Author´s Note1: So this is the first short story that I mentioned. There will be a few of these, I can´t tell how long each will become. Some will have a bit fighting, others not so much, it is more about Bell´s relationship with the girl that will be his partner in this story.

.

.

.

.

.

"Woah...so big..."

A boy...or maybe already a young man of eighteen years of age gaped at the titanic tower in front of him. This was truly the center of the world, the labyrinth city Orario with the tower Babel in the middle of the city.

The true center of the world.

Bell Cranel had finally made his way to Orario. After losing his grandfather and having nothing left in the village, he went on his way. His dream was to become an adventurer, a hero.

And to have a fateful encounter, preferably in the dungeon.

But at first he had to find a familia, there were many in Orario, but that doesn´t mean that one of them would take him in.

Eight main streets went away from the main plaza, the question was now which street to take and search for a familia.

Bell Cranel couldn´t know that this simple decision would change his fate in one direction of the other.

One direction would lead him to wander around and not find a familia that would take him in, until he met a very small goddess with an enormous rack.

If he would go west, he would maybe find the blue pharmacy and end up in the Miach familia, Bell would become happy there and find many friends.

Taking the north east main and he would by chance meet the Takemikazuchi familia, he would fall heads over heels for the black haired beauty, that was a ninja and a samurai at the same time.

If he would take the south west main, he would wander from one familia to the next, not finding one that let him join, until someone else found him instead, someone that wasn´t a deity. It would lead him to one of two possible fates. In one of them he would fall in love with a very unusual woman, a woman with wings instead of arms. In the other he would meet a beautiful half elf and fall for her.

If he would go to the east, he would arrive at the colloseum. He would then be so amazed by this place, that he would wander around until he noticed a small event that was held there, by a blue haired goddess.

If he would go north west, Bell would get caught in an accident, he would be seriously hurt and would be close do dying. A living saint would appear before his eyes...and steal his heart forever.

Whatever direction Bell Cranel took, it would lead him to a different fate.

But not only the choice of the street could change his fate, but also when he would choose this street.

Since he came from the north of Orario, Bell decided to go into the south first. He had heard about a mansion from a pretty big familia there, maybe he was lucky.

Choosing this street directly would change everything for Bell Cranel.

Since a certain someone would still be at her home then.

And out of pure coincidence, today...was friday.

.

.
"Hmmmm~Hmmmm~Hmmmm~. What a lovely weather, I´m sure it will become a great day."

The goddess Freya had slept in her room in Folkvangr for once, she got a bit tired from sleeping in Babel all the time. And she had to show her love for her cute children.

"Hah...I´m glad that you enjoy the day...mylady..."

"Oh my, Heith, you look so tired, are you resting well?"

"Not really, how could I when the others insist of nearly killing each other all the time?"

"You have to take care of yourself, my dear."

Freya smiled and put a hand on Heith´s head, which let the young woman twitch for a moment and smile in bliss.

"But you are doing a really good job, I´m proud of you."

"Haaaah~~~."

It was rare to see the healer of the Freya familia smile like that, it looked like she was filled with energy.

"You should take the evening off. Why don´t you go to the pub for once? Mia really makes the best food."

"But the others need me here."

Freya smiled in a really special way. It could be a sympathetic smile, maybe a slightly sad one...or maybe even a very, very slightly desperate one.

"Only doing your duty all the time and don´t taking time for what you want to do isn´t good. This can destroy you...Heith."

Heith looked at her goddess, a bit surprised about the advice.

Freya smiled in her normal way and gently touched Heith´s right cheek. "A good rest will also keep you pretty."

"But I..."

"Do you intend to go against lady Freya´s advice?"

A giant shadow loomed over Freya and Heith, but the healer didn´t shrink away one bit.

"You can try to intimidate me all you want, Ottar. It won´t work."

Freya giggled. "I think Ottar didn´t mean it that way, or do you, Ottar?"

"I don´t, lady Freya."

Heith looked up to the captain of her familia. "Why are you even here? Isn´t this the time when you all punch each other nearly to death?"

"I accompany lady Freya until she leaves our home."

