Motivation

Bell went into the dungeon for the 1st time. Following the earlier advice from Eina and his level 3 advisor, he did not go deep. He stayed in the 1st 3 levels killing mostly lizards, kobolds and goblins. It was easier than he thought and he was good at it. Driven by his new desire for the Kenki and the shame of being weak, he wanted to be strong enough to be worthy of the Kenki. Within a few hours, he killed enough monsters to have a large bag of magic stones. In those few hours, he decided he was not going back to the Freya complex. He decided to get much stronger before setting foot back in the complex.

Going to the guild to trade in his magic stones, he saw Eina there. Shocked with the amount of magic stones, Eina asked what happened. Though he did not tell her about those pallums, he told Eina about how the Kenki saved him from some bullies.

Bell "So what about the Kenki"

Eina "Have you fallen for Ais Wallenstein, that is her name"

Bell "No ... ... ... Yes I have"

Eina "I can only tell you public information. That she is the central pillar of the Loki familia. That there has been a 1000 failed attempts at gaining her affection. I do not believe she has ever had a boyfriend and is more concerned with being strong"

Eina continued "But Bell, you realize it is almost impossible for someone in the Freya familia to date someone in the Loki familia? They are the 2 strongest familias, and their are rival familias"

Seeing the sad expression on Bell, Eina "But if you get stronger, you may catch her attention"

That made Bell very happy as he left. Bell "Eina, thank you, I love you", shocking Eina's colleagues and turning Eina's elf ears red.

Armed with money, Bell happily went to the cheap hotel he was familiar with to get a room. Bell continued to live in the same hotel for about a week and continued to go into the dungeon to earn money everyday. There were no more interactions with his familia, but he did feel like someone was 'watching' him.

Bell also had some strange dreams every night. One recurring dream was that Goddess Freya sneaked into his room at night. In the recurring dream, the goddess would update his status while giving him a kiss on the cheek.

After the week was past, Bell had gotten used to the 4th floor as he got better and better with his technique. It was now time to start entering the 5th floor. As Bell headed to the dungeon, a girl said something to him.

Girl "Mr. Adventurer, did you drop this?"

Bell turned around and saw a girl holding a magic stone. Since he was not carrying any money, he was going to tell her no. But it was hard to say no to such a cute girl.

Girl "It must be yours. Please take it."

As Bell was again about to say no, his stomach made a terrible noise.

The girl giggled "You must be hungry, come with me and I will get you some food"

He was really hungry because he skipped breakfast, so he follow the girl to a pub.

Girl "I am Syr, what is your name?"

Bell "Hi Syr, I am Bell"

Syr "Nice to meet you, Bell. Wait here while I go inside to get you something"

Bell "Alright"

In a couple minutes, Syr came outside with a basket.

Bell "How do I repay you?"

Syr "Come here for dinner tonight with your dungeon earnings. I work here."

Realizing that he has been had, Bell agreed and headed off to the dungeon.

It was Bell's first day on the 5th floor. As he continued killing monsters, he heard screams and the roaring of a fierce monster. Suddenly a large bull monster, a minotaur, ran towards him! Minotaurs are not supposed to be on the 5th floor!

Bell tried to fight off the monster but it was far too strong. Terrified, he ran away from it but was eventually cornered in a dead-end. It looked like the end, but suddenly a sword cut through the monster, splattering blood all over Bell. With the monster turning to dust, he saw a beautiful girl with golden hair and golden eyes, again.

Ais "Are you alright?"

Instead of talking, Bell ran for his life while cursing himself for running from his savior, again. Ais was left confused standing there with a pout on her face while one of her companions teased her about diaper boy.

After his near-death experience, Bell went back to the guild to see Eina. His blood-covered appearance earned him a lecture. After cleaning up, Eina told him never to walk into the guild with blood all over him again. Even though she was shocked about a minotaur on the 5th floor, she teased him about hopelessly running away from his crush again.

Now it was time to go to dinner and he needed to keep the promise he made to Syr. After a short walk around town, he managed to find the pub that Syr worked in, the Hostess of Fertility. When he walked in, a happy Syr came up to him.

Syr with big smile "You came! I will take you to your table!", dragging Bell by the hand.

As they walked, a large dwarf lady came up to them.

Dwarf "So you are the one that Syr gave her breakfast to. She was really hungry, so you better order a lot of food to thank her for her sacrifice."

Dwarf "But you are a cute one, no wonder Syr gave you her breakfast", making Syr red and Bell speechless.

Dwarf "And I am Mia"

After a lot of food was brought to Bell, he noticed a large group went into the restaurant. Ais was in the large group of what seemed to be very powerful adventurers, including a pallum, a dwarf, an elf, a werewolf and 2 amazons. They seemed to be in a merry mode celebrating something.

As Bell ate, he could not help but hear what the large group was talking about. Apparently they were the executives of the Loki familia and they just completed a deep dungeon mission. Then the topic of their conversation changed.

Werewolf laughed "Ais, are you going to tell us about the diaper boy?", making Bell cringe...