Chapter 3:

Bell was finishing up with Finn in his office for the registration forms for the Familia, Bell didn't realize that he had to fill out some much paperwork to join a Familia. Zeus never made him do this, but Finn said this was standard.

Bell, we need to go to the guild really quick and get you an advisor and sign up as an adventurer with the guild. I riviera or Gareth have to be there, so I'll come with you."

Finn didn't really need to go with him he could have had any of the executives go with Bell, but he wanted to hear more about what he's done to get to where he is now, he also wanted to get away from that infernal paperwork that he had piles to do.

In the common area with all of the other executives and Loki, they were discussing Bell and what they thought of him in the short time he was there.

"He looks like a bunny" Tiona is saying running around the room like an excited child while

Sit down you hyperactive idiot" Tione scolded her sister for running like she did some kind of drug.

Riviera spoke up and said "I will leave most of you to ask him about his life and what he's done to get here but he has had a fairly rough life leading up to now. He also has a strong goal in mind. That coal is about the only reason he has pushed himself to get this powerful.

Riviera finished her statement. This led to the rest of them being a little confused by the concern.

Aiz wasn't really listening to the rest of what she said. She was sitting with her knees pulled into her chest wondering how could that boy be so powerful and to have gotten so storing in the same time as her. Why did he grow so fast outside of the dungeon?

Aiz finally spoke up "Riviera how strong is he?" she had her placid stare that she usually does. This was something that had never changed but it was good she was interested in another person Riviera thought.

"Well, that is a hard question to answer," Riviera said, earning the other's attention. Everyone in the group looked back up to her, looking in ranging levels of interest. "... he is a level six so that puts him status wise on par with me Finn and Gareth. But that boy has an extremely unprecedented set of skills and spells that probably make him one of if not the most powerful person in orario. And if not, he will be in a short amount of time if what he says about his level up timeline is true."

Everyone there looked confused and there was a silence in the room while everyone thought about the information that they were just told by probably the most intelligent person in orario until Lefyia said "how could a fresh level six be stronger than you or Finn or ottar for that matter?"

Loki decides that this is her place to say something, so she clears her throat and speaks

"Well his status is just broken." Loki starts "he has lived a life I can't even margin' yakow"

What's that mean? Tione said cutting Loki off

Tione says this but gets cut off by the door opening and bell along with Finn walking through it interrupting them before she can speak.

Loki then says "speak of the devil. Why don't you hear this stuff from the man himself?"

Bell has this and looks confused until aiz uncharacteristically asks him "Why are you so strong"

Everyone in the room kind of sweat drops at the bluntness of this question. Aiz had no real understanding of what this kind of situation being the airhead she is so she kind of just blurted out what she wanted to know the most.

Bell chuckled as he sat down in a chair that faces the rest of the group. Bell was fine with sharing certain points with his story that will satisfy the group and their curiosity,

"Well, what do you want to know I mean I wouldn't call myself all that strong I'm just a level six"

The group all faulted at this remembering that he came from the Zeus Familia where up until recently this was common and the fact that he wasn't really used to talking to other adventurers who were this close to his level.

"Well to start off I was raised by Zeus who more or less adopted me when my parents died. Both of them died before I ever knew them, my mother shortly after my birth due to being extremely ill most of her life and my father died a while before I was born when Zeus and her family fought OBED. ``This short little snippet of his life floored them and intrigued others. And for others made them tense up primarily Aiz who with the mention of OBED. Bell noticed this and would ask her about this later.

"Zeus told me all of this when I was about six, that's also when he gave me a falna. I was a weird kid and didn't think about it much and just kind of accepted it. After that I went to train with some people from Zeus and Hera Familia's so I could get enough skill to actually fight monsters." Bell continued. "First, he had me meet my aunt Alfia and uncle Zald who trained me up to level 2 and then left before I turned 7. I don't know what happened to them and Zeus never would tell me.

The rest of the group tensed up hard at this revelation. Bell noticed this and said "what?"

Bell, I don't know how to tell you this, but Zald and Alfia joined evilus and attacked the city from what it sounds like shortly after they left you. They almost destroyed the city in the name of evilus and were killed by us Astraea and Freya Familia."

Bell listened to what Finn said this tugged at his heart strings a little, but he had calcified the wound about his aunt and uncle. He had known that they must have done something like this for Zeus to not say anything about them.

Bell said "I… Understand, I apologize for what my relations did at the time"

The group were kind of taken aback by this reaction; they expected him to be angry or sad or something. not … this?

"Bell, we won't hold you responsible for them at all. I'm kind of confused by your reaction. Aren't you angry or sad or something?"

Bell took a moment to answer, "I Kind of expected it to be something like this. I knew they were going to leave, they never told me but I kind of guessed they were and some of what they said and did in their goodbye made sense with that in mind." "It also explains why Zeus never told me… I don't blame any of you it's… fine"

They were surprised by his acceptance but took it as a good sign.

