Chapter 4: The Village of Rogues
Normal POV
After catching up to Lefiya and scolding her, Riveria then asked her why she's rushing through everything. Lefiya told her what's going on and why she's in a hurry.
"So that's what's happening... But what will you guys do in Rivira anyway? There is nothing good there, everything is over priced and people will milk your money out of you in exchange for some irrelevant information" The high elf princess said with arms crossed.
"We knew that but Aiz-san said she just wanted to show that ki-I mean Cranel-san what having a village in the dungeon looks like" The young elf explained.
"Well, if you are there just to look around then I guess it's fine, but remember to not buy anything from there got it? tell Aiz and the others too so they won't buy anything unnecessary, okay?" She pats her head before entering the tent but before she could, Lefiya called out for her once again.
"Um.. Would you like to come with us too Riveria-sama? I know you're quite busy after what happened these past few days but...-" Before she could finish her sentence, the captain of their familia, Finn arrived at the scene and helped her persuade Riveria on going with them.
"You should go with them, you need to relax now and a best opportunity has appeared for you to do so, we'll handle the rest here okay? so stop being a "Mama" and go have fun with the others if you are still as young as you said you are" The Braver gave her a teasing grin before going inside the tent.
SIGH " Guess there is no helping it, I'll go with you" She said as she starts walking towards the camp's exit.
"Yehey! This is the first time that you hang out with us Riveria-sama! Let's enjoy ourselves shall we?" The "Savage" forest fairy beamed to her superior.
It was not that long until everyone has gathered and went to the village entrance, everyone who knew Bell went to the village with them, including Narvi and Raul.
"So you are the rumored rookie huh? as well as the new record holder?" The high novice said while inspecting every corner of Bell's body.
"Yes... But please stop what you are doing right now...It's a little bit disturbing" Bell said with a pressured smile.
"The last time I went here was when a Ganesha familia member was murdered in one of their hotel by a female tamer" Riveria said.
"But I'm a bit surprised to see a goddess here at the dungeon... What exactly are you doing here Hestia-sama?" said Narvi, the red haired girl with a similar appearance to her deity Loki but with a vissible assets.
"Who are you to ask me? I can't let MY Bell-kun hang out with you guys especially with that flirty cat of your familia" The loli goddess said while intentionally crossing her arms to ephasize her breast.
Riveria then eyed Aki who answered with a trouble smile.
"What exactly happened yesterday Aki?" The beautiful princess asked her fellow adventurer.
The level 4 female adventurer answered her while looking around at the village, they didn't saw anything good in particular that piqued their interests so they just continued to follow where Aiz and the others went until a certain adventurer bumped into Bell after going out of the tavern.
"You damn brat! What are you doing here heh!?" The old adventurer said with a growl.
"What's going on here?" Riveria noticing an adventurer who's picking a fight with the little rookie.
"What the? Hey Mord look, it looks like he's close to Loki familia" the beast man whispered to their party leader.
"Tch! let's go!"
""What's with that? how LAME"" the amazon sisters said in unison.
"Well, let's just ignore them all shall we?" The white haired boy said.
They agreed to stop thinking about it and start showing him again the whole town until a certain goddess called out her child's name.
"Bell-kuuuun! How's this? I've bought this perfume there! How's is it?" She said while spraying the thing all over her body.
"Hestia-sama! What the hell are you doing buying a perfume of all things here!? Lady Nine Hell already said that all the items here costs 3 time more than the normal one!" the pallum in disguise said while snatching away the said item.
"what's the problem with that!? and besides, I'm not the only person who've bought something here!" The small goddess said while pointing at the old looking backpack that Lily is currently carrying behind her.
"This is needed especially when returning back to the surface! unlike that thing you've bought that you aren't even gonna use except for special occasions!" Lily screamed at Hestia.
"I agree with Lily here goddess Hestia, how can you afford to spend your sole familia member's hard earned money on something so trivial?" The high elf said with a raised eyebrow.
