"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