"Ah, hm."

"Don´t be so harsh with Ottar, he is doing his best. Now Heith, promise me that you will take the evening off and go to the pub, to enjoy yourself a bit."

"I will, mylady."

"Hehe, such a good child."

Freya patted Heith´s head again, which let the young woman blush and smile. Now she was bursting with energy.

And of course...

"Heeeeith! Heeeeeith! We need you here!"

"*sigh* Coming! Please excuse me, lady Freya. And have a save trip."

Freya smiled shortly before she went in the direction of the exit.

"Shall I accompany you towards Babel, mylady?"

"That won´t be necessary."

"But the people..."

Freya flashed him a mischievous smile. "I will use a disguise."

With disguise, Freya meant her travel coat with the big hood. Ottar didn't have the heart to tell her that you could recognize her in it when you got close. After all, Freya was so proud of her "disguise". Ottar was one of the few people that know that his goddess had a really playfull side in her.

Especially a very special side in her was very playfull.

A few minutes later they had arrived at the entrance to Folkvangr. The giant mansion was built a bit like a northern style temple, fitting for a goddess like her.

"So Ottar, I will go then, make sure that Heith keeps her promise and don´t work her to the bone."

"As you wish, lady Freya."

Freya smiled again, it looked a lot like her usual smile, but there was something special in it, something meant for Ottar. Since Ottar was special and Freya was very special for Ottar. She was his everything, she had given him his current life and a purpose.
For him...Freya was in many ways like his mother. That was why his love for Freya was different than the love of other familia members for her.

And that was why no one would ever live long after insulting or harming Freya.

Freya hummed while she put on her coat, pulled the hood up and went on her way.

There were two possible ways to arrive at the entrance to Folkvangr. Taking the street to the left and then turn north. Or to go a bit north at first, then turn left and then north again. Freya changed the street she took every time, so it wouldn´t become boring.
Today she went west at first, like that she didn´t see a certain, white haired boy coming from north.

Freya didn´t see him, but she heard Ottar´s voice behind her.

"What do you want here?"

"Ah...ahm...I...ahm...I am...l-looking for a f-f-familia."

She heard no reply, but judging by the voice, it was a young man in his puberty. Freya knew all too well how Ottar lookd like for someone like that.

Hm?

Freya turned around...exactly in that moment when the young man got frightened by Ottar´s appearance and turned around, ran to flee.

Today was friday, it wasn´t a special day for most people, but for the Freya familia. In the northern territory, from where Freya´s part of the mythology came, came the origin of the name friday.

In the north this day was called "Freytag" or "Freya´s day", later shortened to "Freyday", which was then changed to friday.

It wasn't exactly a holiday, but some believed that the day always held something special for Freya. Many of her followers believed that good things happened to her that day, or at least should happen, she deserved it in their eyes.

And this friday, indeed had something special.

Freya just wanted to turn around and look at the person that stood in front of Ottar. But what she saw then, shook her very core. The first thing she always saw in a mortal, was the light of the soul. Ottar´s soul had a brown color, a natural color that suit him quite well. Since Ottar was built like a brick wall...his soul was also like that.
Many people had various colors in their souls. Heith´s soul color was a mixture of red and white, red probably not because of her haircolor, but because she was most of the time so angry at her familia members.

But the person that tried to flee from Ottar had a soul color that Freya had never seen before.

It was colorless.

Wha...

Every mortal had a soul color, every mortal she had seen so far, but not this one.

His soul was pure, not even white, but like a crystal.

Freya was so fascinated, that she didn´t react in time when the frightened boy turned into her direction and tried to make a quick step forward. Her coat wasn´t closed, so her usual, deep cleavage was open to the air. Her purple eyes met the red ones of the boy, who had less than a second to realize that a person was standing in the direction he was trying to run.

.

.

Squish!

.

.

"Mufu!"

"Oh?"

Freya looked down, the boy had stumbled...and dived head first into her bosom. Her truly divine and heavenly mounds cushioned his fall and stopped him. Many men would´ve paid a lot or even considered to die for this chance.

