A/N
Okay! New arc time!
We finally begin to arrive at the parts I originally envisioned for this story, it will only get more…'interesting' from her on out.
Be warned! There's some curveballs coming your way!
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There are going to be some pretty heavy spoilers for Volumes later in the Danmachi series, though if you're here, you probably don't care.
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Enjoy!
4,934 Words in total.
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Bell's eyes opened, though he couldn't make out what was in front of him.
His vision faded in and out, not quite focusing.
He saw a light green surrounded by a hue of beige grey.
He blinked a few times, trying to force his eyes into compliance.
When he opened his eyes for the last time, he realized what, of who, was looming above.
"Hello there." Riveria spoke softly.
Bell blinked again, testing if what he saw was real. But she persisted.
"Eep?!" Bell squeaked out, before suddenly forcing himself forward, rolling his height away from the befuddled High Elf.
Bell looked up to her as she spoke. "Are you alright Bell?" Her head tilted to the side.
"Ah-t-t…" Bell was stumbling over his own words, when he suddenly remembered. "W-Where are they?!"
Bell crawled back to within arms reach. Riveria leaning back in surprise, responded by turning towards the other side of the tent.
Bell leaned around her, finally seeing Lili and Welf laying side by side in cots.
Swiftly, he moved around Riveria, finding himself between the two.
First, he checked Lili, her temperature was up, but not a significant amount. Her fingers twitched on occasion, though that would be fixed with rested.
Welf was a different story. His leg was mangled to the point of needing a specialist and was otherwise exhausted, but would turn out fine.
Definitely fixable, especially here in Orario, but it would take some time. Bell sighed, feeling a pressure overcome him, then leave just as fast.
'...At Least we're alive…'
Bell was still on his knees, looking over the two, when a hand grabbed onto his sleeve. Turning and finding Riveria.
She had a confused expression on her face, shuffling so she could get closer, not breaking eye contact. She inched forward almost on top of him.
Bell was caught off guard, until he realized something.
'I was unconscious…' He thought, quickly suppressing his aura again.
Like a switch had been flipped, Riveria's eyes fluttered, suddenly becoming aware of herself.
"Riveria?" Bell called, trying to play off the situation.
"Ah?!" Riveria sputtered, a redness overcoming her features.
"Are you okay?" Bell called again.
"AH?!" Riviera sputtered once more, only to turn and bolt out of the tent, leaving a confused and concerned Bell.
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Bell, after a few minutes of watching over his party, decided to step out and check the surroundings.
When he opened the flap of the tent, Bell found a sight which bogled his mind.
Before him lay a campground, surrounded by dense foliage on all sides, below lay a field of matted down grass, and above was a bright blue and white sky, of which hurt his eyes to look at.
Bell was fascinated, a starch contrast to the dungeon floors above, only being barren caves and tunnels.
"Bell?"
He turned, slightly surprised at his lack of awareness, finding Ais a few steps away.
"Are you alright?" She asked.
"Yes! I just haven't seen vegetation in the dungeon before, I was just taking it all in." Bell said, looking back to the scenery around them, now with a smile.
"That's right, you haven't been here before." Ais seemingly realized. "How's your party?"
Bell spoke while looking around. "They'll be fine, Welf might have some issues with his leg, but I think it can be healed on the surface."
"And you?"
Bell turned back to her. "I'll be fine." He flashed a reassuring smile.
Ais nodded.
"The captain wanted to see you when you woke up, his quarters are over there." Ais pointed to a noticeably wider tent than the others.
Bell looked, nodding. "Thank you Ais."
She nodded back, before Bell started walking over.
He couldn't help but feel more than a few sets of eyes follow him.
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Bell opened the curtain, peaking in.
He found a Riveria being comforted by both Finn and Gareth.
"Oh?" Finn looked up. "Ah, Bell Cranel!" He grinned mischievously.
Riveria froze where she sat, closing her eyes before quickly moving to the side.
"Sir Finn, I was told you wanted to see me." Bell looked between the three.
