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

Chapter 440 Named Task
It's not easy to talk outside, especially because it's raining.

Rod asked Lucy to take his father upstairs so that they could talk alone if they had anything to say.

Although she wanted to ask about his recent situation, Lucy was somewhat reluctant to let him join the guild. She quietly reminded Rhodes that this man wanted to destroy the guild in the past.

Rhodes felt that it didn't matter, it was all in the past.

No one was afraid of the Heartfilia family when they were rich and powerful, but now that they have fallen into such a state, what is there to worry about?

After all, he is Lucy's father and probably her only relative. She can't really ignore him.

The father and daughter walked into the guild in silence and went upstairs. Lucy was obviously in a bad mood.

When someone in the tavern asked who this was, Rhodes answered casually.

Lucy was busy, so her teammates naturally had to wait for a while.

Natsu, Gray, and Happy were peeking together at the stairs, with only half of their heads showing, and they looked a little cute at first glance.

Erza grabbed Natsu and Gray by the collar and dragged them away: "This is very rude, sit down and wait."

Luckily Gray had just put on his clothes, otherwise she would have nowhere to grab.

The two of them had no choice but to sit quietly in front of the counter.

Mira took a dry towel and stood on tiptoe to help Rod wipe his face and hair: "Who is that, Lucy's friend?"

The others pricked up their ears and listened.

Rhodes sat down happily and enjoyed the service. He explained, "He is Lucy's father. Wasn't there news about the bankruptcy of Heartfilia Group in the newspaper some time ago?"

Erza thought about it and nodded: "I seem to have seen such news."

"Is that Lucy's father? He's changed so much, right?" Gray was obviously just like Rhodes and didn't dare to recognize him.

"Lucy's family went bankrupt. When?" Habby obviously had no habit of reading newspapers.

Natsu followed up with a question, "What about that manor that's as big as a town?"

Rhodes said, "It should be gone. The newspaper said that he mortgaged all his assets. He is probably homeless now."

"How pitiful." Habib immediately sympathized with him, completely forgetting that he could once be considered an enemy.

Mira legitimately played with Rhodes' head through the towel for a while, poured him a cup of hot tea, and then picked up the tray: "I'll go get them a pot of tea and some food."

Rhodes took off his coat and shook it out, feeling uncomfortable because it was wet: "Natsu, dry it."

"Oh." Natsu was furious.

Rhodes held up the clothes to warm them by the fire, and when he felt they were ready, he turned them over.

Natsu is really useful.

Erza said, "So Lucy's father must have come to her for help."

"But Lucy can't even pay her own rent," said Happy.

Natsu said optimistically, "We'll have money when we come back!"

Rhode couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid she won't be able to afford it when I come back."

Suddenly, there was a quarrel upstairs:
"A large sum of money? Isn't it just 10 J? You are my daughter, so it's only natural for you to help me with this small amount of money, right?!"

Lucy argued: "Do you know what you are talking about? Ordinary people..."

"I said I want money! Your father has already come to you in a humble manner to ask for a favor, why don't you give me the money!"

Then it was Mira's voice: "Calm down, Mr. Jude. Lucy too, if you have anything to say, talk it over nicely."

Many people downstairs heard their quarrel, and Natsu rushed over without saying a word because it sounded like Lucy was being bullied.

"Lucy, what happened?"

Naturally, others followed suit.

Mira quickly stopped Natsu, worried that he might hit someone: "It's okay, it's okay, maybe there's some misunderstanding."

The two were chatting happily and seemed to be about to reconcile, but Jude suddenly asked to borrow a large sum of money, and then both of them became angry.

Lucy turned her face away and said nothing. Jude calmed down a little when he saw so many people gathering around him.

Mira smiled and said, "Maybe I am a little nosy, so I will ask for Lucy, Mr. Jude, what do you want to do with so much money?"

Jude was still a little angry: "I need to go to the Commercial Guild of Agalifa. It's so far, so of course I need transportation fees."

Mira nodded: "Of course, then what?"

Jude looked at her in confusion: "Then? What then?"

Mira was also a little confused: "I mean after deducting the transportation fee, what about the remaining part?"

