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

Chapter 427 Unaware

"Don't joke like that." Lucy felt like a thorn in her side.

"No kidding." Mira said with a smile, "I think Gray really has something special about Lucy."

"Is there...is there anything special about it?"

"Let me think... like I like walking naked in front of you, and I like to break into your house casually..."

"Gray likes to be naked in front of everyone, right? He's totally perverted! And he likes to break into my house, too!"

Juvia floated behind Lucy like a ghost, half of her face was covered by shadow, and a sinister voice sounded: "Love rival."

"Ah~~~" Lucy shuddered and turned back to argue loudly, "I already said it's not true!"

Juvia stared at Lucy for a while, then floated away like a ghost.

"So it's Natsu after all, right?" Mira continued gossiping, "If you think about it, Natsu treats Lucy very differently too. Natsu has been taking good care of you since Lucy joined the guild."

"Didn't Mr. Rhodes say that it is a guild tradition for senior wizards to take care of newcomers?"

Mira nodded: "Yes, when Rod joined the guild, I was responsible for taking care of him. When Juvia joined the guild, Gray was responsible for taking care of her. So Lucy..."

Mira purposely ignored Tono and Gajeel.

Lucy was deceived by her serious words. She thought about the things that happened after she joined the guild and the various advantages that Natsu had taken advantage of accidentally...

Her face was getting redder and redder, "No, no way, me and Natsu?"

This girl with a rich imagination even added a filter to Natsu in her mind, turning him into a girl's comic style.

Against the peach-colored background filled with flowers, Natsu coolly held out his hand.

"No, no, no... Impossible!" Lucy shook her head vigorously, trying to drive the strange picture out of her mind.

"It's easy for people who often team up together to develop feelings for each other." The more Mira looked at Lucy's expression, the more interesting it seemed to her.

So she added fuel to the fire: "Look, Jet and Troy like to team up with Levi, Alzac likes to team up with Bisca, and Rod likes to team up with me, but the result is..."

Except for the first group, which was a bit complicated, Lucy knew the last two groups. She covered her head and said, "If things develop in this way..."

"Lucy?" Natsu would choose the right time to show up. He suddenly put his hand on Lucy's shoulder and said, "I have something to tell you."

"No, no, no!" Lucy jumped up as if she had been electrocuted and ran away shouting "No".

Natsu was confused, "What happened to her?"

Mira snickered: "Maybe he's angry, why don't we catch up and see?"

Natsu ran out in a hurry, and Happy quickly followed.

Rod came back after placing the order and handed the bill to Mira, "What happened? I saw Natsu running in the direction of Lucy's house. It seemed like Lucy was chasing him?"

Mira was confused, "Isn't Natsu chasing Lucy?"

Rhode recalled carefully and confirmed: "Natsu ran over first."

"How weird." Mira didn't understand why Natsu ran to the front, "Let's not talk about this for now. What do you think I can do to win the game tomorrow?"

"It might be a little difficult today." Rhodes sat down, holding his chin with his hand. The more he looked at it, the more beautiful it seemed. Unfortunately...

"It's a pity that I will reduce your popularity." Rhode winked at her, "If I propose to you a few days later, the situation may be better."

"Hehe, if this is the reason for the loss, then it's not a pity at all." Popularity doesn't matter anymore, Mira decided to have a good time tomorrow.

Rhodes came over happily and said, "You are so good at speaking. I will give you a reward."

Mira pushed him away: “Don’t make trouble.”

……

The next day was October 10, the day of the Harvest Festival.

Rhode directed several people in the guild to move things and set up the venue, while Mira also led the waitresses to clean and hang decorations.

Makarov, the guild president, walked around the guild with his hands behind his back and found that he had nothing to do.

Ever since the Council was abolished, Makarov no longer had to write self-criticisms, and he found himself having more and more free time.

He didn't have to worry about the affairs of the guild at all. He usually just collected information from various aspects, including the Council, the Dark Guild, the Western Continent, and his troublesome son Ivan.

However, these things are not particularly urgent or worthy of special attention for the time being.

So... he is very free now.

