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Note: For anyone wondering about the couple... well, the only thing I can say is that it's going to be a blonde
The rest is up to your imagination. Sorry for the spelling and grammatical errors
The morning had already arrived, some rays of light crossed the small room.
Bell began to move under the covers, he rubbed his eyes to wake up completely, as usual Timer was still asleep.
It must be 5 in the morning...
Your brother was never an early riser. In the field, when Timer refused to get up, his grandfather would come with a bucket of water and drench him completely.
Bell shook his brother, once, twice, three times.
There was no result. She could turn… No, that was very simple.
As he thought about what he should do, a smirk spread across his face.
Bell went into the room's bathroom, when he came out he had a small cup full of water in his hands.
It's not a bucket... But it will do
Bell chuckled before dumping the contents of the cup onto the back of Timer's neck.
Timer was comfortable, sleeping was one of his favorite times of the day. Just falling asleep was tempting.
He ignored Bell's attempts to get up, he didn't feel like doing it, surely Bell wants to enter the dungeon as soon as possible.
Timer noticed that Bell stopped bothering so he took a better position before going back to his dreams.
His peace only lasted a moment. He felt his entire body contract, the icy liquid on his spine making him roll to the ground.
The black-haired man removed the covers that prevented him from seeing his attacker, the now soaked twin frowned.
In her blurry morning vision she could see Bell, A cup, Bell laughing.
Bell laughing with a cup.
"Want to die?"
Timer didn't think twice, he was about to jump on the white-haired man. Too bad for him that Bell was already running out of the room.
Timer tried to chase him, but then his legs got tangled in the blanket and he fell again.
"…" Timer hit the ground with his fist.
BOOM!
It wasn't the sound of his fist hitting the ground, it was something hitting his head. She looked in the direction where the object came from to be met with sleepy eyes.
"Let me... sleep, you fools!" Said the wobbly goddess.
She could barely stay awake, after saying that she collapsed on the bed again.
"…"
Timer didn't know what to say, this day started badly in so many ways that the idea of sleeping happily as Hestia-sama was tempting.
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Minutes later two brothers could be seen walking down the main street.
Timer was considerably upset, his narrowed eyes and crossed arms showing it. Bell was bearing the consequences of the morning's prank, a bump was found on the back of his head.
The sighs contrasted with the slightly cold morning air. The main street that had a very different atmosphere at noon.
The large street that was neither noisy nor complex gave off a feeling of spaciousness.
The stone-based shops that were built on both sides of the street still had their doors shut tight.
The eastern skies were already bright. Although it was early in the morning, people of one species or another were already preparing to start the day.
Humans, Hoobits, elves. Men and women with armor, staffs, or whatever weapons would be used in the dungeon.
In the eyes of anyone there, the twins, while rare and exotic, were just another pair of adventurers.
In his eyes, it was a good environment, nothing too loud. Quiet and without incidentals, a sight to appreciate.
Everything was harmonious until a feeling of alert stirred his senses. These feelings did not belong to him, they were not his, directing his gaze towards his brother, he saw him agitated.
Unconsciously the brothers stood back to back, what disturbed one did to the other. That was how the skill worked.
"What's wrong...Bell?" He said she quietly.
All the people around them looked at them strangely, it lasted a few seconds before they went about their business.
Meanwhile the brothers remained on guard. Timer had no idea what was going on, he didn't care either, he trusted that Bell wouldn't do this for nothing.
"I-I don't know, I just... Something's wrong." Bell said.
All was well in Timer's senses, but not in Bell's. That side effect of Synesthesia expressed the unadulterated feelings the brothers had. Hate, fear, anger, for them, there was no such thing as privacy with their emotions unless of course they decided to block themselves out.
Otherwise, every feeling would be received by the other.
"…Should we go back to church?" she asked herself slowly.
"Nope!". Bell yelled.
Timer's concern was growing, he could only look at him sympathetically.
"I-I'm fine, it was just my imagination."
Timer sighed before standing up straight. "It's okay".
"This…"
"…!"
Bell was so focused that he didn't notice when a girl in a uniform approached them.
She was wearing a white blouse and a knee-length skirt the color of leaves. On top of that she also wore a half length apron around her waist.
Her eyes, which were the same color as her hair, which was tied up in a small knot, and a ponytail dangled below that knot.
An expression of surprise appeared on his face due to Bell's startle.
"I'm sorry! Since he was a bit surprised…!" Bell said alarmed by the possibility of having scared her.
"N-No problem, I'm so sorry I scared you…" The girl replied
The girl blinked in awareness of Timer's presence, her eyes moving between the brothers for several seconds in wonder.
"I-Is something wrong?"
"Ah… It's just that you guys are very similar. Ummm and… You dropped this."
A purplish-blue crystal was in his outstretched hand.
"Hey? A magic stone…? A-ahhh?
Bell searched his hip for the bag where he kept the stones, there it was closed and unadulterated. There was no way anything could have gotten out.
I usually tighten it, but did I loosen it for some reason this time? Bell thought
Yesterday, when he changed the money, he should have given all the magic stones to the Guild. Timer wasn't there to make sure.
