Fairy Tail: I Don’t Want to Be the President

Chapter 27 Invitation and Rejection

Erza seemed to have something to do and left the tavern directly.

Then...Natsu resurrected with full health: "Let's show off, Roddy!"

"It's Rhodes." Rhodes corrected, and then added, "You saw it just now, I'm very weak, I was knocked down with one punch."

The blue kitten rushed to say, "It doesn't matter. When Natsu challenged Erza before, he was defeated with one punch."

"You talk too much, Habi! I am different from before. What I say now will definitely..."

Hubby covered his mouth and muttered softly: "I can definitely hold on to a few more punches."

"What did you say!?" Natsu stared, as if he wanted to fight with Happy first.

Habi flew behind Mira and stuck his head out: "Love!"

Mira didn't say anything and just wiped the newly washed wine glass with a dry cloth.

"Anyway, come and fight me, that crab of yours looks pretty strong!"

"Well..." Rhodes thought for a while, "Tomorrow, I need to take a rest."

Mainly because he didn't want to get beaten for the second or third time today, and he was still hurting now.

"Then it's agreed!" Natsu left angrily.

But Habi didn't leave in a hurry. He stood on the counter and asked Rhodes, "Are you a magician who uses summoning magic?"

Rhodes nodded: "Yes."

Hubby started drooling at the corner of his mouth: "Then can you summon fish?"

Rhodes silently took stock of the types of wild monsters: "Probably not, at most it's a toad."

"Lost..." Habi suddenly squatted in the corner, and the whole cat was shrouded in shadow.

"...Is fish so important?" Rhodes couldn't laugh or cry. Besides, even if he could summon fish, they would only be used for combat, so it was impossible to feed him.

Hubby raised his fist: "Fish is the supreme delicacy!"

"Yes, yes." Rod didn't want to argue with the cat about whether the fish was delicious.

Worm really liked Harpy, who was similar in size to him, so he leaned over to nuzzle him, and the two cute creatures soon started playing together.

…

In the evening, Lebby came to the guild and chose a mission on the bulletin board with Jet and Troy, and then came to Rhodes to learn Chinese characters.

"Today I will teach you two slightly more complicated Chinese characters, the character for fist and the character for pain."

Rhodes borrowed Lebby's light pen and wrote the two words one stroke at a time, not forgetting to explain the meaning of the two words.

"Why do you suddenly want to teach me these two words?"

"...I feel it."

"Ah, by the way, they said you had a duel with Erza today."

Lebby showed a look in her eyes that said, "You're so brave." She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, and tried to press it down again. It felt very hard.

"It's hard to say...you can laugh if you want."

"Haha... No, I'm not laughing at you... Haha, um, I'm just happy to learn new words."

Just because there was no malice in the laughter, Rhodes couldn't even get angry. He sighed:

"By the way, here are these for you, Feng Yong's glasses."

Lebby shook her head: "Let me lend it to you first. I still have a spare one on hand, and I have to go out to work tomorrow, so I won't need it."

"You've only been back for two or three days, right? Are you so diligent?"

"Because the pay from my last job was not high, and I also spent a few days in the target city..."

In fact, the strength of Lebby's team is average among the guilds, so the tasks they take on are often not very difficult.

Accordingly, the remuneration will not be too high.

Then the reward for a task has to be divided among three people. Compared with other partners, they naturally have to be a little more diligent. But even this is enough to make Rhodes envious: "I don't know how long it will take before I can take on some higher-paying tasks."

Lebby suggested: "If you want to take on the mission, how about joining our lane engine team? The reward this time will be very good."

Rhodes was a little moved, but immediately shook his head: "No, even if I join you, my strength will only hinder you."

"It doesn't matter. This time I am going to the mountains with the expedition team to solve puzzles and hunt for treasures. I rely more on my brain than force."

Lebby closed one eye, raised two fingers, and said seductively, "The reward is 200,000 J."

Rhodes swallowed his saliva, not because Lebby's actions were too cute, but because the reward was too tempting.

If 200,000 J is divided equally among four people, it would be 50,000 J, which is less than half a month's salary.

But to go into the mountains...

"As expected, let's forget it. Thank you. I don't think I'm ready yet."

"Is that so?" Lebby tilted her head and did not continue to ask the reason, "What a pity."

Rhodes smiled bitterly, the shadow of being attacked by wild beasts when he first crossed over, coupled with Erza's punch today...

Before he had a certain level of strength, he would never dare to step outside the town limits of Magnolia.

Makarov, who closed his eyes to rest, glanced at Rhodes. This child is also a 'problem' child.

—

After getting off work, Rhodes did not go home directly. Instead, he jogged along the road in front of the guild, briefly warming up and then gradually speeding up.

‘Exercise your body, otherwise you will suffer. ’ The president’s words still lingered in his ears. Rhodes felt that just doing push-ups before going to bed was too perfunctory. It would be good to add a running event.

A large box of medicine and medical supplies sent by Erza was transported back home by Rod's Swift Crab.

The box might have been custom-made by Erza, with the Fairy Tail logo painted on it, so no one would mess with it even if it was placed at the door.

Rhodes ran all the way through the residential area near the guild, jumped down the stone steps with a total height of nearly two meters, and arrived at another residential area.

Running further along the road, you will reach the bank of a canal that passes through the city of Magnolia.

From a distance, you can see the tallest building on the other side - Cartier Cathedral.

The streets around the church belong to the city center, which means that the guild is actually built on the very edge of the city.

The reason why the rent in Rhodes is relatively cheap may be because it is a little far from the city center.

After arriving at the river, Rhodes did not go to the city center, but continued running along the canal until his heartbeat was racing, he was panting, and sweat began to flow down his face.

He wasn't sure how far he had run, but he was counting the steps silently. He counted more than three thousand steps.

Rhodes was surprised to find that his physical condition might be better than before time travel. He used to be in the same state after running three laps around the playground, but now he is obviously a little stronger.

Before, the feeling that his lung tubes were about to burst would have driven him to stop, but now, Rhodes knew that he had just begun.

Real exercise is not only the exercise of the body, but also the exercise of the will. Every time you feel that you can't persist, as long as you persist for a while, even running an extra 100 meters is progress.

Of course, for a guy like him who is physically weak, talking about his will might make him laughable - at this distance, they have just warmed up, and you are already exercising your will?

There was no way around it. With his physique at this point, Rhodes could no longer move simply by moving his legs. He even had to rely on the power of his waist and hips to move his legs and feet forward.

Worm, the unfaithful one, originally ran along with his short legs for a few steps, but soon he realized that Rhodes' shoulders were acting as a weight for him.

Rhodes decisively chose to send it back.

He felt that it was not time to bear weight yet.

The weather was not so clear today that only a blurry point of light could be seen as the sun set.

"Come on, young man!" Someone in the canal was riding a boat upstream and cheered him up when he saw the sweaty Rhodes.

Rhodes tried his best to lift his sore arm as a response and continued his 'will practice'.

The residents here are quite friendly.

(End of chapter)