It was early in the morning, the sun was still beneath the horizon, while the stars were still shining upon Orario, twinkling about as the sky was cleared of clouds.

Somehow, Bell had woke up early as he arranged his bed.

He looked at his five by five medre room, which seemed to be a bit spacious for him.

Looking at beside his bed, there were two ether swords leaning against the wall of his room.

'Reazeus' and 'Herana'...the name of the two ether swords.

'Reazeus' was the dark black blade with a red handle, while 'Herana' was the dark black blade with a white handle.

He knew about the name of the blade from a letter, which was kept with the two ether blade, which he had found during his escape from his village.

Back to Bell, he looked at a door, which was connected to the bathroom, and proceeded to wash his face and brushed his teeth.

Few minutes later...

Looking at the clock on his room, it was 4.53 a.m., which was still early, so he decided to take a walk, trying to explore the Twilight Manor.

As he walked through the corridor, he heard something in the distance.

Curious, he tried to approached the source of the sound.

Slowly, he was getting closer to a place that could be seen as a very large garden, grasses filled up the ground as there were some trees at the place.

The ceilings had a couple of small windows, which allowed the light to pass through.

Unfortunately, it was still early in the morning, but the garden had another source of light, which came from some mushrooms that emitted light.

He saw a tree and decided to hide behind it, as he tried to take a peek beyond the tree.

swish* *swish* *swish*

The flow of her sword, added with her graceful movement was captivating to Bell's eyes.

The focused in her eyes were unwavering, as she committed herself to training, her movement seemed to be elegant, but swift.

Bell pried his eyes away, and leaned back at the tree as he was thinking.

"(Wow...she's working really hard even though she's strong! I must work hard too! Well, after she's finished training...I guess I'll train...)"

He turned around, his head moved to the side of the tree to peek at her.

Unknown to him, Aiz had detected his presence, and decided to greet him as she approached the tree.

She went passed the tree just to bump into Bell, which was at the same time that Bell had decided to peek at her.

His head was tilted slightly, which allowed their nose to pass by each other, allowing both of their heads to move closer to each other.

smooch*

"..." (Bell and Aiz)

Their lips overlapped, as both eyes went wide, stunned at what had just transpired.

They literally became statues, unmoving with their lips still overlapping.

Bell slowly stepped back, breaking the contact of their lips, while their eyes were locked at each other.

Just one step, and he returned to being a statue, as the both of them looked at each other, not knowing what to do next.

Bell's cheeks were burning up, the colour red spread throughout his face.

Aiz cheeks were slightly tinted with red, as she looked at Bell, and then on his lips that she had bumped with her own.

Bell expected that by now, Aiz would threw insults and curses at him.

What he didn't expect was...

"...Sorry..." Aiz said as she looked away, surprising even herself.

"...N-No I-It was not your fault! I mean it was an accident! And I tried to peek you training. Um..." (Bell)

"..." (Bell, Aiz)

"(I-I kissed her!!! Why did she apologize-no! Why is her face so...deadpan? M-Maybe I'm thinking too much...maybe this is normal, here...)"

"...It's your first kiss...right.." Aiz asked him with her face looking at the ground like something interesting was there.

"...yes..." Bell said in a weak voice as he rubbed the back of his neck with one of his hand.

"(Ahh...she have the experience already...no wond-)" (Bell)

"It's my first too..." (Aiz)

Bell's eyes went wide as he was shocked, realizing that he had just taken her first kiss, which made him feel fulfilled for some reason.

The silent awkwardness continued once more, as both were avoiding each other eyes.

"...Y-You want to train..." Aiz stuttered, surprising herself once more.

"Yes! Of course! Let's go train! Yes!" (Bell)

And so, the two trained until Bell had decided to quit as he made his way to his room to take a shower.

Seeing his figure disappeared fom her sight, she also made her way towards the shower room.

--New Scene--

Loki sat at the end of the long table, with Bell sitting at her right, and Aiz sitting at her left.

Next to Aiz was Tiona, followed by Tione, Reveria, Lefiya and other females.

Next to Bell was Finn, Bete, Gareth, and other males.

"Hey, Aiz. Looked at Bell. Isn't he cute, nibbling his food like a kid, hm?" Tiona whispered at Aiz, prompting her to look at Bell.

Loki couldn't help but noticed the weird atmosphere between the newcomer and Aiz, as Aiz had this little red tinted cheeks, each time her eyes met with Bell's eyes.

Although, her face was expressionless like always.

Meanwhile, Bell's cheeks were tinted red constantly.

"(I will ask him later...)" (Loki)

--New Scene--

With everyone had already filled up their belly, all the members of Loki familia had dispersed, as they went out to explore the Dungeon.

But only one was left behind, which was currently inside Loki's bedroom, down on both of his knees.

Loki was circling him as she looked at him with her eyes.

