Danmachi Heart of Alfhiem

by Argonaut32

Elf harem story that starts with Bell saving Riveria's life. The timeline won't change much; Loki familia will be involved with Bell from the beginning making Hestia's worst impulses flare up as new events change an older more emotional Bell. The main four women in his life are Riveria, Ryu, Eina and Alicia. Aura, Laurier and Ais will come later. Unsure about Lefiya and Filvus.

20. Confession

Danmachi Heart of Alfhiem

Vote one wins. 19(1)/2(2)/3(DC)

The four-man death march begins in chapter 22. Just couldn't get the idea of Freya mind wiping Eina out of my head, but I will not go that route. Still need sine advice on how to manage her. She will be making moves after floor 18.

Appreciate the reviews. They're a good motivational tool for me. Rabbitharemlovers are always the best.

LEMON IS MARKED!

Chapter 20 Confession

(Day 38)

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"Mmmmm." Eina nuzzled her brown hair back against the warm green-clothed pillow behind her. The pillow surrounded her on all sides, holding her firmly in place. She stirred now and again feeling something poke into her lower back. Eina knew exactly what it was poking into her. A grin curled up on her lips as she rocked her hips backward with naughty thoughts on her mind.

"Eh." Her pillow tensed up.

After all, Bell was taking a nap right behind her against a tree. Bell's growth spurt was much more noticeable being wrapped in his warmth. She loved cuddling up against him. His chest was acting like her pillow, his legs bent surrounding her on either side and his arms clasped around Eina's abdomen; pulling her in close.

A beautiful smile adorned her face as she listened to the steady rhythm of his heart. Eina felt safer and happier than she had ever been, regardless of their current dangerous surroundings.

They were on a mission to find more bloodasaurus eggs for Lord Miach and had spent many hours hunting the huge dinosaur monsters in the Seolo forest. When the group found the hidden forest glade, Eina convinced Bell that she was getting dizzy from mind usage and needed a place to rest.

Welf and Lily didn't buy it at all but chose to give the two lovebirds some space. We already cleared out a few dozen beasts. The forest glade was a nearly perfect one-hundred-foot round circle, that surrounded a huge tree. There were small hills on every side with a small creek, running through the eastern edge.

It had been two days since our steamy love confession at Eina's apartment. We weren't able to do much over besides handholding and a few quick kisses while clothing shopping or in the dungeon.

Our date was interrupted by goddess Hestia who was on full alert after Bell's run-in on the wall. Halfway through their date, a hungover Hestia stormed Hephaestus's shop looking for him. She dragged Bell back to the church.

Eina hid behind an armor stand during the whole event, which did not go unnoticed by Welf or Goddess Hephaestus. Eina confessed their relationship before leaving. She ran into Lily later that day and told her that they were going into the dungeon.

The first two trips into the dungeon were a success, with the two of us getting used to our level-ups. Welf chose to be on the vanguard all the way down to floor ten. He fell back to the rear to protect Lily on floor eleven. Lily collected over three hundred thousand valis worth of drops which were split evenly between the four of us.

Lily, Rose, and Misha were stunned when Bell kissed Eina in the guildhall before he left for home. Naturally, all three women cornered Eina after that incident and forced her to spill the beans. Eina was harassed with a thousand questions when she told them that Bell proposed to her, but still trying to find an opportune moment to tell goddess Hestia.

After Lily recovered, she told Eina about another mission from Lord Miach. Naaza needed more Bloodasaurus eggs from the Seolo Forest and this time he could pay.

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"Mmmmm." Eina noticed the sun was starting to get low. She rubbed her head hard into Bell's gambeson. "Bell. Beeellll."

"Hmpf."

"Wake up." Eina leaned her head back and softly tickled his chin from below. "It's getting late."

"Oh… sorry." An embarrassed grin curled up on my face as I stared down at her. "I was very… comfortable."

Eina's cheeks reddened. She reached around to the back of Bell's head and crane his neck down for a kiss *Muah! Muah!* Her soft full lips delicately surrounded Bells. Slowly she caressed his warm moist lips with her own, rotating her neck to find a new spot each time they broke apart. Still trying to get used to each other and keep our breathing calm. "Mmmm." Eina backed away feeling his tongue try to enter his lips. "Naughty rabbit." She tapped his nose.

"Sorry."

"Don't be. I enjoyed it." Eina went in for another chaste kiss. "We can continue somewhere else." Eina rocked her backside against Bell. "I don't want to be near the south around nightfall."

"I-I-I would love t-that…"

"But!?" Eina pouted resting her head against his chest with her emerald eyes softening. "You still don't want to tell goddess Hestia."

"Forgive me." My arms tightened around her stomach as I rested my chin against the side of her face. "I am afraid of how she will react towards you."

"We have to tell her soon Bell." Eina's frowned

"I know." I stared off to the side trying to avoid her eyes.

Eina moved his head back and pointed her finger at him. "Bell, we have to. I not hiding anymore."

"Okay." I placed another kiss against her temple. "I just don't want her to scare you away. I love holding on to you and I don't want to ever let go."

"Awe." Eina's smile was wide, her hands gripped overtop of Bell's and held him tighter. "Regardless of what happens, I am not leaving my future h-husband."

"I c-can't wait." An uncontrollable smile curled up on my face as my heart rate picked up.

"You…. sure you want to marry me." Eina gazed upwards.

"Yes!" My head shook up and down vigorously. "I want you to be my wife more than anything."

"Even though I am only a half-elf?"

"Eina, I don't care if you are half, full, or not at all. The only thing that matters to me is that you are Eina. I love you."

"I love you too, Bell." Eina squeezed his arms upwards against her breasts. She giggled seeing his face go a deep red. "Guess I shouldn't be surprised you knew about the forest pact."

"Uhhh….. Grandpa told me about it."

"Big surprise. He-he-he." Eina chuckled at the embarrassed smirk on his face. "Little perv…"

"Eh."

"Kidding." Eina's cheeks blushed holding in her laughter.

"I wish I had the money for a ring and a….." My lips were closed by her finger.

"Shhhh…. Shhhh." Eina broke free of Bell's arms, sat up, and leaned on her frontside against his chest with her hand over his heart and her head on his right shoulder. Her hand rubbed over his chest to calm his fast-beating heart. "Bell, I am more than happy to marry you. The pact is all an elf needs. My mother is excited to have you as a son and we can always renew our vows in the future…. if you wish."

My left hand grabbed her right hand and raised it to my lips. *Muah* "I want you in my life, Eina. Forever if you will have me."

"Yes." Eina lunged forward, overcome with emotion. She tackled Bell to his back and passionately started to devour Bell's lips. Bell quickly shook off the dizziness from the loving assault and started matching her facial muscles. The sounds of birds chirping and the wind rustling the trees were drowned by our steamy make-out session.

Eina's mind and heart were fighting for control, as a pocket of shame started to bubble up to the surface. Eina slowed things down to a halt and pushed off the ground.

"Wow!"

'I have to tell him. I have to tell him. Speak Eina!' Her thoughts were at war seeing his beaming smile. She feared telling him but knew it would only be worse if she didn't. "Bell…. I."

*ching. ching.*

"Huh." Eina's mind went blank. She looked around for the chime. Until she noticed specks of light glowing faintly around his left hand. The white light was pulsing stronger every second. "Wh-what…. is that?!"

"S-Still, trying to figure it out." I held my hand up in the air wondering why it activated. "Careful."

"Is it a skill?" Eina asked as her eyes were transfixed on the beauty of the skill.

"Yes."

"It's beautiful!" Eina's smile quivered as she sat up on her side.

*ching. ching. ching.*

*STOMP! STOMP!*

"Raaaaaaaaawwwwwwwrrrrrrrr." A rumbling of dozens of monstrous hooves hit the ground not far away. The sounds of trees splitting and swaying as a horde of ravenous beasts chased their prey through the forest.

"RUN LILY!" Welf screamed as he emerged from the northern edge of the forest glade. Welf's face was pale as he raced toward Eina and Bell

A few seconds later, Lily popped out of the tree line holding on to her pack with a distressed look on her face. "RUN MASTER BELL!"

*BOOM! CREAK! CRUNCH!*

"Raaaaaaaaawwwwwwwrrrrrrrr." The tree line exploded behind Lily. A mountain of red scaley flesh and snapping teeth came from a horde of raging Bloodasaurus. Branches snapped, the foliage was dispersed wildly and trees were scarred by their claws and massive bodies.

*bong*

"Lily! Welf! DIVE!" I shouted standing up by the tree with Eina wrapped around my right side. A small magic circle started to form under our feet as Eina started chanting. Welf and Lily dived forward. The grand tree above us swayed in the wind, allowing sunlight to flash over us.

"FFIIIIRRREEEBBBBBBBBOOOOOLLLLLTTTTT!"

*….Boooosh! BOOOOOMM!*

A brilliant and blinding flash of white light shot out of my hand. The firebolt magic was amped by the sun and a thirty-second charge. Within a second, the massive ball of flame impacted the center monster and expanded into a sphere of superheated white fire. The explosive shockwave was near deafening. The six monsters in the center were burned to their magic cores and exploded into ash. Five others were thrown violently onto their sides, half charred from the blast. The air smelled like burnt flesh and ash.

"Be-Bell." Eina canceled her magic staring on with a mix of awe and fear. Welf and Lily exchanged wide-eyed glances from the ground.

"Fuuu." The half-charred monsters started to slowly get to their feet.

"Firebolt. Firebolt. Firebolt." Three more shockingly huge crimson blasts vaporized the farthest monsters. Welf jumped up quickly and brought his greatsword down onto the two closet ones.

My mind was dizzy from the mind usage and my body felt exhausted. I was hunched over to one side trying to clear my head. I felt Eina grab my arm and hoist me over her shoulder. "Bell are you okay?"

"T-ired."

"Lily thinks you need to lie down Mas…. Bell?"

"No." I shook my head in exhaustion. "I-I don't want either of you in the south after dark."

