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

Chapter 379 September, I hope Rhodes is okay
Makarov was very disloyal and led his team away.

As the last remaining conscience of the guild, Rhodes decided to stay and see what happens.

Mira also stayed. Rhode guessed that she might want to see more fun... No, no, no, we have to believe that Mira in our family is kind in nature.

Perhaps the audience regarded the escape of the Fairy Tail members as part of the performance, so they fled in a noisy manner after leaving behind the necessary cheers and applause.

It seemed that after a horrific battle like that shown in a drama, it would be reasonable for some extras nearby to act out the escape.

The audience cheered and ran away, and even felt a little more involved.

Only a pile of ruins remained of the magnificent theater. On the stage in the middle of the ruins were Natsu and Gray who had been beaten to the ground, Erza who was taking her bow, and Lucy who was wrapped in a cloak and bowed reluctantly.

At this time, Erza thought she had completed a great performance, while Lucy was still wondering whether she had succeeded or failed this time.

Mira walked up while clapping: "Congratulations, the performance was a complete success!"

"Thank you." Erza accepted the congratulations calmly, "But my performance is still immature. Thank you for coming to support me."

Lucy asked weakly, "Can this be considered a success?"

Mira assured: "Of course, because everyone is happy."

Rhodes nodded and said, "Success means the audience is satisfied."

"That would be great." Lucy said belatedly, "Ah, I just saw the president and everyone..."

"Well, the president brought everyone to see your performance, but he ran away because he was worried that he would be asked to pay for the damages to the theater."

"Oh no!" Lucy covered her head in shock. "The theater is destroyed!"

This girl is as dull as ever.

"It's okay, thank you." A middle-aged man appeared from behind the stage. He was Rabian, the director of the Shezad Theater and the client this time.

Rabian said cheerfully, "It's okay if you don't have to pay me. I can even give you a reward. Thank you. But..."

"but?"

"But you'll have to stay, thank you, and keep performing for at least another week, thank you."

"Thank you" seems to be his catchphrase. Is he a very polite person? Rhodes thinks this is acceptable.

"No problem!" Erza agreed immediately without waiting for Lucy to say anything, and said enthusiastically, "It doesn't matter how many performances we have to perform!"

She even wanted to start rehearsals right away.

Lucy wanted to say that Erza agreed too hastily, but since she had destroyed someone else's theater, it was only right that she be asked to work a few more days to recover the losses.

She hesitated for a moment and looked at Mira: “Is it okay to work in lieu of compensation?”

Mira said: "Since the client has said so, as long as you agree, it will be fine."

"This is the only way." Lucy sighed. She couldn't afford so much compensation right now.

Rabian immediately said, "Then there's no time for idle chat, thank you. Let's start clearing the rubble and setting up the open-air stage!"

Rabian now feels that the theater is redundant and these magicians are treasures.

"Ah! Aren't you Miss Mirajane? Thank you!" Rabian rushed to Mira and rubbed his hands expectantly, "Excuse me, would you like to act in my troupe?"

Rhodes put down his fist. Seeing how Rabian looked just now, he thought he was going to attack.

Mira smiled and waved her hand: "Thank you for your invitation, but we have something else to do and will be back soon."

"What a shame. Thank you."

"Then we'll be leaving first. The guild will start renovations tomorrow and we have a lot of things to do." Rhodes felt that this client was not bad. With Erza around, they wouldn't suffer any loss.

Natsu and Gray suddenly jumped up: "Has the guild been completed?" Seeing Rhode nod, they both looked regretful: "Damn it, we delayed too long and missed such an important thing!"

"Then you guys should work hard and try to catch up with the completion of the renovation." Rhodes said, "Also, don't make any more mistakes."

Erza clapped her breastplate loudly, to show that everything would be fine with her around.

However, the development of things is always unpredictable.

……

We said goodbye on August 8th, and it was September 28th when we met again in the guild.

Even though they had rested for a day after returning, Lucy, Natsu, Gray, and even Happy all looked exhausted.

Only Erza handed over the task list with great enthusiasm: "Being an actor is really a good experience. It would be great if there is such an opportunity again next time."

"No way..." Lucy leaned over the counter, insisting on complaining even though she was tired, "Why is Erza so energetic?"

“Isn’t it great to bring spiritual joy and relaxation to the audience through superb performances and help them put aside their worries for a while?”

Erza regarded this job as very meaningful, and her whole body seemed to be shining.

"Our performance was not that great... and that boss was too much!" Lucy cried about this terrible experience, "There were three performances like that in one day!"

It would be easy to deal with if the client was simply a jerk, but the problem is that they were in the wrong, and Erza was working very hard.

The boss is a poor man who had to divorce his wife because his wife didn't understand him in order to pursue his dream of acting.

I couldn't even bring myself to beat him.

"Well, well..." Mira smiled the whole time, "At least I got paid, isn't that good?"

"Probably." Although she successfully got the reward this time, Lucy never wanted to experience such a thing again.

"But I was really shocked when I first came back. The guild was renovated so quickly."

"No, only the first floor has been completed. Listen, there are still sounds of construction upstairs." Mira said, "It will take a few more days for the guild to fully resume operations."

"That's great." Lucy sat up, leaned against the counter and looked around, "Also, the floor space hasn't changed, but it feels a lot more spacious."

"Because of the replanning, many of the original rooms have been moved upstairs or downstairs." Mira suddenly thought of something, "By the way, the pub is hiring new waiters, Lucy, do you want to give it a try?"

"Well..." Lucy still likes to go out on adventures and complete various tasks.

Mira tempted: "Maybe we'll give you nice waiter uniforms then~"

Lucy was not tempted at all: "Who would become a waitress just for a uniform..."

However, Erza's eyes sparkled: "What kind of uniform is it? Please let me try it on!"

"It's true..." Lucy held her forehead with her hand and forgot about Erza.

Mira covered her mouth and laughed. As expected, Erza was the most enthusiastic about this kind of thing.

"Why don't you see Mr. Rhodes?"

"The library was just renovated yesterday, and he's helping to tidy it up." Mira pouted, "With Levi."

"Miss Mira, are you okay?"

"It's okay. Rhode and Levi have always had a good relationship. He even learned word magic from Levi." Mira said faintly, playing with the empty wine glass in her hand. "It's normal for two people to be alone in a dim space."

Although she had no idea what was going on, Erza nodded in agreement: "Yes, Rod also asked me about the costume change magic. We have also been alone in such an environment before. It's okay."

Lucy looked at the cracked cup in Mira's hand and whispered, "Well, Erza, I feel like Mr. Rhodes might be in trouble if you continue talking..."

(End of this chapter)