"Tell me sis...is it me or have your tits gotten bigger?"
"T-Tiona!"
"Ahhh..now that you mention it Miss Tiona, Tione's chest does seem a bit bigger since last time we relaxed here. Tell us, what did you go to grow them bigger!"
The sounds of splashing and women yelling echoed in the steamed filled room. The walls a tiled cream color as the water splashing soon fell into a drain at the center of the floor. A squeaking noise was heard along with the splashing and the fall of a bucket as well.
In this place, of the Loki Familia's manor, was where the women of the familia come to unwind after a hard days work. Separated far from any of the men's quarters or even their gods. As signs of magic ruins decorated both the top and bottom boarders of the room's walls for privacy and security.
Men of this familia say that this room could compete to that of the heavenly palace most would die to step in to see even a glance of.
The Heavenly Bathhouse of Orario. This was but a small taste of that divine area for the Loki Familia's women to enter only unless they wish to suffer the wrath of thousands.
The Trickster's Spa Resort.
Inside, in the late night, was only a small party of five. All wanting to relax themselves and unwind. Taking in the luxuries of their well-deserved bath and privacy. In the large, shared bathtub, was the amazon sisters Tiona and Tione.
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Who were wrestling with each other along with Lefiya. As she and Tiona both were envious of Tione's 'assets' and demanded to hear how she improved them. Hence both taking the liberty to observe and feel Tione's to confirm if it was just the bath's heat or if indeed, they had blossomed well.
Over by the edge of the bath, letting herself take comfort in the steaming water. Her long wet green hair floating along the soapy water surface as she relaxed her body. Causing her to float a bit and her plump rear to float above the water.
"Aiz? Aiz! How long are you going to spend shampooing your hair. You've been staring at the mirror long enough that it fogged up again."
"Ah...sorry Riveria. I'll be right in."
"Rinse your hair first before you get in."
Riveria called over from the bath as Aiz looked at the rest of them. Filling a bucket of water to the brim before lifting it over her head. Dumping the cold water over her soapy golden hair as she felt it trickling down her face and below her naked body.
Repeating it again as to be extra thorough to rid of any soap, she finally stood up and began to walk over to the bath. Seeing the three wrestling still before entering next to Riveria. Loweing herself inside till only her neck and head remained above water as she looked down at her body.
"You're still a growing girl Aiz, don't worry about it too much."
"But how did she get hers to grow bigger?"
"TELL US YOU-GAH! My eyes! Why!? Why would you squirt soap in my eyes!"
"In the water, get under the water with me Miss Tiona!"
Tiona and Lefiya cried as they dove down under the water. Furiously scrubbing their face and eyes to rid themselves of the burning sensation in their retinas as Tione leered at them. Throwing the small bottle out of the tub as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Both of you deserve that! Why do you always go for my chest when we bathe!"
"Because if we touched Mama Riveria's we'd get our asses kicked!"
"You're damn right. Now shut up, I want to relax before we have to deal with Loki's idiocy later on." Riveria said as she stretched her arms and sunk deeper in the water.
"Still...what's your secret sis..." Tiona said as she and Lefiya got up from the water and leered at Tione's soap covered tits in envy. All while her sister smirked at the two and placed a finger by her lips.
"It's something that our dear captain knows the truth about it. You could say that it's because of him, these puppies grew!" She smirked as she proudly showed her chest off and shook her body. Watching the girls growling as her own "girls" bounced and jiggled in the water.
"That does it...I'm gonna go get White Hair's help so I can get some of that!"
"Like hell you are idiot!" Riveria shouted as she grabbed Tiona's ankle as she tried to jump out of the tub. Throwing her back in as more water escaped the tub and the sound of a rubber duck quacked in the bath.
"Oh! That reminds me, how did your party with Mister Cranel go Miss Tiona?" Lefiya asked as she saw Tiona's body floating back up from the water as bubbles were escaping from her mouth. Tiona spat out the water caught in her throat and turned to her, with a happy look on her face.
"Oh yeah! I keep forgetting to tell you about that since you want some advice huh Lefiya!"