Jude was shocked and said, "Is there any part left?!"

"..." Mira didn't know what to say for a moment.

Lucy took two deep breaths and asked, "You... borrowed 10J from me just to use it as transportation fee?"

Jude thought they didn't understand why they needed transportation fees, so he explained, "I've been very tired recently. If I walk there..."

No one really paid attention to what was said afterwards, because they just felt thunder and lightning rolling in their ears. Is this the former helmsman of a huge conglomerate?
Lucy sighed and began to complain about her father: "You...how little do you think about money..."

In this man's eyes, not giving him 10 J is probably equivalent to his daughter not even giving him a glass of water when he arrives at her house, so he's probably angry.

Lucy took out her wallet and looked through it, then asked, "Ms. Mira, how much does it cost to go to Agalifa?"

She didn't know where Agalifa was.

Mira thought for a moment and said, "Well... if we rent a better carriage, and consider the surcharge for rainy days, it would be around 2000 to 3000 J."

"Did you hear that? Please take a good look at the normal prices. If you use 10 J for a carriage, you can still get some from the southernmost to the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Fiore."

Lucy counted out five 5-yuan bills and showed her almost empty wallet: "I'll use the extra money as your food expenses. I don't have much money right now."

"..." Jude hadn't come back to his senses yet, feeling somewhat guilty about his recent behavior.

Rhodes asked everyone to go downstairs: "Okay, it's just a misunderstanding, let's go down first."

Happy turned around at the stairs and said, "Lucy, remember to call us if anything happens."

Lucy gave him a smile: "Yeah."

Jude was a little dazed when he saw Lucy's smile.

He had never noticed before, but his daughter seemed to have really grown up, and her smile looked like Leila.

The father and daughter chatted for a while. Lucy sent Jude away, and then found Erza and the others: "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. Shall we go?"

Erza asked, "Isn't your father going to stay?"

Lucy nodded. "Well, he said he wanted to start over from the beginning. Just like when he was with mom."

"Lucy seems very happy," said Happy.

"Because today I learned the origin of my name."

Lucy smiled. All the conversations she had with her father in the past ten years combined were not as many as today's.

"Eh?" Habib asked curiously, "Isn't it just a random choice?"

"No...it seems so...No, it's not random at all!" Lucy didn't know what to say. In fact, her name was decided when her mother Leila was pregnant.

At that time, a letter on the sign of the business guild 'Love&Lucky' was broken, and Lucky became Lucy.

The couple both found it very interesting, so they decided that if they had a daughter, they would name her Lucy.

I say casually, but in fact I put a little thought into it. I say it’s extraordinary, but in fact it seems very casual…

Happy casually spreads a rumor: "Sure enough, Lucy is a casual person."

"Smelly cat!" Lucy grabbed Happy and beat him up.

A group of four people and a cat left the guild in a noisy manner.

Rhode looked at their backs and said, "They are always so lively."

Mira nodded, "Yeah, I want to team up with Lucy."

"why?"

"Because it's fun. It's fun to bully people who know how to complain."

"Who would form a team just to bully their teammates?" Rhode pinched the thinner information in his hand and said, "It's almost done. We can choose the missions we want to take."

"No need to choose." Mira took out a new commission and shook it, "I just received a designated mission, and it specifies the two of us to go."

"A designated mission for the two of us? Who has such good vision?"

Mira handed the order to Rhodes and asked him to read it himself.

"Mission requirements: As a guard, ensure the smooth conduct of the Harvest Festival..."

It's quite a normal activity.

After all, it is autumn, and many places, not just Magnolia, are holding harvest festivals. However, large-scale performances like the magic parade are only held in places where there is a local wizard guild.

For example, the Snake Princess Scale in Margaret City holds a thanksgiving festival every year, which is also a very popular event.

If there is no wizard guild in the local area, then basically just an ordinary celebration can be held.

If the security in the area is bad, you might have to hire a magician to prevent someone from taking advantage of the situation to cause trouble.

This commission should be like this. Rhode took a look at the reward: "120 million J... Such a high reward for an escort mission means I have provoked a very troublesome enemy?"

Mira reminded: "Look at the client."

"Ravender Village... Isn't this the village that had a rat infestation before?"

