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

Chapter 359: Moving Bricks and Love Bento

Lucy was right, because after hearing Rhode's idea, the president waved his hand and said, "Let's do it. I'll leave it to you!"

These troublesome tasks are not as fun as moving bricks. The old man keeps sweating and never gets tired of it.

Makarov found that it was still happier to just let it go. Look, the children will make their own plans for the future.

Being a president means being good at promoting the growth of children.

Rhodes had no choice but to find the foreman Erza and asked her to send a team of workers to help.

When Erza heard that it was for everyone's livelihood, she immediately took the lead in the work. With Cana as the vanguard, and Elfman, Natsu and Gray as generals, the project progressed rapidly.

As for Rhodes himself, he went to the basement to look for mission information, some of which were left over from the past, and some of which were accumulated over the past seven or eight days.

He picked out the most urgent ones and filled out the task lists one by one. Then, based on the amount of remuneration, he found some relatively easy tasks to help everyone out in an emergency.

The rest will take their turn slowly.

Mira is very busy now, so these tasks can only be done by one person.

When he returned with a stack of task lists, the space had been cleared, the bulletin board had been put up, and the counter was being set up.

It seemed like Erza was planning to set up a makeshift tavern as well, so she built a shed behind the counter.

Rhodes strongly suspected that this was Kanati's suggestion, because she was the one who worked the hardest when moving the tables and chairs.

But it’s also good this way. The boring construction site life really should give everyone a place to rest.

By the time these things were finished, the sun had already set, so it looked like we would have to open only tomorrow.

The tavern opened immediately. Many people, like Kana, had been confined in the Council camp for too long and wanted to indulge themselves.

There was wine available, and the kitchen was in the basement, so Mr. Cook worked overtime to give everyone a good meal.

Although the conditions were crude, the guild had finally regained some of its usual lively atmosphere.

……

The next morning, Mira officially announced to everyone that the temporary counter began accepting job applications.

A group of people rushed over.

"Rhode has already screened the urgent tasks and tasks of varying difficulty but with relatively generous rewards. Please let those who are in urgent need of living expenses come first!"

"Great!"

Mira was in charge of the counter, and Rhodes... went to move bricks.

Once a bunch of guys who had no habit of saving left, the construction site was short of manpower, so Rod had to fill in the gaps and consider it as a form of exercise.

The counter was bustling for a while before it calmed down. Lucy stood side by side with Nabu in front of the bulletin board for a long time.

She saw several missions she wanted to take on, but every time she reached out her hand, she pulled it back, feeling a little uneasy.

After hesitating for a while, Lucy seemed to have made a decision and left silently.

She found that she couldn't concentrate on her work unless she resolved that issue.

Her leaving alone did not attract much attention, as everyone was either busy or thought she had chosen a mission and was going alone.

Makarov arrived a little late today, and as soon as he arrived, he called Rhodes and Erza over.

"I have to go to the Council Chamber. I'll leave the Guild to you."

Rhodes asked, "Didn't you say we have to wait a few days?"

"Xiao Ya told me that it seems that because the incident happened too long ago and public opinion fermented too much, the Council of Review wanted to eliminate the negative impact as soon as possible. If they delay any further, their ability to do their job will be questioned."

'Xiao Ya' is Mr. Yajima, one of the commentators, and he calls Makarov 'Xiao Ma'.

The nicknames between the two old guys are quite cute.

Erza patted her chest and said, "Leave it to us." Do not look at anything inappropriate. Rhode warned, "Don't fall asleep again this time, especially when talking about money."

"How, how could that be, ha, hahaha..." Makarov smiled guiltily.

Mira gently comforted him, "It's okay, President. If we don't get the funds we deserve this time, we will kick you out to perform S-level missions and confiscate your rewards."

"!" Makarov perked up, "I won't fall asleep this time!"

Several people laughed.

"By the way, Laxus might be back in the next two days. Regarding what happened a few days ago..."

Before leaving, Makarov gave a few instructions, and the three of them responded one by one.

Although I am unhappy, it has passed. There is no point in worrying about whether he participated in the war. For the president's sake, I will just assume that he was late.

I hope Laxus will come to his senses in the future.

Otherwise, we can't wait until one day to form a team and kill him like we did with Joseph.

Rhodes shook his head: "Okay, I'm going to work, Xiaomi."

Mira was stunned for a moment before she realized how the name Xiaomi came from. She also smiled and waved her hand: "Keep working hard, Xiaode."

Erza pinched her chin and thought, what should I call myself? Xiao Ai? Xiao Sha?
It was already noon in the midst of all the busyness.

Everyone took a short break and prepared to have lunch.

It is summer now, and a group of guys who have been working for half a day are crowded together, and the smell of sweat is overwhelming.

A group of people shouted: "Gray! Hurry up and get some ice, it's so hot!"

"It's so troublesome." Gray complained, "Ice Shape Parasol!"

Swish, swish, swish, a large ice crystal umbrella with poor light transmittance appeared next to each table, and the temperature in the air seemed to drop a lot in an instant.

Juvia, who was hiding behind the wood pile and peeking, had love in her eyes. What beautiful magic! Water magic and ice magic were simply a perfect match.

And since she met him, Juvia found that it was no longer raining uncontrollably around her.

The day she first met Gray was also the day Juvia first felt the warmth of the sun.

Gray felt the intense gaze and turned his head sharply, but still couldn't see it. He rubbed his stomach: "Damn, I'm even hungrier after using magic."

Just as he finished speaking, a blue figure flashed by, and a lunch box appeared in Gray's arms.

"what is this?"

Rod was eating at Mira and Elfman's place. Mira didn't care about the sweat on these two guys, after all, it was like this every day after training.

"Did you see it clearly?" Rhodes asked, "What a fast speed, worthy of being the top four elements."

Mira smiled and said, "I feel like she wasn't this fast when I fought her before."

Elfman asked in confusion, "What is she doing here? To avenge the Phantom?"

"How can you send a lunch box to the person you want to take revenge on? And it's a love lunch box." Rhode looked at Mira, "It's a love lunch box."

Mira stuffed a piece of meat into Rod's mouth and said, "What are you looking at? It's not like I haven't done it for you before."

She thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Do you want to eat that kind of bento too? I'll ask Elfman to make it for you tomorrow."

Rhodes almost choked.

Elfman also showed a collapsed expression, "Sister..."

As expected of a demon, he killed two people with just one sentence.

(End of this chapter)