Chapter 115 I Have Hundreds of Millions of Plans

Due to his obsession with studying, Rhodes missed the important event in the guild where the winners list of the 'Miss Fairy Tail Selection' was posted.

Fortunately, he already knew the result in advance.

The first place is undoubtedly Mira, who took away a prize of 500,000 J.

The second place is Erza. Although she has a whole job, some people like excitement.

The third place unexpectedly turned out to be Kana. It seems that many viewers can't forget this intoxicating beauty who failed to show her magic.

But these rankings are not that important. Anyway, there are no bonuses except for the first place.

I can only provide you with a topic for chatting.

When Rod left the library, everyone had already gone home, and Mira and Elfman were about to close the door.

Worm stuck out his big tongue and followed them. When he saw Rhodes, he ran over.

It seems that he still remembers who his master is.

Elfman asked: "So you are still here. Didn't sister say you have a mission?"

Rhodes said: "After checking some information, we will set off tomorrow morning."

"Mission..." Mira thought for a while and just said, "Be careful."

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem if we just investigate." Rhodes slapped his chest loudly.

Mira knew that it was the voice of the magic book and couldn't help laughing. This person was really reassuring.

The three of them walked together for a while and separated at a fork in the road. Elfman said:

"Sister, even Rod has gone to work, so I should probably find a suitable task tomorrow."

"Why do you say 'even Rod'?" Mira was a little worried about Rod's image in everyone's eyes, "I just received my salary and bonus, so I don't have to worry about my family's expenses."

"That's why we have to go out to work more. How can a man rely only on his sister!"

"Yes, yes." Mira looked back and thought about whether to let Elfman and Rhodes team up next time.

This way, you don’t have to worry about Elfman being in danger or getting into trouble. By the way...

No by the way.

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Early the next morning, the sun was not very warm, and the breeze seemed a bit cool.

Since he was traveling far away, Rhodes not only carried a bag but also a suitcase.

He is thinking about learning the magic of dressing up when he has time, so that he can have an extra storage space and make it convenient to go out.

When he arrived at the station, Gray was waiting for him at the door with only a messenger bag on his back.

Rhodes made a special observation and saw that the boy was well dressed in trousers, a top, and a coat.

"Hey!" Gray simply raised his hand as a greeting.

"Morning." Rhodes felt that he just raised his hand and Gray's windbreaker was already on the ground.

He wondered: "How did you manage to take off your windbreaker and throw it on the ground without moving your crossbody bag?"

"Ah? What nonsense are you talking about... Huh?!" Gray picked up the windbreaker in a hurry, "Ahem, let's buy tickets first."

Rhodes said: "Wait a moment for Wendy and Xia Lulu, right?"

"Mr. Rhodes!"

Wendy was carrying a backpack with a little bunny decoration on it, and ran towards Rhodes while waving.

Then, boom!

Rhodes' shoulders shrank. Does this kid have the attribute that he will fall to the ground when he appears?

He stepped forward and gave him a hand: "Are you okay?"

Wendy patted the dust on her body and said politely: "It's okay, thank you Mr. Rhodes."

"I told you not to be rash." Xia Lulu clasped her hands and followed up calmly.

"It turns out that Mr. Makarov was talking about you. Why didn't you make it clear earlier? What kind of weirdo made me worry."

"There is also a weirdo." Rhodes introduced, "This is Gray, the Ice Demon who teamed up with me..."

"Hey!" Wendy covered her eyes and her face turned red.

Xia Lulu said frantically: "Hey, why did you bring a pervert here!"

"..." Rhodes turned around and saw that Gray was only wearing his big underpants, and everyone who wanted to enter the station was walking around them.

The first meeting of the temporary team didn't seem very pleasant.

After a little hiccup, the four of them bought three tickets and got on the bus and sat opposite each other.

Although the three of them all regarded Xia Lulu as a human being, the conductor obviously did not.

Rhode's envious eyes made Xia Lulu feel uncomfortable.

There was a slight blush on the little white cat's face: "Don't look at me like that, I didn't mean to evade the fare!"

"I didn't say anything. Your weight included in Wendy's ticket is enough for them to recover the cost." Rhodes said, "There is no children's ticket at Black Heart Station."

Wendy smiled a little reluctantly and said weakly: "Well, Mr. Rhodes, if you can, I don't want to be treated like a child at all."

"Ah, I'm sorry, Wendy is a magician in her own right, not a child."

Xia Lulu complained: "If you really think so, don't say it in a coaxing tone."

"..." There was no way, it was also the first time for Rhodes to meet such a cute and well-behaved child like Wendy, so he acted like that unconsciously.

Gray suddenly asked: "Speaking of which, what race are Xia Lulu and Habi?"

"Hmph! Just think of it as a talking cat, pervert."

"Xia Lulu, that's so rude." Wendy cast an apologetic look at Gray.

Rhodes waved his hand: "It's okay, she was right."

"Hey!" Gray stared at him.

Rhodes said: "Please restrain yourself a little, really, at least don't take off your clothes in public."

Gray crossed his arms and tilted his head without speaking. He didn't mean to do so.

"If you're bored, take a look at this." Rhodes flipped through his backpack and handed Gray the commission and a few papers.

"Ah? Didn't the task content already appear yesterday... What is this?"

Gray took the task sheet away, and on the first paper below was a brief outline of the southern mountains.

The map marked the target area to be searched on the first day after arrival, the scheduled resting place and search area on the second day, and the third day...

Turning to the second paper, it was written which poisonous insects and beasts on the mountain needed to be avoided, and which food was easy to obtain.

There was only a brief sentence about the water source, and it was marked that Gray's ice could be melted, or it could be topped up with text magic.

Next was how to track the target after it was discovered, and where the terrain might be convenient for concealment, and it was marked that stone beetles could be used to pretend to be stones to create shelters.

Then there was the plan for tracking and being discovered, divided into escape and battle, and listed several plans for ABC.

Finally, it was written 'Investigation target: the Zatt brothers have too little intelligence, the situation of the helpers is unclear, and you must be cautious in battle'.

Gray was stunned: "I say, did you do the same thing last time you teamed up with Natsu?"

Rod shook his head: "No, I didn't make a plan last time because I was inexperienced and felt that Natsu wouldn't read it, so I just thought about it temporarily and then dictated it."

Gray didn't know what to say. He seemed to know why Natsu didn't cause any trouble in the subjugation mission.

Gray, a senior wizard who has joined the guild for more than eight years, fell into deep thought. Is this the process of wizard work?

Useless trivia:

In Fairy Tail, taking a mission is generally referred to as "going to work".

I often mix the words work, commission, and mission here. I wonder if anyone minds.