This frivolous old man's mind is now full of the upcoming Miss Fairy Tail contest.

The guild was quickly cleaned up and decorated in a festive manner.

The small stage is also ready and will be used as a platform for contestants to showcase themselves.

"Laki is not participating this year either?" Rhode looked at Lucky, who seemed to be fine. "With your new short hair and the glasses girl attribute, you might be very popular."

Laqi said mischievously: "Sister Mila is right here. Is it really okay to praise me for being popular in front of her?"

She really wanted to see Mira's domestic violence against Rod.

Rhode asked in return: "Why can't I help her to test the intelligence of her competitors?"

"Hmph, don't try. I won't participate. I can tell you for free that Sally and Izzy don't plan to participate either." Laqi thought for a moment and added,

"Miji, who participated last year, didn't sign up this year. She wanted to suggest that the guild hold a bare-handed combat tournament."

"Unarmed combat... She's the one who came up with it."

This is because they haven't demolished the house enough and want to demolish it in a reasonable way, or even want to earn a bonus.

As they were talking, the last bit of work in the guild was completed.

Rhode looked at the time, clapped his hands and shouted, "Okay, the competition will officially start in an hour. If you have nothing to do, you can go to the festival first!"

"Ohhh!!!" Everyone cheered and ran out, leaving behind 7 contestants, the host Marcus, and the contestants' relatives and friends.

Several people went up to Marcus one by one, drew lots, received number plates, and then they could move freely.

Kana was holding a bottle of wine, looking a little confused. She fell on the stage last year because she was drunk and didn't have time to perform well.

I also want to get 50 J for wine this year, so I want to drink the wine in my hand but I dare not.

"Since I'm the first one to appear, I'll just have to endure it for a while." Kana left the guild and prepared to go out for a walk to distract herself.

Erza wanted to go out for a walk with her best friend Bisca, but Arzak had already blushed and was holding Bisca's hand as they walked out.

This is the embarrassment of your best friend having a boyfriend while you are still single.

Juvia ran out to look for Gray without any hesitation.

She recently heard a rumor that if she could go shopping with the person she liked during the Harvest Festival, they would become a couple in the future.

This rumor was spreading in a small circle within the guild, and the source of the rumor was suspected to be Mira.

Rhodes himself didn't know that he was half responsible for the spread of this rumor.

He was talking to Mira: "What number did you draw?" "Number 3." Mira showed a round number plate to Rhodes.

"It seems a little forward, but such an important position connecting the upper and lower levels must belong to you."

"You are the only one who can talk." Mira put the number plate on Rhodes' chest.

This small number plate is actually a magic prop. It will automatically stick to wherever it is pasted.

It’s just that the adsorption capacity is not strong and it can be easily removed.

Rhode was in no hurry to pick it up. He imitated Marcus's way of hosting an event and said excitedly: "Now on stage is the third contestant of the Fairy Tail Miss Selection, Rhode!"

Mira clapped her hands in cooperation: "Come on, Miss Rhodes!"

Rhodes blew her a kiss: "Thank you, Mr. Mira! Please cast your precious vote for me. Love you!"

The little fist hit his chest, causing Rod to cough.

On the other side, Jet and Troy were still arguing about who should invite Rebby out shopping.

Leibi didn't care: "Why don't we just act together as usual?"

Jet and Troy said in unison: "Except today!"

The two men refused to give in to each other, their foreheads hit each other, then their hands, and then the wrestling turned into a fight.

It was just a fight, no one tried to stop it.

Leibi looked around and decided to go shopping with Lucy: "Lu-chan, shall we go out together?"

"Okay!" Lucy originally thought that Levi would definitely act with the team members, and was thinking about whether she should catch up with Erza.

Just at this moment, the couple stopped fighting, and Mira took Rod's arm and walked out together.

She wondered, "Isn't Lucy with Natsu?"

Lucy said frustratedly, "Please stop talking about Natsu!"

"Didn't he come to see you again later? Did you have a fight?"

"It's a situation that's more troublesome than a quarrel." Lucy sighed.

Because of Mira's teasing, Lucy really thought yesterday that Natsu might have a crush on her, which made her nervous and she would think of that whenever she saw Natsu.

