Hello! Chapter three! Umm... ok nothing to say so enjoy! OH WAIT! Have you played the Danmcahi mobile app game? Its free with english texts, and the new event quest this month revolves around the Miach Familia. Which is where I am going to get some refrences. They just finished a Crossover event of Danmachi with the anime/manga? Kino' journey. Anyway I'm having a VERY hard time coming up with a way to show Bells stats. He doesn't really "Level up" it's more of a fixed thing, but to show that with the proper reactions of people is hard to do. ESPECIALLY during the contract of a Familia member and a god, maybe I can use the all ???? Excuse to get past this conundrum.
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It had been a month since Bell started his new life, he was officially a level one and he was enjoying the new life. He bought some new cloths and adventurer cloths (anime and manga cloths) And in that time he had raised to level 2. This sent a wave of gossip, as this was nearly an unheard of thing, the icing on the cake was he was not a member of a Familia. This was what sent a minor shockwave across the city and not many knew of whom this person was as Bell requested the Guild keep his name a secret as per Guild guidlines they had to oblige.
He was currently on the third floor about to finish his day when he heard some commotion down to the right Cave, as he neard he saw a minotaur which was suposed to be at least five floor down, but it had cornered a woman and was about to send the killing blow. Being the Nobel Royal and new Adventurer he was he went stright into action, throwing his dagger he had gotton the second day of binge dungeon hunting into the back of the minotaur and warping right at it was enough to cause the minotaur to scream in pain and totally miss the woman.
The Woman was surprised at seeing someone else while the minotaur just turned to face his new advisory.
Bell withdrew the dagger from its back and got just out of range of its sword, though he had to dodge stright back as the minotaur charged and jabbed straight in front of him. Managing to dodge again this time to the left side this time bell sink his dagger into its arm and slid the blade stright up the minotaurs arm in a show of blood and screams.
The Minotaur trew a punch with it's left arm connecting with Bell and pushing him away on his back a few feet away but he didn't give bell time to recover as it charged right at him.
"Look out!" The woman screamed as she was going to watch someone else die because of her. But to her shock she watched as the boy extended his right hand and bolt of lightning shot from his hand throwing the Minotaur across the cave like a rag doll, she saw that it was some kind of magic, but all Magic had to be chanted, he didn't. The attack from her savior left a huge black smoking spot on the chest of the Minotaur and it screamed in pain. Not able to get up, Bell just walked near to it and threw His Dagger into the skull of the beast killing it and a stone lay where it once was. The boy had defeted the Minotaur and saved her.
As Bell got up he walked over to check on said woman,
"Are you alright?."
"Y-Yeah, thank you for what you did, I was certain It was the end."
"Well thankfully it wasn't, What happend? Minotaurs aren't suposed to be this near to the entrance."
As Bell said this he helped her up and finally noticed that she was wearing a simple.. if not a bit torn cloke? Dress? Of Blue and brown, a white scarf was around her neck, and despite her near death experience she had this far off look to her, or was it exhaustion?. But the thing he noticed the most was her dog ears lying flat on her brown almost tan hair, he would have missed if he wasn't so close.
"I was actually around the twelfth floor with three others, I was looking for a rare Item from a Minotaur to help brew a few postions, sadly we found a Minotaur stronger then expected, it killed the three and it followed me here." She said in a bit of a mono tone as she rummaged threw her bag to find a healing spell. But Bell saw her dog ears droop if that were possible since they were flat, he looked at her scourse of sadness and he saw her bag was soken wet where all her potions had been broken, no doubts due to the chase.
"Bell remembered back when he was being trained, he was thought to make elixirs from Gintiana, and he had a few with him. He assumed Potions and elixirs were one in the same, though he didn't know which would be stronger. He also knew that elixirs worked not by drinking but by absorbing.
"Here use mine you'll need it. Dont drink them just crush them with your hand, don't worry it won't cut you." Bell said as he pulled out a Healing and Stamina elixir he had made, though the ingredients were of a different world the ones he makes work just as if they were from his home of Eos.
The woman stared at them with a calculated eye for a moment and she did as he said, she started with the Healing one, she was shocked to her core, next was the stamina elixir she did the same and almost immediately she felt like she could run a marathon.
"What were those!? I've never seen or used something like that!?"
She said as she bolted up from where she sat and was so close to Bell that it made him blush, yet oddly the clear excitement she had in this new found medicine was still in a tired or Monotonous tone.
"Uhh it's just something I picked up back in my home country." He said awkwardly
"D-Do you know how to make them?!"
"Listen miss.."
"Naaza Erisuis. Or just Naza."
