Fairy Tail: I want to summon Baron Nash

Fairy Tail's secret beef curry rice, you can smell the aroma of curry from a long distance.

When the plate was placed on the table, there was an immediate fragrance of rice in the nose. The rice must be high-quality rice.

Rhodes picked up the spoon. On the left was the brown-red curry soup, evenly cut beef cubes, potato cubes and carrot cubes.

On the right was the rice that looked even whiter against the soup. The color and fragrance on both sides were so tempting that Rhodes didn't know where to start.

This happy entanglement did not last for a few seconds. Rhodes chose to start from the middle under the urging of his stomach.

The curry and rice entered the mouth at the same time, salty, fresh, fragrant, and with a little spicy taste filling the mouth, making his tongue and teeth work involuntarily.

Rhodes was not very good at eating spicy food. Just a little spicy made his forehead sweat.

But when the spiciness passed, he could taste the sweetness of the rice and the freshness of the beef.

Rod was immersed in this delicious curry rice, unable to extricate himself.

"Rod seems to be very devoted every time he eats, even my appetite has improved." Mirajane's voice sounded, "Does Rod like food very much?"

"Of course I like delicious food. I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now I seem to enjoy the process of tasting food more and more."

Rod thought for a while and added, "Maybe I was afraid of hunger a few days ago, or maybe I almost died, so I began to cherish things that I didn't cherish before."

Mirajane seemed to have regained her gentle and considerate look: "In this case, you have to work hard. Our menu here is very long."

"I will work hard...haha." Rod couldn't help laughing. Eat hard? Work hard for eating? Either statement seems a bit wrong.

A delicious curry rice reduced Rod's living expenses by 500J, which he said was worth it.

In addition, he asked Mirajane to make up for the food expenses of the past few days, and his wallet shrank again.

Mirajane was a little worried that Rhode wouldn't make it to the next month: "Actually, there's no need to rush to pay these back. Those meals can be considered as condolences."

"It's only natural to pay for meals. There's no way to pay for medical expenses for the time being. The guild can't afford the meal anymore...even though the money was taken from the president by trickery."

"It's a temporary loan."

"Oh, a temporary loan."

Rhode looked at the menu carefully. If it's just a meal, the cheaper ones will cost a few hundred J.

If you eat a lot but only order ordinary food, then a few thousand J is about the same.

Of course, if you're in a hurry to have a meal, you can order whatever tastes good, and there's no upper limit.

Rhodes, who wanted to enjoy the food, suddenly felt the pressure. He asked, "Is there any job in the guild that can be completed without magic?"

Mirajane pointed her index finger at her chin and thought for a while:

"If you want, you can work part-time as a waiter in the tavern. Because you have to set aside time to learn magic... The salary can only be about 120,000 J per month. Is that okay?"

Rhodes said without hesitation: "Of course, thank you!"

For a wizard, 120,000 J is not a lot. A stronger one like Natsu can earn it back in one or two days by taking a task to sweep the bandits.

Weaker ones can earn 120,000 in less than half a month by taking some life-related tasks that do not leave the city.

Only those low-level wizards who can only take small tasks of a few thousand J will worry about this little money.

Unfortunately, Rhodes is now a "quasi-magic apprentice" who is even lower than the low-level wizards.

This kind of work is already a favor for him. Mirajane even specifically mentioned that he should set aside time to learn magic.

Another benefit of being a waiter is that he gets two meals. After deducting the rent and some daily expenses, it will take about half a year to pay back the money the president lent him.

Mr. Hibiki's commission and Ms. Polyusica's medical expenses will take a little longer.

However, Rhode thinks that after a few months, he should be able to take on some wizard tasks, and the debt should be paid faster...

The road ahead is long and arduous.

——

Since he decided to be a waiter for a while, Rhode stayed to help clean up that day.

The tables and chairs should be wiped and put in order, the floor should be swept, and after confirming that no one was staying, the door should be locked and the lights should be turned off before leaving.

Rhode found a little bit of the feeling of doing duty with classmates in middle school.