Could it be that he remembered wrong?
"I'm sorry. Thank you very much…"
"No problem".
The smile she put on made Bell feel comfortable with her kindness. Causing Bell to smile as well.
"Are you preparing to go to the Dungeon so early?"
"Yeah, I'm just going to the…"
The store clerk was still talking to Bell while Timer waited for her to finish.
If he had known that Bell would stay to flirt quietly, he would have slept longer and without his insistence on leaving early they would have been able to have a proper breakfast.
Well, Bell is a total slob who forgot to eat. But Timer had at least two pieces of bread, and although they were a bit hard, they would serve to alleviate his and Bell's hunger.
… Just when I was thinking about that.
Guru*
Bell's stomach made a very embarrassing sound.
At that moment, Bell's stomach began to growl, much to his chagrin, as his face began to turn red. Timer chuckled at Bell's expense.
"Have you not had breakfast yet?" asked the girl.
"Ah… no, not yet," Bell admitted as he looked at the building next to the girl. "You work here? Hostess of Fertility?"
"Yes, ah... but we're not open yet, my apologies," the girl replied before lowering her head in apology.
"It would probably be a good idea for us to buy some food," Timer said. "You don't want your stomach growling in the dungeon too, do you?"
"Umm… I guess so…"
"In that case, wait a minute," the girl said before running back into the building before leaving with two small wrapped boxes. "It's not much, but please accept this."
"Hey!?" Bell let out a startled cry as the girl placed the box in his hands.
While Timer blankly stared at the box in his hands. The most nervous brother exclaimed exalted. "No way, I can't accept a free meal from someone I've never met before! And this is your breakfast, right?" Bell yelled.
The girl denied with a smile. "It's not a problem and I would appreciate it if you accept it."
Timer, noticing the basket in his hands, decided to ask about something that was on his mind. "Not to complain, I really appreciate it, but... I doubt very much that you can eat the two baskets by yourself." Timer said with a grimace. "So... This box you gave me, is it yours?"
The girl gave a nervous smile, looking towards the bar with some fear. "Well... It could be that I borrowed it from a dear friend."
"Won't that be a bother?" Timer asked.
"I wouldn't want to cause any inconvenience, we can buy food if necessary."
At his words, Bell looked at him in disbelief. Since when did they have money to buy food just like that, Bell didn't know.
"Don't worry, once the pub opens I can grab something to eat," he says, gesturing into the pub where a pair of cat-eared waitresses are cleaning up and getting ready for the rest of the day. "But in return, you have to have dinner at the pub tonight, both of you, okay?"
The twins looked at each other uncertainly, receiving 'charity' in Timer's eyes was not right, and Bell didn't want to abuse the girl's kindness.
"Please," she begged with pleading eyes.
"Bah, good." Timer said with a resigned sigh. "Then I'll take it. We'll be back tonight when we get out of the dungeon. If not, can you agree to come tomorrow night?"
"Mmm… that's fair," the girl agreed. "But still..." The girl herself smiled sweetly looking in Bell's direction. "I hope to see you tonight."
At these words, Bell's face flushed red once more, Timer rolled his eyes.
Now, wasn't this a good time to return the morning joke?
-Look at you Bell, you've already fallen in love with a girl. Oh, what would grandpa say...
Without warning, Timer activated the mind link much to Bell's confusion.
-Huh?, What are you planning?, Tim.
"I appreciate the food. I'll go ahead, brother. Enjoy flirting with your girlfriend." He started, causing both of them to turn red, or even redder in Bell's case. "But, be polite and at least give him your name."
-Because you decide to be nasty now!!
It was the unheard cry of a poor victim. Oh, her brother couldn't have picked a better place to get back at him for the morning prank? He seriously had to embarrass him in front of the girl… And she was being so nice.
-It was a boost. Don't take this the wrong way, Bell.
-You're crazy if you think I'm going to stay!
"Ah… I reckon I'll leave now. This…" Bell nodded before clearing his throat as if the mental discussion hadn't taken place. "I… I am Bell Cranel. What's your name?"
"Sir. Syr Flover. Nice to meet you Bell."
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"Did you have to be so annoying?"
A Bell said with a frown.
"I couldn't help it" Timer replied.
Now, the brothers are on the 2nd floor of the dungeon, very close to the 3rd floor entrance. They had been going down for about an hour, every day they gave their best and it was good that their effort paid off. The first floor became simple, only dealing with the occasional Goblin and the occasional Kobold.
The bad thing about floors 1 and 2 is that the monsters appear very little.
Due to the number of adventurers that go down to the dungeon, they have to be quick when it comes down, and since they didn't find any monsters, they decided to go down to floor 3.
They found a Dungeon Lizard.
Faced with the dangerously approaching monster, Timer spoke, "Do you want to do it, or do I?" he asked Bell.
"I killed the previous Kobold, I distract him, Tim."
He said with emotion, we had already faced one of them, about 4 days ago when they finally let us go down to the 3rd floor we met them, these beings were very similar to a lizard.
Bell ran towards the monster as fast as he could, with his knife in his right arm he jumped over a wall and pounced on the lizard, the monster stood on its hind legs ready to receive Bell's arrival.
