Mira was wearing a yellow long skirt, with beige ties and bows as decorations, simple, elegant, and beautiful.
She held a guitar, her gaze sweeping over the audience cheering and clapping beneath the stage.
She smiled gracefully at a certain foodie who had just put down their utensils and waved at her, and then sat down after greeting the audience.
She lightly crossed her leg from the slit of her skirt, perfectly covering what shouldn't be exposed, and then her fingers gently swept over the guitar strings.
A small bird flew over, its head turning into the shape of a microphone, hovering in front of Mira.
The prelude began, Mira got into the mood, and the hall quieted down, everyone listening intently to the music on the stage.
Finally, she opened her mouth, singing out a gentle and healing song with her clear and beautiful voice.
Mira sang with such emotion, her expressions and tones changing with the emotions of the lyrics and melody.
She sang the emotions in her heart into the depths of everyone present.
There were actually excellent singers present, but even they couldn't help but sincerely applaud Mira at the end.
"Only wishing to flap my wings more powerfully, more powerfully and fly high♪"
"I believe in you so much♪"
"From now on, let's weave our beautiful memories together♪"
The last few lyrics had a huge impact on Rhode.
Just thinking rationally, the whole song's lyrics seemed more like they were composed for all the guild companions.
The most moving parts should be the first two sentences:
"Because I still have my home, because there are people waiting for me♪"
The guild is everyone's home, and in the guild, there are people waiting for everyone to return.
Fairy Tail is such a place.
...
After finishing the song, Mira bowed and stepped down, then left the backstage to go to the banquet hall to find Rhode.
"How was it, I only recently started learning the guitar, is it a bit embarrassing?"
"Of course not, it sounded great, played really well, and the singing was very touching." Rhode said, "Just now some gentlemen journalists were so moved they almost cried."
"It's not that exaggerated."
"Absolutely not exaggerated." Rhode took an empty plate and put some food in front of her,
"Hungry? I've tried these, they taste really good."
Not only did they taste good, but they also didn't have much broth, syrup, or fish bones that are harder to eat neatly.
Rhode carefully selected, not only catering to her taste but also considering her image in such an occasion.
"Thank you."
Mira, who often takes care of others, can best understand the feeling of being cared for.
"Delicious." Mira squinted her eyes slightly, Rhode is completely trustworthy in recommending food.
Rhode chose some food he hadn't tried yet, casually asking: "Do you have other plans later?"
"Just saying hello to some familiar editors." Mira said, "But it's better to leave after the celebration ends. And..."
"And?"
Mira blinked: "And there's Jenny's finale performance, aren't you looking forward to it?"
"I'm not particularly looking forward to it, but considering Mr. Hibiki's sake, we should respect her efforts. Otherwise...
Otherwise, if she asks which outfit was the most eye-catching today, and I say it was a yellow long dress..."
Rhode glanced at Mira, "I feel like she would kill me."
Mira looked at her outfit, laughed, and said mischievously: "Why not just answer like that."
Demon.
But it felt interesting, Rhode also laughed slightly mischievously: "That works."
Two demons appeared on stage, backstage Jenny shivered.
...
The celebration continued until around ten at night before ending.
In fact, the real process of various programs, speeches from leaders, and interactions between some employees ended before nine o'clock.
The remaining time was for socializing, drinking, and noisy activities, though when compared to the guild, it was far from noisy.
Rhode accompanied Mira through the necessary processes and then returned to the room to rest.
Mira drank a couple of glasses in the evening, her face slightly red, unfortunately, she didn't get drunk.
No, it was good she didn't get drunk.
Because of this, there were no fascinating benefits in the evening.
It was just unlocking Mira's post-bath sleepwear skin, nothing worth mentioning.
The next morning, the two packed up and went out together to hire a carriage, one with a cabin, capable of shielding from the sun and rain.
Rhode confirmed that the coachman was an ordinary person, and the two horses pulling the carriage looked very healthy, no issues.
Mira had almost gotten used to his ways, quietly waiting for him to finish the inspection before paying and boarding the carriage.
Sadly, until the two had left the Royal Capital, they didn't encounter Jenny again, so the teasing plan was aborted.
"Going by land has its downside, Gorge Swift Crab stands out too much."
Although he said that, Rhode still sent two River Crabs, front and back, to scout the situation.
"If we take a ship back, it's upstream, and today's weather doesn't suit sailing."
Mira ignored the issue with Swift Crab, only answering the reason for taking the carriage.
Besides, how to rent a carriage, these trivial matters, actually count as small experiences Rhode needs to accumulate.
"Oh right, this is for you." Rhode took out a paper bag from his backpack.
Mira wanted to say her purse already contained a Bursting Magic Crystal, no need to take anything more.
But when she opened the paper bag, she found it wasn't the imagined Magic Book, but a black small shoulder bag.
"Ah, this is the envelope bag from that store yesterday?" Mira was a bit surprised, "When did you get it?"
"This morning during exercise, passed by that store." Intentionally passing by is still passing by, Rhode said,
"Consider it a return gift, but I'm not too familiar with your preferences."
Indeed not too familiar, Rhode only remembered yesterday when Mira and Jenny were competing, this bag appeared twice in Mira's outfit.
Jenny might have been too angry to notice at the time, otherwise, she could have requested deductions for it.
"Thank you, I really like it!"
No wonder, when he claimed he went for morning exercise, he returned without a drop of sweat.
Mira hugged the bag and paper bag together, her eyes curved as well.
"As long as you like it, that's great." Rhode sighed in relief, he deduced correctly, thankfully the gift wasn't off the mark.
Rhode was about to continue saying something when he was suddenly stunned, shouting forward: "Stop, stop!"
The coachman steadily pulled the reins, the two horses gently whinnied, and the carriage decelerated rapidly to a halt.
Sitting sideways, Mira's body tilted slightly due to inertia, but she quickly steadied herself, asking: "What happened?"
Rhode said: "Someone is blocking the road ahead."
Mira lifted the curtain hanging on the window, leaned her head out to look outside, only seeing a relatively flat but slightly curved dirt road.
Looking ahead, she could only see a dirt slope, no people in sight.
She asked puzzledly: "Where?"
Rhode said: "One kilometer away, two people, one with a Magic Wand, one holding a flute, they should both be Mages."
"One kilometer away..."
Mira thought of the Gorge Swift Crab Rhode had sent out, what a reliable scout.