94 Future Development

The process of checking the reserves of the iron ore mine was very quick and as expected, Bourne was quite surprised when he found that there were at least a hundred million tons of iron ore inside the mine.

Bourne detected the amount of iron by using his water magic.

Water was everywhere, including the earth.

Even in the air, there was both oxygen and hydrogen.

Bourne knew that once he could learn further then he wouldn't feel worried that he would be attacked so suddenly. If he took his time to learn this magic more, it would be possible that he would be able to detect everything in this world since water was everywhere.

After confirming the amount of iron ore, Bourne was in deep thought, thinking about what he would do after this. He knew with this amount of reserve, he would attract the attention of a lot of dark magicians since money would attract a bad guy.

Even a small and poor village was attacked, then Bourne thought that it was normal for the iron ore mine to be attacked sooner or later.

Bourne knew that he couldn't tell the world about this matter and needed to think of his strategy to get as much benefit as he could.

However, Bourne knew that he couldn't be greedy.

The iron ore mine was located in the Fiore and of course, he needed to collaborate with the royalty of the Fiore.

His intention to collaborate with the kingdom of Fiore was to make this kingdom to get money so this kingdom could build a school for free in this kingdom so he could easily get a labor easily.

There were a lot of people who were illiterate in this world and he knew that it was quite hard to find someone who could manage this iron ore mine.

Bourne thought for a while and at the same time, he realized something. He was wondering why he was so keen to get money when he knew that in this world strength was everything.

"What's wrong, Bourne?" Ultear asked.

"Nothing. Let's go back. I've checked it," Bourne said.

"Is it done?" Mirajane asked.

"Yes." Bourne nodded and said, "Your siblings are waiting for you. Let's not stay too long."

Ultear and Mirajane nodded and went back to the camp.

Along the way, Bourne was silent and wondered whether he had enough strength to protect his loved one and wealth. He knew that there was a lot of weird magic in this world and at the same time, he also knew that there were a lot of strong magicians in this world.

If it was one by one then he might be able to defeat them, but what if he was being attacked at the same time?

Bourne knew that he needed to fasten his plan to make his own group of bodyguards. He didn't have trouble with money and he also had enough strength to control them. The only problem was that he couldn't find the talent.

Bourne also knew that he needed to become stronger again. If he was stronger then he wouldn't have had a headache from the phenomenon in the sky yesterday.

Bourne also didn't want to have the same tragedy that happened to him several years ago. He took a deep breath and calmed himself, knowing that being hasty wasn't going to help him. He was a master of "water" magic and he had always gone with the flow, but he could manipulate the speed of that flow, making him even stronger.

"What have you been thinking about?" Ultear asked curiously.

"I'll protect you and our children in the future," Bourne said and kissed Ultear's forehead.

Ultear blushed, but she didn't push him this time and snuggled into his chest. She didn't have a doubt at Bourne's words since she knew how loyal this guy was.

Bourne then noticed Mirajane who was staring at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"N - Nothing!"

Mirajane shook her head and looked away. She couldn't tell them that she was jealous of them at that moment. She glanced at Bourne and Ultear and wondered whether she could get such a husband in the future.

Little did Mirajane know that Bourne wasn't only dating Ultear, but also Ur who happened to be Ultear's mother. If she knew that her feelings would be complicated.

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When they returned Lisa, Lisanna, and Elfman greeted them and they could tell that the complexion of the three of them had become better after Bourne's treatment.

Ultear and Mirajane didn't ask about the matter of the iron ore mine and talked about something else such as sweets, fashion, magic, etc.

Ultear also tried to ask various questions regarding Fairy Tail since she felt that this guild was quite special. She might have information about this guild from the data which was collected by her intelligence organization, but it was better to hear it from the mouth of the members of the Fairy Tail itself after all.

Bourne knew that he had a lot of money and he felt that it should be enough. What he needed to do was to stabilize his business and created his own bodyguard team since he knew the danger of this world.

Bourne also needed to learn a magic which was related to mind magic since he knew that mind magic was the most tricky one. He needed to research a way to defend against them since mind magic was very insidious magic. It would be too late to cry if his loved one was being manipulated by a mind magic so he needed to prepare himself.

Bourne also thought of magic which was able to enhance his own strength such as muscle magic.

Truth be told, there was a way to make him stronger faster.

In the past, Bourne had mastered a "capture magic" which made him able to digest anything and gained the power of the power of the thing that he had disgested, especially a magician. However, he wouldn't do that since he felt that it was inhuman and the thought of digesting human inside his body made him uncomfortable and disgusted.

'So what about the beast?'

Bourne was wondering whether he could use "capture magic" to gain the talent and power of various animals, beasts, and monsters in this world.

There were a lot of animals, beasts, and monsters in this world and each of them had a special power.

For example, if he disgested a bat, he was wondering whether he was able to gain an echolocation of bat.

Bourne felt that the possibility of that magic was quite good, but he felt that it was too tasteless, compared to the development of his "ice magic" or "freezing magic". With those two magic, he would be able to create a sub-zero temperature or even stop the time itself.

Bourne thought that he should think about this matter later when he had returned since there was something that he needed to do before else.

"Mirajane, Lisanna, Lisa." Bourne called their names.

"What's wrong, Bourne?" Mirajane asked.

"What's wrong, Bourne-nii?" Lisanna asked.

Lisa looked at Bourne curiously.

"Do you want to become a model?" Bourne said and took out his card name.

"........"