"Alright then miss Naza, why don't we get out of the dungeon first then we can talk? We both should head to the guild to report this incident." Bell said hoping that would get her to stop her questions for the time being.
"Yes you're right." She said as she began walking out of the dungeon Bell behind.
"So what Familia are you with?" Bell asked as they were walking out of the guild after Naza reported what had happened.
"The Miach Familia." Was her simple straight reply.
"I can't say I know of your Familia, though I've only arrived here about a month ago."
"Well that's not surprising, our Familia is poor and we don't have many members. Aside from me we have two others, who used to be a part of the Apollo Familia but they were finally able to flee from them, and we gave them refuge and the rest is history."
"What's wrong with the Apollo Familia?" Bell asked
"Well Apollo to put it nicely is very full of himself. And he is very determined to get what ever it is he wants, even of it means using underhanded means. Because of his personality most gods and Familia don't like him, his memebers are; while some are their because they had no choice or were blackmailed; most are just as bad as Apollo. Its best to stay off their radar."
"I see, thank you for the information Naza."
"You know, it's been over an hour since we met and I don't even know your name." She said staring at him with that Aloof expression causeing Bell too sweatdrop. 'She's asking that now?' He thought to himself.
"My name is Bell. Bell Lucis Caelum."
"That's a very nice name Mister Caelum."
"Thank you Naza. So tell me a little bit more about your Familia."
"We're a Medical Familia, We make Postions for Adventures to use on quests and Exploration. Miach however has a habbit of giving our potions away for free, and so were virtually penniless."
"I see, I can respect what you and your Familia do, I also respect what Miach does a lot but yes, there should be a line of what he gives away. So what do you do in your familia?"
"I'm a doctor, I make most of our Potions."
"I see."
"Speaking of Potions what were those things you gave me? Those were stronger then any potion I've ever seen are thry for sale? We may not have any money but We have Potions, to trade." She said as she was starring at him.
"Sorry Naza, they're not for sale,." Bell said as he pht his hands in front of him, Naza was about to press further until a Voice stoped that.
"Ahh Naza your back early and who' your friend?"
A young looking man with dark blue hair asked.
"lord Miach this is mister Caelum, he saved my life today in the dungeon." Naza said getting a worried reaction from the god
"Are you ok!? You're not hurt are you?!"
"No I am perfectly fine."
"You have done this Familia a great honor and it's a debt we can't repay." Miach said bowing deeply to Bell as he ment that figuratively and literally.
"No it was no trouble, it would have been a loss to your Familia. And I think anyone would have done the same." Bell said humbly.
"Please! Take this as just a tiny part of our gratitude
"Lord Miach!" Naza said seeing her god again give things away for free.
"That is quite alright, no payment is necessary but I need to go, it was a pleasure to meet the god of the Miach Familia." Bell said as he began to leave.
As he was walking around the city the sun was about to set and he was checking his pouch to see how much Valis he had, he checked and saw he had plenty for a nice meal, but where would he go. As he thought about that his stomach growled. He sighed just a little as he continued to walk.
"Excuse me." Came a soft reply Bell looked back and saw a young girl in what appeared to be a maid uniform but green.
"You dropped this." She said as Bell saw in her hands a Healing Elixir, he must have dropped it when he was looking at his money.
"Thank you." He said grabbing his item.
"Umm are you hungry by any chance?" The girl asked in a kind of shy if timid way.
"Why yes I was actually looking for a place to eat." He said.
The girl just giggled as she pointed just above her to a sign he realized he had walked right passed the very Tavern he stayed at when he first came to this world. And it was a huge place as well, he just sighed at how he missed it and walked right in not even looking back to the girl who now had a devious smirk on her face. The "Witch" had claimed a new victim.
"Nya welcome to the Hostess of- hey! You're that rich boy Chloe served last month." The brown haired cat said realizing who had come in. At her words the new girl who greeted him had an even more predatory look in her eye.
"Hello again, and I'm not rich ok, I am a new Adventurer." Bell said trying to get it out of their heads. But hardly to his avail.
"Well if your good enough to make money your rich to us, Syr here will take your Order. The patron known as Mia said.
"What would you like?" Syr asked
"I think I'll have the fried fish please."
"Any ale?."
"Yes please."
As Bell gave his order he noticed some new people come in to the Tavern.
"Neh Mia the usual please." The red head said. Bell knew these people, they were the heads of the Loki Familia with Loki herself with them. The most famous Familia. Bell assumed given the order they were quite the regulars. He saw a young Blond Elf woman head over with the drinks, Bell wasn't one who liked gossip, even though he knew that it did have merit in politics, but that was a different life that never came to be. But he didn't have much to do so he decided to listen in.
