Chapter 358: Accidentally Helping the President Make a Decision

A hundred years sounds easy.

In fact, both of them were hungry and had to find a place to eat immediately.

Rhode found that Mira's hair quality had deteriorated, as if it was caused by the battle.

The burnt hair on the ends of her hair had been cut off by her, and it looked less natural than before.

Joseph was not beaten lightly.

Later, Lucy's spirits had to help with care and trimming.

After the two finished eating, they ordered paint. On the way back, they apologized to several stores that were damaged by Rhode and paid compensation.

Those merchants were quite considerate of Fairy Tail's situation and said that it was okay to pay later. They also enthusiastically asked about the situation of the injured and whether the guild needed help in rebuilding.

Fairy Tail's credit was still quite high in the city.

The two thanked them for their kindness and left the compensation.

Although Rhode had enough money and could be reimbursed in a few days, Mira insisted on paying half.

It seemed to be of great significance.

When the two returned to the guild, the temporary construction site was already in good shape. Everyone was doing their job and no one was idle.

The most conspicuous one was naturally Makarov. The 88-year-old man devoted himself to the construction site with great enthusiasm.

He used magic to transform into a giant and was very efficient in cleaning up the ruins.

Often, he only needed to bend down and scoop up the sand with his hands to take away the sand that others had to push many times with a wheelbarrow.

Erza also worked very hard. She seemed to have naturally taken on the position of foreman. She changed into a worker's uniform and wore a safety helmet. While working, she was also directing others.

Cana seemed to have been pent up these days. When she was just released, she drank a lot of wine and barely sobered up at noon, but she was not inferior to boys when she worked seriously.

Jet and Troy together, plus Marcus, the workload of the three people combined could not be done by her alone.

This made the three of them feel a little frustrated, so Jet had to use his magic of divine feet when pushing the cart.

Needless to say, Elfman kept shouting "manly" and competing with Nazgre and others for work.

Loki had worked for half a day in the morning and persisted for more than two hours in the afternoon. When he saw Mira and Rod coming back, he went to say hello to Erza and said he wanted to go back.

Gray was carrying a piece of wood on his shoulder and said casually: "You, don't want to be lazy and go out on a date?"

As he spoke, he turned his head suddenly and saw nothing.

Gray always felt that someone was secretly watching him recently.

If it were normal, Loki would ask Gray what he was looking at, but now he really couldn't care: "I won't be lazy at this time, I just feel a little uncomfortable."

"Is your injury not healed yet?" Erza guessed, "In that case, take a good rest, we are here."

Seeing that Loki's face was indeed not very good, Gray said with concern: "Go and see Granny Polyusica."

Loki smiled and said he would go, and then left in a hurry.

Lucy stared at Loki's back for a long time.

Mira had just returned a few seconds before she noticed Lucy's expression: "Could it be that Lucy was also killed by Loki?"

"There was a leg (tickling tongue)!" At times like this, there is always a harpy.

"No!" Lucy retorted loudly, and then said with some worry,

"I just feel that Loki is a little bit wrong. Didn't Miss Mira and Mr. Rhodes notice it? I often have this feeling these days... I don't know how to describe it."

The more she talked, the more she seemed to like him.

But Lucy obviously didn't mean that.

"Is there something on his mind?" Rhodes didn't have any special feelings, so he could only analyze it from a rational perspective,

"Maybe he felt that he had failed to protect the guild, or maybe he was under investigation for a week, and his girlfriends were upset with him..."

He also felt that Loki's physical condition was not very good, but his Crown of Ashes had been killed many times these days, and he didn't see any improvement.

Rhode thought for a moment and said, "Let's observe him for a few days. If the situation is still not right, we will tie him up and take him to see Granny Polyusica."

Mira volunteered, "I'll do it."

"No, no, no..." Lucy waved her hands vigorously, "If Miss Mira does it, he won't be able to see Granny Polyusica."

"Sister Mira, someone has delivered some of the wood. It's piled over there." Laqi pointed to several piles of wood on the edge, "Then this is what I built, and that is what I just dismantled and can still use."

"Thank you for your hard work. I'll check it out right away." Mira took the list from Rhode.

Rhode looked at Laqi's sweaty face and asked kindly, "Do you want me to help you recover your magic power?"

Laki crossed her hands in front of her chest to refuse, "No, do you want to squeeze out my surplus value? I want to rest with a clear conscience..."

"That's not how you use surplus value. It's a bit weird to use it with a clear conscience." Rhode corrected her. Unconsciously, he could actually correct other people's words.

Laqi said: "Instead of thinking about these things, why not help everyone solve their worries, Mr. Military Advisor."

"Worries? What happened?"

"Rent." Laqi raised a finger, "It's the end of the month, and many people still haven't found the rent for next month."

"Although everyone is very motivated to help rebuild the guild, if this continues, we will be homeless next month and unable to fill our stomachs."

Rhode nodded: "It is indeed a practical problem."

Because the review has been going on for a week, today is already July 29th. If the Senate had not been in charge of food, some people would have gone hungry.

Lucy suddenly covered her head: "Oops! My rent! I completely forgot about it!"

She counted on her fingers and found that it had been almost a month since she joined the guild.

She received several difficult tasks, but she only earned two golden keys... Although golden keys are very precious, they cannot be exchanged for money.

After careful calculation, she didn't earn a penny of decent remuneration from the several missions that almost cost her life, and she was even subsidized for travel expenses.

The only thing that made money was the almost tailor-made task that Rhodes introduced to them. She didn't get the full amount, she only got 50,000 J.

After deducting daily expenses...

Lucy almost cried: "Mr. Rhodes, help!"

The daughter of Fiore's top chaebol family is actually worried about the rent of a mere 70,000 J.

Lucky smiled kindly. This was the Lucy everyone wanted to protect. She was a companion, not the eldest daughter of the Heartfilia family.

"Let me think about it..." Rhodes thought about it for a moment, "I can discuss with the president and let the guild pay everyone according to the workers' normal salary. However, the guild is in a bit of financial difficulty right now and we have to wait for the review of the council. It can only be realized once the funds are approved.”

"That time is too long. I heard that the process of the Senate is very troublesome."

"Then we can only let those who are short of money take over the task first." Rhode pointed to an area in the middle of the construction site.

"Let's clear out the place first, and then set up a temporary counter. Lucky, take the time to make a simple bulletin board and let everyone go out to work in shifts.

There should be unknowing clients sending power of attorney these days. I will sort out the information and post the urgent tasks first, and then..."

Rhodes tapped his forehead: "I'm going to ask the president for his opinion."

Lucy complained softly: "Actually, I think it's okay not to say it."

At the end of writing, I thought of Lin Wanyu. She seemed to have been worried about the rent. It was a reserved item for the eldest lady to run away from home.