In addition, Natsu somehow ran ahead of her yesterday and waited for her at home. The shy Lucy drove Natsu out without asking any clear questions.

In the end, Natsu left a sentence - "I'll wait for you in the park later. I have something important to say. You must come."

Lucy immediately misunderstood, and even though she wanted to avoid going, she took a shower, chose suitable clothes, and even asked Keisha to do her hair.

She totally looks like she's taking the date seriously.

However, when she went to the park full of shyness and confusion, thinking about how to refuse, she found Natsu digging the ground with a shovel.

Just when Lucy was confused, Natsu swore that someone had buried treasure under the tree and asked her to call Baluge to help dig.

Lucy told her embarrassing story with a frustrated look on her face and was comforted by Lebi.

Rhodes tried hard to hold back his laughter and patted Mira's back gently. This culprit had played a prank on Lucy.

Mira also had a hard time holding back her laughter.

She has told jokes like "Does someone like you?" to others countless times, and she has also heard others say it countless times.

But no one is as interesting as Lucy, and her experiences are so coincidental.

Lucy sighed again, "I feel like a fool."

Mira actually nodded in agreement: "Yes, before running away, you should ask what treasures are hidden in the park."

Lucy said helplessly: "Is that the point?"

Mira's focus was so strange that Rhode asked, "What kind of treasure is that?"

"Even Mr. Rhodes is like this!"

"Lu-chan." Levi patted Lucy on the back. It was her bad luck to get involved with these two people.

But Lucy actually thought about it seriously:
"I thought I heard Natsu say it was some photo album. The president used to hide it there. It contained embarrassing photos of many people in the guild."

Rhodes became interested: "Well, then we have to go dig it up."

"Ah!" Levi also remembered that there seemed to be such a legend, "Don't go digging!"

She grew up in the guild, so if there were any embarrassing photos of everyone, hers would definitely be included.

"Then why don't you go and have a look when you have time?" Mira didn't care.

Rhodes has already shown me the photos of me when I was a child, so there is no shame in it.

She wanted to see what Rhodes looked like when he was a child, but unfortunately, she obviously didn't have the chance.

The topic inexplicably turned from Lucy's embarrassing moments to photos and albums.

A few people walked out of the guild while chatting. Lucy was soon attracted by the lively scene and put that matter behind her.

The hawking sounds are heard one after another, and the crowd is bustling. If you are not careful, you might get lost.

Rhode had to hold Mira tightly in his arms. As they walked around, they lost sight of Lucy and Levi.

They watched many street performances, tried various games, and were soon surrounded by the aroma of food.

Rhodes kept his word and summoned Worm. This was because when he asked Worm to help him with something, he promised him that he would bring him out for a feast during the Harvest Festival.

Worm sniffed the various scents in the air and was as happy as a 200-kilogram child.

Mira sighed, "If Worm is allowed to eat as much as he wants, the monthly living expenses will be a huge expense."

She used to feed the animals frequently but never calculated the amount. Now that she needs to save money, she remembers to calculate it.

"In fact, if you consider its basic needs, it doesn't need to eat too much. But if you let it eat as much as it wants, it will seem like a bottomless pit."

Rod said that Worm's food allowance is floating. "Normally, we just put it in the guild and let everyone feed it. It's just that it doesn't like to come here in the hot summer."

He was so afraid of the heat that he didn't even want to eat, which meant that Worm wouldn't get hungry even if he ate less.

Worm smelled the fragrance and pointed to a stall with his paw. Rod happily went to pay and bought two ice creams.

He gave one to Worm and one to Mira, and then watched her eat.

Mira actually likes to cooperate with his little thoughts.

She walked forward slowly, taking one bite at a time.

A figure with long green hair flashed past the alley entrance. Rhodes thought the hairstyle looked familiar. "Was that Freed just now?"

Mira looked around but didn't see any: "Maybe, it seems like I haven't seen the Thunder Gods for almost half a year."

The two did not find it strange. It was a harvest festival after all, so it was normal for the Thunder Gods to come back and participate.

(End of this chapter)