"You here about that new Adventurer who managed to reach level 2 in just one month and he's not part of a Familia?" A young looking Blond boy said.
"Bah that's impossible for people who just started, no way it's true." A werewolf boy said taking a huge drink.
"Tell that to Ais here." A girl with Mocha colored skin said pointing to one of the most famous Adventurers in Orario.
"She's got you there Bete." A green haired elf beauty said.
"She's an exception, plus she signed on with Lady Loki here, she had blessings on her side this new Adventurer is all just a rumor." The wolf said.
"I wouldn't be to sure, just because you are not part of a Familia doesn't mean you can't be strong, this new Adventurer is proving that to us everyday." The Elf said.
"But what do we even know of this Adventurer? The only information we get is from the Guild and their all Cloke and Dagger about it. All that's known is a nickname, "nulla domus" (nulla domus. Latin for no Family.) The other Mocha colored girl said.
"The Guild is not obligated to disclose any information on Adventures, only gods can ask about them and only if they are one of their own." The blond boy said.
"Loki what's your opinion in all this?" Bate asked as all eyes looked to their patron god as she took a huge gulp of her ale.
"I neither accept nor deny these rumors of nulla domus, if they are true then we must do everything we can to get him into our Familia. A person who can reach level 2 in just a month is a prime target for others like Freya and Apollo." She finished getting a few shocked look from her children. However the silence and shock was broken and replaced with another.
"If the rumors are true then I'd like to fight him." Aiz said as she took a drink.
'Maybe one day.' Bell thought as he stopped listening to their conversations as his food came.
"Here you are thank you for waiting." Syr said handing him his food.
"Thank you say I don't mean to be rude or anything but I don't remember seeing you when I was here last month." Bell asked for no reason.
"Ah it was my day off, but you were the talk of the staff. Chloe was quite the envy waiting on a rich boy though you didn't tip." She said with a side glance.
"Ah sorry about that, I had just arrived that day and didn't have much money to spare. But now that I'm an adventure I can tip well now." Bell the stupid fool said and Syr pounced on that.
"Well make sure you do, we're not very generous to under tippers." She said with a slight glare and shadows over her face.
"I'll remember that." Bell said not reacting to that what so ever.
"Please enjoy!"
Ten minutes later Bell was almost done with his meal when five other men came in and sat down behind him, they ordered only drinks and began talking. Bell already asked for the bill when something they said got his attention.
"We lost John, Ramos, and Flavian to that dammed Miach Familia."
"How the hell did they even agree to that?! The Miach Familia are poor as dirt?"
"Don't know, all I know is that the woman is named Naza and she was the only one to survive."
"Dammit we lose three members to a rouge Minotaur and the Miach Familia walks away without any consequences!"
"I heard a rumor that the nulla domus saved her."
"You stupid idiot that's just a rumor!"
"Regardless maybe we should pay them a visit at the Blue Pharmacy. I'm sure we can find something they can pay the Soma Familia back with. And if not, we'll take that Woman to pay off the expenses our Familia lost."
"Dam stright! Let's go!"
As the three got up and ran out Bell had no choice but to follow as well. Ignoring the yell from the Patron to pay for his food. Bell was running far behind the group and lost them in the crowed of people leaving for home. He spent five minutes trying to look for them, asking people where the Blue Pharmacy was only after ten minutes did he find a person who told him they lived in the poor district of downtown. Running another ten minutes he found the Blue Pharmacy with the windows destroyed. As he entered he could see that racks and shelves holding the Potions were all destroyed, he heard voices voices in the back. And he ran, when he found them he saw that both Naza and Miach were sporting bruises all over their bodies.
Naza with a busted lip and a black eye; the five Soma Familia had their weapons drawn at the two. as he looked at them the five noticed his presence.
"Who the hell are you?" The ring leader said as they all turned towards Bell.
"Run Caelum!" Miach said only to get a kick in the head by another Soma memeber.
"If you leave now That will be the end of this, if not I will stop you." Bell said, now mad.
"HAHA! Kid who the Fuck do you think you are?! This Bitch right here is responsible for THREE of our Familia dead, it's only right and proper that we avenge their deaths." The ring leader said.
"What happened was a tragedy, NO ONE could have known that a rouge Minotaur was on the loose." Bell said, still ready to fight but trying to reason.
"Yeah? Well we don't really care about that, all we care about is vengeance for them and she's responsible. So I tell you what, YOU LEAVE and we'll act like this never happened." The ring leader said as he turned back to face the Miach Familia.
