"So tell me how's my Koine? It's been 64 years since I've learned it and haven't really had a chance to speak it" said a
tall female elf with golden eyes, long greenish white hair, and sharp elongated ears showing shes a high elf. She has a small crown of flowers that adorn her head and the silver-threaded dress covering her body.

"For the last time Eowyn it's fine" grumbled her little sister leading her back to Orario and to the Loki Familia. She is a slender and tall elf, slightly shorter than her sister, with green hair that is long in the back and short in front, with two braids at the side. She has long ears, showing she too was a high elf. She is wearing a green sleeveless archer corset, shorts, a pair of uneven black gloves, knee high boots, and a hood. Black sleeve over her left arm, the arm guard for her bow arm.

"Oh calm down Riniya, I'm just excited to finally see your home, I mean this is after all where my best friend and princess, Riveria went about 30 years ago and from the rumors that reach us, she's now the strongest elf in the world" said Eowyn with a smile. She continued to take small elegant steps showing she was trained to walk with a feminine charm.

"Grml still hate that you gotta come, are ya gonna stay for a long time? You do have your duties as the daughter of lord Albwin" said Riniya.

"Hmhmhm but your our fathers daughter too" she said with a smile.

"...yeah sure..." she said in a suddenly gloomy tone.

"Riniya, he does care, I know dad can be cold bu-" "cold doesn't even cut it, he didn't even care that I left or even sent a letter to see if I was ok in the last 12 years" she said cutting her sister off.

Eowyn looked down sadly as her ears drooped a bit at hearing that, her father really was cold, even by high elven standards and in the 147 years she's been alive, not once has she seen him genuinely happy. He became even less happy when his sister was born, especially with her adventures attitude and dreams of wanting to explore the world.

She was about to reach out and grab her sisters shoulder, when they reached the top of a small hill and her eyes went wide.

In the far distance she could see Babel Tower, standing tall above everything else and if she squinted her eyes she could just barely make out the wall itself.

"Wow.. so that's Orario..." she said in awe.

"Mhm and this Is where me and my Familia live and where you'll be staying until you decide to go back to the Royal Alf Forest" said Riniya "it should only take us 4 hours to get to Orario if we keep up this pace".

Eowyn smiled and continued to follow her sister to Orario.

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Bells eyes slowly opened and the first thing he saw was red, along with a tiny bit of white. He Instantly recognized it, even when being extremely sleepy, it was Rose's hair and one of her ears.

He then noticed something else, he was very warm and he felt weight on all sides of him, slowly he turned his head to his left and saw white hair then a lone, pointed wheat colored ear, he recognized as Zidrils. He then turned right and his brain shut down at what he saw.

It was a head of golden hair that he instantly recognized as Ais.

Before he could do anything, his brain finally remembered everything and how Ais dragged him to the Loki Familia, then her room, with Rose and Zidril following. She then snuggled up to him on bed, wanting to sleep and the other two joined. Leaving Bell in this very comfortable situation.

"I'm so proud of you Bell... I feel like a proud father.." said the voice of his grandfather.

"Please be quiet grandpa.." he thought.

"Mmm" Rose snuggled a little bit more while laying on top of him and buried her face into his neck and breathed deeply in her sleep, enjoying his scent, that she missed so much.

Bell smiled lovingly at that and kissed the top of her head, which made her smile and her tail subconsciously wag, slapping his and Zidrils legs.

"Mmmm" Zidril slowly opened her pale red eyes and stood up while doing a stretch, that made her chest stand out more, making Bell snap his head in the other direction. "That was some of the best sleep I've gotten in the last 10 years".

Her eyes then landed on Bell and smiled lovingly "morning handsome" she said snuggling back up with him.

"Morning Zidril" he said with a smile but noticed she pouted "umm beautiful?".

"Hmhm, much better" she then leaned forward and kissed him on his lips, which shocked him for a moment, before he kissed her back, making Zidril so happy, her elf ears started to wiggle.

Her and Rose talked last night and she was now officially Bells second girlfriend and all of last night on the way to the Hostess and during it at some points, she didn't stop teasing him.

"Hehe gotta admit kisses feel a lot better than I thought" Zidril said with a loving smile.

"I have to agree" said Rose waking up and sitting up, straddling Bells hips, making him gulp and try to think of anything but the three beautiful woman touching him and that he could feel Rose's large ass on him and see her large chest.

"Oh~ like what you feel and see?" Teased Rose, shaking her hips a bit, but then her eyes went wide as she felt it. Her pupils narrowed as she stared at him and the fur on her ears and tail stood on end in excitement and she smiled fully, revealing her canines and lastly a lustful blush formed on her cheeks.

It was taking every ounce of self control she had, to keep her werewolf side from tearing his clothes off and demanding they mate and he gives her a pup. Which was something she desperately wanted and hopes that he will put a baby in her before he turns 20, so she doesn't get much older. She's already 28 and she doesn't have Falna, so she won't live anywhere near as long as those with it.

Heck she's heard of some high level adventurers, living as long as elves do, once they reach high enough of a level.

"Mmm jagamarukun.." Ais said in her sleep as she snuggled more into Bells side and thats when he noticed something.

She was wearing his jacket, he leant her after that one incident in the dungeon.