"I-It's a women's necessity too you know!? A-And besides... eeetoo... BELL-KUN HATES SWEATY WOMEN!!!" Hestia out of desperation used her child to redirect all of their attention to him which seems like a very effective move.
Lily, Riveria,Tiona and Aiz started to sniff their selves to check out if they reek of sweat while Raul, Aki, Tione, Lefiya, Mikoto, Chigusa, Ouka and Narvi stood there looking at the high elf princess with a shocked expression.
Tione then proposed that they could take a bath together which everyone agreed except for Aki, Narvi and Raul since they have to prepare lunch and they said that they already took a bath early in the morning and Raul is a guy so he can't really go with them.
"Aki-san, is that true? or you are just afraid of water just like a normal cat?" The white haired boy asked innocently.
"Huh? Afraid of water? Ofcourse not! I don't really mind but I have to prepare lunch... Maybe I'll do that if you go with us" the cat girl tapped him with her elbow repeatedly while grinning from ear to ear.
"THAT'S IT! you're not going with us you hear me? Let's go everyone!" Hestia walked away, stomping like a kid while everyone could only look at her as she walks away.
"By the way, What about you Riveria-sama? Are you going to take a bath as well? or are you going back to treat the poisoned members of Tsubaki-san's familia?" Narvi asked their vice captain.
"I'll check them out first, but I'll definitely go with the others since a certain pallum said that I should relax for the day"
Loki Familia's Camp
As soon as Hestia came back to the camp, she was greeted by a blonde pallum who's carrying a huge amount of fabrics covered in sweat.
"Welcome back Hestia-sama, how's the village?" Finn asked with a gentle smile.
"It's okay Braver-kun but the items they sell over there is so overpriced that it's not acceptable anymore" the childish goddess said while crossing her arms.
A familiar voice then suddenly rang out as she pointed out what the little goddess did earlier.
"Yet, you still bought something so trivial, even using your own child as a scapegoat to try and cover up buying a perfume" Riveria then entered the camp along with the others.
"SHUTUP!!! Anyway! Let's take a bath already!"
They went to the lake beside the camp to take a fresh bath. Asfi also joined them since she doesn't have anything better to do for the moment and Lefiya backed out and said she'll just guard them in case anyone tries to peep at them.
"It looks like I win this time hehehe!" The childish goddess said while puffing out her chest.
"What exactly did you win Hestia-sama?" The supporter said with a deadpan look.
A few moments later, the high elf princess entered the scene with just a towel wrapped around her body.
"Woah, Chigusa-dono, take a look at her! Even with a towel, you can clearly see how great and beautiful her figure is... It feels like looking to a real goddess taking a bath..." the samurai girl said in awe.
Hestia's breasts might be big but it's nothing compared to the high elf's perfect body. A slightly above average size on her chest that's enough to make a perfect shape in them, a very slim waist with just a perfect amount of fat to them for her rib cage not to show up, her thick thighs and her rear looks so perfect that even I the narrator don't know how to describe it.
(A/N* Imagine Summer Shishou's body figure from FGO)
"Amazing, her body proportions looks so good that it almost matches Freya's... I didn't know a mortal can be as beautiful as this..." the goddess if hearth stared at her in complete surprise.
"heehee... It looks like you've lost this time Hestia-sama" Lily said with a smug look that Hestia tried to ignore but failed to.
"Just shut up will you? I know that high elves are 10 times more beautiful than normal elves but I didn't expect her to be this perfect in all angle!"
"I think it's quite obvious since she's the princess of their kingdom Hestia-sama and we never really saw her figure ever since because she always wear too much clothes even before I became the captain of our familia" The alchemist said witha sorrowful smile.
"Asfi-kun... I don't know what happened before I descend here but don't worry about it... Let's just enjoy our little break here okay?" Hestia smiled at her warmly.
Back at the camp.
Bell's POV.
I entered my tent to take a nap but a few minutes have already passed and I still couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard I try to empty my mind so decided to go to where they prepare the food for us and ask them if I could help them.