"Probably a smart idea." Welf pulled his blade out of the last monster. Its body melted into ash behind him. Welf chuckled half-heartedly. "That was one hell of an attack. Thought we might become lunch."

"Did you get hurt at all?" Eina asked.

"Lily's heart is the only thing acting up."

"Everything is fine lovebirds." Welf smiled ear to ear at the blushing couple. Lily's shoulders sunk. "Wait to you see the nest me and Lil Bit found."

*Bam*

"Ahhh." Welf held his shin where Lily kicked.

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An hour later we were walking up the north up the southern road as the sun was setting. All but Eina were holding onto some eggs with Lily's bag packed to the brim. She was still worried about Bell's exhaustion. "Bell, do you want me to carry those?"

"No, I got it." Even tired I insisted on carrying the eggs. A trail of sweat was running down my back, I was nervously looking over my shoulder to see if somebody was following us. Two figures seem to be keeping their distance in the crowd. "C-can we take a break in Babel?"

"Sure."

"M-maybe we can check the quest board." I suggested continuing to look over my shoulder.

Instead of going west at the roundabout. We continued straight into Babel. To my relief, the tower was incredibly busy with raiding parties leaving the dungeon and cashing in their items.

"Hey."

"Bit late for breakfast."

I ignored the shouts as I cut through the groups of adventurers, gripping the eggs close to my chest. Especially dodging around supporters to hide my position.

"Bell!"

Eina, Welf, and Lily lost sight of him immediately. They split up in three directions as they fought their way through the crowds in the direction of the quest board. A few minutes of fighting later, they found Bell leaning down low, scanning the board for quests.

"You sure you're okay buddy." Welf's brow raised in suspicion.

"Yep." I shook my head, avoiding their eyes.

"Lily thinks you're acting weird, but finding ways to make more money would make Lily happy."

"No luck Lily, I don't think we can do any of them." I stood back rubbing my neck. "The only quest close to our level is on floor thirteen. Hellhound fangs!"

"M….Bell, Lily thinks you can do it. You were on level twelve at level one to save Lily."

"Dam! How the heck are you doing that?" Welf chuckled.

"I just followed others down." My shoulders shrugged as I thought it over. "Maybe we should master floor twelve first."

"Doesn't your Fiancé here know everything about the dungeon?" Welf nodded his head toward Eina.

"Books only go so far." Eina nervously responded with a troubled look on her face. Her forehead was wrinkled in stress.

"That should be enough!"

"NO!" I shook my head side to side vehemently. "Ryu said not to rush! I don't want to risk either of your lives until we are prepared!"

"Whew." Eina walked up beside Bell and placed a kiss on his cheek. "I like your idea more. We can go to floor twelve tomorrow at least."

"Okay." I could feel my face warming up.

Eina smiled wide. "How about you ask Rose if we can borrow study materials and maps, for a future date?"

"Uhh-huuh." Lily rolled her eyes.

"Rrrrright!" Welf grinned wide. "Sure, a lot of studying will get done."

Eina blushed leaning against Bell. "W-we are waiting to m-marriage."

"Really." Lily's mood picked up.

"Torture enough." Welf glared sideways. "Don't you go trying to seduce him Lil Bit?"

"Lily wasn't!" Her tiny fists were balled in anger.

"I-it was Bell's idea." Eina smirked sideways.

"Serious!"

My cheeks were burning red staring back at their shocked faces. "I-I wanted to honor her elven heritage and wait a few weeks to the next moon."

"Oh!"

"Something else man. He-he-he." Welf walked forward and reached over to grab Bell's eggs. "Let me and Lily hand in the quest. You two go to the guild."

"I actually need to check the manor to see if Papa is back. Mother is volunteering to take care of the gardens for Loki. For her health."

"Okay. I will go see Rose. Tell her I said hi."

"I will." *Muaahhhhhhh* Eina grabbed Bell's cheeks and kissed him deeply in public.

*Whistling*

Eina backed away red-faced from passing taunts. "Good night, Bell."

"N-N-Night…"

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"Mom! Are you home?" Eina shouted out as she entered her apartment and shut the door.

"Up here!" Aina shouted from upstairs.

"Mom?" Eina walked upstairs. She looked around the bathroom and the guest room.

"In here." Aina called out again from Eina's room.

Eina pouted as she swung the door open. "I thought you were at the manor. What are you doing in my room?"

Aina was sitting on the edge of Eina's Bed with a book on her lap. She looked up with a guilty smile. "I may have been snooping."

"IS THAT MY DIARY!?"

Aina placed the book on the side of the bed with an evil smirk. "Only see you a few times a year since you moved to Orario. Curious what my daughter has been up to?"

"I tell you everything." Eina yanked the diary off the bed and put it back inside her nightstand.

"Oh really."

"You don't need to know my thoughts." Eina recoiled in embarrassment.

"No offense daughter, but it wasn't an interesting read until a certain somebody popped up." Aina's smirk widens.

Eina shook uncontrollably with her eyes closed. "That's private!"

"He-he-he. And very detailed." Aina chuckled at Eina's red face.

"Mmmmm." Eina palmed her face and sat down next to her mother on the bed. She held her knees firmly and hid her face. "D-don't tell papa."

"I won't…. perv." Aina draped her left arm over Eina's shoulder and pulled her embarrassed daughter close. "It's only a few weeks, that's all Bell asked."

"I know…."

"Bell loves you very much. Just be patient, Eina. Bell has a strong heart that beats strongly for you and our people. I doubt very much that even his goddess will talk him out of it."

"W-we agreed to break the news to her soon."

"Good. The more stuff out in the open. The better and happier you two will be." Aina saw Eina's brow twitch. "Think I will head soon after you tell goddess Hestia."

"Huh." Eina looked up in surprise. "What about Papa?"

"He better… be in the dungeon, if he knows what's good for him?" Aina's grip tightened for a second. "Still, I am not waiting much longer. The air in the city does not agree with me."

"How did your doctor's visit go?" Eina was taken aback by the radiate smile on her mother's face. A minute later Eina was hugging her mother tight with tears of happiness in her eyes.

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"He-he-he." A few girls in the hostess's kitchen chuckled every time Ryu walked by. Ryu had been constantly teased over the last few days, about Bell defending her honor. Ryu tried to correct them, but nobody believed Ryu from her nervous body language. Between Syr's manipulations and Bell stopping by to grab his lunch only increased the gossip.

"I'm taken out the garbage!" Ryu yelled out as she grabbed two large trash bags and gently kicked open the door to the outside. She was relieved to be away from their taunts even for a few minutes, taking her time to walk towards the nearest trash heap past in a nearby alley.

Ryu sighed as she located the trash heap. She tossed one bag in casually. She tried to extend her time a little bit longer by staring up at the half-phased moon for a second to think. Before rolling her arm to throw the second.

"Ryu?!"

*Swish! Thud!*

"Uggh."

Ryu was so distracted with thoughts of Bell. That she freaked out and tossed the trash bag in his direction. The bag exploded on impact, sending Bell to his back. Her mouth hung open, her hand was frozen in midair, shocked by what she did to him. Ryu ran up to him in a panic and dropped to her knees to check on him. "Bell, are you okay?"

"Ooooff." I sat up feeling her hand helping me up. *Cough Cough* I felt winded from the impacted and disgusted being drenched with food waste. "Nice throw! *Cough Cough*

"Please forgive me. You… s-startled me."

"Its…. O-okay." I cringed feeling the wet liquid soaking into my clothes.

"No, it's not Bell." She slowly reached down for his hand to help him up. "C-come to the hostess. I will clean your clothes and you can use our shower."

"No, I couldn't."

"Do it!?" Ryu ordered. A light blush tinged her cheeks pink. "I insist."

"O….okay."

Ryu stared up at the moon to avoid his eyes. "What were you doing down this alley?"

"Sorry must have gotten turned around. Been feeling exhausted after using this skill."

Ryu's lips pursed together and her brow creased in confusion. "It drains your stamina that much!?"

"Woops goddess is gonna be mad at me."

"I won't tell anybody." Ryu shook her head.

"Oh…. Well, last time I passed out using it fully. Feel exhausted just using a quarter." I nodded my head to the side sarcastically. "Though it was a long day hunting monsters in the forest."

"Are you still training?"

"Yes."

"Maybe you plateaued with your body's development." Ryu scratched her chin as she led the way back to the hostess.

"Really."

"I think so." Ryu nodded. "It sounds like whatever this skill is, has a huge cost all at once. You have been pushing yourself at a crazy pace, but you're still new to the lifestyle. Your level up has made everything easier, so your normal routine won't cut it. The body can't handle a sudden shock to your stamina or mind."

"Guess that makes sense. What would you suggest?"

Ryu led the bell through the backyard. "Start with adding more repetitions, resistance, number of exercises or do an exercise until your close to muscle failure."

"Thank you, Ryu. Your training is advice is always the best."

"Wish it was under better circumstances." Ryu took a deep breath before entering the kitchen.

After an awkward discussion with Momma Mia and some teasing from the girls in the kitchen. Ryu nervously led Bell upstairs to their shower. She grabbed his clothes and walked down to the washroom in the basement while he cleaned up.

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Syr overheard the whole argument. She found an opening a few minutes later when Mia went back into the kitchen. She snuck upstairs quietly. She waited until she heard the water turn off before opening the door. Syr whispered mischievously. "Have to use… the bathroom!"

*Thud*

The door swung open. Startled, I grabbed a green towel off a rack without noticing the name on the towel and tried my best to hide my private with my hands holding the towel. "SYR!"

Syr's smiled eagerly. "Oh, sorry. Didn't know you were in here Bell?"

"Rrrrriiight. C-could you please close the door?" My cheeks warmed as I felt vulnerable in front of her.

Syr's eyes shifted to the mirror. She noticed his toned butt cheeks in the reflection. "Ara Ara."

"Eeeppp." I noticed where her eyes were looking and quickly wrapped my lower body fully with one hand covering my front.