Rose took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed her werewolf side.. she only had to wait a little bit longer... then they can make love and officaly become mates, or as everyone says it, married and she will then be Rose Cranel. Something she was very much looking forward to.

"As much as I'd like us all to stay here and cuddle and relax, I think it's time we all get up and hopefully don't have to suffer from Lokis wrath" said Zidril.

Bell instantly went pale at that thought, especially since Ais was cuddled up to him and sleeping peacefully.

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Riveria got up from her bed and dressed in what she considered lighter clothing consisting of two sets of greenish elven robes with sewn patterns, these hid her very feminine body that would've made men drool and girls jealous.

She was about to go check on Ais since from what she heard, Ais dragged Bell into her room and immediately fell asleep cuddled next to him and both Rose and Zidril joined in.

Now in normal cases she would've been worried or angry, but since Bell did the impossible and kept a drunk Ais from causing mayhem. Also she has a really good idea of what kind of person Bell is and knows he won't try anything.

Leaving her room and heading to Ais's she couldn't help but note that for some reason her bed felt extra cold and... lonely for some reason and when she woke up, she found herself cuddling up to one of her pillows.

Now standing infront of the door, she knocked on it before opening it and saw Bell sitting up and talking to both Rose and Zidril, while Ais was still asleep.

For some reason she felt her gutt twist a bit and she felt... extra lonely. But she quickly pushed those feelings down "good morning all of you".

"Good morning, Ms Riveria" said Zidril given her a light bow.

"Morning" said Rose, leaning against Bell lightly.

"Good morning Riveria" said Bell with a bit of nervousness in his voice.

"Don't worry Bell, you're not in trouble, even if you didn't want to come here, you wouldn't have been able to over power a level 6 like Ais" said Riveria.

Bell let out a sigh of relief and that's when Ais finally woke up.

"Mmm" she rubbed her eyes and noticed that she was holding something very warm, slowly opening them, she was met with a black shirt where she had her head on and then she looked up and saw Bells face.

"M-morning Ais" he said nervously.

She stared at him for a moment, before all the memories of last night came flooding back into her mind "morning".

Ais then sat up and noticed Rose and Zidril, then her eyes landed on Riveria. She stared at her and tilted her head "did you sleep with Bell to?".

Instantly Bells face got redder than Rose's hair, where said werewolf was giggling.

Riveria blushed as memories of her sleeping on his lap, then indirectly kissing him, came to her mind and that ache from earlier, came back.

"No Ais I didn't, I just came in here to wake you up before someone else tried and possibly starting something stupid" said Riveria.

"Oh" she then looked at Bell and the other two for a moment, before she looked back at Riveria "Well you should've, since it was very comfy and warm".

Riveria felt her cheeks and ears heat up, but said nothing and turned around and walked out the door "Come downstairs for breakfast as soon as you can and I'll make sure Loki and the others don't do anything".

After she left, the 4 of them all sat in Ais's room and Bell looked around it and noted that it was actually really bare.

It just had a bed, a dresser, some clothes in a dirty clothes basket, extra weapons and armor. The only real thing that could he considered sentimental was a picture of Ais and Riveria standing next to each other when Ais looked to be in her early teens.

"Ok I think we should all leave and um.. I'm sorry about sleeping in your bed Ais" said Bell.

"It's ok, It was comfy" she said getting out of bed and heading for the door with the others following her.

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"So nothing happened" said Loki glaring at Riveria.

"They were all clothed" said Riveria filling her plate with eggs, toast and a fruit salad.

Loki pouted in anger and jealousy since she never got to sleep with her Ais-puu and she wasn't alone. Lots of the Familia members were angry.

Everyone then turned and saw said people coming down the stairs and entered the dining room.

Ais ignored the stairs and walked into the kitchen where Anakitty was making breakfast and grabbed her plate.

Bell followed her with Rose and Zidril right behind him and they all ignored the stares and glares they were getting.

Quickly grabbing some food, they sat down at a free table and began to eat in silence.

"Goddess why did you let him in here and eat our food" said one member of the Familia.

"Ais dragged him here when she was drunk and this is the least we could do, to thank him from preventing a drunk Ais from causing mayhem" said Finn.

That actually made most of the Familia sympathetic, they still had nightmares of that night.

"Argonaut-kun" said Tiona walking over to the table Bell was at and had a small smile on her face as she sat down at his table.

"Ms Tiona?" He said looking at her.

"Just Tiona and I wanna ask you some questions, did you really one shot the Goliath that appeared on the 18th floor?" She said with excitement in her voice.

Immediately everyone looked at Bell for a answer.

"I.. I was only able to do that thanks to everyone's help, if it wasn't for them then I wouldn't have ever been able to" said Bell with a small smile as he scratched the back of his head.

"It was amazing to watch, his whole body was glowing white and he had lightning and fire forming around him. Not only that but the sounds of bells was getting so loud that everyone could hear it" said Zidril with a smile.

"That was you? We could hear it from the 5th floor and when we asked the guild, they could hear it as well" said Finn in excitement. A level 2 one shooting a floor boss and having a attack so loud, it could be heard from the 18th floor, while on the surface.

"U-um yeah.." he said not wanting to reveal to much.