"Oh! Cranel-san, what can I do for you? Don't tell me you wanna eat already?" The red haired girl said to me with a gentle smile.
"That's not it! I'm here to help you guys so that the others can eat after taking a bath"
She then taught me how to slice vegetables and meat. I really paid attention to her instructions and did as what I was told and the end result turned out great.
"Oh! You're good aren't ya? You are fast learner!" I blushed at her complement because I never knew I was a quick learner aside from dungeon exploration lessons I took from Eina-san.
"Another women on Bell's harem!" Aki-san shouted which embarrassed me more because I may have come here in orario to build my own but that's not my goal now.
"W-What are you saying Aki!? I'm just teaching him how to cook! Don't say something so absurd will ya!?" Narvi-san said with her face turned away from me.
I caught a glimpse of her facial expression and it looks like she's embarrassed as well but I don't think what Aki-san said about me having a harem is true.
"Then why is your face so red that it's as red as your hair now huh?" She came to us while holding a spatula.
"Aki-san! What are you saying!? I don't have a harem and I don't plan on building one anymore!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I tried to hide my embarrassment.
"So...You planned on building before huh? what exactly changed your mind? tell me" She then shifted from teasing to what I can tell is curious.
I told them that I fell in love and threw away my dream of building a harem and replaced it by only standing side by side to the person I yearned for, and how I desperately wanted to catch up to her no matter what.
"I see.. So you fell in love with this person so hard that you can only think of nothing other than catching up to her huh? Sounds like a love story from the books that I read but I don't hate it..." Narvi-san smiled down gently.
"Let me guess... It's Aiz isn't it?" Aki-san then whispered in a very serious tone. I don't know how to answer since she got it right and I don't have any good reason to deny it but still, it's embarrassing to admit those kinds of things.
"Yes... it's her" I simply answered her question.
we continued our conversation while doing our tasks at the same time and before we knew it, we finished cooking and preparing the food earlier than expected so Aki-san decided to go to the bathing area and tell them that the food is ready.
As soon as we went to our separate ways. Hermes-sama then called out to me and said that he have something very important to discus about so I followed him around until we reach the woods.
"from here on, don't make any unnecessary noise you hear me Bell-kun?" The messenger god whispered to me and I answered him with a nod but as soon as I saw what's below us. I panicked and shook Hermes-sama's shoulders.
"Hermes-sama! We shouldn't be here! They'll get mad at us!!" I said desperately while trying not to look down.
"Bell-kun, peeping is man's romance" The handsome god said with a mischievous smile.
"Hermes-sama! Woah!" As I tried to move towards his direction, the branch that I'm currently stepping to suddenly snapped off and I fell down on the bathing area face first.
"Hey! Riveria let's take that towel off like thiiiiis!" The younger amazon said before I crashed to the pool of water.
BAM!
"What's this? did you come here to take a bath as well?" Tiona-san said while smiling down at me.
"I thought you are just a shy kid but you're quite manly aren't you?"
I almost passed out because seeing the two of them looking at me while naked is really embarassing.
Chigusa-san and Mikoto-san succesfully hid their selves before I could look at their direction which I'm glad they did but Kami-sama then popped up out of nowhere and took me by surprise.
"Bell-kun! wanna take a bath with me?" She said with a teasing tone and smile.
But as soon as I tried to look at the opposite direction, I saw Aiz-san looking embarrassed but what caught my attention the most is Riveria-san.
I could only describe her look as perfect. I didn't see any of her private parts thanks to the towel that's covering her front to hide it but I can tell that she looks perfect anyway. She also looks cute when she's blushing like that. Maybe this is the reason she wears way too much clothes, because she doesn't want any unnecessary attention.
But that's where all it ends as I saw the beautiful but savage forest fairy pointing her staff on me.
"ARCS RAY!!!!" She cast her magic with such a force that could pierce through the goliath's skin.
"Don't Lefiya!" Luckily, Aki-san protected me by redirecting Viridis-san's staff to miss it's shot.
