Authors Note1: I apologize for taking so long.
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Fia´s eyes moved back and forth, from Ray to Bell. The party went on and she carefully sipped on her drink from time to time. Like Ray, she had to be carefull with her mug, it wasn´t easy to handle with her wings.
Hehe...she has fallen for him. And Bell...why is he glancing to her so often...could it be?!
Fia was thankfull to Bell for all the things he had done for the Xenos, had risked for them...she could understand why Ray fell in love with him. And she had heard many good things about Bell, from Lefiya.
The harpy and the elf had become friends, Fia was as interested in love as was Lefiya. And since she wanted her dear friend to be happy, Fia decided to do something.
She slightly flapped her wings as she got back to her feet.
It was time to become Ray´s wingwoman...in more way than one.
"Beeell?"
"Ms. Fia?"
"Could you help me with something?"
"Of course."
Bell went over to her, Ray looked curious from the side up to Fia.
Fia tried to handle a small bottle, but it wasn´t easy to do that with her wings.
"Ray´s ankle is pretty swollen and we need to take care of her shoulder again, just to be safe, it would be better if we apply this salve. But saaaadly...I can´t do this with my wings...would you be so kind, Bell?"
"Of course."
Mmmmmh! Fia, what are you doing?!
Ray looked shocked to Fia, who just winked.
The always cheerful Harpy waved with her wing and moved to the other Xenos, so that Ray could have another moment alone with Bell.
"Ms. Ray?"
"B-Bell?"
"Could you please raise your injured foot a bit? I want to make sure that you heal properly."
"Okay..."
Bell knelt down in front of her...sitting here like she did...it looked almost like the fairy tail that Wiene had told them about, about a prince that put a shoe on his beloved.
"So, Ms. Ray...I will start, okay?"
"Yes~..."
Curses...I can´t stop making these noises...
She had more than just silly thoughts when she looked at Bell. Ray wanted to know what it felt like to hug her lover...she got a glimpse of it as she wrapped her left arm around him as he carried her. Ray found it hard to take her eyes from his lips...her heart was pounding...
Bell opened the bottle and put the oinment on his hand, before gently touching Ray´s ankle.
"*Chirp*!"
Ray twitched one time, her foot slightly jerked up.
"Ms. Ray?"
"It is...a bit cold..."
"Oh, I´m sorry."
Bell put his hands together and rubbed them for a moment, to warm up the salve. Then he put both of his hands on her ankle and gently spread the salve, while carefully massaging her ankle. For Ray, this whole situation was terri-...
Haaaa...it feels wonderful...
She changed her mind when Bell started to gently massage her ankle. Not only helped the salve with her wound...it felt great to get touched by Bell´s hands. Ray couldn´t help but close her eyes and enjoy the feeling...this was really nice.
And Bell was really fascinated by her leg. The Iguazu had hit her right at the point where her claw went over into her leg, that was covered by tiny, golden feathers. Even when the feathers got a bit wet from the salve, they felt really nice. Since she had her eyes closed, Bell dared to glance up to her...Ray really was a beauty.
Of course he didn´t looked at her waist, the "skirt" of blue feathers were actually part of her body, he wondered if she could move them when she wanted, but it would be rude to ask.
He couldn´t help but look at her bare stomach for a moment, but didn´t oggled at her chest. Her face fascinated him the most, she looked like she felt really good and was relaxed...even when he heard very low chirping noises from her...and sometimes sighing. He blinked surprised when he noticed something...Ray did something similar to the elves he knew...she wriggled her ears, slightly.
Her big ears looked like they were completely made of feathers...
I want to touch them...
Bell loved to touch pointy ears...like Ryu´s...or Lefiya´s...or Riveria´s...or Eina´s...or Haruhime´s...or Anya´s...
I wonder...would they feel different from Haruhime´s and Anya´s?
Since the ears of the other two were covered by fur and not feathers, they probably felt different.
They look so fluffy...I want to touch them...
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Secretely, Fia glanced to the two, Ray looked like she really enjoyed it, even when her cheeks were flushed.
Hehe...it works.
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After a few minutes, Bell carefully took his hands away from Ray´s ankle.
"So, Ms. Ray...I will now move to your shoulder."
Ray hastily opened her eyes, becoming more red. She had enjoyed it very much what Bell did...but now...came the embarrassing part. He applied the salve to his hands again and put them together, while he got up.
"P-Please be carefull..."
"I will."
Ray raised her right wing and let Bell touch her shoulder. Thankfully he didn´t touched her armpit and held his hands far away from her chest and back. While he had put a potion on her wound before, it would be better to take care of it more...just in case.
Hah...Bell...I love you...
Bell focussed on her shoulder, there was no other place where he could put his eyes. Since from his position, he could easily see her mostly bare back, cleavage and fluffy ear...if he would look.