"Yes-yes, how are you feeling?" He asked the white haired boy.
"I'm fine."
"Your companions?"
"They'll heal nicely."
"Good."
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"Is that all?" Bell asked in minor confusion.
"Yes, well. Our resident Elfess wanted to ask you about something, if you wouldn't mind." Finn grinned again.
Riveria's eyes shot open, quickly focusing on Finn.
Finn spoke, stopping her before she shouted. "Go ahead, ask him."
Slowly, she turned back to Bell, finding him looking at her with curiosity.
She became a little bit uncomfortable and embarrassed. "Uhmm… So, Bell…"
He nodded, Riveria taking her time to speak.
"I know it's not polite to ask about someone else's Falna…"
Bell didn't like where this was going.
"But, uh… Do you have an ability that, eh... draws people to you...?"
Finn and Gareth, although finding enjoyment in Riveria's fidgeting, looked to Bell with seriousness in their eyes.
He thought for a moment, not sure how to answer. "I… I have an ability that draws people to me, I can control it, but not when unconscious." Bell finished as he rubbed the back of his neck.
They all stared, not actually expecting him to admit it, or even to actually have an ability like that in the first place.
Riveria planted her loose fist into her open palm, as though she had found an answer that explained a simple, yet bothersome problem of hers, and in a way, she did.
Bell stood embarrassed before the three veteran adventurers.
Finn sighed. "Sorry Bell. We didn't want to put you on the spot like that, but we needed to know."
Bell nodded, though still a bit uncomfortable. "I understand."
Finn nodded back.
They all remained silent for a few moments.
Before Riveria spoke up again. "Bell?" He looked up to her. "Why did you come to Orario?"
"Mh." He thought for a moment. "I came looking for an old friend, I was going to join up with his Familia, but when I got here, I found out they disbanded awhile ago."
"When?" Finn asked.
"A few years at the least..." Bell softly spoke his half truth.
The executives shared a look with one another.
'...The dark times…' They all thought together.
Bell was trying his heart out to avoid specific answers, knowing his history with lying.
For the first time, Gareth spoke up. "Lad'ie, is there a reason you've hidden your race?"
It took Bell a second to register his words.
Bell's eyes shot open, lifting his head slowly to Gareth. "What?"
Gareth answered. "Your ears." Bell stayed motionless for a second, then slowly moved his hand up. "They came back with the extensive healing you were put through."
He felt them, the nerves responding intensely as they hadn't been there in literal centuries.
They looked on in concern, Bell becoming more and more lost to the present. His breathing shortened and intensified.
"Bell?" Riveria called, preparing to step forward.
"I-yye- I need to- go." Bell muttered out, both hands clasped over his ears.
He turned, running at full speed, the executives beginning to follow a few moments later.
Unlike a few weeks ago, at the guild, Bell was Level Two, and halfway to three.
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Bell kept running and running and running, though he quickly found his limit.
It was only a few hours ago that he escaped the Goliath on Floor Seventeen, and even though he had been healed, he still had to get his natural strength back.
Bell huffed as he leaned over, eventually just falling backwards onto the grass, closing his eyes.
'Why?!'
'Why did they come back?'
'They can see now… That I'm not human…'
'No. Stop it. The wars are over, it's safe. They're over.'
'Is it safe?'
Bell was confused, how could he not be.
He'd spent half his life avoiding questions and hiding away, trying to not be found.
'But so many already know… Hestia, Freya, even Eina to an extent.'
"The crystals will become dim soon."
Bell's eyes shot open, sitting up just as quickly.
"That's how they tell night down here." Ais spoke.
"You followed me?" Bell asked.
Ais looked at him. "I wanted to make sure you were alright."
Bell stared at her.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
Bell just kept staring, not able to answer that question.
Ais shifted her stance. "Do you not like being an Elf?"
Bell's gaze slowly lowered to the ground. "That- that's not it." He spoke softly.
"Did something happen?"
Bell remained quiet.
"Are you not safe with us?" She asked, a touch of concern creeping in.
