"Why couldn't I hear your name?" - Ais asked the man, causing him to adorn a remorseful expression.

"It seems you are not ready yet." - The man states, confusing Ais, but deciding not to get stuck on the matter, she went and asked another question that had been bothering her.

"Where is this place?"

"This is your innerworld, a place that represents your soul." - The man said, causing Ais to nod her head as she assumed this was something similar to a mindscape which is what she had read in stories.

"Ok, but that still doesn't explain why I can't hear your name, moreover, how do I learn what your name is?" - Ais asked, causing the man to grin slightly which caused a familiar warm feeling to fill her, but not wanting to miss his answer, she brushed it off for the moment.

"The reason you cannot hear my name is like I already said, you simply aren't ready. If you wish to learn how you could know my name, you must pass a test." - The man said, a spirit ribbon which was connected to him appeared, before it disappeared, but unlike him, the spirit ribbon split into over a thousand different ribbons which lead to different directions which at the end of each ribbon, appeared a box that was closed.

"These strings are called Spirit Ribbons, each of which are made out of your spiritual energy and are connected to a box, however, only 1 of these boxes has the power and answer you seek, which like a flood gate, will flow into you like a river if opened." - The man said, but before Ais could randomly choose 1, the man continued to speak. "However, if you choose the wrong box, well, let's just hope that never happens." - The man said, causing Ais's eyes to widen at the vague answer.

"To find the right box, you must follow the spirit ribbon that you believe is the correct one, good luck." - Was the last thing the voice said before disappearing, causing Ais to panic as she began to get nervous, which soon started to turn into a panic attack at not knowing what spirit ribbon was the correct one and not knowing what would happen if she chose the right one.

But suddenly, a memory flashed before her eyes, one that in fact, only happened mere moments ago. "Ais, just know that I believe in you." - Bell said in the memory, causing Ais to take a deep breath, calming herself which allowed her to think more clearly.

After she had calmed down, Ais put all of her focus into trying to sense if there was any difference between the spirit ribbons which she had only learned about mere moments ago, but unfortunately for her, she could sense no difference, nor was there a difference in their appearance, as they were all the same light blue color. As she once again put all her focus into trying to find a difference in the Spirit Ribbons, but like before, they would all still be the exact same.

'To find the right box, you must follow the Spirit Ribbon which you believe is the best one.' - The man's voice repeated in her head like a distant echo.

Deciding to take a gamble, Ais grabbed all of the spirit Ribbons that were around her, as she closed her eyes in fear of what would happen, she forcefully tried to follow them all at the same by going in 1 direction, which surprisingly, was quite easy other than the fact that she felt as though something within her was forcibly being changed and altered as she did so.

But unknown to her since her eyes were closed. The multitude of the different Spirit Ribbons started to mold together as gathered behind her, as they all started to also gather around each other infront of her as well, but unlike the combined string she was unknowingly forming behind her which were so tight that they literally combined, the ones in front of her resemble that of strings that were starting to form a rope the further she traveled. The boxes however, started to slowly fuse into a single box the more that she had turned the individual small spirit ribbons into 1 long rope.

After over 10 minutes of walking, she stopped by her hand hitting a box, but when she opened her eyes, she noticed that the Spirit Ribbons that she had been holding had been formed into 1 rope, which was now connected to a singular box. Deciding that the only option left was to open the said box, she did just that, and with a pull that surprisingly required every once of strength she could muster, the box opened, causing a rush of Blue Spiritual Energy to crash into her like a tidal wave which she slowly started to absorb, causing a warm feeling to envelop her as she could feel that something that was previously missing inside of her very soul was being replenished, causing her to close her eyes and enjoy the feeling.

After absorbing the Spiritual Energy, she opened her eyes, only to reveal the same strange man that she had met earlier.