"I have to admit.. it was amazing to see and it reminded me of Ms Riverias most powerful spell in terms of sheer destruction" said Alicia.

Finn couldn't help but smile more, he was gonna have to push Loki harder to get her to make an alliance with Hestia.

Speaking of said goddess, she was still pouting that Bell got to sleep next to Ais, yet she wasn't fully directing the anger at him.

Everyone was then caught off guard when they smelled something delicious and they all saw Tione walking out of the kitchen with a giant roasted fish that looked to be around 100 pounds and she was carrying it, like it was nothing.

She had a beautiful smile on her face and walked right up to Finn and placed it down "hi captain".

"H-hi Tione" he said with a bit of nervousness.

"Did you miss me? I made you this" she said while batting her eye and had what anyone describe as a beautiful smile that'd make men gawk at.

"U-um I-I-I can't eat all that... I just ate my own breakfast" he said gesturing to his plate.

"We can share! I spent all morning making you this" she said happily.

"Just eat it you daft pallum" said Gareth before he took a swig of his ale.

"I um..." he had to admit it did smell delicious, but he couldn't eat it or it'll just encourage Tione and he has to find a pallum wife to help his race. Bells supporter did catch his eye for a moment. "I-I'm sorry Tione but I'm already full".

*bang*

She dropped the large dish on the table and just left heading for somewhere more private.

Finn immediately felt glares from all over the room and they all said the same thing.

"You could've been nicer".

Riveria finished her own meal and stood up, not even looking at Finn for how disappointed she was in him, she put her plate and started to walk away but stopped by Bells table. "Mr Cranel, if it's not to much trouble, but when your done eating I'd like to talk to you in the library for a moment since Alicia mentioned some things that I'm curious about".

"U-um sure Ms Riveria" he said a little caught off guard.

She gave a tiny smile, then walked off, heading to said library.

Finn then got up and was about to head to his office when Gareth spoke "so you couldn't even take one bite" he said in a tone that hurt more than he'd care to admit.

He said nothing and just walked away feeling guilt, eat him alive.

"Daft pallum, hey Tiona, can you eat this" said Gareth as he got up and looked at Loki "Ok Loki time for a status update to see if I became level 7, I killed Amphisbaena and helped kill that monster on the 59th".

"What? But I'm st-HEY LET ME GO!!!".

"No, your updating my stats and were gonna have a long talk" he said dragging her away.

"BUT I WANNA EAT MY BREAKFAST AND TALK TO AIS!!".

"Didn't ask and don't care".

Everyone watched as Gareth more or less drag Loki away, kicking and screaming.

"Ugh poor Tione" said Tiona feeling more bad for her sister than Loki, she then got up and picked up the massive fish and walked back over to the table she was eating at. "You three wanna help me eat this, so it doesn't go to waste".

"If your sister won't get mad, I wouldn't mind having some" said Rose.

"Same here" said Zidril.

Bell nodded his head in agreement as well.

"Great! Oh, Alicia, Anakitty do you want? I know you two like fish" said Tiona.

Alicia was silent for a moment before getting up with her plate to join them.

"If I want full then I'd love some" said Anakitty sadly. That fish smelled absolutely amazing.

"I'll save you a piece and put it in the fridge" Tiona said.

"Fridge? What's that?" Said Bell.

"It's a device that was invented and uses magic stones to keep foods cold so they last longer" said Tiona as she pointed it out.

Bell leaned forward and saw the large thing that Tiona was pointing at, it was simply a massive door given they needed a walk in fridge to feed the sheer amount of people in the Familia.

"Wow.." he said never having seen one.

"They are extremely handy and almost every restaurant and large Familia has one, given they are pretty expensive" said Tiona before she cut off a large chunk of the fish and put it on her plate. "Now come on and help me eat this".

The others all dug in and Bell was about to take a bite, when Ais sat down at the table as well.

"It smells good" she said still hungry.

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Bell waved both Rose and Zidril goodbye, but not before giving them both a kiss. They sadly had to leave For their respective jobs or they would've stayed longer.

Bell turned and started to walk towards where Tiona told him, the library was and as he walked, he got some cold glares or just nods of respect, depending on who it was he passed.

He continued to walk for a short while and was about to enter the library, but his eyes caught something.

It was Tione who was sitting off in a adjacent hallway, holding her legs to her chest and she looked incredibly sad.

Seeing her in such a depressed state, Bell immediately started to walk towards her to see if he could help.

Tione continued to sit where she was and just kept wondering why Finn didn't accept her.. she's been throwing herself at him for years and each time he rejects her. She couldn't understand why? Was it her looks? Personality? Was her cooking not good enough? Was it the fact she was amazon? She just couldn't understand why.

She let out a breath, but that's when her level 6 senses told her someone was walking towards her and she looked up and saw Bell looking at her.

"Um.. I know this isn't my place since we aren't close or even in the same Familia, but are you ok?" He said gently.

Tione looked at him for a moment before she forced a smile out "yeah I'm ok.. just a little sad, that's all, but don't worry I'll be fine".

Bell looked unsure, but he knew it wouldn't be right to push her "ok.. well if you ever wanna talk, I'm always willing... oh um also, your sister offered us that fish and.. it was really good, it reminded me of Mama Mias roasted fish on her menu.