But after a second, Bell Cranel´s brain understood what he was just doing and he staggered back hastily.

"S-S-S-S-Soooooorryyyyy!"

Bell tried to dash off, like a frightened rabbit, but he was stopped. Not by Ottar, but by Freya´s hand. As a goddess, she was easily stronger than a mortal boy without a blessing. And even more, since she was a goddess that had experience with fighting.

"Wait."

"S-Sorry! Please forgive me! It wasn´t on purpose! I swear!"

Ottar wanted to make a step forward, but Freya glanced into his direction and slightly shook her head.

"Calm down, young man. You won´t be punished."

Bell struggled for a short moment, but Freya wouldn´t let go of him.

"I will only let you go when you calm down and we had a talk."

"Uuuuuuhh."

Something squeezed Freya´s heart for a moment when she saw his teary eyes. He looked like a sad rabbit, it awakened the wish in her to comfort him. Freya liked rabbits, they were her special animals in the mythology after all.

He looks so cute.

The goddess smiled gently to calm him down. "Don´t you want to talk to me, young man? I would really love to talk to you."

Freya blinked sensually one time, at least he calmed down a little bit.

Strange.

This wasn´t the reaction that Freya expected, most mortals reacted in a different way when she blinked like that.

"I´m sorry..."

"Ehehe. I forgive you, would you tell me your name?"

"Bell Cranel.

"Bell Cranel...that is a nice name. So, what brings you here?"

"I ahm...I..."

Freya leaned a bit closer. "I won´t bite you, don´t worry. And Ottar over there didn´t mean to scare you."

"I want to become an adventurer."

"And so you came here?"

"Yes, I thought I had to start somewhere and I heard that a big familia is living here."

"This is correct, my familia lives here."

"Your...you are a..."

"Oh my, didn´t you realize that I am a goddess?"

"I didn´t! I´m sorry, lady goddess!"

It was highly unsual for Ottar to be so surprised, but his eyes widened a bit. Freya´s beauty was divine, literally, but the boy didn´t notice that she was a deity? One look at Freya would charm most mortals, men and women alike.

And Freya giggled...then she laughed.

"Ehehe...ehehehehe...Ahahahaha! Now this is truly unusual."

"I´m really sorry for not noticing."

"Ehehehe, don´t worry, I´m not mad. Why exactly did you come here to my familia?"

"I just heard it is a big familia."

Freya raised an eyebrow, even that looked elegant. "So it has nothing to do with the fact that my familia is one of the two leading familias of Orario?"

"What?! You are one of the strongest?!"

"Yes we are, my dear Ottar here is even the strongest adventurer in Orario, maybe the whole world."

Bell glanced to the side, Ottar returned his gaze, it looked like Bell would faint any moment. So Freya moved her body a bit and made sure he looked at her face again.

"You really didn´t know that my familia is the strongest and came out of that reason here?"

"No, lady goddess."

Freya saw no lie in Bell´s eyes.

"Do you even know which familia this is?"

"I´m sorry...I just arrived in Orario today..."

A pleased smile appeared on Freya´s lips. Was it just a coincidence? That this unique boy came straight to her as soon as he entered Orario?

"So you are looking for a familia that lets you join."

"Yes, I´m sorry that I don´t have much to offer. But I really...really!...want to become an adventurer."

Freya saw fire in his eyes, many people were determined to become adventurers, but she had the feeling that he had a different reason than the other people had. His determination looked similar to Ottar´s, even when their goals might be different ones.

She was fascinated by him, especially by his soul.

"Hm...hmmmmmmm."

"Mylady goddess?"

Freya smiled, a beautiful smile that would win nearly everyone over. "Then I will fulfill your wish, Bell."

"Huh?"

She let go of his wrist and held her hand out to him.

"I will let you join my familia, will you come to me?"

The formerly sad and frightened bunny´s expression exploded into a bright, happy, pure smile.

"Thank you! Thank you so much, lady goddess!"

"Ehehe, Freya is fine."

"Thank you, goddess Freya!"

"Mh, a little too formal."

"Thank you...goddess?"

That sounds very different from how the others address me.

