98 Do you want to come?
As the readers had guessed, the young man that was mentioned in the previous chapter was Bourne.
Bourne had mastered a lot of things with his "water" magic and one of them was he could detect and travel to any place as long as there was rain.
Bourne had seen how this girl (Juvia) fought against several people alone bravely.
If Juvia's heart wasn't in a depressed mood, then she might be able to defeat all of them, but her condition wasn't good and she had just been betrayed by her boyfriend that caused her to become weaker.
Bourne thought to save this girl, but he stopped when he saw how strong and well this girl fought against her opponents, but what attracted him to this girl was that that her magic was similar to him.
Bourne might have seen a lot of magicians that had mastered water magic, but that didn't mean that magicians could become the water itself and their magic was quite weak such as shooting a ball of water or gushing out water from their hands.
However, this girl was different so Bourne watched her for a while until she couldn't hold on anymore.
Bourne could appear anywhere as long as there was rain and it was also the reason why he could suddenly appear beside this girl without anyone noticing. He looked at one of the most conscious ice statues in front of him and frowned since he was quite familiar with this magician.
"Bora?"
Bourne, of course, had seen Bora which was why he was a bit surprised when he saw him attacking this girl.
Bourne looked at the girl that sat on the ground and he couldn't see the face of this girl clearly. He kneeled down and asked gently, "What's your name?"
The girl's body trembled, but then she looked at Bourne gently. She stared at his face for a long time and didn't say anything.
Bourne felt weird and touched his face. "Is there something wrong with my face?"
Shaking her head hastily, the girl said, "No. No."
"So can you tell me your name now?" Bourne asked.
"Juvia... My name is Juvia Lockser," Juvia said.
Bourne nodded and had to admit that Juvia was a very beautiful girl, except for her hairstyle since he felt that it was quite weird, but he didn't intend to say anything.
"So can you tell me---"
"BOURNE!!!"
Bourne turned and saw Ultear running toward him. "What's wrong?"
"Help me! I can't drive the car!"
Ultear wanted to cry at that moment since she almost busted their car, but fortunately, she mastered a "time arc" magic which made her able to restore the car to its original state, but it was quite tiring.
However, Ultear was in shock when she saw the surrounding area had been covered in ice.
"W... What happened?"
"Well, we need to hear the story from this girl," Bourne said while looking at Juvia.
However, Juvia stared at Ultear with a gloomy expression.
"....A rival in love?"
"Hmm?" 2x
Bourne and Ultear looked at this girl with confusion.
---
After learning everything from Juvia's mouth, Bourne and Ultear didn't hesitate to call the Magic Council to come since this matter was quite serious.
Slavery.
This kind of thing was quite rampant in this world, especially for the common people who couldn't even use magic.
The magician was very powerful, and the easiest way for them to get money was to do something bad such as robbery, thievery, slavery, etc.
However, Bourne didn't expect Bora to be part of the slavery group. He thought that he needed to be more careful in the future.
Bourne had written an article about a way to erase the effect of "charm" magic, but the girls in this continent didn't learn their lesson and thought to create another article about this slavery matter since he wanted to erase such a thing in this world.
Before long a group of Magic Council appeared since the location of camp that was used by the group of slave traders was quite close to the city.
"Thank you very much for reporting this matter to us, Bourne-sama."
Waving his hand, Bourne said, "It's just a coincidence that I'm here. The culprit is over there, I'll unfrozen them when you've saved all the girls."
"Yes!"
The group of the Magic Council saluted before they saved a group of girls and collected the ship that was used to transfer the girls.
His status was very high on the Magic Council since one of his fiancees was a member of Ten Wizard Saints and he also had donated a number of money to their organization. It could be said that he was very revered by this organization.
If Bourne entered then a seat of the council would be opened directly, but he didn't want to enter since it was troublesome and it was enough with Ur as the member of Ten Wizard Saints.
Bourne didn't kill the group of slave traders and Bora since there was a better place for them and he also needed their information about the slave traders matter in this continent. Once again, he realized the importance of mind magic.
If Bourne mastered mind magic, he didn't have to interrogate them and he could just invade their minds to read their memories.
"Bourne, is it only me or that girl has been staring at me for a while?" Ultear asked.
"Huh?"
Bourne turned his head and could see Juvia who was hiding behind a tree, staring at Ultear while emitting a gloomy aura from her body. He could even see her crying while biting a white handkerchief. He felt that this girl was quite funny for some reason.
"What are you going to do with her?" Ultear asked.
"She's very powerful. I want to invite her," Bourne said.
Ultear thought for a while and nodded. She knew the magic which was mastered by Juvia was similar to her fiance's magic and thought that Juvia could be a great help for their family. Then she pushed Bourne's back and said, "Then go and invite her."
Bourne nodded and walked toward Juvia.
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Juvia had been staring at Ultear and kept wondering what Ultear's relationship with Bourne was. She wasn't sure, but the only thing that she could think was that Ultear was her love rival, but she didn't think that it was strange either since a man as charming as Bourne should have one or two women beside him, however, it didn't mean that she was going to give up.
Juvia kept staring at Utlear, and didn't notice Bourne who was right in front of her.
"Juvia."
"!!!"
Juvia was startled when her nama was being called so suddenly and she was even more surprised when she saw Bourne was right in front of her.
"B - Bourne-sama!"
"Bourne-sama?" Bourne raised his eyebrow, but he didn't think too much. "What's your plan after this?"
"My plan?" Juvia looked at Bourne in confusion.
"Are you going back to your home or guild?" Bourne asked.
"..."
Juvia became even gloomier and she shook her head. "No, I'm an orphan and I don't join any guild."
Bourne nodded and didn't seem that surprised since there were a lot of orphans in this world and from what the information that he had received, most of magicians that joined a guild were also orphans.
However, Bourne didn't feel that surprise since the reason why those magicians entered a guild was to get the warmth of family since they didn't have a family.
"Juvia, do you want to follow me?"
Bourne knew that he wasn't a good person, but he still had a bottom line and rather than leaving this girl to a stranger, it was better for him to bring her with him.
"Eh? I, Is that a proposal?" Juvia blushed and looked at Bourne with a happy smile.
"..."
Bourne was wondering what was wrong with this girl's head.
