Weiss had a point yes. But Natsu didn't feel like taking a leadership role and while Lucy could perform the role he knew she wasn't keen on tying herself down with the mantle of responsibility either.

"Erza would be perfect for it. But unless she suddenly shows up before the next election we're kinda left with not that many options." Natsu said with a grumbled in his cup of chocolate. The first was unreliable for the role since she went missing for too long from the guild in the first place. The last thing they'd want would be to actually win the competition for Guardian only for their representative to always be awol.

"Either way deciding right now won't help us any. What we gotta do is deal with those stupid Hands of Decay"