"Naughty Bell. Are you staying the night again?" Syr winked rocking her hips to the side.

"Like Hell he is!" Mia's deep voice rang out behind Syr. Mia slapped her across the back of the head.

*Smack*

"Owie." Syr held her head.

"Get your perverted ass downstairs." Mia ordered clenching her knuckles. Syr ran away in fear. Mia stared at the embarrassed Bell. "Put your underwear on and go stand in Ryu's room."

"Ahhh."

"People have to use the bathroom. Just don't do anything perverted in there." Mia squinted her eyes with a smirk on her face.

"I-I w-won't."

Mia shook her head. "You need to eat more."

"Uhh." I stared down at my half-covered body bashfully. Mia closed the door to allow me to get changed.

"Hurry up already." A minute later Mia shouted through the door.

In a panic, I threw the towel in what I thought was a dirty towel hamper. I popped my head out to see Mia waiting against the wall pointing to a room and ran down the hall as she closed her eyes. "Thank you."

Mia fanned her fingers a little out of curiosity when he passed. "Could do a lot worse Ryu."

*Knock! Knock!*

"Bell?" Thirty minutes later, Ryu was knocking on her own room. She was blushing at the thought of naked Bell in her room.

"Y-yes Ryu."

"I-I have your clothes."

"Thank you."

"It's my fault. Momma Mia is making your food. She insists that you eat here."

"Uhhh, okay. B-b-be down in a few minutes."

Ryu placed the clothes on a nearby nightstand and exited to allow Bell to get dressed. The whole dinner service was awkward for Ryu. Anya and Luniore teased Bell about being naked in Ryu's room. Ryu had to stop Chloe from grabbing Bell's butt after she asked Syr what she saw earlier. Bell left early so he wouldn't worry Goddess Hestia.

Later that night after the girls finished cleaning. Syr was looking around the shop when she saw Luniore going upstairs. "Hey, where is Ryu?"

"Oh, she is in the shower. Said she needed to cool off. He-he-he." Luniore chuckled.

"He-he. I wonder why?" Syr smirked and followed Luniore upstairs.

*Knock. Knock.*

"Hey, Ryu are you almost done? I wanted to know if you were gonna train Bell again."

The door opened. Ryu was in a green nightgown. Drying her face and hair with a green towel. "I can ask him again, but Bell said he needed to make money."

"…..."

Ryu stared confused at Syr's wide smile. "Something wrong, Syr?"

"I…..I think Bell used that towel."

"Huh!" Ryu's heart stopped, her mind went empty, and her knees buckled.

*Thud!*

"Ryu…. Ryu. He-he-he." Syr chuckled seeing her friend unconscious on the floor.

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(Day 39)

"Fuuuu. I am just checking upon him."

Ryu commented to herself as she left the Hostess early in the morning. The sky was still dark with blue and red hues creeping up from the eastern horizon. Ryu could barely feel the gentle chill with her midsection heating up.

"Yes, that's all. He was exhausted last night. Want to make sure he is, okay?" Ryu scratched her chest above her heart as she walked towards the western wall.

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*Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn!*

"Whew! Still sleepy!" My mouth opened wide toward the west and my arms reached to the sky trying to shake away my tiredness.

"You got this Bell. Need to get stronger." A warm smile curled up on my face thinking about Eina. My desire to protect her was growing stronger than reaching for an unobtainable princess. I started stretching out my legs against the wall. "Forgot to ask her to join me."

"First lap won't take long, especially with that crazy status update. I really thought it would slow down." I brought my right hand up to my chin and thought of how weird goddess was acting last night when she handed over my status sheet.

(Flashback)

Goddess Hestia shakingly handed over a status sheet with a twitching smile.

My eyes flared to their limits as I stared dumbfounded at the status sheet. Somehow my ability scores went up by two grades. I could never really get used to the spare weapons that Welf would lend to me until he had time to craft new minotaur horn blades. As a result, my magic and dexterity soared to the top, since I was heavily relying on firebolt and my bow.

Bell Cranel Age: 16 Race: Human

Level Two

Strength: H101…..G240 Endurance: I51…..H189

Dexterity: I82…..F302 Agility: I98…..G275

Magic: I40…..G288 Luck: H Chain Attack: I

Magic ()

Firebolt

Skills ()

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Heroic Desire, Earendil

Anor's Flame

"Two grades!? Goddess H...?"

"Keep up the great work Bell. I got to get to Bed. Need to talk to Hephaestus before work tomorrow." Hestia pushed Bell out of the room and turned off her lights. Leaving the stunned Bell staring at her bedroom door.

(End flashback)

"She was acting weird last night. Maybe I am being paranoid. Really have to ask Eina what she thinks?"

I got down to my knees and extended my body into the pushup position. My normal two hundred pushups went by in a blur. I was barely feeling a burn and kept going like Ryu suggested.

For five minutes, I continued performing pushups at a blistering pace until the muscles in my shoulders started to lock up and burn. "Nine hundred and ninety-seven, Nine hundred and ninety-eight, Nine hundred and ninety….. nineeee." My arms were trembling trying to lift myself upwards. "O-o-one t-tho..."(3)

"One Thousand…. Strider!"

My body collapsed onto the stone wall having exerted too much in a short amount of time. I managed to raise my head in the direction of the sensual female voice calling out my alias.

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The first thing I saw was the bare feet. The further upwards I looked, smooth chiseled muscles and curvy bottom half up to her hips. Sleek and beautiful body with very little covering. My eyes widen seeing her stomach was exposed and her large breasts were barely contained by a single purple strip of cloth.

Amazon woman that looked like she was sculpted by a god was standing in front of me with a sultry smirk on her face. She was the same height as Riveria with a face nearly as beautiful. Long dark hair and hungry green eyes. If that wasn't enough, she was covered in quite a lot of golden accessories.

"Ummm, G-good morning."

"Oh, it will be Bell Cranel." The amazon's tongue glided against her upper lip.

Struggling I got to my feet. I felt her grab my arm and help me up. "T-thankyou. I am fine." I tried to pull away but was held in place by her hands.

"Not so fast." The amazon woman was smiling wide showing off her pearly white teeth.

"S-s-sorry do I know you?"

"My name is Aisha." Aisha pulled Bell against her bosom without a second thought and wrapped her arms around him keeping him close. "We're going to get to know each other very well."

"Please let me go!" My face was a deep red as I try to shake myself from her grip. She was like an unmovable boulder of softness. Her beauty and aroma were intoxicating.

"I have been a level three for years." She pressed her huge breasts deep into his toned chest. Her grip tightened around his back. "You're not getting away from me this time, Bell Cranel."

"This…. Time." I was shocked to my core knowing that yesterday's feeling wasn't paranoia.

"Still don't know how you got away yesterday?" Aisha squinted her eyes. "Don't matter. You're not slipping away from me today. I will claim my prize."

"What prize?" My eyes widened in fear.

Aisha leaned forward bringing her lips closer to Bell's. "You're my prize Bell Cranel." Aisha pursed her lips and closed her eyes, leaning forward to get a kiss.

*Woosh*

Without a second thought, I buckled my knees on purpose and dropped downwards to break her guard. "mmmmmmmmmmm."

*Thud! Squeeze!*

Aisha was pouting that he avoided her kiss, but was prepared for him. She rotated her elbows inwards and caught his shoulders in a vice-like grip. She used her hands to press his face deep into her ample cleavage. She squeezed his head tight against her breasts, feeling his breath and lips against her skin. "Ahhhhh. That feels nice." Aisha teased smiling down into his bright ruby red eyes.

*Swish*

"Ah, man. You caught him already." Another amazon appeared from the south. She was much slimmer and toned. She was very attractive and barely wore any clothes like Aisha. She had white wrap-around straps holding her curves in place. They went well with her light-grey hair.

"Yes. I was about to take him home." Aisha blushed feeling Bell redoubles his efforts to getaway.

"Looks like he was trying to get away. Maybe he would prefer my touch." Samira walked closer and grabbed Bell's hips with both hands. "Last night was so boring."

"Relax Samira. We can share him." Aisha smiled wide.

"Sounds fun. Can't believe you had your eyes on a level one all this time."

"What can I say? He's handsome and unique. Maybe he will be strong enough to beat us in a few more months."

"Have to force him to spill how he did it?"

"mmmmmLet mmmmme mmmgo!"

"Why? Stay and have fun with us." Samira smiled deviously over his shoulder. "Won't even charge you. You can have us all day long until you pass out from pleasure."

"At least his body is honest. He's totally raring to go." Aisha shook her head towards Samira.

"mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm."

Samira reached down below for Bell's groin but came into contact with his hand. She squeezed her chest against Bell's backside. "Come on record holder. Impress us."

"He has such an innocent face too. I could just eat him up." Aisha threatens while squeezing his face upwards.

"Huuuu…." I breathed out loud escaping the prison of softness. "Please let me go, I have a finance."

"Oh, wow studs got a woman." Samira pried each finger one by one out of the way of his manhood not even slowing down.

"He seems so green around women. I doubt they have done anything yet. Aren't I right?" Aisha giggled seeing his eyes shift to the side. "Let us show you how a real woman lusts."
"No thank you. She is the only woman for me."

"You don't understand." Samira pulled his head back by the hair and pried his hand off of his groin. "We are amazons. You're our prey. We will take what we want from a male that catches our eye." Samira held his hand outwards. "Maybe we should tease him here….."

"FIREBOLT!"

*Boom!*

I shot a blast of fire at the ground hoping to escape amidst the confusion. The ground was scorched and debris pelted the three of us. To my horror, I remained trapped between them. Their smiles only got wider.

"Cough." Aisha teased not budging an inch. "Oh no, I'm all dirty now. Guess we have no choice but to go home and strip down together."

"Aaaaa." My face started to go pale.

"Keeps impressing. Magic with no chant is amazing."

*Flop! Thud! Skitter!*

"Have to bind his hands to prevent him burning our place down?" Aisha and Samira pinned his arms and started dragging him to the south without a care in the world. Bell's feet were dragging against the ground unable to get a proper footing.