Bell quickly turned. "No! You all are great, it's just…"
Ais waited. "Just what?"
"I've been hiding for so long." His will becoming lower and lower.
"You were hiding?" She asked, Bell nodded.
"Are they still after you?" Though he didn't see it, Ais' hand found her hilt.
Bell stopped to think. 'Those who killed his people were long gone. Evilus, destroyed. Even the wars between Elves and Humans were supposedly done.'
"N-No, they aren't…" Bell seemed almost surprised.
"Then why keep hiding?"
Bell was lost, an answer being found, for the question he was almost afraid to ask. "I… I think you might be right."
They continued to sit in silence, as Bell felt like he could think again.
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"So they're crystals?" Bell timidly pointed up. "Up in the ceiling?"
Ais looked at him, growing a small smile soon after. "Yes, they're crystals that sync up with the rise and fall of the sun."
As she finished, the crystals began to dim, almost taking on an orange quality as they did.
"Wow." Bell softly spoke.
They watched for a few more moments.
Ais turned to him. "We should go back while we can still see our way." She extended a hand to him.
He took it. "Don't worry." Bell began. "I can see pretty well in the dark."
"Mh! That would be useful." She commented back.
Bell chuckled.
As they started the way back, he couldn't help but think back to his two best friends.
'...She turned out alright you guys…'
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When they got back, the executives were the first to greet them.
Lucky for him, Ais covered so he could check on Lili and Welf.
Bell hurried back, as the light finally faded away, leaving just enough light to navigate.
"Lili? Welf?" Bell called as he entered the tent.
"Master Bell!" Lili shouted, happy to finally see him return.
"Hey bud, how's it hangin?" Welf asked from the ground, Lili sitting beside him.
Bell crossed the distance. "How's the leg?"
"Good, considering a boulder fell on it." Welf rambled out.
Welf noticed. "Say, Bell?"
"Yeah?" Bell raised his eyebrows.
"Since when have you been an Elf?" Welf was getting more concerned with every word.
Lili's eyes lit up in surprise. "E-Ears?!"
They both now stared at him.
"W-What, don't like them?"
"N-No no! They look great master Bell!"
"Yeah, it really ties the whole look together!" Welf joked.
"Ha-ha." Bell mocked, pushing into Welfs thigh.
"Hhhuuaahh?!" Welf expelled all his breath in one painful go.
Welf spoke, gritting his teeth. "W-What the hell man?!"
"What?" Bell asked with a smirk.
"You just- Don't act all innocent!"
Bell simply raised his hands in mock defense.
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Bell walked along a path he'd stumbled upon, now just past dinner. The Loki Familia had graciously provided for them, and were now packing things away for the night.
Bell had offered to help, however they didn't want him to, incase of an injury they didn't know about.
'Better safe than sorry I guess.'
All was quiet, and Bell was once again stuck thinking about what he would do.
The walls of the Eighteenth were painted a dark blue in the dim light, all he could hear was the faint rustling of trees. Bell slowly began to smile, it was a sound rarely heard inside the walls of Orario.
'Maybe… I could give being Elven a shot again...' Bell sighed.
Bell continued on, following the wall as he walked.
Until a strange sound started up from the wall.
Bell turned, for the first time noticing the entrance to the floor, and from it, came an awful sounding wail.
He backed up, having heard at dinner that monsters sometimes wander up or down to here from the other floors. He reached around to his knife, but couldn't find it.
He panicked, but his fears were quickly dashed as a multi-colored clump of people appeared rolling down the slope.
Bell backed up so as to not be rolled over.
They came to a stop just in front of the confused boy, him just simply standing over them for a moment, until he recognised one.
"Goddess?!" He called.
From the pile, one relatively short person rose. "Bell?!- Bell!" She stumbled over the others, but got to him, knocking them both to the ground.
"Bell-Bell-Bell!" Hestia couldn't help but say the name over and over.
Eventually though, he managed to get them back up, Hestia being supported by him, her legs shaking too much with joy.
