Chairman, Are You Looking for a Dog?
In the Magic Council meeting room, Hughes looked at the Speaker and council members who were all present, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.
Tsk, we haven't disgraced the time travelers; we've managed to get so many important figures to wait here willingly.
This is what you call love (crossed out)... pomp and circumstance.
Although they might be like a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken—they might have ulterior motives.
But that's alright. The strong never complain; they accept everything. Hughes will eat the good stuff, Jose will eat the dirty, smelly stuff too...
While Hughes was lost in thought, the administrators of the Magic Council, led by Crawford Him, were carefully observing him.
By looking beyond Hughes's appearance and examining various small details, we can analyze him as a person, including his interests, habits, and hobbies.
Secretly, the members of different factions had already exchanged glances several times.
"Ahem!" Crawford Him coughed twice to remind everyone that he was about to speak.
"Bang!"
Hughes, who had just sat down, suddenly raised his feet and put them on the conference table, deliberately making a noise.
When it comes to discussing business, it doesn't matter who it is. The most important thing is to take the initiative, seize control, and not be led by the nose.
"Speak up, why did you bring me here in such a grand manner?" Hughes spoke first.
After saying that, he deliberately put on an arrogant expression, as if he were the most powerful person in the world.
Crawford Sim couldn't help but twitch his lips. Did this guy even know the difference between a high-class setting and street negotiations?
They want to discuss important matters that concern millions of people, not trivial things like who's protecting this young delinquent.
How does Makarov teach people? Does he even know how to teach? If he doesn't know how, send people to his house, where Crawford Him personally teaches them at night!
Crawford Himm glanced at Hughes, a glance that contained so much that Hughes became somewhat uneasy...
"This time, we are not here to pursue your matter of destroying the territories of the Kingdom of Fiore and the Kingdom of Bosco. We want to invite you to join the Magic Council!"
If you join the Magic Council and follow our lead, you can be offered the position of captain of the First Custody Enforcement Unit.
Besides, you're still young. Even after we retire, you'll still be sitting at these tables and chairs!
At this point, Crawford Himm paused briefly, as if waiting for Hughes to express his gratitude.
Fairy Tail is just a tiny guild tucked away in a small town; it's not even the number one mage guild in the Kingdom of Fiore.
What is the Magic Council?
It is a great organization that manages the regular mage guilds throughout the entire Ishgar Continent.
He is truly the uncrowned king!
The position he promised Hughes as captain of the First Custody Enforcement Unit was, in a sense, second only to the ten of them!
With such a sincere promise, how could he choose? Crawford Himm believed that as long as Hughes wasn't out of his mind, he would know which one to join.
Receiving an invitation from Crawford Himm to join the Magic Council was the greatest honor of Hughes's life.
If it weren't for this kid's strength, it would be hard to say whether a country bumpkin like him could even be reborn into a better family in his next life if he wanted to join the Magic Council!
Just as Crawford Himm was confidently waiting for Hughes to agree, Hughes suddenly hardened.
Judging from their actions, aren't they treating him like a dog?
Suddenly, Hughes slightly tightened his heels on the conference table.
"Crunch, crunch!"
A deep crack suddenly appeared on the conference table, extending from Hughes's feet all the way to Crawford Himm. Finally, with a soft bang, the crack burst open, forming a mottled spiderweb.
The soft sound struck Speaker Crawford Simm and the nine members of Congress like a heavy hammer, leaving all ten of them stunned.
For so many years, since they climbed to this position, this was the first time they had encountered such a daring and reckless mage.
Even Yajima, the sixth council member who also came from Fairy Tail, looked at Hughes in shock.
What's wrong with this person? Why is he so irritable?
Compared to him, young Makarov was as docile as a cat; no wonder Makarov wrote to him asking him to take care of him secretly.
Hughes, who was already annoyed with Crawford Himm, didn't hold back any longer after hearing his remarks and immediately exploded.
At that moment, flames flickered in Hughes's hand as he glanced at him sideways, mimicking Crawford Him's haughty posture, and said calmly, "Crawford Him, who are you trying to disgust? Are you used to keeping dogs around?"
Bah! Listen to them! Who knows, maybe Hughes won't be sitting at these tables and chairs in the future.
When the hospital director made grand promises to these mental patients, he still knew to use affirmative sentences...
He was shivering with cold, wondering exactly where he fell short compared to Siegrain and Ultear a few years later.
Why can they become council members the moment they join the Magic Council?!
As Hughes finished speaking, Crawford Himm snapped out of his shock, slamming his fist on the table and roaring, "Do you know who I am? How dare you speak so arrogantly to a great being like me!"
That damned bastard! I valued him so much, and he doesn't even know what's good for him.
"Of course I know who you are, you fatso, a useless fatso. Besides accelerating global warming, I can't think of any value you have," Hughes said, picking his ear, completely unconcerned.
"Fine, fine, since that's how it is, then you can mingle with those Nezumi!" Crawford Him laughed angrily, his voice twisted in a menacing grin.
In front of everyone, he pressed the red button under the conference table, and instantly, alarms sounded throughout the Magic Council.
Before long, a large group of armored members of the Custody Enforcement Unit stormed into the conference room and surrounded Hughes.
"Seize this dark mage who attempted to threaten the president of the Magic Council, lock him up in jail, and sentence him to life imprisonment!" The arrogant Crawford Him, propping up his round face, pointed at Hughes and roared.
The plot unfolded so quickly that Yajima hadn't even had time to react before he saw the conflict between Hughes and Crawford Him escalate.
Wasn't it because they valued Hughes's formidable strength that they came to discuss inviting him to join the Magic Council?
How did it suddenly turn out like this?
Seeing Crawford Him wave for the Custody Enforcement Unit, Yajima hurriedly stood up.
"Crawford Himm, you are abusing your Speaker's power."
Crawford Him didn't even glance at Yajima, and simply replied to him.
"I am the Speaker, Yajima!"
Yajima was stunned. Crawford Himm was determined to get rid of Hughes.
This is a bit tricky; he can't stop Crawford Him alone.
It would take at least three members of parliament working together to refute the speaker's decision.
Yajima glanced at Ogre sat in the second seat, and Michello sat in the third seat. The two of them were looking at him with amusement, and even Belno was avoiding his gaze at this moment.
Oh no, these people have joined forces behind his back! Yajima's heart sank immediately.
This is really trouble for Hughes!