

Although I had some guesses, I still asked, "Where did you pick it?"

(End of this chapter)