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

Chapter 5 Is Tatsuya a magician?

"It's solved." Shipiki said to Makarov, "President Makarov, then I will go back first."

"Ah, thank you for your hard work." Makarov said, "I will fill in the order form later and send it to the Cyan Pegasus together with the order fee."

Rhodes said quickly: "Thank you, President, for your life-saving grace, and thank you, Mr. Shipicki, for your help. I am moved by heaven and earth!"

Mirajane covered her mouth and chuckled: "What kind of expression is that? Is Rhodes going to be like Lucky? It's so interesting."

Makarov looked at Shipiki, as if asking what was going on.

"Ah, well...because it's a piece of knowledge that has been crammed into it, it will take some time to digest."

Shipicki said sheepishly, "So he may occasionally fail to express what he means when he speaks recently.

Just give me a little help to correct this, or try again when my magic improves a bit? "

"No... no need! Please allow me to thank you for this!"

Rhodes said that he didn't want to experience the splitting headache feeling again. It was more practical to learn knowledge on his own.

Definitely not afraid of pain.

Makarov nodded: "That's it, the commission ends here."

Mirajane sent Shipiki away, while Rhodes was stopped by Makarov: "Rhode, right? Did Mira tell you the general situation?"

"This, because of the language problem, I only understand part of it." Rhodes said, "You rescued me from the forest, right?"

Makarov said: "No, to be precise, I just brought you back from the forest."

Rhodes showed a puzzled expression: "The beast that attacked me...wasn't it defeated by you with all your hands and feet?"

Makarov was not in the mood to correct Rhodes' wording for the time being, so he sat cross-legged on the chair next to the bed - he was even taller when sitting than when standing.

Rhodes felt it was impolite to look down at the old man, so he sat obediently by the bed.

Makarov said slowly: "Actually, I went there because someone witnessed rampaging monsters, including strange birds, giant frogs, wolves... and even dragons."

"The mayor believes that if a large group of monsters appears in the eastern forest, it will affect the safety of the entire city of Magnolia, so he entrusted me to investigate."

In fact, the main reason why Makarov went to investigate in person was because Porlyusica lived in that forest, and he was a little worried.

"But when I got there, there was only a dolphin bear carcass, a badly damaged forest, and you lying on the ground."

The more Rhodes listened, the more frightened he became. He just felt that he was so lucky to survive in that situation.

Maybe I should also thank the one who beat me away...is it called a dolphin bear? Weird name.

Makarov asked: "Do you have any impressions about the herd?"

Rhodes shook his head: "I don't remember any of this, but I seemed to hear a lot of strange calls before I passed out. The forest was quite silent before."

Makarov nodded, so the beasts' rampage probably happened around the time he fainted. Or... it was simply a wave of beasts caused by Rhodes accidentally doing something.

"So, why did you go to the forest?"

"I... don't know." Rhodes looked confused.

"You may not believe it, but I just fell down and was in the forest when I got up."

"That's it." Makarov mused, suddenly moving from one place to another. He knew several such cases.

For example, Polyusica, who previously treated Rhodes, suddenly appeared decades ago. According to her, she came from a world called Edras.

There is also Natsu, who suddenly appeared nearby 6 years ago. At that time, he could speak but could not read, but claimed that he had learned how to write.

Rhodes' language barrier seems to be more similar to Natsu.

Moreover, when Natsu appeared, he was looking for a dragon, and when Rhodes appeared, he was accompanied by the legend of the dragon. There might be some connection between these two people.

Makarov guessed that these two people might have been affected by the space magic of powerful magicians on other continents and transferred here directly.

"I roughly understand the situation."

Rhodes looked at him in surprise: "You believe it so easily?"

"Why not?" Makarov looked into his eyes, "I am somewhat confident in identifying whether young people are lying."

"But..." Rhodes realized, oh, yes, this is the world of magic. Isn't it strange that someone like me suddenly appears?

Makarov asked: "So what are your plans next?" "I...have nowhere to go for the time being." Rhodes has been thinking about it for two days, and staying here now should be the best choice.

Now when he goes out for a walk, he is worried that he will encounter some dolphins, bears, dolphins, and tigers as soon as he goes out. If he is unlucky, he will burp.

It's just that everyone in Fairy Tail should be magicians, ordinary people like me...

In order to survive safely, Rhodes could only bite the bullet and asked: "Can you let me stay?"

"certainly."

So casual! Rhodes looked at the old man in front of him, didn't he hesitate at all?

"You don't even know my origins."

Makarov asked: "Would you like to tell me?"

"I..." Rhodes hesitated, he didn't know where to start.

"Then tell me when you have figured out how to say it." Makarov smiled kindly.

"There are many homeless children in the guild. Some of them can't even tell where they come from. They were just as uneasy as you at that time."

"But it doesn't matter. It's because you're uneasy that you need companions, and that's why there is a guild."

"Everyone supports each other to survive strong and treats each other as family. This is the guild and this is Fairy Tail."

Makarov told Rhodes his views on the guild, his eyes seemed to be shining.

For the first time, Rhodes learned that the purpose of Fairy Tail was different from the mission guilds he knew in games and anime.

Fairy Tail seems to be more than just an agency, but a warmer place.

…

The process of joining a guild is very simple.

Makarov took Rhodes to the front to find Mira, and added Rhodes' name to the member list.

"This is the city of Magnolia located in the east of the Kingdom of Fiore. It has a population of about 60,000. It has been a city where magic has been popular since ancient times."

"Fairy Tail is the only regular guild in this city. And then this..."

Because Rhodes extremely lacked common sense about this place, Mirajane had to start with the geographical location.

When talking about Fairy Tail, she took out a seal-like thing and asked Rhodes to choose a favorite color and the location to engrave the coat of arms.

Rhodes rolled up his sleeves and asked Mirajane to help put the blue coat of arms on his left arm.

The process is as simple as regular stamping.

Rhodes touched the position of the coat of arms, and the feeling was no different from the previous touch. It seemed that it was magic again: "This shouldn't fade, right?"

"Of course not." Mirajane put away the seal and explained,

"This crest represents the wizard of Fairy Tail, and you can use it to prove your identity no matter where you go."

"Mage..." Rhodes covered his arm and asked anxiously, "But I don't understand magic at all, what should I do? Will I be kicked out?"

"How is it possible? If you want, you can just start learning from now on." Mirajane said, "It's just that it was a little difficult to find a commission that could be completed at first."

"You don't understand magic?" Makarov pointed at Rhodes' chest, "Isn't that your magic prop?"

"Ah?" Rhodes picked up his necklace and looked at it. It was a capital letter L with a blue background and a gold-rimmed circle underneath. If you look closely, there are mysterious patterns inside.

"You said this is a magic item? No way?"

This thing is the software icon of a certain 5V5 competitive game. It was a gift given to Rhodes by his roommate Zhang Daye on his birthday.

Although it seems to be quite exquisitely made and should not be very cheap, this is just an ordinary pendant...

Is it possible that Tatsuya, that thick-browed man with big eyes, is actually a magician?

(End of chapter)