Fairy Tail: The Fourth Master - Volume 1 Chapter 18

“Wh-What are you all looking at?”

Macao glance at each member of the guild, and as if they agreed into something, they nodded their head at the same time.

Macao stood up and patted Natsu’s shoulder, causing the dragon slayer to look at him in confusion.

“Natsu,”

“Ye-Yes?”

“We have decided,” Macao said, further confusing the dragon slayer, “you, Natsu Dragneel, will the fourth master of Fairy Tail!”

Natsu stared at Macao, he seems to be in a daze, well it isn’t that surprising, after all never in his life did he even.think about becoming the guild master.

However, today, he just heard his guild mates saying that he should become the guild master, no way right? He must’ve heard it wrongly.

“Huh? Can you repeat that again? I didn’t quite hear it.” Natsu said, but he knew what they said loud and clear, after all his heightened senses couldn’t be wrong.

Macao took a deep breath and look at Natsu with a smile, “I said, you, Natsu Dragneel, will be the next guild master, the fourth master of Fairy Tail.”

As expected, there must be some problems on his hearing, could be the side effects of eating that crystal from the titan.

Once again, he decided to ask, “W-What did you say again, Macao? Looks like there’s some problem on my hearings.”

“I said, you, Natsu Dragneel, will be the next guild-” however, before Macao could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Natsu,

“STOP! Don’t finish your words! Why the hell would you even consider me of all people to be the guild master? I mean, you’re fit to be the next one Macao, you’re one of the oldest member of the guild.”

Macao sighed and sat back down, “Yes, i did consider it, being the guild master I mean, but, being the guild master isn’t just about how long you are a member, or about how strong you are, but, being a guild master means that with just your presence, you can brighten up the guild, you can encourage everyone, you can change and sway the heart of people with words and make them walk the right path. Being the guild master, means becoming the heart of the guild.”

Everyone was stunned silence by the words of Macao, they began to think about his words and realized that he’s right.

Master Makarov is the clear example of it, with him here, they knew that everything is alright, they knew that no matter what, master Makarov will be there and support them, guide them to walk the right path.

“Natsu,” Natsu snapped out of his daze when he heard Macao calling him, “You are the heart of the guild, master Makarov said so, your mere presence gives off the sense of security, it draws people towards you, Natsu, there is no one more qualified to take the seat of gramps than you.”

Natsu was conflicted, he knew that his friends was right, but he just can’t see himself as a guild master and lead everyone.

“I-… I really can’t accept being the guild master, I’m not that smart, you can even say I’m borderline stupid when it comes to things aside from fighting, I- I can’t lead you guys.”

Macao smiled, “that’s right Natsu, you can’t lead us,” he said Natsu lowered his head in shame, “but Natsu, a guild master’s role isn’t to lead, its to guide, they guide and help us in our most hopeless moments. We don’t expect you to lead us, you’re too stupid for that,”

“Hey! That hurts you know!” Natsu exclaimed, but a smile is present on his face.

Macao laughed before shaking his said, “anyway, what I’m trying to say is, there is more to a guild master than leading a guild, we don’t expect you to lead us, that’s the work of a leader, we just expect you to guide us and help us in our most helpless and hopeless moments.”

Hearing this, everyone in the guild smiles as they look Natsu, who’s eyes began to redden but manage to keep his tears from falling.

He showed his trademark toothy-grin as he pumped his fist, “Yosh! If its like that, then I accept my role as the guild master! I’m all fired up!”

“Aye!” (A/N: I keep forgetting about him)

…

Few hours later, at the master’s office, after Natsu has been nominated as the Fairy Tail’s fourth guild master.

Natsu was currently staring at the mountain of papers on his desk, his eyes were wide open as he couldn’t believe that gramps’ work will be this terrifying.

“Now, we already send the letter to the council about you being our guild master, now we just have to wait for their summon to officially name you as the Fourth Master of Fairy Tail.” Kinana, a short-violet haired girl informed as she stood in front of Natsu.

“I-…I see, then, then what about this abomination? Are you telling me that I have to sign all of this?! That’s impossible!” Natsu exclaimed as he glared at the mountain-like paper works that piled up for weeks.

“It supposed to be a bit lesser than that, but master Makarov did not do any works for three weeks, so it piled up.” Replied Kinana.

“No,” Natsu stared at the paper works in despair, “can i resign? There’s no way I can finish all of this by the time the council will call me, and I’m pretty sure that it will pile up once again after I left. I can’t do this, I’ll die!”

Kinana just smiled and patted the fourth master’s head, “You cannot resign so early after you became the master, but I guarantee that you’ll survive, well, good luck?”

Natsu just groaned in response,

“Just kill me.”