After around ten minutes in total, Bell was done.
"Thank you very much...Bell."
"I´m just glad that you are okay...that reminds me, I have something for you."
"Oh?"
Ray folded her wings in her lap in a gesture of perfect decency.
Bell went to his backpack and took something that lied next to it on the ground, it was wrapped in a cloth. When he went to Ray and unwrapped it, she looked curious.
"The magic stone of the Amphisbaena?"
"Yes, I want you to have it."
"Eh? But Bell...you defeated it alone, I did nothing."
"And I wouldn´t have fought it if you weren´t there...so one could say, without you I wouldn´t have it anyway."
"But I thought those big magic stones are so valuable for you adventurers?"
Not as valuable as you.
"They are, but you also told me that you need them to increase your strength and I want you all to be save."
"But..."
"Really, it´s okay. Take it."
Ray wouldn't play the old "decline and he insists" game with Bell.
"Thank you Bell...you did so much for us..."
"It´s just the natural thing to do."
Her feelings for Bell rose.
For some people it might have been a disgusting or strange scene. Bell sat down next to Ray and drank something, while he helped her with her mug, her wing was a bit stiff...and she bit pieces out of the magic stone. Her teeth looked more like fangs now...bit that made her just more appealing for Bell Cranel.
Little by little, Ray "devoured" the whole magic stone and shivered a bit, feeling herself getting stronger.
Bell enjoyed his small party with the Xenos.
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And it wouldn´t be the last time that Ray and Bell bumped into each other in the dungeon.
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Maybe it was fate?...Or they were just drawn to each other.
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Or maybe...it was the influence of a certain harpy. A harpy who also talked to the Lamia of the Xenos, Laura, to make a nice dress for Ray...so that she could look pretty for a certain someone.
Ray was admired by the Xenos and many looked up to her, she was like a big sister for many, so the females among the Xenos did their best to help behind the scenes.
Fia was never before this excited.
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"Trick or Treat?"
Wiene tilted her head while she repeated what Fia told her.
"Yes, I heard some adventurers talking about it. Apparently when mother changes for this time of a year, the creatures on the surface celebrate something they call "Halloween Festa"."
"And this Trick or Treat thing?"
"They seem to put on costumes and the young ones walk from house to house, saying this they seem to get sweets."
"Sweets? Just like that?!"
Wiene´s eyes shone already.
"Yeah, and the costumes they put on look mostly like monsters. Like Mummies."
"What is a Mummy?"
"A monster from the south, the entire body is covered in toilet paper or bandages or something like that."
"They all look like monsters?"
"Yes."
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One thing led to the other after Wiene got this information. They bombarded Bell at his next visit with questions.
And...
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"I understand you correctly, Bell Cranel...you want to let the Xenos come into the city at halloween?"
Finn Deimne sighed, he couldn´t believe what Bell had just told them.
"Not all of them of course, the only ones that want to come are Wiene, Fia the harpy and Ray the siren. The others know that their bodies look too much like monsters."
"You really have crazy ideas...little rabbit."
Loki was similar to Finn.
"And how do you plan to bring them to the surface? If we would agree to help you?"
"Knossos...and a few magic items."
"You mean the ones that you used to give us a hard time back then?"
"Yes and I won´t apologize for that time...things were complicated."
"You don´t need to apologize...also I am in no position to scold you anymore..."
Finn glanced to the side, Riveria was pretty quiet for most of the meeting...she wore a wide robe that didn´t hid her growing belly at all. It was a huge uproar in the Loki Familia when Riveria discovered that she was pregnant...with Bell´s child.
Loki had cried openly and asked Bell how many more girls he planned to seduce. She would sacrifice Alicia but that should be the last one, the elf had looked at her goddess shocked by that statement.
"Loki! What are you saying?!"
"What? I need to bargain with him somehow! He really is like a rabbit!"
"But why me?!"
"Shall I take the place?!"
Loki was...just like Loki. Secretely she was really happy that she would see a small "Ri-Ri"...and even more children from others later. The only partner of Bell that belonged to the Loki Familia now that would never become pregnant, was Filvis. Due to special circumstances, Bell and Lefiya had managed to save the poor girl, destroying the corrupted stone in her, but she could never become a mother now.
Strangely, her hair had turned completely white, like Bell´s. Loki had joked that Filvis looked a bit like the female, elven version of Bell and that white hair with red eyes might be the thing that Lefiya was attracted too. They never explained how exactly they healed Filvis, only Amid knew it.
"Loki, I support Bell´s idea."
Not only the high executives, but also Tiona, Ais, Alicia, Tione, Lefiya and Filvis were present. Tione and Alicia because it was about the Xenos...the others because they were Bell´s partners.
"I don´t need to ask why, Tione?"
Tione and Alicia both wore two feathers in their hair, a blue and a golden one, gifts from Ray, they had become good friends.