Rhodes was somewhat happy, holding the Harvest Festival meant that the crops they had so eagerly planted were harvested, and the harvest was good. They could even come up with more than 100 million to hire a wizard.

Is this some new trouble?
Mira said: "The time is four days from now. We should be free by then. Do you want to go?"

From the look on Mira's face, you can tell she wants to go.

Rhode nodded and said, "Go ahead. After all, this is a rare mission. Let's see what difficulties they have encountered. After we solve this, we can catch a random fugitive and we will have enough money."

"Ok!"

……

Two days passed in a flash. Rhodes and Mira finished all the things at hand and prepared to set off a day in advance to understand the situation.

The two of them took turns to explain the work to Makarov, who looked reluctant.

Rhode advised, "Don't look so reluctant, right? We are just going to protect a harvest festival. We will be back in three days at most."

"Alas." Makarov sighed and accepted the fact.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Natsu kicked open the guild door, "We're back!"

The harpy repeated, "Back!"

Mira smiled and said, "Welcome back, did the mission go well?"

Natsu and Gray looked away, Happy folded its wings and slowly landed on the ground, Erza sighed, and Lucy looked listless.

Well, the result is obvious.

Makarov clutched his chest and asked, "How many towns were destroyed this time?"

"It's not that exaggerated..." Lucy said weakly, "When we arrested the criminal this time, we destroyed 10 roofs, smashed 8 stalls, damaged two stores, and a sculpture in the city center... In short, after paying the compensation, I only got 200 of the 20 million J reward."

Makarov breathed a sigh of relief, finally he didn't need the guild's help with compensation.

Erza said with a sad expression: "I'm sorry, President. I was careless and let them..."

Natsu muttered quietly, "It was you who said that person could use very dangerous magic and that we must not be careless, so I used my full strength."

Lucy saw Mira’s suitcase and asked, “Are Mr. Rhodes and Miss Mira going out?”

"Well, there is a designated task to handle."

"Wow~ That's awesome! There are actually designated missions." Lucy was very envious. Anyone could take ordinary missions, but only wizards with enough fame could get designated missions.

She really hopes that she can receive such a task one day.

"We have a special reason for this." Mira comforted him, but she didn't want to say too much. "Anyway, we are going to set off. Come on, everyone."

"Hey...wait a minute, Mr. Rhodes...please at least introduce me to a suitable task..." Lucy said miserably, "I'm worried that if this continues, I won't be able to raise enough money for the rent by the end of the month!"

Rhodes said: "Come and be a waiter. Mira is not here, so you can fill the vacancy."

"But there are five of us. The guild doesn't need so many waiters, right?" Lucy actually didn't ignore Happy.

Rhodes said, "I see you don't want to do it yourself."

Lucy smiled sheepishly.

Rhode thought for a moment and said with a smile, "If you don't like being a waiter, then why not pretend to be a waiter and find out the true identity of a restaurant owner?"

"Is there such a mission? Like a spy!" Lucy's eyes sparkled, she liked this kind of interesting mission.

Mira looked at Rhodes in confusion. Why didn't she remember such a mission?

"I just received the commission and haven't had time to register it yet. Wait for me to write it to you."

Rhode took a piece of white paper and quickly wrote down the time, place and remuneration. He handed it to Lucy and said, "When you get there, just tell the chef that you are here to apply for the job, and then act accordingly."

Lucy was full of energy: "I understand, let's get ready right away!"

It just so happened that it was Lucy's turn to choose the task, and everything would be fine as long as she agreed.

Mira looked at the name of the restaurant that Rod had written down - 8island.

Mira held back her laughter and hit Rod, who actually tricked Lucy into doing her most disliked waitress job.

Calculating the time, by the time they finished their assigned tasks, Lucy and the others should have just finished their part-time jobs. Mira was having a hard time holding back her laughter.

I'm really looking forward to Lucy's reaction then.

Rod is so bad, I like him so much.

In the original work, there should be a plot where a dark guild robs a commercial guild. That dark guild is the Naked Bandage Man. But here, that guild has already been imprisoned, and that kind of noob has no ability to escape from prison, so there is no such plot.

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