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

Chapter 439 Stalker

The injuries of the Thunder Gods recovered quickly, and they could basically move freely after two days of rest.

As long as the battle is not too intense, there shouldn't be any impact.

Coincidentally, the compensation bills from the city had already been delivered, and Rhodes had calculated them all.

The three of them looked at the amount and immediately decided to start working.

"Why don't you go to the church and help out?" Rhodes suggested. "There aren't many high-paying jobs these days."

During the Harvest Festival, many people in the guild spent all of their meager savings, and some even became negative assets due to street fights.

Therefore, the high-paying tasks in the union have been in great demand these days. With the abilities of the three of them, it would be meaningless to take small tasks worth tens of thousands or a few thousand. If they directly choose to take tasks worth millions, their injuries will not heal properly and it would not be safe enough.

It would be better to go to the construction site and do some work to express your apologies. During this time, you can also go back to the guild to rest and mend your relationship with everyone.

"What do you think?" Fried asked Alba Green and Bigusro for their opinions.

Alba Green didn't dare to look at Rhodes: "I...I have no objection."

"That's fine with me too." As soon as Bigusro opened his mouth, the five little puppets around him kept repeating themselves.

"no problem!"

"no problem!"

The chirping is very noisy.

Rhode waved his hand in disdain: "Go now if you've made up your mind. I'll help you keep an eye out for suitable missions. These little guys are too noisy."

If you dislike someone, just express it directly without thinking too much.

Anyway, these people in the guild rarely stop getting close to others just because they express dislike for them.

If that were the case, Lucy wouldn't have to worry about someone always breaking into her house.

Today, Lucy complained to Mira as soon as she arrived at the guild, saying that Natsu and Happy made a mess of her house again yesterday.

Not only that, they finally managed to kick those two out, but Gray bumped into Natsu while standing at the door.

The two men started fighting without saying a word.

"Ah, ha, so your house is in terrible condition?" Mira was a little worried that the house Lucy rented would be demolished.

"Although the house was not demolished, Natsu snatched Gray's pants and threw them out of the window, and then... Gray ran out naked to pick up his pants..."

Lucy didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She was a single girl and a naked man suddenly ran out of her home. She didn't know what the landlady would think of her.

Mira felt a little sympathetic towards Lucy, but it didn't stop her from covering her mouth and laughing: "Lucy is so popular, Natsu and Gray both like to come to your house."

Lucy turned her head sharply and made sure that Juvia wasn't staring at her, then she breathed a sigh of relief:
"It has nothing to do with being popular. Gray came to my house because he had something to do with Loki... Are they on good terms?"

"Yeah, Gray used to team up with Loki a lot."

"Eh? Does this mean Loki is going to leave me behind and team up with someone else?" Lucy looked around, "No wonder I didn't see them."

This word "again" makes people feel sorry for Lucy. She is obviously the best combat-type celestial being in the zodiac, but she always goes to team up with others.

"But they didn't come to accept the mission. Maybe they had other things to do." Mira flipped through the record book and confirmed that there was no record of the two of them accepting the mission.

"What could that be for..." Lucy thought for a moment, and suddenly hugged herself tightly, "It can't be something perverted, right? I always feel like someone is staring at me recently."

Mira smiled and waved her hands: "It's okay, it's okay, I often feel this way."

Lucy complained: "That's because there are people who are really watching you... like your fiancé, or your fans or something."

"Well, well..." Mira didn't try to defend herself.

Lucy spread her hands and said, “I don’t have a boyfriend, and I’m not as popular as Miss Mira, but when I walk on the street I still feel like someone is always looking at me.”

Habib answered cheerfully: "Love, we know, this is what is called excessive self-awareness."

"certainly not!"

"Natsu, Lucy is too self-conscious!"

Natsu didn't fool around with the others today, but was looking at the bulletin board seriously.

When the harpy flew over, Lucy chased after him to explain, but he asked seriously: "You guys are still chatting, isn't it time to get ready for work?"

Lucy and Happy both showed shocked expressions, "Natsu actually offered to go to work!"

Natsu wondered, "Happy, why are you so surprised? Haven't I been working hard before?"

"That's true, but lately it's always Lucy complaining about not having rent, or Erza forcing you and Gray to go to work."

Natsu immediately retorted, "I wasn't captured by Erza!"

Happy replied perfunctorily, "Love."

