Bill's Goddess Adventure
A: Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon Story
Chapter 12
It was now the morning after, word was suppressed about Lady Thor's escapades from the previous night...though Lady Loki wanted a bit more embarrassing tales about her fellow deity.
Cersei groaned in pain as she worked at her family pub, rubbing her head
"Ow...my head..." Cersei groaned
"Morning dear." Alicia spoke with a twinge of disappointment in her voice.
"Ow...Not so loud..." Cersei winced in the pounding headache.
"Enjoy last night, did you?" Alicia asked at the same vocal range as before
"Ow, mum...I...Think so..." Cersei answered
"Just... Don't remember."
"Why? What happened?" Cersei asked
"You don't want to know. Come on, breakfast is on the cooker." Alicia answered
"Thanks... But again, please tell me." She sighed, following her mother
"Are you sure? You may not like the answer." Alicia commented
"I'm sure..." Cersei nodded slowly
"Well for starters: you and your girlfriend were making out at that party of hers, after that you went on a drunken rampage down into the dungeons, came back, made out in my front room, slept with her then had a row involving adult objects which I can't mention THIS early, she stormed out causing a lightning storm waking the neighbours and Marcyl and FINALLY you drunk a keg of ale then flopped into your bed. So YES, you see WHY I'm disappointed in you." Alicia answered
"Mum... Oh Mum... I... I'm sorry." Cersei muttered "Wait... Girlfriend? Lightning storm?!" She gasped
"Well, that's what you called her and she in turn; and I don't know many female thunder deities." Alicia answered simply still feeling angry at her grown up daughter acting like a drunkard. "As an apology and punishment: you take my punishment and double it. You're grounded for a week."
"I'm grounded for two weeks?!" Cersei deadpanned since she hadn't been grounded in years
"Now it's four weeks; I like this game." Alicia answered as they approached the kitchen "Morning Marcyl."
"Morning mum..." Said daughter frowned as she didn't get enough sleep last night.
"Mum! I'm not a little kid!" She yelled "I'm nearly 30! If I wanted I could live with my Familia! But no I live here to help you with the Pub AND help you raise Marcyl! I got drunk, so what?! Everyone does it! And you know how I normally am with alcohol; someone must have spiked my drink!"
"Hmm!" Marcyl cowered
"Cersei! Alright...alright...I'll ask Thor, but you're in trouble still, not as much though." Alicia hugged her daughter.
Cersei sighed, hugging her
"Can we just have a quiet morning please?" Marcyl asked kindly
"Sure honey." Alicia nodded
"Sorry Sis." Cersei smiled
"You're forgiven..." Marcyl pouted
"Let's just have breakfast." Alicia smiled lightly
"Okay." The older members of the family nodded
*With the Hera Familia*
Bill was awake with Sachi, she and him were practicing with their new knives; Sachi being better, being naturally good with ranged weapons.
"Nice one Sachi." Bill chuckled as a dagger stabbed into Sachi's dummy's crotch
"Not sure if he's dead, but that would REALLY hurt." Sachi blushed
"Yep, definitely." Bill nodded and he threw a knife into the shoulder of his dummy
"Might slow him down." Sachi commented
"And allow me to do this." Bill nodded, slashing and cutting the dummy's head off
"Lethal." Sachi commented with a gulp.
"Only when I have to be." Bill reassured her.
"I know, it's just scary." Sachi answered
Bill sighed, hugging her
"The lightning storm from last night?" Bill asked
"Yeah...I'm afraid of lightning..." Sachi shook.
"It's okay." Bill smiled, rubbing her back
Inside the house Hera was waking up, she had quite a lovely dream.
And do we NEED to say what it was?
"Hmm...That was nice..." She stretched out in the empty bed. "Where is everyone?" she wondered as she got out of the bed
She got dressed slowly, smiling as she looked around
She saw Hera's Charm resting on the table with a polishing kit and whetstone next to it. Even though Bill didn't need to sharpen the blade, he saw how he respected it so well and cared for it like his original blade.
That sight made her smile happily
She placed her hand on the blade gently and felt its warmth...it felt like a child's heartbeat.
She smiled, kissing the blade softly like a mother
Unknown to Hera the blade's spirit glowed happily; it felt the warmth of its "mother" and glowed the sword itself.