"Hm, I like that."

Bell´s smile widened a bit, Freya´s heart felt warm from his gaze.

"Then follow me, Bell. I will give you my blessing."

"Yes!"

"Ottar, can you send Horn a message that I will come a bit later?"

"As you wish, lady Freya."

If Bell Cranel would´ve taken a different street first, he would´ve come to late to meet Freya personally. Then Ottar would´ve scared him away and his fate would´ve changed.

.

.

"Ahm..."

"Bell, you need to take your shirt off, otherwise I can´t give you my blessing."

"Y-Yes...but...please don´t stare."

Oh my, he is really as pure as snow.

It had been a long time until Freya was so...amused?...about a new familia member.

After Bell took off his shirt and sat down on the chair, Freya performed the ritual. After it was done, she handed him the paper.

"So, Bell, welcome to my familia."

.

.

Bell Cranel

Belongs to: Freya familia

Level: 1

Strength: I 0

Endurance: I 0

Dexterity: I 0

Agility: I 0

Magic: I 0

.

.
Bell beamed all over his face. "A blessing! I have a blessing! Thank you so much, goddess!"

"Hehe, I´m glad you like it."

"Of course I d-Eeek!"

Bell startled when Freya leaned forward and gently kissed his forehead, he got as red as a tomato after that.

"G-G-G-Goddess?!"

"This is my welcome to you in my familia, Bell."

"Mmmmmmh!"

Oh my, he reacts like that to a simple kiss on the forehead? Ehehehe, how cute.

.

.

Bell Cranel´s dream became true, he was an adventurer now. So of course he would soon go into the dungeon and have adventures! Right?! Right?...

Bell was all too soon introduced to the baptism of Folkvangr...

.

.

A week later.

.

.
"Mmmmh, that was a good sleep. I wonder what I wi-..Oh, Heith, good morning."

"What?..It is...morning...already?..."

Freya noticed that Heith swayed slightly. "Oh, my dear. Did you work too much again?"

"I can´t help it...there is so much to-*Yaaawn*-I´m sorry mylady...so much to do."

"Hehe, you really are a hard worker. Do you know where Bell is?"

"You mean the new boy, Cranel? In my small hospital."

"What? Why?"

"They went too far with him yesterday, it was really close this time. Hogni broke his right arm and leg."

"Why did he fight against Hogni?"

"Hogni seems to take a liking to him or something like that, I don´t know."

"Is Bell awake?"

"Yes, he didn´t sleep at all."

"But why?"

"I guess they broke him already."

"Let me see him."

"Of course, lady Freya."

.

.
"Bell?"

Freya opened the door to the small hospital, since she got no reaction when she knocked. She noticed him sitting in the bed, looking with empty eyes out of the window. His eyes were always red, but it looked like he had cried...a lot.

She didn´t need to ask if something was wrong, his soul orb was completely dull. Before it had shone like a crystal, so bright and pretty like a diamond. Now the edges became gray and it was dull, something serious had changed inside of Bell.

"Bell?..."

His eyes turned slightly into her direction.

"Goddess...morning..."

What did they do to him...

Freya went inside and closed the door. Slowly she approached the bed and sat down on the edge.

"Bell, is everything okay?"

"Mmmh..."

She noticed that his lower lip quivered, the expression in his eyes was without any kind of hope or joy.

They went too far with him.

"Bell, come here."

"Goddess...I...I...*Hic*"

Seeing Bell like that hurt Freya, she wondered why she felt so special about him. She turned towards him more, leaned forward and pulled him slowly and gently towards her, to her chest. As soon as Bell´s face went there, he suddenly hugged her and started to cry. His whole body shivered as all of his emotions burst out of him. She looked surprised, then she gently hugged him and let him cry his heart out.

How strange...

Freya had never done this for any of her children. While she was a goddess of love, it wasn´t in her nature to comfort someone like that. At least not like that. But there was something special about Bell, about his soul, that fascinated her.

Did it just take one week here to break him?

"Bell, will you tell me what happened?"

"Goddess..I..."

"Is the training too hard?"

