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

Chapter 28 It’s raining, time to be emo

A new day came, and Rod woke up to the sound of dripping rain. As soon as he got out of bed, he felt his legs sore.

Maybe it was because of the stimulation yesterday, or maybe it was because he secretly made up his mind or something, Rhodes gritted his teeth and ran until he fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

Even to go home, he specially summoned the Canyon Swift Crab and let it use its tentacles to wrap him up on its back and carry him back.

Before going to bed at night, Rhodes applied a cold compress with a wet towel for a while, and also found some anti-swelling medicine from the large box of medicines Erza sent.

Now it seems that we had foresight.

Rhodes dragged his sore legs to the bathroom to take care of his personal problems and wash up. After coming out, he decided to take some more medicine.

"It's broken, I forgot to collect my clothes!"

Rhodes went to the balcony to check, and sure enough, it rained heavily last night and all his clothes were wet.

He had no choice but to put it away and soak it in a basin with the sweat-soaked clothes he took off yesterday.

After staring at the basin for a while, Rhodes reluctantly sat down to wash clothes.

There was no way. Apart from these two sets and his pajamas, he only had one set left in the closet. Every time he opened the closet, he felt it was empty.

If any accident happened again, Rhodes would be faced with the dilemma of having no clothes to wear.

"I'll prepare two more when I have more money."

Rhodes washed and wrung out the clothes quickly, then hung them in the laundry room temporarily.

He thought for a second about the possibility of taking it to the guild to have Natsu dry it, but decisively gave up - the risk was too great and he couldn't afford the gamble.

After a flurry of activity, Rhodes packed up and went downstairs to go to the guild.

However, the rain showed no signs of abating and was even getting heavier. Even Goodman did not come to the stall today.

Opening the door, Rod realized a new problem - he hadn't bought an umbrella yet.

"It's so hard for me..." Rhodes made a poor voice.

"Hululu~"

At the critical moment, Worm pulled out an umbrella from the corner of the first floor.

"Well done!" Rhodes praised, summoned a river crab, and jumped on it with an umbrella to head for the guild.

Before leaving, he did not forget to leave a note for Goodman to tell him that he had borrowed the umbrella without permission.

The Canyon Swift Crab walked slowly on the street according to Rhodes' instructions. Not only did it not hate the rain, but it also felt that such an environment was more comfortable.

Rhodes sat cross-legged on the highest point of the Swift Crab's back shell and tilted the umbrella towards the direction where the raindrops were coming from.

The streets of Magnolia were much quieter in the rain. The hawking sounds that were heard in the mornings on weekdays were almost gone, and there were only a few pedestrians passing by.

They were either holding umbrellas or wearing raincoats and rain boots, and walking hurriedly through the water.

Rhodes had seen many scenes like this before he traveled through time, but... he looked down at himself and felt that he was out of place here.

Yes, he is an alien that does not belong to this world.

But this little bit of pretentiousness completely disappeared when he arrived at the guild entrance.

Because at this moment, Laqi was walking slowly from the northwest intersection, holding a wooden umbrella and wearing a pair of wooden boots, with a wooden box in her other hand.

The long purple hair swayed gently, looking very friendly in the rain.

On the other side, Gray was also walking over with a large, exquisitely shaped ice crystal umbrella.

The rain flowed down the umbrella cover, neither freezing nor melting the umbrella. It just added a bead curtain-like decoration to the umbrella.

Noticing Rhode and Lucky, Gray casually raised his hand: "Yo!"

Laqi responded energetically: "Good morning!" "Good morning!" The swift crab disappeared, and Rhodes stood on the ground, looking at his two companions who were as "weird" as him, and couldn't help but smile.

This is the meaning of the guild's existence, right?

The three of them walked into the guild's door, and Laqi looked at the floor at the door: "It feels like I'll have to mop the floor non-stop today."

Rhodes thought about what places like cafeterias and supermarkets do on rainy days, and suggested: "How about putting a few more pieces of cardboard at the door?"

"Good idea, let's do it, but..." Laqi chose to cast magic, "Wooden Shape: Pure Love is Spotless!"

Swish, swish, swish...thin wooden boards appeared inside and outside the guild gate at the same time, and the upward side was deliberately made quite rough.

"Shaping magic is so convenient." Rhodes sighed again, and wanted to complain about the crappy name.

It's almost the same as saying the soles of your feet are clean and spotless.

There wasn't much to do in the morning, so Rhodes was busy for a while before finding Gray.

"Natsu's weakness?" Gray blurted out, "He has a bad temper and is an impulsive fire fool."

"But..." Gray thought for a moment, "It's true that it's usually like this, but it's another matter in battle.

Oftentimes his instincts are as sharp as a wild animal, and it would be very troublesome if you were to fight him seriously."

Although he usually calls Natsu an idiot and they don't get along well in terms of personality and magic, if Gray really asks him to seriously evaluate Natsu, he will definitely give him a very high evaluation.

Unless it's in front of Natsu.

"That's it. I'm definitely going to get beaten again today." Rhode was worried. "Is there no real, obvious, and immediate weakness?"

"By the way, Natsu has asked you to duel today!" Gray pounded his palm. He was interested in helping others beat Natsu!

"As for the obvious weakness, there is one!" Gray said, "That guy can't do anything with transportation. All you have to do is build a car under his feet and you'll win!"

"Good idea, but I don't know any styling magic!"

"I'll teach you now!"

"Now!"

"Right, right now!" Gray raised his hand excitedly, and his shirt disappeared, "Do it with me..."

Rhode glanced at Gray's bare upper body and said, "Sorry to bother you, I may not be suitable for learning the Ice Style."

Rod felt that it was not worth it to become a pervert just to defeat Natsu.

"..." Gray just put his right fist against the palm of his left hand and looked at Rhodes who was fleeing in confusion, "Ah? I haven't started teaching you yet."

While Natsu was not here, Rhodes decided to find a quiet place to meditate for a while.

"Rod." Lucky called him and handed him the wooden box he had come in. "The magazine you wanted is inside."

Rhode's hand felt heavy. More than fifty magazines were quite heavy. "Thank you... Why is there no opening in this box?"

"I didn't say anything because it was raining and I was worried about getting wet." Lucky said, "When you get back to a place where you can relax, just give the box a heavy blow."

"...I see. You are very thoughtful."

Did she mean to smash it open when she got home? Rhode, who had not learned the common language well, thought for a while before he understood what she meant.

Also, it turns out that this box was also made by her before she went out. The wood-shaping magic is really suitable for life.

Rhodes put the box away, ran to the door of the library, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to meditate.

Feeling the magic power growing bit by bit, Rhodes felt the joy of harvest.

I don't know when the next summon will come, but at least it will have some attack power by then, right?
(End of this chapter)