"I'll give you one last chance you bastards, leave Or. I. will. kill. You." Bell said in his most intimidating voice, as his eyes actually glowed red.
"And what are you going to do? Theirs FIVE of us and only one of you. You know what, I'm sick of this kill him!" he told two of the others. Bell' had his right hand behind his back and summoned the Dagger of Unity.
As the two Soma members were mere inches from Bell both ready to strike. In but a blink of an eye Bell rushed forward as well, silting the throat of the sword wielding member, but before even that thug fell to the ground gasping and holding his neck, Bell went stright for the leader and drove the dagger right into the the front of his neck. Blood spewing out of his neck dead the moment Bell pulled the dagger out, coating his face red. The other three saw this and immediately charged, screaming in rage and terror at this type of blood shed. Bell drew out his Dagger he had bought and threw it right at the far left thug, a spear wielder which the dagger lodged in his shoulder but it didn't have The desired effect of stoping him enough to take care of the other two, but it did cause the spare wielder to miss his thrust at Bell which gave Bell just enough to stab the middle one his his chest dropping him. Bell had to dematerialize his dagger and re summon it, a thing that thankfully no one saw.
"And then their were two." Bell simply said in a cold tone, the last thug which wasn't dead or wounded charged at Bell, screaming in desperation. Bell simply sliced his neck. The thug which was running simply fell, chocking while he hit the ground, wallowing and spasming as if he was having a seizure.
"And then their was you." Bell said to the spear wielder who by this time his face was of pure terror. As Bell took one step forward the man simply dropped his weapon and begged desperately for his life.
"PLEASE!!!! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!! I'LL DO ANYTHING!!" He wailed and begged. Bell simply pulled out the dagger that was still logged in the mans shoulder and brought it to the mans throat.
"What do you want?" Bell said to Miach and Naza who were still down, more out of shock at what they had witnessed. Bells words brought Miach back to reality.
"Let him go." Miach simply said as he got up and walked to the man.
"However, you know you can't tell anyone what happened here, you five decided to go to the dungeon after some drinking and were over taken by monsters you understand?. We know your face and your Familia, He'll find you if you ever dare tell what happened here you understand?" Miach said intimidating the man who just nodded as if his life depended on it.. which it was.
"Let him go." Miach said as Bell withdrew his dagger and they watched the man run out.
Letting out a sigh Bell finally looked at the two he just saved.
"Sorry about making a bigger mess for you guys."
"It is alright Mister Caelum, again we are in your debt for saving our lives once and twice." Miach said collapsing on a chair as Bell went over to help Naza up.
"Thank you for saving us Mister Caelum, but how did you know what was happening?" She asked
"I was almost done eating when those five walked in and sat behind me, It wasn't till I heard them talking about you and the Minotaur incident that I listened in and heard them say they were coming here. Sorry I got here late, they knew where your store was and I had to spent some time asking where you were. Speaking lof which I need to go back and pay for my meal." Bell said as he rummaged threw his bag and brought out two Healing Elixirs.
"Here." Bell simply said to Naza as he walked over to Miach.
"Here you go Lord Miach, this is a personal Healing potion from my home, just crush it in your hand, don't worry it won't cut you."
Miach did as Bell told him and immediately he felt like nothing had happened.
"My word! What are these? Do you know how to make them?! Are they for sell!?" Miach said now excited.
"Heh, those were the same words Naza said to me when she first used them. Ask me again sometime, right now We have a Bigger problem, I now that killing other Familia is a Taboo, even if in self defense, I know the severity of what I'm about to say but.. do you have a shovel and will you help me hide the bodies?" Bell said In a serious tone that immediately stoped Miach and Naza cold. Miach looked at Bell for what seemed like the longest time until he nust sighed and said. "You're right, even letting that man go is still a great danger. But if we can dispose of the bodies.." Miach said thinking.
Naza decided to speak up
"Lord Miach! Do you know what your saying?!"
"Yes Naza I do." He said in a very serious tone that was out of Character of him. "However if we tell what has happened then the Soma Familia will demand payment, regardless that they were responsible, we can't pay that kind of payment, and it would be the nail in the coffin." Miach said as he watched Bell grab the shovel and began breaking the bords on the floor.
"I'll dig twenty feet and we'll dump them in." Bell simply said.
"Naza head to the front, start cleaning everything there, when Cassandra and Daphne return tell them to meet me here. I'll start cleaning up the Blood here." Miach told her.
"Yes Lord Miach." Naza said
It had been an hour and Bell had reached ten feet and Miach was almost finished cleaning the blood when they heard two voices
"Lord Miach!?" Two girls said as they came running in. The first one Bell noted was a Girl with medium length dark hair and light purple eyes, her dress was what looked to be a one piece white medical dress with a red tie around her neck. The other one. A long dark haired girl in a black dress that went all the way down too her heels.
