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

Chapter 30 Next Target

"I can handle the rest by myself."

After dealing with the areas where it was inconvenient for him to apply medicine, Rhodes didn't feel comfortable asking Mira for help all the time.

"Then I'll go out first." Mira put down the medicine bottle and tweezers, "You can rest for a while."

"Well, thank you."

After watching Mira leave, Rhodes took off his T-shirt and applied medicine to the bruises on his body bit by bit.

By the way, I also reviewed the battle with Natsu.

After today's fight, in addition to leaving Rhodes with a lot of injuries, he also gained a lot.

First of all, he has become a person who has fought seriously. This is very important. At least he will no longer be afraid before the fight when he hears about it.

Then, he also learned some tricks to use magic to defend himself.

Although it is a bit difficult to defend against Natsu's punches with his current magic power, if he is fighting with an ordinary person, he can basically withstand the opponent's punches and kicks.

When fighting with Natsu, Rod's punches and kicks were basically imitating Natsu's movements.

Natsu punched him in the face, and he punched him in the face as well.

Natsu turned sideways and elbowed him in the stomach, and he also turned sideways and elbowed him in the stomach.

Of course, apart from hitting the crab twice, Natsu didn't use any magic at all.

If you think about it carefully, during the hand-to-hand combat, it seemed that he was deliberately left with gaps to attack, and he didn't do much dodging or defensive moves.

So much so that if we only consider the number of hits and the number of hits received, the two should not be much different.

But the final result was that Rhodes lay on the ground in pain and could hardly get up.

Natsu brushed off the dust on his body as if nothing had happened and carried Rhodes to the infirmary.

"Now that I think about it, it feels like Natsu is deliberately serving as a sparring partner for me..."

Rhode looked at the wounds on his body and smiled helplessly, "I have to thank someone after getting beaten up. What kind of thing is that?"

But when he beat the river crab, it was probably purely out of curiosity and itchiness.

By the way, the strange feeling when the river crabs disappear also needs to be studied carefully.

After resting for a while in the infirmary, Rhodes got up and went to the front to help.

In addition to Mira and Laqi, there was another girl helping out in the tavern.

She has a head of messy black hair and looks like a tomboy from the front, but in fact she has a long braid tied at the back of her head.

She was wearing a short red cheongsam and black over-the-knee socks with the guild's emblem printed above the socks.

Rhodes recognized her name as Sally, and the magic she used was the dress-changing magic, but she was not as proficient as Erza, and she only changed weapons during battle.

It is said that what she is best at using is a pair of steel claws on her wrists... It is obvious that it is a close combat type, and a very brutal one.

Sally's shifts are much shorter than Rod's. Being a waitress is really just a part-time job. Her main source of income is completing tasks in a team with three other friends.

In addition to Sally, there was another girl named Izzy, whose situation was similar to hers, but Rhodes had only seen her once before he could no longer speak, so he was not very familiar with her.

"Rod? I heard everyone say you had a fight with Natsu today."

Sally held the plate in one hand, and with the other hand a flash of light appeared, revealing a steel claw. She asked eagerly, "How about it, do you want to fight me?"

Obviously, this is also a warmonger.

Rhodes refused decisively: "Please spare me, my whole body is in pain now."

"Sally, my wine!"

Someone saw Sally stop to chat and couldn't help but urge her.

"So annoying, isn't this a gift?"

Well, this guy has a bad temper, so it’s better not to provoke him if possible.

Although his strength may not be that strong, it should not be a problem to defeat Rhodes now.
Rhodes looked around and finally went to the counter to wait.

Gray was leaning against the counter with a task list on the table, waiting for Mira to register: "Hey, Natsu, that guy, his punch is heavy enough, right?" "Ah." Rhodes smiled bitterly and touched the swollen part of his face, "Why can't I see him?"

"I just received a mission and went out to work with Happy." Gray picked up the letter of authorization that Mira returned to him and shook it at Rhodes. "I have to go to work too. See you later."

Rhodes nodded: "Well, be careful on the road."

Gray had just taken a few steps when Mira shouted to him, "Gray, clothes!"

Gray looked down and found that he was only left with a pair of shorts: "When!"

Smiling as Gray retrieved his shirt and trousers, Mira poured Rod a glass of water: "Are you concerned about Natsu?"

"Yeah, after all, I was 'taken care of' by him, so I'm a little bit..."

Rhodes held the water cup, but didn't drink. He just stared at the gently swaying water inside. "It's a bit awkward."

It is natural to feel uncomfortable after being beaten, but one should also be grateful if the other party holds back and teaches him fighting skills intentionally or unintentionally.

And judging from the look of Natsu, he should be younger than himself, which is a bit awkward.

Rhodes found that he was a little entangled and liked to think about things, and it was difficult for him to be as straightforward as others.

From this point, one may then consider whether one would be out of place or excluded.

Then I will despise myself again, thinking that I am such a grown-up and still thinking about these trivial things.

Besides, others are so sincere, and I always feel sorry for them when I think about these messy things...

Mira watched Rhode's expression change from time to time, and could only guess that he was unwilling to accept the defeat:

"You've only been learning magic for a few days, and it's amazing that you've reached this level. If you keep going like this, you might be able to do some ordinary work next month."

"Yeah, let's work hard on our training first." Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Maybe he's just not used to fighting for the first time.

Rhodes looked at the people laughing in the tavern and asked, "Who should I look for next time?"

A boy with parted hair, the talkative Marcus from the morning, came into view.

Go and request it and give it a try.
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Working, practicing, and tasting the exquisite cooking skills of the guild chef made it another fulfilling day.

After returning home, Rhodes did as Laqi said and smashed the wooden box without an opening before taking out the magazines inside.

Soshara is a weekly magazine, and what Laqi gave to Rod was one year's worth of issues, plus some supplements and special issues, about sixty in total.

Sixty magazines were neatly stacked on the table, more than a foot thick.

"What a shame for such a perfect box...Do you want it to be your nest?"

Rhodes showed Worm the wooden box with one side smashed open.

The box is not big, but it is enough to hold a Poro.

However, Worm did not like this kind of nest, and shook his head and retreated under the bed.

"Forget it. I haven't cleaned the bottom of the bed carefully yet. Don't get yourself covered in dust."

Rod threw the broken wooden box next to the fireplace and kept it as firewood. It was another day of envying the convenience of modeling magic.

He took out Feng Yong's glasses and quickly browsed the contents of the magazine.

"The ruler of ghosts..."

This is one of the two most famous wizard guilds in the Kingdom of Fiore, the other one is naturally Fairy Tail.

However, Fairy Tail was silent for quite a long time, and its fame has only been growing in recent years.

Rhodes read the news from a weekly magazine that focused on Phantom.

If we only talk about the scale and number of people, Phantom Flame is much larger than Fairy Tail, because in addition to the headquarters, Phantom Flame has more than 20 branches and a large number of members.

"It's the name Phantom, it sounds like a dark guild..."

After seeing several of Phantom's signature wizards and some accidents they caused, Rhodes' doubts were slightly dispelled.

This guild is no worse than Fairy Tail in terms of its chaos.

(End of this chapter)