Miach frowned slightly as he glanced through the gap in the curtains that led to the shop front, he had been working on some potions to add to the shop's inventory and had noticed something strange with his sole Familia member. The store had been closed for an hour already but Naaza seemed intent on sitting behind the counter, waiting. As of yet he hadn't figured out the reasoning, but it was clearly growing past the intended time that Naaza had figured she would have to wait. It wasn't hard for him to pick up on Naaza's impatience since he had been on the receiving end of it numerous times before. Which just brought about who she was waiting for.

Miach had an inkling that it was young Bell, he couldn't think of who else it might be. Bell was currently a large part of Naaza's daily life, the boy having brought out the adventurer in her heart again. If it wasn't for Bell, who knows where Naaza might be right now, no doubt still wallowing in self doubt over what had happened in the past. Bell had brought about a change in Naaza, a debt Miach could never truly repay the young man.

Which brought up the question as to why would the boy be so late to their meeting? It wasn't like him, sure he might be a few minutes late but never to the point of making Naaza this irritable, not unless he was caught up in some kind of trouble. The boy seemed to be the lure that attracted it most of the time, you had to start to wonder if something else was at play with that boy with what he had already been through during his short time in Orario.

Miach was surprised when the chair that Naaza was sitting on clattered to the ground as Naaza stood up abrubtly hands slammed down onto the counter, her face holding a serious gaze to it. Yep she had had enough. Miach swallowed nervously, he believed Bell to be in a lot of trouble.

"Lord Miach, I'm going out."

"H-Have fun!" Miach nervously called out after her before the door to the shop slammed shut causing the God to wince. However as Miach entered into the shop front after Naaza had left he swallowed nervously as his face paled as he realised that Naaza had taken her bow and quiver of arrows with her. "Good luck Bell." He gave a small prayer for the boy, hoping that Naaza knew Bell's magnetism for trouble and intended to help, before he set about getting back to work.

"Oh, looks like Antianeira has her prey for the evening." An Amazoness laughed at the sight of the familiar Executive of the Berbera with a white haired boy in her grasp as they walked through the entertainment district where the ladies of the evening were beginning their night, there were already so many patrons that the crowds that had gathered filled the streets.

"Aisha! He's cute! Let me have him next!" Another called out to Aisha getting the woman to smirk as she leaned down to the furiously blushing Bell as he was pulled close to her chest, her strength was insane and he couldn't pull away, any attempt in trying to do so only had his face buried deeper into her chest.

"See, all these girls want a piece of you little rabbit." Aisha purred into his ear causing his ears to redden just as his face as he did his best to shy away. "You're really way to cute kid, but don't worry you're all mine tonight." She reared back with laughter, keeping her grip on him tight, there was no telling how many of these sneaky thieves were already plotting to take an opportunity to grab the unspoiled rabbit.

No, she had something else in mind for her new friend, he wanted to be a hero and there was a damsel to save. Alone he probably couldn't do anything still green as grass despite his potential, afterall Ishtar Familiar was full of high level adventurers. But if Loki was attached to this little rabbit, then there was the chance she'd have the Familia come intervene. It was the only hope Aisha could see a glimpse where she could do her duty as an 'older sister', there was only so much she could do after being charmed by Ishtar herself.

"M-M-Miss Aisha!" Bell cried. "I... I really have somewhere I have to be!" Bell tried to tell her, but the Amazoness cared little for what he had to say right now. She was keeping an eye on those around her already eyeing up her prize.

"We won't be long." Aisha told him. "Although, I'm willing to make an exception if you want to stay all night." She doubted Bell's face could get any redder. Instead, he hung his head accepting defeat as he was dragged along through the entertainment district. Bell had never been this deep into this area, only having ever made his way to and from the Familia house, doing his best not to get swayed into whatever debauchery thrived in this part of the city, he just hoped he'd make it home in one piece and that Naaza wasn't going to be mad that he was so late.

Bell was surprised when Aisha brought them to a stop before a rather unique styled building. It clearly stood out among the other buildings nearby, designed in an eastern fashion or so he believed. It was something to behold and those that worked here were all dazzled in fancy eastern style dresses of revealing yukata, probably not the way that they were supposed to be worn, instead fashion to draw the gazes of possible clients. Aisha led them in, the door to the establishment sliding open revealing a beautiful eastern style interior waiting room.

"Is she in her room?" Aisha questioned to one of the workers who quickly nodded getting a smile from Aisha. "Make sure she's free tonight, I don't want any interruptions."

"Of course, Antianeira." The Hostess nodded before Aisha led Bell through the building, sounds that would no doubt haunt Bell's dreams came from every which direction, the cries of passion from women engrossed in ecstasy. When Aisha came to a stop and stood before a door she turned back to face him. Bell was still confused about why she had brought him here, he really hoped it wasn't for anything bad.