Bell finally looked up to her. "Is being an adventurer like this? Was I wrong all my life?"

"What do you mean?"

"All that fighting, all that beating. All they do is hit me, cut me, hurt me. *Sniff*"

Freya had to remind herself that Bell only came to Orario a week ago. He grew up in a nameless village in the north, so he never fought before in his life. And Freya knew that her followers were very hard to each other. It was probably too much for him.

Even if he had said nothing, Freya saw in his soul how he felt. To see such a pretty soul ruined like this in just one week wasn´t something she would allow. Bell was now one of her followers, so he belonged to her. She wanted to see how pretty his soul could become one day, for that he had to bloom in his own way.

"The training here doesn´t bring you joy, it isn´t fun for you, correct? You want to go into the dungeon instead, right?"

"Yes...I´m sorry, maybe I was a bad choice after all."

Freya´s hands twitched for a second. "No, no you are not."

"Goddess?"

Freya gently patted Bell´s head. "I will talk to Ottar, rest now, Bell. You won´t fight here anymore, but go to the dungeon and do it your own way, okay?"

.

Crack. Crack. Crack.

.

When Bell´s expression brightened a bit, Freya saw the cracks that went through his soul. The dull cloudiness got cracks and she saw the shine she had seen before through them. So the pure boy was still inside him.

I can´t lose something that precious, I want to see how beautiful you become, Bell.

Bell went to the dungeon for the first time this day. He wore a simple armor that he got from his familia and a pair of two knives. Bell couldn´t use the left one like he wanted to, his right hand was his main hand. It would take a while to learn how to fight with two weapons.

When he entered the dungeon, his mood got much better, finally he was in the dungeon and would have the chance to fight monsters!

.

.

About twenty minutes later, Bell ran through the gates of Folkvangr again, he knew where Freya´s room was. He knocked loud and waited for an answer.

"Come in, Bell."

He opened the door and went inside.

"Goddess, how do you know that it was me?"

"Ehehe, no one knocks so loud on my door."

"S-Sorry."

"So, Bell. I thought you wanted to go into the dungeon?"

"I was!"

"Did something happen?"

"I did it, goddess! I slew my first monster!"

"Oh?"

"It was a goblin! A goblin, goddess!"

"So?..."

"Eh?"

"Isn´t a goblin like the weakest of all monsters? Is that really an achievement?"

"Eh..."

"Bell?"

"*Hic*"

"Bell?!"

"Wääääh! Goddess, you meanie!"

Bell ran crying out of the door and back to the dungeon.

"Eh?! B-Bell!"

Freya was at a loss for words...this was something she never experienced before. Bell was completely different from all of her other children.

Hah...Bell, what is this feeling in my heart when I look at you? You are so cute...yet so...determined.

He reminded her a lot of Ottar when he was young.

I just have to make sure he doesn´t turn out like Ottar in the end...

Freya shivered when she imagined Bell being as tall and buffed as Ottar, locking arms with her captain, while flexing his muscles.

She could hear Bell with a deeper voice in her head, growling. "Muscles are righteousness!"

Freya shivered again. I can never allow that!

.

.

Bell would return in the evening, beaming all over his face and telling Freya about his first day in the dungeon. The fights were pretty easy for him, since the monsters were completely different from his training in the last week. His soul almost looked completely normal again, Freya was glad about her decision.

And so a few days went by, Freya wasn´t there every day, but when she was, she wanted to hear Bell´s heroic tales.

There was only one member in his whole familia that Bell could talk to a little, the others all showed him the cold shoulder. Those who knew Hogni, were surprised how much he opened up to Bell. Heith at least was glad that she didn´t have to heal Bell anymore, the bruises he received in the dungeon were nothing for her.

And so, in his second week in Orario, Bell was busy moving through the 5th floor, when it appeared...a minotaur. No matter how his fate changed, he would always encounter one of these beasts in one way or the other. But the one who rescued him wasn´t a golden haired girl that used a sword, well it could be, but Bell didn´t see his saviour.
At first he had tried to fight back, but he had no chance against the Minotaur. He backed away and tried his best to defend himself, but he had to flee.

