Ais couldn't believe her eyes at what she was seeing. It's been one day since Bell returned, and news of it has already spread across the entire city.

'Bell Cranel level 3 in less than one month'.

She felt a mixture of emotions right now, happy for him, for getting stronger so fast, yet she was also slightly jealous. What was he doing differently compared to her to get stronger? Was she not training hard enough, or was it something else.

Not only that, but when Riveria returned with him, she acted weirdly last night and just this morning, Loki did a status update and they found out, all Riveria has to do now is do a feat that the gods will acknowledge to become a level 7 as well.

"I need to talk to him" said Ais, feeling a slight warm feeling in her chest, which reminded her of when she levels up.

"HUH!? HOW DID HE BECOME A LEVEL 3 SO FAST!!" Screamed Lefiya in shock and anger.

Near her, Eowyn leaned next to her sister and whispered "is that good?" She asked, still not fully understanding the level up system.

"It's very good, he did something that normally takes us adventurers, years or in some cases decades, since most can't even make it to level 2, let alone to level 3" said Riniya.

"Wow, that is impressive" said Eowyn before her eyes went to Riveria, who was sitting at her table and had a gentle smile on her face and a tint of red on her cheeks and tips of her ears.

"Hehehe, I guess you haven't been working hard enough Lefiya" said Loki giggling.

That struck a nerve in her and she stood up "I'm gonna demand he takes me in the dungeon with him" she said storming off towards the door.

Now Ais pouted since she wanted to do that, but quickly realized they can both go with them and stood up and put on Bells jacket, that was now hers on and followed behind.

Riveria wouldn't admit it, but she was a bit jealous and wished she could join them, but that'd bring up far to many questions, so she reluctantly stayed here.

Elsewhere in the room, Alicia felt jealous and she quickly finished her meal and decided to join them, to see what it was that he did differently. Definitely not because she was jealous or anything, absolutely not, no way could she like Bell, even though he's nice and very handso-. Alicia froze at what her brain was thinking and quickly shook her head and continued walking, when though her face was cherry red.

___

With Bell, he was hugging Rose while Zidril was making them tea. He went to go and see her last night, but when he did, he was wrapped in a hug and was met with a depressed Rose instead of her normally happy mood.

When asked why, she told him that she was fired for dating an adventurer and showing favoritism, plus given him extra funds from the guild, so she had a massive confiscation of her money and she barely had enough to last a week.

"It's ok Rose we will find a way around this" he said gently stroking her back to comfort her.

"Rose, if you want, you can sleep at my place until we figure this out" said Zidril as she put three cups of tea on the ground, then sat down next to Bell.

"Damn that Royman..." said Rose as she let out a growl "he just had to ruin our lives.. I had enough money set aside so... so I could take a couple years off and.. one day, raise our kids".

Bells eyes widened at that and a small part of him felt excited at the idea of starting a family, but the rest of him was angry at Royman for ruining Rose's future by taking almost every single valis she has.

"I find it funny how he says you did things against the rules, yet he's known for his greed, heck one of my Familia members saw him buying a bunch of bottles of Soma wine" said Zidril.

Feeling more anger well up inside, Bell took a deep breath and looked at Rose. "Join goddess Hestia or goddess Artemis's Familia and I promise to help you. After all, I'm your mate, and I need to take care of you".

Rose looked at him shocked, then she spoke "b-but I won't be able to go into the dungeon..." she said hating herself for being to scared to help him.

He then gently lifted her head up so she was looking into his bright red eyes "and I'd never force you to, I want you to join so I can protect you and it also comes with the added bonus of slowing down your age" said Bell.

She couldn't help but smile and her tail started to wag as she leaned forward and kissed him deeply, before leaning her head on his chest "Ok Bell, I'll talk to them later and I love you".

"I love you too" he said.

"Ahem" said Zidril with a fake pout.

"I love you just as much Zidril" he said, pecking her lips and making her ears wiggle in happiness.

With that the 3 lovers sat like this for a hour, just enjoying each other's presence before they'd go to the rundown church so Rose can get her own falna.

Just then, Bell remembered something else, he still had those four jackbird eggs and that was worth 4 million valis. With that thought in mind, he knew what he could do to help Rose, plus maybe they can use this money to get a better home instead of the rundown church.

"So.. your Riverias knight and she kissed you huh?" Said Rose finally in good enough of a mood to tease him.

Bells face instantly went red in embarrassment.

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Ais was a bit depressed, herself, Lefiya, and Alicia searched all over to look for Bell, yet couldn't find him anywhere they looked. They even tried the Hostess, but they were told by a girl named Syr, that they haven't seen him and he's probably with his girlfriends after two weeks away from them. But she did promise to at least let him know they were looking for him, if she saw him.

They were all slowly heading back to the twilight manor when Ais's eyes caught sight of snow white hair. She immediately whipped her head in that direction and saw him walking with that dark elf girl named Zidril and also that red-headed werewolf, Rose.

"Ais, what is it?" Asked Alicia.

Before she got a response, Ais immediately took off heading for him and completely ignored her friends calling her back.

With Bell, he was leading them to the church where both Hestia and Artemis currently are.

They were about to turn a corner, when Ais landed right infront of them and she was wearing Bells jacket which Rose instantly recognized.

"Bell" she said in her normal flat tone, but if you listened closely, you could hear happiness in her voice and the corners of her mouth showed a small smile.

"Ais?" He said a little shocked, but couldn't help himself but smile and blush slightly.

"It's good to see you, Riveria told us about everything that happened and how you killed that monster" Ais said "it's very impressive Bell".

"T-thank you, but it's only thanks to everyone else that I was able to, if not for them, then I would never have been able to kill it, without serious injury" said Bell chuckling lightly as he remembered that fight.

Perking up slightly, her smile grew a little more and she felt her chest get warmer "I can up your training, now that your a level 3 or ask Finn for you to join us on expeditions. I'm planning to head to floor 24 tomorrow to help pay off my debt if you wanna join me".

Feeling excitement, he was about to agree but stopped since he didn't want to ditch both Rose and Zidril after coming back from 2 weeks.

"Go ahead, I'm fine with it" said Rose with a smile "but under one condition sword princess" she said walking forward and standing a couple inches taller than Ais.

Ais wouldn't admit out loud, but Rose was a little scary.

"You have to keep Bell safe and bring him back to us, only then will I agree to this" said Rose.

"I agree" said Zidril "that's the only way I'll agree to this as well".

"I promise to keep him safe, besides I will have them with me too, so he will be safer" said Ais, pointing at Alicia and Lefiya, who finally caught up to them.

"Ms Ais please don't r-you! How did you get to level 3 so fast!!" Said Lefiya cutting herself off as soon as she saw Bell.

"I-I'm not entirely sure..." he lied through gritted teeth since he hated lying, but he knew he had to.

"I invited Bell on my trip down to the 24th floor tomorrow" said Ais with a straight face.

Lefiyas jaw dropped.

