Hello everyone! Shadow here with another chapter! Weren't expecting a chapter so soon now were you? Neither was I! Literally wrote this all today.
I have to apologize because I was lazy last chapter. I rewrote it so many times because I kept feeling like I could write it better and when I was nearing the end I would remember 1 detail I forgot and would have to go back and write it in and it happened more than a couple of times. I don't plan on having Aiz as an emotionless doll like the anime did but I just forgot about her (I know, heresy. Please don't kill me.) and had to write in the whole summary of how Bell affected her at the end. Still don't know if that's for the best but I just wanted to be done with it and get the chapter out to you guys. And yes I will be having Bell use the grimoire but I have one slight problem: I only know 6 elements: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Eath, Water and Wind so far and can't come up with any other ones. I'm kinda dumb so if you know any others please tell me. I'm not limiting them to those 6 right now, I just won't have Bell use the other ones you guys might know until later. I'll go back and edit them in later if you guys want. Now for some reviews
RabbitHaremLover24 – How does it feel knowing there's another out there? XD If you were looking forward to their relationship I hope this chapter will please you.
DecencyX – Well if you think that chapter came out fast, here's another one! I don't have an upload schedule I just upload as soon as I finish writing and then start on a new one. And thank you for the compliment on the fight scene. If I cleared the fight scene hurdle, then does this chapter clear the romance hurdle? Slight spoiler, I know.
Guest – Wish you had a name so I could thank you. I will be using your lighting chant. I might change it a bit when I write it in but know that your review helped me out a lot.
Also I will be including sword oratoria events in here but for the time being, Bell is too weak to help his familia out.
After getting Bell onto a bed, the healers of the familia all but killed him with all their healing spells. After shooing everyone but Riveria away, she decided to update his status and see first-hand how his skill worked. Gareth and Finn arrived after hearing about Bell from the guards and went to see how he was doing. While Riveria informed them of his condition, a wild Loki screamed "WHAAAAT?"
Bell Cranel
Human
Strength: H 120 - G 280
Defense: I 60 - H 195
Dexterity: H 115 - G 240
Agility: G 200 - F 320
Magic: I 0
Skills: Realis Phrase
Rapid Growth
Continued desire results in continued growth
Stronger desire results in stronger growth
"Guys look at this!" Loki shouted after she wrote down Bell's status on paper.
After making sure their eyes were working properly and that they weren't hallucinating they quadruple checked Bell's growth. They almost checked again when Loki brought them back to the realm of the living.
"Are you sure you're not drunk and wrote down the wrong numbers again Loki?" Finn asked still not believing his eyes.
"No, I'm not drunk. At least I don't think I am. Falna cannot lie. Take a look Riveria. You can read hieroglyphics, can't you?" Loki said motioning the high elf over.
"I-I don't believe it. That is his status. When was the last time you updated it?" She asked her goddess.
"Uhm. Yesterday afternoon?" She responded.
"HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPLAIN GOING UP 540 POINTS IN A SINGLE AFTERNOON?!" They all yelled.
"It's most likely that skill of his. Wow. Hey Finn, imagine if everyone had this skill? With all the excelia gained from the lower floors our members would become first tier adventurers in no time!" Loki said happily.
Finn right now was brainstorming a ton of ideas on how to use this to his advantage. If he could get everyone to get this skill and grow just like Bell did, they'll be the top familia in no time. He needed to know how Bell got it.
"How did this skill manifest Loki?" He asked his goddess.
"Hmph!" She replied. "He got it after Aiz had saved him from that stupid oversized cow! I saw how he looks at her. NO ONE CAN HAVE MY AIZ!" She yelled at him.
"Wait. You're telling me that this skill, that caused him to grow that fast, comes from a crush on Aiz?" Finn said trying to hold in a laughter from the absurdity of it. He laughed hard when she nodded. Gareth couldn't help but laugh with him. Riveria was just trying to ease her headache. She didn't know Bell too much and to see someone she doesn't know go after Aiz, who she saw as a daughter, gave her a headache thinking of what Aiz would do if she found out about this skill. Of course, hearing Finn and Gareth howling to the moon with laughter while having level 6 senses could also be a factor to her headache.
"Are you done yet?" Riveria said.
"Yeah, yeah I'm done." Finn said while wiping a tear away.
"So, what now?" Gareth asked.
"I don't really know. Just wait for him to wake up and play it by ear?" Loki said.