"Hello ladies." Miach simply said.
"What do you mean Hello?! And who is this!? WHAT ARE THOSE BODIES?!???" The white dressed lady screamed.
"Not so loud Cassandra!" Miach yelled in a whisper
"This is Mister Caelum he saved our lives and Naza' life twice all in one day, right now I need you two to get a shovel and help him dig, I'll tell you the story as you work."
It had been another hour before they hit the twenty feet mark, when they did they all dumped the bodies down the hole and began filling it up, Daphne Sweeping what ever dirt from the pile back into the hole or into a bin.
"Again thank you for saving us and sorry for getting you involved into our Familia matters Miach said bowing deeply.
"It is not something to worry about now. What's done is done." Bell said in a bit of a somber tone.
"Still, I am very sorry that we may potentially drag your Familia into our mess."
"Actually, I'm not part of any Familia right now, I'm more of a... freelance Adventurer." Bell said shocking the four.
"Wait! Are you the rumored nulla domus?" Daphne and Cassandra said in surprise as they both pointed at him.
"I am." Bell simply said before yawning.
"If you don't have a place to stay the night you are more then Welcomed to stay with us the night." Miach said,
"Thank you, I think I'll take you up on that, but first we should clean up some more." Bell finished surpassing a yawn.
It was two in the morning till they got the place half way decent, they all agreed to head to bed and finish in the morning. As Bell laid in his bed he thought back on what had happened, he had killed before, but those were corrupted people cursed with the blight, it didn't help that the people he killed that Ardyn corrupted still had their minds, and calling for him to end it. But he just couldn't get his mind around it.
Bell just closed his eyes and let the chaos of the day pass into darkness of sleep. The Alarm had went off and Bell got up, looking he saw that it was already eleven; he normally got up at around six and in the dungeon by Seven.
'Yesterday must have gotten to me more the. I realized.' He thought as he put his shirt on and walked down to the store and seeing the others sitting down to lunch. A place for him ready.
"Ahh good afternoon Mister Caelum, please have Lunch with us, it's not much to offer but it will fill you up." Miach said as Bell saw that it was a porage of some kind, mostly water though and a loaf of bread.
"It's fine, I've gone like this before. Uh No offense." Bell said a bit worried he might of insulted them.
"None taking." Miach simply said.
"So Lord Miach what happens now?" Cassandra asked.
"I Don't know. For now we need to finish cleaning up the place and then We'll need you two to double your efforts on dungeon hunting to bring supplies and items so we can begin restocking our Potions and medicines."
"And what of Lord Diancecht? He'll be expecting payment any day, and when he sees this place." Daphne said with worry in her voice.
"We'll worry about that later, for now we need to get Potions made. Adventuring takes priority until we can get our stock back up." Naza said.
"I'm sorry everyone, This is my fault I never should have gotten those Soma Familia members involved, even though I knew their reputation I still dealt with them." Naza said looking away guilty.
"It's alright Naza, no one could have foreseen what would happen." Miach said placing a hand on her shoulder
"Mister Caelum again thank you for all that you did for us yesterday, we cannot hope to repay you our debt." Miach said bowing, the others following suit.
"It's no worries at all, I simply did what was right, and I don't desire any payment or anything what so ever." Bell told them again.
"Still, if you ever need anything you can ask, we'll do what we can, your a friend and ally to the Miach Familia, what's ours is yours." Miach said.
It was now three in the afternoon, Bell had been in the dungeon for only an hour as the rest of that time he was helping clean Blue Pharmacy.
'I hope they'll be ok.'
Bell spent the rest of the evening in the dungeon and decided to call it quotes at around Seven.
As he entered the Guild he heard a familiar voice call to him.
"Mister Caelum!" As Bell walked over to the desk he responded back.
"Hello Eina what's new?" He asked.
"We'll a Soma Familia member came in last night and reported that he and four others had a accident in the dungeon."
"Oh? And what accident was that?" Bell prodded.
"That they had lost their lives to monsters after they went back in after a night of drinks. Honestly that's the worst mistake an Adventurer can make. NEVER go into the dungeon drunk. Sigh so what can I do for you tonight Bell?"
"Just here to cash in some items and chat." Bell said, over the month he and Eina hit it off surprisingly well, Eina had this aura to her whenever Bell talked to her, he enjoyed her presence a lot, to anyone watching their interactions they'd say they were best friends.
"Well enjoy the rest of your day Bell."
"Thank you Eina I will.
