Fairy Tail: I want to summon Baron Nash

It was early July when he joined the guild, and now it is the end of December. From summer to winter, Rhodes has lived here for half a year.

At that time, he was alone and had no relatives.

Now there are many friends in the guild who can talk to each other, good buddies who play and fight with each other, and comrades who have fought side by side...

And there is someone he likes.

In life, he bought some convenient magic "electrical appliances" at home, and gradually began to pursue a more comfortable living environment.

In career, he is working hard to improve his strength, read as much as possible to increase his knowledge, and increase the frequency of accepting tasks little by little to increase his experience.

In terms of feelings... the person he likes is around him almost every day, and the two of them often have some special tacit understanding. Sometimes going out for a cup of coffee together can make them happy all day.

Although there are still some difficulties, Rhodes also likes the process of working hard for it.

Maybe because Mira mentioned that the New Year is coming soon, Rhodes silently made a year-end summary for himself.

In general, his life is very fulfilling and happy now. And because of clear goals, he is also full of energy when doing things.

Mira leaned forward a little and turned her head to look at him: "Why are you suddenly smiling so happily?"

"It's the New Year." Rod saw that she coincidentally wore the same couple's coat as him today, and smiled even more happily, "Will everyone get together for the New Year?"

Mira thought for a moment and replied: "Well, because many people will celebrate at home, it won't be as lively as the Harvest Festival."

Rod looked around: "Looking at the atmosphere on the street, it seems that the New Year is not as important as the Harvest Festival."

Mira said: "Because the harvest is the most important thing of the year, and because the magic parade attracts a large number of tourists, the atmosphere is of course more lively."

Understood, Rod nodded, the Harvest Festival has become a well-known tourist project to some extent, while the New Year is still an ordinary festival.

Although both are festivals worth celebrating, there are naturally differences in the degree of liveliness and importance.

However, the city of Magnolia does not have to worry about not being lively enough, because...

"Fire Dragon's 'Snow Fist'!"

"Natsu! You'll be scolded if you break other people's snowmen!"

"Don't worry about such trivial matters, Happy!" Natsu rolled a snowball, "Watch this!"

"It's too despicable to start a war suddenly!" Happy flew to the roof, swept his wings and 'threw' the snow out, "Snow Mist Attack!"

Natsu raised his fist and said angrily: "Happy! Snowball fights without snowballs are cheating!"

"What about hiding stones in snowballs?"

"That's even more shameful than cheating!"

The two quarreled and threw snowballs at each other while walking towards the guild.

"They...are quarreling so early in the morning." Rhode suddenly grabbed Mira's arm and pulled her towards him.

A snowball flew over where Mira had just stood and landed on the ground behind.

Mira was caught off guard and her shoulder hit Rhode's chest.

She stood up quickly and tidied her hair around her ears: "It's just a snowball, don't be so nervous?"

"I'm used to it." Rod added, "and there might be stones hidden in their snowballs."

Mira glanced at him and turned to greet the two troublemakers: "Natsu, Happy!"

"Love!"

"Oh~Mira and Rod!" Natsu raised the snowball and asked excitedly, "Do you want to join?"

"It's fun." Mira refused, "But we still have things to do."

Rod said: "You two be careful, don't smash other people's windows."

Although it's not so easy to break glass with snowballs, it's not surprising that Natsu... collapsed someone's house during a snowball fight.

Rod is a kind person, he doesn't want the president to write a self-criticism at the New Year.

Natsu showed a disgusted expression: "Loud, you are about to become Erza."

"Love! Rod is becoming more nagging."

"If Erza were here, she would definitely change into a snowman costume and bury you two with snowballs." Rod's words were met with two grimaces.

Mira was only busy laughing. If she knew telepathy magic, she might call Erza to come and play snowballs with Natsu.

After watching the two troublemakers and childish ghosts leave, Rod and Mira officially started shopping.

Not to mention food and wine, holiday decorations must also be bought, and a batch of broken tableware must be replenished recently.

Rod asked why not all wooden tableware was replaced, and all broken ones were repaired by Laqi to reduce expenses.

Laqi pushed her glasses at the time and said she wanted to hang him up, so Rod gave up.

Porcelain plates and bowls are quite comfortable to use. It is not good to change to wood. It is definitely not because I am afraid of any torture instruments.

According to convention, merchants were responsible for the delivery of large and heavy items. Rhode only carried some light ribbons and the like, which made him look like he was out shopping.

After buying the necessary things, the rest was to abuse power for personal gain... No, it was not a public travel... No, it should be called paid shopping.

In fact, the traffic conditions in the city were complicated during the festival, and the two suddenly couldn't find a shortcut to the guild, so they had to take a few more detours.

After going around in circles, they happened to pass by Rhode's residence when they were about to return to the guild. Goodman was watching the store here as usual.

"Hey, isn't this Rhode, and... Miss Mirajane?" Goodman was obviously a little surprised.

He looked at the clothes on Rhode and Mira carefully and gave Rhode an ambiguous look, "Are you... out shopping?"

"Hello, Mr. Goodman." Mira greeted politely. She had met Goodman several times in the tavern and knew that he was Rhode's landlord.

"Brother Goodman, there are some things to buy in the guild. It seems that you are opening later and later recently." Rhode had to admit that he was quite happy to be misunderstood - mainly not completely a misunderstanding.

Goodman said: "Because the weather is getting colder, there is not much business even if you come early."

Rhode nodded: "That's right, oh, by the way, I have a heater, can I take it down and lend it to you?"

"Thank you, but I have prepared it here, don't worry." Goodman pointed to the things on his stall and winked at Rhode, "I brought new products here today, do you want to see them? They are very suitable as small gifts for girls."

Goodman was talking about some hair accessories and bracelets, which were redesigned by his wife based on some techniques in the cloth and woven products that Rhode gave them last time.

It has some characteristics of ancient weavings, but it won't look too abrupt when paired with modern clothes.

Rhodes was easily persuaded. He saw several nice hair ties that were very suitable for Mira.

Seeing Mira looking at these things with great interest, Rhodes didn't hesitate and took the ones he liked:

"This red one feels very suitable for the dress you usually like. This black one is thicker and feels very suitable for ponytails. This one with star decoration is thinner and must look good when braiding hair."

Rhodes said a lot.

Mira let down her bangs, picked up the black hair tie and tied a high ponytail: "Like this?"

She looked in the mirror: "It feels very similar to my previous hairstyle."

"It's fine as long as it looks good." Rhodes nodded, and compared with the past, there was a big bow missing.

Mira changed to a red one, gathered her hair to one side and tied it up in front of her shoulders, brushed her bangs to the sides, and asked, "How about this?"

This dangerous hairstyle...

"This looks...very (virtuous), very beautiful!" Rod's heartbeat accelerated, this hairstyle was great, and the urge to confess came up.

He said virtuous in a low voice, but Mira heard it clearly, and her face flushed slightly.

She spread her hair again, and finally picked up the thin hair tie with small decorations recommended by Rod: "It's a bit troublesome to braid your hair...I'll buy it when I have time."

"Hmm..." Rod nodded quickly, and bought all three hair ties before she changed her mind.

Brother Goodman made a lot of money, but Rod also felt that he didn't lose out.