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

Chapter 361 So that’s it
It was just someone kicking me from the second floor to the first floor. It's not a big deal.

When Natsu comes back up, he's going to fight with Rod.

But Erza held him down: "Look for clues first. I don't think Lucy would leave without saying goodbye."

Without her saying anything, Happy was already rummaging through the drawers.

If you touch Mira's things, they might be taken away, but if you touch Lucy's things, there will be no consequences at all, and it may even feel like an adventure.

Rhode felt that it was not a good idea to just rummage around right away: "Natsu, can't you smell Lucy and find her out?"

Natsu looked at him strangely, "Are you an idiot? Lucy's house smells like Lucy."

Rhode's fist hardened. He was actually called a fool by a fool: "I told you to go outside and smell it. Lucy won't hide from us in her own house."

Natsu and Happy looked at him together, then slapped their palms together, "So he won't hide here!"

He is indeed an idiot.

Rhode said helplessly: "So what were you looking for after searching for so long?"

Natsu lifted Lucy's blanket and looked under the bed, "I thought Lucy would hide in the blanket, under the bed or something. And then suddenly jump out and scare us when we're not paying attention."

"Is she that boring?"

"Love, Rod, you don't understand. Lucy sometimes wants to do this kind of thing." Habby flew to the trash can, looked inside, and then flew upwards. "We thought Lucy would hide in this trash can, or in the cabinet above."

Rhode sighed: "Even if they wanted to hide, who would hide in such an obvious place?"

Natsu gave him a thumbs up, "That statement is a bit like Lucy's complaint."

"Wow!" Habby suddenly fell down and was buried under a pile of envelopes.

He had just opened a cupboard door.

"What is this, a letter?" Gray picked up a few envelopes, "'To Mom', 'To Mom'... It seems that they are all written to her mother. Why not send them out?"

"How can it be sent if the recipient is written as 'Mom' without writing the name and address?" Rhodes picked up an envelope and looked at it. "Maybe... Lucy didn't intend to send it at all."

It was a bit rude to make such groundless guesses, but Rhodes thought that Lucy's mother might...

Without even thinking, Natsu opened a letter and started reading:
"'Mom, I finally joined the Fairy Tail that I always dreamed of. Although the people and things here are a mess, it is a great place. Haha, it may be a bit contradictory to say this, but I really like it...'"

Gray was a little more polite than Natsu: "Hey, don't open other people's letters."

However, Natsu turned a deaf ear to it and immediately opened the next one.

This was the reason why Rhodes had kicked Natsu down just now. This guy just didn't listen to others sometimes.

"'Mom, I met Erza today. She's very cool and beautiful...'"

Erza actually blushed a little at the sudden and unexpected compliment.

"Okay, stop reading. Lucy has gone home." Rhodes shook the note in his hand. He found it on her desk. Several people had been looking through it for a long time but no one had even looked at it.

Lucy seemed to be certain that someone would break in, so she thought it would be OK to just leave a note at home.

It seems a bit miserable when you think about it.

"Going home?!" Several people were shocked. "Are you really still blaming yourself?!"

"Not necessarily." Rhode thought for a moment, "She seemed to have said before that she wanted to talk things over with her father and settle the matter properly."

"Isn't it just that her father wants to take her back?" Erza said, "Will it be dangerous?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe we'll run into some trouble." Rhode didn't know what kind of person Lucy's father was. Would he force her to stay at home? "Let's catch up and see?"

Natsu, Happy, and Gray said in unison: "Of course!"

……

The address of Heartfilia's house is easy to find. Normally, we should take the train, but Natsu said that the train will take a long time to leave, and Lucy might be in danger, so it is better to take the river crab directly.

It was reasonable to suspect that he had selfish motives, but Rhodes did not refuse.

Lucy had been on her way a long time ago, so it was better to do it sooner rather than later.

Erza and Gray took one, and Rod and Natsuki took the other.

The river crabs quickly ran out of the city. Rhodes took out his notebook and wrote down the reason, then asked the razorbeak to send them back to the guild.

Not long after, the raptor flew back with a reply.

After reading it, Rhodes smiled, wrote a few more words, and exchanged it for a raptor to send back.

The two of them passed the letter back and forth several times as if they were passing notes in class, until they were too far away and the reply was too slow.

Gray couldn't help but ask, "What have you been doing since you left Magnolia?"

"Of course, we should tell Mira about our whereabouts." Rhode said, "Otherwise, Lucy will disappear first, and then we will disappear. It will make everyone anxious to death."

"So that's how it is. I didn't think it through." Erza is always good at self-reflection at times like this.

"I was so anxious that I forgot such an important thing. I was asked by the president to help take care of the guild. This is really unqualified."

Gray asked doubtfully, "Does it need to be said so many times?"

Happy raised his hand: "Love, and you smile so disgustingly."

Rod grabbed Habby and pulled his cat face. "By the way, we talked about the project arrangement. Do you have any objection? I'll arrange for you to carry cement when we get back."

Habibi immediately said, "I'm sorry!"

When Rod let him go, Habib immediately flew to another river crab and hid behind Gray: "Using power for personal gain, retaliating, and being petty."

"Okay, okay, I'll show you how careful I am when we get there."

"We're going to complain to Mira."

"She'll help me deal with you."

"…Gray, protect us."

"You have to solve your own problems yourself."

"Natsu!"

"..." Natsu fell into deep thought. Which is more important, the Happy or the River Crab?

Erza patted Happy's head: "Don't worry, Happy."

"Erusa..." Happy was a little touched. Erza was indeed the most reliable.

Erza said: "We can solve it in the usual way of our guild. Go and have a fair duel with Rhodes."

"Give us back our feelings!" Habib burst into tears.

Everyone left in the midst of laughter and joy.

At this time, Juvia lost track of them as soon as she left the city, so she had to go back in disappointment.

At first she was interested in Gray, but after observing him in the detention camp for a few days, she began to be interested in this guild.

In the past two days, she even had a bold idea - it would be great if she could join this guild.

But she used to be a ghost, an enemy of Fairy Tail, and attacked Lucy.

Even though she was severely beaten up in the end and heard what President Makarov said, Juvia still didn't have the courage to speak.

(End of this chapter)