"Why'd you invite him?" Asked Alicia both in curiosity and an almost unnoticeable hint of jealousy.

"Finn talked about having him join our expeditions... and Riveria got to go on a quest with him" said Ais.

"W-well since both Rose and Zidril are ok with it, I'd be happy to join you, Ais" said Bell.

Smiling happily, Ais nodded her head.

"I'm coming with so I can keep an eye on you" said Lefiya with her eyes trained on him.

"So will I to see how your archery is doing" said Alicia. She knew she was a good shot, but now that Riniya was here, the Loki Familia needed her more in the front lines using her sword and magic more. This was because Riniya was a dedicated archer and knew very little close quarters combat, not that she didn't try, she just wasn't good at it.

"Let's meet at Babel at 7, then we should make it to floor 18 before lunch if we use the shortcuts" said Ais.

"I'll see you three then, oh should I bring anything? The deepest I've been is floor 18" said Bell.

"Just your weapons and armor along with some extra potions and you should be fine, we all have lots of experience on that floor, so we can teach you everything you need to know" said Alicia.

"Right, I'll see you then" said Bell with a smile.

Ais smiled and nodded, before she left with the others joining her.

"You better be safe Bell" said Rose.

"You may be a level 3 now, but the 24th floor is no joke, experienced level 3's have died on it" said Zidril.

"Don't worry, I promise to he as safe as I can be" he said with a smile.

"You better be" said Rose.

___

Back at the Twilight manor, Ais entered and she had a small skip in her step and a smile on her face, which everyone noticed.

The one to see it the most was Riveria who couldn't help but feel happy at seeing Ais genuinely smiling for once.

"Hey Ais-puu, what's got ya so happy?" said Loki looking at her.

"I'm going on a quest with Bell tomorrow" she said simply.

Lokis eyes went wide, and anger filled her heart. She immediately marched forward, which Riveria moved in and tried to stop, but she was too slow.

"Ais..." she groaned out trying not to let her anger cloud her judgment."Do you like the rabbit?".

"Like?" Said Ais tilting her head to the side confused.

Seeing her confusion, Loki let out a sigh of relief "nevermind" she said before leaving with a smile on her face seeing that she didn't like Bell.

Oh, how wrong Loki was, Ais was growing feelings, but she just didn't understand them.

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Bell was walking towards the tower the next morning and he had a small smile on his face as he thought of his own and Rose's stats after Hestia gave her, her blessing. Plus her skill she had, that made Bell blush madly.

But the one thing that truly shocked him, Rose, Hestia and Artemis was the fact that Bells stats reached a even higher level that should be impossible, yet they made a new category, some went from SSS to X, which is completely unheard up like double or triple S should be.

Bell Cranel

LV 2 ► LV 3

Strength: SS 1078 ►SSS 1137 ► I 0

Endurance: SSS 1152 ►X 1220 ► I 0

Dexterity: S 999 ►SS 1062 ► I 0

Agility: SSS 1198 ► X 1286 ► I 0

Luck: B

Hunter: F

Magic: E 428 ► E 476

Then came Rose's stats which were higher than someone who gets falna, given she's a werewolf.

Rose Fannet

Strength: I 82

Endurance: I 15

Dexterity: I 20

Agility: I 57

Skill:

The Wolf and the Rabbit.
Allows wolf to track down rabbit and gives wolf a temporary boost in all points. Also Grants immunity to charm by any other person than the rabbit.

Bell couldn't stop blushing since Rose got very flirty after that and kept nipping him with her sharp teeth, not that it would really leave a mark given he's a level 3, but she was surprised when she saw small marks. Which she then licked with her tongue, making him even more embarrassed.

She was being extremely affectionate now that she has that skill, and she wanted him to know how much he meant to her.

But after she joined, she told them that she will he in charge of Familia finances, given her previous job at the Guild, though when she mentioned that, Hestia got really pale.

Rose told Bell to leave and go adventuring with Ais, while she talks to her now goddess.

Bell could hear Hestias screams of fear as Rose unleashed her wrath to learn what she was hiding and scared to say.

"Bell!" Said a feminine voice he recognized and looked up to see Syr waving happily at him.

"Good morning Syr, how are you?" He asked, walking up to her and having to look down a little.

"I'm doing better now that you and Ryuu are back" she said happily before looking at him and seeing that he was wearing his armor "are you heading into the dungeon?".

"Um, yes, Ais invited me on an expedition to the 24th floor to help her make some valis to pay off her debt, plus I'll be learning more about the deeper floors and gain more experience to help my party" said Bell with a smile.

"Awe, that's sweet, but isn't it a little early to be going that deep? I mean you did just come back from a two week quest" said Syr with a finger to her chin before she remembered something. "Oh right I also wanted to say congratulations for becoming a level 3".

"T-thank you Syr and I mean yeah it is, but this will help my party and me get stronger in the long run" said Bell.

"Your heading to the 24th floor?" Asked Ryuu, walking out of the Hostess and looking at Bell with a much calmer expression, and she even had a tiny smile at seeing him.

"Yes, I'll be going down with Ais, Alicia and Lefiya" he said with a nervous smile.

"I see.." said Ryuu, wishing she could join, but she already missed out on two weeks of work "well if you'll wait a minute I can make you something to eat" she offered hoping to help him.

"I-if you're sure, your ok with it" said Bell.

"I am Bell" she said smiling more warmly as the tips of her ears warmed up "but I'd ask you eat here tonight if possible... I'd like to possibly talk to you" she said, feeling unsure what to say.

Beside her, Syr grew a small grin and she saw Ryuus soul pulsed so brightly that it made her happy enough for her eyes to flash purple.

Following her inside, Bell saw all the other Hostess girls preparing for the lunch rush by setting up all the tables and cleaning the floor, while Mama Mia and May were preparing all the food for the day.

Mia looked up and saw Bell following a softly smiling Ryuu who looked very happy, while behind Bell was Syr who was talking to him.

"If what my instincts are telling me is true, you better treat Ryuu good, Bell or I will make your life a world of pain" thought Mia as she watched Ryuu walk into the kitchen and started to make Bell a lunch, never not smiling as she worked.

Over the last couple of weeks, Mia has seen Ryuu work hard to make her meals better for Bell, she did try and get said elf to make customers meals, but that didn't go well since she didn't put any real effort into it.

Yet with Bells meals, she put her all into it and actively tried to get better.

But she did have one slight problem which herself or May would always have to help her with.

Cutting the food, she could cook it very well, but cutting it, she was more useless than saying no to a very frustrated Amazon.

"Nya, you're a level 3? That's so cool meowhite hair" said Anya with a smile.

"Hehe thanks, it feels surreal that I became a level 3 this fast" he said.

Anya smiled before her nose twitched, and she smelled Bell and noticed that the smell of Rose was extremely strong on him, especially his cheek.

"You smell like Rose" she said.

"Well she is my mate, and she was.. very affectionate this morning" said Bell with a small chuckle.