"So...did something happen between you and Aiz?"

His body jolted once, prompting a curious look from Loki.

"You can't lie to me...and I recommend you to not lie yer way, ok?" She said, which sounded more like a threat to him.

With no way to lie, he decided to tell Loki the truth.

"I-I k-kissed Aiz!" (Bell)

Loki blanked out for a short second, as she was stunned by his words.

"Can yer repeat!?" (Loki)

"I-I k-kissed Aiz!" (Bell)

Taking a moment to register the information, she continued, "...lips?" (Loki)

He nodded his head just like a machine, up and down vigorously.

"(How!? He just joined yesterday?! What sorcery is this!! In terms of strength, Aiz should be stronger than Bell...or did Aiz let him kissed her...)"

Loki's face was changing into a frown, her eyes glaring at Bell as if to pierce him, jealous that her most precious children was taken.

"You dare to steal Aiz from me, huh!" She said in a low voice, sending chills to Bell.

"Hiiii!!!! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" (Bell)

He was literally terrified at Loki's angry face as he closed his eyes, preparing for the worst.

Few second had passed, and he was still alive, with his body still intact.

"...Sigh...since Aiz accepted you...I guess...I had to give up, aren't I? If you were not one of my familia, I'll stick yer head on the wall already...sigh.." (Loki)

Slowly, Loki went towards Bell's back, bend down, and proceeded to hug him, while her left hand wrapped his body, the other ruffling through his soft white hair.

With a soft voice, Loki whispered, "...take care of her, will ya?..."

Hearing her words, Bell knew that she had mistaken about something.

Gathering his voice, "G-Goddess... It seems like you're mistaken about something...actually, Aiz and I had...an accidental kiss..."

She stopped her ruffling, but then continued to ruffle his hair.

"G-Goddess?" (Bell)

ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle*

"Accident, huh?...Then, yer punishment for being accidental is to come whenever I need ya!"

"...but it was an accident..."

"So you want to stay on the wall, then?"

"...O-Okay, I'll follow your wishes, Goddess!"

"Hm! Good boy!"

ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle*

"Goddess? I need to go now to the Dungeon." He said, as his cheeks were getting redder.

"Ya know? Rather than an adventurer, why don't you be my hugging pillow!"

"..." (Bell)

Even though she lacked the 'asset', a goddess was still a goddess, and Bell was conscious of this.

He could smell the perfume she was wearing, the feeling of her hot breath hitting his bare neck as he was blushing profusely.

Immediately, Loki released her gripped, stood up, and walked away towards her wardrobe.

With her back facing Bell, "Well, ain't you going. I'm gonna change here."

"I-I'll be going now, Goddess!" Bell said.

As he was just planning to ran out of the room, Loki told him to stop, while her sight was on him.

"You'll need to change yer outfit...it's too unique... guess you'll need to buy new clothes today."

Bell looked at his 'Kikyou Saionji's outfit', which had the colour of green, white, and a red lining.

"Oh.." was what came out of Bell's mouth.

Then, he slowly walked out of the room, and proceeded to his room to grab his equipment.

Loki stood in front of her wardrobe for awhile, contemplating about the weird feeling she got.

In Bell's room...

Bell could be seen holding Herana and Reazus.

Slowly, he moved the two ether swords up, as both crossed each other.

Bell closed his eyes, as he thought about an outfit that he saw on one of the adventurer that he had seen before.

"Change."

He whipped his two ether swords, one on his left, and one on his right, as a burst of red fiery flame engulfed his entire figure.

Instantly, the flame disappeared, revealing himself in a normal light brown shirt, and a black trousers.

He looked at his outfit, and deemed it alright.

--New Scene--

Reaching the end of the 19th floor, Loki exploration team with Finn as the leader had decided to rest for awhile.

At one place, Aiz was sitting with Tione, Tiona and Lefiya, as they formed a group of their own.

A few Loki members were on guard as they were inside the Dungeon, which was known for its unpredictability.

Tione was looking at Finn, trying to think for a way to get his attention, while Lefiya was looking into her bag, trying to sort out and check her items.

Tiona was looking at Aiz with a curious expression on her face, as she approached her.

"Aiz?" (Tiona)

Aiz moved her head towards Tiona, "Hm?..."

"Is something wrong with your lips? I noticed that you've been touching your lips ever since we left the Twilight Manor..."

Hearing that, Lefiya joined in the conversation, "M-Miss Aiz? Are your lips dry? I have something to cure that." Lefiya took out something that look like a lip gloss. "Here!"

Aiz took the lip gloss on her hand, and looked at Lefiya.

Lefiya showed a "how to use the lip gloss" motion at Aiz, which Aiz followed her motion too.

"Kyaaa!!! Aiz lips so shiny! Even though you have a deadpan face, she's still look beautiful!!" Tiona said, as she jumped at Aiz and hugged her.