Aisha flashed a sideways glance. "I think I have some cuffs in my room. Only need it for the first round."

"Stop please!"

"Hush." Samira ordered. "You will be saying the complete opposite ten minutes from now."

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*Woosh! Bam!*

Like a powerful gust of wind, Ryu's body emanated a blue aura as she jumped off a nearby rooftop to the wall. Ryu immediately went for the grey-haired amazon and landed a kick into her side. Samira was completely blindsided and sent flying into a parapet. Aisha couldn't respond in time. The second she released Bell in order to fight back. Ryu's body whirled around Bell's and landed a kick into Aisha's backside. Sending her tumbling into Samira.

The amazons sent up an explosion of dust and rocks from where they landed. Ryu deactivated her aero mana skill immediately. Ryu's fists were clenched as she guarded Bell. "You will not touch him again!"

"What's the big idea?" Samira and Aisha were bruised but still jumped to their feet. "He is our prey!"

"He's already engaged to his promised partner!" Ryu shouted hiding her blushing face from Bell.(2)

"How do…?"

Aisha's shout interrupted Bell. "Fine! We will have our taste first, and then you two can hold hands."(2)

Samira smashed the palm of her hand in anger. "I think the two of us can take you."

Ryu's voice hit a deep ominous tone. "I would advise the two of you to withdraw. I have yet to get carried away!"

The amazons hesitated for a second. They gazed at one another before lowering themselves into a fighting position, overconfident in their abilities. The three women warriors were at a standstill waiting for the other side to make a move.

"HALT!"

A deep female voice rang out from behind the amazons. A powerful azure blue-haired adventurer in an orange battle dress was running towards the Amazons from the south. Ryu was frozen in place at the sight of Ganesha familia's captain, Shakti Varma. She was trailed by a red-haired amazon, co-captain Ilta. Both adventurers were level five.

Aisha clenched her fists in anger. "Leave us alone. This has nothing to do with you."

"You two will cease all acts of violence against Bell Cranel, immediately." Shakti warned crossing her arms in front of them.

"He's our prey, Guild trash." Samira scowled.

*Woosh*

In a flash, the redheaded amazon Ilta was behind Samira. "You will not talk back to big sister." *Chop* Samira was so intimidated by her speed that she was unable to respond to Ilta's karate chop to her neck. Samira's eyes rolled back into her and she fell to the ground unconscious.

"Thank you Ilta." Shakti smirked. "Aisha, if you or any Berbera operate outside the pleasure quarter again. We will have some serious issues. Understood!"

"Urrrgh. Fine!" Aisha sneered in disgust. She threw Samira over her shoulder and ran away to the south. Ilta tailed after her.

"Uuuhmmm." Shakti cleared her throat. "Bell, I think it's best you stop running on the wall for a while."

"uhhhhh."

"First it was gods, now amazons, plus a couple of damaged rooftops and walls." She looked away at the sunset and spoke in a sarcastic tone. "Also there weren't any out-of-control fireworks during the festival."

I lowered myself into a bow. "Please forgive me. I will repay the damages."

"Lady Demeter and Lord Horus paid for the damages. You were just trying to get away from them."

"Thank you."

"Even though non of those incidents were technically your fault and I have no idea what that light was the other night. I still don't think you should be up here for the next month. You clearly have a target on your back and I would suggest you keep a low profile."

"Yes, Miss Shakti." I let out a sigh. "H-how did you know about them?"

"Ishtar and the southern district are being monitored a little more heavily. Guards noticed that they were following you to Babel yesterday. Also, those two amazons were noticed looking around on the wall the other day and I was informed of their movement."

"Thank you." I bowed again.

Shakti smiled. "Run along about your day. Just need to take a quick statement from this one."

"I-I will. Thank you, Ryu. Love you."

Shakti smirked seeing Ryu's glowing red face. "He seems nice."

"H-he is." Ryu started to tremble in fear again.

Shakti always knew of Ryu's circumstances, but couldn't do a thing to save her ally from the guild. "Watch your magic, Ryu."

Ryu nervously shook her head. Shakti leaned over Ryu's shoulder. "I hope your boyfriend brings you happiness."

"uhh." Ryu's chest and face felt like they were going to burst. Shakti chuckled before walking away to the south.

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About eight hours later, our battle group was organized in a four-man cell on floor twelve. I was upfront in the vanguard past the tenth, Eina and Lily were in the center, and Welf in the rear. Eina's mage abilities came in use with her being in the middle. She could reinforce the vanguard or the rear. Both of them covered Lily.

*Swish! Swish! Swish!*

Two white-tipped arrows and a crossbow bolt flew through the sky and impaled three imps along the ceiling. They fell to the ground instantly dead. "M…..Bell, you couldn't let Lily handle them!"

"Sorry, Lily. Get the one targeting Welf."

Lily's keen eyesight immediately picked up imp scurrying through the mist behind Welf who was facing down two orcs. She raised her crossbow and shot it between the eyes.

*Thud! Swish!*

The orcs slammed their nature weapons on the ground in front of Welf. He back peddled to avoid the slams. The imp jumped from the fog and was immediately shot in the head by a bolt. "Nice shot Lil' Bit."

"Don't make Lily shoot you!"

Welf ignored Lily's shouts. He sprinted toward the orcs and dived between them. Their clubs hit each other. Welf got back up and swung his greatsword to gut the one upwards along its torso before jumping and landing a two-hand cleave down the other head. "Whew. He-he-he."

"Midgard's twilight!"

Eina unleashed her earth magic at a group of freshly spawning orcs and imps. She heard rumbling coming from the landform trees as she wipe her brow. "Bell, hard armorers rolling in from the landforms."

"Got'em."

*Rumbling*

Learning from my screw-up the other day, I knew arrows wouldn't pierce their steel-like shell. Quickly I slung my bow back into the case on my back and waited until they got closer before fanning both of my hands outward. "Firebolt, Firebolt, Firebolt, Firebolt."

The tree line roared with explosions as Firebolts found their targets. Their shells cracked and their bodies burst into ash from the electrical fire. Others were sent flying from a nearby blast and fell to the ground exposing their soft Bellies. *Swish*

Lily released a few bolts and finished them off. Lily turns her body with a smug grin. "Hmpf."

"He-he-he." Eina walked up and kissed Bell on the cheek. "Should we start going back up?

"Sounds good…" I felt something angry staring at us from the direction of floor thirteen. The hairs on my arms rose up out of fear of being jumped again.

"Bell are you okay?"

"Uhhhhh…

"Raarrroooooooooowww." Another wave of monsters roared out from the charred and splintered tree line. A group of seven silverback gorillas each standing eight feet tall pounding their white-furred muscular chests, ready to charge.

*Shing*

"Incoming." I pulled out a longsword at my belt that Welf loaned me and held it aloft with two hands. The four-foot-long weapon made me feel unbalanced whenever I used it, but I was feeling extra nervous about whatever was staring at us in the other direction.

"Rawr!" The silverbacks charged forward rapidly on all fours.

"Firebolt." A blast exploded at the center to disorient them. The four of us charged to meet them.

The silverback in the front jumped off the ground twenty feet in the air and brought its fists down hoping to crush the adventurers. "Rrrrrrrrrr….aaaaa."

*Bam*

The silverback's body went limp as a sword was impaled into its stomach. *Crunch* I twisted my blade and kicked off its body in midair down onto an unsuspecting silverback and cleaved it in half. Lily shot an imp that followed be down from the sky.

*Clang!*

Barely raised my sword up in time to block the claws of a third silverback. It continued its frantic assault to get revenge. I noticed Eina was facing two with a third running to flank her.

*Woosh!*

Crouching low I to avoid its left strike, I dived forward into a roll towards the silverback flanking Eina. The silverback stopped its charges toward Eina when it noticed me. Before it could respond, I planted my feet and rotated my body, backstabbing the sword into its gut. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

*Slice*

The silverback was spewing blood but tried to attack. I tensed my muscles and slammed the blade upward, cutting it vertically down the middle until its crystal shattered.

"Mr. Bell, Lily is gonna have a problem if shatter another one."

"Sorry, Lily." A nervous cringe appear on my face as I held my blade out to the last silverback. The ape was a little standoffish after seeing three of its comrades get sliced down. It was on all fours like a dog looking for an opening.

Eina was able to plunge her sword into the heart of one of the two she was facing, after cleaving its arm off. She dodged under the claws of a second. The silverback instantly blocked a few crossbow bolts sent towards its head. The bolts impaled into its muscley arm. Eina made use of the distraction and brought her shortsword underneath its guard and impaled it through the neck. Welf struggled to find an opening but was able to bait the silverback to attack. He cleaved his greatsword down through its collar bone and threw a throwing knife at a spawning imp.

"Rrrrrrrr." The silverback was frustrated but noticed the white-haired adventurer kept staring over his right side. A second imp emerged from the same hole as Welf killed and crawled along the ground toward the silverback.

"eeeeeeeeee." The imp jumped out under the mist towards Bell's backside.

*Slash*

A cold sweat broke out along my back, sensing the presence get closer on the right side. The sudden emergence of the imp on my left made me panic. I was barely able to dodge its claws, but its ax tail cut a deep gash across my left cheek. "Uuuurrgggh.."

*Clasp*

"waa.. ." The imp's tail was grabbed. It frantically tried to get away.

*Slam! Slice!*

Without thinking I turned my back to the silverback and slammed the imp into the ground and jabbed its throat with the longsword. The silverback capitalized on the distraction and closed the distance. It landed a powerful punch into my chest. The armor dented and the gambeson absorb the impact, but the force sent me to the ground.

*Bam*

I was able to roll to the right just as it created a small crater into the ground with its fist. I jumped back to my feet and landed a sloppy backward one-handed strike into its bulky shoulder. The silverback was roaring in pain but pushed forward into the blade, pinning my right arm.