"Hmm" she shrugged her shoulders and went to walk by and continue sweeping the floor, but before she did, her tail brushed against Bell as she walked off.

Bell jumped a tiny bit and was about to look at her, but he then felt a wave of killing intent from outside on a rooftop. He went and looked, but he didn't see anything on it, but he was sure that's where the glare was coming from.

"Here you are, Bell. I put some extra food in it to help you on this adventure" said Ryuu, holding a Bento for him.

"Thank you so much Ryuu I really appreciate it" he said with a smile.

Blushing a bit, she nodded her head and escorted him out with Syr following.

"Well I need to get going, thank you again, and I will try my best to show up tonight, if not, then I promise to tomorrow" said Bell.

"I look forward to it Bell" she said feeling even more embarrassed and her ears wiggled a bit.

"Wait before you leave" Syr suddenly moved forward and pulled him into a deep hug "here's a good luck hug" she said.

Bell was shocked for a moment before smiling softly and he gently hugged her back.

"Thank you Syr".

He then let her go and left, missing the slight look of disappointment on Ryuus face and Syr trying her best to not squirm around in happiness from holding him like that. It was taking all her self-control to not accidently drop her disguise and reveal who she really was.

___

Walking towards Babel he was about to enter the main square when someone called out his name.

"Hey Bell" said Hermes walking towards him with a smile and holding a book in his hand.

"Hermes?" Said Bell a little confused.

"I heard the good news and I brought a gift for you" he said handing him the book "but don't open it until your home and only people you trust are around you".

"W-What is it?" He asked confused and a little nervous.

"You will find out once you open it when you get home" said Hermes before he turned and left. "Let's see if her gift will help you, after all she did see you as her son".

Bell watched him leave and heard him mutter something, but couldn't really hear it. He then looked at the black book with a title that said 'Talent' as he looked at it, he felt like he saw this a long time ago, then a vague image entered his mind a showed a beautiful woman with silver colored hair appeared in his mind.

Just as fast as it appeared, he felt his head hurt, so he quickly shook it and thought of something else, which made the pain go away.

Slowly he put the book in his infinity purse and then continued his walk, until he saw a mop of golden hair talking to.. Lily?".

"Why did you invite Bell?" Said Lily glaring at the sword princess.

"Because I wanted his help and to see what he does to get so strong, so fast" said Ais simply.

"I can't blame you on that" said Welf to himself and was trying to ignore the glares from Alicia.

"Welf, Lily.. Mikoto?" Said Bell a little shocked to see them here "what are you all doing here?".

"We heard from our gods that you were apparently going on a adventure to the 24th floor, we decided to tag along, but your friends insisted me and Lil bit stay on floor 18" said Welf.

"It's dangerous and would be harder to protect you, that's why, plus all the monsters on those floors, can one shot a level 1 like nothing" said Alicia trying to stay calm.

"Um sorry..." said Bell not knowing what to say.

"That's fine, though would it be ok if we at least get some kills in the middle floors so we can get excelia?" Said Welf.

They all turned and looked at Ais since she was the one who asked Bell to come.

"I don't mind as long as we make it to floor 18 before lunch" said Ais.

"Works for me, you Lily?" Said Welf.

"Lily wants to stay with Bell to be his supporter" she said, glaring at them.

"I'm fine with any choice as long as it's Sir Bells" said Mikoto.

"Ms Ais, I think it might be possible to bring them.. as long as they stay near me and Alicia" said Lefiya trying her best to he nice given she didn't want to work with a Crozzo or Bell.

Ais nodded her head and so they all began the quest.

___

Lefiyas jaw was on the ground at what she saw.

Bell charged forward and disarmed a sword stag with ease, he then turned and blocked a strike from a deadly hornet as Ais moved in and killed the sword stag, before cutting off the stinger, for Bell to kill it.

Bell and Ais were working in almost perfect sync, it was like watching two Ais's fight, but the second one relied more on slashes and magic.

I don't think I've ever seen teamwork this perfect before in my life" said Alicia in awe.

Ais suddenly moved in, with Bell right behind her and they began to cut down Deadly hornets in a extremely fast rate, before Bell finally spotted the nest.

"FIREBOLT!!" The spell shot through the air and smashed straight into the nest, burning it to ash instantly.

They have been on the 24th floor for about a hour now and they could see the entrance for the 25th ahead of them. It was only thanks to Ais, Lefiya and Alicia that they had even made it this far, this fast.

"Ms Ais we should have enough for today" said Lefiya, finishing counting the stones with Lily to see they had enough to pay the rest of her debt off and to pay Bells party.

Nodding her head, she sheathed her blade and looked at Bell with a slight smile "you did very good today" she said.

"I'm gl-" he stopped when he felt someone approaching which all the members of the Loki Familia felt and they all turned to see Bete stopping near them.

"Bete, what are you doing here?" Said Alicia confused.

"We are needed on the surface.. a monster killed a god" he said seriously.

Everyone immediately froze at hearing that. A monster made it to the surface and killed a god.

"W-who was it" said Lefiya.

"..some god named Miach, shoved his child out of the way to protect her and he ended up dying as the consequence" said Bete. "Now come on we need to get to the surface immediately".

"Right... Lefiya stay with them and escorted them to floor 12, then race back to the Twilight manor" said Alicia.

Before Lefiya could protest, the other Loki members took off, heading to the surface.

"Great... well come on guys, let's go" she said leading them up.

"Miach is dead.. wait Naaza!?" Thought Bell realizing how bad it may be for her, since it was no real secret that she liked her god, but now he was dead... and she was alone.

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All the gods were in Denatus sitting down waiting for any last minute gods, but none showed up.

Apollo spotted Artemis and was about walk towards her and say something, but Hermes got started and began to speak.

"Now I'm sure all of you know this but.. one hour ago, Miach was killed by a monster" said Hermes in a grim tone.

"But how? The only monsters on the surface are in the holding pens in the Ganesha Familia" said a god.

"Every monster is accounted for, so its none of them" said Ganesha in serious tone.

"Any word what the monsters were or what they looked like?" Asked a goddess.

"Sadly no, it appears to have killed all the witnesses, except for Miachs child since he pushed her out of the way. After it killed him, it probably fled since it knew adventurers were racing towards it" said Hermes. "This means our only leads are that it's able to sneak into the city and intelligent enough to know it needed to escape".

"What should we do about this?" Said Dionsysus with an innocent smile, that felt off.

"Every god in this city should begin traveling with a child or two, to protect them until we figure out what this monster is, if it's still in the city or how it did this" said Hermes.

"Couldn't we just ask Miachs child? If he or she was pushed out of the way, then she'd remember" said Demeter.

"She's currently in shock given what happened or else I would've asked her, it'd be best if we give her a couple days to heal before we ask her anything" said Hermes. "What do you say, Ouranos?".

"This monster is causing trouble in Orario.. Freya, Loki, Hermes, Ganesha, Apollo" said Ouranos.