"Should we really tell him how much he's grown? If he knows he might push himself even more in the dungeon to copy this growth and from what I know he isn't in a party and solos the dungeon." Finn questioned.
"Yeah, that could be a problem." Riveria said.
"You think we should get him some new armor? I mean the only thing he has is that guild issued standard armor. And look at his sword, only a few more weeks of abuse and it'll collapse." Gareth said while observing Bell's sword.
*Knock knock*
"Who's there?" Loki asked to the person behind the door.
"It's me." An all too familiar voice said.
'Aiz, how are we supposed to know who it is if you don't say your name?' Everyone thought to themselves questioning their resident airhead.
"Come in." Finn said
"How is he?" She asked her captain.
"He's fine. Riveria and the others healed him and now he's resting." He answered.
"That's good. I thought he pushed himself too hard." She said.
"…"
"Aiz. What do you mean 'pushed himself too hard?'" Finn asked.
"Hm? It's what I said. I thought he was pushing himself too much in the dungeon." She said with a tilt of her head.
'This is a joke right? Wait. Now that I'm thinking about it, where was Aiz when we went home? Was she with him?' He thought.
"So what you're saying is, you saw him in the dungeon last night?" He asked hoping for clarification.
"Yes. I followed him after Bete made fun of him for what happened. I felt bad as I still haven't apologized to him for the minotaur and then I hurt him again for not stopping Bete. I followed him and saw him vent his frustration on the monsters and stayed behind to make sure he wouldn't collapse." Aiz said explaining the situation.
Everyone was stunned. Not because of what Aiz said, but because of how much she talked. Normally she would only respond with a nod or a shake of the head or sometimes one or two sentences would do. She was also solely focused on getting stronger, so seeing her care for something other than getting stronger and caring for someone else was a huge shock to them, but a welcome one! The executives shared one look with each other and decided to push this and hope for Aiz to open up.
"Aiz, while it's great you stayed behind to help him, why didn't you talk to him?" Riveria asked hoping for Aiz to speak just a bit more.
"I, I don't think it was the right thing to do at the time. He was solely focused on getting stronger and I know that feeling too." She said while looking at Bell. Everyone knew of Aiz's obsession with getting stronger. They also knew that if Aiz found out about this skill she'd kill herself trying to get it. And if Bell knew of it, he'd probably tell her since he's in love with her. They decided not to tell anyone.
"He going to be fine. A little rest is all he needs. We were just discussing if we should get him some new armor and maybe a weapon. All he has is that guild issued chest plate and as you can see it won't help much." Riveria said pointing to where a few bandages around his arms were.
"Hm. That's good." Aiz said with the smallest smile you could ever see. Finn and Gareth were blown away, Riveria was taken aback but then smiled seeing her pseudo daughter smile and in her arms was holding a wild Loki back from trying something on Aiz.
"Wait. If you were watching over him, where were you this entire time? He's been back for a few hours?" One of them asked.
"…."
"Aiz?" Finn asked.
"There was a sale on jagamarukuns." She said embarrassed.
"…Why am I not surprised?" Riveria said while the other three started laughing all over again. Aiz just pouted at them and looked away.
"Hey lass, why don't you take the young one to get some new armor and weapons when he wakes up? He could use some new ones and you've destroyed enough swords to know which ones are the good ones." Gareth said forming a plan. Finn caught on and leaped at Loki to shut her up before she could protest and Riveria was dealing with the embarrassed Aiz.
…..
A few hours later Bell woke up in a daze. The last thing he remembered was him collapsing into Loki's arms and now he was in an unfamiliar room. He saw that he wasn't bleeding anymore so he guessed he was healed in the meantime.
"Hey, you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border right?" Loki said
"What?" Bell asked confused.
"Never mind, you wouldn't get it. So, how are you felling?" She asked.
"Ah, a little sore. Guess that was pretty stupid huh?" He asked.
"You think?" Loki said.
"Ah you're awake." Riveria said as she walked in.
"Looks that way." He joked.
"This is no laughing matter Bell" Riveria said as she then proceeded to lecture him about how stupid he was to go into the dungeon like that. At the end of it he had trouble deciding if Eina's lessons or Riveria's lecture was worse. Is this a common thing with elves or were those two the exception?
"Hey Loki, can you update my status?" Bell asked.
"Oh already did. I'll tell you them. Riveria can you leave? This is kind of important." Loki asked to play it off.