"Ahhh." The claws were scraping across my chest piece and digging into the gambeson around my neck. The orc hide was strong enough to resist being punctured, but the impact of its claws trying to carve into my neck was extremely painful.

It was getting harder and harder to breathe and its claws were getting closer to digging into the skin. Out of desperation, I aimed my left hand over my shoulder and ignited my magic at point-blank range. "Firebolt!"

"Bell!" Eina screamed as smoke from the explosion enveloped Bell in the silverback's grip.

The silverback roared in pain holding a useless charred left arm. Eina charged forward enraged with tears in her eyes. "No, you won't!"

*Woosh! Chop! Thud!*

Eina stopped short in shock as the longsword was ripped out of the silverback's shoulder. The smoke cleared the second the silverback's head was decapitated and fell to the ground with Bell panting heavily against his sword. Somehow, he survived completely uninjured from the blast.

"Bell!" Eina tackled him to the ground. The impact of our bodies parted the mist temporarily. She frantically checked him over for injuries. She pulled out a double potion and forced him to drink it.

*Gulp.*

"Ahhhhh….." I breathed out a sigh of relief feeling the potion effects heal over the scratch and recharge my mind and stamina slowly.

"Why did you do that?" Eina had tears in her eyes as she leaned over him.

"S-s-sorry… my love."

*Muah* Eina sank down immediately and started kissing him over and over all over his face. Her eyes were as wet as her lips. "Don't… scare… me… again! *Muah* She kissed him deeply one last time before getting up."

"Should we leave you two alone?" Welf pointed in the direction of floor eleven.

"He's fine Eina." Lily rolled her eyes.

Eina sat up and wiped her eyes. She rolled off to the side and picked up his longsword.

Welf leaned over with one hand to pick him up. "You good Bell."

"Ahh, sorry guys." I scratched the back of my neck embarrassed. "I got distracted by…." I felt the stare coming from a rock cluster near the thirteenth-floor entrance.

"What's wrong Bud?" Welf's eyes narrowed.

Without another thought, I pulled my bow from my back, strung an arrow, and aimed above the rock cluster.

*Swish!*

"OOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!"

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"HUH!" The four of us stared on in shock at the painful cry.

"Zeus dam it! That hurt!" A familiar man's voice rang out

Eina's fists clenched. She could recognize that voice anywhere. She stepped forward to the rock cluster. "GET OUT HERE! NOW!"

*Woosh! Thud!

Everybody except Eina was shocked by the powerful-looking man in front of them. Eina's tall muscular brown-haired father was standing there with an arrow in his hand. Ethan was shaken his hand in pain. "What the hell kind of shot was that!"

"A good one!" Eina shouted with her hands on her hips.

"So mean…" Ethan looked distressed with his face going pale. *Snap* Ethan snapped the arrowhead with two fingers and pulled out the arrow, grimacing in pain. He covered the puncture in his hand with his other hand. "Mind healing me, Eina."

Lily and Welf exchanged confused glances watching the drama unfold. They could see Bell frozen in fear.

"Why should I heal you?! Explain why you are stalking us, father?!"

"I just came up from the lower floors. What are you doing in the dungeon and kissing him!?" Ethan pointed his hands at Bell.

Eina turned away from her father and walked back to Bell. She grabbed Bell's empty right hand and clasped it between both of hers. "I chose to be an adventurer on my own five years ago. I choose to support my Fiancé now!"

"WHAT!?" Ethan shouted.

"You heard me, father! Three weeks from now under the next moon. I will be Mrs. Cranel." Her grip tightened around Bell's sweaty palms. She stood up on her tippy toes and kissed Bell on the cheek.

I raised the bow in my left hand to wave nervously. "H-h-hello f-father."

"No!" Ethan shook his head. "He will get you killed. He almost died right there."

"You distracted him!" Eina replied.

"Excuses!"

"What's your excuse for the hole in your hand?" Eina stared at Ethan's wounded hand with her chin raised. "He knew something was there that wanted to hurt him."

"Lily does see Bell notice all sorts of hidden monsters?"

"S-sorry for shooting you, Mr. Tulle." I looked toward the ground to avoid his gaze.

"Do you want me to heal you or not Papa? You will accept him. Momma can't wait for us to get married."

Ethan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Fine!"

Eina rolled her eyes and released Bell's hand. She walked up to her father and hovered her hand above his. Ethan's brow raised seeing the green magic circle ignite under their feet. "Respond to the contract, light of the forest. Follow my order and heal the wounds of those that seek your Mercy – Dio Luna."

The light lingered as Eina forced a lot of mind to slowly regenerate the muscle, bone, and skin. Ethan checked his hand over. "Just like new. You okay Eina."

"I-I will be fine. My skill is activating." Eina felt the huge drain, but her anger kept her upright. *Thud!* Eina punched her father in the chest. Ethan winced slightly from the surprise attack. "That's for staying away from mom so long."

"I am sorry." Ethan pleaded. "Where's your mom?"

"She is at the manor helping Loki." Ethan pointed her finger at her father. "Momma is very angry with you. She is going to leave soon for the village."

Ethan shook his head. "I will go talk to her."
"Good." Eina walked back to Bell's side, grabbing his hand again. "Why were you in the dungeon so long?"

"I was trying to get level five." Ethan rubbed his temple.

"Any luck!" Welf tried to lighten the atmosphere.

"No all the floor bosses were cleared out by Loki familia." Ethan shook his head.

"They did just go on an expedition." Eina walked back to Bell's side and rested her head on his shoulder to spite her father.

"That slipped my mind in the heat of the moment." Ethan pouted. "Doubt I will get level five even with the number of monsters I killed in the water capital."

"I thought you were r-retired."

"I am Bell. I was just venting. Things more important than the dungeon." Ethan stared directly into his ruby eyes. He noticed Bell squeeze Eina's hand. Her face was getting redder. Ethan rolled his eyes and bent down to pick up two rocks.

*Wooosh*

Ethan threw them out at a pair of orcs. They both fell over dead with holes in their head. "Not really a place to stand around and talk. I need to apologize to Aina."

"We were about to head up too."

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Over the next hour, Ethan and Welf led the way up with Lily in the middle. The trip was rather awkward and quiet as Ethan easily batted aside the upper floor monsters.

Ethan disintegrated a kobold with his sword and leaned over towards Welf. "He's pretty bad with that longsword. How did he get to level two in six weeks?"

"Ahhh. No idea." Welf shrugged his shoulders before killing a goblin. "I loaned the longsword to him until I am able to make his shortswords."

"Two?" Ethan held up two fingers.

"He usually uses two knives, father." Eina answered with an agitated tone.

"Why the change?" Ethan looked back at Bell.

"I need more reach for bigger monsters and my knives kind of…"

"Shattered." Welf chuckled. "Hit to my pride."

"Lily thinks you should just make him the swords already. It's only one day without you."

"You will miss me Lil' Bit." Welf ignored Lily's anger and look up at Bell. "I am also trying to figure out if two shortswords are the way to go. Together they will be heavier than the longsword. You also need a free hand to grab your bow or use your magic."

"Hmm, never really thought about it. I just do whatever comes to my mind." I shrugged my shoulders. "Don't feel like I am able to move around as fast with such a big weapon or respond quickly enough with a single blade."

Ethan lopped the heads off of three goblins. "Have you ever made a split blade?"

"Never heard of it." Welf shook his head.

"Basically, a split blade is a twin-blade sword that separates at the hilt by pushing in opposite directions. You can wield it like a proper sword or split it apart. My old mentor Dimachaerus use to wield one." A grin curled up on Ethan's face, as the nostalgic memory flashed through his mind.

"Why does Lily know that name?"

"Doubt you would Lily." Ethan replied. "One eye did him in fifteen years ago with the rest of my familia. That dwarf knew how to drink. He single-handily rescued Soma familia from poverty with his thirst alone."

Lily's eyes widen. "The level seven samite was your mentor!"

"Yep, but as Bell said I am retired. My old familia is no more. Njord familia doesn't go into the dungeon."

"Think I remember Tsubaki talking about a dwarven gladiator a few times." Welf scratched his chin.

"Boring Monsterphilia festival replaced the gladiator games." Ethan shook his head. "Samnite wielded that weapon with a shield. He would put the shield on his back a lot and split the swords, like a rolling ball of death. He annoyed the hell out of supreme with his fighting style."

"Sounds like an interesting fellow." Welf chuckled. "Have to ask Lady Hephaestus for pointers on how to make that kind of a weapon? Does that interest you, Bell?"

"Sounds amazing to me."

"Alright." Welf smiled. "Now if I could only level up and get that forge ability. I would feel better about you not breaking them."

"Sure, you will soon Welf."

"Hope so!" Welf sighed. "Seven years and my ability scores are still only in the C range."

"Try nine years." Lily mumbled sarcastically.

"Seven…. Nine… years!?"

Ethan stopped. "You're the only one to level up under a year Bell. Eina has been level one for five years and I have been stuck for fifteen. How did you do that anyway?"

"Uhh…. I-I don't know."

"You don't know." Ethan stared in disbelief.

"I-I just keep coming down here."

"Find that hard to believe." Ethan's brow furrowed.

"Lily does see Bell master a floor in a few days. No idea how he does it. Lily would be dead without him."

"That's not normal at all." Ethan's confusion only grew as his focus shifted to Welf who just shrugged. Then to Eina who was staring at the ground. His eyes soften as he shook his head. "Whatever? I need to go see my wife." With that Ethan diffused the situation. He continued walking upwards, occasionally peeking over his shoulder. He noticed Bell was genially confused and his daughter seemed stressed.

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Another hour later we were in line at the guildhall cashing our stones. Eina's father left for the twilight manor with a huge bag of valis. Welf took my chest piece to buff out the dents and Lily left as soon as we split the money.

"Yo lovebirds." Rose came back to the counter, carrying a couple of books against her chest. "I want these back as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Rose. Just need a day or two with them." Eina picked up the books.

"Please be safe. Do not rush!" Rose pointed her finger towards Bell.