Said five gods looked towards where the voice was coming from, even though he wasn't in the room.

"I want all of you to begin exploring the city to search for anything. Ishtar, search your part of the city" said Ouranos.

"Very well Ouranos" said Ishtar, knowing full well she still has to obey him.

"Ouranos, should I tell my children to put our upcoming expedition on hold?" Asked Loki "we were gonna continue to explore the 59th floor and if we do it ahead of schedule then we'd see what's in the 60th floor, since only Zeus and Hera knew and we don't have access to those notes".

"For now, delay it by a week" said Ouranos.

Loki nodded her head.

"The people of Orario are our top priority and we must protect them at all costs, multiple citizens died and one of us was killed, we must show everyone that we have what it takes to protect this city" said Ouranos.

___

Loki was leaving the Denatus and once she arrived outside, she was met by Finn, Gareth and Riveria.

"So what'd they say?" Asked Finn.

"Our expedition will be delayed by one week to help with this, we have to begin patrolling with Ganesha, Apollo, Hermes and Freya" said Loki.

The three executives didn't like the idea of working with Freya or Apollo. Freya they could at least tolerate to a certain degree, Apollo is a completely different story.

"Hestia, Artemis" said a voice.

Everyone turned to see Hestia with Hephaestus and Artemis plus two of Hephaestus's children plus Rose.

Walking towards them was Aphrodite and she had a slightly cocky smirk on her face.

Behind Aphrodite were two of her own children, who followed closely behind her.

"Yes?" She asked confused since Aphrodite never talked to her, here in Genkai and only a couple times on Tenkai.

"I heard about your newest child and the fact he's a level 3" she said with a small smirk growing "how much for the boy? I'd like to buy him from you".

Zidrils eyes immediately bored straight into the goddess along with Rose. They could tolerate sharing Bell, but trying to buy him off Hestia was a step to far.

Loki heard the sounds of metal groaning and saw Riverias grip tightend to the point, it was a miracle the staff didn't break from the sheer pressure. It was very clear to Loki, how much that comment got under her skin.

"What? No! He's my child and he already has a girlfriend and I ain't gonna sell him to you. I just got his trust back!" Said Hestia angry.

"Why? My Familia is much bigger and I can treat him much better than you, plus I'm much more beautiful than the rest of you" she said, flaunting her beauty.

Aphrodite then looked at the werewolf and dark elf and she wasn't really impressed.

"Ya do know that Bell is stronger than any of your children right" said Loki, walking towards Aphrodite.

Meanwhile in the distance was Freya who heard this entire conversation and safe to say, did not like any of it. Aphrodite was stepping over a line that Freya couldn't tolerate.

"That won't matter, I will have what I want, as the most beautiful goddess in this city, I always get what I want" she said before leaving.

"She is not dating my mate" said Rose with a dark glare.

"I agree, she isn't dating Bell" said Zidril crossing her arms.

Riveria nodded very slightly in agreement, but then she saw Loki giving her a smug grin.

By the door was Apollo who watched all of this, then he saw Bell heading towards Hestia and a blush grew on his face as he licked his lips "Sorry Aphrodite, but he will be my special rabbit I make purr~".

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"I can't believe Miach is dead... is Naaza ok?" Said Syr as she handed Bell a cup of water.

"I don't know, she's with the Dian Chect Familia and is being looked after by Airmid" said Bell.

"It really is sad, though according to Hephaestus, all the gods need to have a child or two escort them around the city and if they don't have anyone strong enough, then they have to inform the Ganesha Familia" said Welf.

"Lily feels bad for Naaza.. she was nice" said Lily as she took a sip of her tea.

"Well I hope she gets better and they find the monster that killed them, until then, talk about something positive and we'll provide your food" said Syr with a smile.

Bell nodded his head and took a bite out of his food, and after he chewed it, he spoke "so what did you guys think of the 19th through 24th floor?".

"Stressful... I really need to level up, I felt so weak and defenseless on those floors, then you and Wallenstein charge ahead and kill everything in front of you, like it's nothing" said Welf.

"It was very stressful, but we did make a lot of valis" said Lily with a smile.

"Yeah that's true, though it's to bad that Mikoto, Ais, Lefiya and Alicia couldn't join us" said Bell.

"Well the Loki girls I could understand and Mikoto, she said she was busy" said Welf.

"That's true, plus I think she also did it out of respect for us" said Lily.

As they continued talking inside the Hostess, members of the Apollo Familia were watching them with looks of annoyance to down right hatred.

"So your a level 3 huh? That's gotta be a big fat lie" said a prum walking towards them. He wore a all black outfit with the mark of the Apollo Familia on the chest. "So not only are you lying to all of us, but your piggy backing off your friends and strong Familias. Just how pathetic can you be huh? Your just a weak little rabbit".

Bell grew slightly annoyed but didn't say anything, though the grip on his fork increased.

"Not only that but I hear your dating two woman, ones a dark elf and the other is that guild werewolf. Man what kind of blackmail did a worthless looser have to do, to get them to date you?" He continued.

"Ignore them Bell" said Welf starting to get annoyed.

The entire tavern was watching this and Mia saw that Ryuu looked ready to murder the prum and Syrs eyes were full of blood lust and rage.

"So what'd you do huh? You lied and cheated your way up? All to just get some bitch and some disgusting dark elf" he finished.

*BOOM*

Before anyone could react, Bell snapped and punched the prum across the room, where he got embedded in the wall instantly.

"DON'T YOU DARE EVER INSULT THEM!" Yelled Bell, feeling angrier right now than he has in a long time.

Instantly the air changed and the 20 Apollo members attacked Bell and his party, but Anya, Chole and Ryuu joined and attacked the Apollo members since they started this.

Bell was about to punch one of them, when a man with long brown hair in a ponytail appeared infront of him and punched Bell as hard as he could.

"You disgust me, you weak little shit" said Hyakinthos as he began to punch and kick Bell, faster than he could react. He then picked him up by the throat snd began to crush his windpipe.

Bells head was still spinning from the first punch, then all the others came and it only made it worse and now that he's being chocked out. He couldn't even think straight.

"I'm gonna enjoy making you suffer" Hyakinthos said as his grip tightend even more, but his adventurer senses screamed at him and he just narrowly dodged a knife from cutting off his arm, but it did have a cut.

To say Ryuu was angry was a understatement. She was about to go on dinner break and eat with Bell and talk to him about something important.. then these people showed up and hurt him and his friends.

Ryuu was beyond pissed off.

"You hurt someone that's.. very important to me and my best friend" Ryuu said as she felt embarrassed since she almost said how she's been feeling and Syr revealed to herself.

Hyakinthos glared at her and was about to fight back, but the entire bar shook when Mama Mia slammed her fist into the counter.

"The fuck is going o-" she stopped when Ryuu attacked Hyakinthos and she used her almost level 5 strength to punch him out of the Hostess and out into the street.

The Apollo Familia were all shocked at seeing this and were ready to run away, but Mia brought forth all her wrath.

