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

Chapter 94 Harvest Festival

Sometimes, picking up the conversation well can make people more willing to talk.

But the current situation does not require a good response.

Senior wizard Miss Mira explained to the newcomer Rhodes:
"It's the Harvest Festival. Magnolia holds the Harvest Festival every October. It's a celebration for everyone in the city."

"Oh~ It's the Harvest Festival." Rhodes remembered that he and Natsu had participated in a celebration last month that was held in advance specifically for them.

To sum it up, eat, drink, have fun, dance around the bonfire, and release your joy to your heart's content.

Rhode asked, "Is it necessary to ignore the mission for this?"

Mira said: "Of course, this is the biggest celebration of the year, celebrating this year's harvest and praying for good luck in the coming year... It is a very important event for everyone."

Rhodes nodded: "I think I can understand it a little bit."

He remembered that many places held harvest festivals in autumn.

For local people, the importance of the Harvest Festival is almost the same as that of the Chinese New Year, and it is something that must be well prepared.

Mira added:

"It's not just an ordinary celebration. As the only wizard guild in Magnolia, we, Fairy Tail, are responsible for hosting a magical parade that night.

Everyone stayed in the guild to prepare for the parade, which was a large-scale parade famous throughout the entire Ishgar continent.

Even people from nearby towns and villages will come here to see it, and the whole of Magnolia will be crowded with people."

"Parade..." The consequence of reading too much negative news is that when this word is mentioned, Rhodes will think of a bad meaning.

In fact, the word itself has no bias. It can mean celebration, commemoration, demonstration, and protest.

Obviously, the guild should be responsible for the celebration and performance, and it is specially handed over to the Wizards Guild, probably using magic.

Rhodes asked: "So what exactly do we need to do?"

"What you specifically need to do is to clean up that table quickly!"

Lucky complained, "Stop chatting, my stomach is protesting."

Humph, does it take so long for two people to clean a table?
Mira said to Lachi, "Sorry, it will be ready soon."

Rhodes also quickly said: "Sorry, sorry, I asked too many questions."

Lucky put her hands on her hips. Damn it, it made her even more angry.

Rhodes put the tableware on the tray and took it away, and Mira wiped the table carefully.

After that, it was lunch time for the pub staff, which Laqi called the stomach-filling session.

However, eating did not prevent them from continuing the previous topic.

"The most important thing about the magic parade is the magic show. It has to be gorgeous and unique, fully showcasing the style of our guild. It would be best if people would want to join us after seeing it."

Rhode thought about it. If he joined the parade and summoned a bunch of monsters to run through the streets...

That doesn't look good either.

Unless they are asked to perform some sort of show, like the Shadow Wolf going through a ring of fire or something, that would turn it into a circus.

"It looks like there's nothing I can do. My magic doesn't seem to have any fancy effects."

You can't give yourself a Crown of Embers and then show off how you can hurt the Fire Dragon Slayer with flames.

Mira said: "How could it be possible? Summoning so many monsters out of thin air is magnificent in itself."

"That's right, how could it have nothing to do with you?" Laqi said.
"There is an important event that you must participate in, and that is the Fairy Tail Miss Beauty Pageant!"

"..." Rhodes looked at her, "Me? Beauty pageant? Can it be any more outrageous?"

Laqi admired his train of thought: "Who asked you to be a contestant? Aren't you going to vote? Sister Mila will participate~"

Mira stroked her cheek with one hand: "Ah, I feel a little shy when Laqi said it so formally."

"It seems like we can look forward to it?" Rhode thought for a moment, "Hey, Lucky, aren't you going to participate?"

"No, I can't beat Sister Mira anyway, so there's no point in participating. I hate lecherous guys, and it's uncomfortable to be looked at like that."

Laqi waved her hand and said mischievously, "Besides, are you still in the mood to care whether I participate in the competition? Why don't you tell me what you want to see Sister Mira wear that day?" "Of course I want to see something..." Rhodes stopped talking, "Don't ask me about this kind of thing. This is a competition. I don't really understand."

"Just make a wish, what if Sister Mira agrees?"

Lucky tried to induce him, "For example, swimsuits, cat ears, bunny girls, aren't you tempted?"

He couldn't say it out loud, Luo De said righteously: "I'm not that kind of person!"

Mira smiled and said, "I always feel like what you said, Laqi, is something Erza would do."

The specific content of the magic parade had not yet been officially decided, so it was useless for Rhodes to ask.

According to Mira, there were many times in the past when the president would select people only on the day of the parade, and then everyone would perform on the spot.

Sometimes, even though we have made all the arrangements, unexpected situations always arise and we have to make temporary adjustments.

No matter what we do, everyone will try their best on the day and provide a visual feast every time.

A rather free show of magic, which is why Fairy Tail's Magic Parade is so famous.

This is also in line with the style of Fairy Tail.

Time passed day by day as Rhodes was busy.

These days, he insists on exercising every time he gets off work, and he tires himself out to the point where he can't get up.

Then he gritted his teeth and summoned the Crimson Mark Tree Monster to give him the Aura of the Crown of Embers.

He can't restore his physical strength, but the health restoration effect of the Crown of Ember can help him eliminate the damage caused by excessive exercise.

This way, when he wakes up tomorrow, he won't have serious sequelae such as back pain and leg cramps.

But after October, Rhodes' training plan slowed down temporarily.

According to the general storyline, big things might happen during such a large festival, so it is necessary to maintain sufficient magic power and physical strength to deal with emergencies.

Besides, a large number of tourists and vendors have flocked to Magnolia recently, and there might be a few bad guys sneaking in, so we have to be on guard.

"Good morning, Rod. You look very energetic today."

“Brother Goodman, why didn’t I see you come over the past two days?”

"Of course it's for that!" Goodman pointed to several large boxes stacked on the first floor.

"Our whole family has been working overtime these days and finally made so many finished products. We are just waiting for the harvest festival to start the big work!"

During the celebrations, sales of handicrafts such as wood carvings and weavings should be good.

"It's hard work, I wish you a prosperous business."

"Hahaha, thank you!" Goodman hung a string of colorful flags outside the store, took out a pile of balloons, and prepared to blow them up and hang them up.

"By the way, will you be participating in the Magic Parade this year?"

"That's hard to say. I'm still a new member who has only been in the guild for three months."

"I know, the strongest newcomer!"

"Even you know about this..."

It seems that ordinary people also subscribe to Wizards Weekly.

As the Harvest Festival approaches, almost every household hangs up decorations such as colorful flags, balloons, and banners like Goodman, and the festive atmosphere is very strong.

The number of pedestrians on the streets has increased visibly, and vendors of all kinds are gearing up to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

Rod said goodbye to Goodman and took Worm to the guild.

The little guy had grown from the size of a palm to the size of a basketball, but his body was still round and he was running around restlessly at Rhodes' feet.

There were so many tempting aromas in the air that Worm was a little dazzled.

So Rhode decided to throw it into the guild's kitchen to eat, under the pretext of cooperating with the development of Poro Cuisine 2.0.

(End of this chapter)