"It seems you figured it out. Like I stated before, all of those Spirit Ribbons were made up of your own Reiryoku. The reason however as to why there were so many of them was because your Spiritual Energy was out of control and unstable, this meant that if I were to unlock all of your powers when you asked, your spiritual energy would have collapsed in on itself since it since it could not handle being so uncontrolled and unstable whilst being in such large quantities. But by grabbing all of them and combining them into a single Spirit Ribbon, you forcefully corrected and stabilized your Spiritual Energy which allowed you to not only attain your full power, but to also have a control over your Spiritual Energy which could only be rivaled by that of Captain Class Shinigami." - The man said, causing Ais's eyes to widen in shock.

"Now for what I said earlier." - The man said, causing Ais to shake herself out of her shock after learning that she now had control over her Spiritual Energy that could only be rivaled by a captain class Shinigami..

"My name is-", "Yhwach" - Ais said, finishing what the man was going to say by interrupting him, but instead of being angry or frustrated, he simply smiled.

"That is indeed my name, as I am the representation of your Quincy Powers taking the form of Yhwach from over a thousand years ago." - The man now known as Yhwach stated, causing Ais to nod as a thought came over her.

"So, is this what Bell looked like before he was reincarnated." - Ais said as she inspected the man, which he of course didn't mind.

"Yes, that would be correct." - The man said, as he merely watched on in mild amusement as Ais was inspecting him, before once again the man spoke after several minutes.

"Not to interrupt you or anything Her Majesty, but His Majesty is currently waiting for you." - The man said, as Ais suddenly began to sink into the floor with a question in her mind.

"Her Majesty?" - She asked herself, as although she had an idea on why the man called Bell His Majesty, she was confused as to why he referred to her as Her Majesty.

When Ais opened her eyes however, she found that she was laying in the lap of none other than Bell Cranel, as he currently had his back against a tree.

"Did it work?" - Bell asked, already knowing the answer since he sensed that she had greatly increased the levels of her Spiritual Energy, but somehow, she seemed to have a good control over it.

"Yes. Although, I did something called my innerworld and met a middle aged man that said his name was Yhwach along with the fact that he said he was the representation of my Quincy powers." - Ais said, causing Bell's eyes to widen, as he was quite surprised that Ais would be able to interact with her Quincy powers like that of a Shinigami interacting with their Zanpakuto.

"Did he say anything important?"

"Not really, although he did help me in gaining control over my Spiritual Energy along with unlocking all of it so I could have access to all my Energy. Although, he did say something about me being called Her Majesty and you being called His Majesty, what did that mean?" - Ais asked, clueless to the agape mouth of Bell, who was in shock at this sudden revelation.

"Well umm… you see, my subjects used to call me His Majesty because of my status as King, hence why all the Quincy had called me His Majesty, as this was part of the backlash of gaining Quincy abilities, as those loyal to me would subconsciously call me His Majesty. But since you are well, my umm, Girlfriend. Him calling you Her Majesty signifies you being my Queen, and therefore the Queen of the Quincies." - Bell finished with a stutter, as the more he spoke, the redder he became, Ais gaining a tint of red at the same time as Mini Ais was currently wearing a classic red royal cape with a crown along with a golden staff, sitting on a throne.

"Anyways, let's move on to your training!" - Bell said in an excited tone in an attempt to change the topic of their conversation which seemed to work.

"Ok, what's next?" - Ais said in a rare show of excitement at the idea of learning a new technique or skill, which was shot down by Bell who continued speaking.

"You will be practicing the use of Hirenkyaku."

"What's that?" - She replied.

"It's when you ride on the flow of Reishi in the air, allowing you to fly and move far faster than you would normally." - Bell answered, causing Ais to once again perk up.

"I will give you an example, but you will be on your own" - Bell said, as he slowly started to rise, as he began to fly on a flow or Reishi, Ais forming sparkles in her eyes at the idea of herself doing the same, as Bell came back down to the ground.

"How do I do that?" - Ais asked eagerly, only for Bell to smirk before walking away.