"PAY NOW OR I WILL SOAK MY GARDEN WITH YOUR BLOOD AND FORCE FEED YOU, YOUR OWN BODIES!!!!" Screamed Mama Mia glaring down at all of them.

They immediately paid, before running away With their tails between their legs.

Bell slowly got up, with his face covered In blood and neck badly bruised, plus his left eye was partially shut from the bruising.

"Bell are you able to stand up alright?" Said Syr walking towards him in worry.

"I-I'll be fine.." he said slowly getting up to his feet.

"Bell rest and I'll heal your wounds" said Ryuu, walking over quickly, to check out his wounds.

"Check on We-" "Bell let me heal you or I'll let Anya heal you".

He immediately shut up.

"The song of a now distant forest. The nostalgic song of life. Please bring the mercy of healing to those that seek you" said Ryuu as the wounds on Bells body began to heal and after a moment, they were mostly gone, besides some light bruising.

"Th-" Bell was cut off again when Ryuu suddenly hugged him.

"I'm sorry I didn't intervene faster... please forgive me.." she said feeling weak and embarrassed.

"Um it's ok, Ryuu and thank you for healing me" said Bell with a smile.

She smiled softly as her ears wiggled a bit in happiness.

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"Are you ok Orion?" Asked Artemis as she handed both Rose and Zidril some bandages.

"I will be ok, Ryuu healed me... but I don't understand why the Apollo Familia attacked me" said Bell.

"What'd they say to get you angry enough to punch them first?" Asked Zidril.

"...they insulted you and I lost my temper" said Bell.

Rose looked at him and smiled, before leaning over and kissing his cheek "Thank you for defending our honor, but don't endanger yourself for our sakes".

"I agree with her, they can insult me all they want. It won't hurt me" said Zidril.

"I still won't stand for it.. you two mean a lot to me and Rose your my mate, Zidril your my soul partner. I hope to marry you both soon, what kind of man would I be if I didn't protect you two" said Bell.

That actually made them both freeze and look at him, he just said he planned to marry them soon.

Before Bell knew it, he was tackled onto the couch and proceeded to get covered in kisses.

Artemis watched this and didn't fully know how to feel about this, given her past views of love, but now she's trying to find it with Bell since he's her Orion.

Hestia had a small smile seeing Bell surrounded by people who genuinely loved him, her eyes then went to the letter she got from Apollo earlier.

'Your invited to Apollos party, your allowed to bring two of your children to this party'.

"What are you planning Apollo?" She thought not liking how much interest he's shown in Bell.

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Freya was angry right now, not only did Aphrodite try and buy Bell earlier, she mentioned she'd get him with her beauty and his current girlfriends meant nothing. Then just a hour ago, Apollos children beat him badly infront of her.

"Lady Freya should we attack him?" Asked Ottar.

"Tempting... but no, this will help my Odr get stronger... but if either of them think they can take Bell from me... I will make them pay" she growled out drinking her wine.

"As you wish" said Ottar.

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A couple days went by since then and now Bell was standing infront of the Apollo Familia home wearing a black suit, behind him was the carriage him, Hestia and Artemis took.

Rose decided to take the carriage with Zidril and Hephaestus, since Zidril isn't good with dresses or make up and needed help.

"Um goddess... is it to late to change my mind.. I don't wanna be anywhere near Apollo" said Bell.

Hestia walked over wearing a beautiful blue dress and patted his back "don't worry, I'll try my best to keep him away, but I want one dance with my first child as payment".

Bell looked at her and gave her a genuine smile, which made her happy to see "I can do that lady Hestia".

Hestia perked up at that and her smile grew ten fold as she began to march into the Apollo Familia home like a woman on a mission.

"I think I made her night" said Bell as he followed her but was stopped by Artemis who delicately grabbed his arm while wearing a white dress that ended just past her knees.

"Could you guide me in Orion and give me a dance as well?" She asked feeling her chest warm up.

"Of course Artemis" he said walking her to

The room they were in, was absolutely massive and it comfortably held over 300 people, with some being able to dance in the center of the room.

"Wow" he said in awe of the place.

"Ah Bell, was wondering when you'd show up" said Hermes walking up to him.

"Hello Hermes, Asfi" said Bell.

"Afternoon Bell, where is your girlfriends that Lord Hermes told me about?" Asked Asfi curiously.

"They should be here soon, Rose had to go help Zidril with her dress" said Bell.

"Understandable" said Asfi knowing that kind of pain with dresses she had to wear before.

"So Bell did you read the book I got you?" Asked Hermes.

"Oh crap.. no I didn't, I've been so busy with other things, plus trying to get in contact with Naaza after her god died, but she refuses to talk to anyone and stays locked up in the Blue Pharmacy.. it's starting to worry me" said Bell.

Hermes gave Asfi a look and she grumbled but nodded her head and walked away.

"Uhh".

"She's gonna inform my guild about this and they will send someone to see if she's ok" said Hermes.

"Thank you Hermes" said Bell.

"No problem, now I believe you have some people who want to dance with you, so I shall take my leave" said Hermes as he walked off to where the food is.

Bell turned around, and his voice got caught in his throat at what he saw.

Rose fixed her hair up a bit and it had slight curls at the end, plus she seemed to be wearing some light make up to make her natural beauty stand out. She also had a golden earring on her right ear, that twitched slightly at all the noise in here. She was wearing a black form fitting dress that ended around her ankles, but it had a small slit on the side to allow easier movement. It had two straps that went over her shoulders and the dress also showed a very modest amount of her cleavage since she only cared that Bell saw it.

For Zidril, she wore a more elvish styled dress that showed very little skin. It was a light green dress that covered most of her body and she had elbow length gloves on as well. Instead of her usual ponytail, she let it down and made sure her ears stood out the most, she even had some golden ornaments covering the top of them. Lastly she had a golden necklace around her neck that ended with a small red gem above her heart.

"W-wow.." he said not sure what else he could say "j-j-just wow..".

Rose blushed as her tail wagged a little before she walked forward, making sure to sway her hips as she did so "we were hoping you'd say we look beautiful, but that reaction was much better".

She then gently kissed him, knocking him out of his stupor.

Zidril walked forward next, doing the same and she kissed him once Rose was done.

"I have to admit, seeing your brain shut down from just seeing us made me very very happy" said Zidril.

"W-well both of you are breathtakingly beautiful" he said.

Zidril kissed him again and so did Rose.

"Well if it isn't chibi" said Loki walking towards them, wearing a red suit with Ais behind her.

Ais was wearing a beautiful turquoise dress and long dark green gloves that almost went to her shoulders. Her dress revealed a healthy amount of her cleavage, with it still being modest and above that was a beautiful green gem held by a dark green large choker. She also had some of her long blonde hair tied up ontop of the rest of her hair and held by a pink ribbon.

Off in the distance Bell could make out a head of green hair that seemed to be hiding.

"Riveria come on out" said Loki annoyed, it took her a hour to convince the elf to wear the dress to impress her man and now here she was embarrassed.