It was basically purring under her touch
"This...is unusual..." Hera slowly backed up from the sword; she actually was a little freaked out...but it was a "nice" freaked out
She sighed a bit, heading outside
Bill threw a knife and it lodged itself into the dummy's head. "Got ya."
"Nice shot." Sachi smiled
"Thanks." Bill smiled removing the knife. "Your turn."
She nodded and threw it, getting the dummy's heart
"Nice one..." Bill rolled his shoulder "I think we've earned a rest for now."
"Okay...Oh, morning Lady Hera." Sachi nodded then waved warmly at their goddess
"Morning Lady Hera." Bill added
"Morning you two." Hera smiled lightly
"Thank you for last night Lady Hera." Sachi bowed
"It was a pleasure; you conducted yourselves very well...albeit with Bill fainting." Hera smiled
"Yeah...Still...still have to work on that." Bill blushed
"Yes you do." The two chuckle
"Okay, okay...I lived a partially sheltered life okay." Bill gave up
The two nodded, smiling softly and hugged him
"Thank you..." Bill blushed but found it very reassuring "Sleep well Lady Hera?" he squeaked
"Very." She nodded
"I...err...I'll go get some breakfast for us." Bill excused himself
"Okay." Sachi nodded with a smile
As Bill went off and out of the river and quickly dunked his head in it to cool him off. "GAH! That...that's better..." he panted
And with a nod he walked back to the house
"Do you think Bill dunked his head in the river again?" Sachi asked
"I'd put money on that. Despite being...18? He's still a kid." Hera commented "Not necessarily a bad thing though."
"You want to corrupt him?!" Sachi gasped
"No, I just...I just think...if we just..."medically" show him..." Hera answered
"Medically show him?" Sachi asked
"Like...we get a medic book or something and explain it to him." Hera answered
"He knows how it works." Sachi replied
"I guess that's true...how do you know?" Hera asked
"Sex jokes."
"Sex jokes? What kinds?" Hera asked
"... Sex jokes?"
"Fair enough." Hera nodded
"Hey, I just realized: I never asked what you wanted." Bill poked his towel dried head from the door.
"Just normal stuff please." Sachi smiled
"Same." Hera nodded
"On it." Bill answered back
*Time Skip*
"Ready to head out Sachi?" Bill asked
"Yeah, I'm ready." Sachi wiped her lips.
"To the Guild!" She called, running off
"That girl..." Hera smiled
"We'll be back later." Bill smiled and gave a small peck on Hera's cheek subconsciously
"I will see you when you get back." She smiled
"Right...See you later then." Bill smiled and picked up Hera's Charm and his knife belt "Hopefully we'll be back before nightfall."
'Soon he'll be down there for weeks at a time.' She thought sadly, thinking of when she would be home alone for days on end while the two of them would go deep into the Dungeon and staying in there the entire time gaining money, times and so much experience.
'It would be nice for some new members...or someone to talk with during that time.' She thought
'I... Am going to miss them.' She thought as Bill grabbed his bow and arrows and left with a smile
"Be back soon Lady Hera." He waved kindly
As Bill left with Sachi, she was almost bouncing around waiting for him. "What was keeping you?" She asked
"Would it kill you to wait? I was getting my gear." Bill answered
"Fiiiiiine." She pouted
"You know, after you got those spell books you've been acting a bit more..." Bill spoke in worry
"A bit more what? Bubbly?" Sachi asked
"I would say more "hectic"." Bill answered
"Is hectic bad?" Sachi asked
"Just...it's a bit weird since only last week, you were quiet." Bill answered
"Really?" she asked
"Well to me at least. Come on, we've got a dungeon to siege." Bill smiled
"Guild first." She reminded him like every day
"Yeah-ha...Yeah..." Bill nodded
As the two went off to the Guild, Marcyl caught up with them holding two lunch boxes.
"Thank you." Sachi smiled, before she blushed as she remembered the book she read a few days ago and thought of Marcyl
"What's wrong with you? You're as red as a tomato." Marcyl asked
"N... Nothing." She muttered
"You sure?" Marcyl asked
"I'm sure." Sachi nodded
"Okay then, see you later." Marcyl shrugged
"Bye Marcyl." Bill waved
"Bye!" She waved, the two leaving for the Guild
"She's really nice for giving these to us." Sachi smiled
"True...she is." Bill nodded putting the lunch in his bag.