As Bell was walking out of the Guild he decided to go to a local food stand to eat, he remembered that he's probably on the hit list of the Hostess of Fertility. He made it his priority to go there tomorrow and pay, he just hoped it wouldn't end up a mess. Speaking of mess, when Bell had reached the food stall he noticed that his sake of money was gone.
'Son of a-' Bell looked fervently for his money only to realize that he had been pic pocketed. 'Dammit of all the things! I am of royal Blood, I can sense danger a mile away, I can warp, and summon floating weapons, and shoot lighting from my hand but I can't notice a thief??!!' Bell thought with anger
"What a night." Bell simply said as he sighed and had no choice but to head to the Blue Pharmacy again.
Its was early in the morning, five to be exact when Bell arrived at the Tavern.
"Umm, Hello?" Bell called out to the empty place until he heard a voice.
"Be right there... look, the Tavern doesn't open for another two.. Well look who decided to show up after they ditched their bill. What come back to ask for more food?" The Hostess of the Tavern said as she crossed her arms, five others walking behind her.
"Hey it's the meal Ditcher!" One girl pointed her finger at him accusingly getting him to sweat drop.
"I'm sorry for ditching without paying for my meal the other night! An important event came up and I was forced to leave, but I'm here. I don't have any money on me as of the moment, I was wondering if I could work my bill off?." Bell said as he bowed to the staff of the Hostess of fertility.
"Nya trying to worm your way out? The brown Cat girl asked with her fingers across her face and a smug look.
"Nah, at least you have the character to come back. I was going to send Ryu here to hunt you down." Mia said getting slight gulp from Bell as he saw the look of seriousness in the Elf' eyes.
"Sigh... Did you stop those five from harming Miach and his Familia?" Mia asked as Bell looked up in surprise.
"How did-"
"This is a Tavern, it's our job to know all and hear all, Chloe and Arnya have better hearing as well. So, did you stop them?" Mia said seriously
"I did." Was Bell' simple yet sharp if somewhat solemn reply.
"I see..." Mia said as if she understood what he had to do, this exchange didn't go over the heads of the others as they too understood the gravity of those words.
"We won't judge here, we all owe Miach a favor or two from the past, he and his Familia are respected friends here, I'm glad you protected them. Tell you what, you help cook the meals until closing and we'll call it even." Mia said getting a bit of an excited "Yes ma'am" from Bell.
"Syr here will show you your uniform, and you'll be working with May our chef, so Keep up."
"I may not look it but I've been trained to cook! Though the taste testers weren't all that.. helpful." Bell said, it was Gintiana who thought Bell how to take care of himself, aside from teaching affairs of state and social conduct she also thought him how to cook, mainly for when he had to train in the wilds, but Gintiana always said he was good at cooking when she sampled his cooking. Though being an astral may not count as good criticism.
"Well looks like we lucked out. We open in two hours, May will instruct you on The menu.
If you asked Bell what he expected today he would have told you he thought the Blond haired Cat girl would also be cooking, helping him sort out the orders and help prepare the dishes. But instead here he was slaving over the hot stove while May was sitting on a stool reading a magazine!
"Three orders of the curry, two spicy one Mild!" Chloe said.
"Right!" Bell said not even done with the first two previous orders.
"Three orders of the fried fish!" Arnya said.
"On the way!"
"One Grilled fish! One Steak medium rare, one bowl of noodles pork. And one order of Rice balls." Ryu said.
"Coming up."
Bell managed to get the first two orders out within fifteen minutes and he started working on the others when he heard some commotion outside but decided to ignor it and work on the rest of the orders.
"Oi Caelum! Look." Mia told him as he looked out he saw that the people eating his dishes were going at it like they were starving, he even thought they weren't even chewing it.
"This! What is this!?!!" One woman said
"I've never had something so good before!!!" Another man screamed to The heavens tears of salvation on his face.
"It reminds me of home." One tough looking man said as he just wept on the counter. Seeing this display the other patrons all demanded their meals even faster. The staff all looked at Bell in surprise.
"Seems we lucked out, we better snatch you up. Lunoire said with Syr nodding in agreement.
It was now three and the Tavern had closed for brake,
Bell just collapsed on a chair in exhaustion. His cooking was a huge hit and word quickly spread which led to an explosive lunch rush.
Of course sitting with Bell were all the waitresses.
"If I had known this was my fate I would have chosen Ryu here to hunt me down." Bell said getting a giggle from the couple of them.
"Your quite the lucky charm for us Mister Rabbit!" Syr said.
"Rabbit?" Bell asked looking at her.