Bell continued his story

"After they left, I went around the world to train and fight monsters. I traveled to Athens to learn more of magic and the like, that's why I have so many different kinds Riviera.'' Bell says this while looking as Riviera. She nods in understanding. "I spent many a year doing that, the

n went to the arena of Nike to spend a year fighting there moving from three to four, In that time.'' The group just gawks at his story and are all wondering what he is made of to survive that kind of thing.

Tiona and Tione are both floored by this and Tiona for once is quietly listening because she knows what an arena like that is like first hand.

Bell continued "After Nike I went to the dragon valley where I spent the remainder of my time. I killed everything from young dragons all the way up to elder dragons. I went from 4 to five in that time that was after I had the worst experience of my life.'' The group even Bete who was sitting off to the side and normally wouldn't even care was listening intently.

"In the dragon valley somewhere deep in one of the dragon dens I found the OBED sleeping…"

Everyone just goes silent after. They look on with disbelief. Some like Aiz Bete Tione Tione and left look to look to Loki to see if it is a lie and she confirms it's true with a solemn nod. Riviera is too confused to even scold him for the recklessness of this absurd life story.

Aiz looks at him with respect, awe and most of all extreme interest. he "finally says did you fight it"

Bell looks at her chuckling and after a moment of silence he said with a solemn look "No I wouldn't really say that I fought it more that it fought me" everyone was confused Bell continued "... at the time I was almost a quarter through level 5, so I want that high up in all truth. It Moved so fast that all I could see is aback blur moving around me and slowing down slightly only to attack. It had claws sharper than even the highest class weapons. My swords'' bell pulled his swords out of his portal. "Are both special orders from Hephaestus. They were made by her with a bit of my DNA in them so when I have falna they grow with me. Zeus nearly bankrupted the Zeus Familia leftovers to get this made for me." Bell had a hollow look in his eyes with little to no life in them at all becoming a dull red instead of the usual vibrance. "... those at that level were able to cut a mature dragon in half with a normal cut… but that beast of a creature just bounced back when I took a slice at its scales. It was terrifying and powerful. So much so that I won't even attempt to fight that thing until I make it to level 10 no argument. Bell let that sink in and no one said anything.

They all had a look of worried concern for the boy but as they were about to say something he perked up and spoke

"I would rather not really talk about that right now to be honest. To continue from there. I left the dragon valley maybe 2 months later after I was healed from the injuries it gave me and I went in search of a few more legendary monsters to get me from 5 to six."

This statement made the rest of them at fault. He just said he wanted to seek out a legendary beast… solo… at level 5. Riviera cut bell off

"What is Wrong with you BELL!? That's reckless. First you fight in the arenas of Nike… WILINGLY, AT 8 YEARS old then you fight OBED at 13 years old and then at 14 you find a legendary beast just below the three great quests in power. Do you have no common sense? Please calm some of these things down now that you are one of us."

Bell was taken back; he had never even realized this was so weird for him to do these things. "Sorry I didn't even know that it was so weird to do these things. I would run it by Zeus before I did anything, and he said it was a good idea" Bell said this everyone just deadpanned at him, and Riviera just sat down rubbing her temples from the stress this child was going to cause.

Loki finally said "that old codger never had any common sense to begin with, so this isn't that odd for this one to be honest. But what the hell is he thinking sending a child to do this.

Bell continued "Well in my search I found where Antares the mythical scorpion was, so I set off and killed that a few weeks ago. After that I got my status updated and them made my way here.'' This was just too much for Lefiya who passed out and Bete who was just confused how this puny kid was that strong. Then Finn spoke up

"Thank you Bell, that was …" looking at bell with an odd expression " Enlightening," bell nodded to Finn " well it's just about time for dinner so let's all move to the dining room… Bell you wait one moment I need to speak to you about how we are going to introduce you to the rest of the Familia and what you should tell them." Finn says this and they speak about it, and they come to the agreement that they shouldn't hold off on most of it apart from the fight with OBED, which even Aiz can kind of agree with.

Bell pov

It's after dinner he's sitting in his barren room on the 4 poster bed that they graciously provided him. He was thinking about all that had happened, meeting everyone. Tiona being a hyperactive child. She was fun to talk to about heroes and other things light hearted like that. Tione he couldn't get a read on he had no clue what to think of her. She was nice and helped hi adjust well enough, but I think she doesn't trust me much. Bell thinks that's much the same with Lefyia who he really didn't talk to all that much. She kept her distance and tried not to talk to him. Bell guessed this was out of fear and anxiety from the story that he told of his life earlier.

Then there's Bete whom he is completely confused by. He is almost mean and kind of gruff but over all seems to care about the rest of the group more than any one person of the group, in his own kind of rude way. He was supposedly very accepting of bell from what he was told by the rest of the group when he went to bed. Finn Riviera and Gareth were all kind and helped him with the sign up process so he was happy about that. He really hasn't met most of the lower level members because he sat with the other executives during dinner.

The one he was most interested in was Aiz. not only was she very pretty and reminded him of something he couldn't quite place. She also had this vibe that he could not understand. The feeling was familiar but different. He could only wonder what it was that made him feel this way. He did want to know her more then he already did, and to be honest for the reasons that he already listed more than any of the others.