The Princess and the Dragon Rider

An awkward silence took place between the Dragon rider in hiding who was holding a magic stone and in his right hand while the First-class adventurer was looking at his bolts' feltchings. They were just wandering what would happen if Crimsoar became visible.

Bell was the first to break the silence. "Umm... Hi what brings you here in the dungoen?"

She still looked at his bolts and finally meet his eyes. "I came here to train."

Crimsoar carefully perched on Bell's shoulder. "She must be the Sword Princess of the Loki Familia."

"Aiz Wallenstien?" Remembering the rumours from the local adventurers. She was a level five adventurer and the one of the strongest females in Orario. They also remembered from their Patron that she and Loki had an unpleasant history.

"Are you the one who sluaghtered the monster party the other day?" She asked.

Both of them were really surprised and his dragon said. "She must've seen your bolts on the floor after we left."

Bell responed. "Yeah no kidding."

He answered to the girl. "I'm guessing you've seen my bolts lying around."

"Yes, I did." She studied his outfit and weapons. "So how did you do it besides using your sword and crossbow?"

"I used my magic on those beasts." He answered.

"He must be another first-class adventurer." She thought. "How come I have never seen him before? And what happened to his hand?"

She indeed saw his marked hand and he reminds her of a rabbit because of his looks. But something was bugging her from the moment she saw the inscribed bolts.

"By the way." Bell said. "You're Aiz wallenstien. I heard rumors from other adventurers that you were one of the strongest."

"Not strong enough." she thought and said to the rider. "You're right about that, but I did not quite catch your name."

"The name's Bell Cranel."

"So Bell do you mind if I tag along?" Aiz asked.

Suprised about what she said. Bell resist the urge to look at his dragon who just said in his head.

"Well we are going to make new friends even if we didn't share the same familia." Crimsoar said.

"I suppose you're right." A light blushed Bell said telepathically. "And she kinda seems pretty."

"You like her." Crimsoar teased.

"Shut up."

"Sure thing." He said and they started walking.

While they were making their way to the 18th floor. Aiz who was on his right, had a good look on the mark on his left hand. What ever was bugging her it had something to with from her late-parents.

Bell decided to start to conversation. "Does the Loki Familia know that your in the dungoen?"

"Only Riveria." She said.

"Riveria... Ljos Alf?" Bell said.

"Yes... that was her full name." Aiz said. "Did you two know each other?"

"Only by name." He answered. "One of my friends who was an elf came back from a vacation and mentioned about her in my homeland. She was born in the Alf's Royal Forest as a member of the High Elf family. My friend also mentioned that she left her home because of her father's negative attitude toward her interest in the outside world and decided to leave along with her friend Aina."

This made her eyes wide. Aiz never asked her mentor about her past. She was really suprised that her new friend was a foreigner.

He saw her expression and said. "Wait you didn't know?"

She shook her head. "No, I didn't."

"Huh wonder why she didn't." Crimsoar said.

"Let's not push it shall we." Bell said to his dragon who agreed.

"Don't be feeling so down on yourself, atleast you two get along." He said.

She smiled. "I guess so."

The three suddenly heard cracks from the walls. They drew out their swords. Aiz looked at Bell's blade. It was really beautiful, but she focused her attention on the Minotuars.