"Of course, Loki. Bell. I expect you to take better care of yourself and not go into the dungeon unprepared." Riveria told Bell as she left. "Oh, before I go, you're going armor shopping with Aiz tomorrow. I don't have to remind you of what the entire familia including myself will do to you if you do anything indecent." Riveria threatened. Of course, they didn't think Bell was stupid enough to try to pull anything on the level 5 adventurer but she still threatened him anyways. They didn't call her "Mama" of the familia for nothing. Bell, getting the message, nodded his head vigorously. He was both excited at the fact that he would be spending time with Aiz, the love of his life, and also frightened that he knew she wasn't exaggerating on what the familia would do if he tried anything.
"That goes for me too boy." Loki threatened. Even though she was completely against the idea her executives reasoned with her and after 3 hours she gave in. They promised they would 'Only' follow them to make sure nothing terrible happened and only interrupt if need be. After learning of his status Bell almost fainted again if Loki hadn't slapped him to keep him awake. She didn't like hurting her members but felt that she earned this one.
After Loki explained his growth saying that he might just have a knack for this line of work Bell fully believed her and walked away happily. It was already after dinner so Bell just got some leftover food and ate it and then went on his way back to his room. He was anxiously waiting for tomorrow as he had a "date" with the sword princess. Sure, it wasn't really a date but he'd take whatever he can get if it meant he'll get even a celch closer to her. But because of this, he couldn't sleep at all. His brain was on overdrive coming up with different scenarios on how to woo the sword princess. (Don't worry Bell, you will in a few chapters XD)
'Gah! Why do I have to be so nervous? I can't even sleep now!' Bell thought to himself. Since he was having trouble sleeping, he did the one thing that usually calms him down: read a hero story. While searching through his bags looking for a good one, he looked at his desk and saw the book his mother left him.
'Oh yeah! The book mom left me. She said it should help me be an adventurer. I may have not met her but I know there's no way my mother would lie to me. … I really wish I could have met you mom.' Bell shed a few tears sad that he could never see his mother again. After composing himself he opened the book and started reading. …. And then promptly knocked out.
(AN Call me lazy all you want. NO WAY IN HELL AM I WRITING THE WHOLE INNER SELF MONOLOUGE SHIT! Trust me, I tried. There's just so much in that scene and I know you all want to get to the good parts cuz I do too. If you want to read it go back to volume 1.)
After missing wake up call, Finn sent Raul to go check up on him. After making his way through the manor he eventually made it to Bell's room and knocked on the door. After a few minutes of knocking and no answer he opened the door to see Bell asleep on his desk face first in a book. After shaking him awake he decided to mess with him.
"So, I take it you're not much of reader Bell? I mean, who falls asleep reading a book like that?" He asked laughing at his misery.
"Shut up Raul." He said half-heartedly. He wasn't mean to Raul like the others. He got along with him well and joked around with him a few times like this.
"So, what you reading Bell?" Raul asked curiously.
"It's a book left to me by my mother. She passed away not too long after having me." Bell sad a bit sad.
"Oh gods. I'm so sorry Bell. I didn't mean to bring bad memories." Raul frantically apologized. He now felt terrible that he was laughing at Bell reading one of probably the last things his mother had.
"No need, I know you didn't mean anything by it." Bell reassured him.
"Okay. I hope you don't mind me asking but may I take a look?" He asked. He genuinely felt bad bud he was also curious about what was on it.
"Ah sure. Just be careful with it." Bell said.
"Don't worry Bell. I will." He reassured him. He was intrigued by the book as it had a unique design to it. After he opened it he turned a few pages and was confused by why it was empty. 'Why is there nothing? Could it be a journal and I'm looking at the wrong side of the book she used? No. They're all empty. Why would his mother leave him an empty book with no message? It seems kind of cruel. … Wait. A unique design? And now the pages are empty? No way! This couldn't be!' He was confused at first by why it had been empty but then realized what the book might be. He had to be sure.
"Bell. Have you read this book yet?" He questioned.
"Yes I have. I was a bit confused on certain parts. Can you help me with that?" He responded.
"Hold on. You're saying there was ink on these pages right" 'Nod' 'Crap' "Bell, I don't think this is no ordinary book. I think it's a grimoire." He told him.
"A grimoire? What's that?" He asked.
"A grimoire is a book that lets anyone learn magic as long as they have a magic slot open. It is almost always useful magic unless you pissed off the witch that made it." He told him.