In the moment that he decided to step back, the Minotaur got ripped to the side, when a silvery boot collided with the side of it´s head, breaking the neck and killing the beast.

The male werewolf looked after the white haired boy, who fled from the beast. His ears had told him that he had tried to fight back.

Not bad, he fought back and when he had no chance, he tried to escape instead of dying meaningless.

"Oooooy, Bete! Did you get the last one?"

"Yeah, yeah. No problem. No casualties."

"Phew."

.

.

The evening went on for a while, after the daily training was over, Hogni had noticed Bell in the bathroom. Bell told him about the attack of the minotaur, Hogni didn´t say it, but he felt a bit of respect that Bell had tried to fight back.

Maybe Bell would become like Hogni? A battle maniac with a strange personality?

Somewhere in te city, Freya had felt a weird chill running down her spine. She had imagined Bell for a moment, wearing the same clohtes as Hogni and talking in that strange way. Freya knew that Bell could actually talk with Hogni, which was rare in her familia.

After returning to his room, Bell had read for a long while in one of his favorite books. The encounter with the minotaur shook him, but it was also very exciting! Much more exciting than the training in Folkvangr! He would have to train a lot until he was able to beat such a monster on his own!

Unnoticed by Bell, something started to take form on his back.

.

.
And then..Bell would have a fatefull encounter.

.

.

Mmmh, I´m a bit tired.

He sighed to himself as the brisk morning air chilled his skin. The south main in the morning was very different from how it was in the afternoon. The streets felt much wider at sunrise, without all the people and noises. All of the shops were still closed, the sky in the east got brighter, Bell liked this time of the day. He saw only a few people, a few prums setting up their store, a group of dwarven adventurers that returned from the dungeon, he wondered why they did it in the early morning.

"*Growl*"

Mmmh, I maybe should´ve eaten more.

He was too excited to go into the dungeon again, so Bell only ate a single apple. Bell only noticed now just how hungry he was, would this become a problem in the dungeon?

Huh?

Bell looked over his shoulder, he had the feeling that something was right behind him, but there was nothing. But he seriously felt the eyes of a predator on him, something or someone was definetely staring at him before!

He continued to walk towards Babel, maybe he could find a shop that had opened early, to buy a piece of bread or something like that. Bell was so hungry that he didn´t pay attention to the female figure that walked past him, coming from Babel.

"Um, excuse me..."

Bell spun around quickly, the person was much closer than he had noticed.

"Kya!"

It was a girl, a human girl, maybe one or two years older than him. She wore a white blouse with a light green knee-length skirt. On top of that came a salon apron. Her simple blue-gray hair was tied into a tight bun on the back of her head, but a cute ponytail stuck out from the center of it. The eyes had the same color as her hair, looking innocent and very cute. Bell had never seen such smooth, milky skin before at a mortal woman.

Bang!

Bell felt his heart throb, never before in his life did he see such a beautiful girl.

"Woah..."

"Ahm, Mr. adventurer?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry. Y-Yes, can I help you?"

Bell only noticed now that this girl carried a giant backpack, not as big as the ones that supporter adventurer used, but pretty big. Much bigger than he would´ve thought she would be able to carry.

"Oh...yes. Here, you dropped this."

The girl raised her hand and showed Bell a bluish purple crystal.

"Huh, a magic stone? I thought I sold all of them yesterday."

"It fell to the floor when you walked past me."

"Oh, thank you! This is really kind of you!"

"No, it wasn´t much."

And then...she smiled. Bell felt his heart throb again, he would never forget this moment. Even his goddess didn´t have a smile that beautiful. His face got a bit red when he returned her smile shyly, why did he feel so weird when he looked at her? She chuckled slightly when she saw his face.

"Are you already heading to the Dungeon this early?"

"Yes, I think it is better to start to work early. The home of my familia becomes pretty loud in the morning."

Their conversation stopped, the silence was a bit awkward. Bell would love nothing more than to say something, but he didn´t know what.

To his luck...or bad luck...he didn´t have to come up with something.

His stomach did it for him.