"Bell! Run away now!" She said to me while trying to hold of her fellow member.
"I-I'M SO SOOOOORRYYYYY!!!" And with that, I ran as fast and as far as I could to try to not get captured by Lefiya-san.
Aki's POV
As soon as Bell escaped the scene, I tried to hold down Lefiya for a while before letting go of her. She didn't start to chant magic again and go after him but instead, she started screaming some absurd things.
"YOU REALLY ARE A GOOD FOR NOTHING KID!!! NOT ONLY DID YOU SAW AIZ-SAN NAKED BUT RIVERIA-SAMA AS WELL!!!! I'LL BURN YOU TO CRISP IF EVER YOU SHOW UP AGAIN GRAAAA!!!!!" She said while crying and thrashing around.
Suddenly, the blue haired captain of the Hermes familia went to our direction with a vain popping out of her head.
"I think I know who's the culprit here and it's not Bell-san... It's my own god... And I apologize for his absurd actions here" She bowed down in front of us and everyone but the girl named Mikoto suddenly asked her something.
"How did you know that? I couldn't sense anyone with my skill other than us and Bell-dono earlier" the samurai girl said.
"It's quite simple, detection magic or skills doesn't affect gods at all or maybe you could detect them but they can hide their presence if they use a special item which Asfi here specializes on doing" Riveria-sa said while putting an arm around Asfi's shoulders.
"Yes and I think he is currently using one of my items right now" The blue haired girl said with a long sigh.
After bathing, everything went back to normal except for Lefiya who's still really really mad at Bell for some reason even though Asfi-san already explained that Bell was tricked into going with the traveler god to peek at the girls.
I spoke up since I can't really take it anymore, I don't like the idea of blaming someone into something they didn't really do.
"Lefiya, everyone already explained everything and Riveria-san said it was alright so you should calm down, and besides, shouldn't you be also mad at Hermes-sama?" I asked her but what she said to me is not what I'm expecting to hear.
"I don't care! It's just an excuse to get away from his crimes and I'm not gonna stop! I'm going to give him the punishment he deserves!" She said those words with venom in them which really alarmed me so I just went to Bell's direction to keep guarding him in case Lefiya tries something.
"Hestia-sama, please allow me for a moment to sit beside you guys, Lefiya is still angry at him and she's unstoppable when she's like that so I need to guard him since he doesn't stand a chance because Lefiya is a level 3 who's close on leveling up" I looked at her with an apologetic expression.
"Okay, but if something happens to my Bell-kun, Loki will never hear the end of it okay?" She said with a very worried look on her face.
I thought she was just like Loki who's overly possessive on Aiz that she always push away all the male who tries to get close to her or tries to court her but it looks like I'm wrong.
"It's okay, I won't let something bad happen to him" I assured her by placing a hand on her left shoulder.
We finished eating our food and since it's already dark, the captain decided that we should rest up since tommorow will be the day of Bete's return and the first team's return to the surface.
I was assigned to the first team but I think I wanna stay behind a little bit that's why I'm currently walking towards captain's tent.
"Can I come in?" I said out loud since there is no door to knock.
Riveria-san was the one who invited me inside the tent, she said that Finn-san was currently hiding because a certain Amazon was searching for him.
"Good evening Aki, what can we do for you?" She said as she guided me towards a vacant sit.
"I'm just gonna make a request about my position being in the first group" as soon as everyone including the captain who's currently hiding under his desk what I said. They all raised an eyebrow.
"This is a very rare occasion even for us, you usually don't mind whenever and wherever I put you but it looks like you're kinda attached to Bell Cranel, mind if I ask why?" The captain smiled at me.
I noticed the curiosness in his eyes, it looks dazzling and I think this is one of the reasons why Tione's so inlove with this guy.
"I don't know how to explain it without you guys misunderstanding it but... I think I wanna be a little more closer to him since I think we could be a really good friends" I simply replied.
