The presidents who attended the meeting spoke freely and expressed their opinions. Some thought it should be taken seriously, while others thought it was just a casual statement by the king and should not be taken seriously.

As for Rhodes' beloved President Makarov, he was as sleepy as a chicken pecking at rice.

After Rhodes reminded him twice, he found that it didn't work, so he had to take out a small notebook and write down a few key points for him.

After discussing the topic of the Magister Festival, President Goldman concluded a few words and expressed the hope that everyone would pay more attention to news in this regard after returning home.

Maybe this will be an opportunity to further increase the influence of the magicians. If you don't grasp it well, it may affect the reputation of your own guild.

"Then, let's move on to the next topic, regarding the tax issue that was slightly revised at the end of last year..."

Rhodes recalled that he had never paid taxes since he came here, and he had never even thought about such issues before this month.

The first time he realized he needed to pay taxes was when he was helping Mira do the annual calculations at the beginning of the month.

This country's tax policy for regular guild wizards is quite relaxed, and the tax is generally paid by the guild.

The tax rate is so low that it does not need to be deducted from the wizard’s mission remuneration, but is paid directly from the ‘deposit’ submitted by the client.

When a client publishes a task, they generally need to pay a small 'deposit', which according to Rhodes' analysis should include taxes, service fees and 'advertising fees'.

Ordinary tasks are generally around 1%, which is not worth mentioning compared to task rewards.

Moreover, Fairy Tail has its own regulations that when the remuneration exceeds one million, it will be calculated as one million and the amount will not be increased.

Anyway, the guild will help with the process of paying taxes, and ordinary magicians don't need to get involved at all.

Specifically, now Mira and Rhodes handle most of the affairs, and then the president can take the time to sign and hand over the money.

Out of curiosity, Rhodes also inquired a little about the tax rates for businessmen, workers and farmers.

After comparison, I can only say that it is good to be a magician.

"The next topic is the impact of the kingdom's decree on supporting the research and development of magic items on magicians..."

One by one, the presidents kept discussing the new decrees issued by the kingdom and the slightly revised legal provisions, analyzing the impact that the magicians would be affected, and whether the alliance should take special actions next.

The discussion lasted from two o'clock to around six o'clock in the evening and came to an end.

At this time, someone asked about Fairy Tail's attitude: "Mr. Makarov, what do you think?"

Rhodes quietly pushed his unreliable president elder.

Makarov suddenly woke up and slapped the table: "Let's go together!"

Rhodes reasonably suspected that the old man might be dreaming of fighting with someone. Not to mention, he was quite domineering just now.

It was just this sudden sentence that made all the presidents look at each other, a little confused.

Bob, who was familiar with Makarov's character, was already smiling with his hands on his face. Goldman was almost the same, but he had to preside over the meeting, so it was very hard to hold back his laughter.

Makarov also realized that something was wrong, and quietly extended his arm behind his back, tugging at the corner of Rhode's clothes.

It’s like asking for help when my deskmate fell asleep and was called up by the teacher to answer a question, but he didn’t know what the teacher was asking.

"Ahem..." Rhodes had no choice but to clear his throat, "What our president means is that no matter whether the kingdom's policies are beneficial to us or not, everyone must unite together, overcome difficulties together, and make the environment of the magic world a better place.

better.

We at Fairy Tail will continue to work hard towards this goal, and we hope that everyone can join hands with us. In short, let’s go together!”

Makarov nodded deeply: "Well, yes, that's what I meant." "Well said, you are worthy of Your Excellency Makarov!"

"It couldn't be a more appropriate closing statement for today's meeting."

Goldman, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, suppressed a smile: "President Makarov's words seem to have taken away my job, but since I have said it, let's end today's meeting here and adjourn!"

At dinner time after the meeting, Goldman laughed mercilessly at Makarov's gaffe, saying bluntly, 'It was almost embarrassing again'!

Makarov argued with him with a red face. He didn't know whether he was red from anger or from drinking.

"No wonder you brought Rod-chan here, you are such a good boy~"

Although President Bob's voice was a little deep, it sounded surprisingly gentle.

Rhodes found that he was almost getting used to it.

Just in case, he decided to look through Mila's photos later.

"That's right!" Makarov was inspired by Bob and thought of a good way to say it, "Rhodes is just like my child, what's the difference between what he said and what I said!"

"Shameless." Goldman said, "Polyusica must be dissatisfied with you and refuses to go to the guild."

"What does this have to do with her!" Makarov was not going to follow Goldman's lead and put on a proud expression, "I asked you, are you jealous because you see such outstanding young people in our guild?

Already?"

Speaking of this, Goldman couldn't admit defeat: "The children in our guild are not bad either!"

"Is that so? It won't take long for this child to become an S-class mage."

"What's so great about S-class? Our guild also has an S-class that's about the same age as him!"

"So what? Do you dare to compete?"

"Why don't you dare?!"

The two refused to give in to each other, and Rhodes asked: "President Bob, if the two of them get into a fight after drinking too much, can you help them resolve it?"

"Oh, their relationship has always been so good." Bob did not answer Rhodes' question, but asked, "Who is usually responsible for persuading you when you fight?"

"..." Most people just wanted to fight more lively, so there was no way to stop the fight.

Erza would only take care of it on the first day after returning to the guild, or when she couldn't bear it anymore.

Otherwise, it will develop to the point of demolishing the house and wait for the president to come forward.

Are you going to call the president’s president to break up the fight?

President Bob said: "Let them go. Everyone is getting older and now likes to use methods other than fighting to decide the outcome."

"Other way? What method... No, do you have to deliberately determine the outcome of a drunken quarrel?" Rhodes asked, "Settling it with punches?"

"Most of their characters will still compare with the next generation of the guild." President Bob said,

"Maybe we'll let Rod-chan represent Fairy Tail to compete with the four-headed hound young man~"

Rhodes thought of the young S-class mage that President Goldman had just mentioned, and said uncomfortably: "Spare me, I can't afford to offend an S-class mage now."

Bob encouraged: "Young people should be more confident, you are Fairy Tail~"

"Why do I feel like you know Fairy Tail better than me?"

Rhodes smiled bitterly, we just suffered a severe beating from an S-class mage last month, so we don't have the confidence to take on the challenge at the moment.
Chapter completed!