Lefiya looked at Filvis for a moment, who nodded smiling.
"We also support Bell."
Loki sighed. "You two love him...that doesn´t count..."
"It´s because of Fia!"
"Oh right...you three became friends too."
Ais raised her hand. "I also support the idea...when the small Wiene wants to experience a happy time...we should let her."
Ais still felt bad for Wiene, because of what she did. She had apologized many times to the small dragon girl...and over their love for...food...they became friends. After Ais had apologized to the Xenos, she went back to the surface with Bell.
"I will destroy everyone who harms her..."
She would never stop to see her small self in Wiene.
"Loki, I support the idea too."
Riveria didn´t even tried to hide her loving smile towards Bell...her pregnancy had made her really soft.
"Allright Mommy...I didn´t expect anything else from you..."
Riveria didn´t answered in her usual way, she just gently stroked her belly. Filvis and Lefiya looked really curious to her...later the older elf would allow them to carefullly touch her belly, both young elves would smile in joy when they felt small bumps against their hands.
"Hrm..." Loki still wasn´t sure what to do.
"A´cmon Loki. The young lad saved Orario two...three times now...or was it four?" Gareth winked.
"Argh...okay...we will help you, little rabbit."
In truth, Loki also wanted to see Ray again, while they weren´t exactly friends, it was always interesting to talk with the siren. And since Loki became an expert for a special expression from her girls towards Bell...Loki immediately got why Ray wanted to come to the surface, after she mentioned Bell to her.
He even charmed her?! Does this rabbit´s lus-...love know no bounds?! Who is next?! Us gods?!
In Loki´s mind, she could hear something hiss...something in Bell´s pants...but Loki was quite the naughty goddess with a frivolous fantasy...
It may have been better that Loki didn´t knew...how many goddesses already had fallen for Bell.
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The Loki, Ganesha, Hestia, Takemikazuchi, Miach and Astrea Familia worked together to make it possible for the three Xenos to come to the surface on this date. The others that stayed in the village, asked them to bring all kinds of special food and sweets from the festival.
"Bell, Ray, bye bye!"
Wiene waved happily while she went on her way. Ais, Tiona and Haruhime accompanied her. She wore a long red cape, that was part dress...and a big pumpkin on her head, carved into a Jack O'Lantern, that resembled a dragon. Ais...wore something similar, a skin tight, green body suit, with leaves around the wrists and ankles, also with a Jack O'Lantern on her head. Tiona used a costumes that was called an "Oni", similar to the one she used in the stageplay once.
But she had painted her skin, so that it had almost the same color as Wiene. The mixed costumes and skin color let Wiene look like a dressed up child. And Haruhime...she just used her maid outfit. But they had to work a bit on it, so that her growing belly would fit too. Sometimes the fox lost herself in the fantasy, of being Bell´s personal maid...that he had impregnated. To her shame, she once mumbled about that in her sleep, while she was next to Bell. In the morning he had gently pushed her down on the bed and whispered she wasn´t only his personal maid...Haruhime had squealed in happiness, before they kissed.
These four had a great time at the festival...even Ais and Tiona received sweets when they visited houses.
And on this evening...Ais showed Wiene "the Way of Potato Snacks".
"Ray, Bell...have fun you two!"
Fia waved happily, she wore a wide dress, made by Laura, so that she would look like a witch with big sleeves, a witch hat on her head. She didn´t even needed to hide her claws. The harpy would stroll with Lefiya and Filvis over the festival. Filvis had borrowed a kimono from Haruhime, while Lefiya used one of Mikoto´s ninja outfits...she had to stuff it out a bit...since well...Mikoto´s body was more...well developed.
The happy harpy was really excited to watch how couples behaved during a festival. This night, she would also discover that Lefiya and Filvis were a couple too. It was Fia´s first experience with a female couple and her eyes shone in excitement...literally.
"Shall we go too?"
"Yes."
For a few hours, Bell walked with Ray, Tione and Alicia over the festival. He was so happy to see Ray enjoy everything, chatting happily with Tione and Alicia.
"And that is why the captain is the best man in all of Orario!"
"Oho, he sounds really amazing."
"I thought he talked to you before?" Alicia looked confused.
"Yes and he was very polite, but a bit reserved. But I would have never expected that he pushed you down on your first meeting..."
Tione´s memories might have been a bit different from the reality...
Eventually the time came when Tione wished them a good night, she wanted to meet up with Finn, while Alicia went on her way to look after Riveria, the elves of the Loki Familia cared very much for her.
"So..."
"So..."
Bell and Ray felt a bit...shy. Before they were a small group, now it was just the two of them...like a date. They talked a bit about the past and a few unimportant things.
"Ray, I would like to show you something."
"Oh?"
"We have to walk a bit, but I´m sure you will like it."
"Sure."