After a moment, Riveria was seen and almost everyone in the area froze when they saw her.

She was wearing a beautiful red dress that showed her figure in all it's beauty and showed her large chest which she kept hidden by her elven robes. The top part wrapped around her neck in a X shape, then went down and connected to the dress on the back and exposed her shoulders and bits of her upper back. On the ends of the dress was gold trimming. The dress ended at her ankles and showed she was wearing red dress shoes with a slight heel on them. Her arms, shoulders and the top part of her breasts were exposed and she felt so lewed like this and just wanted to run back to Twilight manor and pretend this never happened.

"I'm such a lewed elf!" She thought.

But then she looked up and saw Bells expression and she couldn't help but look away embarrassed, but really hoped he liked her outfit. She slowly looked back up at him and brushed some of her hair, behind her ear and saw that he looked gobsmacked.

Rose giggled at seeing this and Zidril looked shocked that Riveria was indeed interested in Bell.

"Hello Hestia, Artemis" said Takemikazuchi walking towards them with Mikoto who wore a beautiful kimono styled dress. "Where's Hephaestus?".

"Go look at the dance floor" Hestia said letting out a small giggle.

Looking out, he saw her dancing with her child that if he was right, was named Welf.

But then they all heard gasps and Bell followed their line of sight and once again he was shocked at what he saw.

A breathtakingly beautiful woman with long silver hair and violet eyes, was wearing a purple dress that made her stand out even more than seemed possible, it even had small accents of red in it, the same red as Bells eyes. Next to her was Ottar who was wearing a blue suit and then behind her was elf wearing a elegant outfit and had long platinum blonde hair and glasses.

"That's Freya" said Rose knowing Bell has never actually seen her before.

"Wow.. she's just as beautiful as all of you" said Bell not thinking.

Of course all the girls near them blushed at hearing, but he didn't expect Freya to hear it.

Hearing her Odr compliment her; her eyes immediately went to Bell and she felt her heart start to hammer in her chest at finally being able to see him and knowing that his eyes were trained on her.

The happiness she felt grew massively as she walked towards him but was actually a little nervous and hoped that he liked her dress, leaving Ottar and Hedin behind.

For Ottar he watched her leave and couldn't help but remember how different she was acting a hour ago.

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"No" she threw a dress "no this isn't pretty enough, no this one makes me to slutty.. it's only for his eyes anyways, no, no, no".

Ottar has been watching her for the last two hours go through every single dress she had, trying desperately to find a dress that Bell would think she was beautiful in.

"Goddess, he should just think your beautiful n-" Allen stopped as Freyas eyes snapped on him with a look that could kill.

"He is my Odr! Only the best is good for him!! Am I understood!" Freya seethed as her eyes glowed.

"Y-yes goddess, please forgive me" he said quickly.

"Get stronger and don't ever insult Bell in my presence again".

"Y-yes goddess" he said just as quickly.

Freya then went back to her dresses and she just couldn't find something that would make her look beautiful and it was stressing her out. The party is only a hour away and she still needs to put make up on and perfume, plus fix her hair.

She was going to meet her Odr for the first time in person in her true form and she wanted to look as beautiful as possible.

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It took her another ten minutes to finally find a dress that he'd like and now we are here.

"So Hestia is this your child, you mentioned?" Said Freya stopping infront of Bell, not seeing anyone else but him. His beautiful soul shined so brightly and it was taking all her years of keeping calm, to not start blushing like a school girl infront of her crush. Not only was his soul so beautiful, but he was just as handsome and it made her legs rub together very slightly.

"Um yes Freya" said Hestia unsure how to feel.

Freya continued to look at Bell, then she brought her hand up and gently touched his cheek "I wonder if I'll get to see something interesting tonight".

"W-well i-it's just supposed to b-be a dance goddess" said Bell feeling slightly nervous.

"Hello Lady Riveria" said Hedin as everyone's eyes went to them.

"Hedin.." she said in clear annoyance.

"Your more beautiful than I thought possible.. wou-" "No and I won't dance with you, nor do I want to and no I won't ever marry you" she said cutting him off.

Glaring at her, he took a deep breath "but lady Riveria, I'm a king and only I ca-" "I said NO".

Hedin was about to continue, but then Bell decided to get involved and he gently took Freyas hand from his cheek and walked infront of Riveria and looked at Hedin.

"She doesn't want to talk with you, leave her alone" he said.

"Bell.." said Riveria softly.

Hedin looked down at this human, the one that got his goddesses attention and he felt a mixture of emotions, with anger being the most prominent.

"Listen here human, you have no right to tell me anything, me and Riveria are to be wed, her father demands it, now leave this to the adults" he said looking down at him and leaking his killer intent.

Yet Bell still stood his ground and glared at him "she doesn't want anything to do with you, leave her alone. Besides a elf chooses who they love and she isn't choosing you, so leave her alone".

Hedin looked ready to murder Bell and was about to do something, but a large hand landed on his shoulder.

"Enough Hedin, go away" said Ottar.

Gritting his teeth, he marched off and didn't notice the look of anger on Freyas eyes.

He ruined her chance to get closer to Bell.

"T-thank you Ottar" said Bell giving a small bow.

"No need, he was embarrassing my goddess" he said before walking back over to Freya who both looked happy and angry.

"Apologise for my child, I told him to stay professional and yet he did that" Freya said before walking away.

After she was a ways away, her cheeks heated up and she even put a hand on her cheek and swooned a bit "Ottar I got to touch Odr~ he was even more handsome than I remember".

"I'm glad you think so" said Ottar.

"Ladies and gentlemen thank you for joining me today!" Said the voice of Apollo getting everyone to look at him as he stood at the top of the stairs with Hyakinthos right beside him.

Bell instantly took a step back as he looked at Apollo and Hyakinthos.

Rose and Zidril immediately got near him to try and block him from those twos sight if they looked this way and Riveria took a small step closer to help if needed.

"I want to make this event more interesting and shake things up a bit! I hope everything is to your liking. The act of dressing up our precious children, then showing them off at our banquet, is such an indulgent treat, is it not?" He said smiling a bit when some in the crowed agreed. "It fille me with great joy, to see my brethren and their children. It's quite a splendid night indeed, you know.. I feel like I will make many new friends this evening" his eyes then landed on Bell who was mostly hid by Rose and Zidril. "I consider myself truly blessed... come now, the night is young! Please enjoy yourselves to your hearts content!!".

Bell shivered from that and he knew what he meant.

"Hey mama you need to protect your man" Whispered Loki in Riverias ear.

Her ears got red at that and then her eyes quickly darted over at Bell who was getting taken to the dance floor by Hestia since she wanted her dance.

"Ya do know you can dance with him to, right?" Said Loki quietly as she watched Ais in the distance snacking on some food.

"I-I couldn't.. so many people here and... it'd be so embarrassing to ask him for a-a dance.. h-he'd have to put his h-h-hand on my hip and.. hauuu it's so lewed" said Riveria.