The monster's tongue extended to attack, the lizard got up on all fours, giving Timer a chance to cut from below its jaw, the monster was so focused on Bell that it didn't notice when Timer got under it.
Timer stepped aside quickly, Bell fell on top of the monster and with his arms plunged his knife into its skull.
The lizard's body fell to the ground.
"Wasn't that supposed to be mine?" Timer said looking at Bell, who was still with his knife stuck in the monster.
Bell opened his mouth to reply. "You dealt the killing blow, so I do you the honor of removing the gem, Tim." Bell said with a smirk.
Timer looked down at the lizard's body that was shaking every few seconds.
With a grimace, the white-haired man looked at the monster. "How kind." Timer replied dryly.
Some time later he took the gem out of his chest and the body exploded.
Although, the monsters on that floor might become easy to deal with, that didn't mean they should be careless, the problem came if they got together, the brothers couldn't deal with so many at once.
Or at least, it used to be.
The big jump in their stats allowed them to keep going down without having to worry about being overwhelmed by monsters.
They kept taking turns a couple of times until they reached the 4th floor until they met a herd of Kobolds, there were 16 in total. Separately they are weak, but together they are very problematic.
"Bell, if we separate them it will be easier-"
Timer was about to get out of there, but Bell charged at them, without even asking. Blank-eyed, Timer stared blankly at the stupidity behind his brother's actions.
I have to become strong for her!
Bell thought
His movements, although still clumsy and inexperienced, were faster than ever, with a flick of his knife he cut a Kobold's throat.
Timer let out a long breath before charging at the monsters.
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"Hmm!"
It was the reproach of the goddess that was in front of us, small tears began to form in her eyes
All because of the blade he held in his hands.
Bell Cranel
Name: Bell Cranel
Race: Human
Age:14 years
•Strength: H 168 - G 206
•Stamina: I 55 - I 81
• Dexterity: G 207 - G 226
•Agility: G 266- F 304
•Magic: I0
Skills:
Soul Bound
-Bisection: Allows you to withstand physical charges, in addition to dividing the damage between the users. It can be disconnected.
-Synesthesia: allows users to communicate through their thoughts, their emotions are also transmitted between them. It can be disconnected.
-Equity: Stats, magic, development skills, normal skills and curses will be shared between Soul Bound users. Immovable aspect of the skill.
"G-goddess, are you sure this is correct? Tim's stats haven't been added up yet and this is ridiculous. This is impossible!"
Said an excited Bell. Timer, for his part, stared at the sheet in silent disbelief.
"Hestia-sama, you have mentioned that Soul Bound is a skill never seen before and that it is like cheating." Timer started. "I think I underestimated his words. To have an F skill… In less than a month… It's almost terrifying."
"Yes, we could even break the record... Can you imagine how incredible that would be, Goddess! Goddess?..." Bell replied.
Timer could easily estimate that if this pace was maintained, they wouldn't be Lv1 adventurers for three or two more.
"Hmm!"
"Goddess, why are you pouting?" asked Bell somewhat nervous
"That's none of your business!"
"Hey?" Bell was still confused.
The goddess motioned for the calmer twin to lie down on the bed. "I already told you that trying to date that Wallen or whatever won't do you any good." The goddess updated Bell's status and showed the blade. Her eyes only grew angrier.
Name: Timer Cranel
Race: Human
Age:14 years
•Force: H 206 - G 219
•Stamina: I 81 - I 84
• Dexterity: H 226 - G 258
•Agility: F304- F 319
•Magic: I0
The goddess stood on the bed and glared at the brothers with rage, even beginning to snap her teeth.
What did that level 5 blonde have to do with his situation? Neither of them knew.
From his place, Timer can only watch, but he still decided to help Bell a bit.
The calmer Cranel faked a cough and said: "Actually I agree with Bell, it won't be easy for me to win her over, however, it won't be impossible either."
"Kkk..."
"In my head it sounded good, I was saying it to help Bell a bit, but I think it made things worse."
Bell thought.
Hestia-sama made an even bigger pout, and her eyes became teary.
"You too!? Fine! I'm leaving, I hope you guys can make your own food! Waaaa!.
Incredulous, we watched as he put on his coat and ran out.
"B-but, what about dinner?!" Bell yelled remembering that she promised to take her out to dinner.
Timer watched her leave helplessly as well, he looked blankly at Bell and said; "What did you do to him? You know, I don't care, you have to apologize, Bell" He told her as he shook his head.
"Why are you telling me, you were the one who made her angry! When she saw your status sheet she was furious" Bell was shocked and made gestures with her arms
"No, no, no, I didn't do anything, you must learn to treat a lady, remember your grandfather's words: never disagree with a woman, even if you are right, they will never listen to you, it will only be an effort in vain". he said heavily
'Oh, Grandpa's expression back then showed so much pain… Yep, that's a ground I wouldn't go into.'
Timer pointed his hand at him.
"Don't you dare blame me"
Bell narrowed his eyebrows. "Ha~aa, okay, I'll talk to her later." He walked towards the kitchen.