"Wow! That's so cool!" Bell exclaimed.
"Yeah, it is. But there's a catch. It is only good for 1 use and then it loses all it's power and it's useless. Meaning only the first person that reads it is the only one that gets its magic." Raul told him.
"Why are you telling me this?" Bell asked this.
"Use your brain, Bell! It's empty!" Raul said as he opened the cover and flipped through some pages to emphasize it.
Bell quickly took the book and did a quick examination and saw that the book was indeed empty. It wasn't like this last night. After putting two and two together he realized this was, in fact, a grimoire.
"Where did your mother get this Bell? Was she an adventurer?" Raul asked hoping to find out how he came to posses one. He didn't want to be mean but knowing how much a normal one usually costs he didn't think Bell would be able to afford one anytime soon so that meant his parents had to be great adventurers to just leave one behind for him.
"No, she wasn't. My grandfather told me she was sick all her life and could barely move places. Why do you ask?" He asked him.
"Because they are crazy expensive Bell! Some can cost up to the most we have ever saved, even more! What we made in the dungeon you can get for a very simple grimoire. This doesn't look like any ordinary one." Raul informed him.
Bell right now was having a crisis thinking about how much valis that would cost. And he read it so casually! Oh this wouldn't be good! Wait. How did his mother get his hands on one? If he were to believe his grandfather, and he did, she was sick and could barely move so how on gekai did she ever get one?
"Well, what's done is done. Have Loki check it out later it's time for breakfast." Raul said as he dragged Bell along to the cafeteria. His brain needed a few minutes to reboot. He dropped him off on an empty seat and went to get him some food. Aiz and a few others saw Bell contemplating life and decided to go see what was going on. A few minutes went by and they couldn't get an answer and when Raul came back with his food they asked him what happened. He told them everything which sent them wide eyed as well. Raul just slapped Bell the back of Bell's head which did the trick and he was now aware of where he was and what was happening. The others had questions.
"So Bell, are you sure this was a gift from you mother? You're absolutely sure?" Finn asked him. He didn't want to but he had to make sure this wasn't stolen.
"Yes! At least that's what my grandfather said. He told me that my mother left it for me if I ever wanted to be an adventurer." He told them.
"Where is your mother?" Finn questioned.
"Dead." That took everyone by surprise. "All her life she was sick and she died not long after I was born." He added sadly. Everyone immediately felt terrible for approaching this subject. "I'm sorry, Bell I didn't mean anything by it." Finn said apologizing.
"It's fine. I know why you'd ask. Where's Loki? Raul told me to ask her about it." He asked
"Well, she's out on an errand right now. I suggest going out to get some armor and talk to her about it when you get back." Finn told him. Bell nodded and continued eating his food. When he finished he put his place in the sink, gods help whoever was on dish duty today (a wild Lefiya wept when her plan to spend the day with Aiz alone was thwarted when Riveria hit her with dish duty), and went upstairs and got his valis and headed to the front where Aiz was waiting. He immediately forgot why he was upset and got nervous when she smiled when she saw him.
"Are you ready?" She asked.
"Y-yes! I'm ready!" He said a bit loudly. 'CURSE MY STUTTERING' He yelled internally.
"Then, let's go." She said and promptly turned around.
'He's nervous' She thought to herself and smiled a bit. She thought that he didn't want to be near her for what she had done. Mini Aiz was happy that he wasn't upset anymore. 'Riveria said to apologize, but when should I? What am I supposed to say? I should have asked her for some help.' She added. Mini Aiz put on her thinking cap and started coming up with plans.
"Uhm, where exactly are we going mi-, Aiz?" Bell asked after a few minutes of walking.
"Babel tower." Aiz responded
"What's in babel tower?" He asked.
"There's many shops up there. The Hephaistos familia has a few floors dedicated to them." She responded.
"Uhm, I don't think I can afford any of their items. I don't have that much saved up and I don't think I've won the lottery last I checked." He joked. But he was serious with the first part. Even he knew how much a weapon from the Hephaistos familia cost.
"Don't worry. They have a few floors with novice smiths that are affordable for a new adventurer. I've been there myself a few times from when I first started." She told him.
By now they made it to the Babel tower lift and started ascending to the floor where the novice smiths were. Upon reaching there the first thing Bell saw was a decent sword priced at 1,200 valis. 'Huh? I can afford this. Guess Aiz wasn't lying. Wait, she'd never lie. Right?'