Ray giggled, she was just a tiny bit tipsy from trying pumpkin punch. She felt wonderful while she walked alone with Bell, he led her away from the festival. Her heart pounded a bit, she had often talked with Alicia and Tione about Bell...they knew before that she was in love, but not with whom.
Tione told her, maybe if she was lucky, her crush would lead her into a side street, do a wall slam and kiss her.
While that would be a bit fast...Ray wouldn´t be against it.
"We have to climb up these stairs."
She had a bit problems to walk stairs, so Bell offered her his hand, it was a bit problematic since she had only wings, but they managed to get up. But Bell didn´t only led her up to the walls of Orario, they climbed further up to a tower.
"You said you always dreamed about the sky."
"Wow..."
Ray could just stand there for a while, looking up to the stars, no clouds were to be seen this night. A crescent moon stood tall and luminous in the sky. Behind them Orario shone with the glow of the festival, above them were the stars and the land before them was drenched in the peaceful darkness of night. It was beautiful up here.
"Bell?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
Ray wore a simple dress, her "costume" was a harpy that had dressed up. At some point both sat down on the edge of the tower, letting their feet dangle and looked up to the sky.
"I dreamed so long to see this sky...without having to hide or being hunted. To fly in it some day...feel the sun on my wings and body."
Bell nodded. "I hope we can make your wish come true some day...that all of you can live freely how you want."
"That would be nice."
"Indeed."
They went quiet for a while.
"Bell?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you...for doing so much for us...for saving me...more than one time."
"I would do it again and again."
In the darkness, Ray blushed, she was glad that her dress let most of her back free, when she covered too much skin, Ray had problems to cool her body down...when she felt warm. And her heart felt really warm at the moment.
"But...why?"
She saw him smiling. "Because I like the Xenos, many of you are my dear friends and I want you to be happy. And also..."
"Also?" Ray tilted her head slightly.
It looked different from Ais when she did that, sometimes Fia was the same...the gesture that a bird would make.
"Also..."
Her heart started to pound like crazy when Bell turned his face to her...she could see that his cheeks had darkened too. Ray´s wings flapped slightly, she made herself hope...while she was afraid that Bell would reject her...because she was a monster.
Bell took a deep breath and looked into her eyes.
"Be-"
"I love you...Ray."
Eh...
She blinked repeatedly, but didn´t said anything.
"Ahm...Ray?"
"*Chirp*!"
"Ray?"
"*Chirp*!*Chirp*!*Chirp*!"
Her wings flapped without having control over them, her whole primitive being wanted to get out...her heart jumped up in happiness. For normal people it would feel like a mixture of hiccup, cough and the need to yell out in excitement.
"Ahm...Ra-"
Suddenly, Ray chirped really loud and then...let a noise out that was like a shout of joy...but sung. Bell Cranel had no luck, while Ray shared some features with Haruhime and Anya...the fluffy ears and something like a tail...she didn´t wriggled them or wagged with it...since birds behaved different from foxes and cats.
Eventually she got control over her wings back and hid her face...squealing.
Did I make a mistake?...
"Ray...I´m sorry...I..."
"u too..."
"Hm?"
"I...love...you too..."
It was hard to understand her since Ray covered her face with her wings.
"Ray? I´m sorry, I can barely understand you."
She lowered her wings a tiny bit, her face was really red.
"I...love you too..."
A happy smile bloomed on Bell´s face...Ray didn´t lowered her wings far enough to show Bell that she was grinning all over her face. He leaned a tiny bit closer and Ray backed a bit away in panic, her brain needed a few moments more than her heart.
"Bell...but...you know...I´m a monster..."
"I don´t care..."
He leaned closer, her eyes swam around in panic.
"I´m a siren...and you..."
"I don´t care...I love you, Ray."
"*Chirp* Hawawawa...I can´t stop making these noi-*Chirp* Hauuuu~~~..."
Ray was never before this happy, she startled a bit when she felt Bell´s hand on her hip, to prevent her from moving away from him.
"B-Bell, what a-!"
Ray went quiet...Bell kissed her. Subconsciously she had lowered her wing far enough to reveal her lips...Bell took that for the invitation it was.
K-Kiss! I´m kissing Bell!
The siren sighed happy with closed eyes...she had talked with her friends a few times about this...but never thought how it really would feel to kiss Bell. Her breathing went faster when Bell moved a bit back, somehow she seemed to need much more air than usual...maybe her body was preparing for something...like holding her breath.
"Ray...I love you...I really do."
"Bell...hauuu...I´m so happy..."
"Then..."
When he moved closer again, Ray also moved a little bit...the second kiss felt wonderful...somehow better than the first one...but not as precious.
It became a long, wonderful evening. While the others had fun at the festival, Bell and Ray kept sitting on the top of the tower, kissing and cuddling.