Timer nodded satisfied "As long as you understand... Changing the subject, what do you want for lunch?"
Timer followed Bell to the small kitchen they had.
"Mmm, how about... Oh, now I remember" Bell, who had already turned on the stove, turned it off again and continued, "Do you remember that we promised to go to that restaurant?"
Timer pushed Bell aside and relit the stove. "Oh… Yeah… The place where you got ripped off, have fun then, I'll cook some Potatoes. Can you return the basket they gave me for me?"
Bell shook his head and turned it off again, keeping his hand on the lighter so his brother couldn't light the stove.
"Why do not you come with me?" Bell asked, he didn't want to go alone.
Timer grabbed a ladle from the table and whacked Bell's hand, clearing the way to light the stove.
"Hey!"
"You asked for it." Timer said with the ladle raised, threatening to do it again if he turned off the stove again. "Look, I don't know... Hestia-sama will be back and she should make him something to eat as an apology."
Bell put her hand to her chin as she thought "And why don't we get her something from that restaurant." She responded with a smile.
"I feel a strange premonition that tells me I shouldn't go..." he sighed before turning off the stove. "My luck was never good, remember? I don't even know how it was that today I got the basket with delicious food and you the… Weird?
"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad"
"What they gave you couldn't even be called meals, silly brother... Fine, I'll go so you don't get ripped off again."
Bell smiled happily to walk towards the entrance.
"Stop right there, little brother. I only go if you pay for the food. Unlike you, I prefer to save my money." He said to her as he put his hand back on the stove igniter as a warning signal.
Timer plans to save for a bed, the futon will not be the greatest luxury today or ever, but it is functional, for now. While you save for a bed you will have to keep using it. And then he will think about where to put the bed in the space so reduced that he calls home.
Better not think about how small this place is…
Bell smiled happily "Of course!"
Staring at Bell, Timer wonders how long it will take to get out of this lifestyle. Being poor sucks.
Bell understood, both from knowing him his entire life, and from the Synesthesia connection, "Come on, Tim. This is only temporary, then we'll get a place worthy of a goddess like Kami-sama, come on!"
"Ha~aa, come on. Lead the way"
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"It's like we're in a completely different place…" Timer said seeing how crowded the streets became, contrasting with how it looked before.
"Yeah… It's just that it's very different from how it was in the morning." Bell replied.
Timer understands what he is saying, it is like heaven and earth, the environment is very different if it is day or night. Lively people came and went wherever you look, the almost abandoned streets of the morning turned into a congested chaos.
Bell looked to all sides, from one moment to the next his gaze lit up "Look, it's there!"
Bell waved his hand at a bar, the sign said 'The Hostess of Fertility'
The black-haired man looked at him strangely before asking. "Now that I think about it, it's a bar, right? Are you going to drink?"
Timer knows from his own experience that Bell doesn't drink, Grandpa once gave him a glass of wine and he threw it up at the first sip.
"NO! I didn't know it was a bar! In the morning it was a restaurant, almost like a cafeteria."
The white-haired boy rolled his eyes "Ha~aa let's just go in Bell, you promised to go and I did too, now take responsibility." She pushed him inside.
"If I remember correctly, it's not like you're any better with alcohol than me," Bell finished. "Do I have to tell you the strange way you behaved that time, Tim."
"Tch, Touché"
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When they entered Timer forced himself not to growl, at various tables were gleeful adventurers, some euphoric, others calm, but still smiling, at the counter was a woman who could only be respectfully described as monumental and also had a frown.
Everything would be nice if it weren't for the fact that the voices were hammering in his head.
One thing Timer did have was excellent hearing, so good that loud sounds could be irritating.
If they looked further, we find that all the workers are women, one human, two catgirls, another human, and a beautiful Elf.
"Probably Bell's dream place."
Timer thought, Synesthesia was not necessary to notice in his flushed expression that Bell was nervous. "We should go inside, how about we sit down."
Bell was excited, it seemed that being in a place where there were all girls put him in a dreamlike state.
Timer tuned out Bell's feelings, but still left shared damage on.
Having Bell's imagined erotic fantasies playing out in her head wasn't pretty.
Blessed that they could deactivate it at will.
As he was going to sit us down a girl stood in front of them.
The pretty girl was excited "So you did come! I'm glad you came, oh! And you came too, nice to meet you my name is Seal Flova, but you can call me Syr." Her voice was sweet and kind, no wonder Bell was cheated.
She bowed out of courtesy, so Timer did the same.
"Now I remember that I did not introduce myself correctly. A pleasure my name is Timer Cranel, Bell is my brother."
The girl smiled and turned to Bell.
"Hahaha. I noticed, they are so alike it's almost scary!"
Bell, somewhat blushing, answered "Y-Yes, we've been told that many times."
"Well, we'll talk later, I have work to do, follow me, I'll take you to your table." As she arrived, she left with her cheerful attitude.
It looked like he was already leaving, but before leaving he yelled, "We have two new customers!"
To himself, Timer thought
Is this how he introduces himself to each person who arrives, or is it something special for Bell?
The girl now known as Syr led us to the counter, where we were greeted by what seemed to be the owner of the bar.