It looks like he's satisfied with my answer and after re-arranging the two teams, he showed it to me and to the two top executives which everyone agreed to.
team 1 will be Gareth-san, Aiz, Bete, Tiona, Tione, Raul, Cruz and Alicia and the Hephaestus familia while the team 2 is Me, captain, Riveria, Narvi, Lefiya, Line and the other level 2s and 1s.
"Okay, thank you very much for listening to my selfish request... I really appreciate it" I bowed slightly to show my gratitude to them especially to the captain.
"Don't be bothered by it too much, this is the first time you've requested something to us ever since you entered our familia"
"He's right, this is the first time you've asked something that would only benefit you, I'm not saying that it's a good thing, it's just the first time you asked that's why we agreed to accept it just once" I gave her a hug since she's really like a mother to me and everyone else and I really do appreciate her looking out for us like her own child.
"Mama will always be Mama I guess?" Gareth-san commented.
"I'll be going now, thanks again" I bid farewell to them as I exit the tent to go back to ours.
Bell's tent.
Normal POV.
It's already dark outside and everyone was already inside their tents.
Bell decided to go out for a bit because he's a little bit worried about Hermes ever since he heard that everyone especially Riveria severely punished him for his immoral behaviour.
"Let's see... KYAAAH!! HERMES-SAMA'S FACE!!" As he tripped backwards, he didn't notice his arms was already wrapped around someone's waist and his hands ar already touching their chest.
"HYAAAAHH!!!!!" The girl said.
"Huh?? Umm... I'm sor-HIIH!! LEFIYA-SAN!!" He said with a horrified face as he already knew what will happen next, He started to walk away slowly until running with his full might.
"YOU... I REALLY HATE YOU... YOU WHITE HAIRED KID!!!!!" She said as she starts to chase the white rabbit through the forest.
1 Hour later
18th Floor Forest (Night)
As both of them stopped to catch their breaths, They've realized that they are already lost. It's not that hard to return back if it's still morning but if it's pitch black as this, it would be very difficult too even with the help of Bell's magic stone lamp that he's currently carrying.
"I think... I'm abou...t to die... earlier... Hah..." the white haired kid said while panting heavily.
"I won't kill you and I'll never do that to anyone, I'm just gonna punish you until your last breath" She said angrily while pointing her staff towards Bell.
"That's basically it! anyway... How do we go back to camp? It's so dark and it's really hard to see even with the help of this lamp" He raised the magic lamp to the path in front of them but it didn't help to expand their visions even though it produces more light the darker the environment it is in.
"Yeah... I think we should try to find a way to go back by ourselves... We can't keep relying on Aiz-san and the others to keep saving us..." The cute elf said with her face directed to the ground.
"I guess you are right... If you are not strong enough you would only weigh them down especially in tougher situations..." Bell said while trying to not to remember how many times Aiz helped him and saved his life.
"That's right... So we need to go back by ourselves this time to prove that we are not just a burden to them... So are you coming with me or not?" The young elf said as she already forgot about what happened earlier.
"Yes...Let's go!" He said out loud as they start to walk around the forest.
A/N: hooh... I think it's 100 easier to speak english than to type words and write a f*cking story... I don't have a problem on speaking since I have many foreigner friends but damn typing and constructing a sentence is so freakin' hard that I'd rather sometimes go out in afternoon summer than to write something but I can't do that now... I can't disappoint you guys since I know you're waiting for the next chapter...
Anyway thanks for the read and I hope you guys enjoy it even if my english is a bit cranky and I'm sorry about that.
ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
I already have a heroine for my next fanfic and the main girl in the next story is...
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SHAKTI VARMA!!!
I know many of you guys don't know who she is if you are just watching the anime and not reading the manga/light novel and playing the game.
She is the familia captain of one of the most comical and famous god in the series which is Ganesha, I don't know how to set up the story first since it's very difficult to imagine a scenario where Shakti will take our rabbit's heart or vice versa but that's it for now! See you guys on the next chapter and I promise to try and upload it 3 or 4 days later.