"I… we won't Rose."

"Bull!" Rose said sarcastically. "Already paranoid by your progress. You know normal people would be on floor five after two months. Not asking to go to the middle floors."

"…."

Rose waved her hand in front of Bell's pale face. "You getting sick?"

"N-no. Sorry."

"I wish you two would reconsider going any deeper. I prefer seeing white-haired quarter elves in a few years." Rose smirked seeing life flush back into his face. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Sofia cringe in disgust. "So can I be a bridesmaid?"

"Uhhhh."

"What!?" Rose pouted. "I'm not good enough for you."

"Not at all. We just don't need one." Eina blushed. "We are waiting for the next moon to make a pact to the forest."

Rose's confusion was instantly answered as Sofia pounded her desk behind the counter in anger. "How dare you sully the pack with your impure union!?"

Eina's eyes glazed over as she looked toward the ground. "We love each other."

"Then get married like a human." Sophie turned her body sideways with her arms folded. "Hmpf."

Rose's amber eyes started twitching, her fangs were barred as she growled loudly in Sophie's direction. "urrrrggghhh! Who said the moon or the forest belongs to elves!?" Sophie recoiled in fear.

"eeee." Eina felt Bell's arm curl around her waist. She looked up at his emotionless face.

"Miss Sophie, we will wed how we chose! The forest accepts all that does it no harm and even moonlight can't drown out the brightest stars." I was staring directly into Sophie's shocked eyes as I moved Eina tighter against my side. "The moon will yield to my wife's beauty and the forest will accept us; even if you won't."

I ignored Sophie and Rose's stares and kissed Eina on the forehead. "Let's go home, Eina." Eina shook her head unable to respond with words.

Rose and Sophie watched the couple walk away. Rose's smile curled up seeing Sophie's pouting face. "Huuu. Ignorance is a choice, Sophie." Rose walked back over to the exchange window.

Eina was red-faced following beside Bell as they head northwest. Bell turned toward the north to Eina's surprise. "I thought we were going to see your goddess."

"We need to talk, privately! We can tell goddess tomorrow morning."

"O-o-okay." Eina followed nervously as they headed to her apartment.

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The sun was setting over the city. Aina was watering the flowers on the roof garden above the manor. She was bent over breathing in the scent of the flowers each time. She sensed something familiar behind her and stepped to the side.

*Thud*

"Owww." Loki landed in the freshly watered plants.

Aina's eyes flared wide in anger. "I lived with you for eight years Loki. I know what perverted games you try to play!"

"Just having fun." Loki smirked before getting up and wiping the dirt off her clothes. "I thought you might want company tonight."

"Even if I wasn't a married woman. I wouldn't be interested in a pervert like you, Loki." Aina's brow furrowed.

Loki puffed out her cheeks annoyed. "So mean… You keep taunting me with that round booty. Where is your husband?"

"I am not taunting anybody. You are just ridiculous. My husband will be back soon. He's in the dungeon."

"Right! You know I have people to take care of the flowers."

"I do, but the scent of the flowers makes it easier for me to breathe. Don't worry I am leaving tomorrow with or without Ethan."

*Knock! Knock!*

The two women looked toward the glass-paned entrance door. It swung outwards, Ethan stepped out onto the rooftop with a large bag of coin slung over his left shoulder and a bouquet of roses in his right.

"Aina. Loki." Ethan's eyes were strained as he focused on Aina who was trying her best to control her emotions.

"Well let's hear it." Loki rolled her eyes.

Aina shifted her gaze to Loki. "Do you mind!?"

"Whatever?" Loki shrugged and walked inside.

Aina's eyes fell to the roses. "Are those for me?"

"Yes."

Aina walked up and reached out for the flowers. She hid her smile behind them as she sniffed the roses. The scent soothed her mind, but the happiness subsided as she removed the flowers. "Do you really think flowers are gonna make up for your behavior?"

"No." *Thunk! Ching!* Ethan dropped the bag of coins to the ground. The loud sound made Aina's eyebrows twitch. Ethan reached out for her free hand and brought it against his chest, above his heart. "I am sorry Aina. I have been stressed and haven't been feeling myself lately. Please forgive me and soothe my soul with your heart."

"Suppose I could do that." Aina smiled warmly at him. "Are you going to continue to get in your daughter's way?"

"Huuuuu."
"Ethan!?" Aina's tone deepened.

"Is it wrong to care about our daughter?"

"Not at all." Aina leaned her head against his chest and stared upwards into his eyes. "Eina is a grown woman. She is in love. Bell has proposed to Eina and he wants to join our family. He desires with all his heart to be part of one."

Ethan's brow flared wide in surprise. "I will try to come to terms with it and give him a chance. I just hope Loki's wrong."

"Well, if she isn't you can use that pouch over there to buy them a house." Aina smirk. She started fidgeting against his bulging chest. "How…. Much did you earn?"

"Could only carry three million valis." Ethan's arms wrapped around her. His eyes shifted to the sunset as a blush appeared on his face.

*muah* Aina stood on her tippy toes and kissed his cheek. "Guess I could forgive daddy for leaving us alone."

"Eina was doing fine in the dungeon. She was happy when Bell shot me in the hand." Ethan held up his throbbing hand. "I don't even think she missed me at all."

*muah* Aina kissed his hand. "Poor papa bear. His mind is as thick as his heart."

"Huh."

"Eina did miss you. *Muah* I miss you. *Muah* Bell seeks your approval." Aina kept kissing his hand. "And." Aina moved his hand to her stomach.

"Your…" Ethan was in shock.

"Yes!"

"I thought the air was…."

"No! Well not entirely!" Aina shook her head. "I went to see Airmid. I found out that I am about two months pregnant."

Ethan's mouth was agape. He was elated beyond anything. After fifteen years of trying to get Aina pregnant again. They had finally succeeded. Aina always assured him that getting elves pregnant was extremely difficult, but he always felt it was his fault.

"oooo." Aina yelped out in surprise. Ethan's hands gripped her by the waist and held her up in the air, by the blubbering man she married.

"I am gonna be a father!" Ethan started swinging Aina around in the air with tears of joy rolling down his face.

Aina's face was red all over in embarrassment hoping nobody was staring out at them. "L-let me down. This…. This is embarrassing."

Ethan stopped and pulled Aina downward. As soon as her feet hit the ground, Ethan leaned over and embraced her close in a passionate kiss that turned Aina's ears red. Aina's hands found his cheeks and she matched his ferocity. They continued devouring each other's lips until the sun went down.

*Smack*

Loki face palmed from her open window in the highest tower. "Please be wrong this time."

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*Shake! Shake! Rattle! Swish!*

Eina's hands shook as she carried a tray of tea into her living room. Both of them had stripped off their armor Bell was sitting on the blue couch and brown couch. "All done!" The tray rattled along with her nerves as she lowered it to the table. Eina felt his hands reach up to steady hers and guide her down.

*Pat-Pat!*

I shifted to the middle of the couch and patted the cushion beside me. My eyes strained to see the reaction on her face. "Please sit with me!"

"O-okay." She nervously sat down. Bell handed her a teacup.

*Slurp*

Eina drank the warm liquid to calm her nerves. Bell did the same. After placing the teacup back down Eina felt his arm wrap around her waist. She tried to lighten the mood. "Sorry if I stink."

"We did both just get out of the dungeon. I didn't really give either of us a chance to clean up. Still not gonna make me not want to hold on to you, Eina." I pulled her body inwards until her head was resting on my shoulder.

"Thank you but I still wish I got a shower first." Eina blushed.

"I just wanted to talk to you before going back home. Eina, I have to confess something to you."

"Huh." Her eyebrows rose in surprise.

"T-this morning I was attacked on the wall."

"Was it more gods?" Eina's shaking hands grabbed hold of his hand. She turned her body sideways until they were facing each other.

"N-n-no." I shook my head vigorously. My eyes shifted downward at Eina's thighs. "Two women. I think were amazons."

"What did they do to you?" She tightened her grip around his hand hearing his somber tone.

"They were waiting to capture me and take me to the pleasure quarter. I was trying to resist but they were too strong."

Eina's eye started to water. She heard unconfirmed stories of what the Berbera were capable of doing. "It's okay. I don't blame you."

"Without Ryu or Miss Shakti, I am not sure what would have happened." My head raised. I could see her mind spinning.

*SQUEEZE*

"OOF!"

Eina's arms wrapped around Bell's head. She held his face against her chest and rocked back and forth not letting him go. "You dummy! You could have led with that. You scared me again!"

"mmmm sorry." My apology was muffled by her breasts.

"huuuuu." Eina could feel his lips moving against her skin. She quickly released his tomato red face. "Nothing to apologize for. You didn't go with them voluntarily and you got away."

"Felt like I had to tell you. Felt guilty getting flustered feeling their bodies against me. I only want you." My cheeks were puffed out in embarrassment.

"Their whole twisted business is around seducing men. You did nothing wrong and I am glad that Ryu was there." *muuaaaaah* Eina placed a deep kiss on his lips before resting her forehead against his. "I will have to find some way to thank Ryu in the future. She keeps saving my hero. He-he-he."

"Ryu is amazing. Probably be long dead without her."

"Don't say that." Eina pouted.

"Kind of true though." I nodded my head sarcastically to the side. "That or I would malnourish and unable to fight past floor seven."

"You'd probably be getting fat on Jaga-maru." Eina chuckled.

My face cringed as an image of myself with a gut and Jaga-maru wrappers around the sofa appeared in my head. "How does Ais do it? I always see her eating a lot of those."

"Training. Constantly."

"Miss Shakti banned me from the wall for a month for my own safety."

"Sure, you would burn it off in the dungeon Bell. We could always go earlier." Eina suggested.

"Hmmm, maybe. I would like to help Welf level up and Lily always needs money for some reason. Still don't understand how it takes them multiple years to level up?" My smile disappeared as I saw the horrified look on Eina's face.

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"What's wrong, Eina?"