The woman was gigantic- No, grandfather had taught him to be courteous, the woman was huge. Hard eyes and brown hair, she somehow gave the appearance of a hardened and strong woman.
"So you're the one Syr told me about! She told me she'd bring a diner who would put my food to shame!" The woman exclaimed happily from behind the counter.
The woman noticed the Bell clone behind them. "Oh, and you even brought a guest to spend, I already like you boy. My name is Mia Grand, but you can call me my Mom! A pleasure to both of you!
"I-I think I'm exaggerating a bit, Syr, my name is Bell Cranel and this is my brother Timer Cranel."
How Bell took it upon himself to introduce it, so he stuck to the basics.
"A pleasure, it is a nice place." She replied while looking at the surroundings.
Not counting excessive noise
"That's what we tried." Mama-Mía looked at us from head to toe. "Both of them look cute to be adventurous... and they're very skinny, don't worry Mama Mia will give you a meal worthy of the gods!" She finished with a laugh and left.
Suddenly he put out two mountain-sized bowls of noodles. A small tremor was even felt at the falling plates.
"If you want to be strong you must eat well!"
"Sure…" Timer answered a bit hesitantly, but he didn't care and began to eat, it wasn't his wallet that would suffer.
Timer stopped eating to listen to Bell, who had patted him on the shoulder. "Hey...Tim." Bell said, his gaze was a little pale.
"Yes?" she asked herself curiously.
"Look." Bell pointed to a poster on the wall.
Almost choked on the food, the prices were above 300 valis, even the drink was 200 valis.
I frowned for a moment, but then he shrugged. "You said you'd invite me, I hope you don't take it back."
"This is the end of me" Bell said with fake tears, anyone looking at him would want to give him a coin.
"Don't make such a face, your big brother will help you, I'll buy Hestia-sama's food, but now I don't even have a Valis with me."
"I guess it's one less portion... Hey, who said you were Big Brother."
"Me." Bell narrowed her eyes at his words "That, and grandpa said I was born before, I'm the oldest here, like for 3 minutes, but I'm the big brother, you're the little brother, sweet little Bell. Now, come on, say ahhh."
Timee brought the spoon to Bell's mouth.
"Hand that over to me and I promise I'm going to bite you." Timer growled.
Boom!
The brothers jumped at the noise.
Mama-Mia had put a salmon stew on the table, Bell gave a terrified face to which she just smiled at him.
"It wasn't enough right? Eat, you are still young, Bwahahaha!" her smile echoing as she left.
"Seriously, you're screwed."
He told Bell that he was stunned at what it cost.
"The special costs 900 valis, I don't know how you're going to survive from now on, but at least we're going to eat well today." Timer almost sympathized.
Bell ate, it was the only thing to do now, and the food was delicious.
After eating for a while the gray haired waitress sat next to Bell. She made a few flirtations with him, but of course Bell, as dense as a block of Iron, didn't realize Syr's intentions.
But didn't the girl have to work? Rare.
"NYA! Customers who made a reservation-Nya have arrived!
The brown-haired cat girl announced, hopping around the bar, a moment later a group of adventurers walked through the door, everyone recognized those who entered, they were the Loki family.
Timer, who had been concentrating on his food, looked at the racket. Just out of curiosity he turned it back on. Instantly he felt the urges of longing and admiration, immediately turning off Synesthesia, he was too annoying to handle.
Feeling a crush that was not his own could not bring anything good.
After Bell shamelessly looked at Aiz as if she was the only thing that existed… Well, some people were already looking in their direction at the white-haired boy who was drooling just looking at the blonde princess.
Oh, Bell. Do you look like a stalker right now? The answer is yes, you do.
"You know I love you, Bell. And that's why I'll tell you that you should stop undressing her with her eyes" she murmured only for them to escape.
"Wh-what!!!" He yelled, drawing a few glances, but was quickly dismissed by the sight of the Loki family. "I do not-".
"If you were, you can't lie to me. Lies don't exist between us, remember?"
Bell hung his head in shame, fuming from his head. "Sorry, I went too far."
"Yep you did."
"C-can we not talk about this?" he asked nervously.
"We won't"
The blonde didn't notice in the slightest, finding the difference between so many eyes above her must be tricky.
Timer didn't mind his arrival, he continued to enjoy the food. Bell was another story, she was in her own dream world, all while Syr was constantly coming and going, but not everything was rosy.
An unpleasant voice echoed throughout the restaurant, rising above everyone else and stealing everyone's attention here.
"Hey Aiz" Mocking and arrogant voice, which made Timer even more irritated, Aiz turned to him and looked at him curiously. "How about you tell us that story."
That nasty dog started talking without knowing they were there.
"This…? History…?"
The usually stoic blonde cocked her head.
"Don't pay attention to it, the wolf could cause a scandal and we'll be thrown out."
"Stupid wolf, can't you calm down for once?"
The ones who intervened were the Hyarute sisters, Tiona and Tione.
The green-haired Elf's hard gaze fell on them.
"You should also keep quiet, it's a celebration, don't make us not just go."
