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

Chapter 6: Temporary Home
"It is undoubtedly a magic item of very good quality."

Magic will not lie. Makarov can tell at a glance whether the pendant is a magic item.

Maybe Rhodes was able to survive the beast tide because of this pendant - even though he himself didn't know how to use it.

Rhodes took off the necklace, the thin metal chain piled up into a ball, the pendant lay quietly in the palm of his hand, the golden letters and the blue round bottom reflected the star-like natural light.

I've watched it several times, but other than it being really good looking, I have no idea what's so special about it.

"That guy, Tatsuya, didn't even give me the instructions at that time!" Rhodes blurted out in his native language.

Makarov and Mirajane looked at him in confusion.

Rhodes handed the necklace to Makarov and asked, "President, do you know how to make the best use of this thing?"

"You don't necessarily need to know magic to use a magic item, but once you can use it, you can be considered to know magic."

Makarov took the necklace and said a series of words like a tongue twister.

Rhodes thought about the logic, and then saw that the ordinary necklace in his hand glowed in the other party's hand.

"I see. It's a prop similar to the Star Spirit Key. Only you can use this pendant."

"Star Spirit Key?" Rhodes didn't understand. What was that?

Mirajane kindly helped explain and even drew a diagram for Rhodes with a light pen:

"Astral magic is a magic that involves signing a contract with the celestial spirits and summoning them from the celestial spirit world to help. People who use celestial magic need to hold a special key, which is a type of holding magic."

Mirajane's painting skills are a bit poor, and compared to Lidas, they can be said to be abstract.

This resulted in Rhodes not being able to understand what kind of creatures the Protoss were, but he could roughly understand what kind of magic it was.

He used a word he could understand: "Summoner?"

"That's about it." Makarov returned the necklace to Rhodes.

“I will teach you the basics of magic, and I will also tell you the tricks of Celestial Magic that I know.

In addition, the guild's library also has information on Star Spirit Magic... How about learning this kind of magic?"

"Yes." Rhodes nodded.

Summoner, Rhodes could almost guess what this LOL game icon-shaped pendant could be used to summon.

With more than a hundred heroes, if we pick up a few powerful ones, we should be invincible, right?

"It's settled then. I'll teach you magic later. Now let's talk about some practical matters."

"Actual question?"
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Rod was kicked out.

His injuries have almost healed, so he needs to move out and can't keep occupying the infirmary.

Rhodes was somewhat nervous about finding a house to live in a strange city, or a strange world.

Fortunately, the president introduced him to a house not far from the guild, less than one kilometer away in a straight line.

Rhodes has already seen it. It should be a street-facing storefront with the first floor used as a shop and the second floor for living.

The landlord's name was Goodman Riel, a young man in his twenties.

He had lived here a few years ago, but moved out after getting married and only came here during the day when the store was open.

The house has a fully equipped kitchen, bathroom and shower room. The bathroom even has a bathtub. The bedroom is not big, but it is more than enough for one person.

The rent was 8 J per month. Rhodes was not very sensitive to the currency here, but according to Mirajane, this price was very cheap in Magnolia.

The landlord's reason for the price was that the second floor was unused anyway, and having a magician living there would increase the sense of security.

Rhode thought that the other party might be doing this for the president's sake. It was said that he would occasionally go to the guild's tavern to drink.

However, even though the rent was not high, Rhodes could not afford it.

The money used to pay the rent was lent to him by the president, a total of 15 J, and the remaining 7 was used for food and daily necessities.

15 J. The number sounded huge, but after seeing the face value of the banknote, Rhodes felt relieved.

The actual value of these thousand-yuan and ten-thousand-yuan bills is estimated to be much lower than RMB.

However, after borrowing the money, Rhodes realized that he seemed to have not paid for the meals and medicines he had taken in the past few days.

Especially the medicines, which were so effective, must have been expensive. In addition, he should have paid for Mr. Hibiki, who helped him learn the language.

But I didn’t understand anything at the time and my mind was so confused that I forgot to ask how much it would cost.

"How can someone be so swamped with debts just after traveling through time?"

With mixed feelings, Rhodes went to a nearby store to buy toiletries such as towels, and also to buy a few sets of clothes.

Then he found that the money didn't seem to last long.

A slightly thicker towel costs 500J, a toothbrush, toothpaste and cup set costs 1000J, soap costs 100J, shampoo costs 500J...

Add to that necessities like toilet paper, bed sheets, pillows, and quilts, and it's easy to spend nearly 20,000 yuan.

"Is the remaining 5 J enough for a month's food expenses?"

Rhodes recalled that the flame set meal that Natsu ate seemed to cost more than 1000 J. Ordinary food might not be that expensive. If all else failed, he could always make it himself.

Another 2 J to buy a few clothes should be enough...I'd better cut it in half and keep an extra 1 just in case.

"Fortunately, it's summer now." Rhodes was thankful for a second, then he realized that he might have to buy another mosquito net.

Wealth shrank again.

After being busy for half a day, Rhodes finally bought everything he wanted and took it back.

Before it got dark, Rhodes decided to go to the guild for dinner.

There weren't as many people in the guild as there were during the day.

Among the remaining people, most wanted to have dinner here just like Rhodes.

Most of them were drunk, some were snoring, and some were arguing with others with red faces, and it seemed like they were about to fight at any time.

Natsu, who had been chasing after Rhode to ask questions, was not there either. He must have gotten the answer from the president.

Mirajane placed the plates and cups on the tray on the guest table, then looked at Rhodes: "Rhodes, you're back. Have you finished the moving?"

"Almost. I plan to have dinner here. Is that ok?"

"Of course, what do you want to eat?"

Rhode thought for a moment and said, "Let's have the same one as the guy just now. It seems delicious."

"Okay, a super spicy curry rice." Mirajane looked at the warrior and clenched her fist to cheer him up, "Make sure you finish what you ordered."

"Wait a minute!" Rhode hurriedly stopped him. "You know my common language is not very good. I seem to have heard a thrilling word just now. What is that?"

Mirajane blinked and said innocently, "Curry rice."

"What about the modifier in front?"

"It's just 'super spicy'."

Rod raised a hand. "I don't think the words 'just' and 'only' are used that way."

Mirajane pointed at the person who was ordering food in front of her: "It's okay. Look, isn't he eating very happily?"

Rhodes collapsed: "He's breathing fire!"

"Hey~~ I thought Rhodes would like this."

"I beg you to absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely change it for me to a normal one."

"What a shame. I was expecting to see some funny expressions. Also, you only needed to say 'must' in that sentence."

Mirajane chuckled and left, not even forgetting to help Rhodes correct his language habits.

Rhodes couldn't figure out whether this girl really had a bad personality or just liked to watch the fun.

She wasn't like this yesterday...

Is it because I don’t need care now?

Rhode was in a complicated mood. Please return the gentle and considerate Mirajane to me...

(End of this chapter)