"I showed you how it's done, it's now up to you on how to figure it out. After all, if I hold your hand all of the way, you won't truly be learning anything." - Bell said, walking back to the camp as he was barely able to notice the cute pout that formed on Ais's face, causing him to inwardly chuckle.

Ais however, wasted no time in trying to learn the technique, but surprisingly, she was able to learn how to use Hirenkyaku in less then an hour, mostly thanks to the fact that she had near perfect control over her Spiritual Energy because of what she did when unlocking all of her power, as this caused her to have a far easier time in using her Spiritual powers to learn techniques, adding to that the fact that she had a skill that greatly boosts her growth as well as already being an unnatural prodigy, she was able to learn and grow at an astounding rate. But when she finished her training for the day, she made her way back to the camp and saw Bell sitting in a log reading Dungeon Oratoria, causing her to remember a very important detail about herself that she neglected telling him.

"Bell, there is something that I neglected to tell you." - Ais said with a nervous voice as she sat next to Bell, as he leaned her into his shoulder as he began to rub her back.

"Is it about your past?" - Bell questioned with a steady, calm tone to which Ais nodded.

"Y-yes, you see, um, my last name isn't Wallenstein, it's actually Waldstein." - Ais stated to which Bell didn't seem to react, confusing Ais but ultimately decided to continue.

"My father is Alber Waldestein, the Mercenary King and Sword Champion. As my mother was the great spirit of the wind, Aria." - Ais finished, causing Bell to nod.

"Makes sense, you do look a lot like her based on what I have seen in the books my grandfather has written to me." - He continued, causing Ais to gaze at him with a confused expression.

"Why don't you seem-."

"Surprised? Ohh I am, I just dont think its something that I should worry too much about. After all, to me, you're just Ais. Although I am and most likely always will be a huge fan of your father, that doesn't change my opinion on what I view you as, at all. As I will always love you." - Bell said as he gave her a small kiss on the back of her head, as she let out a small giggle whilst silent tears rolled down her cheeks.

"What's wrong?" - Bell questioned as he noticed the tears running down her face.

"Nothing, I just thought that your entire view on me would change, I mean, I am over a thousand years old." - She continued whilst wiping her tears to which Bell let out a snort of amusement.

"And? So am I." - Bell said, which caused her and him to share a small laugh.

"Now then, let's discuss the plan for tomorrow." - Bell said, causing Ais to nod, as Bell then went on to explain the different abilities that he would have Ais practice in and in what order she would train them, as the pair went to sleep.

Timeskip: Day 2

The next morning, after the couple had woken up, Bell and Ais went outside of their tent to enjoy the morning sunrise. However, much to the confusion of Ais, Bell asked her if she would go put on her gear as he would do the same, as the pair once again met up outside.

"Now that you have gotten time to recover, we will be sparing whilst using Hirenkyaku.." - Bell said, handing Ais a wooden sword as he had his own.

"Whilst we spar, you will be practicing the use of Blut Vene but sending your Spiritual Energy to the area being targeted, for I will not be going easy on you." - Bell said, as he immediately shot into the air like a bullet, Ais followed behind.

Bell then turned around and slashed at Ais, as she sent up her forearm to try and block the strike with her Blut, only for her arm to instantly turn red upon impact, as she failed to use the technique.

"Focus!" - Bell said, kicking ais in the shoulder as she was barely able to bring her arm up to block it but was still sent flying back.

Re-adjusting herself, she stopped herself mid air, lunging towards Bell to try and peirce him with her Boken, only for Bell to redirect the attack, causing Ais to slightly lose her balance, but she was able to recover her balance in the next instant.

"Good recovery, however you need to be less predictable when fighting adventurers, as although you do have some experience in doing so, I have much more experience in fighting other people, so you need to adapt and fast, or you will die!" - Bell finished with a yell, as he swung at her back with his Boken. But to his surprise, instead of seeing a wince of pain from Ais, he saw that there was a brief, but seeable pattern that represents Blut Vene.