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In the very early morning, before the sun rose, Ais and Tiona brought Wiene back to the Xenos, they carried much food for them, Haruhime had to stay on the surface, because of her belly. Wiene´s eyes had shone when she gently stroked Haruhime´s belly.
"A baby! Inside your belly!"
"Ehe, yes. Like...a little brother for you."
"Fuaaah! I want to him!"
"That will take a while."
Filvis and Lefiya brought Fia back to the Xenos, they were a bit embarrassed, since Fia had begged them again and again to let her watch how they kissed. Both elves also carried food and drinks for the Xenos.
And Bell...he brought Ray back.
Their secret was save...for about five seconds. Fia and Tione immediately noticed that something was "wrong" with Ray.
"Hmmm...hmmmm...hmmm..."
"F-Fia...what is it..." Ray looked really embarrassed.
"Hmmm...hmmm...hmmm indeed...something´s fishy..." Tione grinned wide.
The siren went red again and the strange sung hiccups and chirping started again.
The amazon smirked. "You two have kissed."
"H-H-How do you know that?!"
"Oh I don´t...but you just admitted it."
"*Chirp*..."
Alicia looked a bit flustered. "You two kissed?!"
"Y-Yes..."
Bell looked a bit flustered that they wanted to know so much.
"Before you swore your love to each other? Under a moon?"
Ray couldn´t become more red. "We did...beforehand..."
"Oh my! Then it is okay... But...normally it should only be hand holding until marriage..."
"I have no hands..."
"Oh, right..."
Bell smiled wryly. "Ms. Alicia, you are aware that Ray is no elf?"
"Doesn´t matter...but you better take good care of my dear friend, Bell Cranel."
Ray looked really happy about Alicia´s demand...maybe it was only that she called her a friend out loud.
Wiene heard them talking and walked over.
"Ray and Bell kissed?"
"Hauuuu~~~..."
Bell smiled abashed. "Yes, we did."
"I also want a kiss from Bell! Everyone is kissing him, I want one too!"
Bell chuckled, then he leaned down and kissed Wiene´s cheek, who squeaked happy.
"Ehhehehe! Will I now get a baby too? Like Haruhime?"
"No, you are too young for that, way too young."
"Awww...but then...will Ray get a baby now?"
In that moment, the poor siren fainted.
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When she woke up, Ray felt somehow really good, her head rested on Alicia´s thighs.
"Are you feeling better now?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Was a bit much, hm?" Tione smirked.
"A little bit..."
"Ray, Ray, Ray! Tell me all about it! Where did you do it?! Did he did it or you?! Were you nervous? How did it feel? How did it taste?"
"T-T-Taste?!" As an elf...Alicia looked shocked.
Ray only told them a few, not so embarrassing details, the whole night felt like a dream to her. The light was dimmed in the hidden village.
"What time is it?"
"The sun has started to rise on the surface."
"What? We were up the whole night?"
"Yes...but it was a good night, hm?" Tione winked.
"Yes...yes it was."
Ray´s cheeks turned a bit red, but this time not from embarrassement, but happiness.
"*Yawn* I guess we should head back now, not that Loki and the others get worried."
Tione chuckled. "Oh my, what a naughty elf... to be gone all night."
"What are you talking about, Tione?!"
It was always fun for Tione to tease elves.
Fia lowered her voice. "Ray, Bell is about to go too."
"What?!"
"Hehe, don´t worry, your boyfriend wouldn´t leave without saying goodbye."
"My boyfriend?!"
"Just go, you silly siren."
Ray stumbled a bit when Fia pushed her a bit.
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"Bell..."
"Ray, it´s good that you are awake again."
"Do you...have to go now?"
It was a sweet sight, both were a bit shy, due to having a small growth spurt, Bell was a bit taller than Ray.
"Yes, but I will come back soon...to see you again."
Pure happiness spread over Ray´s face. "Th-Then I will wait for you...Darling..."
Even Bell got red after she called him that.
"D-Darling?!"
"T-Tione told me to call you that!"
Ray looked abashed over her shoulder, Tione and Fia gave her a thumbs up...well in Fia´s case it was a part of her wing.
"Then she did good...my bird of paradise..."
Fueh?!
Bell just went with the flow and used a nickname for Ray...a nickname that made her happy. Ray just wanted to make a tiny step closer...when Bell´s luck took over again. One of the Xenos had inadvertently dropped a small piece of fruit at the party.
It was the oldest cliche that could happen...Ray slipped on a banana peel...right in Bell's direction. His body reacted before his mind could, he was trained to catch women in danger. Ray found herself in a tight yet gentle hug...her wings closed by themself around Bell´s back.
How long she had dreamed about it, to hug the man she fell in love with. And due to Bell´s high level, she didn´t had to be afraid of hurting him, his defense was too big for her wings. It felt really nice.
"Bell..."
"Ray..."