"*GROOOOOOOOOOWL*"

Mmmmmh!

Bell went bright red.

"..."

As her eyes went wide, Bell wanted to sink into the ground and vanish.

At first there was a chuckle, then a giggle, then a little laugh. His face felt hot enough to cook eggs on it, but to see her laugh was really precious. Bell didn´t know if he blushed because he was embarrassed of his growling stomach or because of her.

"Ehehe. Are you hungry by chance?"

"Ahm...yeah."

"Didn´t you have breakfast?"

"Only a small apple. I went so early that the kitchen was still closed."

It was just too awkward, he couldn´t look into her eyes.

"Hehe, here."

"Huh?"

The girl put down the big backpack and opened it. On top of the stuff inside was a small box. Bell could smell bread, cheese and some sausage.

"I made a few sandwiches if you want."

"But isn´t this your breakfast?"

"It is okay, the café slash pub that I work at isn´t open yet, so I can only offer you my breakfast."

"Eeh?! No, no, no. That´s your breakfast?! I can´t accept it!"

And then she did something that Bell immediatelly fell for. She looked a bit shy to the side and bit her lower lip slightly. Her beauty wasn´t something divine like his goddess´, this girl had a lot of inner beauty. Yet she looked cuter the longer Bell talked to her.

He wondered if the strange feeling in his stomach was hunger or butterflies.

"I can´t leave you hungry like this, it would make me sad and it can be dangerous in the dungeon, I think. So please, Mr. Adventurer, accept it, okay?"

"But I..."

She glanced shyly up to him. "Is it...no good?"

Hnnnnngh!

Bell´s heart got squeezed by a minotaur´s fist when she looked at him like that. The girl closed her eyes for a moment, while Bell was busy thinking of a reply. When she opened them, a mishievous smile crept over her face, she leaned forward until her face was just centimeters away from Bell´s.

T-Too close...!

"Mr. Adventurer, I´m making this sacrifice for you, so in exchange..."

"In exchange?"

"You have to eat dinner tonight at the bar I work at."

Bell didn´t know how to react, the girl didn´t just crack the ice between them, she obliterated it! It was the first time they met, yet she laughed and smiled as if they knew each other already. It was a smile that made it impossible for Bell to say no...

"You´re...not playing fair, do you..?"

"Tee-hee. No. Here you go, don´t worry about me, I will get something to eat once the bar opens. So please come this evening and spend a lot of money! I have the early shift, then free over the afternoon and start working in the evening again."

He couldn´t say no to such a happy grin...

"Ahm, well..."

"Hmmmmmmm?"

"Th-Thank you...I´ll be seeing you tonight."

"Hehe, I´ll be waiting!"

As he left, she giggled slightly and turned around to walk into a different direction. Maybe he should feel manipulated, but Bell felt something completely different.

He had the feeling that he just met the one. The one and only.

Before he went into Babel, Bell rememberred something important. He turned around and took a deep breath.

"I...I´m Bell Cranel, what is your name?"

She slowly turns her head around, his heart was beating like a jackhammer.

She smiled.

"I´m Syr Flover, Bell."

While they exchanged names, she laughed and waved before he set of to the dungeon.

.

.

Bell Cranel had fallen in love at first sight.

.

.

Which was his luck, since it made him taste deaf...

The sandwiches in the small box were the best food he ever had, for him it was filled with the taste of love.

Syr´s female colleagues would be shocked that someone could eat this food and still call it...tasty.

Also they would doubt that Bell is truly human, to be able to digest this stuff.

.

.

When Bell returned to his home in the afternoon, he had to hurry a bit. He would take a shower, clean his equipment and then head off to the bar. Syr had thankfully told him the name and it was famous enough that he got informations where it were.

Before he could leave his familia´s home, Heith the healer walked past him.

"Lady Freya wants to see you."

"Huh?"

A few minutes later, Bell knocked at her door.

"Come in, Bell."

"Goddess, I didn´t knock liked last time, how did you notice?"

"Because I asked Heith to send you to me, obviously."

"Oh..."

Bell got a bit red and Freya giggled.