'Close, but it isn't stable and does not have enough energy put into it.' - Bell thought, as Ais then quickly whirled around whilst swinging her sword out in an attempt to land a hit, only for Bell to simply move out of the way, as Ais repeated to try and attack him with a flurry of thrusts and slashes only for him to dodge.

But the more Bell dodged, the more aggressive Ais's attacks became, as Bell used this to his advantage by slamming his boot into her gut, not hard enough to hurt her, but enough to make her stumble backwards.

"You must stay calm Ais, I can see it in your eyes that you are becoming frustrated and I get that. However, if you let your frustration get the better of you in battle, your opponent will use that to their advantage." - Bell said, letting Ais take a deep breath before she took her stance with a calm and focused expression.

Bell then tried to rush Ais with a strike, only for her to block it with a strike of her own, as she started to overpower him almost instantly.

'Forgot that she is a level 6, the only reason I can beat her is because of my technique, skills, and experience.' - Bell thought, as he realized that he has gotten used to overpowering his opponents with raw strength and speed, as he can't allow himself to get too cocky.

What Bell then expected was for Ais to attempt another strike on him with her Boken, what he wasn't expecting was for Ais to use her foot into his ribs, forcing him to use Blut Vene lest his ribs get broken.

"Better." - Bell said, once again charging at Ais.

The two proceeded to spar with each other, as although Ais would briefly tap into her Blut but would lose control of it. But as they continued, Bell was about to land a devastating slash to Ais's shoulder, but when it connected, it was stopped in its tracks by a blue pattern flashing brightly on her shoulder, causing him to smile.

"It seems that you have finally been able to use it, well done Ais. Let's take a break whilst we continue on our journey." - Bell said, leaving to gather their belongings with Ais following closely behind.

As they continued to journey forward however, Bell would frequently glance at Ais, seemingly contemplating over something which she noticed, but never brought it up to Bell.

When they arrived at the entrance to a different part of the forest, Bell then had Ais use Blut Vene and had her practice on using it on her whole body at once in case she was completely encompassed by an attack. So whilst she did succeed in doing so, it caused a huge strain on her body as she went unconscious with a smile on her face, which in turn, caused Bell to smile.

Bell then went on to carry Ais back into the tent, where the 2 would sleep in order to regain their strength.

Timeskip: Day 3

The next day, everything continued normally until they once again started their training, where Bell would teach Ais the arts of the Heilig Bogen and Heilig Pfeil.

"So all I have to do is create a Bow made out of this Reishi stuff and load the bow with an arrow which was also made by Reishi?" - Ais asked, thinking that this would be even easier then when she learned Hirenkyaku the previous day.

It was safe to say however, that making a Heilig Bogen was far harder then using Hirenkyaku, as with Hirenkyaku, she simply had ride on the Reishi in the air, with Heilig Bogen however, she would have to turn it into a semi-solid object. The only progress being that by the time they were ready to leave, she was able to make a Heilig Bogen, which although was still highly unstable and only lasted for a couple of seconds, was still progress.

After packing their belongings, the pair began to continue on their journey towards Bell's hometown, as Bell then decided to give some advice to Ais after noticing her downcast expression. So after making sure that she was okay, he began to explain that she would simply need to understand what Reishi was on her own, and not just a simply made explanation on the basics from Bell. This however, only caused Ais to frown, as she was unable to meditate whilst moving, as she had recently learned to meditate and the benefits it had when she trained with Bell back at the Wandenreich. But immediately after noticing this, Bell immediately formed a plan on how to solve such a minor problem.

After making a decision and much to the shock of Ais, Bell knelt down, seemingly waiting for something which Ais didn't seem to understand.

"What are you doing?" - Ais asked, not understanding what Bell was doing, but after noticing her confused look, he simply grinded.

