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

Chapter 424: Gajeel Getting Beaten
In the early morning, the sun was blocked by some white clouds, and only a not-too-bright light spot could be seen.

It was already noon, and the bright but not hot sunlight was shining in the cemetery and on the three people.

The cemetery is behind the Cardea Cathedral, and Lisanna's tomb is a less noticeable one here.

There had been a few recent showers, but Lisanna's grave didn't look dirty.

"Lisanna, we're here to see you." Mira squatted in front of the grave and spoke softly, "You may not know, but the guild was just rebuilt a while ago, but it's still as lively as before. Everyone is in high spirits... Of course, so are Elfman and I."

Mira told Lisanna about many major and minor events that had happened recently, even telling her about the pajama party in the girls' dormitory a few days ago.

When talking about something funny, Mira would laugh softly, as if she was really chatting with Lisanna.

Laughing at the grave of a loved one is not disrespectful to her.

Compared to the sad expression, Lisanna in another world would probably want to see her sister and brother happy.

Mira also wanted to believe that Lisanna could see and hear.

"Then... there is something important I want to tell you."

A beautiful light pink appeared on Mira's face. She stood up and took Rod's arm. "This is Rod. He came to see you before. He... proposed to me last week."

The two looked at each other, then bent down together and placed the flowers in front of the grave.

There was no need for Rhode to say anything, Mira explained the subsequent wedding plans in detail.

After saying everything that needed to be said, Mira looked at the tombstone in silence for a long time.

Finally, she reached out and touched the name on it, smiling: "Sister will work hard to make herself happy, and of course will take good care of Elfman, so...you should also work hard over there, don't worry about us."

"Well... that's all for today. I'll come see you next time."

They had to leave eventually. Mira took Rod's hand, Rod waved goodbye to Lisanna, and then held Mira's little hand with both hands.

Mira smiled at him, her eyes conveying that she no longer needed any more comfort.

"Let's go, Elfman."

Elfman stood still. "You guys go ahead, sister. I want to be alone with Lisanna for a while."

Mira looked at Elfman and remembered that he didn't say much just now. My brother is old now. Is there something he can't even tell his sister?
"Okay, remember to come back early."

"I see."

Elfman watched the two men leave the cemetery. He squatted down quietly until they were out of sight and brushed away the non-existent dust with his hand.

"Hey, Lisanna, my sister wasn't lying just now. She's really getting married. The sister we were all worried about not being able to get married..."

He looked back guiltily before continuing, "And it wasn't coercion, nor did she deliberately hide the past... Although my sister has changed a lot, it's still a little hard to believe..."

"And that Rod... a real man!"

Elfman simply sat down cross-legged in front of the tomb and talked a lot to his sister.

……

Rhodes and Mira didn't wait for him on purpose. It was already the end of the month and there were still things waiting for them to do in the guild.

On the way back, Mira bought a newspaper and handed it to Rhodes: "Here, I forgot to buy it this morning."

Rhodes has a habit of following the news every day, which he developed when he was catching up on common sense about the world.

He glanced at it casually, and didn't expect that today's headline would be "Heartfilia Group goes bankrupt, and the helmsman Jude is missing."

"Lucy's house?" Rhodes found it incredible.

The last time I saw the news that Heartfilia Group was in financial difficulties was a week ago. I didn't expect it to go bankrupt so quickly. How could such a large railway group go bankrupt just like that, and the person in charge is still missing?
"What's wrong?" Mira didn't even look carefully just now.

"Something happened at Lucy's home." Rhodes stopped and handed her the newspaper.

"How come?" Mira quickly read through it and said worriedly, "Lucy may not know yet, go back and tell her quickly."

Although Lucy said that she had cut off ties with her family, he was her father after all. If his whereabouts were unknown, she would have to look for him anyway.

But before they could get back to the guild, they encountered an acquaintance staggering towards them.

"Gajeel?"

"How did it happen?"

His hair was disheveled, his clothes were covered in dust and torn, there was a little blood on his forehead and mouth, and his arms were bruised.

It looks like he had a big fight with someone.

Rhode's first reaction was that Natsu had come to the guild to fight him today. However, although Natsu had acted a little recklessly, he would probably only have a bruised face and no blood would be shed.

Gajeel looked up at the two of them, then walked around them and continued walking forward.

"Hey, what happened?" Rhodes still wanted to find out whether they were coming for Gajeel or the guild.

Even if he was targeting one individual, Gajeel was now a member of the guild recognized by the old man, so he couldn't just ignore it.

But Gajeel didn't seem to want them to intervene, and without even turning his head, he said, "It's nothing, none of your business!"

The two looked at each other and had no choice but to go back to the guild to ask.

……

The atmosphere in the guild was no different from before, except that the most noisy guys were not there.

Even Lucy wasn't in the guild.

While others were arguing, drinking, or chatting, the moment the president saw the two men return, he jumped off the counter and ran upstairs stealthily.

It was obvious that the wine was stolen.

This actually made Rhodes feel a little relieved, thinking that nothing serious had happened.

He first looked through the mission records.

"'Looking for a magic classroom teacher to teach children', the person in charge... Gajeel?"

Rhode carefully read the name of the applicant several times. Gajeel as a teacher? It seemed a little strange.

Judging from his appearance, he had just set out. It was impossible that he was beaten by the child's parents because he was unreliable.

When I showed the records to Mira, she was also confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Instead, Leibi sat down hesitantly: "Sister Mira, Rhodes, we just met Laxus."

Leibi looked worried and in a bad mood.

Mira asked, "Laxus? Did he say something excessive again?"

Levi whispered, "Laxus hit Gajeel pretty hard."

It turned out to be him! Rod and Mira finally understood how Gajeel got those injuries.

But didn't he say he didn't care what happened to the guild? Why did he suddenly attack Gajeel?
Rhodes frowned: "What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)