"Lighten up kid." Aisha smiled at him. "I only want to introduce you to someone." She looked over him, he was still dressed having come from the Dungeon his axe still on his back. "Kindly drop your weapons in this here cabinet." She told him, opening an empty cabinet by the entrance to the room. "I promise nothing will happen to them." She assured. Bell nodded as he reached up and pulled his axe from his back and placed it within before undoing the wrist guard that she had seen him use, somehow housing a shield and placed it inside. "No others?"

"No." Aisha eyed him before nodding and turning for the door, before knocking.

"Come in." A soft gentle voice came from the other side and Aisha slid the door open before entering, gesturing for Bell to follow after her. Hesitantly he did, entering into the room that seemed to be bathed in moonlight, when the door closed it was as if all sound died with it. Bell stepped into the room and saw a figure kneeling before the window.

Bell was absolutely stunned by the gorgeous girl doused in moonlight, her long blonde hair fell down her back long enough to pool over her golden fluffy tail, her green eyes reflecting the light of the moon as she looked over at her guests with mild curiosity. Bell's attention was drawn to the twitch of her fox like ears, she was a renard. She wore a beautiful red yukata with leaf like designs, worn in a more reserved way than those he had seen outside.

"Aisha... and..." The girls eyes were drawn to Bell, their eyes locking and Bell couldn't help but be speechless at her beauty.

"Haruhime." Aisha greeted. "This is Bell Cranel, he's a friend." She continued pushing Bell forward, the teen stumbling slightly before catching himself before he fell. "I thought that I would introduce you too." Now that Bell was closer, he didn't know what to say. Why had Aisha brought him to meet this girl? The girl herself looked confused as she looked at Bell and then to Aisha.

"Don't worry, he's not a client." Aisha waved off Haruhime's clear worries. "Just somebody I wanted you to meet." Aisha turned to Bell, his nervousness not having left him since she had swooped in and stopped him outside his Familia home, or at the very least the remnants of the old Loki Familia home. She had made sure Loki wasn't around before trying anything, and it was easier to do now that the expedition had come back. when she had first discovered Bell it was as if Loki was almost constantly around.

"U-Um, Miss Aisha... I should really be going..." Bell shifted nervously on his feet. "I had plans to meet up with someone." He admitted, he still hadn't forgotten that he was supposed to meet up with Naaza, and considering the time he was already seriously late. How was he supposed to explain this.

"Like I said." Aisha began before placing a hand on his shoulder, her strength easily forcing him down to his knees before Haruhime who was still kneeling. "Just a short meet and greet, then you can be on your little merry way." She assured him as she headed for the sliding door. "Have fun, although try anything to scandalous and you'll have to pay." She laughed as she closed the door behind her.

Bell hung his head, mostly to hide his bright red face from the renard before him. Silence reigned between the two and when Bell finally risked looking up, the girl before him simply stared at him, mild curiosity in her emerald eyes.

"Is... Is this your first time in a brothel, Master Cranel?" She questioned.

"Y-Yes!" He announced loudly, his nerves getting the better of him. He may have been fighting in the dungeon but this seemed a whole lot more frightening than fighting monsters. Haruhime rose a hand to her chin, tilting her head slightly, her ears twitching as she pondered her thoughts. That was before she slowly got to her feet and crossed the room.

"Miss Aisha said that you weren't a client." She spoke as she moved to a small dresser where there was a pitcher of water and several glasses. "I wonder why she brought you here." She mused aloud before pouring a glass of water and returning to kneel before Bell and holding the water out to him.

"I'm just as confused as you are." Bell admitted. "Um... do you know Miss Aisha well?" He asked.

"Oh yes." Haruhime nodding, her tail beginning to sway slightly. "Miss Aisha has always been good to me." She admitted with a smile, it was clear to the boy that she truly cared for Aisha. "We may not know why Miss Aisha brought you here, but would you like to talk for a little while to pass the time?"

"Uh sure, I guess I don't mind." Bell nodded, it's not like he had any other choice. He doubted that he could get out of here if Aisha's strength was anything to go by, she was clearly of a higher level than his meager level one.

"Then may I ask, did you come to Orario to become an Adventurer?" Haruhime questioned.

"I did." Bell nodded. "Well... I kinda had a dream ever since I was young. To be honest, it's still pretty childish." He sheepishly added. "But... well, since coming to Orarior and meeting my Goddess." He smiled recalling Loki and her stories of Valhalla. "I guess I kind of have another goal."

"I see." She giggled. "As for me, I came to Oario from a place known as the Far East." She told him, happy to have someone to talk with, someone close to her own age who seemed to hold an innocence rarely seen in her day to day.

"The Far East?" Bell questioned, other than his trip to Orario he hadn't seen much of the world outside of his small little village.

