Chapter 27 Invitation and Rejection
Chapter 27 Invitation and Rejection
Erza seemed to have something to do and left the tavern directly.
Then… Natsu was resurrected with full health: “Let’s fight it out, Rody!”
”It’s Rod.” Rod corrected, and then added, “You saw it just now, I’m very weak, I was knocked down by one punch.”
The blue kitten rushed to say: “It doesn’t matter, Natsu challenged Erza before and was defeated by one punch.”
”You talk too much, Happy! I’m different from before, now I can definitely…”
Happy covered his mouth and muttered softly: “I can definitely hold on for a few more punches.”
”What did you say!?” Natsu stared, as if he wanted to fight with Happy first.
Happy flew behind Mira and stuck his head out: “Love!”
Mira didn’t say anything either, and wiped the wine glass that had just been washed with a dry cloth.
“Anyway, come and fight me. Your crab looks pretty strong!”
”Well…” Rhode thought for a while, “Tomorrow, I need to rest.”
The main reason is that he doesn’t want to be beaten for the second or third time today. He is still in pain.
”Then it’s settled!” Natsu left in a hurry.
But Harpy didn’t leave in a hurry. He stood on the counter and asked Rhode: “Are you a wizard who uses summoning magic?”
Rhode nodded: “Yes.”
Harpy’s mouth began to drool: “Then can you summon fish?”
Rhode silently counted the types of wild monsters: “Probably not, at most it’s a toad.”
”Lost…” Harpy squatted in the corner, and the whole cat was shrouded in shadow.
”…Is fish so important?” Rhode didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Besides, even if he could summon fish, it would be for combat, not for him to eat.
The harpy raised his fist: “Fish is the supreme delicacy!”
”Yes, yes.” Rhode didn’t want to argue with the cat whether fish was delicious or not.
Worm actually liked the harpy, which was similar in size to him, and he went over to rub against him, and the two cute creatures soon played together.
…
In the evening, Lebi came to the guild, and chose a task on the bulletin board with Jet and Troy, and then came to Rhode to learn Chinese characters.
”Today I will teach you two slightly more complicated Chinese characters, the word for fist and the word for pain.”
Rod borrowed Lebi’s light pen and wrote the two characters stroke by stroke, not forgetting to explain the meaning of the two characters.
“Why do you suddenly want to teach me these two words?”
”…I was inspired.”
”Oh, by the way, I heard that you had a duel with Erza today.”
Levy showed a look of ‘you are so brave’, and the corners of her mouth could not help but curl up, but she tried to press it down, feeling very hard.
”It’s hard to explain… laugh if you want to.”
”Haha… no, I’m not laughing at you… haha, well, I’m just happy to learn a new word.”
Because there was no malice in her laughter, Rhode couldn’t get angry. He sighed: “By the way, this is Feng Yong’s glasses for you.”
Lebi shook her head: “I’ll lend it to you first. I have a spare one in my hand, and I have to go out to work tomorrow, so I probably won’t need it.”
”You’ve only been back for two or three days? So diligent?”
”Because the remuneration for the last job was not high, and I also played in the target city for a few days…”
In fact, the strength of Leibi’s team is very average in the guild, so the tasks they take on are often not difficult.
Correspondingly, the remuneration will not be too high.
Then the remuneration for a task has to be shared by three people, so naturally they have to be a little more diligent than other partners. But even so, it was enough to make Rhode envious: “I don’t know how long it will take to get some higher-paying missions.”
Lebi suggested: “If you want to take the mission, how about joining our lane engine team? The reward this time is very good.”
Rhode was a little tempted, but immediately shook his head: “No, my strength can only be a drag even if I join you.”
”It doesn’t matter. This time we will go to the mountains with the expedition team to solve puzzles and search for treasures. It relies more on brains than force.”
Lebi closed one eye, raised two fingers, and tempted, “The reward is 200,000 J.”
Rhode swallowed his saliva, not because Lebi’s action was too cute, but because the reward was too tempting.
If 200,000 J is divided equally among four people, it will be 50,000 J, which is half a month’s salary for him.But we have to go into the mountains…
”Forget it, thank you. I don’t think I’m ready yet.”
”Is that so?” Levi tilted her head and didn’t ask the reason. “What a pity.”
Rod smiled bitterly. The shadow of being attacked by a wild beast when he just crossed over, plus Erza’s punch today…
Before he has a certain strength, he will never dare to step out of the town of Magnolia.
Makarov, who closed his eyes and rested, glanced at Rod. This child is also a “problem” child. —— Rod didn’t go home directly after get off work, but jogged along the main road in front of the guild gate, and gradually accelerated after a simple warm-up.
’Exercise your body, otherwise you will suffer. ‘The president’s words are still ringing in his ears. Rod thinks that just doing push-ups before going to bed is too perfunctory, and adding a running project is also good.
A large box of medicines and medical supplies sent by Erza was transported back home by Rod’s Swift Crab.
The box might have been custom-made by Erza, with the Fairy Tail logo painted on it. I think no one would touch it even if it was placed at the door.
Rhode ran through the residential area near the guild, and jumped down the stone steps that were nearly two meters high two by two steps, and arrived at another residential area.
Running further along the road, he arrived at the bank of a canal that passed through Magnolia City.
From a distance, he could see the tallest building on the opposite bank – the Cathedral of Cardia.
The streets around the church belong to the city center, which means that the guild is actually built at the edge of the city.
Rhode’s relatively cheap rent may also be due to this reason, which is a little further away from the city center.
After reaching the river, Rhode did not go to the city center, but continued to run along the canal until his heartbeat accelerated, he was panting, and sweat began to flow down his cheeks.
He was not sure how far he had run, but he silently counted the number of steps to more than 3,000 steps.
Rhodes was surprised to find that his physique might be better than before he crossed over. He used to be in this state after running three laps around the playground, but now he was obviously a little stronger.
In the past, this feeling of almost bursting lungs would definitely drive him to stop, but now, Rhodes knew that it was just the beginning.
Real exercise is not only for the body, but also for the will. Every time he felt that he couldn’t hold on, as long as he held on for a while, even running an extra 100 meters would be progress.
Of course, a guy like him with weak physical fitness might be laughed at for talking about willpower – this distance, people have just warmed up, and you are exercising your willpower?
There is no way, the physique is here, and now Rhodes can hardly move his legs, and he even has to rely on the twisting power of his waist and hips to drive his legs and feet.
Worm, the disloyal guy, originally moved his short legs to run a few steps, but soon thought of Rhodes’ shoulders as a weight for him.
Rhodes decisively chose to send it back.
He felt that it was not time for him to start carrying weights.
Today’s weather was not sunny, so that only a vague light spot could be seen when the sun set.
”Come on, young man!” Someone in the canal was sailing upstream, and when he saw Rhodes sweating profusely, he cheered him up.
Rhodes tried to raise his sore arm as a response and continued his “will practice”.
The residents here are quite friendly.
(End of this chapter)