"We've rested enough. Let's go." Finn said at the group.

Tiona, Tione and Lefiya moved ahead, while Aiz was behind the group.

Aiz was deep in thought, feeling slightly worried, "(...Why did Loki called him in her room...is he okay...)"

Casting the thought aside, Aiz moved forward towards her teammates.

--New Scene--

Bell was strolling on the road, looking at the new things that he had never seen before.

Sellers shouting their merchandise like there was no tomorrow.

Some childrens were running on the street, playing with each other.

Looking at the street, he could see why Orario was called as the city of adventurers.

Adventurers thrived like an army of ants, filling up the streets, seeking for fame and glory.

Looking at his left, he could see a flower shop, which was handled by a female worker, as she sweep the floor, trying to keep the image of the shop in pristine condition.

He was pretty excited as this will be his first time living in the city of Orario, and also to have a chance to explore the Dungeon, which he knew was located beneath the Babel Tower.

As he walked around, he saw a small girl that seemed to be lost, so he decided to help the little girl.

It was pretty dangerous to be alone in this city, as he had a first hand experience yesterday, even though he was out in the open.

Approaching the little girl, he was quite surprised to see how well developed she was, contrasting to her small appearance.

He spoke with a soft voice, "Hey, little girl...are you lost?"

"I'm not a little girl! I'm a goddess!" The little girl said, pouting in a cute manner.

"Eh! I'm sorry! I thought since you're small that...um so Miss Goddess..." (Bell)

"Hestia. That's my name!" (Hestia)

"I'm Bell Cranell...so, Miss Hestia? What are you doing here?" He asked, curious as to why she was here alone.

"...I'm trying to form a familia...but no one wants to join me...since I'm poor and whatnot..." (Hestia)

Then, Hestia looked at the boy with a hopeful expression, "Perhaps...are you searching for a familia!?"

"Ah, Sorry..." (Bell)

Hestia hung her shoulders, feeling dejected.

"Maybe, I can help Miss Hestia to search for someone to join!"

"Really...You'll help me..." Tears started to formed in Hestia's eyes.

Few minutes later...

"Hestia familia is recruiting members, so who wants to join!" (Bell)

"I'm recruiting members to join my familia!" (Hestia)

The two walked on the street, while advertising Hestia familia, hoping to gain a member.

Time passed by, as both were starting to feel tired, so Hestia decided to halt today's advertisement.

Hestia was sad that no one tried to join her familia, but she kept her emotion hidden, as she didn't want to make Bell worried about her.

"Fuh!...that was tiring!"

"Miss Hestia..."

"It's okay, Bell...I can try again tomorrow." Hestia said, trying to hide her sadness.

Bell looked at Hestia that slowly walked away from the area.

As Hestia walked away, she felt a hand that grabbed her shoulder, prompting her to look at the source.

"Bell..." (Hestia)

Then, Bell took out Herana, "Miss Hestia? Can you touch Herana's blade?"

"Herana?" Hestia said, curious.

"It's this sword's name...it's my family heirloom." (Bell)

"So, I just need to touch it? Why?" Hestia asked, slightly wary.

"So that I can find you." (Bell)

"(How does he find me by touching it? Hm? I guess just touching will not hurt me...)"

Slowly, Hestia touched the side of Herana, where it was just a flat surface, so she will not injured herself

She could see the blade radiated a dark red glow, before dimming back into its original dark black colour.

Hestia looked at Bell, which told her that it was done, so she walked away, leaving Bell behind.

Bell looked at Hestia receding figure, as he could see a red aura surrounding her.

"Friend." Bell muttered, as he could see the aura changed into a green glow around Hestia.

Soon, Hestia had already left his sight, but somehow, he knew where she was at, as if his mind had a radar that could pinpoint her position.

With that, he made his way towards the Babel Tower.

But, on his way there, Loki stood at the Dungeon entrance, seemingly waiting for someone.

He saw that Loki was waving at him, and he knew right away, that she was looking for him.

"Where were you!" Loki said in an annoyed voice. "Ya know how long I stood here waiting for yer!?"

"I'm sorry! I was helping someone just now..." (Bell)

"Hm! Well, let's go! We need to register ya at the Guild. My fault for forgetting." (Loki)

"Okay..." (Bell)

--New Scene--

"Please filled up this form, sir."

Bell took his time filling up his registration form, as Loki was trying to gather the latest scoop from the Guild.

Few minutes later...

"All done!"

Bell handed the form to the female employee, as she went to the back of the counter, and into a room.

Awhile later, she came back, "With this, you are registered into the Guild."

With his business finished, he went to Loki, "I've registered already."

"Okay, see ya later!" Loki said, as she walked out of the Guild.

