"Cough! Cough!"
It might be because of the smoke of his BBQ that his voice became heavy.
"Test! Test! Aaaa....!"
After his voice became better, Bourne looked at the girl and said, "Sit down."
The girl seemed to be wary, but she sat down while maintaining a meter distance between the two of them.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
Bourne raised his eyebrow and said, "Before you ask someone's name, you should introduce yourself first." He didn't like it when he wasn't the one who controlled the situation.
He could tell that this girl had a domineering personality from the way she talked and asked him a question, but it didn't mean that he wanted to be controlled so the first thing he needed to do was to reverse the one who was in control of this conversation.
The girl seemed to be taken aback when this young man suddenly refuted her back since it was her first time that someone did this to her.
In the guild, she was the one who was in control and everyone usually followed her so this sudden change made her slightly uncomfortable. She didn't say anything and observed him for a minute, but the young man seemed to be unfazed by her gaze and continued to grill the meat while drinking something.
*Growl!*
She sighed and said, "My name is Erza Scarlet. I'm a magician from Fairy Tail and I'm on the quest to solve the problem within Blue Lagoon Pools." Then her eyes stared at him and asked, "So who are you?" She didn't let go of her sword since she needed to be cautious. Her guard was very tight until she heard him saying...
"Oh? You're Makarov's child?" Bourne asked. He had spoken with Makarov before and usually Makarov would call his own guild member as a child since there were a lot of children within the guild.
Erza was surprised and asked, "You know master?" But at the same time, she lowered her guard since this young man knew Makarov. In her mind, someone who knew master wasn't someone bad so she became relaxed in front of him subconsciously.
Bourne nodded and said, "I've met him before." He took a bottle of cola in his bag and threw it to Erza.
Erza caught the bottle subconciously with a confused expression.
"It's coke. It's my new product. You should try it," Bourne said. He had planned to start a retail business so he had also made one specialty beverage.
That beverage was cola.
The recipe was quite easy and it was also fairly easy to make so he decided to make one since there was no cola in this world.
Bourne had let both Ur and Ultear to test it, however, even if both of them didn't hate it, they really didn't really like the way when the cola made their tongues tremble. It seemed that they had sensitive tongues which made him write that weakness on the note.
It might also be one of the reasons why both daughter and mother usually would become so weak that they couldn't stand up after he had kissed them.
It was really great discovery... really...
"My name is Bourne. I'm...." Bourne thought for a while and said, "I'm photographer." He had a feeling that this girl wouldn't believe his identity as a businessman so he decided to introduce himself as a photographer since it was more believable.
However, he didn't blame her either since the image of businessman was usually of a fat guy who sat on caravan.
Bourne didn't bring a caravan nor was he fat so it was better to introduce himself as a photographer.
"Photographer?" Erza raised her eyebrow. She had thought that Bourne was a magician, but she didn't expect that he was a photographer. Then she noticed the camera that was placed within the table near the tent, which made her nod since she knew that he wasn't lying.
"Do you know Sorcerer Magazine? I work there," Bourne said.
"What? Sorcerer Magazine?" Erza was surprised and asked, "Do you know Ichiya? Can you let me meet him?"
"........"
Bourne twitched his lips, but he also understood that he couldn't destroy the dream of the girl. However, he needed to ask first, "Do you like him?"
Shaking her head, Erza said, "No. However, a lot of my guild members love him, but his identity has always been a mystery." She sighed when she thought about Gray who had become fanatic of Ichiya and felt a bit sad for him.
Bourne sighed in relief since it seemed this girl hadn't been polluted by Ichiya.
"It's impossible. Ichiya's identity is a secret because he has a lot of enemies. Once his identity is leaked then his enemies might come to attack him and he might need to say goodbye to his peaceful life." Bourne added a long sigh while drinking a cola so his acting was more believable. He wanted to tell Erza that Ichiya's life wasn't easy.
Erza gasped and asked, "So is that story true? I've read in the magazine that he has offended a large number of dark magicians to save a village."
"Yes, he's someone that I admire in this life...."
Bourne showed a rare smile and turned his head away while looking at the distance sky. He turned his head because his expression was very pale at this moment and he wanted to puke since he didn't believe that he had uttered those words from his mouth.
Though, if Ichiya knew what Bourne had said at this time, Ichiya would be very happy.
"......"
Erza became curious about Ichiya since Ichiya could make Bourne worship him this much. She opened the bottle of the beverage and drank it.
"!!!"
At first, Erza was startled since her tongue started to become fuzzy, but then the sweet and fresh taste started to hit her tastebud which made her love it.
Bourne nodded when he saw Erza's reaction after she drank the cola.
"It's good. What's is this?" Erza asked.
"It's cola. My family will sell it in the future," Bourne said. He was sure that he would marry Ur and Ultear so it wasn't wrong to say that both of them were his family.
Erza smiled under this bonfire and her scarlet hair was flowing because of the wind. She tucked her scattered hair behind her ears and said, "Then I'll buy it when you sell it in the future."
"........"
Bourne blinked his eyes and subconsciously said, "Beautiful."
"Huh?" Erza was startled and blushed.
Bourne was a bit entranced and coughed, showing that he was a bit shy. "I'm sorry. You're so beautiful that I have said something rude to you. If it makes you uncomfortable then I'm sorry."
"N, no, no, it's alright! I, I don't mind it!" Erza blushed and waved her hands frantically. She didn't expect that someone would praise her beauty so suddenly. It might be her first time since most of the people who saw her would be scared.
Oh, there might be one or two perverts, but she usually blasted away without even waiting for them to say something.
"Right, if you're free why don't you become a model in Sorcerer Magazine?"
Bourne took out his namecard and gave it to Erza. He prepared a fake namecard as a photographer, but he didn't expect that he would use it this way.
Erza took the namecard and looked at it for a while. "Bourne..."
"Your red scarlet hair is beautiful."
But Ur and Ultear's black hair was even more beautiful, Bourne watched the night sky remind him of two women who he had left because of this stupid journey. It had only been few days since they separated, but he missed them at this moment.
Though, at this moment, he didn't realize that the blush on Erza's cheeks had spread to her neck.
Erza's body felt slightly hot, but she cooled it down by drinking the cola. Somehow, staying with this guy was calming her down.
"Well, how about we eat first?"
"Agree."
It seemed that their relationship had become closer without them realizing it.