Homura also laughed and said, "Let me give you an example. Suppose you find a litter of kittens on the street, and you feel fond of them and want to approach them. Suddenly, the mother cat jumps out, glaring fiercely at you and baring her teeth and claws. Would you hold a grudge against the mother cat for her actions?"
"Eh?" Honoka ran while occasionally turning her head to see, confused by the worried expressions on Umi and Kotori's faces. She even stepped on empty space. "Huh?"
Which led him to the idea that this was one of those killing machine beings gaining and feeling emotions for the first time ever and latching onto the first person that propagated the idea of them being something other than a being of death and violence.
However, as soon as Elicia raised her head, Erza reached over the bed and slapped her across the face. The slap was so strong that it forced Elicia's head to turn and left a red handprint on her cheek.
Here's an analogy, an architect builds your house, but the house still belongs to you, just like the harem haha
"Oh, you're that super-hot, harem protagonist!" Marin shouted excitedly before clapping her hands over her mouth. Then, she smiled sheepishly while correcting herself. "I mean, you're Elicia's boyfriend."
The old woman, Ooba Babasama, looked like any other old woman you could find in Fiore. She had wrinkles on her face, long grey hair that she styled in a massive bun with three layers, and bony hands. She wore a collared cloak with a polka dot design, a dark vest underneath the cloak, and studded bracelets on each arm. She was also the guild master of another one of the strongest guilds in Fiore, Lamia Scale.
"Oh, you don't have to worry about that, Gramps." Alfonzo said as he started walking toward the kitchen behind the bar. "Lici and I are gonna take this quest together. I guess you could call us team Steel Threads, or something like that."