But with his back to her she slipped it from his bag and put it back in hers, carrying it for him
"Ah, good to see you again. I hope you've been taking it easy the past couple of days." Kurumu spoke as she saw the two.
"Yes, we did." Bill nodded, now thinking about his and Kurumu's 'date'
"Well, let's see your updated stats." Kurumu smiled
"Here you go." Sachi handed over the most recent details
"... Impressive." Kurumu nodded in amazement
"Really?" Bill asked sounding intrigued
"Of course. See for yourself." Kurumu handed them over.
"We've already seen them." Sachi smiled, looking at her all B's
Bill looked at his stats. All mostly A's with a few B's. He had came a long way since he started nearly half a year ago
"Damn...Has it really been half a year?" Bill thought aloud "It...Doesn't seem like it."
"I know." Kurumu nodded with a smile "And you have been doing just fine."
"Nice of you to say." Bill smiled
"Yo! Bill, Sachi!" Matt's voice spoke behind them "Early morning Stats Check?" he asked
"Stats hand in." Kurumu corrected but smiled "And yes they are."
"Of course." Matt nodded "You ready for the team up?"
"Think so." Sachi nodded
"Team up? You're partying up?" Kurumu asked interested
"Yep." Bill nodded
"I see. Then you two can go down to floor 18 today." Kurumu smiled
"Thank you!" Sachi cheered
"Can I speak to Bill in private before you leave please?" Kurumu asked
"Sure." Matt nodded "Come on Sachi."
"Okay. See you in a minute Bill." Sachi nodded, following Matt outside
"So Kurumu, what's up?" Bill asked
"Our date was honestly wonderful." She smiled, grasping his hand and leading him deeper into the Guild building and into a private room so her co-workers would not interrupt
"Well, I had fun too Kurumu. Where're we going?" Bill commented and then asked
They were now in a simple cubicle
"It's against the rules to be in a relationship with those we advice." she replied
"And I guessed that...but is it wrong to love?" Bill asked
"No. Just not professional." She replied
"Well...what do we do?" Bill asked "K... Kurumu... I'm with Lady Hera." He frowned
"I don't mind sharing." She smiled, cupping his cheeks with both hands
"I...But...Y-You KNOW the stories, right?" Bill gulped "I...I don't want to see you hurt."
"Then we talk to her. As I said I don't mind sharing." Kurumu smiled
"O-Okay..." Bill gulped lightly "Just ONE question..."
"Okay. What is it?" Kurumu's eyes glistened
"WHY did you drag me in here? ...Besides telling me, what you needed to tell me." Bill asked
"Well as I said: we aren't SUPPOSE to do this. It's not illegal just unprofessional and frowned upon." She shrugged "And so I can do this." She added, before gently kissing his lips for a few seconds
As she broke the kiss, she smiled lightly but then frowned. "O-Okay...That *ahem* I can agree to that." Bill spoke awkwardly.
Kurumu nodded with a small blush and smile "Good luck." She said, pecking his lips once more before she left
'Lady Hera help me...I never imagined this would happen.' Bill thought and left the room a few seconds after Kurumu.
He had to admit he was stumbling a bit and if this was a cartoon he'd have cartoon hearts flying around his head
"What kept you two?" Sachi asked
"Nothing...Just...Clearing the air." Bill answered
"Okay then. To the Dungeon!" Matt called with a smile
*Time skip*
Bill, Matt and Sachi were already in level ten; Matt being a "Knight Class" helped with the defending while Bill and Sachi covered the back with their knives and arrows.
But what surprised both of them was just how strong he was
He swung his halberd with strength and precision, it cleaved through monsters like a sickle through wheat.
And it reminded them that they had a LONG way to go
But it inspired them...Inspired them to push harder and become stronger, they WOULD have their stories known!
Bill yelled, hacking a goblin in half
"Goblins...Small but many, these things are like cockroaches!" Matt commented swinging into three other goblins
"At least they aren't ogres! They take a hell of a lot of damage!" Bill called back
"And they give it back in kind." Matt added, killing the three last goblins in their way
"Warning for up ahead: Floor 18 is a safe floor. Monsters don't spawn there so there are a few special stores set up alongside resting areas and such." Matt informed "This is to help Adventure's regain their strength. And also because guarding the stairs to floor 18 on floor 17 is a Super powerful monster called a Floor Boss. I have only ever been able to best it with others in a party like we are now."