"N-No! I-It's not that. I just wanted to know a bit more about Freya's new member is all. He seems quite odd don't you think? Well, at least compared to the other members of their familia."
"Hmmm, at first I did think about that when we meet him about a week ago. At the Hostess. But he made it quite the night!" Tione chimed in as she was blushing at the reminder of what else happened to her that same night.
"Yeah! White Hair's pretty fun. Our first dive together with the party a few days ago was awesome! He really knows how to make it an adventure in the dungeon!" Tiona splashed about in her excitement as now Riveria and especially Aiz was interested in her story.
"Get this sis, White Hair found a path that lead us straight to the 11th floor of the dungeon! One minute we were at like the sixth floor, and then the next we found ourselves heading down to the eleventh!"
"T-That fast!? Such a jump from six to eleven. How did he find a path?"
"Well Lefiya, it's actually paths. He told us that when he snuck out to look at the dungeon floors when he first joined, he found some paths in the walls that lead to lower and upper floors."
"That's amazing! Bell found such a handy way to get around the first couple floors of the dungeon. Imagine the time that it could save for people."
"That's exactly what Hedin and Heith were saying!" Tiona said as Riveria and Aiz's eyes widened at this information. Having explored the dungeons countless times, never had they heard a shortcut or a path that would cut their travel time to that amount.
'He found a way to get to the lower floors faster? I wonder if he could show me that path. That way, I can get stronger much faster.' Aiz thought as a glint in her eyes sparkled at the thought of traveling to the dungeon floors faster.
Riveria noticed that look from Aiz and shook her head. Thinking to herself ideas of how to prevent Aiz's single track mind for fighting. But more importantly, to avoid any mishap from Freya's Familia if Aiz somehow forced Bell to take her down his secret route.
'Despite this being advantageous, I can't in good nature allow Aiz to force him to show her. Nor should I let Tiona bring Aiz down there. Bell Cranel, by all appearances and the way Tiona describes him, he does seem like an earnest and honest boy. Aside possibly being related to that brutish elf...' She thought bitterly at that last thought as she kept an eye on Aiz while Tiona continued.
"Oh but get this, you know how rarely there's ever any decent monsters on the eleventh floor. Bell apparently found a secret floor boss!" Tiona exclaimed as Riveria had to force Aiz down under the water, headfirst. To prevent the blonde from jumping at Tiona to demand answers.
Riveria looked at the three in front of her. Ignoring the bubbling water below and the flailing arms raising above the water to grab hold of anything around. Lefiya's eyes widened, and her lips parted a bit from the impressed news. While Tione's reaction was that of curiosity.
"A hidden floor boss?! What did he do to make it appear? Hngh, first the lower floor traveling and now this. How is it a rookie is discovering things that most of us should've discovered by now." Lefiya grumbled as she sank lower in the bath, to the point she was making bubbles under the water with her mouth.
"Ohh~ Do I detect a bit of jealousy Lefiya, or perhaps, you're crushing on Bell?" Tione said as that brought the elf to stand tall and flail her arms out. Her face red as a tomato as she was waving her hands in front of Tione.
She smiled as she then took a quick glance at her own sister, and did she enjoy the look on her face. It was as though all life was lost in her eyes. Only a empty look as she was still smiling. Somehow, her whole body, face and hair had turned to a pure white color all while Lefiya was flabbergasted and tried to get the words out to deny her claim.
"Calm down Lefiya, i'm only teasing. Now, what else happened Tiona? How'd he find this floor boss."
"A-Ahh. R-right! The floor boss. Well he used a monster attract item he stored in with their bags. And that attracted a lot of monsters. He then came up with the idea to make it a game to bring out the boss. First team to get most kills and the losers treat the winners to Jagamaru-kuns afterwards."
"JAGAMARU!"
"GAhchk!"
"Lady Riveria/MAMA!?" Lefiya, Tiona and Tione shouted in worry as they saw Riveria being flipped over the bath and now lying stark naked outside and wet on the soaked tile floor. Their attention soon brought over to Aiz as the blond had a dark look in her eye as she was only a few centimeters away from Tiona's face.