"That's right, it's a land blessed with natural beauty and four lovely seasons." Bell noticed that her expression took on one of sadness, as if she was recalling her home and sought to return. "However, I was sadly disowned from my family when I was eleven years old." She admitted shocking him.

"Your family disowned you?" He asked getting a nod from her. "I can't imagine people that would do that to their own child."

"I incurred my Father's wrath, there was nothing I could do. So many things that have happened since then, and I finally wound up here and I was sold off to the Ishtar Familia." Bell's eyes widened as she revealed the fact that she had been a slave, and considering her circumstances, still was. He didn't know what to say to her. She smiled at him and continued. "But I had always longed to see the city, theater productions based on the stories about Orario were always popular in the Far East."

"Like... the Dungeon Oratoria?" Bell questioned, it was something he was very familiar with.

"That's right!" Haruhime nodded quickly. "There's also this one I liked about the knight who traversed a labyrinth in on his quest of the Holy Grail!"

"Yeah! That's 'The adventures of Garrard'! The one where the queen was suffering from an illness and he goes on a search for the Grail to cure her!" Bell himself was excited, how long had it been since he had someone to talk about his favorite stories with?

"You know it?!" She was excitedly surprised that Bell too knew of it, her tail was wagging constantly now as her excitement grew. "Then what about the one where a sorcerer rescues a genie sealed away inside a lamp!?"

"The Sorcerer Aladdin!" Bell laughed getting a happy nod from Haruhime.

"Yes!" She clapped her hands together. "That's it!" A beautiful smile that lit up the entire room came to her face.

"Miss Haruhime, do you like stories about heroes too?" Bell questioned, by her excitement it was obvious that she did.

"Yes! I love them."

Outside the room, Aisha leaned up against the wall listening with a small smile on her face. How long had it been since she had heard such excitement in Haruhime's voice? Just a few minutes with Bell and she was talking as if they were children, going on and on about heroes that they both admired. Bell was just as lively as her despite having been a nervous wreck earlier. The two were just way to cute and innocent.

Of course Aisha knew of Haruhime's infatuation with Hero's, she herself was the one to go to buy her stories when she had the time. She had to wonder when Haruhime had given up on a Hero coming to save her, but Aisha was about to reignite that fire in her heart. She had brought a Hero before the Damsel, the Hero just had to realise that he needed to save her. It would take time, but Aisha would do what she could. Bell needed to be stronger, he had the Loki Familiar at his back but considering Loki's secrecy of him, it might not work out if she relied solely on them too intervene.

Pushing herself off the wall she raised her hands and knocked on the door before sliding it open, she could still see the excitement in their eyes.

"Miss Aisha." Haruhime greeted, she was lit up like a candle, her smile like none she had ever seen from the renard before.

"Enjoy your chat?" Aisha smiled.

"Very much." Haruhime nodded, her tail still swaying. "Master Cranel is a lover of stories, just as I am." Aisha looked over at Bell who blushed lightly. Aisha already knew that, she had witnessed him and his 'heroic' actions of fighting training dummies and figured out he was still a child at heart and no doubt had the same interest. "Is it time for Master Cranel to depart?" She questioned softly.

"Yes." Aisha nodded. "He still has other things he needs to do, right Bell?" She questioned the boy.

"Uh... yes, I'm sorry Miss Haruhime." Bell apologised to her, while he would have liked to stay and talk about heroic tales some more, he still needed to meet with Naaza.

"Oh no! Please don't be sorry, I enjoyed our time together." Haruhime told him. "I..." She glanced from Bell to Aisha. "I hope that you do well in the Dungeon and achieve the goal that you spoke about." She told him with a sad smile. Bell frowned, noticing the shift in her tone, no longer was it the energetic girl that spoke about heroes with such fondness, instead it was filled with sadness. It didn't sit right with Bell.

"I..." Bell glanced at Aisha who raised an eyebrow. "I'll come again, and we can talk about all the stories we didn't get to tonight." Bell told her making Haruhime raise her head with wide eyes. "I mean... if you want too." Haruhime's eyes gleamed and she nodded.

"I would love that, Master Cranel." Haruhime smiled.

"Look forward to it then, Haruhime." Aisha stated making the two turn to her. "We'll set something up and I'll bring Bell again." Haruhime nodded and Bell smiled as he stood up and walked over to the entrance. Haruhime waved as Aisha slid the door shut. "Don't forgot your stuff." Aisha told him getting a nod from Bell who opened the cabinet and pulled out his axe and gauntlet, fixing them in place as Aisha led Bell back through the brothel.

As they walked, Bell noticed that Aisha was oddly reserved compared to when she had brought him here. He was still curious to know why Aisha had brought him here in the first place, why had she introduced him to Haruhime? Aisha led Bell out onto the street, just as busy as it had been when he had entered. Aisha looked around before turning to face Bell.