"Of course, white hair, red eyes, bringing in luck and lots of money, you're the lucky rabbit."
"Hey your right Syr! Lucky rabbit is your new nickname." Arnya said as Chloe nodded in agreement.
"Ok Bell you should now that we are closed for the rest of the day." Mia said getting a alright from Bell. Only to squash it.
"We will be opening again at seven because the Loki Familia have reserved this place for a party. You didn't think you get off that easily did you?" Mia said with a smirk as she watched Bell deflate in defeat.
"Well now that we have time to prepare I think it's only right if Mister Caelum shows us what's so great about his cooking." Ryu said which was a rare thing to be saying from the stoic elf.
"That's a great Idea! Bell! You'll be cooking our lunch." Faust said as everyone agreed to it.
"Fine fine, BUT I choose what the dishes are.. speaking of, Theirs a dessert that I like personally, would you mind if I made a few?" Bell asked Mia to which she said that would be fine.
An hour later Bell had everyone's dishes out and ready to eat. The three Cat girls had a fish dish, while Mia had Lamb, Syr had a plate of Pasta, Lunoire had pork and Ryu had a vegan dish.
"These are the dishes of my home, Arnya has the grilled salmon with Pemento garnish. Chloe has the Catfish with Sundried Tomato' and a lemon zest.
May has the Tuna baked in foil with spiced potato's and basil. Mia has the Lamb with mint Chutney and sweet potatoes.
Lunoire has the grilled pork chop with mashed potatoes, and a side of soup with chicken and wild rice.
Syr has a pasta dish that was famous in my country; Spaghetti. And Ryu. Yours was a bit difficult to pick but I hope that you don't mind that I assumed that you being an elf you liked nature based foods like greens and the like, so I made you a Raibow dish. It's a mix of Carrots, squash, tomato, zucchini, and peas, topped with orange peel." Bell finished naming the dishes.
"I don't mind, this looks great Mister Caelum." Ryu said.
"Ok everyone dig in! I have to go finish making some things." Bell took the gasps of surprise as a sign he did great, honestly, after the whole Miach Familia incident this was exactly what he needed to help him relaxe, making dishes for people to enjoy.
As Bell was preparing his dessert dish the others came in to wash their dishes.
"Mister Caelum, I can say with no doubts that you are a first rate cook." Mia said laughing and slapping the boy on the back. The three Cat girls had stars in their eyes as they stared at him like he was a god or something. Syr' face was still red from the pasta, and Ryu simply complemented Bell on a very good dish.
"So what are you making now?" Syr asked
"Oh just a personal favorite, thing is it takes around five hours to cool, so that will have to wait. I guess we should get ready for the party?" Bell asked as everyone agreed and got to work.
The time had come for the party and the Loki Familia had arrived on time And already ordered their drinks, with the Food Bell had made being brought out. Syr and Ryu being the waitress.
"You're in luck guys, today we have a special cook today and he's cooking your food, please enjoy!" Syr told the Familia, which consisted of the same members as the other night, as they began to eat they all stoped, to marvel at this delicacy. Bete had a steak, the blond boy Finn had a pork dish, the two Amazon girls had curry dishes. Aiz had the spaghetti and was the only one still eating. Riviera had the same dish as Ryu had and she had a gentle blush adorne her face as she ate. And Loki, she was given a Chiken dish Sautéed in a wine sauce with stemmed vegetables. The party spent the next ten minutes eating to their hearts content, while Some laughed at Aiz' looks of a red sauced face. Finally after they finished eating Bell got out one the The desserts he had made and made slices to bring out to the group personally.
"Hello everyone how was your meal?" He asked.
"It was very delicious! Mister Rabbit!" One of the Amazon girls said with excitement.
"Rabbit?" Bell asked
"Don't mind them, the meal was exquisite it's been a long time since I had something like that." The Elf said to him.
"Thank you, your words make me happy, anyway here you go, this is my personal recipe for Insomnian style cheesecake. My Personal favorite." Bell said as he handed out the cake.
Riviera was the first to try it and to this day Loki won't ever let her live it down. For once in the history of the Loki Familia Riviera acted like a Human. She dig into that thing like it was the first time she ever tried a cake, it sent shocked looks, even from Aiz but none more so then Loki. Seeing the reaction of their head mage the rest tried it and suffered the same fate.
"I had no idea that such texture existed!" Finn said as he and the rest finished their meals fully satisfied.
"Hey Mister Rabbit! Why don't you come join our Familia, we pay good and with your skills you'll be the praise of the Familia." Loki asked getting nods of agreement from Aiz.
