Rod, who had once made up his mind to never be hungover again... got hungover again.

When he opened his eyes, it was already bright. He had a blanket wrapped around him and a water glass and hot water bottle beside him.

Looking back, Erza and Mira were squatting on the ground, painting Gray's face with great interest.

Many people nearby have been 'ruined' by them.

"Oh? Did Rhode wake up so soon? That's great." Erza gave Rhode an appreciative look, which made Rhode a little confused.

Mira looked at Rhodes, covering her mouth and smiling.

She walked over and poured a cup of hot water for Rhodes who seemed to be awake.

"Thank you." Rhode drank some water and felt better and more awake.

Oh~ Erza means that.

She actually still thinks that graffiti on the faces of everyone who fell asleep after the party was to test everyone's vigilance after drinking.

‘To what extent is she naturally stunned?’ Rhodes tried to ask Mira with his eyes.

But no valid reply was received.

Because Mira kept staring at his face, trying hard not to laugh out loud.

Rhodes understood something: "I'm going to the bathroom."

After coming back, Rhodes stared at Mira with a look of resentment.

When he looked in the mirror, he could tell at a glance that it was Mira's handiwork. Although Erza's painting skills were as abstract as hers, there were differences between abstract schools.

Luo believed that his eyesight was not wrong.

What about trust between people?

Mira put her hands together and shook them gently, tilting her head slightly to apologize: "I'm sorry, because Erza's suggestion is so interesting, and Rhodes's sleeping appearance is also very cute."

When apologizing, I should... cough, but she praised me for being cute...

Rhodes tried his best to keep his face straight and not to laugh:

"Actually, there is a custom in our hometown. When a girl apologizes, she has to make a hairstyle that is not easy to see normally. It is best to use the kind of hair tie from the past few days."

Mira knew without thinking that Rhodes was talking nonsense. She went under the counter and took out something, pretending to be distressed and said: "But I originally wanted to take the opportunity to give you a gift, what should I do?"

"Thank you! Oh, it doesn't matter!" Rhodes felt that hesitating for a second would be an apology to himself, so he immediately took the things.

It was a blue and white scarf. Touching the wool on it, it looked like it was hand-knitted.

He looked at Mira as if confirming.

Mira said: "I'm not very good at these, so I didn't knit well in some places."

"I think everything is fine!" Rhodes hung the scarf around his neck and was about to start but stopped, "Actually..."

Mira responded quickly: "You don't want to say that in your hometown, girls have to help tie scarves when they give boys scarves, right?"

"How could it be..." Rhode refused to admit that he had been exposed, and made up another even more ridiculous reason, "Actually, I have never worn a scarf, so I don't know how to tie it at all."

Mira's face was filled with disbelief as she stared into Rhodes' eyes.

Rhodes gradually felt guilty and looked up at the ceiling.

When he almost couldn't bear it any longer, Mira said with a little smile: "Okay, with your head raised so high, I can't help you."

Rhodes looked at her in surprise, confirmed it and sat down.

Mira came over, took off the scarf, folded it in half and hung it up again, passing the end of the scarf through the fold: "That's good."

She took two steps back, looked at it, and then came back: "But the clothes you are wearing now feel suitable for another kind of..."

Rhodes sat there quietly waiting for Mira to adjust her scarf. He actually wanted to hug her.

He controlled his thoughts, waited a little longer, and tried harder.

"Okay." Mira looked at Rhodes again and said with a smile, "Although it seems a bit self-proclaimed to say this, it suits you very well."

"Yeah." Rhodes reached out and stroked the scarf, nodding lightly, "It's very warm."

Warmth in every sense of the word.

"Okay, it's almost time to start working."

"Let me help you."

"Go and help Erza." Mira pushed Rhodes' back and drove him away, "Come back later."

"Oh..." Rhodes didn't understand this time and could only listen to her arrangements.

Is painting faces for everyone more important than helping her work?

Mira returned to the counter and gently touched her cheek while bending down to take the account book.

She also needs to calm down.

It's strange. Last time we went to the capital together and helped him arrange his clothes and tie, I didn't feel anything wrong.

This time...it's so strange.

——

Due to Erza's chaos, everyone was in commotion again after waking up.

——There is nothing to mention that the root cause is Rhodes and the accomplice is Mira.

Anyway, the initiator of this graffiti operation was Erza.

After the riots came the 'post-war reconstruction', and Erza was once again promoted to contractor.

If he didn't know Erza to a certain extent, Rhodes would even suspect that she did it on purpose.

Today is January 1st, the first day of year X784.

Many people want to take more rest, and some people are short of money and go out to work after eating.

Rhodes is the type who wants to rest for a few more days.

Then this afternoon, a postman delivered a piece of mail to the guild and handed it to him who happened to be at the door.

"Fairy Tail, collected by Mirajane Strauss"

Rhodes handed it over to Mira.

"It should be a magazine. Please open it for me." Mira lowered her head and wrote something in the register.

"Okay." Rhodes nodded. Who doesn't like to open express delivery? "Is Soshala Weekly so thick?"

Mira thought for a while: "Today is New Year's Day, and it happens to be Wednesday. In addition to the regular weekly, there should be a supplement."

Rhodes opened the package and found two magazines inside, one regular weekly and one New Year's special issue.

It's a bit strange. Normally, shouldn't they be put together to make a thicker version?

He flipped through the magazine and an envelope fell out: "There is a letter."

Mira stopped writing, picked up the envelope and looked at it: "It was written to me by the editor, probably because he wanted to invite me to write a manuscript, right?"

It seems that she hasn't taken photos for a while, mainly because after winning the prize money from the Harvest Festival beauty pageant, her family is not short of money.

Mira unfolded the letter and looked at it for a while, then said:

"HEART KREUZ is cooperating with Weekly Soshala. They want me to be a model for new clothes and then put them on the cover of the next issue of the magazine."

"Heart-shaped cross...is that well-known clothing brand, right?" Rhodes had heard of the name, "Why not advertise in the New Year's special issue?"

"Maybe it's because there are other contracts that haven't ended yet." Mira said, "The pay is very good, and it's worthy of being a big brand."

Rhodes asked: "Do you want to go?"

"Hmm..." Mira thought for a moment, "That's fine, what do you think?"

"Me?" Rhodes didn't expect that she would ask his opinion. He hesitated for a while, and then he smiled and said, "The opportunity to cooperate with such a big brand is rare, isn't it? As long as you like it, I support you."
Chapter completed!