Now that made Tione smile a genuine one, being told her cooking reminded him of Mama Mias cooking was one hell of a compliment and anyone would see that as a amazing compliment.

"Thank you Bell.. that actually made me feel a bit better" she said.

"No problem and I know this isn't my place, but I do hope you and Finn get together or you find someone who genuinely makes you happy since you deserve it" he said before he started to leave, to leave her be.

Tione looked at him for a moment before she smiled gently as the tiniest tint of red covered her wheat colored cheeks "hmhm thank you... and maybe my sister will like you since she wouldn't stop gushing about the stories you told her" she said to herself.

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Entering the library, his eyes went wide at seeing the sheer amount of books and he hopes that one day, him and Hestia will get a better home so they can have a library where he can read said books and expand his knowledge.

"Ah welcome Bell" said Riveria in the distance.

Turning, he saw her and Alicia along with Lefiya who was giving him a dirty look, but one glare from Riveria made her stop.

"Um you wanted to talk to me about something?" He asked genuinely curious and a bit worried.

"Yes, it was about the battle down in the 18th and the magic you used to kill the Goliath" she said but noticed his nervousness "don't worry I don't wanna know how it works, I'm more curious how often you could use it and how long it takes, since that move could be invaluable for us in the deeper floors".

"Oh um.. for what I know about it, I don't have much experience with it and it's only been used in high stress situations" said Bell recalling all the times he did use it.

"I see.. well it's very useful from what Alicia told us and it makes me wish I was on the 18th so I could've seen it" she said.

"It was an amazing sight" said Alicia with a small smile and a tiny blush and as much as she hated to admit it... he looked like a hero.

"Did it take you a while to charge it like my stronger spells do?" Asked Riveria.

"Um yeah.. it too the efforts of everyone to buy me enough time to charge my attack enough to kill it" Bell said.

"Hmm well that attack would be very useful... I'll talk to Finn about having you join us either on a debt running expedition or just a trial run, so we can see how you do and how useful that attack will be" said Riveria.

Bell nodded his head in excitement, the thought of adventuring with the Loki Familia was a dream come to true to lots of adventurers, given they were the second strongest Familia in Orario and the world.

"Well that's all I really wished to talk to you about, your free to leave" she said with a small smile that looked a tiny bit sad.

"Um actually.. would it be ok if I stayed and tried to find a book to read for a bit? Only books that my goddess has are all written in Hieroglyphics and she won't teach me how to read sadly" said Bell.

"Hmm sure I don't see why, just don't go to the shelves in the last 4 rows since those are Familia only books" said Riveria before looking at Alicia "could you help him find any books he's looking for?".

"Yes Ms Riveria" said Alicia standing up and walking towards Bell "so what exactly are you looking for?".

"Hmm probably stories or just books about the time before the gods and blessings from them" said Bell.

Alicia was silent for a moment as she tried to remember where those books were or books like that, before she finally remembered and lead him to the part of the library.

"Here you are" she said gesturing to the entire shelf "we got lots about that period and even some that talk about very prominent spirits of the Era". Alicia then looked back at Bell "why do you want to know this stuff?".

"Last time I read books about that was when I was 7, so I wanna refresh my memory about it, plus they talk about the hero Albert Waldstein and how he took one of the eyes of the one eyed black dragon" said Bell.

Nodding her head in understanding, she left to back and study with Riveria and Lefiya, though she did have to admit.. a small part of her wanted to stay and read with Bell.

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(2 hours later)

"Here we are Eowyn" said Riniya gesturing to Twilight manor.

"Wow.." she said in awe of the place, she was amazed and quite happy to be away from all the people, especially since lots of people kept gawking or ogling her, while some elves tried to hit on her since she was high elf of nobility.

"Come on let's go inside and introduce you to everyone and hopefully avoid my perverted goddess" said Riniya walking towards the gate with a smile.

Following her, she didn't notice a mop of gold hair on the roof of twilight manor watching them and leaving to go tell Riveria her friend is back and brought someone with her.

Walking down the hall, Ais quickly made it to the library and opened the door, speed walking to the table Riveria is always at.

"Ais?" She said a little caught off guard.

"Riniya is back and she brought someone with her" said Ais in her usual tone.

"Oh!" Riveria felt a but of excitement that her friend is back and got up while noticing that Alicia looked jealous and happy since her rival was back. "Thank you for telling me".

Ais nodded her head and was about to leave when she noticed Bell off in the distance reading a book.

Walking over she decided to ask him if he wanted to train since he was apparently still here, when she thought he left. As she got closer, she finally noticed the books and her eyes went wide at the cover of the book he was reading.

'The Time Of Spirits Before Gods'.

She couldn't fully describe it, but... that made her feel really happy and she looked at him curiously.

"I swear it was mentioned about a child of a spirit in my grandfather's book, also why is no mention of the spirit that blessed the Crozzo family?" Said Bell to himself.

Ais felt her heartbeat quicken and she looked at him as Bell.

"D-does he know?..." she thought staring at him and couldn't describe the feeling in her chest at this moment.

Bell let out a loud sigh and closed the book and put it away, he then grabbed another book from the ground and was about to put it away as well, when he finally noticed Ais.

"Um Ais?" He said looking at her.

"...why are you studying Spirits.." she said with a tone that sounded both hopeful and... scared.