"I-I-I have s-something to confess to y-you." Eina stuttered.

"I forgot! Is it about the secret Riveria said I might hate you both over?"

"Yes!" Eina shook her head, her eyes were strained trying to prevent herself from crying.

"Sure, it's not that bad." I raised my right hand to push her bangs out of the way.

"It is Bell!" Eina's eyes glazed over. "It's about your growth."

"Goddess keeps telling me it's normal."

"It's not Bell. At all!" Eina shook her head with hands together over her heart. "Y-you have a skill!" Eina closed her eyes and grimaced waiting for the shouting.

"I have two."

"Huh." Eina's eyes shot open in surprise at his relaxed tone.

"You have seen both of them in the last couple of days." My shoulders shrugged.

"What do you mean?" Eina stared confused. "I saw the white light."

"Still trying to figure out how to use that one. I also have another skill that makes my fire magic stronger and gives me resistance depending on the time of day."

Eina's eyes blinked slowly for a second then expanded wide. "T-that's how you survived."

"Might not have been the first time I shot myself." I scratched the back of my head with a smile on my face.

"You scared me!" Eina buried her teary face into his shoulder.

"Sorry. Goddess didn't want me to say anything. Still doesn't explain my growth."

"When did you get those skills?" Eina peaked upwards.

"At level two!?"

"Y-y-you had one at level one." Eina watched Bell recoil in shock.

"No." I shook my head. "The slot was always blank."

"Bell there is no slot until it appears." Eina's eyes strained.

"No! That can't be!" I shook my head and broke apart from her. "How would you know Eina?"

"Because I've seen it on your back!" Eina pleaded. "I can point to it. It would be the top one."

"You can't!" My shoulders sunk. "Goddess, locked my falna this morning."

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For a minute there was silence between us, as ruby and emerald eyes stared deeply into each other's eyes. My left hand rested over my erratic beating heart. "W-w-when?"

"A month ago! When you were asking to go to floor seven." Eina could see Bell start to hyperventilate. She reached for his right hand but he pulled away.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I could see the tear rolling from her eye.

"I was scared. I didn't understand why Goddess Hestia didn't tell you. I can only guess out of fear because of how fast you grow. Rose wasn't lying. You should be on floor five with G maybe F basic ability scores at most. Not a fresh level two."

"Huu. Huu. So, it's not paranoia." I tried to calm myself with deep breaths. "I had a status update last night with an F ability."

"uhhhhh." Eina's mouth was agape in shock. "F!"

I nodded my head up and down. "I thought it was weird that I jumped over nine hundred points." I could see the shock deepen on her face. Her jaw threatened to drop to the floor and her face was going pale. "What did it say?"

"I didn't completely lie. I can only read the numbers. I couldn't read the skill. Also, your luck development ability is both unique and impossible."

"How?"

"Luck has never been recorded before and adventurers only get development abilities at level two and above. They aren't even guaranteed." She reached out for Bell's hand and felt his rapid pulse.

"So, everything was just from a skill. I didn't deserve any of this." My back fell against the couch as I stared off randomly. Eina's touch was calming slightly.

Eina's grip tightened. "I would be terrified if others had a skill like that. They would either abuse it for personal gain, start wars or be in for a quick death."

"Why me?"

"I don't know, but I am glad for it. You have proven that you are deserving of it."

"I am a little mad, but I don't see why I would hate either of you."
"There is more…" Eina's voice squealed.

"More!" My tone was quiet but my frustration was obvious.

"E…." Eina cleared her throat. "Every time we are around you. Our stats get boosted as well."

My body felt too weak to move. Tears welled up in the corners of my eyes as I just sat there nearly lifeless. "This whole time, you were using me."

Eina couldn't take the heartbreaking look on his face. She tackled him down onto the couch and buried her wet face into his chest. *Sob* "Please forgive me! Riveria told me not to look at your back. We saw weird jumps in our basic abilities after monsterphilia but didn't confirm it until after our first dungeon trip. I tried to keep things professional, but I couldn't I love you. Sorry. I am sorry. Hu-hu-hu."

Enveloped in Eina's warm soft body and the comfortable couch below, my heart started to calm down looking at the ceiling. My hands wrapped around her shoulders and held her close. "W-who?"

"Me, Riveria, Alicia, and maybe Ais. We are used to maybe ten or twenty points a trip. All of a sudden, we started to notice giant boosts, but nowhere near yours. I didn't know how to bring it up and I have been so ashamed of myself." *Sob*

"Shhhhhh….shhhhh, calm down." My right hand rubbed along her back. "It's not your fault and you're telling me now."

"I should have told you earlier." *HIC*

I rolled her curvy body up to my head and engaged her lips. A long deep tender kiss to calm her down. I could feel her tears making my cheeks wet. Eina was frozen in shock being blindsided by the loving assault. *Muah* I broke away and smiled staring up at her red face. "I understand."

I held her tight between my arms. "I didn't let you tell me the other night. I didn't realize how much it was stressing you out and I selfishly wanted to ignore it. That was my mistake, but my feelings for you are not. I could never hate either of you."

"But we used you." *Sniff! Sniff!* Eina wiped her face.

"Not really." My head shook vigorously. "I never expected to run into Riveria or anybody from Loki familia again and you were so worried for my safety that you went down into the dungeon to check on me. Until recently, we really haven't spent a lot of time with each other, but that's going to change immediately."

"You're not mad." Eina pursed her lips.

"I am upset, a lot. But not at you." I took a deep breath. "Huuuuuu-huhhhhhh, I am angry at goddess."

"How is that different?" Eina looked confused.

"I see goddess every day and every time she lies directly to my face. She even comes up with reasons for my growth."

"Isn't that out of fear?"

"Maybe, but why doesn't she tell me? Goddess doesn't trust me. She randomly gets angry and has stabbed me once." Eina's eyes expanded. "She avoids recruiting and forces me on dates. If I try to make friends, especially with girls, she gets incredibly angry. I am tired of dealing with her insults and threats toward you all. She cost you your job. If I even try to get close to you, she's there to intervene."

"Bell, I didn't mean to..." Eina agonized seeing the gears spinning in his head.

"It's alright. I feel like I can breathe now." My mind felt clear as if a burden was lifted. "Eina?"

"Yes."

"C-c-can I move in with you?"

Eina was mesmerized, unable to control her smile. She was ecstatic beyond belief about his request. She shook her head up and down furiously. "Yes, thousand times yes." She wrapped her arms around him and started vigorously kissing his lips. The passionate battle continued until the magic street lights came on several minutes later.

"Hu-hu-hu-hu." The both of us were breathing heavily. "Eina, let's get a shower."

"I can clean your clothes since you don't have anything else to wear"
"Uh, ah, Ummm, w-would you like to j-join me instead." My red cheeks were puffed out in embarrassment.

"Guess you are like your grandpa." Eina was smiling ear to ear seeing Bell's eyes nearly pop out in embarrassment. She slid off of Bell and stood up and reached out her hand. "F-follow me."

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*Squeak! Pitter-Patter! Woosh!*

Eina's body was wrapped in a towel. She pulled back the curtain to the tub and turned on the nozzle to allow the water time to warm up. Bell was standing behind her with a big nervous smile on his face. Only a towel covering his manhood. Eina leaned back out of the shower, with an equally nervous smile.

"This old tub takes a minute to warm up."

"I thought only the guild and manor had running water. This looks amazing to me."

"What do you use?" Eina smirked.

"A bucket of water, rag, soap, and a hole in the ground."

"I guess you do live in a basement." Eina grabbed her towel.

"Not anymore."

Eina smiled wide. She took a deep breath and removed her towel. "You ready Bell." She blushed seeing the dumbfounded look on his face.

My mouth hung open seeing the full beauty of Eina's body up close. Innocent emerald eyes stared out nervously between her short brown hair. Her skin was white almost like porcelain. She barely had any muscle on her body. All her fat was located in her shapely peach bottom butt cheeks and massive F cup breasts. Her breasts were surprisingly perky, always being held in place by tight clothing. Her areoles were the size of a valis coin and a deeper shade with bright pink nipples. Her waist and abdomen were flat with round hips that went down to her buttocks. I have never seen what was between a woman's legs before. It looked like a slit or puffy pair of skin-colored lips with a thin strip of pubic hair

"Wow."

"Thank you." Eina blushed deeper. "You're definitely working hard." Eina's voice went up a pitch, staring at his growing muscles and developing abs. The bulge in the towel was making her feel a little dizzy. "C-can I see?"

*Flop! Boing!*

Eina's eyes stretched to their limits. A very large meaty rod with a long vein down the middle and a huge mushroom cap fell as soon as Bell removed the towel. Her eyes were fixated on the large object. Still being pure, her elven half easy felt overwhelmed by such a lewd act. She started to lose her balance. "Uhhhh."

*Woosh*

"You okay." I managed to catch her before she fell. Her shoulder impacted my chest. My right hand found her breast

"Y-y-yes." Eina forced her eyes open. She was shaking feeling her breast being squeezed. "A-a-are they always that b-big?"

"I don't know. I only ever seen mine."

"Wow." *muah* Eina snapped out of her daze when Bell placed a quick kiss on her lips. "S-shower."

The two of us entered the shower. The warm water rained down on our bodies. She squirted shampoo in both of our hair and we scrubbed them and rinsed them normally. She grabbed a bar of soap and a rag with a devious smile. Instead of washing herself, she rubbed along Bell's skin, down his arms, his muscley chest, and abdomen. She bent down low to get his legs.

She was at eye level with his penis. Her eyes went wide in shock as it shaded red and stood erect. 'It gets bigger!' She stared up at Bell who was barely holding it together. Eina stood up with a smirk on her face before lathering the rag with soap and gripping the shaft of his penis. She saw his head bopped back and forth as she delicately massaged it with the soapy rag.

*Plop* The rag fell to the ground. Her bare hand was touching his hard penis. She continued out of curiosity and started picking up the pace watching the foreskin rush against the bulb.

"E-eina s-stop."