"Shut up, I'm telling a story." The werewolf staggered, totally drunk. "You know, when the minotaurs got away from us, you ran into the tomato boy. You see… The minotaur followed a boy to a wall, our princess cut the monster in half and blood splattered all over her face, the boy looked like a tomato! And not only that! The boy ran away from scared, she saves him and he runs away like a coward! IN TRUTH, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY LITTLE A MAN TO FLEE FROM A WOMAN!
Timer was about to get up, he wasn't going to let them talk like that about Bell in front of him, he wouldn't allow them to talk badly about his brother.
At that moment, Bell had his eyes on the ground, horrified at being humiliated in front of his girlfriend, he squeezed his brother's arm and shook his head. active timer
To feel how embarrassed he was, he may feel how bad he is having, but he doesn't want to embarrass himself in front of her anymore.
With no choice but to continue watching. But it didn't stop him from glaring at the dirty dog.
Some of the family smiled humorously, especially from imagining the scene.
"Kk-ku, I'm sorry, Aiz. Hahahahaha"
"Silence, Bete" Elegant and terrifying at the same time, that's the only way to describe how it happened, the way of speaking and the posture. Riveria, from the Loki family, scolded him
"You're not just acting like an idiot. Remember that it was our fault that that minotaur made it to the upper floors. Stop fooling around and behave." Whatever Bete was going to say she stopped herself. Her laughter also ceased, the respect they had for him silenced them.
The tall elf with vermilion hair left everyone in silence, but the wolf was drunk, not satisfied with what he had already said, he continued speaking.
"Don't defend that trash! If they got hurt it would have been because of their own weakness! Just like that albino loser who ran screaming when faced with real danger. They are all trash, they think the dungeon is a game and that's why they get a pathetic death... IF A PIECE OF TRASH IS GOING TO CRY WHEN IT BARELY KNOWS THE DUNGEON THEN HE SHOULD STOP BEING AN ADVENTURER!! a favor to the world if you don't try to pretend to be something you're not."
"Shut up, Bete and Riveria. Do you want to damage the delicious taste of the wine with this discussion?"
While most of her words were rude and crude, the last part she almost whispered, only her own family heard that part, Timer barely heard it, that sound-sensitive ear may have its windows.
That was the breaking point, Bell's feelings exploded, Bell forgot about everyone and ran towards the door of this establishment.
"B-Bell?!" Shouted Syr
She saw how he ran towards the door, immediately she followed him, Timer was about to do the same until a strong arm grabbed his.
"Where do you suppose you're going, boy?" The air left his entire body, terrifying was not enough to describe what he was feeling, the owner's aura that before had a touch of miser, became that of a warrior.
"I, I..." He looked at her well, too scared to try to run away "Nowhere"
"Good answer" he smiled cruelly "And who will pay me?"
Timer remembered that there was not a sad coin in his pants, there was only one thing left to do... beg. "Sorry! My brother brought the money, I can't pay it, please wait until tomorrow."
"That's not possible, it's the first time I've seen you, I don't know you, I can't trust you, what assures me that you'll come back with the money?"
It was true, expecting two strangers to keep their word why yes is nonsense "I don't know." Looked down. She could feel her hard gaze on him, until she relaxed and continued.
"Haaaa… Fine boy, this is what we will do, from now on until you pay what you owe me you will work here, you will not be able to leave here until the debt is paid off or your brother brings the money, do you understand!? "
I raised my head immediately and he bowed "Yes, thank you very much, I'll do my best!
His frightened boy appearance was totally contrary to his rampant thoughts.
You must never make this woman angry, the feeling of not being able to breathe and not being able to move was unbearable, the minotaur is an ant compared to her. There is no humor here, this woman must have been an adventurer, it is not possible that someone who does not have a Falna can generate this pressure.
Resigned, he advanced as far as they led him, Bell's scandal drew enough attention so that they wouldn't notice it, better this way, Timer would hit that fucking wolf if he could, although of course later the werewolf would hit him 100 times harder.
It had been about 3 hours since Bell ran away, until now the Cranel has been kept in the dishwasher.
It was a simple task, dirty plate in, clean plate out. And still, my Mama kept constantly watching.
Every time Timer feels more and more tired, he doesn't know if it's because the work is very hard (he doubts it) or for another reason, Mama-Mia entrusts him to wash all the dishes, this is because I don't have experience serving, he could throw a plate and neither she nor I want that.
Contacting Bell telepathically was impossible, there is no kind of response, it seems that his foolish brother decided to cut the telepathic connection between them.
It wasn't the first time it had happened.
The last time they noticed it was for the one time in which Timer annoyed Bell a lot, he even went overboard with the joke and used the ability to keep bothering, but he realized that he wasn't listening, they tried that and they came to the conclusion that the ability of telepathy only works if we both agree.
The white-haired man continued with what he was asked to do until a deep cut appeared on his hand, immediately the pain caused him to drop the dish he was washing.
In his mind he could feel a robotic voice saying.
Percent Damage Dealt: 70-10
"Grr!" She grunted in pain.
Bell had been injured, the voice that gave the information had already heard it before, the skill has some intelligence, it deals the damage depending on the state of the users.