After saying goodbye to each other, everyone went home. Elfman usually waited for Mirajane to join him when he was not working outside.

Rod would walk with the two for a short while, and during the chat, he learned a shocking news: "So Elfman is your younger brother? I always thought he was your older brother!"

"Oh, I'm not old enough to be happy when being praised for my youth." Mirajane stroked her cheek with her right hand. She said she wouldn't be happy, but in fact she kept smiling.

Elfman seemed very happy too: "As a man, you should be more mature!"

Rod fell into deep thought, and accidentally praised the two siblings. Am I the kind of person who is very good at talking?

I don't know myself.

Because Rod came back a little late, the landlord had locked the door and went home.

Rod took out the key and opened the door.

The house was dark inside. Rod used the moonlight from the window to find the stairs and walked upstairs carefully.

The whole house was made of wood, and the stairs were naturally the same. Fortunately, there was no creaking sound when Rod stepped on it, so it should not be too old.

After entering the house, Rhodes found matches and lit the candles on the table.

The level of technology here is not very good, there is no electric light, and many people still use candles and oil lamps.

Although there are lamps that use magic power as energy, and the prices have dropped a lot in recent years, they are still much more expensive than oil lamps and the like.

Therefore, the landlord did not prepare any magic equipment for this old house that has not been lived in for many years.

There is convenient tap water, but if you want to use hot water, you have to boil it immediately.

After washing up, Rhodes wiped his body with cold water and wondered whether he should take a bath in the guild's bathroom.

"It seems that I will need to buy some household appliances in the future - should this be called household magic props?"

"Money, money..." Rhodes, who left campus in a strange way, had to worry about making a living.

Thinking about the salary from working in the tavern and the remuneration from the wizard mission, Rhodes began to look forward to the life after learning magic.

With unlimited expectations for his future life, Rhodes fell into a deep sleep.

——

Rhodes opened his eyes, and the sunlight slanted on his face through the window. He sat up suddenly and said, "Late!"

"Fresh apples, crispy pears!"

“Macaroni is cheap!”

"Fresh horned melon, take a look!"

Noisy sales calls could be heard outside the window, and Rhodes suddenly felt a sense of dislocation.

He lay back heavily and raised his arms to cover his eyes: "It seems that you don't have to go to morning class for a long time. Is that gratifying?"

After being quiet for a while, Rhodes got up, washed up, put on the white T-shirt and black cropped pants he bought yesterday, pulled back his bangs a few times, and then went downstairs.

After a while, he ran back to the room, found the necklace on the bedside table, put it on and left.

"Good morning, Mr. Rhodes, did you sleep well?" Landlord Goodman Riel greeted warmly.

"Brother Goodman, you're here so early."

"I just arrived and it's about to open."

The window on the first floor is a single piece, a large wooden board about two meters long and one meter wide.

After opening a few buckles on the inside, you can pull it completely outward and fall down.

After unfolding the two wooden legs folded on the side, it immediately becomes a platform used as a shelf.

Rhodes found it interesting. No wonder the door was not opened in the middle, but placed on the side.

He helped Goodman set up the awning and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, think of it as a thank you gift, this is for you." Goodman threw an object the size of a keychain towards Rhodes.

Rhodes caught it and put it in the palm of his hand. He saw it was a small wooden sign measuring 2 to 3 centimeters, with indecipherable words engraved on it, and a red rope with a beautiful knot.

"What's this?"

"Although the Peace Talisman is just an ordinary handicraft, the wooden sign was carved by me myself, and the knot was tied by my wife."

Goodman smiled and said, "I heard that magicians occasionally take on dangerous commissions, so please pay attention to safety."

Goodman's store mainly deals in handicrafts such as wood carvings and woven hangings. I made one while stocking up yesterday.

"Thank you." Rhodes wanted to say that it was too early for him to take on a dangerous mission, but he didn't say it out loud and was just careful to accept the other party's kindness.

He found that the loneliness and uneasiness of surviving alone in a different world seemed to be washed away a little bit.