"Ahm, what do you need of me?"

"Updating your status."

"Oh, okay."

Bell slowly got used to take off his shirt in front of Freya, when he turned around to sit down, he felt the eyes of a predator on him again for a splitsecond.

Must´ve been my imagination..

The update of his status went fast, but Freya was confusingly quiet afterwards.

"Goddess?"

"Bell, here."

.

.
Bell Cranel

Belongs to: Freya familia

Level: 1

Strength: E 403

Endurance: F 302

Dexterity: E 412

Agility: D 521

Magic: I 0

Skills: Liaris Freese

.

.

Liaris Freese: Increased Growth. Continued desire and feelings for special person will result in continued growth. Stronger feelings will result in stronger growth. Grants immunity to any form of charm.

.

.
"Woah! My status went up so much! This is amazing!"

Freya had hid the skill, she didn´t know exactly why. She had never heard about such a skill. And Freya had never heard about someone growing so incredibly fast.

He didn´t have this skill yesterday, what happened? Who is this special person?! Why is he immune to my charm?! What is the meaning of this?! Who did he meet tod-...Syr?! Is this because of Syr?!

"You did good, Bell."

"Hehe, thank you! Oh ahm, goddess. If you don´t need me for something else, I have to hurry."

"I also have something to do, why do you have to hurry?"

"I promised someone I met today to go and eat something at a special bar tonight."

"Oh? Who do you met."

"Ahm...a really friendly girl."

Freya saw Bell´s soul orb pulse when he mentioned the girl.

The goddess of love and beauty was stunned. Not only had Bell always reacted much different to her than all the others, due to his skill he was completely immune against her charm! And yet he acted like every day before towards her!

Why didn´t he change after becoming immune to me? Is he just that nice?

But what shocked her the most, not only was Bell immune to her, it looked like he took a liking to another girl he just met one time! This was normally impossible in Freya´s presence, especially for a familia member of her!

And it is Syr out of all people?!

Freya didn´t know if she should be shocked...or happy. She was confused.

.

.

Bell wished his goddess a good night and left Folkvangr, after he talked with Hogni for a while, who was really eager to talk to him, after Bell told Hogni about his status, to get advice. Hogni was amazed and a bit shocked about this rapid growth.

When he arrived at the Main Plaza and turned west, to go to the bar, he walked past a female duo. One had short hair, the other long, black hair.

In the moment that Bell walked past Cassandra, she froze.

Her visions normally came to her in her sleep, but a tremendous horrible feeling came over her as this white-haired young man passed her. A vision filled her mind.

.

.

She saw a white rabbit standing on a mountain of bodies that didn´t move. Many people were on that mountain, the ones on top looked all different. Four were small and looked much alike, one was a black cat, one a black fairy, one a white fairy and the biggest one was a boar.

None of the bodies moved, as if they were all dead. The rabbit was covered in blood, screamed on the top of it´s lunges, holding two bloody daggers in it´s paws. The eyes that were like blood then fell onto a goddess...a certain goddess. The rabbit charged screaming at her, a dagger rose...

.

.

Cassandra stumbled away from the young man with a gasp, the woman next to her catched her.

"Oy, Cassandra, you okay?"

"D-Daphne!"

"Cassandra?"

"The killer!"

"What?"

"The killer rabbit!"

"What killer rabbit? Are you drunk?"

.

.
Cassandra Ilion was for once sure what her vision tried to tell her.

.

.

This young man would single-handedly destroy the Freya familia and kill the goddess of love!

.

.

.

.

Author´s Note2: So, the other short stories will start with Bell taking different streets, each will change his story. For those who wonder why the part about the training at Folkvangr was kept so short, this story is more about Bell´s relationship to Freya and Syr.

So the rotation will go like this. Change of Fates, Short story, Change of fates and so on. After the next Change of Fates chapter, there will be the third Ero one of the magical school, then Change of Fates and then here again.

All girls that were mentioned during the choice of direction will get their own short story.

Which means, Ray (she gets the second story), Artemis, Mikoto, Eina and Amid.

And yes all of them will get their own Ero chapters.