"You fought a new floor boss with others..."
"A-A-Aiz! You're..you're a bit too close..."
"You fought with the rabbit together in the dungeon..."
"Aiz! B-Back up a bit please! Y-Your eyes. Your eyes are startign to get darker and creepy!"
"And you ate Jagamaru-kun's together..."
"SIS! LEFIYA! MAMA! SOMEONE HELP MEEEEE!" Tiona said as now she was looking away from Aiz. Trying to escape her dark gaze but the blonde kept coming closer and closer to her.
"Will you quit creeping them out you blond idiot!" Riveria said as she grabbed a nearby bucker and slammed it on top of Aiz's head. Making the girl sink down under the water before having her hair pulled to be brought back up. With the addition of a large bum pertruding from the top of her head as Riveria sat back down in the bath with a scowl.
"H-Haaa...I felt like she was about to suck my soul from my body..." Tiona breathed out as she had a hand over her heart with Tione hugging her and Lefiya patting her back as they slowly pulled her further away from Aiz as she was being busy tied up with bath towels by Riveria.
"S-So..that was the bet made by Mister Cranel? Did you end up winning? Lefiya asked as to try and distract her from the horror she witnessed and get back to the story.
"Hngh! Nooo~. It was me, Helun, you know Freya's attendant, and Heith in one team with Bell and his Pops against us. By the time we reached the floor itself we had about 24 kills, mostly with me while Heith and Helun tag teamed against some ogres and kobolds getting too close."
"And how many did Bell get?"
"I think what his pops said it was about sixty-something? I couldn't remember the exact number. But the way he fought was pretty impressive. It kinda reminded me of us when we fight sis." Tiona said as Tione blinked and leaned in closer with a smirk.
"Ho? Tell me, what did you see about Bell and fighting?"
"It was like us when we hop around monsters and kill them. He was swinging his hatchet around and his knife. Both weapons in hand! And he was killing them one by one without stopping. It looked as though he was dancing in a rain of blood!"
"So you think he's a good dancer then? Thinking of asking him if there's ever an opportunity?" She teased as Tiona blushed. Her own sister using her own words against her for her little games. Feeling betrayed as Lefiya stood in silent with a flushed face.
"T-That rabbit is seducing you Miss Tiona! You need to be careful unless he puts his hands on you soon!"
"H-He does have soft hands..."
"Eh..."
"Eh?"
"EH!?"
Lefiya, Tione and Riveria asked at the sudden comment spoken by Tiona without a hint of hesitation after Lefiya's assumptions. Realizing her mistake. She covered her mouth with one hand and waved her other before them to try and stop their assumptions.
"EHHHHHHH!? HE TOUCHED YOU!?" Riveria and Lefiya yelled as they came closer and closer to Tiona. With shocked looks on their faces, and for Riveria looking absolutely livid. While Tione smiled with glee as she looked happy at her sister.
"Oh!? How was he? Was he gentile with you? Did it get spicy!? Did you two sneak about from the othr-"
"It wasn't like that i swear! Honest! It was an accident when we were taking the shortcut to the eleventh!" She yelled at the three of them. Her face completely red and her eyes swirling from the heat of the bath and such thoughts they implied about her and Bell.
"Then talk." Riveria said with a scornful look at her as Lefiya grabbed the nearest bucket as her eyes were shadowed by her wet orange hair. Having a look as though she would castrate a rabbit if the answer wasn't satisfactory.
"W-Well, I said I'd keep the way we took a secret. But all I can tell you is that the path was a bit tricky to travel and there was some slippery floors." She said as she paused for a moment. Waiting on Riveria and Lefiya to understand as they nodded for her to continue.
"So, me, pops and Helun were about to crash. And Bell and Heith were coming fast and couldn't stop. I was ready to block them from crashing into us badly while Bell's pops was breaking our speed. We were safe, but we still bumped into each other." Tiona said as she was getting redder by the second as now she had no choice but to tell the rest of it.
"I um...sorta fell on top of him. And I couldn't stop myself so, Bell put his hands on my waist to stop me from falling further...while...I stopped on his shoulders. With my chest in his face." She said as her voice was softer and softer with each word until she covered her face and shook her head.
