Hey, back with new chap :D

Krikasu: Thanks! ;D I'll sure try, making Ais more aggressive will be entertaining XD

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Shin Hyo Joon: Yes, Ais can be sweet and scary at the same time, god save Bell XD

Marshall Cross Marian: Here you go :D

Disclaimer: I do not own DanMachi.

There might be some mild swearing in this and this isn't your typical 'happy go lucky' and humorous chapters I USUALLY upload but... Meh, i just wanted to get this out there :D (Sorry for lame fight scene) and i'm spoiling it already. Hope you enjoy! (Also note, held after Novel 11 and Bell's level up).

"Too bad you're too much of an asshole."

Immediately the talk in the Hostess of Fertility stopped, all heads snapping to that one white-haired boy who had muttered the words.

Welf and Lili stared at him like gaping fish whistle Mikoto and Haruhime exchanged surprised looks. Syr nearly tripped over her own feet and Ais stared at him in surprise.

The man sitting across the counter from them stopped his trashing about the Hestia Familia and turned to slowly stare at him. His aura reasonably lowered. "... The hell you say kid?"

"I SAID, too bad you're too much of an asshole." Bell repeated those words, turning around to face the man in question. Had he looked him straight in the eyes, he would have noticed the usual brightness in them gone. "Otherwise, you'd have made quite an impressive level-4 adventurer."

"B-Bell-sama, leave it be." Lili silently whispered, looking worried. "We can endure the insults, just please-"

"Lili." she felt her body jolt at his silent commanding voice. His eyes glanced at her, albeit having softened. "Don't speak. This is your captain's orders." Her eyes widened.

The man's gruff hands slammed on the table and he stood up, his anger flaring up. "Don't get ahead of yourself boy!" He pointed at the bemused young man. "Just because you recently turned level 4, doesn't mean you're a hero! You ain't seen shit!"

"Oh, I think I have." Bell bit back with a frown, rising on his feet as well. He slowly started to make his way to the man, whose strong frame started to falter the more he stared into those upset, angry red eyes.

Bell finally stood in front of him, his frame looking small compared to the man's yet his will burning brighter than ever.

"Heh." the man let out a chuckle, staring down at him. "Holding a record for leveling up 4 times in 5 months ain't called seeing shit."

"No, it isn't." Bell blatantly agreed, making him look taken aback. "Holding a mere record for leveling up faster than anyone else in the whole Orario, perhaps even the world, isn't called seeing shit." His words, although repeated, made the situation sound much more of an impossible feat to do than the man claimed to say.

His sly grin fell at the boy's words, a bead of sweat rolling down his face.

"However-" He glared at the man. "-defeating a minotaur at level 1-" A step closer. "-Goliath at level 2-" Another step. "-joining a war game against a bigger Familia and winning against a level 3-" He leaned closer. "-defeating a level 4 at level 3-" His hand reached for the chair nearby. "-going against the Loki Familia for a mission-" He pulled in closer, now leaning one foot over it. "-and fighting a god damn level 7 minotaur at level 3, is called seeing shit."

Silence. Now even the Loki Familia was surprised at the mention of that he defeated Goliath, not quite aware of the incident that occurred on the 18th floor, neither about the fight between him and Aisha and the Ishtar Familia. Hestia, beside the grimacing Hephaestus, merely smiled, watching him silently.

"... Won't you say so?"

"... You damned brat-"

"So, in other words." Bell sharply cut him off with another glare. "Your reason to insult just because we're 'not the right numbers of Familia' is pointless. A Familia who do all that crap and still survive is much more than what your ass is worth. Which, speaking of which, isn't worth anything."

Few laughs and chuckles broke out, the werewolf of the Loki Familia turning his full attention to them with an amused smirk and the smith of the Hestia Familia trying to seem normal. Tione didn't bother hiding her laughs either.

"So please, stop with the insults. you're gaining nothing from them."

"... Ya know, kids like you need manners about how to speak with their elders." his big hands reached for the sword strapped around his waist, glimmering as ruby-red eyes caught sight of them. Bell frowned further, not making any move to pull out his own weapon. He looked back at the counter where the dwarf woman was working, glancing at him with an amused smile.

"Hey, Mama Mia?" He called to her. "I don't work here like Anya-san or Ryu-san but can i take out the trash?"

"Sure, go on." With permission given, Bell turned back to the man who'd pulled out his sword with a slash, glaring at him with a deadly aura. He brought his sword up in a swift move, and-

The white-haired boy barely side-stepped the fast-paced attack, the sword barely missing his hair before he disappeared from his view, now to his side. His red eyes snapped up to him and he took hold of the outstretched arm the man held the sword him, before twisting it to an unnatural angle. A loud 'crack' followed after that, as well as the man's scream of pain.

Not giving the scream a reason to complain and with his arms still tight around the arm he had twisted, he pulled the man closer and elbowed his face hard. Not a second later his hand took hold of the startled man's hair as well, and-

THUD!

-he flipped him over. Literally. The man's body hit the wooden floor below them hard, his head not being able to take the pain. Bell gave a sigh when the man passed out.

"Oops. My bad."

Even Braver let out a few laughs at his rather bored statement. When did the usually sweet and naive boy get so… savvy and badass? Bell grabbed the man's leg and gave Mama Mia a wave.

"I'll just leave him in a nearby alley." Before he walked out. Moments later he returned again, casually walking past the many stares he was earning and taking a seat next to the shell-shocked Mikoto again. Haruhime would have checked if he had a fever but was too shy to do such a thing. He took hold of his drink again.

Lili slowly turned to the snickering Welf, her eyes narrowing. "... Welf-sama… don't tell you spiked his drink." Welf waved his hands in denial.

"Everyone here would murder me if I did!"

"Aren't you supposed to worry or scold him?" Hephaestus sweat-dropped at the laughing Hestia beside her, who in return gave her a grin and shook her head.

"Why should I? It's amusing seeing Bell-kun so angry!" That made at the red-haired goddess sweat drop further.

Bell finally looked up at all the stares, his smile returning on his face. He gave them a confused look. "... What?"

The man remains nameless XD Bell's not that hard on those who insult but when it comes to his Familia... Wanted to try out a badass Bell instead even it's not what Bell would do. Should the next chap be on Ais and Bell or...? I have interesting plans XD