Kyansa was proud of her haircare magic, explaining it to Mira in detail.
Rhode listened in as well, thinking it might be useful for his wife in the future, no harm in learning.
During the explanation, Kyansa skillfully wielded her scissors, making Mira's slightly dry hair instantly silky and shiny.
After the treatment, she styled Mira's hair into a simple half-up-do, giving her an intellectual, gentle, and slightly lazy look.
Kyansa took out a small mirror and placed it in front of Mira: "This is today's recommended hairstyle, shrimp~"
Mira gently touched the part where her hair was tied up, tilted her head left and right, and finally looked up at Rhode: "Does it look good?"
"It looks amazing!" Rhode said, "Thank you Kyansa, and thank you Lucy."
Lucy clasped her hands together: "I also think Miss Mira looks really good like this."
"As long as you're satisfied, shrimp~" Kyansa struck a cool pose and disappeared.
"Shall we try more of this hairstyle in the future?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I've already learned this style, next time I..." Rhode's figure flashed, appearing behind Mira and Lucy.
Boom! He raised his hand, blocking a table that came flying by with a whoosh.
"Eh?!" Lucy was startled and almost got hit!
Rhode frowned, it seemed like this time the force was a bit too strong, who was fighting with whom again?
Hapi reminded: "It was Erza who threw it over, she seems to be arguing with Laxus."
Lucy was surprised: "S-Class Laxus?"
Mira and Rhode walked over side by side, with Lucy and Hapi quickly following.
Laxus was sitting carelessly on a long bench, while Erza, looking angry, glared at him. She must have just said something that made Erza so angry she flipped a table.
Many people temporarily paused their work and gathered around.
"What's going on?"
Gray said somewhat annoyed: "That guy came back just to criticize this, criticize that. He didn't even participate in the battle, yet says such hurtful things."
Laxus flashed a rather arrogant smile: "As everyone's gathered, this is a perfect chance for me to clarify something."
It was probably nothing good.
Rhode recalled the president's instructions and tried to stop him: "Laxus, everyone was happy you came back for the Ghost incident, although..."
"What nonsense are you spouting!" This time Laxus didn't pretend not to know him,
"I came back to see just how disgraceful you all have become! Being handled like this by Ghosts, I worry I'll be laughed at walking down the street!"
Everyone was pretty annoyed with his words: "What's the non-participant guy blabbering about here?"
"Exactly, what does he take our hard-fought victory in the battle for?"
"We did defeat Joseph."
"Laughable! This ridiculous battle had nothing to do with me! The old man suddenly decided to fight, after all...
Laxus pointed at Reby, Jet, and Troy, "It's because you guys were easily knocked down, wasn't it? I don't even know your names, who are you?"
Jet and Troy looked ashamed, Reby bit her lip without saying a word.
They had all grown up in the guild, Laxus was six years older than them, always the strong and dependable big brother in their eyes.
His sudden words made them feel terrible. Reby was a bit heartbroken, she didn't understand why it had to come to this.
Rhode stood in front of Laxus' pointing fingers, with Erza and Mira doing the same.
Perhaps they were even angrier than Rhode.
The president had said not to mind what Laxus says, he probably also couldn't predict Laxus would say such hurtful things.
"Hmm?" Laxus showed an amused grin, "What's with those expressions? Could it be you are..."
Laxus' voice stopped abruptly, his eyes widened slightly, and his smile faded.
He realized that more and more people, almost everyone on the construction site, were standing behind the three, opposite him as if he had become the enemy of the entire guild.
He recalled the news reports and some rumors he heard outside.
After a brief shock, Laxus pulled a contemptuous smile and spoke words others didn't understand: "So that's it, inheriting that old man's weak-willed thoughts..."
The atmosphere at the scene reached a strange state, as if swords were drawn, as if it was about to split.
Only one person didn't care about the atmosphere, shouting and rushing forward: "Laxus, duel with me!"
Natsu rushed in front of Laxus, throwing a punch without hesitation and only hitting air.
Laxus transformed into golden lightning, arriving at the site's exit in the blink of an eye.
Natsu still shouted: "Laxus, face me and settle this!"
"How can you face me when you can't even touch me? Hahaha!" Turning his back to the crowd, he laughed a few times, then slightly turned his head back,
"Just wait, I will eventually kick all the weak ones out of the guild, and those who resist me! I'll create the strongest guild that no one dares to belittle, the strongest in history!"
Laxus left without looking back, and the scene fell quiet.
Could he be harboring dangerous thoughts?
Rhode frowned, thinking for a while, then clapped his hands: "Alright, the president said not to mind what Laxus says, let's get back to work."
The crowd dispersed, Natsu stomped his foot in dissatisfaction: "Damn it, he really said such excessive things, I'm definitely going to beat him up!"
Lucy returned to the counter, resting her chin in her hand as she watched Natsu venting not far away: "Really, doesn't Natsu ever pay attention to the atmosphere?"
Rhode shook his head: "No, this time, all of us lost to Natsu."
"Huh? Why?"
"At that moment, I think everyone, more or less, felt like 'someone like that shouldn't be in the guild', didn't you all?"
"Ah? Hmm." Lucy felt a bit embarrassed, being a newcomer, having such a rude thought.
Mira also nodded: "Though I know it's not right."
"That's right, we all felt that way, but only Natsu, he always considered Laxus an important comrade, at most 'the most annoying comrade'."
Rhode looked at Natsu, who was so angry he seemed to be on fire, and said, "That's why I said all of us lost to Natsu, that idiot probably understands Fairy Tail the most."
Lucy showed a thoughtful expression, then waved her hands vigorously: "Impossible, impossible, it must be because Natsu is too dense to notice the atmosphere."
Rhode shook his head with a smile: "Mira, go check on Reby, she seemed really sad just now."
"Okay." Mira nodded, then deliberately said, "So thoughtful of girls, aren't you."
Rhode corrected himself: "Then pay particular attention to Jet and Troy, and maybe check on Reby too."
Mira left with a smile, and Lucy wanted to show concern for her good friend: "I'm going too!"
Rhode watched them leave, starting to reflect on his feelings just now.
For a moment, he felt like he could hear everyone's inner voices, feel everyone's internal emotions.
Like Wolian's magic, but different.
"Was it an illusion? Auditory hallucination?" Rhode frowned, immediately dismissing this guess.
It shouldn't be an illusion.
He indeed heard everyone's thoughts; perhaps a special magic had awakened in him?