"I'll take you back home, wouldn't want to let you get dragged into something more than you could handle." She smirked getting him to blush as she wrapped her body around his arm. "Let's go." While there were girls that called out to him offering pleasure beyond what he could possibly fathom, with Aisha there he had no problems passing through without incident. Aisha led him just as she said back to his home, it was dark now much alter than he expected to be let free. he still needed to head over to the blue Pharmacy and apologise.

"So, what did you think of Haruhime?" Aisha questioned, her voice calm and no teasing tone that she usually had as she walked him up to the door of his home.

"She's nice." Bell smiled. "I've never met someone so enthusiastic about heroic tales before."

"Besides you of course." Aisha smiled getting Bell to chuckle awkwardly, the young teen slightly embarrassed. The two stood on his doorstep, Aisha releasing his arm as she stepped back and turned to face him. Her eyes held an air of seriousness to them as she stared into his ruby ones. She opened her mouth to speak before veering her head back as an arrow sailed directly between the two impaling the wooden door.

"Gyah!" Bell shouted in shock as he jumped back in surprise at the arrow that had impacted the door several inches from his face. Aisha turned and glanced to see an unfamiliar face standing in the street, bow in hand another arrow already at the ready, the chienthrope taking aim at her.

"Na-Naaza!?" Bell shouted in shock.

"Bell! Get away from her!" Naaza ordered. "She's apart of the Ishtar Familia, she'll chew you up and take all your money before you know what hit you!" Naaza's glare hardened as turned her focus onto Bell. "Or did you go searching for some fun when we were suppose to meet?" She accused.

"Eh!? No! I didn't!" Bell protested. "I promise!" Naaza shifted her gaze to the amazon by Bell's side who was grinning.

"Bell and I have a friendly relationship." Aisha began before Naaza let her next arrow saw which Aisha easily snatched from the air, snapping the shaft of the arrow in her grip. "Don't worry, it's not 'that' kind of relationship." She purred as she leaned into Bell's side, encircling her body over his, not taking her eyes off of Naaza. "At least not yet." The Amazon could see how riled up the Chinethrope was getting and it was easy to tell why, the girl herself probably hadn't even fully realised she was feeling jealous.

"M-Miss Aisha!" Bell cried out doing his best to lean out of the Amazon's embrace, until she let out a laugh and released him taking a step away and raising her hands up.

"Just having some fun, I'll see you around Bell." She spoke as she raised a hand in farewell. "I'll come talk to you again for our next night. Promise I won't abduct you next time." She laughed before passing by Naaza, she gave the chinethrope a wink before heading back into the busy streets of the pleasure quarter. Bell let out a soft sigh as he glanced up to see Naaza glaring after Aisha before she rounded on him with a cold stare.

"Um... uh..." Bell didn't know what to say. "Would you like to come in?" He offered gesturing to the door with the arrow still embedded in it. Naaza's cold stare didn't leave her eyes as she approached Bell, she reached up and pulled the arrow from the door and slid it back into her quiver as she shouldered her bow.

Bell swallowed nervously as he unlocked the door and pulled it open, Naaza walked in wordlessly as Bell followed her inside. She was looking around at the interior as Bell stood quietly behind her. Taking off his axe he rested in by the door, Naaza too left her bow and quiver by the door as Bell led her into the living room.

"Nice place."

"I'm sorry that I got caught up in this whole mess, and after you said that you'd help me with my spell." Bell apologised. "Aisha didn't give me a choice and dragged me off before I even got home."

"That was Antianeira of the Ishtar Familia." Naaza stated as she sat down on the couch. "She's a level three." Bell now knew why she had been so strong. "The entire pleasure quarter is run by the Ishtar Familia." She eyed him as he stood awkwardly under her gaze. "I suspected your home to be near the Pleasure Quarter because you had a faint smell of the area and I didn't believe you had the gall to actually participate in such acts."

"I'd never!" Bell protested once more blushing heavily. "My Goddess just has this house here is all." Naaza frowned as she looked around, it seemed like they were the only ones here. Bell sighed as he approached the couch and sat down next to Naaza. "I'm sorry." He apologised once more before Naaza's tail landed on his hands that were in his lap causing him to look up at her in surprise.

"I'm just glad that you're okay." She smiled at him. "Since I'm here and we had plans, would you still like to study?"

"You'll still help me?" Bell questioned with wide eyes as she nodded.

"Of course." She smiled. "But first." Her eyes grew cold once more. "Go bathe, you smell like a brothel." Bell nodded nervously be he hurried off to go bathe. Naaza frowned as he left as she looked around, there was nothing to indicate who's Familiar this house was apart of. "He'll tell me when he's ready." She mused to herself as she leaned back into the couch. "It really is a nice place though."