"A-Ah...I see. It was an accident. I-I understand that, well, given your nature and your traditions I worried about it. But next time please be more careful. Lefiya, put the bucket away. By the sound of it, Mister Cranel did not mean to do anything more than assist her." Riveria said as she looked at Lefiya with a dull look until she tossed the bucket away.
"Anyways, so Mister Cranel is quite adept in fighting. Granted we don't know exactally how long he's been exploding the dungeons unsupervised, but it is quite the feat." Riveria chimed in her assessment view of Tiona's discription of Bell's fighting style.
"Yeah, it was mezmorizing that we were lost in thought. When the ground started to shake from the Floor Boss appearing we were on guard. But it blew us away when we saw that giant beast!" Tiona said as she raised her arms high above her head in emphasis to the size.
"It was a baby dragon that was on the eleventh floor! And it was the same one that Bell mentioned earlier. He left a bunch of scars on it when he went down to investigate the eleventh floor before. But he couldn't fight it since his knives apparently broke during then." She said as Lefiya's eyes widened as Riveria and Tinoe looked amused.
"He fought a baby dragon by himself before! Hmmm! Curse that rabbit! How does he find such rare things in the dungeon!"
"I detect love and jealousy Lefiya~"
"I am not jealous!"
"But you're not denying being in love with him!"
"ARRRHHHH!"
"We all decided that it would be fun to end today's dive by fighting it! And man it was awesome! We even brought back the head to the guild, and Bell's pops was nearly dying at the look of Eina's face!" Tiona snickered as she recalled Eina nearly passing out when they entered the Guild all covered in blood and dragging the head inside.
"I did recall hearing about the mess of blood at the guild. Though I offer my condolences to Eina. But she was insistent about trying to be an advisor again. And now has to deal with Mister Cranel's antics now while that one takes the enjoyment out of it." Riveria sighed at the thought of Eina now having grey hairs due to Bell's dives in the foreseeable future.
"So how much did you end up paying for their Jagamarus?"
"GNANGMRUUSH!" Aiz cried from the other side of the bath. As the three of them, aside Riveria, looked over at the now tied Aiz. In a rather, risquay style of bondage with her mouth gagged by a rubber duck.
"Actually we just ended up buying one for ourselves each. We also got quite a bit of money from it. Though it was less than the actual value. Bell ripped off some parts of the dragon and gave it to us."
"He did? Doesn't he know how valuable the whole head woud've been worth if he left it as is?" Lefiya said as she was feeling a bit prideful the fact that Bell did something foolish.
"Yeah, but he said: "Why not take a piece of this drop as a memento of our first dive together as a party! This'll be a great story to tell our family and loved ones someday when were older. Well maybe aside from pops." So he gave us them as mementos."
"Awww, that's pretty sweet of him! So, tell us! What did he give you! A tooth? A horn? Or did he make some of the scales into a necklace for you?" Tione asked her sister in excitement as she had pink hearts in her eyes.
"Sis...ease up on the honeymoon phase alright. He, well he kinda gave me some of the teeth and a cut part of its horn. And said it'd be good for a necklace. He got the same things too."
"Ohhh~ matching jewelry is but a first step!"
"Are you trying to set them up you idiot?"
"Come on mama! If me and captain are going to have kids soon, then I want my sister to start finding a man so that way, I can become an aunt!"
"I think we've lost her...What else did he give to the others in the party?" Lefiya said as all of them were stunned at how lovey-dovey Tione was becoming lately.
"Well for Heith she was given a horn to help with making stronger potion effects. Helun was scared the way Bell gave her share, as he was ripping off scales from its head corpse. He suggested it could be made to make a special throwing knife for her or maybe a necklace."
"I'm curious in what he thought to give for that brute of an elf he calls "Pops"" Riveria pondered though snarled the word 'Pops' at the end. Making Lefiya and Tiona shiver from how cold she sounded.