"Get on my back, I am going to give you a piggyback ride so you can meditate whilst we travel." - Bell said with encouragement, causing Ais to climb onto his back whilst securing her legs around his waist, his grabbing the underside of her thighs in order to not let her fall, but Ais could only blush and close her eyes as she began to focus on trying to meditate, as she wanted to focus on the matter at hand and not any distractions.

As whilst she was doing that, Bell began to ponder on how his grandpa was doing, as it has indeed been a while since he had seen him along with the other villagers. Ais on the other hand, was solely focused on trying to sense the Reishi in the surroundings along with trying to get a deeper understanding of what Reishi truly was on her own.

Ais did this by solely focusing on the surrounding area and focusing on the spots where Reishi was the most dense, which was from living organisms, as from there, she would focus on smaller, less noticeable quantities of Reishi which was found in the air. What she found however, was not only that she started to understand how quantities varied in different places, but also that she was able to absorb Reishi into herself, slowly increasing her own Reiatsu reserves.

Bell however, noticed this, causing him to widen his eyes in shock, as not even Lily and Welf were able to do this on the same scale that Ais was, even though they have more experience in the Quincy arts then Ais herself.

"I just noticed that you have learned to absorb Reishi." - Bell said with a hint of pride, causing a small smile to appear on Ais's face.

"Yes, but I had to learn about where Reishi was the most dense and large in quantities and what caused it to be like that." - She responded, causing Bell to nod in understanding, as he too had to learn that at 1 point in time, although it was over a thousand years ago.

"I see, but Ais, why don't you take a look around us." - Bell said whilst coming to a stop, as Ais began to open her eyes and look at her surroundings which caused her to widen her eyes in shock. As she noticed that the trees, grass, and plants were starting to die at a rapid rate.

"You're taking in too much Reishi at once, resulting in you killing the vegetation. So I recommend focusing on absorbing Reishi from specific places at once and from there, slowly start to decrease the rate at which you are absorbing it." - Bell said, causing Ais to close her eyes and focus on the new task Bell had given her.

And after a few minutes of patiently waiting, Bell noticed that the speed at which the surrounding area was decaying was slowly decreasing, until it eventually stopped all together. But since Ais was still absorbing Reishi, albeit at a far slower rate, she wasn't affecting the surrounding area in any way.

Taking this as the que that Ais had gotten control over the rate at which she could absorb Reishi, Bell began to silently start traveling again, as he didnt want to disturb Ais's focus.

However, after absorbing a small amount of Reishi and infusing it with her own Spiritual Energy, she started to feel as though her own control over the Reishi in the air was starting to greatly increase along with the amount she could control at a time. But since they were still moving, she decided that she would wait until their next destination before trying to make a Heilig Bogen and Heilig Pfeil.

Bell however, started to ponder on what the 2 other Quincies were doing.

Scene Change: Welf and Lily

Welf and Lily were currently doing some training of their own, as Lily was currently trying to get ahold of a new ability that seemed to be a part of her Schrift which she called Lightning Jump. As when she used this, her body would briefly transform into lightning so in short distances, she would be able to dodge attacks or get behind someone in order to get in a surprise attack.

Welf on the other hand, decided that he would make himself and his Familia members some new armor, but this time, make it in the form of thin Chainmail which would allow them to wear the traditional Quincy attire on top of it. After he finished making the new armor, he once again tried his hand at making an unbreakable Magic sword, as he had recently increased the rank of his Developmental Ability Blacksmith from rank I to H. But sadly, he didn't have the right materials to do so as he used up all of the Light Steel (which was the metal he used as the base material), along with small hints of Dir Adamantite (which is a lighter, more processed version of the Adamantite and hence cheaper and easier to weld into different types of gear, although it isn't as durable and can be bought inside of the).