"Hey, I can afford this stuff." Bell said outloud.
"That's what I said." Aiz said with a small pout. How dare he doubt her? She was only trying to help. Mini Aiz was upset too.
"I-I-I didn't mean anything by it! I just thought we had two different meanings by affordable. You could probably make what I have saved up in a few minutes in the dugeon." Bell said trying to reason with her.
"Oh. That's true." She said. She wasn't trying to gloat but it was the truth. Mini Aiz forgave him now.
"I'm going to go look around." He said as he set off to look for some armor. Aiz was upset that he was gone now for some reason. She was supposed to be showing him around! Mini Aiz tried to stop him from leaving but ultimately failed.
Right now Bell was looking through the 7th shop he stopped at. The works weren't bad by any means, well okay some were bad, but he just didn't find the perfect one. He had seen a few he wouldn't mind using but he wanted to check everywhere. This one didn't have any good ones on the stands and went to look at some boxes that had armor that weren't deemed good enough to be on display. He was about to leave when he spotted a particular set of armor. It was white like his hair and had red accents to show it off. He tried a few pieces on and it fit like a glove. And he could afford it with what he had and still have valis left over. He decided this is the one he'd get. He took a look at the signature of the smith to see if he could meet him if he liked it. 'Welf Crozzo eh?'
"Come on man! Why isn't it on display?" A man could be seen arguing with the clerk.
"What can I say? You're work just isn't good." The clerk said.
"HUH? Not good?! You need to get your eyes checked old man." The man said.
"How can I help you sir?" The clerk said brushing the man off.
"Hi! I'd like to purchase this armor please." Bell told him.
"…." The two were silent as they looked at each other.
"Is something wrong?" Bell asked.
"No, nothings wrong. You sure you want that armor kid?" The clerk said.
"Well, yeah. It's obvious the smith that made this put a lot of work into it and it's way better than what I have and it's durable too." Bell said. The two were at a loss for words. The clerk stayed silent while the smith was beaming from ear to ear.
"Are you sure everything's okay? You're acting pretty weird you two." Bell said. The smith just picked the box up and told the clerk to shove it and asked Bell to follow him outside. Bell just looked at the clerk who shrugged and motioned for him to go. Bell walked outside to find the smith sitting at a bench and waved him over. Bell decided to trust the man and sat down next to him.
"So, you're looking to buy my armor, eh?" He asked him.
"Wait. You're the smith that made this?" Bell questioned.
"Yup! That's me! Welf Crozzo! Nice to meet you! Call me Welf!" Welf told him, offering him a handshake.
"Bell Cranel. Nice to meet you too." Bell said shaking his hand. He knew that some people weren't to be trusted but he thought he could trust this person.
"Here's the deal. I'll offer you a discount on my armor. Trust me, it's gonna be less than what that jerk was gonna charge you." Welf said pointing at the shop they just exited from.
"What's the catch?" Bell asked.
"Let me join your party. I need a party to go to some lower floors that have good materials for smithing." He explained. "I can be your contracted smith." He offered.
"What's that?" Bell asked.
"It's-"
"It's when a blacksmith makes items specifically for you at a discounted price." Aiz said, now finding him. "You ran off." She pouted at Bell.
"I-I'm sorry! I was just so excited to see all the things they have here!" He reasoned.
All of a sudden Welf pulled Bell into a headlock. "You know the sword princess?" He whispered.
"Yeah. We're in the same familia." Bell said as if that made sense.
"You're in the Loki familia?!" He yelled which turned a few heads.
"Yup!" Bell said with that million-valis smile.
"Who are you?" Aiz said narrowing her eyes.
"Aiz! This is Welf. He made this armor I was going to buy. Welf, meet Aiz. I never got your familia Welf." Bell said introducing Welf.
"Hopefully this is fine. I'm from the Hephaistos familia. Last I checked our goddesses are on good terms if I'm not mistaken." Welf said hoping not to be struck down by the sword princess.
"Oh." Aiz said as she relaxed. Their familias were on good terms. They should be fine to party up. After all, they were going on a joint expedition together in a few weeks to the deep floors. "What did he want in return?" She asked Bell.
"He wanted to party up with me. He said his familia members don't want to party up with him and I'm just soloing the dungeon myself and this will be an extreme help." He told her.