"How many times have you beaten this thing?" Bill asked
"Six. It respawns every three hours." He nodded
"So we better get a move on then." Bill spoke "After we have some lunch."
"Right." Sachi and Matt nodded
As they sat down to eat their meals, Matt found that his lunch was gone. It may have been taken from one of the goblins, or even from an earlier floor; there was more than a few pickpocket creatures in the dungeons. "Damn it..." Matt grumbled
"What?" Bill asked
"My lunch is gone. Goblins must've taken it." Matt answered
Bill sighed...And he handed his lunch to Matt "Here. You need it more than I do."
"No man, I can't take that. It's fine. I'll buy something on 18." Matt denied
"You sure?" Bill asked
"I'm sure." Matt nodded
"Okay." Bill nodded and began to eat into his lunch.
*with Hera*
Hera was taking a walk in the town and thought she could get some supplies.
'Okay...what to get, what to get...' She thought to herself
She grabbed the things she needed for both food and items around the house.
"Hera? Hera is that you?" A kind female voice spoke
"Err...Who wants to know?" Hera gulped then turned to see the woman. "Persephone?"
"I thought it was you. How have you been?" The now named "Persephone" asked kindly. She had Autumn red/brown hair flowing down to her waist, braided with freshly bloomed blue roses. She was almost as tall as Hera and she wore a long fresh green dress adorn with rubies.
Hera gave a sigh of relief, she then smiled "I've been well. How are you and Hades?" Hera asked
"We're well, thank you. I heard you've gained a Familia." Persephone responded kindly
"That I have. They are currently in the Dungeon."
"Wow, that's quick; I'm impressed. Would you like to come for tea?" Persephone asked
"I wouldn't mind." she smiled "And if my Familia are back by then I'll bring them along to if that's okay."
"Excellent. I'll go tell Hades, that you may join us. We can catch up." Persephone smiled
"I'd like that." Hera smiled "Now...I better get to some shopping."
"Okay, I'll see you later." Persephone smiled and headed off.
"Don't tell Zeus." Hera added
"As if I would. I promise not to tell." Persephone promised
"Thank you." Hera nodded
And with that they went their own ways
'I hope they are okay...' Hera thought
*In the dungeon*
"HO! This is NOT okay!" Bill commented as he dodged a head of a three headed lizard creature
"Bill!" Sachi yelled, shooting an arrow from her arm mounted crossbow at the lizard
As the arrow whizzed past and into the creature's neck Bill managed to cleave a portion of it off.
"Thanks." Bill called back but saw the creature was not dead yet.
"Stay on your feet!" Matt called out as he blocked a strike from the lizard's remaining heads.
Another snap at Bill and he slashed at it, snapping a tooth from its mouth. "HISHHH-AH!" the creature hissed in anger and lunged forward
"Come on!" Matt and Sachi called out and struck at the creature's right head while Bill continued to distract the left head.
Bill sidestepped to the right but slipped on a skull that was there...and he was swallowed whole.
"BILL!" Matt and Sachi called out as Bill began to slide down into the monster's gullet.
But that didn't stop the lump in the lizard's throat; he stopped midway causing the creature to struggle to swallow his meal. But now it screamed in pain as Hera's Charm began to cut through its flesh and sliced through the neck exposing Bill's upper half of his body.
Bill's entire upper-half was covered in green blood and saliva his left hand holding Hera's Charm, albeit difficult due to the slime. "Bloody Hydra SPAWN!" Bill shouted and slid out from the throat as the neck fell to the floor.
"That... Was disgusting."
"Bloody hell..." Matt gasped and actually felt a little sick
"Bill, look out!" Sachi pointed to the remaining head who was aiming for Bill
"Try me Snake!" Bill snarled as his slimy hair got in his eyes and tried to defend himself.
He threw two knives, both stabbing the remaining heads in the brain
As the creature hissed and screamed it fell to the ground in defeat Bill had delivered the killing blow.
It then exploded in a flurry of black dust, a large crystal falling in the floor
The three looked at each other in exhaustion, shock and disgust...then Sachi began to chuckle. The feeling that they just killed a "Boss Monster" and right now euphoria and dopamine was running high. Soon Matt followed with the laughter and then Bill laughed as he wiped the slime from his face and sword.
The three continued to laugh as they descended the stairs towards floor 18
To be continued
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