Deciding that they needed a refund on materials, Welf decided to go into the dungeon to get a sum of money to buy the said materials, as even though he has more than enough Valis to do so, he also used this as an excuse to test the new armor that he had made. So after making sure that Hestia was aware of his whereabouts, he went to the training ground to ask Lily if she wanted to accompany him into the dungeon. But when he arrived, he saw a slightly sweaty Lily who would, in short bursts, turn into lightning and travel from one place to another that he was barely able to see with his naked eye.

"Hey Lil Bit, I'm gonna head into the dungeon to test some new armor that I made. I also made you and Bell some, but since he isn't here, would you like to come with me?" - Welf called out to the Pallum, causing her to stop her training and with a playful huff, said, "Sure, after all, since I am the stronger and more experienced Quincy, it's only natural that I would look after you and make sure you're safe." - Lily said, causing Welf's eyebrow to twitch.

"Is that so? Then how about a bet?"

"What kind of bet?" - Lily replied, curious as to what type of bet Welf wanted to make with her.

"We will only use our basic Quincy abilities Such as the Heilig Bogen and Heilig Pfeil as well as using our close quarters combat when up close with any monster, and whoever gets the most kills wins, what do you say?" - Welf said with a competitive smirk, confident in his own abilities that he would win against Lily.

"Any stakes?" - Lily replied with a confident smirk of her own.

"Whoever loses has to buy the other an all you can eat at any place they want." - Welf said, that same smirk on his face.

"Sounds fair, but before I say yes, we both have to intake one of the more dense variations of the Poison Potion that Bell bought from the Blue Pharmacy, which if I recall, lasts one third of the time that a normal Poison Potion, which is an hour instead of 3 hours, but was also that it was 3 times more potent. And to add onto that, we have to each wear our Gravity Bracelets at 5x the normal gravity whilst fighting monsters on the 15th floor." - Lily said, causing Bell to give her a look, before the 2 seemingly blurred out of existence towards the dungeon, as both adventurers of level 2 and below only saw a blur rush past them in the streets, as civilians only felt a gust of wind.

Whilst traveling towards the said floor, the pair encountered a multitude of different monsters, picking up the magic stones and the occasional drop item in their wake.

When arriving on the desired floor however, they split up in different directions, killing any and all monsters in their way, mentally keeping track of their kill count so they could decide a winner.

Bell Pov

'They are doing fine… Probably' - Bell thought to himself, as he continued to silently continue on his path, Ais still being carried on his back.

Eventually, Bell arrived at the base of a mountain, as it was this same mountain that he had climbed over on his journey towards Orario. But this time, he simply used Hirenkyaku, allowing him to easily go over the mountain, which offers a good view of the surrounding forest, as she silently peered at it with amazement. But after a time, he came to a stop near the ledge of a cliff that was on the opposite side of the mountain, as this said cliff allowed for a great view, as far off in the distance, was the said village that Bell was raised in.

"Do you see that Ais" - He said pointing towards the small village in the distance that was barely visible with the naked eye. "That's our destination." - Bell finished as he landed on the cliff, setting down Ais gently before letting her go, causing her to pout at the loss of skinship.

"This also works perfectly for what I have planned." - Bell said whilst he began setting up camp.

"How?"

"Based on what I felt on the way here, I noticed that you have greatly honed the control you have over the Reishi in the air, as it should take you only a few hours to…." - Bell tried to say but felt the Rishi in the air condense as it was dragged towards Ais, as when he turned around, he noticed that she was holding a perfect Heilig Bogen.

"Or maybe just a couple of seconds." - Bell said exasperated, as Ais simply smiled as Bell then created a sphere made out of Reishi which caused Ais to adorn a confused look. Bell, noticing this, decided to elaborate.

"What I want is for you to fire a Heilig Pfeil at this sphere after I throw it into the sky, this will help in both your aim towards a moving target and control over a Heilig Pfeil." - Bell said, as he seemingly teleported next to Ais, but because it was him, she wasn't startled in the least.

"But first, you need to learn how to create a Heilig Pfeil, so what you want to do is-." - Bell tried to say but was interrupted when he noticed a Heilig Pfeil flying through the air before getting lodged in the side of the mountain.