"Hmmm. As long as our goddesses don't object that should be okay. But don't try anything you hear me?" She said slightly threatening Welf. Welf however was purely terrified.
"I won't! I promise!" After calming down, Bell and Welf decided to work on the specifics at a later time so Bell could go and try the armor on and so that Welf could make sure it was alright with his goddess. They agreed to meet together tomorrow morning and head into the dungeon.
While walking back to the manor Aiz was silent the entire time. Sure, Bell had gotten some armor like the others wanted, but she hadn't done anything. And she was trying to work up the courage to apologize to him and give him the thing she had bought for him. After Bell had asked her what was wrong Aiz had decided to just go for it right there and then.
"Uhm… Well… The thing is…" She couldn't get a word out. She was too embarrassed. "I wanted to apologize for everything that's happened. It was our fault that the minotaurs had escaped. And it's my fault for not stopping Bete that night. For that I am really sorry!" She said and bowed. Mini Aiz did the same as well.
"UH? WHA? It's alright Aiz. You don't need to apologize! No one could have predicted the minotaurs would have gone up so many floors. And Bete was right, I am weak. That's why I'm trying to change that! I won't be a weakling anymore!" Bell said.
Aiz, for some reason, was happy he wasn't upset with her. Mini Aiz was jumping for joy right now. Now came the hard part. Giving him his gift.
"I, I also bought this for you. You can never be too careful in the dungeon." Aiz said giving him a red dagger. It was made by one of the more experienced smiths and it was stronger than the knives he had. Bell was surprised to see this but he happily accepted it. If Aiz got it for him he had to accept it!
As they continued walking home they passed by a jagamarukun stand and Aiz's stomach growled. She grabbed it in embarrassment and let out a slight blush.
"Aiz. Are you perhaps, hungry?" Bell asked finding this amusing.
"Mhmm." Aiz said as her stomach betrayed her and growled louder causing her blush to redden even more. Mini Aiz was crying in embarrassment.
Bell laughed at her expense and bought 2 jagamarukuns from a certain loli goddess. After paying for them he walked over to Aiz and handed one to her. She thanked him and started eating them in small bites which he found cute. After realizing what he just thought he got embarrassed and focused solely on eating. Behind them a way away were the top three executives who had been following them all day and after this show they all started laughing.
"And who was worried the lad would try anything? He doesn't have it in him." Gareth observed.
"I've never seen Aiz like this in so long. It's amazing really. Just who is this boy?" Riveria asked.
"Well, I don't think we're needed anymore. Come on, let's go back. It'd be trouble if they found out we were following them." Finn said.
"That's so smart Captain!" Tione said appearing out of nowhere.
"WHAT THE? Where'd you come from?!" Finn asked clearly panicking.
"I tried stopping her. But when she found out you were heading out, she followed." Tiona explained also materializing seemingly out of nowhere as well.
"Well, let's just head back." He told them. That was enough excitement for one day.
As the group left Bell and Aiz were finishing their 3rd order of jagamarukuns and decided to head back as well. Bell really liked them, much to Aiz's pleasure. Mini Aiz made sure to write this information down. She had a fun time today despite Bell running off. And Bell likewise thought this was the best day ever. Even better than when his grandfather got his hands on those new hero stories!
Upon making it back to the manor the two unfortunately had to split up and head to their separate rooms. Aiz gave him one last smile and waved him goodbye as she went to her room and Bell did the same as he took off to his. After entering his room he went over everything that happened on this date with Aiz. Was it really a date? Not really but Bell had hoped he got just a little closer to Aiz. Now, now was the time to see what magic he got from his grimoire. He made his way around the manor until he finally found the room he was looking for.
"Loki. Can you please update my status?"
Annnd Fin! Ha I must be pissing some of you off right now for ending right as I got to the good part! I was originally going to make these 2 chapters but then you all would want 10k chapters. While I would love to do that there is no way I can promise that. And to what MachiMoka pointed out, yes the beginning was similar to other fanfics you're absolutely right. That's why I'm changing up the timeline! Yes this was supposed to be Eina's time to shine, and absolutely no hate to her or other girls this may or may not happen to, but this a BellxAiz story and have to let it happen some way. How did I do? I appreciate your feedback. Like I said, I can really use your help with chants. I got the Lightning one from Guest and feel free to write your own. I promise I won't make fun of it as I can't come up with any. You'll be speeding up the story as right now that will be the major thing holding me back. The other is College lol. Hope you liked it and have a great day!