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

Chapter 416: Purgatory Dragon: You are called Rhodes?
After a moment's silence, Makarov said, "You can take a vacation, but not right now."

"why?"

"I may need your cooperation in investigating the matter of the Paradise Tower."

"I have written a report and will send it out right away."

"That won't work either. Can you please calculate what day it is today?"

"September 9rd, it's almost the end of the month, but we can... eh?" Rhodes said as he remembered something important, "Ah... the Harvest Festival is coming."

Early October is the annual Harvest Festival, the most important festival in Magnolia and also the most important festival in Fairy Tail.

Just like 'after Laba Festival comes the New Year', the harvest festival also needs to be prepared in advance, as we will be busy.

However, in the next half month, everyone who has been away will come back one after another, and then there will be a lot of backlog tasks.

Rhode was thinking about capturing some able-bodied men from the guild ahead of time, or taking some time out to solve the problem himself and make some money at the same time.

"That's not right. The Council is gone, and you don't have any apologies to write, so you should be free. You should help us with the daily affairs."

"How can I not write it? The Council is just temporarily out of service. I still have to submit it when it's back up. I'm very busy."

"What's so busy about it? Don't you always wait until the deadline to start writing?"

"Nonsense, I'm just thinking about it."

"Oh."

"Seriously, I'm really busy!"

"Uh-huh."

……

At the Demon Heart headquarters, President Hades was speaking to a crystal ball: "Did you get the stuff?"

The figure in the crystal ball was the missing Ultear: "Yes, while the Council was in turmoil."

“Hehehe… It’s been eight years of planning, and everything is going according to plan. You are worthy of me, Ultear.”

"I actually had a lot of fun. Jellal was really cute. He didn't even notice that I was the one playing the role of 'Zerf the Dead' in the past eight years."

"Because it's easiest to brainwash someone when they're still a kid. By the way, I heard that Jellal was arrested. You might be implicated. The recent limelight has just passed, so we shouldn't attract too much attention now."

“Let’s leave this matter to our ‘allies’. Aren’t the Six Demon Generals always looking for ‘that’?” Ultear smiled. “It just so happens that the Council has recorded a lot of useful information.”

"Then I'll leave the rest to you."

"Yes, President Hades."

The communication between the two was cut off. Ultear played with the crystal ball for a while: "It is easiest to brainwash them when they are still little..."

A sneer appeared on her lips: "Is that so, President Hades?"

……

That night, there was only a crescent moon in the sky. Rhodes and Mira rode on the backs of river crabs and hurried out of the city.

The president was a little upset and refused to go with them.

Anyway, I have already summoned a dragon, so it doesn’t matter if another one comes.

"Where are we going this time?" Mira squeezed into Rhodes' arms, finding the most comfortable position and leaning lazily.

"The usual place." Rhodes put his arm around her waist and put one hand inside her clothes, rubbing around her belly button.

Not only did Mira not stop him, she also put her hand on the back of his hand, rubbing it, which felt warm and comfortable.

Especially when I have a stomachache, I wish he would rub it all day long.

"Isn't that far?"

"Yeah." Rhode nodded, "But thinking about the commotion caused by the mountain dragon last time, we should have gone a little further."

The moonlight is a little dim today, and the darkness grows darker the farther away from the town we get.

Fortunately, the river crab had good eyesight and ran fast, and soon brought the two to their destination. The ruins of the crater that the mountain dragon had dismantled before leaving were still piled here. It had been windy and rainy recently, and some weeds had grown on it.

It was clearly all stone, but after two or three months, grass actually grew there.

"Let's do it here." Rhodes jumped off the river crab.

Mira looked at him in surprise.

Seeing that she didn't follow, Rhodes asked, "What's wrong...Oh, right."

His frail fiancée, Rhode smiled and stretched out his hand, "Come, I'll carry you down."

"Nothing." Mira was actually surprised that Rhodes was so honest today, even though he often slipped his hands accidentally before.

She put her arms around Rhodes' neck and did not refuse to be carried down.

"Ready." Rhode waited for her to stand firm, took two steps forward and held the pendant, "Summon, Blue Carved Golem, Mountain Dragon!"

A four or five meter tall golem appeared and cast the Crown of Insight on Rhodes. Seeing that there was no fighting around, he habitually cast one on Mira as well.

It was always like this during normal sparring. Rhodes never relied on his magic recovery to bully Mira.

Soon after, the huge body of the mountain dragon appeared, and it looked like it was sleeping.

Sensing the change in environment, the Mountain Dragon propped up its body and shook its head. A helpless expression appeared on its face: "Why don't you just summon it directly? Why are you calling me?"

"Isn't this asking whether you guys have communicated well?"

"They're almost sleeping in the same nest, what do you think?" The figure of the mountain dragon slowly became illusory. "Hurry up, that guy has a bad temper, if he gets impatient, he might come out and yell that he wants to beat you up."

The phrase 'sleeping in the same nest' is actually not quite accurate.

Rhodes could see that the small dragon pit in the canyon was divided into two halves. One half was khaki with yellow stone-shaped yellow marks on the wall. The mountain dragon lay there and continued to nap.

The other side was fiery red, with a red flame logo on the wall and a giant red dragon standing on the ground.

The two sides seem to be clearly separated and do not interfere with each other.

This made Rhodes a little worried about what would happen to the other dragons in the future. Would they be crowded together like the Broodworms and Vanguards?

Judging from the Mountain Dragon's tone, he might have a bad temper. Rhodes gave Mira a comforting look, then held the pendant and recited the complete spell: "I am..."

"...Summon, Infernal Dragon!"

huh~~
As the magic power surged, it was as if a gust of wind blew, and the surrounding air suddenly became hot.

On the pile of rocks ahead, the weeds began to dry up, then burned and turned into ashes.

"Ang~~~"

A loud dragon roar with a breath of heat sounded, and a raging flame appeared in front of Rhodes' eyes, and the surrounding weeds were immediately burnt.

But then, even the ground began to burn, and this ordinary plain wilderness seemed to be transformed into a flaming hell.

Rhodes and Mira quickly jumped onto the golem's shoulders and made it run back more than ten meters.

It is easier to see the huge monster in front of you if you stand farther away.

It has a body similar in size to a mountain dragon and looks somewhat similar, except that the Infernal Dragon is completely red and radiates astonishing heat, as if it were covered in magma.

Only the neck, chin, and dragon wing skeletons are black, like obsidian in magma.

The Infernal Dragon flapped its wings, creating waves of heat.

But it didn't fly up. Instead, it looked around, and finally fixed its gaze on Rhodes, and slowly spoke:
"Your name is Rod?"

The Infernal Dragon speaks the dialect of this world whenever it opens its mouth. If it were placed on Earth, it would probably sound like it was full of corn grits.

"It's me." Although it sounded like he was looking for a fight, Rhodes had no choice but to respond.

The Infernal Dragon seemed to be really impatient: "What are you waiting for, scumbag? I've been waiting for you for such a long time."

It pointed to the top of its head and said:
"Stop talking nonsense and hit me first. Come on, hit me hard here."

(End of this chapter)