Bell was still a little confused, as the others started to stand as well. "Goddess, how did you-?"
Another person came sliding down, this one being a blond haired man.
Bell was simply confused. 'How many are there?'
To add fuel to the flame, just before he could call out to this new comer, who was rubbing his stomach, three more people showed up, though with more finesse than the others.
It took him a moment, but Bell recognized the one approached swiftly. "Ry-" He was quickly silenced.
Ryuu spoke quietly. "Please don't use my name." As she said this, she lifted his arms, inspecting him for injuries, acting as though this was expected.
Bell was a bit perplexed, as she moved on to his head, seeing the loose wrappings, but froze.
Hestia saw this. "What's wrong-" Now noticing too.
Bell looked between them, only a second later realizing what they did.
"Ah-" Bell was about to try and explain.
Until Ryuu's thumb traced the edge of his ear, seeing if they were real.
Bell froze, taken off guard by the sensation, mouth hanging open. He'd forgotten how sensitive Elf ears could be, as a noise escaped. "Ei!"
Ryuu, realizing what she'd done, snatched her hand back, cheeks flushing the same as Bell. "Eh- Ah, I'm s-sorry!"
"I-It's f-fine." Bell tried to talk normally, but failed.
Off in the back of the pack, Horn was equally fascinated with his ears, though she didn't have the luxury of getting up close with him. She was squealing in her mind, as her face revealed nothing of the inner turmoil.
'Ears! Ears! Ears! Ears!' Being the only thing processing.
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Bell was very uncomfortable in the present situation.
Before him was a girl he'd come to know as Mikoto, who was currently groveling just in front of their seats.
Bell's eyes shifted to Lili and Welf, both less sympathetic than him, but holding their tempers as best that can be expected.
"I get that you're sorry, but it doesn't really help." Lili said, clearly irritated.
"It's not exactly the type of thing you just get over." Welf pitched in.
"You have every right to be angry with us, but please, don't blame them, I'm re-" Mikoto was cut off.
"I made the call. If anyone is to be blamed, it's me." Their attention went to Ouka, who stood behind Mikoto in starch contrast to her apologetic posture. "And I don't regret my choice either."
Bell was caught by this, but he could see what Ouka meant.
'I didn't want to do it, but I needed to.' Bell thought.
Welf leaned forward, still stuck on the ground due to his broken leg. "You've got a lot of-"
Bell spoke up, cutting Welf off. "Did she survive?"
All eyes shifted to him. "The girl on your back, the one not with you now."
Ouka spoke quietly. "Yes, we made it in time."
Bell stood from beside Welf, stepping up to arms reach of the taller man.
They remained at odds for a few moments, Ouka didn't waver.
"Good. This might not be as peaceful of a meeting if she hadn't." Ouka seemed to darken at that, before Bell continued.
"I don't blame you for choosing your comrades. Dare I say family?" Bell waited, Ouka nodded.
"I've been in a similar position before. I know what it's like to make a choice between someone- people you love, and strangers." Something seemed to appear in Ouka's eyes.
Bell continued. "I lost them." Ouka didn't show emotions well on his face, but Bell saw his sympathies. "I regret that choice to this day."
"We lived, nobody died. You are not forgiven, but your intentions are understood." Bell stopped to breathe. "Your punishment is knowing that if this happens again, you have failed your family. Don't let that happen."
Ouka waited a moment, but nodded, they had reached an understanding.
Everyone was wide eyed as he turned back to Lili and Welf. "This is a selfish request, I know. But from today on, this is looked past as a memory only."
Lili nodded slowly, Welf needed a bit more time.
Bell moved to leave. "Goddess." Bell called, Hestia following him out.
They all remained silent for some time.
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Bell and Hestia sat in the woods a good distance away from the camp, Bell's back lighting up the area as Hestia updated his status.
"So then, kind of an obvious question…" Hestia started.
"I honestly don't know why they sprouted up, but, if I had to guess." Bell finished.