"Oh, well my grandfather used to have lots of books talking about lots of different things and I'm reading these to help me remember everything, but your guy's books are different from his" said Bell as he put the second book away.

Ais continued to stare at him with a look that he couldn't describe himself.

"And... did you learn anything?".

"More just jogged my memory, though your guy's story about Albert Waldstein is a bit different from my grandpas".

Bell didn't notice Ais actually flinch or did he hear, her heart hammering in her chest.

"But maybe I'm just not remembering it correctly, but I swear his mentioned that he had a daughter" he said more to himself. Bell shrugged his shoulders and put the last books away and looked at Ais and noticed that she seemed really nervous for some reason "are you ok?".

"Y-yes" she said before turning around "excuse me but I have to go and train" she then left and was still unsure how to feel.. a part of her was terrified what he'd say and another part of her wondered why she'd like him to know more about herself.

Bell watched her leave in a bit of confusion before he sighed and decided to leave and go see Hestia for a status update, then see Welf and ask him to repair the damaged parts of his armor.

Walking away, he soon went down the hall, then down the steps and was about to turn the corner, when he accidentally bumped into someone.

"Ow..".

"Oh I'm so sorry" said Bell as he looked down at the person he accidentally bumped into.

His breath hitched a bit as he realized he bumped into a elf, a beautiful high elf woman for that matter.

"I'm so sorry" he said again to her and she looked up at him and waved her hand.

"yes's teréva, lala harm done ar ni should n- apologizing (It's fine, no harm done and I should be apologizing)" Eowyn said in high elvish automatically since that's what she's used to speaking. But then she realized he couldn't understand it and was about to speak Koine, when Bell spoke.

"Still, ni care- apologize, ni sinte elves don't ve eala touched (Still I do apologize, I know elves don't liked to be touched)" said Bell in perfect high elvish making her eyes go wide.

"Eowyn are you ok?" Said Riveria walking up to her and noticing Bell "Oh Bell what are you doing down here? I thought you were still in the library".

"I was actually getting ready to leave" he said while scratching the back of his head.

Riverias ears drooped so slightly that no one noticed, but she nodded her head "I see well it was nice talking to you and I hope we can find a day sometime in the future to train or even just talk" she said not noticing the strange look from Eowyn and her sister Riniya.

"Like wise Riveria, also um Ais was acting a bit strange, but she left before I could ask her anything" said Bell.

"Hmm I see, well thank you for telling me" she said before watching Bell leave.

After he left Riveria helped Eowyn up and said elf finally spoke "is he part of your familia?".

"No he's in a different Familia but some stuff happened and we are trying to make a close friendship or alliance with his goddess" said Riveria.

"Huh... Riveria do you like him? You two seem close" said Eowyn.

Riveria blushed and looked at her "I'm a high elf and the princess, that would never work out and he already has two girlfriends" she then started to walk off.

"She didn't deny liking him" said Riniya with wide eyes.

"I don't think she realized she didn't and I think she's also suppressing any possible feelings she might even have" said Eowyn before she started to follow Riveria to Lokis office where they saw Gareth and Finn along with Loki.

"So did you level up?" Said Riveria.

"Not yet.. but I'm close... and once Udaeus respawns I'm going to solo him, that should hopefully be enough to get me to level 7" said Gareth in excitement, he only had to wait another week now.

"Mhm and till then, he won't have any duties except for training and getting his gear ready for that fight" said Loki before noticing the two behind Riveria "Ah Riniya my lovely High elf archer you came back! Wanna cuddle?".

"HA fat chance pervert".

"Meanie... who's the other elf?" She said looking at the taller of the three.

"Hello goddess Loki I am Eowyn and I'm Riniyas older sister" she said with a small bow showing respect.

"Eowyn? Forgive me but that doesn't really sound elvish, especially for a high elf" said Loki.

"I was named that after a female adventurer that saved my mother when she was pregnant with me, though my father still hates it, since she was a human" she said.

"Typical elf racism, I swear monsters are less racist than your species, long ears" said Gareth.

"Don't remind me" said Riveria annoyed.

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"Oh my heaven..." said Hestia with her eyes so wide, they started to hurt.

Bell Cranel

LV 2

Strength: F 326 ► SS 1078

Endurance: F 383 ► SSS 1152

Dexterity: G 252 ► S 999

Agility: E 469 ► SSS1198

Luck: B

Hunter: F

Magic: F 350 ► E 428

Her eyes then went to his skills and they were all the same except for Indomitable Will which got stronger.

Instead of it being 100 points for a temporary boost in a fight, it now increased it to 500 points, 5 entire classes which could mean the difference from life and death in a fight.

"Bell... you can level up to 3.. heck you have stats that could possibly make you level 4 if you keep this up" said Hestia.

Bell was silent, he did want to level up, but... he remembered how angry people were with his already insanely fast growth.

"Goddess.. if possible could we hold off on that for now... I'd like to stay level 2 for a little longer, our Familia is still weak and gods are already after me.. I don't want us to get harrased more" said Bell.

She looked at him confused for a second before she remembered remembered how lots of gods harrased him before and even herself for Bell.

"Yeah we can do that Bell, oh also a festival is coming up soon" she said sounding a little excited.