Their was no way to stop the kiss that followed. Alicia and Fia squealed a bit, while Tione smirked...Ray started to raise her right leg a bit until the sole of her claw pointed upwards...the very picture of a romantic kiss.
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A few months later.
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"Hah...it is really beautiful here...mother surprises me again and again."
"It sure is...but not as much as you, Ray."
"M-Mou...Bell...not so suddenly..."
"I´m sorry, my bird of paradise..."
"I forgive you...Darling."
Another dream came true for Ray, she bathed together with Bell on the 50th Floor. Tione and Alicia had visited her often, to help their dear friend as much as possible. Tione raved about a wonderful little lake on the 50th floor...perfect for couples to be alone...also...no other party than the Loki Familia went that deep...so there was not a big chance for the Xenos to get spotted.
Ray trained very much, with help from her friends again, to become stronger, together with the other Xenos. Asterios was able to go alone past the 50th Floor, but the others needed to work together. And after a while, the day came when the Xenos moved down to the 50th Floor, accompanied by Alicia, Bell and Tione.
The Xenos enjoyed this Floor, they would build up a small hidden village here too, so they could go up to the 49th Floor or the 51st Floor to train as much as they wanted. Lido had become strong enough to give even Tione a hard time. The Loki Familia in generel did their best to help the Xenos, they wouldn´t get stronger like adventurers through training, but they showed them techniques and such.
Wiene got so strong, that she learned to breath fire. It was similar to Bell´s firebolt, which made her so happy.
And right now, the Xenos looked around on the Floor or took a break after cleaning themself. Lido had put down his weapons and armor, becoming "naked" and lied on the gras. Alicia helpd Yuno, the unicorn, to wash in another part of the small lake.
Ray sat leaned against Bell´s chest, while he gently rubbed her shoulders. They really enjoyed the skinship.
"Bell...I´m so happy..."
"So am I, Ray."
She tilted her head and smiled amorous, before closing her eyes...the kissed didn´t took long to happen. Both were in a part of the lake where no one could see them, the others wanted to give the couple a bit privacy.
There was something very special about these two, that even they weren´t aware of. Ray was the first siren in the whole existence...to have a partner that loved her. In the long distant past, her kind had kidnapped human males to mate with them and then killed them...but so far...Ray and Bell had only kissed and cuddled.
Her maiden heart held her primal urges back for nearly six months now.
But it was really beautiful here on the 50th Floor...and they were alone...
"Bell..."
"Ray?..."
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"Man Alicia, you are completely soaked...how did you manage to do that?"
"Yuno wasn´t that easy to wash, you know?"
"I thought you know that she is like that?"
"You don´t get the chance to wash a unicorn often."
"Hah...you elves are strange sometimes."
"R-Right back at you...amazon."
"Hehe, you learned how to tease back."
Both women went into the lake themself, Ray and Bell where nowhere to be seen. So they used the chance for a bath.
"Hah...this water here feels really nice."
"Indeed...Tiona loves this lake."
"I ca-"
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"*Chirp*! *Chirp*! *Chirp*! *Chirp*! *Chirp*! *Chirp*!"
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"What was that?!"
"It sounded like Ray!"
"Is she in danger?!"
Both got up and walked hastily through the shallow water in the direction they heard the sound. They had to walk around a rock...this scene looked familiar for Tione.
Wasn´t that the place where Bell, Ais and Lefi-
"Oh my..."
"Hiiii! What are they doing?!"
"I think you call this a reverse cowgirl...but strange...it isn´t even thanksgiving."
"Huh?! What do you mean, Tione?"
"I mean...it isn´t even thanksgiving...and yet Bell is filling up a bird so...passionately..."
"Ms. T-T-Tione!"
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"~~Haaaaahn!~~"
They saw how Ray threw back her head and her whole body started to twitch, while Bell´s hips seemed to buck up.
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"Oh my...we should probably give them some privacy."
"I agree!"
"Really? You are watching pretty fascinated what they are doing there...quite the naughty elf."
"B-Be quiet! I was just worried about my dear friend!"
"Don´t worry, I have seen him, while he is quite impressive, I think Ray can take him on, she looks quite happy."
"Tione!"
As an amazon, Tione had much fun with teasing elves.
The two decided to leave the happily in love couple alone...due to that they didn´t saw how Ray turned her face to Bell and licked her lips with hungry eyes. She was still panting, but the sound changed, from out of breath...it became more...lusty.
On this day on the 50th Floor, Bell Cranel made two important discoveries. The first was...Ray´s sacred parts looked like that of a mortal woman...with small feathers instead of hair above it... And the other was...Ray´s behaviour changed a bit after they reached nirvana together for the first time...her primal urges came out.
Thankfully she didn´t devoured him afterwards...that would be problematic for him. It would always be like that for them...at first really gentle...until Ray pushed Bell down...sometimes even her eyecolor changed, like when she got in rage.