--New Scene--

At the first floor of the Dungeon, Bell had met with five goblins without a weapon.

With a quick lunged, he passed by the five goblins, slashes appeared on their bodies as they started to fall down, as they all had stopped moving.

He looked at the corpses, "(I recall about magic stone situated in their chest...)"

With his experience living in the wild, he swiftly collected the magic stones, as the corpses started to disappear into thin air.

"(Okay! Let's do this!)"

Searched for enemies, killed them, and collect the magic stones.

Bell eliminated the monsters in his path, as he made his way towards the second floor.

And then, he continued to the third, the fourth, the fifth, and stopped at the sixth floor, as he realized that he didn't have enough storage to put more magic stones.

"(Well...I don't need anymore magic stones...guess I'll just eliminate the monsters here. Maybe, I should try that skill...I wonder what kind of skill 'Kiranage Asundra' is...)"

He took a deep breath with his eyes closed, "Kiranage Asundra."

Red aura engulfed him from the bottom to the top, as his clothes turned to flame and changed, showing him in his 'Kikyou Saionji's outfit'.

His blade glowed dark red, as the red aura covered around it.

Slowly, he opened his eyes, revealing his ruby coloured eyes which was glowing bright red.

He felt really calmed as his eyes looked at his surrounding.

Instantly, he disappeared from his position.

--New Scene--

A party of three people were in the sixth floor, confronting with a group of twelve war shadows.

"It's a war shadow!!" (Male)

"Watch out!" A female screamed at female1.

Female1 closed her eyes, as she held her arms, preparing for the worst, as two war shadows lunged at her.

It was then...

Multiple sound of bodies collapsing on the ground could be heard, prompting female1 to open her eyes, just to see all the war shadows lying dead on the ground.

Back to Bell, he was purging the monsters at the current floor as he just casually slash the monsters.

A war shadow looked at the fiery red demon, that was moving really fast.

One second, he was at the right, the next second, he was in the air.

The war shadow prepared itself as it lunged towards the red demon, just to see its body in front of it.

Five minutes after the skill was initited, he changed back to his regular light brown shirt, and black trousers.

He looked back to see lots of corpses on the ground.

"(I think that's enough training. I better go back...)"

On that day, a rumour about many corpses, which were untouched had benefited some adventurers as they obtained free magic stones.

--New Scene--

It was already nighttime in Orario, as the streetlights were lighting the way for people to navigate in the night.

In the Twilight Manor, sitting at the end of the long table was Loki, while next to her right was Bell.

Bell looked at the many empty seats, and then back to Loki.

"Um...Where are the others?"

"They're in an expedition to the Dungeon. Why?"

"...are we the only one here?..." Bell started to feel nervous, as well as frightened at the same time.

Loki had an evil expression on her face, "What's wrong...Bell...why so quiet..." She said in an alluring voice.

"T-T-Thank you for the food!!" Bell said, as he was already running towards his room.

--New Scene--

At the 23rd floor, the Loki expedition team had already set their camp for the night, some were on patrol as they had their own shift to follow.

At one camp, five girls could be seen surrounding a campfire.

"Are you alright, Aiz? You seem out of it. Are you sick?" (Reveria)

"...I'm worried about Bell..." Aiz said, her eyes looked at the fire.

Reveria looked at Aiz, "Worried? Why? Isn't he safe at our home?"

"...Loki..." Aiz said, looking back at Reveria with her deadpan face.

Wanting to join the conversation, Tiona speak her thought, "Yeah, Aiz. Loki wouldn't do anything to him!"

Reveria then had a serious expression, "On second thought...I'm not sure..."

"Okay! Let me list what will trigger Loki into becoming a perverted old man! Bell is cute, check. Bell is shy, check. Bell is young, check..."

"He cleared all the requirements..." Lefiya said slowly.

All five girls were silent, as each had their own imagination of what was happening at home right now.

Aiz imagined an Al-miraj, being bitten by a fox.

Tiona imagined Bell running around the Twilight Manor, as Loki was chasing him while laughing hysterically.

Lefiya imagined Bell on the bed with Loki, his chin was being guided by Loki's hand as Bell looked at Loki with a loving eyes.

His right shoulder was slowly being shown as his shirt started to come off.

Then, an image of a flower with one of its petal falling down replaced the scene.

On the other hand, Reveria imagined Bell being tied to the bed, Loki had a whip on her hand.

And finally, Tione imagined something that was adult only thing, as there were only mosaics being shown.

"..." (the five girls)

"L-Let's go to sleep!" Lefiya said, as she rushed towards her camp.

And soon, the four girls went to their own camp to sleep, as tomorrow was another tiring day for them.

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Finally, updated...I'm focusing on my other story 'to live a different life' (advertising muahahaha) so...this story might had a less frequent update. Thus, the partially accept the challenge. BTW whe are there two danmachi category?