Always favoring the one who needed it the most, it was usually 50-50, splitting the damage in half between them, but there are times when the percentage changes. An example of that was when Bell purposely changed the percentage to move Timer's back damage onto himself. Right now the one who needed the help was Bell and as a consequence the ability independently moved the percentages.
Timer was able to disable Equity very easily if necessary, but he won't, Bell was in danger, the only way to help Bell was to endure his brother's exhaustion and injuries.
The owner of the bar went in to review the scandal "You can't even handle some sets!"
Mama-mía entered, saw him from head to toe and frowned, behind her came an Elf.
"Boy... How did you get that wound, a plate can't cut that deep, so don't tell me you cut yourself picking it up." The dwarf's gaze was hard and imposing, Timer shuddered slightly at the scolding.
The white-haired man made a gesture that he never thought he would do, just like his brother Bell, he scratched his head slightly nervously.
Behavior that was unusual for him.
A gesture Bell had never seen him make.
"I would tell him... but it's a family secret." Timer muttered.
His gaze never left the ground, unable to meet the eyes of the owner of the bar.
His words annoyed her even more, but she didn't insist any more. "I understand… Bah. Fine, Ryuu go get some bandages."
"Yes, Mama-Mia" I answer and he left.
Ryuu, stoic and serious, left the room to bring what was requested.
"sells?" He doesn't know why he asked, his goal was obvious, but his mind was still a mess.
And no, it wasn't because of Bell's feelings, he turned off Synesthesia but left Bisection on
The dwarf crossed her arms "Of course, obviously to cure you, you're of no use to me injured, but don't worry, we'll charge you for the treatment." She finished with a teasing smile.
"That does not reassure me"
After a moment Ryuu arrived with the bandages.
"I'll give it to you, I have other things to do." Mama Mia said.
Before the Dwarf's departure, the room fell silent.
"Hold out your hand." Ryū said.
Once the Dwarf left, her mind returned to normal.
With his head clear he realized how rare it was to lose logical thinking, get nervous and not know what to do was terrifying.
Timer shook his head before stretching out his affected hands.
"Sure" He answered confidently.
The Elf's hands began to sell his hand, being very careful not to touch it.
Timer didn't feel like doing it either, he looked at his work calmly, the Elf's hands moved dexterously, but… it was a bit rough, although it wasn't like he was going to mention it.
"They already finished? I need you outside, Ryuu." The bar owner's voice echoed.
Timer's hand, which had previously been fixed, almost immovable. But upon hearing the voice of the dwarf who owned the pub, his nervousness returned and he trembled, consequently, he touched the Elf's hand.
High Elf Archer's hands froze at the touch, Timer already expecting some kind of blow.
But nothing, no reaction, she just kept bandaging.
"I'm almost done" The dwarf nodded before returning to the kitchen.
And his mind returned to normal.
What is happening to me…
Timer was frustrated, that person wasn't him, he doesn't behave like that, he shouldn't behave like that.
Timer recalled that he touched High Elf Archer's hand. He had to say it, she might find it offensive.
"I'm sorry, they told me that Elves don't like to be touched, that was not my intention"
"It's no big deal." He continued with his, she didn't say anything else.
His goddess often tells him that he is a person of few words and that he should be more sociable, he supposes that's what she meant by not talking, but when you add one quiet person to another, everything becomes uncomfortable.
"By the way, we haven't introduced ourselves, my name is Timer Cranel, as you already know my brother is the one who ran away without paying, although I assure you that it wasn't because of what you think, he had a good reason, since he didn't is here apologized for what happened."
She stopped and stared back at him. "So is that…" She pursed her lips "your brother is so rude, to do that to Syr… even when she chased after him and yelled his name, he just ran off like a shameless thief. ." Her eyes were narrowed.
Thank you Bell, absolutely thank you, grr!
Her calm expression did not do her thoughts justice.
"Don't talk about my brother that way, you don't know him, you don't know if he is what you suppose." Timer said with anger in his voice.
High Elf Archer did not change her expression in the slightest. "I judge his brother based on his actions, and from what he has shown me today, he does not deserve my respect."
High Elf Archer's eyes were still expressionless, but without hostility.
"…"
"I'm done, I'll bring my mommy." She withdrew her hands and was about to leave. "Anything else Cranel-san?"
"No, nothing, just... Please don't hold a grudge against my brother, something they said to him made him feel very bad"
She looked doubtful before speaking, "Your brother, the white-haired boy, before running away they were making fun of an albino, isn't that the person Bete Loga was talking about?" Timer made a face, there was no reason to lie.
"Yes, just as Bete Loga said, a minotaur reached the upper floors. And just like he said, my brother was attacked by that monster. We are novice adventurers, and that almost cost us our lives. I hope Bell is okay" Timer said murmuring the last thing, he was worried about how his brother would be.
High Elf Archer's gaze relaxed, she looked at him sympathetically.
"You seem like a good person Cranel-san, I have to meet his brother to judge him for myself."
"I have work to do, there will be time to talk, apparently he will work here for a while"
Although she didn't show up, Timer didn't complain, he had to figure out how to solve his problem with Mama-mía, his various problems.
