"Do you know anyone there?"The Phoenix asked as it saw Ian heading towards the tribal village. He had his presence hidden but that was all. He wasn't sneaking around or hiding behind anything.As long as one had good eyesight, they'd be able to easily see Ian. Leading the phoenix to wonder if he was doing it on purpose, if so, whether Ian already knew anyone from the tribe. "Mm.. I guess?"It was an ambiguous answer. He didn't care to elaborate either. Because, truely, Ian himself couldn't explain it if asked. He knew them from reading a novel. But to be able to recognise them at first glace just because he read about them in a novel, it seemed unbelievable even to Ian himself. He felt weird.Ian was almost within the ranges where the villagers would be able to spot him when he finally stopped. A smile appeared automatically on his lips as he felt the sharp killing aura coming from behind him.The sharply pointed blade touched the back of his neck, threating to thrust in the moment

At the moment when Ian was being taken to the village by Erza, a severe crisis was brewing within the member of Ian's party.Louis, who was supposed to secretly tail Ian and keep an eye on him, in case he did something stupid, saw the whole thing go down between Ian and Erza.This is the version of the story that Louis made up from what he saw and delivered to Ash after he came back to the tent in a hurry.1. Ian went to take another look at the village.2. He was caught by surprise as some unknown beautiful tribal woman warrior held a blade against his neck with all hostility.3. Although he managed to somehow persuade her to put the weapon down, he was still taken hostage by the woman.4. Lastly, he got dragged into their village against his will.He said that he came back to the tent so he could take either Ash or Damon with him.Since they were capable of knowing each other's location, he wanted to let Ian know that they were coming to his aid by taking one of them with him."What

Ian was in trouble.He was surrounded by a whole tribe full of misunderstood people and had an attack spell coming towards him with each passing second.As if these weren't enough to ruin his peaceful night, from a while ago, he could sense unusual movement even within the members of his party that he left behind before.'Are they coming here? Don't tell me they're coming here.''They'll be here in fifteen seconds.''Thanks.. I really didn't need that.'As the Phoenix replied to his self blabbering with an accurate answer, he felt a small throbbing ache inside his head. It was going to get troublesome if they came here and saw something ugly.'Here goes nothing.'Ian took a big breathe, injected some mana in his voice, only small enough to cover the whole field and then screamed."I'M NOT HERE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER SO PLEASE STOP!!!"The clouds that were accumulating in the sky due to the activation of the spell stopped, they didn't disappear completely but for now, that was good enough.

"Why's he still not coming out..?"Ash pondered as he softly placed his palm on the shield. A soft sizzling sound came from the point of impact as he felt the burning heat coming from inside the shield."Umm... Excuse me.."As Ash was standing beside the shield, someone slowly approached him and his party from the other side. It was Erza, and she had a very troubled look on her face."......."Ash turned and looked down towards her. She was short. And somewhat cute as well. And the enormous amount of mana and talent that he could feel coming from her was definitely at an amazing level.But he still didn't like her for some reason. So instead of answering her call, he simply crossed his arms and perked up his chin in reply."I know you all belong to Ian's party-"'...Ian? Are they that close already?'He freaked out internally while keeping a straight face and kept listening-"He told me you guys were adventures.."As she continued, so did Ash's thoughts.'Oh.. They're not close.'Sinc

"Hey! Brother! Snap out of it!"Ash whispered in a small voice from behind Ian as he saw Erza and her father contemplating over whether they should apologize to Ian or not.As he nudged Ian from the back, Ian also quickly snapped out of his thoughts and continued where he left off, reliving Erza and her father from the thought of having to apologize to him.'It's too early right now.'He decided to let Erza in on the secrets little by little while helping her out from the sidelines. It's what he always did for the others, the same old pattern."Anyways! Let your people enjoy the food as well, why don't we?!"He said as he looked around and then back at the chief. He nodded his head and signalled for the others to join them and soon, it was another party, just like the ones they witnessed before, happening around them once more."Whoaaa! What is this?!""Right?! It's so delicious?!""Did he cook this himself? Wow, I'm impressed!""We should've gotten them married while we had the chanc