"Why?"

"Stop… aaahh"

*Splat*

"Oh." Her cheeks were burning seeing his penis unleash three jets of white fluid against the flowery curtain. She looked at the thick viscous liquid trailing down the curtain with amazement. "S-s-sorry."

"Fuuu." *Splash!* Overwhelmed with arousal and clarity, I grabbed the rag off the ground and started lathering her legs. I started kissing and scrubbing all the way up her body, making sure to grab her butt cheeks.

Eina jumped feeling his lips against the outside of her labia. She lurched forward from the pleasure. Bell adapted and started scrubbing and grabbing her butt cheeks firmly. "hu-hu-hu-hu."

Bell slowly stood up. The soapy rag trailed up her backside and his lips up her front. *Boing* His head ran into her right breast. Eina's jaw started shaking as her smile widen. Bell's tongue trailed up and around the entirety of her breasts until he got to the nipple.

*Slurp*

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"Ahhhhh." Eina moaned out feeling the entirety of her nipple between his lips. She could feel him sucking on it and twirling his tongue around her sensitive nipple. His left hand was squeezing her right breast roughly. "Yes." Her fingers were fanned around her open mouth. She could feel his penis rubbing against her clit. "Yes more."

"Ahhh." *Slurp* Eina moaned again feeling Bell switch breasts. He twirled his tongue around and around her nipple and suckle the nipple in his mouth for a few seconds.

"Turn around."

Eina was turned on even more by his order. She turned her back to him. He started with her legs against, washing the front side all the way up. She tensed up feeling his lips against her butt cheeks then trail up the small of her back until he stood up.

"Hu-hu-hu." Eina was hyperventilating. Bell was lathering, fondling, and squeezing her breasts, but what really had her breathing hard was feeling his pulsing erection poke into her butt crack.

"Am I going too far?"

"N-n-no!" Eina's voice was weak. "I love it, but you missed a spot."

"Huh."

*Muah*

The words didn't exist in her mind. Only desire! Her hand trailed backward to grab his head. She lifted her head up and started kissing him. With her other hand, she repositioned the rag against her pussy. Eina continued to devour his lips and forced him to explore her body, but rubbing the soapy rag against her labia.

I was surprised to feel the soft wet lips of her private area. Over and over my hand rubbed the rag along her small crevice. Eina moaned into my mouth when my fingers went deeper. Eina braced against the side of the tub and my chest. She spread the hood to reveal a beautiful pink of her insides, with a sensitive little bulb at the top of the hood.

*Flop*

The rag fell with a splash against the bottom of the shower, my bare hands were touching her wet insides. Her body started to shake, but she continued kissing me without saying no.

"Ahhhhhhhhh." Eina moaned into Bell's mouth feeling his fingers rub along her Labia and thumb rotate around her clitoris. "Y-yes. Ahhhhhhh." Bell continued to rub her sensitive areas as they kissed under the pelting water of the shower. Waves of pleasure were washing over Eina's mind. Her legs felt weak and she backed up along his erection. The massive object slid through her butt crack and pushed through her thighs until it was rubbing along the bottom of her pussy. She could feel her labia be pushed aside underneath by the huge mushroom cap. Her nectar was slickening the shaft as she grinded her pussy along with it. "Yes. Yes. Ahhhh."

Both of us were virgins and didn't have any experience with sex, but even Eina knew it was supposed to go inside. Still, the sensation felt amazing to her. Her groin felt like she was gripping a double Jaga-maru between her legs. A minute later, Eina climaxed overtop of his shaft, Bell rammed his hips all the way forward as he orgasmed into the curtain. "That felt amazing." Eina's breathing was labored.

"Y-y-yes."

Eina turned off the water and leaned over against the curtain. She dabbed her pointer and middle finger along the puddle trailing down the curtain. She felt the sticky essence cling to her fingers. Again she was curious, she stuck her fingers in her mouth and consumed the thick liquid.

"E-E-eina." I held out my hand in vain as she did. The sight of her ingesting my bodily fluid instantly made my penis become erect again between her thighs.

"Ahhhh." Eina smiled wide. She surprisingly enjoyed the salty-sweet liquid. "Bell I am ready for the real thing. I want you now."

"Yes!"

"Bedroom." Eina ordered.

The two of us got out of the tub and quickly toweled off as much as possible, before racing down the hall to her bedroom. Eina almost ripped the door off its hinges with her rapid heartbeat. She was ready to become one with Bell as she gently pushed the door closed without looking back. Her elation dimmed for a moment hearing a door slam. She ignored it and jumped into Bell's arms.

My mind couldn't register anything but Eina in front of me. "Ooof" I was instantly enveloped by her naked body as she jumped into my arms. The smacking of our lips echoed around the room as I carried her over to the queen-sized bed. Slowly I lowered her down onto the bed.

"Please Bell!" She spread her legs wide and fanned her labia apart to show the pink insides. "I love you."

My heart was practically slamming against my ribcage with anticipation. "I love you, Eina." I positioned myself at the edge of the bed and pressed the cap against her pussy.

"Ahhhhhhh. Do it!" Eina moaned feeling the bulbous mushroom push aside her outer labia.

*Creak*

(END OF LEMON/SAFE PAST THIS POINT)

"Eina are you alright!" Aina Tulle called out before opening the door. "OH MY GOD!"

"MOM!"
"MOM!" I was so scared that I jumped backward.

*BOING! SLAM!*

"Hu-hu-hu-hu." Aina slammed the door immediately and backed herself against the wall across from Eina's bedroom. She was breathing hard and completely red in the face having witnessed every vivid detail of their union on the bed.

*STUMBLING*

The floor rumbled as Ethan charged upstairs. He saw his wife in distress and went for the door. "What's wrong?"

"DON'T!" Aina jumped in his way and put a hand on his chest. "T-t-they need a minute!" Aina looked like she was about to burst into happiness, embarrassment, and a bit of anger. Ethan's eyes went wide hearing the scrambling inside the room.

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Ten minutes later the two of us had to face her parents. Eina managed to throw on a nightgown to cover up. All I had that was relatively clean was my green gambeson and Eina's blankets. The both of us were red faced staring at the ground mortified at being walked in on by Eina's mother. Our shaking hands were interlaced on the bed.

Aina was leaning back against a dresser. She was trying to avoid Bell's eyes and cover her red face by pinching her temple. She was a little upset that they didn't wait but was also trying to calm herself down. She had seen every bit of her new son-in-law and was trying to erase that picture from her mind.

Ethan was red in the face, but with anger. His clenched hands shook at his sides as he towered in front of them. "You want to explain yourselves." Bell and Eina didn't respond out of embarrassment.

"I love her."

Eina's lips trembled as she grinned wide. "Papa. I thought you were going back home."

"We were! Until now!"

"I love him, Papa! I am old enough to make my own decisions." Eina grabbed hold of Bell with both arms. "I am not a little girl."

Ethan looked like his strings were cut as his whole upper body sunk forward. "You will never stop being my little girl."

"Ethan stop!" Aina ordered.

"STOP! He's trying to corrupt our daughter."

"Stop it! They're gonna get married." Aina glared back. Her brow twitched in frustration.

"How do you know? That could be just a trick to get into her pants."

"I will marry Eina. I wish I could now!" Raised my head up finally.

"There you go, Ethan. In a few weeks, they will perform the forest pack like we did, or did you forget." Aina's brow furrowed in anger.

"They already broke all the rules for the pact and it could take months to setup up a ceremony."

"Technically they're not obligated to follow those rules, Ethan. We could see if Loki is sober enough to marry them if you want. A god can officiate weddings." Aina smirked. "Besides we broke most of those old-fashioned rules anyways."

"Most of them are ridiculous."

"Oh, then you agree." Aina smiled.

"Rules? What rules?" I said completely confused.

"No touching at all until the pact with the forest. You two broke all those the other night on the couch." Aina shook her head

"AT ALL!?"

"He-he-he." Aina chuckled at their unison response. "Yep, you can ask Alicia and Riveria to verify. I was kind of hoping you too would wait. So, you wouldn't upset grouchy and it would warm my heart."

"You i-interrupted our f-first time." Eina squealed.

"Good, you two have barely known each other for two months and you're rushing into this arrangement on impulse. Eina if you truly want to marry him. Both of you will come live at home in the village for at least three weeks. We will see how strong his willpower actually is."

"What no? I love him. I wanted Bell to…"

"Don't lie for him Eina." Ethan grimaced.

"Eina is not lying, Ethan. She wanted him." Aina smirked.

"Our daughter is a pure angel."

"He-he-he." Aina laughed. "Pure yes. Angel no." Aina beamed a huge smile seeing the shocked look in her husband's eyes. "I know where some reading material is located to prove it."

"MOM!"

"Sorry!"

*Thud!* Ethan backed up into the dresser accidentally. He looked like he saw a ghost. Aina shook her head as she walked up to him and placed her arm on his shoulder. "She's not a little girl. She has to live her life. Go lie down on the sofa. Pleaseeeee!" Aina batted her eyes.

"Uh-huh." Ethan slumped almost lifelessly out of the bedroom.

Aina stood there with a beaming smile on her face and her hands gripped at her front. "I feel like staying to morning. I will clean your clothes and make breakfast in the morning."

"I can do that Mrs. Tulle."

Aina narrowed her eyes. "First warning."

My body tensed up. "Mom. Mom."

"Good." Aina walked forward and wrapped her arms around Bell. Then pulled Eina in tight. "You're a brave one." Eina's face went redder than an apple and her eyes flared to their limits.

"Ha-ha-ha. Good night you two." Aina left the room and shut the door.

"uhhhhhhhhh….. that was embarrassing." Eina fell back against the bed.

"A bit." I fell back to join her and pulled her in close. *Muah* "Feels like family."

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1)World records for pushups are 150PU/minute & 3000PU/Hour. Just gaining a blessing puts you above that level. Overmaxing your stats and leveling again. 1000PU in five minutes seems reasonable.

2)DM9 Pg90