Bell paused, wracking his brain. "Probably something to do with that thing at the bottom."
Hestia's hand froze.
"...How do you know about that…?"
"The beast at the bottom?" Bell chuckled. "I spent a lot of time trying to recover my people's culture, I tended to also stumble on old books and accounts."
Bell chuckled. "I'm probably the only mortal that knows about what this dungeon is, aren't I?"
Bell turned his head to look at her.
"I'm sorry." Her voice, like her hands, shook.
"Don't be, it wasn't any of your faults." Bell reassured her with a smile, her heart still pounding away.
She tried to settle down, continuing with the update slowly. "You know about it."
Bell nodded.
"You still come down here… Why?" She asked.
"Why not?" He asked, a grin appeared, though unseen.
"You're insane." Hestia said, a light chuckle afterwards.
She calmed significantly after that.
"And I'll keep doing it till it's gone." He spoke.
"Be careful, I don't want to lose you again down here."
He sat for a second, thinking on her words.
"I'll do my best."
They were silent for some time.
Bell's mind slipped back to darker thoughts.
"I'm sorry you had to think of her." . . . "Do you want to talk about it?" She spoke softly.
He shook his head. "No." He spoke, trying to contain his emotions.
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Bell knew better, but he felt like he'd heard her voice.
'My Orion.'
Those memories were worth more than anything he had, and yet, they brought on such horrible pain.
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The main group was still in the tent, although now sitting against their respective sides.
It seemed Welf had warmed up to the Take Familia, though begrudgingly.
That was until Bell stormed through the tent's door with a vigor about him, Hestia following behind.
"What's going on?!" Welf shouted, startled the same as everyone else.
Bell quickly found a place beside Welf. "My healing magic improved!"
"What?!" Welf was lost, only having learned of his other magics earlier today, and not having asked about them yet.
"I can heal bones now!" Bell said, smiling madly and talking a mile a minute (very fast).
Everyone seemed to jump up at this, though no one spoke, until Welf did. "Well what are we waiting for!"
Bell nodded, a nervousness creeping in.
Bell looked at Ouka. "Which of you is the strongest?"
He looked at Mikoto, who stood before he even thought of her.
She got over to him, Bell spoke. "Hold his foot down, make sure it doesn't move too much."
"Wait wh-" Welf found some concerns.
"Lili, hold his shoulders down. Ryuu, his other leg." They moved at his instruction.
"You, name?" He called out.
"Horn." She responded.
"Hello, nice to meet you, sorry, but what's your level?"
"Four." She responded.
"Amazing! I need you and Asfi, right?" Bell turned his head to the bluette who nodded. "To hold his arms down."
"BELL YOU'RE FREAKING ME OUT." Welf screamed.
Bell practically ripped his belt off. "Welf, I'm sorry. But your bones are likely about to move around, it's not going to feel good, I'm sure." He put the belt in Welf's mouth to bite on.
Welf Rambled through the leather. "I don't like the sound of that!"
Everyone was now in position.
"Hestia, Hermes! I need you guys to not let anyone in, I need to concentrate." They did as instructed, leaving through the door.
Bell settled, breathing slowly in and out, before beginning his chant.
"I burn a candle in the night,-"
Welf felt something... Shift in his leg.
"-So that we may save a life."
Welf now felt the extreme jolts of pain, though only his deep breathing was heard.
"In the night they ride the plight,-"
Welf shouted out in pain, his bones now shifting to find one another.
"-Burn bright so they'll not gain a sight."
Welf tried to stop Bell, the pain becoming too much as the broken bones visibly moved under his skin.
"-Cure Wound!"
Welf was trying his best to break free as the bones fused together, But as they finished, the pain settled.
Bell looked over the leg, soon signaling to let him free.
When they let go, he rested for a moment, then slowly lifted his arm up, removing the piece of leather.
Welf breathed deeply. "Fuck. You."
Bell responded by laughing, the others smiled.
He started examining the leg closer.
"Okay Welf, start f-flex-ing your-r-"
Bell passed out.