"By the way, you told me your name, but I didn't mention mine, I'm Ryuu Lion, I hope you don't repay the kindness you're being given in the same way as your brother. See you, Cranel-san."
Timer nodded.
Timer looked at the bandage on his hand, he hoped that Bell would return safely.
Therefore, in his mind he changed Bisection, which was 70-30, he changed it to 90-10, it was the limit in which the damage could be dealt.
It was the only way he could help Bell.
After a couple of minutes mom-Mia came back.
"With that blindfold you won't be able to work, although you're lucky, we're already closing, for now you'll stay in one of the rooms we have here, if what you say is true, your brother will come tomorrow with the money, follow me boy."
That hard look is becoming customary to direct it towards Timer.
The white-haired man followed her through the kitchen to the outside, they went through the Bar, there the waitresses were cleaning the tables, there was no one left. Since she arrived, her concentration had diminished and exhaustion did not allow her to enter a state of calm.
His steps were slow, fatigue was affecting him, he was getting stronger every time, until one of his legs stopped responding for a moment, it was enough to make him fall.
All eyes turned in his direction.
When he tried to get up, a sharp pain exploded in his right knee, blood began to come out.
The bar waitresses stared, most of them shocked that the wound appeared out of nowhere, Syr looking worried, Ryuu narrowing her eyes.
Mama-Mia sighed resignedly, she picked him up, her arm took the back of his shirt, and as if it didn't weigh anything, she left it on the counter.
Is this how kittens felt when being carried by their mother? That was a very strange thought, Timer admitted.
"Boy... You should tell your brother that he shouldn't do things like that, you should talk to him about it."
She spoke to me with her eyes closed, her authoritative voice loud for all to hear.
"You know it?" The knowledge and strength of this woman continues to worry him.
"I met someone with a similar ability, although right now it seems more of a counterproductive thing. Wait here."
Mama-Mia climbed up some stairs in the wall, the girls seemed to look at him for a moment and then went about their business.
Syr approached with a rag and gave it to her, the girl looked down, Timer realized the obvious hints, she was interested in Bell, for him to leave like this must have offended her, she even prepared a seat for them where no one would bother us. .
"Here, press the wound to stop the bleeding." She said, still with her kind and warm voice.
The black-haired man was conflicted "Thank you, this Syr-san..." I hesitate to let Bell take care of the problem or do it for him.
"Yes Timer-san?"
"I'm sorry about what happened with Bell, I assure you that he will come and explain it to you." She leaned in apologetically.
"Don't worry, it was nothing, Bell-San must have had her reasons."
She smiled even though she looked sad, but Timer stopped insisting, after that she continued doing her job.
In the end Mama-mía brought 5 options.
"Use these when the wounds reappear. Of course, you will repay me for the potions by working here."
Timer was getting a headache, not only did he have to pay for food, but now he had to pay for potions, which didn't seem to be cheap.
Surely they cost between 7 thousand Valis each, now they would be financially bad.
"Thank you." She replied weakly, tomorrow would be a hard day.
Mama-Mia guided him to the second floor, Timer walked slowly, the wound on his leg hurt, but he wasn't going to spend the potion so quickly, maybe Bell will come up with something else, he has to be prepared.
The dwarf stopped in front of a wooden door "Sleep here for today, tomorrow we will teach you how to serve customers, I assure you that if you try to run away you will not get very far, if you do I will look for an old tool that I have saved." Another cruel smile was present.
Again, he sighed, more to hide his slight tremors. "Haa~, yeah sure, see you tomorrow, and thanks for everything." He closed the door, sat on the bed, stared at the potions.
According to Misha, the color and the smell are indications to know the quality of a potion, Timer knew it, this was a potion of the highest quality.
He lay back on the bed, it was soft, the sheets were clean and it gave off a pleasant aroma, he wondered how much he will charge for the stay.
He already had his plan for the next day, hit Bell first, and that was his plan for the whole day.
He had used a potion to heal the wound on his knee.
With the wound healed he went into the bathroom to wash up, then he went to bed, the problem was that no matter how much he cleaned me, the sweat kept coming out, little scratches started coming out all over his body, no matter how much he cleaned it, it just kept coming out.
Four hours had passed and he had not been able to fall asleep, he was very tired, every time he managed to fall asleep, the pain would wake him up again.
I'm seriously going to make Bell pay for this.
For fear of being reprimanded tomorrow for getting blood on the sheets he had to go to and from the bathroom, he used two of the potions, one on a cut on his head and one on a cut on his arm.
But seriously, what crossed Bell's mind right now, I know he was angry, but that doesn't mean he kills himself in the brig.
My plan of action for tomorrow is to wait for Bell to arrive, hit him, and then berate him.
And he would comply.
It seems that the wounds have stopped, and the sun is already rising, if I sleep now I'll be like a zombie, but it's the best I have.
He used all his efforts to fall asleep, he even forgot that he shouldn't stain the blankets.
But at last he had managed to sleep peacefully.
Another day he would face the problem at hand.
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Danmachi does not belong to me.