Loki snickered a bit as her eyes went to Hesita and Bell who were dancing and it was clear that Bell knew how to since he was leading her.

"True, but at the same time, wouldn't you like to dance with him, I mean you did get all dressed up for him" said Loki.

Her face got redder.

"Look if its Hedin I'll do ya a favor, kay?" Said Loki.

"Huh?" Her eyes snapped to Loki so fast, it almost hurt.

"I'll do ya a favor, since I really wanna see ya dance with him and you be happy, now you better dance with him tonight Riveria or else I'll punish ya" said Loki before walking away.

Riveria stood where she was feeling a mixture of emotions, but then her eyes landed back on Bell who just finished his dance with Hestia who looked very happy and hugged him, probably saying thank you a bunch.

"M-maybe I should.." she said to herself.

With Bell, he walked Hestia off the dance floor and he was then immediately dragged back on by Rose who really really wanted to dance.

Getting to the center once again, he held her right hand, then placed his own right hand on her hip, before they began to slow dance, staring into each other's eyes.

"You look breathtakingly beautiful Rose" he said as he spun her and brought her back.

Blushing she smiled and got closer by wrapping her arms around his neck as he placed his on her hips "and your even more handsome than I thought possible".

They continued to slowly rock back and forth, while spinning and she placed her head against his forehead.

It was a beautiful slow dance between the two and if anyone looked, they'd see that they truly loved each other.

Zidril smiled at this and couldn't wait for her turn, since she's been practicing all morning and the night before, for this dance.

Off in the distance, was Ais who was watching this and she's danced before, nor has she ever wanted to... but right now, she did and she wanted to dance with Bell.

"Thank you for this dance Bell, but I think Zidril and Artemis want a turn, even though I'm almost greedy enough to keep you all night" said Rose.

"Hehe you greedy? Since when" he said making a light joke.

Smiling softly, she kissed him deeply, pouring all her love into the kiss "I can be very greedy, but when it comes to loving you, I'm even more greedy" she said.

"And like I promised you Rose, you will always be in my heart, my beautiful moon".

Her ears folded back and she actually looked a bit embarrassed.

But her dance with him did come to a end, as the song changed and he took her to the others, but was immediately taken back by Zidril.

Just like with Rose, it started traditionally, but it quickly ended with her arms around his neck and his own on her hips. But since she was shorter than him, she could actually nestle her head under his chin and listen to his heart, which did make Rose a little jealous.

"You know... never before in my life would I have thought I'd be here doing this" she said.

"What dancing?" He asked her.

"That and being with the one I loved.. though I do have to ask, why are you taking so long to marry us? You know us elves and werewolves marry soon after we confirm our love for one another" she said looking up into his red eyes.

"Well when I was talking to Eina, I learned that the youngest you can be to marry here is 16 and I'm very close to that, plus my birthday is on a full moon" he said looking into her eyes.

They widened upon hearing that and she jumped slightly and kissed him, standing on her toes, trying to pour every ounce of her love into a single kiss.

Roses ear twitched and her tail wagged, since she heard what he said and to say, she was happy, was a understatement.

Finishing his dance with Zidril, he then ended up dancing with Artemis, then Mikoto since Takemikazuchi wanted to take a break, but she wanted to dance a little longer.

After that Bell walked to the balcony and leaned on the railing and let out a small sigh, he may not get tired easily now, but doing all those dances did wear him out a bit, or at least felt like it.

"That's a lot of dancing" he said to himself, chuckling lightly.

He then turned around to out at the garden and Orario, but he saw Hyakinthos standing in said garden and he saw that blue haired man from way before when he saved Lily walk up to him.

Feeling someone staring, Hyakinthos snapped his head up, but saw Bell talking with Hermes, so him and his guest quickly left and we're heading towards another guest, or as they saw him. A fat greedy elf.

"Ah Bell so how's the dancing?" Asked Hermes walking up to him.

"Good, just taking a break right now" he said.

"That's good, I also heard from Hestia, what happened with the Apollo Familia" said Hermes "be careful around him, he's planning something".

"Yeah I don't wanna get near him, but sadly we had to show up or else it'd look bad on goddess Hestia" said Bell.

"Bell" said a voice.

Hermes and him looked over and saw Ais standing by the door and was staring at him and the lights from inside made her beauty stand out even more.

"Ais?" He said walking over to her "did you need something?".

She was silent for a moment before she pointed at the dance floor "I'd like to dance".

Bell felt his cheeks heat up since he wasn't expecting that, but he mustered up his courage and offered his hand which she took and allowed him to lead her to the dance floor.

As they walked, they felt multiple pairs of eyes on them, but they both ignored it and were on the dance floor now.

"Ais do you know how to dance?" Bell asked.

"No this is my first time" she said tilting her head slightly as her cheeks had a tiny hint of red on them.

"Well allow me to take the lead" he said as he held her hand, then placed his other on her hip, while she put her free hand on his shoulder.

"Ok now just follow my lead Ais" he said as he took a step back and she took one forward, they did it again as they slowly spun in a circle.

Ais couldn't help but stare into his red eyes as they slowly danced, he then spun her put, only holding onto one of his hands, before he pulled her back and leaned her down so she was looking up at him. Then getting pulled back up, they continued this dance as the song played.

"HUH!? AIS!!" Loki was about to charge and stop this, since not even she got to dance with Ais, but she was stopped by Asfi who dragged her away.

The song continued as they danced and Ais found it strange.. the way she felt, her heart hammering, her stomach feeling like it has butterflies in it and that her cheeks turned slightly red, plus she had a genuine smile on her face. The last time she felt this happy was when... her parents were still alive.

But sadly for her, the song came to an end, and Bell let her go and gave her a small bow to show respect.

Ais seeing this, did as Riveria told her and grabbed her dress slightly and lifted it up a bit before she took one step back and bowed her head slightly.

"Thank you for this dance Ais.. I really appreciate it and you were a amazing dancer for your first time" said Bell.

"Thank you Bell.. I'd like to do this again" she said.

"As would I" he said.

Hermes saw all of this and smiled, but his eyes landed on one person who had yet to dance with Bell.

Riveria.

His eyes then caught Apollo starting to head to the stairs, so he knew he had to act fast.

Riveria was very angry right now, not because Bell just danced with Ais, but because multiple people asked her to dance and tried to flirt with her at the same time. Then to top it all off, Hedin came back and tried again to dance with her and get her to marry him.

"Ah Riveria what a pleasant night?" Said Hermes walking up to her.

"Lord Hermes? What are you doing?" She asked.

"Well I just came over since I saw you looked a bit down, so what's the matter?" He said playing clueless.

"Just.. the other elves and Hedin, that's all" she said.

"Mmm I think I have a idea of what you mean, though I'm surprised you haven't danced with anyone" he said.

"I don't want to dance with.. anyone" she said lying, she did want to.