"Festival?" He said sitting up as she handed him the paper so he could read his stats and did a spit take.

Bell Cranel

LV 2

Strength: SS 1078

Endurance: SSS 1152

Dexterity: S 999

Agility: SSS1198

Luck: B

Hunter: F

Magic: E 428

FireBolt, ThunderBolt

[Quick Fire Magic]

Skill

Liaris Freeze.

Continued desire results in continued growth. The Stronger the desire results in stronger growth and allows him to go past his limits.

Indomitable Will.

Increases all stats by 500 as long as his will doesn't waver, for a short period of time during combat, but at the cost of it not being available for two days. Also helps suppress God's curse and if will is strong enough, will bend the curse to the users will and allow him to control it.

Unrelenting Endurance.

Allows user to fight for 4 days straight with no sleep, food or water.

Hunter.

Improves abilities against monsters that the user has fought before and gained excelia from.

Blood Of Zeus.

Makes user stronger with the more members he has in his harem and allows him to please and make them happy. Increases chances of opposite sex getting pregnant regardless of race and allows harem members to get a boost in excelia they gain.

Argonaut.

Allows user to build up energy and end a fight with a single shot, requires 3 full minutes of charging and not loosing concentrating for a full powered shot.

Gods Curse.

Lycanthrope.

Bell felt his head spinning from just reading this and is very happy he decided to wait on that level up, though with these stats he can already compete with low level 3's.

"Mhm it's the holy moon festival and it starts next week" said Hestia.

"Wow.. I should invite Rose and Zidril to it, I think they'd like it" said Bell with excitement.

"I'm sure they'd love it Bell, but you have to spend some time with me at the festival, then you can have the rest of the night with them or Lily and Welf" said Hestia puffing her chest out while speaking with authority.

"I'm sure they would be ok with that and so am I goddess" he said with a smile, that also made her smile.

"Great, oh also how much valis did you make since from what I understand you got the biggest portion of the money made from the Goliath" said Hestia.

"Well since I was able to save us lots of magic stones, we made about 300K off those thanks to the minotaurs and Ligerfangs along with the one Wyvern. Then from what I remember, the Black Goliath was estimated to be worth about 4 million valis and they gave me 200K, even though i said I didn't need that much" said Bell.

"Wow.. so how much did you make in total after splitting it with your party?".

"Well we split the 300K evenly among us and the 200K I kept since no one would accept it, so I have 300K valis which will go to your debt and mine, plus pay for potions and food" said Bell.

Hestia smiled and gently patted his head "you did an amazing job Bell" she said with genuine happiness.

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A week past since then and during that time, Bell continued to go down into the dungeon with his party and on 2 occasions, Zidril joined them and she was even nice enough to give Welf tips on how to perform faster maintenance on everyone's gear while in a pinch.

Bell also went and took her and Rose out on dates during the week, but when he came to pick up Rose from the guild or even surprised her one time by bringing her lunch that he convinced Mia to let him make in her kitchen. That one member of the guild was always watching them with a look of disgust and suspicion.

Speaking of the guild, he also took Eina out on that meal she asked him to and they had a fun time, though when they left to go and eat, he saw Rose with the biggest shit eating grin he's ever seen on her.

Bell also got to train with the Loki Familia a couple times, but kept getting dragged to train with Gareth a bunch for some reason, but that was until Gareth told him, he's getting ready to fight Udaeus to become a level 7.

Bell then remembered when he got to talk to those two new high elves at the Loki Familia.

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"Ow.." Bell rubbed his side from a strike from Tiona during a sparring match she dragged him to.

"Oh come on Argonaut-kun, it was only a love tap" she said with a grin.

"Haha" he forced out a laugh and stood up to his full height which lots of girls noted, especially Rose since he was now eye level with both her and Riveria, making him taller than all the other girls he talks to. Though he was still shorter than Welf, but he just started laughing and told him not everyone can get to his height.

"Sooo I heard you took that dark elf out on a date, was it romantic?" Said Tiona wiggling her eyebrows.

"Yeah it was.. though she wore a beautiful dress and I only had some cleaner clothes since I don't have a fashion style" said Bell with a sigh.

"Oh! How about I help take you shopping after I come back from the dive with Gareth when he fights Udaeus" said Tiona.

"I'd gladly accept, but Syr already offered to take me and she convinced Ms Ryuu to join" said Bell.

"Awww darn, it would've been fun teasing you by making you wear revealing outfits" said Tiona with a giggle.

"MS TIONA!!" He yelled in embarrassment as his face got red.

"Hahahahahahaha" she couldn't help but start laughing her ass off.

"So your the one that Riveria said were trying to build a friendship with" said a voice he didn't recognize.

Turning he saw the elf that he saw next to the one he bumped into almost a week ago. She was shorter than her and her body wasn't as feminine, it was more like Tionas, but that didn't mean she wasn't beautiful, because she was incredibly beautiful.

"Um... yes?" He said unsure how to respond to that.

"From what I heard, you grow fast and apparently Alicia has been training you for archery.. welp let's see what you can do since I know my rival is shit at it" she said with a smile.

"Ooooh more elves Argonaut-kun? Didn't know you could get so many of them to like you" said Tiona.