"I thought it was a pretty thoughtful gift. He gave his pops one of the dragon's eye. And was going on how cool it would be to embed it into his staff and make him look cooler when casting spells. I don't know what he ended up doing with it though." Tiona said as she looked up at the roof of the bathhouse in thought.
"Oh! A dragon's eye in his staff, that sounds like it would look cool!"
"Come now Tione, such a thing would be childish. I'd imagine that his partner Hogni would do that, but him? No I doub-"
"Hmmm. True, Bell Cranel did think of a nice gift for him. A dragon's eye would look enticing on a magic user. And it has been speculated that eyes of mythical creatures can increase magic spells or mana to the caster."
Riveria blinked and looked horrified the fact that Lefiya, her student in magic and eventual successor, was in agreement with the two amazons about the boy's gift. A pit of uneasiness was felt in her stomach as she feared if idiocy was contagious.
"Though, I have to wonder. Are they actually related?" Lefiya asked as Tiona and Tione looked at her in confusion and blinked.
"Lord Hedin and Bell Cranel. I often hear about him calling him 'Pops'. And the way you make it sound, they really do seem like father and son. But why is it at times I've heard him deny such claims?" Lefiya pondered as that brought Tiona to try and think of an answer while Tione smiled.
"Well, honestly I don't think it matters that much. Take it like how we always call Riveria 'Mama'. Every familia has that one or two parental figures for the familia as whole. I think Bell does see Hedin as a somewhat parental figure. Though the nickname I heard from Anya at the Hostess that it was because Bell immediately assumed he was old like a grandpa."
"You think that could just be it sis? I mean, recall how they look. Hedin kinda has white hair, even though its blonde. He's got those red eyes. And I remember seeing them act stubborn and butting heads with each other. It's like they are father and son."
"Well...Elves do live longer lives. So, maybe he could actually be Mister Cranel's biological father. But perhaps they were separated." Lefiya suggested as that got interest in both amazons and made Riveria shake her head as she walked over to Aiz's side and began to untie her.
"Don't take this as truth, but it is somewhat heard about. Elven marriages are a rather, strict and complex tradition. Somewhat like royal weddings and engagements. But if it was with a mixed race then it becomes somewhat a sad tale."
"You think that Bell's Pops had to leave him behind with his mom? Or put him up in an orphanage? But why!?" Tiona exclaimed as she splashed the water underneath her.
"I'm not saying that, but rather it could be something similar. Mixed marriages are an issue if both families are against it. Perhaps Sir Hedin had issues in getting approval and lost the rights to tend to his family."
"How heartbreaking...forced to leave his wife and son. *Sniffle* To never see them again or even raise him as his own. Why must traditions of your people be so cruel!" Tione exclaimed as she shook Lefiya's shoulders back and forth as tears were falling from Tione's eyes.
"I-Its more with the higher and nobility side of our race! Honestly, I despise the part where our people look down upon others just because they're elves and believe themselves to be higher than all. Gah! It's irritating!" Lefiya said through her shaken tone as she felt disgusted at the thought of such a tragedy Bell must've gone through.
"Whatever occurred with them, isn't our business to pry unless otherwise. Give them their privacy and respect their wishes if they don't want to talk about it." Riveria said as she brought Aiz alongside her and sat back down next to the three.
"Say Tiona, when are you going back in the dungeon with the rabbit again?" Aiz asked with a hint of curiosity and excitement in her voice.
"Rab-Ah. You mean Bell. Or as I call him White Hair if you paid attention. Best not to call him that Aiz, he gets annoyed by that nickname. And not for a while at least, I've got plans with all you for a few days remember." Tiona said as she crossed her arms behind her head and leaned back.
"Besides, why do you ask? Are you interested in his secret path?" She said as Aiz's eyes widened and Riveria sighed. Smacking Aiz's head as that caused Tiona and Tione to giggle at how open and how poorly Aiz tried to hide her intentions.
"You're bad at trying to hide things Aiz. And, I don't know. He's still mad at you for what you took from him." Tiona said as Aiz tilted her head to the side in confusion, before it dawned on her what she meant.
"Ohh...the minotaur. But he would have gotten hurt."