Her embarrassement afterwards made her even more cute for Bell.
And afterwards, both cuddled in a pretty cute way. Ray´s favorite way to sleep next to Bell, was actually on top of Bell, her chest touched his, using her wings like a blanket for both. Since her body was pretty light, it didn´t felt heavy for Bell at all. And she smiled so happy in her sleep, when Bell hugged her while they slept like that. Ray burried her face at Bell´s neck, he enjoyed the good smell from her feathers. She kept her legs pulled up, basically kneeling over Bell´s hips, it was pretty comfortable for her to sleep or sit like that.
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A few months later.
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"How are you feeling now, Ms. Ray?"
"Better..."
Ray sat leaned back in one of their hidden villages. Tione and Alicia were accompanied by Amid this time. Lately, Ray had felt really weird in the morning, she felt like getting sick, often felt the urge to vomit.
After they heard that, Tione and Alicia went to Amid to ask her for help, the healer took her doctor´s bag and went into the dungeon with them, it was time to check on the Xenos anyway.
Amid was a skilled healer...and knew her boyfriend very well. So she checked Ray's symptoms...it brought her closer and closer to a single possible conclusion. Fia sat with a worried face next to them.
"Ms. Ray, I need to ask you an important question and please answer honestly."
Amid held a small magic item in her hands, that looked like a rod with a crystal ball on top.
"Yes?"
"You have sex with Bell, correct?"
"Huh?!"
"Please answer my question, it is important."
Fia´s eyes beamed when she looked at Ray, Tione had a knowing smile on her face, while Alicia averted her face.
"Y-Yes..."
"Huh...most intriguing."
"What do you mean?"
"I need to touch you down there with this for a moment."
"Okay..."
Amid was really careful and gentle, Ray still squeaked. When Amid raised the magic item again...the ball shone pink.
"Fascinating."
"What is it?"
"You are...pregnant."
All of the other four became silent while Amid kept talking.
"Really fascinating. While your kind from the surface mated with males in the past, I don´t think that happened over the last hundreds of years. You should be different since you were born in the dungeon, but yet again you are different to begin with.
I guess it is because Bell is a human and compatible to begin with. We need to p-"
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""""PREGNANT?!""""
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Amid looked confused that they were confused. "Uhm, yes? That normally happens when a couple has sex."
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Ray and Bell really would be something special. Not only was Ray the first siren in hundreds of years to get pregnant in the normal way...she was the first ever living siren...to have a loving husband, that mated with her because he loved her. In the past it would become a turmoil that Bell did that with a monster...but all of his lovers knew him well enough to know how he was.
Ray was a woman that he loved and that was all. The other xenos were over the moon when they got the news...and so was Bell. Since it would be safer for Ray, the Loki Familia smuggled her out of the dungeon and gave her the room in their Mansion, where she had lived before. To see a siren with a growing belly...was extremely fascinating.
Even a monster...I wouldn´t be surprised if the little rabbit gets a goddess pregnant next...
Loki wasn´t disgusted at all, she had started to like Ray.
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Years later.
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"Frey, watch out!"
"Nya!"
"You two, stay in formation!"
"Understood, Aluneria!"
A few day trips from Orario, near a village, three figures fought against monsters that attacked them. One of them was a tall fox-man with golden hair and fur...and red eyes. The next was a cat-woman with brown hair and eyes. The last was an elf with jade color hair and heterochromatic eyes, one was grey, the other also jade colored.
The fox man wore the outfit of a far eastern priest, held a long sword in his right hand, a prayer beads necklace wrapped around his left wrist. The cat woman...or more a cat girl wore a simple armor of leather and metal, using a spear as a weapon. And the elf wore robes and held a long staff, she was a mage.
They were all adventurers and took a quest in Orario to exterminate monsters that harrassed the village. The villagers watched from afar how the battle would turn out, each of the adventurers was at least level two. But they seemed to struggle against the monsters, right when it looked like they would get killed, something flashed in the sky.
Making a beautiful sound like singing a song...something like an angel came down. The obvious female figure wore an armor made from silver steel, but seemed to have wings. She swooped down like a peregrine falcon with her white wings folded... and destroyed two monsters with her claws instead of feet. Without really slowing down, the armored form tumbled from monster to monster, spinning and fighting with uncanny speed. The three adventurers did not wait long and fought together with the angelic figure.
The villagers watched in awe.
Soon the fight was over.
The angelic figure flapped her wings while she moved back into the sky.
"Thank you for saving us!"
"Nyou really are a fursaver!"
"We thank you." The elf spoke mostly calm.
A rumor would spread from the village, about an angel saving three adventurers. This figure would appear again and again to save people...no one would wonder if she was a monster or not.
