65 Blue Lagoon Pools 1
Riding his motorcycle, Bourne was on his journey.
In this journey, he had two destinations. On his first destination, he had decided to go to Blue Lagoon Pools and on his second destination, he had decided to go Shiraito Falls.
Bourne mastered "Water" magic so it was also the reason why he loved water related things. It wasn't only him since it was also the same as a magician who mastered ice magic who would usually stay in a cold temperature location.
In conclusion, it was normal for a magician to have one or two quirks or loved the location which was related to the elements of their magic.
Along the way, Bourne also used his detection magic to see whether there was a mineral or an oil within the earth.
Even though he had learned detection magic, it was hard for him to search for a location for minerals, coal, or a precious metal. However, it was easier for him to search for an oil well since oil was also a liquid.
'It seems it's easier to create a cement plant.'
To create cement, he only needed limestone after all and it was easier to search limestone rather than minerals, coal, or precious metals.
'Well, let's do it slowly.'
Bourne felt that he was too hasty.
'But this is feels good....'
Bourne took a deep breath of this fresh air. He felt that it was too wasteful to destroy this beauty of nature for money when there were a lot of ways to create money in this world. Even so, he wouldn't stop since his ambition was massive and he needed a lot of money to do it.
However, he could think about that later since he wanted to enjoy this trip.
When he thought about the Blue Lagoon Pools, he couldn't wait to see what kind of place it was. Moving his motorcycle faster, he wanted to arrive at that location as soon as possible.
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Erza was on the train and she was on her way to Hydrangea Village.
Hydrangea Village was located on the west part of Fiore Kingdom.
Looking at the scenery outside, Erza felt a bit sleepy since the trip was quite long. She was a magician of Fairy Tail guild and the headquarters of Fairy Tail was located in the southeast area of Fiore Kingdom.
The job which she had taken was to search for the source of the pollution within Blue Lagoon Pools.
The payment for this job was quite good, even though the job was quite simple.
After she got the reward, she thought that she could use this money to buy a new armor or sword.
Erza wanted to buy a new armor or sword to prepare herself for the S-Class magician examination which would be held in July this year. She had a feeling that she would be chosen as a participant of this exam, however, even if she was chosen as a participant, it didn't mean she had become an S-Class magician.
Erza needed to pass an exam and because of that she thought to get a new armor or sword by using the money which she received from the quest.
Erza had heard that Blue Lagoon Pools were very beautiful natural hot spring pools within Hydrangea Village.
Everyone in the village loved to take a rest in this hot spring after their work or during their holiday.
However, in the past few months, there was something weird happening within the pools.
From the information she had received. She knew the clear blue beautiful color of the pools had turned into a lumpy, dark liquid.
The beautiful pools had vanished and it was being changed to disgusting pools.
Erza was wondering how beautiful these pools were and she also wanted to test how comfortable the pool was since she loved to take a bath.
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When Erza arrived at Hydrangea Village, she had to admit that it was a simple and rural village, but the hydrangea flowers which surrounded the village made this village into one of the spectacles.
Erza walked inside the village, and the head village had noticed her arrival. She was being welcomed by everyone in the village and from their expression, she could tell that they were in a distressing situation.
Looking at their expression, and looking at the scenery of this village, Erza had to admit that this village reminded her of the village where she lived in her childhood time.
In the past, her village had been attacked by the Cult of Zeref and it was destroyed. She was also kidnapped and she was forced into a slave. She couldn't forget that past and when she thought about the families which she had left behind on that tower. She clenched her hands hard and became frustated.
It was also one of the reasons why she became stronger faster.
The head village led Erza to the village hall to talk about this job in detail. He told Erza that pollution in the Blue Lagoon Pools happened a few months ago.
In the beginning, there wasn't that much of a difference within the pools, but over time, its color started to change from clear blue to green, then yellow, then brown, before it turned dark. The viscosity of the water also started to become higher which made the water within the pool similar to a syrup-like consistency or even worse.
It was so disgusting which made everyone in the village frown.
Erza frowned since she could also smell a horrible smell from this village hall.
"Please help us, Magician-sama! We'll give you all of the money within our village to solve to return our pools into the way it was!" The head village bowed his head, hoping that Erza could solve this matter.
"You don't need to bow. I'll handle this matter," Erza said with a serious expression.
"Thank you very much!"
"So where is the location of the pools? I'll solve this matter as soon as possible!"
This village reminded her of the village so she would do her best to solve the problem in this village as soon as possible!
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"...."
"I'm lost...."
Erza was helpless. She didn't expect that she had become lost even though the villagers had told her the direction of the pools. She walked within the forest, but she wasn't sure where she should go at this moment.
*Growl!*
Her stomach was also empty since she hadn't eaten anything earlier. She felt that she was too hasty since she hadn't done much preparation for this quest.
However, even if she wanted to eat something, this disgusting smell was too horrible which made her frown and didn't want to eat in this condition.
Erza continued to walk following the north star within the sky and suddenly the disgusting smell disappeared. She also smelled something delicious which made her confused.
Erza raised her eyebrow and thought that she might have olfactory fatigue or she was being attacked by a hallucination. She hurriedly took out her sword and prepared for a battle. She walked slowly toward the source of this delicious smell until she found someone who was having a camp in this forest while grilling meat on the skillet.
Erza raised her eyebrow then noticed a young man in adventure-like clothes drinking a bottle of beverage, either soda, juice, or something else, she wasn't sure. However....
*Growl!*
Erza's stomach was growling very loud which made her blush.
"......"
Then Erza noticed the young man was looking at her.
Both of them were looking at each other in silence before he made a gesture for her to move closer.
Erza raised her eyebrow, but moved closer since she could tell that he didn't mean any harm. However, she needed to be careful since she didn't know him.
No one talked until that silence was being broken by him.
"Want some meat?" The young man asked with his gruff voice.
"......"