"He had it under control until you took away his fight. It's like if someone took away your Jagamaru-kun when you were about to pay for it. Only for someone to buy it and take it away from you. See what I-AHHHH!"
"Who dares...take away my Jagamaru-kun?"
"MAMA! The eyes! THE EYES ARE TAKING MY SOUL!"
"Enough!" Riveria shouted as she punched Aiz again on the head. But this time, turning her over to the edge of the pool. Forcing her to lean over it so her ass was sticking out. As Riveria began to smack the ever-wet ass with such brutality and force.
Harsh, and repetitive slapping sounds echoed in the bathhouse with such vigor and pain due to the added wetness. The other three could only shield their eyes and wince from the pleading and crying of Aiz to stop. Begging Riveria to cease this punishment, but was only meet with more spankings and punches atop her head.
"Enough with your unhealthy obsession! Learn to control yourself with your snack otherwise I'll ban you from eating them for the next three months!" Riveria roared as Aiz sank back into the water with tears on her puffy red eyes as she meekly nodded.
"And as for your little attempt to join Bell Cranel's party, I won't allow it unless you make amends to him or I join with you to keep an eye on you." Riveria said as though it was law for Aiz.
"O-Oi, mama, isn't that.."
"Tione, look at this idiot before you. If she found a way to get to deeper floors, would she have the control to use it responsibly?" She asked as all three of them gave Aiz a deadpanned look as though meaning they didn't believe in her.
"Furthermore, I do not want her to take advantage of Mister Cranel's hard work and findings. They were discovered by him so it's his decision to share it or hide this fact. I won't press you further where he found this Tiona. But rest assured we will be keeping this a secret." She said as she harshly looked at Aiz to further clarify it with her.
"So, unless I make amends first, then I can go in the dungeon with Bell?" Aiz said, now ignoring the large steaming lump on her head. The four of them looking at her in surprise, of how she acutally sounded smart at that moment.
"Well...just don't get your hopes up or expect it to happen soon. We won't see each other until maybe Monsterfilia or the days before it happens." Tiona said as she soon got out of the water and exited the tub.
"Oh~ Did he invite you out to see the festivities together?" Tione teased as she was greeted back by her sister sticking her tongue out at her.
"Well not exactly. He did say we should hang out together if we see each other there. Truth is that they're gonna meet his goddess at the festivities after she's finished with some urgent business."
"Ah, an outing with his goddess, sounds nice! Though, I pray for his sake his goddess isn't worse than ours." Lefiya said as the thought of Freya acting like Loki towards Bell made her shiver a little despite the hot water she was soaking in. Silently praying as she held one hand up to pray to whomever for Bell's sake.
"I think it's kinda sweet. I heard that Hedin and most of the executives are gonna follow Bell and Helun to oversee them during the festivities."
"So it's like a chaperone trip." Riveria said as she smirked at the tought Hedin having to keep the idiots of his familia in line now during all the fun.
"Either way, we might get to see him around the festival. You wouldn't mind if we joined them if possible?" Tiona asked as the others soon got out of the bath and reached for a nearby towel hanged up on the racks against the wall.
"Nope! I kinda look forward to how fun we'd have with them! And besides, I wanna see how crazy Bell will drag his familia all over the place like what you were telling about Hedin. What about you Lefiya, opposed to hanging out with Bell?"
"N-No...I wouldn't mind it. It would be quite interesting and maybe I could ask Lord Hedin about a few things. How about it Miss Aiz? You would be able to-H-HUH!?" Lefiya shouted as she then saw Aiz looking dead and in a fetal position on the floor.
"I can't make amends...I'm being forced to serve as Lady Loki's guard that day for some business she's meeting with." Aiz said with a monotone voice as she wouldn't move. Even when they tried to shake her.
Leaving Riveria to sigh and drag her by the hair. Aiz's ass squeaking against the wet tile floor as they watched their 'sister' being dragged and her ass now turning red with each second. They silently prayed for the suffering she would soon endure.
From both Riveria at the punishment she would receive due to her one-track mind during this bath. And for having to be by Loki's side for an entire day.