Randomly assigned tasks in regular meetings generally come from two sources:

One is from the Senate. In order to make up for their lack of manpower or lack of ability, they have to ask some guilds to assist.

Rhodes has already experienced this kind of task. It is generally troublesome and the reward is average, but the advantage is that it can gain the favorability of the Senate.

It is of some use to Fairy Tail, and at least it can give Mr. Ajima more confidence when speaking for Fairy Tail in the council.

The other type comes from some small guilds.

Small guilds occasionally receive commissions beyond their own capabilities.

Some of them will directly refuse, suggest or help the client contact the big guild. Some will decide to hand it over to the big guild after trying it and determining that it can't be done.

Regular meetings are a good place to hand over delegation.

Those who can go up to draw lots are naturally the guild leaders who are recognized by everyone and have the ability to handle these matters.

The Cyan Pegasus and the Four-Headed Hounds are among such large guilds. As one of the strongest guilds in Fiore, Fairy Tail naturally has to bear such responsibilities.

Makarov jumped off the chair, took a few steps forward, and immediately turned back: "Rhode, you go for me."

"May I?"

"Go ahead, I'm so unlucky."

Makarov was helpless. Even though it was a task of similar difficulty, he would always get the lowest reward.

Then once I returned to the guild, the children complained that they never got a good draw.

Today, Makarov is going to confirm it and find out whether it is him who is unlucky or whether those guys are targeting Fairy Tail.

Logically speaking, it wouldn't happen, but Goldman suddenly thought of punishing him.

Rhodes had no choice but to go up and draw lots. The ordinary tubes and bamboo sticks looked like handmade products, and there was no trace of magic.

He didn't intend to cheat, he just smoked one when it was his turn.

"Shang Shang"

"Rhode! You are so... so reliable!" Makarov was so excited that he finally saw what the sign looked like!

Rhodes wondered: "No, I thought it was a metaphor for them to say that President, you drew the 'lower lot', but it turns out that the lot actually says up, up, and down, right?"

"When Makarov first decided on this process, he said it would be more interesting, so he simply marked tasks with the same difficulty and different rewards in the form of up and down draws." Goldman laughed ruthlessly, "In the end, he got the draw every time.

'Xiaxia', hahaha!"

"Didn't I win the lottery?" Makarov was in a good mood and didn't want to argue with him.

But he immediately felt aggrieved again, why could Rhodes get a good draw as soon as he came up? Is my luck really that bad?

With the lottery process completed, this regular meeting ended successfully.

A banquet was held as usual in the evening. Makarov went to drink and chat with his old friends, and asked Rhodes to find people he liked to say hello and make some friends.

Rhodes always felt that the president wanted to send him away so that no one would care about his drinking.

But since the president said it, Rhodes had no choice but to walk around in the banquet hall.

After hanging out in the conference hall for three days, there are still a few familiar faces, so it doesn't hurt to get to know them.

One of the presidents brought over a beautiful mage. She said that Mira was the senior she admired, and she wanted Thorode's help in getting an autograph.

Rhodes thought about it carefully, and he seemed to have seen her in a certain issue of Mage Weekly, but he was not very impressed.

Rod didn't remember Mira having this habit of signing autographs or something, so he just went back to ask for help in a perfunctory way.

Anyway, Rhodes doesn't really want to come to the next regular meeting.

I always feel that the president has pushed a lot of troubles to him. From now on, I will take on a task and go out to spend time outside when the time for the regular meeting is approaching.

That night, Rhodes inevitably took care of the drunk old man again. It was not until the next morning that the presidents left.

Rhodes naturally left by train with Makarov.

As soon as he got out of the sight of the other guild presidents, Makarov showed off his costume-changing magic for Rhodes.

The formal holy coat suddenly turned into a comfortable ordinary winter coat.

With the enviable speed and accuracy of changing clothes, Rhodes said: "President, I want to learn this."

Although the president may not be as good as Erza in terms of dressing up magic, the things he explained were more suitable for Rhodes.

It can only be said that if you use it well, it may not necessarily teach you well.

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"Welcome back, President, Rhodes. It's been a hard day out."

Mira welcomed the two back with a smile on her face.

If you ignore the shabby tavern and the group of people throwing themselves to the ground, this scene can be a little more heartwarming.

Makarov sighed: "You are the one. It's hard work staying behind. Isn't Erza here?"

Seeing that the president had something to say, Rhode didn't rush to interrupt, so he stood behind the president and winked at Mira.

Mira looked at him with a smile and did not respond, but answered the president's question:

"Erza went to the heart-shaped cross again. She said she wanted to adjust the design of a few sets of armor. She will probably come back later."

"In the past few days... forget it, wait until Erza comes back and bring her and Rhodes to me." Makarov originally wanted to ask if anyone has caused trouble in the past few days, but yesterday's apology was enough.

Sorry, I don’t really want to ask today.

Although it will happen sooner or later, it can be postponed for one day.

"No, President, why do you still have my business? I just came back."

"Because it was you who drew the lot." Makarov said matter-of-factly, "And if you and Erza go together, we will definitely win against that Goldman guy!"

"Isn't that just a quarrel and a joke after drinking too much? Why do you still take it seriously?"

"..." Makarov didn't want Rhodes to mention that he drank too much in front of Mira, "I only drank a little bit of wine, how could I be drunk?

That was a decision made with full sobriety. I must show him how good the magicians in our guild are! Our Fairy Tail is the best guild!"

Mira smiled: "President? Didn't you agree to control your drinking? What happened if you drank too much? What happened in the competition?"

Makarov was sweating on his forehead and hurried up to the second floor: "Ask Rhodes. We'll tell you the details when Erza comes!"

Rhodes had no choice but to leave the trouble to... He glanced at Mira, oh, this doesn't seem to be a trouble.

Mira wondered: "What happened?"

"Two old kids are fighting each other, insisting on comparing whose kid is better..." Rhodes told Mira the cause of the matter, and also talked about what happened in the past few days, and complained about the president's unreliable behavior.

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When Mira heard that the president was talking in her sleep during the meeting, asking Rhodes to smooth things over, she smiled with crooked eyes.

"Oh, by the way." Rhodes looked at her, "I'm back."

"Welcome back..." Mira responded subconsciously, and then asked, "Didn't you say it once?"

Rhodes smiled and said nothing, and silently found the snacks brought specially for her from the bag.

Mira thought for a while and suddenly hit his arm lightly.
Chapter completed!