“I only go there because I want to work!”

"Love."

"Happy!" Natsu wanted to fight again.

Nabu, who was also looking at the bulletin board, complained, "You guys are so noisy."

"It turns out that I'm still unreliable..." Lucy spread her hands and decided to choose for herself.

She looked at the tasks one by one, but was not in a hurry to make a decision because she knew that Rhodes would come to post a new task list soon.

But the person Lucy was waiting for was not Rod, but Marcus.

He was here to put up posters for the final rankings of the Miss Fairy Tail Contest.

Mira won the first place by a narrow margin of just a few votes.

Erza came in second, and Lucy came in third.

Following them are Juvia, Cana, Bisca, and Levy.

In fact, Lidas also drew an extra close-up poster of the winner this morning, which is a scene of Mira playing guitar in a bunny girl costume.

However, it was snatched away by Rhodes just after it was finished.

Such a beautiful poster should be put where it belongs, such as on Rod's bedroom wall.

So in the end all everyone sees is a ranking list.

Although she already knew the result, Lucy was still disappointed. She really had no hope of winning the 50 J prize.

A few minutes later, Rhodes came over with a stack of task lists and posted them one by one on the bulletin board.

He posted them one by one, and Lucy read them one by one:

"Chasing criminals... Chasing suspects... Chasing criminals... Why are there so many quests to chase criminals?"

Rhode said: "Because a while ago, many prisoners took advantage of the chaos in the Council to escape from prison. Now the Council is too busy to take care of it, so the city halls and towns in various places have no choice but to ask the major guilds for help.

If you are interested, feel free to try and follow this link. Those posted here have definite witnesses and locations of sightings, so they are relatively easy to find.

I have detailed information here, such as criminal record and magic proficiency, so if you need it, just ask us."

I don’t know whether these fugitives are arrogant or stupid enough, but they start causing trouble everywhere as soon as they get out, as if no one can deal with them if the Council is in chaos.

Of course, it is not ruled out that someone escaped from prison and hid himself obediently, so he was not seen.

Without thinking, Natsu tore off the one with the highest reward: "Let's choose this one. Hunt down the escaped prisoner Belbeno. The reward is 200 million J!"

"Two million!" Lucy was tempted, but looking at the bold red word "Danger" on the task list, she hesitated, "Is it too dangerous?"

Happy said confidently: "It's okay, because we still have Erza and Gray, don't worry."

Natsu was about to start a fight with Happy again, "Why don't we have to worry when Erza and Gray are here? Isn't it because I'm here?"

After hearing what he said, Lucy also gained confidence:
"Let's choose this one. I'll go talk to Erza, and you guys will be responsible for finding Gray... Prepare today, and we'll set off tomorrow!" Rhodes readily stamped their approval. It was easy for their team to catch a fugitive.

I'm just not sure how much I'll get paid.

"Oh, by the way." Rhodes suddenly asked, "Doesn't that competition even have an award ceremony?"

"No, there wasn't any last year." Mira said, "The bonus was given directly after the results were confirmed."

“Who will send it?”

"Of course I'll send it."

"So casual..." Although he was taking the bonus in a fair and honest manner, Rhodes felt that he was being abused for personal gain.

"Otherwise, is it going to be like this?" Mira cleared her throat and said formally, "Congratulations to Miss Mirajane for winning the championship. Now, please invite Miss Mirajane to present the prize money to Miss Mirajane!"

She carefully counted out 50 large bills and handed them forward with both hands: "Congratulations, Miss Mirajane."

After saying that, he turned to the other side, took back his hands that he had extended, and pretended to receive the prize money: "Thank you, Miss Mirajane."

She bowed to herself, then looked at Rhodes and blinked: "Is this okay?"

Rhode was amused by her cute appearance, but he deliberately made a distressed expression:

"It's over. My fiancée has a split personality. What should I do... Eh? Luckily, she's just my fiancée and we haven't gotten married yet..."

Mira watched Rod's performance with a smile, and looked at him dangerously: "Then what do you want to do?"

"I want to give her double the care and make her happy no matter how many personalities she has."

"You can say that." Mira laughed and shook the money in her hand, "I'll reward you with a delicious meal tonight."

Mira kept her word and found a restaurant to have a candlelight dinner with Rod in the evening.

It's not particularly expensive, and the taste may not be as good as Mr. Cook's, but the atmosphere is great.