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Bell woke up with a jolt, sitting bolt upright, finding himself to be under a blanket.
"What?"
Bell investigated further, looking around, finding Hestia, Lili and Welf all sleeping peacefully to the side.
'Mind down?' Bell thought, trying to remember last night.
Bell checked himself, but found nothing out of the ordinary, the only thing being the sheet that held his new status, folded in his pocket.
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Bell Cranel
LV 2
STR : 340 - 401
END : 262 - 320
DEX : 335 - 396
AGI : 410 - 470
MAG : 399 - 512
Luck: I
MAGIC :
Cure Wound Hellacious (from: Enhanced) - Non/Utility - Short Chanting Magic
Pure Spring - Utility - Short Chanting Magic
Candle Light - Utility - Short Chanting Magic
Candle Burst - Short Chanting Magic
Cinder - Long Chant Magic
Firebolt - Variation - Instant chant
Dark Matter - Long Chant Magic
SKILLS :
Second Sight (Sixth Sense) - passive
Liaris Freese - passive
Argonaut - active
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Bell got up quietly, light enough coming through the tent to say it was day now. Bell tip-toed out, hoping he hadn't woken anyone inside.
He wandered the campsite, only finding a handful of people around, mostly low level Loki members who weren't as tired.
But among those up and about, was Ryuu.
Bell walked up to her, who he saw was currently kneeling next to a fire holding a pan above it.
"Ryuu?" He called.
She jumped, almost dropping the pan. "Bell?!"
"Ah, sorry."
"No-no, it's fine, I didn't lose any of it." Ryuu motioned to look.
Bell leaned over, looking down into the cast iron. "Are those the dungeon fruits?"
Ryuu nodded.
"But… Aren't they overly sweet?" Bell asked, making a sour face.
Ryuu begrudgingly nodded. "Yes, if you eat them raw, but if you cook them a bit, they turn just sour enough to balance out." Ryuu picked one up, handing it to Bell. "Try it."
Bell took the fruit, though was reluctant to bite, thinking of the one from last night. But he took Ryuu's word.
He bit down. "Mh!" His eyes shot open, a smile crossing him, the same face he makes when trying new foods.
Ryuu was excited about seeing his reaction, but it was grossly overshadowed by something new.
As his smile grew.
His ears wiggled up and down with excitement and happiness.
Ryuu nearly dropped the pan.
"It's so much better!" Bell said, his cheeks still full from the berry. "How did you know to do this?"
Ryuu was busy blushing, but caught up. "I-I spent a lot of time here back in the day…"
"Oh, well I'm glad you did, it paid off!" Bell glowed as he took another bite.
Ryuu continued to smile at him.
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Horn, who looked more like Syr at the current moment, watched from around a tree off in the distance, talking to Freya as their minds connected.
Nothing was being said at the moment, as both the deity in her head and herself were trying to process the adorable sight before their eyes.
The two people they loved the most outside the familia, were having such a beautiful moment together, it was like a dream come true!
"Goddess!" Horn called out to her mind.
"Yes, agreed!" Freya responded.
Their new goal now set in stone.
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Time passed.
Eventually, other people began waking and meandering to their places.
Tiona and Tione found Bell and Ryuu talking by the fire.
"Hey! Argonaut!" Tiona called.
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"Well, I guess it is a town, though barely." Bell criticized.
Bell walked the streets of Rivira, the town of the Under Resort.
"This place looks like the type of neighborhood I avoided back in Rakia." Welf commented at Bell's side.
Bell and Welf stopped just behind Lili as she looked through the wares of a shop, trying to get a new bag.
"In what realm is this bag worth 20,000V?!" She screeched.
"Don't like it, shop somewhere else!" The shopkeeper responded.
Lili stood up in defiance of the man, looking left and right as the wind left her sails, there being no other shops.
The man smiled as Lili angrily gathered her money, an honest miracle that she had so much on her.
Bell and Welf started forward, meeting up with the wandering twins plus Ais.
"Is there any point to this town?" Bell asked sarcastically.
