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

Chapter 31 A Little Gossip
After quickly flipping through two magazines, Rhodes took off his glasses and prepared to start today's physical training.

"I told you not to get under the bed."

Rhodes lifted Worm's neck, and Worm's four legs hung down naturally, with a part of his tongue sticking out and his little horns drooping down, looking pitiful and asking for help.

"That's perfect." Rod put Worm down and went to the laundry room to get a basin of water and a rag.

Worm sat obediently on the ground waiting for Rod to wipe his fur.

However, Rhode threw the rag to it and said, "You are all dirty anyway, so help me clean under the bed. It is inconvenient for me to do it."

Worm: ???
"If you finish wiping it before I come back, I'll buy you some cookies tomorrow. See you later!"

Worm hesitantly lifted the rag with his little paws.

Rod closed the door with a click and ran downstairs.

The route was slightly different from yesterday. Since he already knew his limit, Rod controlled his turnaround position a little, figuring that he would run home just enough to tire himself out.

When you first start running, you can also think about your future training plan and consider whether you should get a sandbag home to hit.

By the second half, the only thought left was "one more step, one more step".

This kind of training was effective - at least Rhodes was becoming more and more skilled at applying cold compresses and trauma medicine to himself.

When he dragged his legs, which felt like they were filled with lead, up the stairs holding onto the handrail, he saw a "little gray dog" squatting at the door.

"You really did wipe it, you deserve encouragement."

Rhode moved to the bed and threw himself onto it. His first thought was: "It's over. I'm covered in sweat and I need to change the sheets."

Worm looked at Rod with his tongue hanging out and thought for a while, then jumped onto a chair, then onto the table, and then jumped onto the bed holding the bottle of potion that Rod used yesterday.

"Thank you." Rhodes struggled to stand up, took the medicine bottle, and saw the gray mark left by Worm on the bed sheet at a glance.

"..."

Worm felt guilty when he looked at him, so he took a few steps back and jumped off the bed, leaving a few more footprints.

"Okay, let me take you to take a bath first."
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The dawn in summer always came early. When Rod opened his eyes, it was already bright.

Worm, who was originally sleeping beside the pillow, disappeared again as he had done before.

Rhode still hadn't figured out whether it was because his mana supply was cut off after he fell asleep, or because the summoned creature had a time limit.

He got out of bed, put on his slippers and stretched. The soreness in his legs and the obvious increase in magic power in his body made him feel very at ease.

Maybe it’s because the base is too small, so as long as you work hard, you can easily see results.

"Ding, MP limit +10!"

Rhodes dubbed his silent Goldfinger.

The increase in magic power was a happy thing, but what made him happier was the discovery he made when he tried to sense the condition of the river crab through the necklace after meditating last night.

Rhodes not only "saw" the river crab diving into the water, but also saw an entire river channel, and... another river crab.

The other party was walking leisurely downstream of the river, as if on patrol.

Rhodes felt that he could summon this river crab at any time as long as he wanted.

Once the injured river crab recovers, I should be able to summon two at the same time.

He felt his own magic power - okay, he still needs to practice for a few more days.

Rhodes washed up and went out. He greeted Goodman as usual and summoned Worm out.

On the way, I didn't forget to buy a pack of biscuits for Worm.

Funds decreased by 500J.

Looking at Worm happily swallowing a biscuit with a roll of his tongue, Rhodes began to think about the feeding plan.

If the Poros in the game want to grow up, they need to eat Poro delicacies... Although it looks like cookies, what ingredients are used to make it?
Should I find more ingredients and let Wyrm sort them out himself?

That's a solution. While I was thinking, the guild had arrived.

Rod did some cleaning as usual, and waited for Marcus, who had an appointment yesterday, to arrive before going to the backyard together.

He had already inquired about Marcus's situation. He used sand magic and was good at defense, but not so good at offense.

Overall strength...

Mira politely commented that she was not as impressive as Erza, which was considered as giving Marcus face.

Rhode thought about it carefully and thought that what she meant might be that her strength was not very impressive in the entire guild.

Then, Rhodes lost again.

Although Marcus couldn't knock down the Rift Scuttler as cleanly as Natsu, he could still block the crab's charge.

When the river crab hit the sand wall with a thud, several sand ropes entangled the river crab's legs, restricting its movement.

"It seems like it can only be used as a functional wild monster." Rhodes completely understood the positioning of the river crab.

Marcus walked around the river crab and walked towards Rhodes: "Do you want to continue fighting?"

Rhodes got ready and said, "Fight."

……

You can't win in a fight. With only two fights under your belt, how can you compare to the fights that happen every now and then?

Even for Marcus, who was not very powerful, it was easy for him to deal with Rhodes.

It's just that Marcus was more particular about 'stopping at the right time', so he didn't leave any bruises or other scars on Rhodes.

In Marcus’ words: “I don’t want a friend I just met to not want to talk to me the next day.”

For someone like him who likes talking to people, the audience is very important.

Rod thought that since Marcus liked it, he would chat with him for ten dollars before work.

Whether it was to obtain more information or to correct his common language, Rhodes needed to communicate with others.

"A method to quickly increase magic power? There is no such thing. Magic power can only be increased through hard practice.

Oh, by the way, as you get older, your magic power will naturally increase. Take me for example, I am 16 years old now, and in another seven or eight years, I will definitely become very strong.

Hey, how old are you, Rod?"

"I'm almost 19..." Rhodes was stunned. How should he calculate his age and birthday in the future?
"18 years old, then you are the same age as Erza, Mira, Bisca, Arzak, etc...."

Marcus thought for a moment, then patted Rhodes' shoulder comfortingly, "Keep working hard."

“……” Not comforted at all.

"Speaking of which, Bisca hasn't been learning magic for long, and now she can handle things on her own, so you don't have to worry at all. Just work hard..."

As Marcus spoke, Rhodes's eyes fell on the green-haired girl who was chatting with Erza.

That was Bisca. Although they had never greeted each other formally, Laqi had introduced her to Rhodes.

Bisca has a good relationship with Erza, and can also use dressing magic, but the weapons she changes into are various firearms.

In addition, there is also enthusiastic popular science (gossip) from Mira:
Bisca learned the dress-up magic because she admired Erza, and she also liked Alzak who was good at gun and bullet magic.

According to Mira's observation, Arzak would occasionally stare at Bisca's back in a daze, and she felt that these two people would be together sooner or later.

Arzak... Rod looked for a while and found a handsome guy dressed like a cowboy not far from Biska.

Rhodes discovered that his guild not only had many weirdos, but also quite a few handsome men and beautiful women.

Some book friends said that the names and people don’t match and they can’t remember who is who, so I added some illustrations in the previous chapters, and I will try to add pictures in the later chapters.

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