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

Chapter 368 Where is your salary?

The first day of August begins with welcoming the president back.

It was midsummer and the weather was getting hotter. Apart from three meals a day, Worm began to lose interest in coming here.

Rhode and Mira's evil plan failed before it was even implemented. They couldn't bear to let everyone work overtime under the scorching sun.

Although Rod could think of a more evil plan of working at night and resting during the day.

"President!"

"The president is back!"

"Thank you for your hard work along the way!"

Everyone greeted Makarov happily. In their opinion, although Phantom was fully responsible for causing such a big incident, as the president of the Holy Ten, he might be detained for a few days.

I hope you can come back safely.

Makarov looked at the completed part of the first floor and said happily, "The progress is very fast. Everyone has worked hard."

Mira poured him a cup of tea: "President, is everything going well? Have you been given any trouble?"

"Although it was a bit of routine questioning, I handled it beautifully!"

As for how he was questioned and how he "dealt with it beautifully", Makarov did not say. The children just need to know that their father is very powerful.

He jumped onto the counter and said loudly, "I have good news for you all. I brought back a large sum of funds, so go ahead and build our guild beautifully!"

"Oh!!!"

The guild is everyone’s home, who doesn’t want to make their home better?

Rhodes made an exception and poured Makarov a glass of wine: "Great, President, come and sign the bill."

"No problem!" Makarov drank the wine generously, then felt a little uncomfortable. "By the way, shouldn't we have a party to celebrate? We're about to start work?"

"No, if we hold a party, we'll get hungover again, and then we'll have to owe others money." Rhodes put a stack of bills in front of him.

"Look, the cost of building materials such as wood, stone, and cement, the cost of hiring professional designers, the cost of hiring skilled workers, compensation for damaged buildings, the cost of replenishing magic crystals and magic books, and the tavern's wages last month..."

The total number of all these projects added up is indeed not a small number.

If it weren't for the high credibility of Fairy Tail in the vicinity, the project would have been stalled by now.

"I see." Makarov sighed.

He thought about how embarrassed Rhode and Mira must have been when they bought things on credit these days, and how tired Laqi and Marcus were working overtime to save on material costs, so he didn't have time to complain.

"Come on, President." Mira encouraged, "Today you just need to sign the bill, there is no need to write a letter of apology."

Because the first group of people who went out on the mission haven't returned yet, they probably haven't had time to get into trouble.

"..." Makarov was almost petrified. Oh, by the way, I might have to write a new self-criticism in a few days...

Come to think of it, the period of quarantine and investigation was actually the most relaxing days for him?
Makarov signed the bills one by one with his whole body stiff. Xiaoya's advice to me to retire early turned out to be correct.

Rhode looked at Mira helplessly. Wasn't it too much to hit the president like this right after he came back?
Mira stuck out her tongue, getting used to it.

Rhodes had no choice but to take out two medicine bottles and stuff them into Mira's hands.

That was the emergency medicine prepared for the president, which he got specially from Grandma Polyusica.

If the elders are not in good health, the younger generation has to make more preparations.

Although it feels weird to bring out this preparation at this time.

Although Mira took the medicine bottle, she waved at Rhodes. The president is very strong, otherwise he would have died before he was 88 years old... Ugh!

May the president live a long life.

……

As soon as the funds are in place, salaries will be paid immediately.

Along with the wages was compensation for the previous damage to the store.

Rod's damaged treasury was finally replenished.

In addition to her salary, the great contributor Laqi also received a large bonus. Laqi was in a complicated mood, as she could get the long-awaited little cutie in advance.

In order to have such ample space next month, she decided to work harder.

It was so scary. Laqi patted her palm with a thick stack of bills and said, "I feel like I'm going to lose to the evil money."

Rhode couldn't bear to see his companion in such distress: "Why don't you let me help you deal with these evil things."

Laqi ignored him and complained directly to Mira: “Sister Mira, your boyfriend is asking for money from another woman!”

"Really?" Mira covered her face and acted shy. "He must think I work too hard, I'm so touched. So, just give him the money."

"Eh~" Laqi ran away holding the fruits of her labor.

Rhodes and Mira had a meal at a restaurant outside at noon after a long absence - in fact, it didn't take long.

After dinner, the two went to the bank.

Mira always feels uneasy keeping large amounts of cash in hand, so she also saves part of her salary.

She took her passbook and Rhodes' passbook in her hands, opened them and counted them together.

Soon, if the two of them work together, they will be able to save enough money soon. If he dares not to propose to me by then... Humph!
Mira suddenly discovered that the amount in Rhodes’ deposit record was wrong: “Aren’t you going to save this month’s salary?”

"Well, we both probably won't be able to go out to work this month, so I wanted to keep it just in case."

"That's true..." Mira showed a distressed expression, "Then I think I saved too much."

Such an expression is very cute. Rhode was somewhat touched. Not only himself, but Mira was also making good plans for the future.

Rhode embraced her and said arrogantly: "It doesn't matter, I will support you. So..."

Mira looked at him: "So?"

"So do you want to move into my house?"

"No good intentions!"

……

As soon as the hottest time of the afternoon passed, the construction site became busy.

This time, Makarov transformed into a giant and took the lead.

As long as he was busy, he could justifiably push those troublesome tasks to Mira and Rhodes.

This is definitely not an attempt to shirk responsibility, but rather the most reasonable work arrangement.

His giant magic is suitable for this kind of physical labor.

As the president, you must know how to make the best use of everyone’s talents!

Rhodes and Mira had no choice but to deal with the trivial matters left by the president one by one. They were used to it, but it was more troublesome now.

However, there are some things that you cannot avoid no matter how hard you try.

That evening, when the tavern was still open, Rhodes received a letter sent by magic from the Council.

The complaint had already been made to the Council before Erza and the others returned.

After reading the complaint, Rod asked Mira to take the medicine and went to find Makarov, who was drinking alone in a quiet place.

"President."

"Hmm?" Makarov was seriously thinking about retirement and had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. "You guys are here. Do you want to sit down and have a drink together?"

"No need, President." Rhodes planned to pave the way for the old man before Mira spoke.
"Actually, Erza teamed up with Natsu, Gray, and Lucy to go out on a mission to defeat the Magic Cult."

Makarov realized something was wrong: "What's the result?"

Mira handed over the letter: "Although Rhodes reminded them to be more restrained, they still destroyed three streets in the end."

"three……"

Rhodes quickly supported the old man: "President, don't get excited! President!"

(End of this chapter)