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The angelic figure flew away from the village until she landed in a forest. A man sat there on a tree stump and got back to his feet when she landed, he had a serious expression on his face. Her expression wasn´t been able to be seen, since she wore a plate helmet. Apparently, she wasn´t able to take off the helm herself, so she lowered her head a bit. The man carefully took off her helmet, a wave of beautiful, white feathers came into view, falling down like hair.
"Papa! I did it!"
The fifteen years old siren beamed all over her face up to the man before her.
"Hehe, I knew you could do it, Angel!"
Bell put his hands under his daughter´s armpits and raised her up, the armor was really light, slowly whirling her around, both laughed happy.
"And the others?"
"They should be here soon."
And right in that moment...
"Father, we are back." The jade haired elf led them.
"Nya, Papa we´re here!"
"Father, Angel really did good." The fox man smiled.
There was something really special about these four teenagers...they were all half-siblings, despite being from different races.
"Hah, I´m so proud of every single one of you."
All of his children grinned...well the elf smiled more.
He looked at the fox man and the cat girl. "Natsu, Frey, did you listen to your big sister?"
"Of course."
"Nya!"
His eyes wandered to his second eldest daughter after Ardi. "And you had an eye on your little siblings, Aluneria?"
"Of course, father."
Bell raised his hand and gently patted Aluneria´s head. "I´m proud of you."
"Mou..Da-..*Cough*..Father.."
"Nya, just call him Dad." Frey grinned.
Bell smiled and turned to Angel. "And how did your armor work? Did you have problems?"
"Nope! Uncle Welf´s work is the best!"
"Good, I´m just happy that you all are unhurt...and that you didn´t got dirty...or your mothers would scold me again.
Angel smiled brightly and couldn´t hold back anymore, she started to chirp from sheer joy about the day.
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It was Alicia who named her by accident. She was present to help when Ray gave birth, together with Fia, Tione and Amid of course. When she saw the small baby siren with her small white wings and feathers on her head, she mumbled.
"She looks like an angel..."
Bell and Ray liked that name so much and it fit their little girl perfectly, that they decided to name her Angel.
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The whole purpose of the quest was to give his daughter a reputation, Bell worked steadily to increase the good rumors about a group called "The Xenos".
"Okay my dears, let us head back. To celebrate the day, I'll make omelettes on rice for you all."
""""Thank (n)you, Father/Dad/Papa!""""
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Bell Cranel...also called King Solomon...was a very happy man. He got close to being thirty-five years now, still looked like in his early twenties...and had over a dozen children...which he all loved very much. For two of them, he was only the biological father, Nahza´s and Mikoto´s sons.
To spoil her a bit for her first real fight, Bell let Angel sit on his shoulders. She sang happily, her voice was as beautiful as her mother´s, Bell held her ankles so that she wouldn´t fall. Their first destination was a certain forest, they escorted Aluneria to it. It took them two days.
"Okay Sweety. Have fun and give your grandfather my greetings, okay?"
"D-Don´t call me Sweety...Father..."
Bell leaned forward and kissed his daughter´s forehead. "You will always be my Sweety...my Princess."
"D-Dad..."
She would spend two weeks in Riveria´s homeforest, and return with her mother and her two smaller siblings, they would arrive on the next day.
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After that, Bell went followed by his three other children to their second destination...a formerly abbandoned castle...it was a forbidden area for most people, since monsters lived there. A few times adventurers tried to sneak into the castle, but the monsters beat them down, stripped them from their weapons and armor and scared them away...but they never killed someone.
Angel was as special as her mother, she was the only siren in all of the world, that was a product of love and had a really caring father. Bell´s children often formed parties on their own...but their father or one of their mothers accompanied them when they went outside of Orario or into the dungeon.
All of the women in Bell´s life cared of the children as if it were their own.
And when he came back to the castle, Bell was greeted by one of the two most beautiful sirens in the whole world. While the siblings were greeted by their eldest sister, the now young adult Wiene. In truth, Ardi was their eldest sister...but everyone treated Wiene like the official eldest sibling. Bell had a surprisingly high number of daughters.
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"Welcome back, Darling."
"I´m back, my paradise bird."
Like nearly every time when they kissed...Ray slowly raised one of her legs until her claw pointed upwards, while Bell gently stroked her swollen belly. Like amazons, sirens and harpies only got daughters...and Angel was really excited to see her little sister.
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Authors Note2: I wanted to give Ray the happiness she deserves. The name "Natsu" for Harume´s son here is not a reference to Fairy Tail, it´s just because he was born at the start of summer.
Next chapter is for Change of Fates, after that the Ero "Elf (S)Layer" featuring Riveria, Lefiya, Filvis, Laurier and...Alicia. Ryu will appear but not do naughty stuff.
To answer Pix´s question: Most left, some just saw Bell picking up a wounded female adventurer in a feather dress, since they were far away.