"Ooh your lying to a god? My so who's the lucky guy? Could it be... Bell? I've seen you watch him dance multiple times now".

Riveria looked at him wide eyed and a look of fear entered her eyes.

"Haha don't worry I won't tell anyone, that's your business, not mine. Though I'd recommend dancing with him, his grandfather taught him how and his master even helped by being his dance partner" said Hermes.

Riveria looked surprised but still didn't budge, so he decided to try a different approach since he was running low on time and signaled Asfi to quickly stall Apollo.

"Well I'm sorry for interrupting your time, I shall leave you be" he said walking away, towards Bell.

Bell lead Ais off the dance floor and not once had she stopped smiling, she genuinely enjoyed dancing with him and... she really liked him holding her for some reason... questions for Riveria later tonight.

Ais excused herself saying she wanted to get a drink and once she left, Hermes appeared by his side.

"Bell my friend" said Hermes.

"Huh? Yes?" Bell said a little confused.

"I think Ms Riveria would like a dance, she glanced at you a couple times while dancing, so I think this would be a good time to build a closer friendship with her" said Hermes.

Bell looked off and saw Riveria now arguing with Hedin and she even slapped him, before she stomped off to the balcony. Hedin looked beyond pissed, but he did nothing and stormed off as well, since he didn't want to start something massive and embarrass his goddess.

"I.. I guess I'll try" he said walking towards Riveria.

"Great, I wish you luck" said Hermes before darting off to Apollo who was about to start his speech and enact his plan.

"Ah Apollo, could you tell me that one story about how you tried to hit on Hera once" said Hermes.

"Huh? I've told it to you before Hermes" he said confused.

"Yes I know, but it's been so long that I don't fully remember it. Come on Apollo, just for old times sake" pleaded Hermes.

Sighing, Apollo agreed and began to retell the story.

With Riveria she was staring at the almost full moon that was covered slightly, she heard foot steps and assumed it was Hedin for a fourth attempt or a elf. She spun around and was about to yell at them, but was shocked to see Bell.

"B-bell" she said embarrassed and feeling her heart hammer in her chest.

"Hello Riveria, how are you?" Asked Bell since he saw her face go from anger and annoyance to happy and embarrassed.

"I-I.. I'm ok, just a stressful night that's all" she said.

"I'm sorry you have to deal with that, besides that, how was it?" He asked.

"It was ok, just wish it was better" she said looking away.

Bell stared at her for a moment before taking a deep breath and deciding to try as Hermes said.

Riveria was caught off guard when Bell took her hand and kneeled down, this made her heart race a million miles an hour and her cheeks got as red as her dress.

"Riveria may I please have one dance with you, this night?" He said looking up into her jade green eyes and knew it was wrong to hold a elf's hand without permission.

Her heart was beating so hard and fast, she could feel and hear it, not only that but he looked so handsome and his hand was warm. So.. she gave in to what her heart wanted and decided to deal with the consequences later.

"Y-yes Bell, I'd love to dance with you" she said softly as she held his hand a little tighter.

Smiling, he stood up and was eye level with her, which made her very happy. He then gently lead her to the dance floor, which she happily followed.

This immediately got every elf in the rooms attention. A human from a weak Familia was dancing with the High Elf Princess, who's also the strongest elf in the world.

Arriving at the center of the dance floor, he looked her in the eyes and spoke "Riveria do I have permission to put my hands on you for this dance".

Blushing more, she just nodded.

Placing his hand on her hip and holding her other, she placed her free hand on his shoulder and they began dancing to the song.

They moved beautifully and elegantly, like practiced dancers and the whole room was soon watching them, as they took the center stage.

It was a beautiful dance, that reminded some people of two lovers pouring everything into a dance to express how they felt.

Riveria was spun and held close and she loved every second of it, regardless of every eye on them, she was to happy to care as she stared into his beautiful red eyes.

She was then suddenly picked up and spun by her hips, which made her smile more, once on the ground, he brought her arm up and spun her, making her elegant dress flow like a sea. It was a truly beautiful dance that will be talked about for a long time as they continued it until the song finally came to end.

"I hope that was a good dance for you" he said smiling slightly embarrassed.

"It... it was perfect Bell" she said looking abashed, she then looked into his red eyes and they both froze staring into the others eyes.

Before she knew it, she was very slowly moving in towards his face to kiss him.

Bell saw the look in his eyes and before he knew it himself, he started to move closer.

Off in the distance, Freya watched this and she decided to ask for a dance as well, she saw Bell and Riverias souls glow very brightly and beautifully and it made her very happy to see it. She'd walk a little slower to see if maybe they'd kiss, but she was still gonna get that dance.

"Be-" Freya was then cut off by the lights.

Before either could make any real progress, the lights in the room cut out and a lone light illuminated Bell and Riveria, who both let each other go.

Apollo walked towards Bell with a confident smirk, before stopping right infront of him and growing a devious and perverted grin.

Instantly, Hestia and Artemis ran up and got infront of Bell, while Zidril and Rose got on both sides of him.

"Salutations Hestia, Artemis~, it seems our children had a little scuffle" said Apollo with a sly grin.

"Y-yeah, but from what I heard, your children started it" said Hestia.

"Haha, can you really say that? I mean look what he did to my child!" Said Apollo taking a step to the side to reveal the prum, covered in bandages.

"Owie it hurts!" He said in fake pain as he held his cane.

"And I have witnesses!!" Four members of the Apollo Familia showed up smirking, once the light hit them.

"Yeah well your children hurt my child!" Snapped Hesita.

"Not only that, but from what I heard, they said some messed up things as well" said Artemis with a glare.

"So your denying it... well then I guess I have no choice!" He said in a fake dramatic way "I DECLARE A WAR GAME!!!".

"HUH!?!" Yelled Hestia.

"AND SINCE ARTEMIS IS UNDER YOUR PROTECTION!!! IF I WIN! I GET BOTH BELL CRANEL AND MY BEAUTIFUL ARTEMIS!!!" He then breathed heavily as steam seemed to exit his mouth and nose, as he licked his lips.

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Meanwhile far outside Orario, a figure climbed to the top of a hill and she was wearing a cloak, with fur around her neck, but the cloak covered her body, but it still showed a round shield under it and a spear in her hand.

She could make out the tower of Babel and all the glowing lights of the city, very easily, even with the bright moon above her.

She was a extremely beautiful woman that had long silver hair, like Freya, but hers was pulled into a braid that wrapped went down her back, she also had two smaller braids on each side of her head, with some bangs covering her forehead along with a small metal tiara over her bangs. Under them, it showed she had her right eye covered with a large piece of cloth to hide her scar, while her other eye was a beautiful, electric blue with wisps of purple in it.

"Orario.. can't believe I came back... then again, Goddess Freya is asking me for a favor after letting me leave for a long time" said Husfreya before she began to walk again towards Orario.

Little did she know that her goddess will have new plans for her, now that Apollo did something like this and is trying to take her Odr away and separate him from his other lovers and possible future ones.