"I JUST MET HIM, I DON'T LIKE HIM AND THIS IS TO PUT ALICIA IN HER PLACE SINCE IM A BETTER SHOT!!!" Screamed Riniya in anger.

"Hehehe whatever you say" said Tiona with a smile.

"Grrr" she then whipped her head at Bell and pointed at him "grab your bow or one of our spares and let's see what you can do!!" Riniya Yelled.

Bell nodded his head and grabbed his how that Zidril made him.

"Good, now I'm gonna throw 2 targets and your gonna shoot them down before they hit the ground" she said grabbing two round pieces of wood they use for target practice. "Think fast" she then hurled them into the air.

Not having enough time to properly think, Bells body moved on its own and he grabbed a arrow and pulled it back on the string, before releasing it and hitting the first target. He then reached back and grabbed the second one and did the same but it almost hit the ground.

"Hmm that was good, but you gotta work on your reaction time, drill these kinds of tests into you and get faster, plus you didn't aim for the center of the wood, but the outside, so you have to fix that. Pssh should've known Alicia can't train for crap" Riniya said.

"What was that?" Said Alicia walking out into the field with a annoyed expression on her face as she carried her bow.

In the back, Tiona was covering her mouth to stop her laughing.

"I said your not a good teacher, look at his shots, he didn't move fast enough and he wasn't aiming for the center" said Riniya.

"Well I haven't had a lot of time to train him for your information, but from what I did, he's improved greatly" said Alicia before turning and looking at Bell. "Get your bow ready".

Bell just nodded his head already accepting his fate.

Alicia hurled a target across the yard and it was about 210 feet away "now hit in the center circle".

Nodding his head, he pulled the arrow back and took a deep breath, calming his nerves and once he exhaled all the air from his lungs, he let the arrow go and it hit just a inch from the bullseye.

"See he's doing good, thanks to me, he can hit targets from far away" said Alicia with a smile.

Riniya scoffed "that's nothing, adventurers need to learn how to shoot fast and accurately" she then looked at Bell "I'll take over your archery training, I can't let her ruin a potential archer".

"Hell no, he's my student and I'll be training him" said Alicia.

Both of them then began arguing and Bell decided to take note from his grandfather and just stayed out of it, he still wanted to live.

In the back, Tiona was dying of laughter, watching this all and she fell on her butt for how hard she was laughing.

"Tiona what's going on with my sister?" Said Eowyn walking towards her.

"Her and Alicia have a rivalry and now they are fighting over who will teach Argonaut-kun on archery" said Tiona with a giggle.

"Argonaut? Isn't that the name of a hero?" Eowyn said faintly remembering a story of a hero of old.

"Mhm but I call him that since he's like a hero and when he fought a minotaur it reminded me of that story" she said with a warm smile.

"A hero.." Eowyn said as she stared at Bell curiously and then faintly remembered a conversation she had with Riveria, decades ago.

"For me... I hope a hero comes and saves me from this life... I wanna be free of all of this and be able to explore the world.. I know it's not likely to happen... but I hope one day a hero does come and saved me" said Riveria.

She continued to stare at him after that wondering if he would be the one to save Riveria from the fate she has. And if he was, he has to admit that she has good taste... he was really handsome and cute, plus he could speak high elvish which was extremely rare outside of elves.

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Bell was pulled out of his thoughts when he got a tap on the shoulder, looking over he saw that it was from Lily.

"Here you are Bell" she said handing him a skewer of meat she got from a concession stand at the festival.

"Thank you Lily and sorry, I was thinking about the week" said Bell taking a bite from the skewer.

"It's ok we've been through a lot" she said eating her own and seeing Welf walking towards them, while further in the distance she saw Bells goddess with two other gods and were eating. "So when will Zidril and Rose join you?".

"Anytime now, from what I heard, they were getting something to dress for the occasion" said Bell.

"I see" she said before scooting over closer to him, just a bit.

"Hey Bell thanks for those Ligerfang drops yesterday, I'm gonna use them and make myself some chainmail armor like Zidril suggested" said Welf.

"No problem and are you sure I got you enough? We can always get more tomorrow" said Bell causing Welf to let out a chuckle.

"You got me 5 sets of fangs, that should well more than enough and if not, I'll be sure to let you know" said Welf with a chuckle before he looked up and smiled "I think you got company".

Bell felt the people staring at him, but immediately knew who it was and was about to turn around, when a pair of hands covered his eyes.

"Guess who~" said a feminine voice.

"Hmm, soft hands, angelic voice and smells great.. could it be Rose" he said tilting his head back.

Taking her hands from his eyes, she stared into his red eyes with her own amber ones "Yes it is" she said before leaning down and kissing him lovingly.

Welf let out a chuckle and looked away, while Lily pouted and promised herself to try harder.

Once the kiss ended, he was met with another pair of soft lips from Zidril, which he happily returned the kiss and he completely ignored the stares they were getting.

"Miss me?" She asked gently standing back up.

"Both of you, everyday" he said.

"Good answer" said Rose before looking at his party.

"Hello Rose" said Welf before looking at Zidril "Zidril".

"Welf" said Zidril but noticed the jealous glare from Lily.

Bell stood up and that's when he noticed the dresses they both wore.

