Several days have passed since the release of Sorcerer Weekly. Within Fairy Tail, everyone returned to their usual routine.
Everyone's excitement about the new guild building has gradually dissipated, and they have begun to go out to take on tasks one after another.
Unlike when it was first completed, everyone gathered in the guild because of the novelty, which led to a scene of dancing demons. Today, the atmosphere in the hall is finally relatively quiet and normal.
Blanc was sitting at the bar, looking at himself on the cover of the weekly magazine, with a slightly dissatisfied expression.
This photo does not capture his calm and restrained temperament at all, let alone... He is still in the same frame as Lucy and Gajeel.
What should I do if the general public sees him and mistakenly thinks that he is the same funny type as Lucy and Gajeel.
Shaking his head and sighing, Blanc put down the magazine, turned to the silver-haired girl who was wiping the wine glass and said:
"Mira, please give me a glass of juice!"
"Humph."
However, Mira just rolled her eyes at him and turned away. The strength in her hand gradually increased, causing the innocent wine glass to creak.
Blanc saw this and said helplessly:
"Mira, aren't you still angry? Don't be so stingy."
Although Abduction Mira found it interesting at the time, the reckoning afterwards was a little uncomfortable. Although he apologized, it seems that the effect is not very good now.
"I'm not angry~" Mira puffed up his cheeks and spoke in a soft voice, but the hand holding the wine glass was still exerting force, "I don't care at all about being attacked and tied up by someone~"
"Hee hee, brother Blanc deserves it~ He actually dares to tease sister Mira. It's not that easy to coax her!" Lisanna on the side couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering, not taking it too seriously to watch the excitement.
Blanc rubbed his nose, then smiled and said to Mira:
"Then let me compensate you with something. What do you need to calm you down?"
Mira placed the wine glass heavily on the bar, squinted at Blanc, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth. "This is what you said~ I didn't force you."
Before she finished speaking, she immediately pulled out a long piece of paper folded in half from under the counter, and slapped it in front of Blanc with a "snap" sound.
"Harvest Festival is next week, and the guild will also participate in the parade this year." She stretched out a finger and tapped the paper lightly, "Guild Master left the preparations to me, but things are a bit heavy."
Blanc looked down in confusion, and saw that it was a densely written list - the preparation of parade floats, inventory of previous years' decorations, new decorations, purchase of performance costumes, arrangement of parade programs, etc. The long list was dizzying.
Blanc looked up in confusion. "You... want me to cover all of this?"
"Hmm~ Because Blanc is the most capable~" Mira put his hands together on the side of his face and showed a bright smile, but no matter how you look at it, there is a sense of pride that your plan has succeeded.
"Or, Mr. Drummer, do you want to keep your words?"
Blanc blinked and then smiled casually:
"... Okay, this little thing can change Mira not to be angry. That's a lot of money."
Mira's pretty face turned red, and she snorted slightly in embarrassment. Then, she quickly walked out of the bar, grabbed Blanc's sleeve, and dragged him towards the warehouse behind:
"Without further ado, all the supplies for previous years' parades have been stored in the warehouse. Let's sort out some that are still usable."
Blanc was dragged staggering and followed him away. When they arrived at the warehouse, although Mira said that she would leave all the work to him, when it came time to actually count, she was still there to help...
While Blanc and Mira were busy in the warehouse, in the other corner of the guild hall, the atmosphere seemed a bit desolate.
Lucy sat at the table, took out his wallet with a depressed expression, opened it, then held it upside down on the table and shook it vigorously.
Ding Dang...
A solitary coin fell and bounced pitifully on the table twice before finally lying down with all its strength.
Lucy stared at the coin for a long time, his eyes gradually becoming empty.
Ever since she lost all her money at Arakani Beach, she has been living a life of poverty.
If I don't make some money, I will be kicked out by the landlord next month.
When she thought of the terrifying look in her landlady's eyes, she shuddered violently, jumped up from the bench, and then rushed to the taskbar menacingly.
Lucy held the wooden frame of the taskbar, his face almost pressed against the order form, and his eyes scanned from left to right and top to bottom.
After a long while, she sighed deeply.
"Ah~ It feels so complicated. Isn't there a task that can be completed easily by one person?"
Her words attracted the attention of the man with his arms folded and looking at the taskbar thoughtfully.
Nab turned to look at Lucy: "Didn't you form a team with Natsu, Gray and Erza? Aren't you with them?"
Lucy put his hands on his hips and said helplessly, "Oh, the new armor Erza bought does not fit. She went to the merchant early this morning to protest, and Gray was arranged by Guild Master to take care of Juvia and take her to familiarize herself with the first mission."
"As for Natsu--" She turned her head and looked at Natsu, who was feasting on barbecue with Happy not far away, her eyes narrowed into fish eyes. "If I stay with him, I'm afraid not only won't I be able to make any money, but I'll end up with debt."
Nab's expression froze, and he echoed sympathetically, "That's true..."
Lucy, who was lamenting the difficulty of life, suddenly realized the characteristics of Nab, and his eyes lit up.
"That's right, Nab! You stand in front of the taskbar every day, so you must be familiar with these tasks, right? Help me! Help me find any simpler tasks that are suitable for one person!"
Lucy put his hands together and begged pitifully:
"If I don't do the task, I can hardly afford to eat."
However, Nab slowly turned his head away, his expression full of vicissitudes and heaviness that did not belong to his age.
"I'm sorry, Lucy. I can't help you... because, I've been looking for a job that only I can complete."
"What..."
Unable to count on the guild's famous taskbar stand-in, Lucy had no choice but to turn back to the taskbar and continue rummaging through them one by one.
Finally, in the corner of the bottom row, an inconspicuous order form made her eyes light up.
"Huh? Recruiting tutors to teach children magic!? The pay is actually pretty good! This is a task tailor-made for me!"
Lucy reached out his hand excitedly--
Suddenly, a big hand with an iron gauntlet stretched out and tore the order form off the taskbar.