"I am sorry lady Loki. I'm already an adventure, just between us though I'm doing this to pay off a debt." Bell said as if he was talking to Loki but loud for the rest to hear. This got a laugh from the goddess and Bete
"Well shoot we missed out." Loki said.
"Speaking of, we don't even know the name of our chief." Finn asked.
"Ahh, my name is Bell. Bell Lucis Caelum at your service." Bells said in a mock to real salute with his right hand over his chest.
"That's a very nice name mister Caelum." Riviera said.
"Do you happend to have an extra cheesecake I could buy?" Riviera asked getting a few giggles from her new found love of the Lucian dessert.
"Of course I'll be right back." Bell said as he walked over to where he had the others stored and brought a full uncut one to the Elf, "Here you go, it's part of what you paid for so please enjoy!" Bell said getting a nod from the woman.
The party was a huge success, and the Tavern made more money then they did in three months. Bell was exhausted now, thankfully everyone agreed they'd clean up and Bell could use one of the rooms upstairs for the night. Before he turned in though he told them that he had made one more cheesecake for them to enjoy.
The next day had come quickly as Bell got up at Six and did a few exercises, got dressed then went down to be greeted by the others.
"Hello Bell, where will you be going now?" Mia asked him.
"To the dungeon, I got pickpocketed yesterday so I need to make some money." Bell said a bit embarrassed by that.
"Well before you leave, take this, this is your share of the funds we made last night, I won't take no for an answer." Mia said as she handed Bell a large sack of Valis, ten thousand Valis."
"Umm.. Thank you! Bell said a bit shocked at that. But accepted it none the less. And before he left Syr stopped him.
"Oh Bell, here take this." She said handing him a lunch box. "You'll get hungry in the dungeon so please take it." She said as Bell accepted the food.
"Thank you Syr." He said a bit touched by it.
"You can make it up to me by coming back as our customer." She said crushing the moment. "Sigh alright." Bell simply gave in.
Bell had no choice but to spend the whole day inside the dungeon, binge Adventuring like he had to during the first days. But by the end of the day he managed to make a good seventy thousand Valis.
When he came out of the Dungeon he noticed the sun was setting, he went to the guild to cash in on his loot, and decided on what he should do. 'I don't have a place to live, I should start looking into that, Speaking of places to live, I wonder how the Miach Familia is doing. Maybe I'll stop buy, help them out by buying a few things.' He thought. It was just dusk by the time he arrived at the Blue Pharmacy and he saw that a group of people were there with an elderly man arguing with Miach.
"I told you if you can't pay this months payment I would remove you from this building now you have a break in and the place is ruined?!" The man in a white coat said angry."
"Lord Diancecht Please we couldn't help that the store was trashed but please give us just a little more time to clean the place so we can start selling again." Miach begged.
"Sell?! Everyone knows your more poorer then the Loli big boobs, you can't pay this months payment what makes me believe you can afford to fix all this AND have the money to pay to make Potions?" The medicine god demanded.
"Excuse me, is everything alright?" Bell asked as he walked passed what she assumed were movers and into the front to Here this whole thing.
"Mister Caelum, it is nothing to worry about, this is my problem to fix." Miach said
"This god has been behind on his debts, I gave him this last month to start paying me back! I give him this store on good faith that I would be paid back for it and here we are, Eight Hundred thousand Valis in the hole and now I see MY PLACE trashed and vandalized. I'm kicking them out."
"Lord?" Bell asked the man
"Diancecht"
"Lord Diancecht how much is owed this month?" Bell asked
"Bell." Miach said sharply only to be stoped by Diancecht.
"He owes eighty thousand Valis this month alone."
"I see.. I'll pay that debt then." Bell simply said surprising the two.
"No Bell!" Only this time it was Bell who stoped Miach, with a look that commanded obedience that was trained into him.
"Are you a Familia memeber?" The top medicine god asked.
"Money is money Lord Diancecht, I don't see how being a Familia member ties in with it." Bell asked confused
"I don't accept charity; if it is the Familia' fault for getting in debt and not paying then it is their obligation to pay for it, no excuses." Diancecht said.
"I see." Bell simply said as he got out his bag of Valis he had made today.
"Here is our monthly payment." Bell said tossing the bag of Valis.
Diancecht caught it but scowled.
"Do you take me for a fool boy!?! I just told you I don't accept charity!"
"Let me say again Lord Diancecht. here is OUR monthly payment. Are we done?" Bell said in an equal tone of frustration showing he wasn't having any of this.
Knowing he had lost he took the money and left.
"Mister Caelum." Miach said touched by what he had done.
"Looks like you've got a new member, I look forward to it!" Bell said with a smile, of which Miach returned.