It is said that looking at a beauty under the lamp and moon is ten times better than looking at her in the daytime.

In addition, Mira had dressed up specially, with her fair skin, delicate features, beautiful lip gloss, and a strand of hair hanging by her ear... I was almost full before I even had dinner.

"It's already October." Mira held her chin and looked at Rhodes without blinking.

"Yeah, and October is almost halfway through."

Rhodes didn't know if Mira was also using a filter when she looked at him now, but he knew that her eyes looked even more beautiful in the candlelight, and her two crystal lips looked even more attractive.

Both of them laughed softly and didn't say anything else.

After paying the bill, Rhodes sent Mira to the door of her house as usual, then put his arm around her waist without saying a word, just looking at her with burning eyes.

Mira asked knowingly, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I want to eat something delicious."

"Didn't you just have dinner?"

Rhodes lowered his head: "Because there are better things to eat here."

"Well……"

……

On the morning of the second day, the strongest team gathered in the guild.

Erza asked seriously about the information of the criminal they needed to arrest, and Lucy listened with her.

Natsu was waiting boredly on the side, while Gray was looking at the sky at the entrance of the guild with some annoyance.

"Why is it raining again? What a nuisance."

Juvia explained carefully: "Gray-sama... Juvia... Although I feel sad to think that I can't team up with Gray-sama, Juvia has controlled her magic power well and definitely didn't deliberately make it rain to hinder..."

Gray said casually, "Huh? No one said it was your problem."

"Juvia! Lord Gray is so considerate. Juvia will go make a sunny doll right away!" Juvia turned into a blue afterimage and disappeared.

Gray wanted to complain: "The rain girl is a sunny doll..."

The harpy rode by on Worm: "There's a leg."

Prue followed suit and said, "Pru Pru..."

Worm chimed in: "Hurulu~"

"You guys are so annoying... And Worm, why are you getting bigger and bigger?"

"Hulu..." Worm's little horns drooped. His body size was now a sad thing for him because he could not enter the kitchen.

I remember that the owner used to throw it in through the food port to feed Mr. Cook, but now it can't even get through the door.

Why did he grow so fast after eating only a little? Worm really didn't want to grow up.

"That's it. This person's magic is quite dangerous. Be careful not to get caught." Rhodes told Erza and Lucy the most important information, and then handed the information to them for them to read.

"Okay, that's fine." Erza nodded, "Natsu, Gray, get ready to go."

"You can leave anytime."

"It's been a long time coming!"

Habib felt wronged: "You ignored me again..."

Lucy excitedly calculated the bill: "200 million J, each person can get 40, which is nearly half a year's rent!"

We must keep an eye on Natsu this time! And...

"Gray, do you want to put some clothes on?"

"Huh? When did you take it off?" Gray looked down at himself, then ran around the guild looking for clothes.

"I really can't stand him..." As she spoke, Lucy turned her head sharply towards the entrance of the guild, only to see a dense curtain of rain.

"Who?" But Rhodes clearly saw a figure flash by, and he rushed out of the guild in a few steps.

Acting sneaky, there's something fishy at first glance.

Lucy also said that she felt like someone was watching her recently. Maybe it was a pervert who saw Lucy at a beauty pageant or a magic parade and kept following her.

However, the man ran a little slowly. Rhodes caught up with him in just two or three steps and put his hand on his shoulder.

He was wearing a ragged cape with a hood, carrying a ragged package on his shoulders, wearing dirty leather shoes, and his trouser legs were loose and torn...

The more I look at it, the more suspicious it becomes, but I just don’t feel any magic at all.

Rhodes made such a judgment, but he could not be sure whether the other party had malicious intentions.

He tried to be polite and asked, "I've seen you around here a few times. Do you have any commission for us?"

The other person's body froze for a moment, and he hesitated for a few seconds. Then, as if he had made up his mind, he took off his hood and slowly turned around:

"I'm looking for Lucy. She's in this guild, right? Can I have a few words with her alone?"

It's really for Lucy!

"This... eh? You..."

Rhodes suddenly felt that the man looked familiar, but with his long blond hair and thick blond beard, he couldn't remember anyone he knew who had such features.

By this time Lucy had caught up and was looking at the man's face.

"Dad..." Lucy covered her mouth in surprise before she could say "Dad". "How could it be?"

(End of this chapter)