Rose wore a black dress that went to her knees and hugged her body in all the right places and she had a pair of black shoes, plus a small necklace around her neck and she even decided to pull her hair into a ponytail.

For Zidril, she wore a purple elvish styled dress that covered her body very well, but showed just enough and she made sure to get one that made her chest and hips stand out more so Bell looked at those areas. She let her hair down where it went down her body and made her wheat colored skin stand out more.

"Wow.. you two somehow became even more beautiful than you already were.." he said.

Rose's tail started to wag and Zidrils elven ears wiggled in happiness.

"Come on let's go enjoy the festival together, besides I wanna know more about your party" said Rose taking Bells right hand, while Zidril took his left and they all began to walk.

They all explored the festival for a little over an hour before they reached the central plaza area and in the distance Bell saw Ais, Riveria along with Lefiya, plus Riniya and her sister all together.

He didn't see any others, but he knew that Gareth was currently in the dungeon with Tiona, Bete and Alicia. When he found that out he wished her luck for having to deal with Bete, which she greatly appreciated.

"HELLO EVERYONE!!!" Yelled Hermes getting everyone's attention.

Looking over, most of the crowed stared at him wondering what he was gonna do or say.

"Tonight we have a special event from the host of this challenge!" He then moved to the side showing a spear lodged in a massive crystal "Whoever can remove this spear will get the chance to go on a adventur and explore the world!!".

"Wow.. explore the world?" Said Bell in awe.

"Why don't you go and try it Bell?" Asked Rose.

"I've already seen a decent amount of the world so I agree, go try it, can't hurt" said Zidril.

"Yeah come on Bell" said Lily with a smile.

"Cranel! What are you doing here and why are you holding those two girls hands?" Said Lefiya suddenly as she approached them with Ais and Riveria behind her.

"Lefiya they are dating" said Riveria, though if you listened closely, you could hear a tint of jealousy in her voice.

Ais tilted her head and stared at Bells hands and a strange thought entered her mind.. would holding his hand be as nice as when she slept next to him?. Ever since that night, it actually got harder to sleep and her bed felt extra cold and lonely, not that; that ever bothered her before.

"W-what?" Said Lefiya shocked as she stared at the two woman, especially Zidril who was a pure blood dark elf.

"We love him and that's that" said Zidril before her eyes gained a tint that made Lefiya jump "are you gonna try something against him" she said looking down at the elf.

"No don't worry, I won't let her, you three enjoy your.. date" Riveria said with a slight pause and hated that her chest felt weird.

"Good" said Rose.

They then looked up and saw someone else leave the stage with the spear still being stuck and in a moment to one up Bell since for some reason, Ais has been wanting to train and spend even more time with him. She walked forward confidently and grabbed the spear and tugged it with all her strength as a level 4.

And it didn't even budge.

Leaving the stage depressingly, Riveria decided to try for the heck of it and walked up on the stage and pulled with all the strength she had and just like Lefiya, it didn't budge.

Then Ais walked up and the same thing happened which seriously shocked the crowed.

"Bell why don't you go next" said Hestia popping up with Hephaestus walking behind her.

"Oh um sure" said Bell as he walked towards the spear, but felt that gaze again and it felt like it was coming from atop Babel... then he felt a different pair of eyes staring at him and he looked in the direction of those eyes and didn't notice a bird with black feathers watching him.

"Well everyone, after seeing Thousand Elf, Nine Hells and the sword princess fail at pulling this spear out, let's see if the Rookie Bell Cranel can!!" Yelled Hermes.

Now standing before the spear, he reached down and placed both hands on it and was about to pull it when he heard a feminine voice.

"I found you" said the voice.

Hieroglyphics appeared along the arrow and glowed blue, before the crystal shattered and Bell fell on the ground.

Hermes smiled at seeing this and tipped his hat down. "Well it seems we have a winner!! Now let's meet the host of this competition!" He said gesturing to the crowed.

It was a beautiful woman with green eyes and long blue hair with two long bangs, two strands on the sides, and a partly braided tail in the back. She wore a white and pale blue outfit, long brown boots with a light brown design, a belt which she kept a piece of white cloth and a dagger in, gold bracelets, and various gold hair accessories.

"Artemis!" Said Hestia in excitement as she ran forward towards her and Artemis began to run too.

Both friends were running towards each other and everyone swore they heard music and saw beautiful lights around them as two long time friends were about to reunite after who knows how many years.

But Artemis just ran past her and ran to Bell.

"Huh?..." said Hestia confused.

"I found you Orion" said Artemis hugging him and ignoring the conflicting feelings inside her... she didn't want to touch him but at the same time... she swore to herself that if she met her Orion she'd let herself try love in honor of her Familia.

"Orion?" Said Welf confused.

Riveria felt a twist in the gut at seeing that.

Up ontop of Babel, Freya was genuinely shocked, before happiness coursed through her, only her Odr could make Artemis of all people act like that and apparently he was her Orion.

"Oh Bell you truly are special" she said in utter happiness.

Rose stared at this and couldn't help but laugh "it seems my mate really is attracting goddesses" she said.

Riveria felt her eyebrow twitch, Ais felt weird, Zidril was laughing, Lily was glaring in jealousy, Riniya and Eowyn didn't know how to react and lastly poor Hestia.

She was still standing still like a statue.