They chuckled.
"Yeah, it's to make sure people who get stuck down here can lose even more money." Tiona spoke loudly, Tione nodding along with a smile.
Lili stomped up beside them, now carrying her new, smaller bag.
"I'd hate to see the inn." Welf jokes.
Tione spoke up. "Actually that's one of the only good places here." Welf perked up in surprise. "Though it's still more expensive than it's worth." Welf slumped.
Bell observed as Ais kneeled down beside Hestia, the small goddess having brought her over to help decide on a perfume scent.
"So-" Bell turned back to Tiona. "-why is is it that you're calling me 'Argonaut' now?"
She scrunched her brow in confusion. "Hm? Why not?"
Bell opened his mouth, then simply closed it. He had been called many things in the past, and this one wasn't that bad, so why bother fighting it.
He began to turn, but quickly changed his mind. "No-no I've got to know why."
Tiona put her finger up to her chin. "Mmh, well your fight was a lot like what I imagine when I read hero stories, so… It just kinda worked out I guess." Tiona smiled.
"Well that was the intention." Bell began. "But I hear the Author's trying to get better at fight scenes."
"What?" Tiona asked.
"What?" Bell responded.
"Bell." Ais called, Bell turned to her, leaving his fourth wall break.
Ais waved him over to her and Hestia. As Bell got closer, kneeling down beside them.
"I don't know how to tell which is better." Ais said.
"..."
"And?" Bell asked.
"Help me?" She asked, Bell sighing.
"I don't know either Ais."
"Try?"
Bell hung his head in defeat. "Alright, which ones do you guys like?"
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"So then…" Welf began. "You guys know Bell?" Welf began, asking one of the many questions he and Lili discussed the evening prior.
"Oh, yeah, he comes by the manner every once in a while to train with Ais or get magic lessons from Riveria." Tione answered.
"So he's known you guys for a while?" Lili piped up.
"Eh, no, I think it was about two weeks before this expedition when he first came by." Tiona thought back, looking up to the crystals above. "Yeah, that sounds right.
"So…" Wlef started, getting both of their attention. "... Did you guys know he was an Elf?"
They shared a glance, confirming their answer with one another. "No, yesterday was the first we'd heard of it. You?" Tione asked.
Welf shook his head. "Same."
"Hm, maybe there was a good reason?" Tiona pitched, but stopped, as Bell returned.
"Ok, all done, did we miss anything?" Bell asked.
Bell looked between the four, Welf shook his head with a smile.
"So!" Tiona crossed the distance between them. "Anything else you wanna see Argonaut?"
Bell inches to the side, giving himself some space. "Ah, no, not really." He was a little disappointed by the lackluster town. "You Horn?"
Bell turned to the woman staring holes through him. The others did as well, though in surprise, none having noticed the also surprised girl watching from around the corner.
Horn became embarrassed, but stepped out, nodding. They all smiled, about to leave with their new companion.
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Fun Facts!
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1. (As seen in Chapter one) Bell was raised after 'the great culling' in the same forest Ryuu is from.
2. The last 'Royal Alf' to see a Snow Elf was Riveria's Great Grandfather (deceased), the Snow Elf was Bell.
3. Bell didn't know how bread was made until he was in his 2,100's. (200-ish years ago)
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A/N
Hey there! You made it to the end! Hope you enjoyed!
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First thing. This is the LAST time Cure Wound will be upgraded, and in this story, it's a pretty overpowered ability, so it will rarely be used, and consumes a lot of Mind.
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Second off, I just learned seconds ago while being distracted, that a scale model of Orario is downloadable on (Presumably) Pc minecraft, so that's what I'm going to be doing ALL day tomorrow.
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Lastly. Is Tiona and Tione names differentiated by their breast size?!(A for smaller, E for bigger) And am I an idiot for only just noticing this?!
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Oh, and yes, Riveria was indeed trying to kiss Bell at the beginning.
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As always, thank you for taking the time to read my story!
Have an awesome day!