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"B…Be…Be…Bel…Bell…Bell!" Bell jumped awake and fell out of bed and fell on the floor.

"Ow," Bell groaned. Cranel was cracking up as he watched Bell try to get out of his tangle of blankets.

"Why? Why would you do that!?" Cranel only gave Bell a sadistic grin. Bell looked nervous as he knew that grin well, it was the one he wore when he saw his grandpa get beat up by the woman in his town for being a pervert, he didn't know what a pervert was, but he knew it was a bad person that did bad things.

"Get ready Bell, training starts today!" Bell looked scared, nervous, excited, and ready. "Alright, I'll let you get dressed," Cranel said walking out of Bell's room. Bell rolled his eyes in amusement and annoyance.

Time Skip

"Morning Bell" Lion said, quite noticeably, and gently nudged Ryuu with her elbow. Ryuu blushed down to her neck.

"Morning Lion, Diana, Wallenstein, Aria, Albert…Cranel" Bell finished with a glare toward Cranel and all he got was a lopsided grin in return. "Mor-morn-morning Ryuu," Bell said blushing. It was just as painful seeing Ryuu trying to respond to Bell.

Time skip

"Alright, Bell you're working with me, Ryuu you're working with Lion, Aiz you're working with Wallenstein, and Artemis you're working with Diana," Cranel said, everyone nodded and got on their way.

With Ryuu and Lion

"Alright Ryuu we're gonna get started with patching the holes in your fighting style, so let me show you the problem," Lion said.

With Aiz and Wallenstein

"Your biggest problem Aiz is your lack of understanding and control over your magic. If you could learn to control Avenger and use Ariel to its fullest potential you would reach limits of strength even I'm unable to reach.

Aiz Avenger is powered by your emotions and feelings, revenge and hatred are the most powerful ones in your heart. But what you need to learn to power it with is love, love is a more powerful force than even hatred and revenge. Love will make Avenger will increase the power of Avenger to an unimaginable extent.

Ariel as well can be used with feelings, it can be infused with emotions to make it more powerful. For instance, your normal green color means you feel neutral, but black is angry, infuriated, and full of hatred, used to kill and make people suffer, like a raging tornado. White represents purity and love, you're using it to protect someone or something, like the air that gives life. Blue represents when you are calm and tranquil, like the gentle breeze on a hot summer day. Etc.

Now we're gonna begin on your heart and emotion." Wallenstein finished, and Ryuu looked determined.

With Artemis and Diana

"What exactly are we going to be working on?" Artemis asked in confusion.

"Well, we're going to be using your power in a very specific way," Diana said.

"But the use of arcanum is completely forbidden!" Shouted Artemis.

"Indeed it is, but you're not going to be using arcanum to interact with the mortal realm, your using it to hunt, which is a part of your domains, it's no different than how Soma makes his wine so good, it's just in his domains or how Hephaustes makes such amazing divine tier weapons, it's in her domain. As our domain is the hunt we have exceptional hunting and fighting ability however part of hunting is catching your prey, and to catch your prey you need to be fast, strong, graceful, and stealthy, beyond the limits a normal mortal could reach. So when Hephaustes makes a weapon or Soma makes wine, a little bit of their essence and arcanum is leaked into it, we're going to be doing the same thing, just in a different way. So when they make those things a little bit of arcanum is released, it was the same thing that happened as when you summoned the arrow. Except when you summon the arrow you channeled your arcanum to draw down the arrow, what you need to do now is instead of channeling your arcanum instead of up towards heaven, send it inward to yourself, send it into your muscles, into each part of your body, and focus on strengthening them. Ok?" Artemis looked confused but understanding.

"Yes, I think," Artemis said unsurely.

"All right, let's begin," Diana said.

Time skip

"So how was training for everyone?" Albert asked like the concerned mother hen he was.

Ryuu was covered in scrapes and cuts, with bruises forming all over her face, neck, arms, and everywhere. She looked like she was in terrible physical pain.

Aiz's eyes were red and puffy and it was clear she had been crying. She looked like she had the most emotionally challenging day of her life.

Artemis could barely keep her head up, her body was so sore and in pain.

And Bell, well Bell was on the floor, dead. Or looking dead. He was battered, bruised, and bloody, with tear stains covering his face, if not for his two black eyes swelling his eyes shut they would have been red and puffy.

Wiene, bless her beautiful little heart was bringing ice to Ryuu, tissues to Aiz, and preparing herbs for the girls' hot baths, to help the pain.

"What did you do to Bell?" Diana asked seeing the blob of blood and pain barely conscious on the floor.

"I put him through training," Cranel said, but the sadistic gleam in his eyes made everyone question what he meant by training if it was training or just downright torture.

"Let them rest and then we'll have dinner later," Cranel said and the others nodded.

Time Skip

"Hey Bell," Bell looked up to Cranel standing there, "I think you need to speak to Artemis about your feelings, as you have made your 10,000-year promise to her, but you love others as well."

Bell looked scared. "I know it's scary but you need to do it Bell, the longer you wait the more you're going to create problems for the both of you in the end." Bell nodded at Cranel's wise words.

"Hey, Artemis!" Bell said. "Yes, Bell?" Artemis asked. "Can we talk, privately?" Bell asked nervously. "Okay," Responded Artemis confused at what brought this on.

They walked out to the lake, under the full moon, and sat down next to the lake.

"Artemis, I love you, you know that right?" Bell asked. Artemis, although shocked that he would use the 'l' word nodded.

"Well I also love Aiz, and I think I've started to feel something toward Ryuu. I've made a 10,000-year promise to you so I won't be acting upon these feelings, but I feel it is only right you be made aware of this." Bell looked down, fearing her reaction. Fearing her to be angry or disappointed, or heaven forbid she felt betrayed and as though he cheated on her in his heart.

Soft hands cupped his cheeks and he looked up to see Artemis smiling at him with pure love in her eyes. "Bell, I'm glad you told me this, though I already knew. I've known for a while. The way you spoke about Aiz when we first met, the way you look at her now, and how you look at Ryuu. You look at those two with love Bell. I love you and I want you to be happy, so I'm going to give you a git. Since I know you won't take the initiative on this since you are too loyal and too pure/innocent. Bell Cranel, I, Artemis, goddess of the moon, hunt, and childbirth, am giving you a harem."

Bell's brain shut down.

Ten minutes later

"I'm sorry, what did you just say, I don't think I heard you right," Bell asked.

"Bell, you're going to have a harem," Artemis said. Bell sighed, "So I guess the idea of this being a really weird dream is out of the question." Bell muttered.

"So let's start with the obvious, why. WHY in the love of the everlasting God would you want me to be in a relationship with other women?!" Bell asked in confusion.

Artemis took a breath before responding, "Bell, you love those two women and they love you, they love you just as much as I love you, and you love them as much as you love me, it would be cruel to keep you away from each other because I want to keep you all to myself. Second, I don't at all mind sharing you, if anything it's gonna be exciting too. And finally, why the heck not?! We only live this life once, might as well make the most of it!"

Bell looked contemplative. "Well don't worry, I'm gonna let you sleep on it for tonight, and in the morning we'll talk about it with Aiz and Ryuu," Artemis said.

As the two went off to their beds to sleep they never saw Cranel and Diana watching them from the trees, having bore witness to their entire interaction. Cranel was blushing remembering the first time he had that conversation, and Diana was grinning remembering how great of an idea it was for her to have that conversation with Bell.

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