"...You know what? I am not even going to try to understand when you learned how to do that without any instruction." - Bell said, causing Ais to let out a small chuckle.

"Well then, I guess we can go straight into practicing then." - Bell said which Ais nodded to in agreement.

"Ready, begin! - Bell yelled as he threw the sphere into the air, Ais aiming at it in trying to hit it but ultimately missing, causing the confidence that Ais had to alter.

"Close, but we will keep doing this until you succeed." - Bell said, as this caused Ais's morale to go up.

But Bell did end up keeping to his word, as after almost 2 hours of trial and error, Ais finally managed to consistently hit the target, which Bell had to re-create each time Ais's Heilig Pfeil connected with it since for some reason, the potency of her arrows were unnatural.

When Bell noticed that it was only a couple hours away from being night time, he remembered a technique that would help them reach the village even quicker.

"That's enough for now Ais, you have made so much progress that it blows my mind. Well done" - Bell praised Ais with a proud tone, causing her to smile at the praise she was getting.

"However, I figured out a better way for arriving at the village, and I want to know if you trust me." - Bell said with a serious tone, as she simply tilted her head to the side in confusion before giving him a nod of affirmation.

With the consent given to him, Bell gently grabbed Ais into a princess carry as she wrapped her arms around his neck for extra support, but deciding to trust him, she kept silent, not asking the question as to why he was doing this. Bell, unknown to Ais, went and silently created a massive arc behind him, as a massive arrow made of Reishi appeared, as this was none other than the Sankt Bogen. Ais however sensed the Reishi being gathered, but before she could voice her wonder, it was too late as the Massive bow unleashed the arrow into Bell's back, piercing him and sending him and Ais flying through the air at a blistering speed towards the village, Ais letting out a scream of terror that wasn't very befitting of her, Bell simply smirked as he held Ais closer then him to try and calm her down, which didn't seem to work.

Scene Change: The Village

"Hey Jupiter, did you ever get to fixing that broken fence yet? A bunch of cattle escaped and you will be responsible for gathering them back up." - A man known as the chief of the village stated.

"Come on Jordan, give this old man some slack. This old body of mine will only be able to keep this up for a couple more years before it gives out." - The man known as Zeus, who was currently taking the name of Jupiter stated, as he began to wipe the sweat off of his brow.

"I would have had Bell do it, but since that grandson of yours went off to go and become one of those adventurers, the responsibility falls on your shoulders." - The chief now known as Jordan said, before letting out a small chuckle, remembering the reason as to why the fences kept on getting destroyed by the cattle ever since Bell left.

"I'd be willing to bet that it is that damn bull that that brat of yours took in a couple years ago, as it seemed that the only one that could calm down that bull was Bell, but since he is gone, he has been pissed off all of the time." - The chief said with a shake of his head, as although he knew that the said cow was a huge pain to deal with, he is still a very important asset to the farm that they were running.

"It would certainly be helpful if Bell were to just pop up out of-" - The chief tried to say since Bell was indeed the hardest working person in the village and was also the most popular, but was then interrupted as a scream could be heard getting louder and louder, before suddenly a bright blue arrow landed into a massive pile of hay, cushioning the 2 people who were seemingly riding on the arrow, as they let out a series of coughs before Ais sent Bell flying with a kick which caused him to land on his back, right at the feet of the chief.

"Hey Jordan, long time no see?" - Bell said with a nervous smile, as the Chief along with Jupiter could only open their eyes in shock, before Jupiter let out a roaring laugh whilst the Chief simply shook his head.

"Speak of the devil, how have you been kiddo?" - The chief asked with a fond smile whilst hoisting Bell up to his feat by grabbing his hand for support.

"Could have been better, if it wasn't for the fact I just got kicked in the chest." - Bell said with a small gasp, as he swiped the dirt off of his Quincy attire.

"Speaking of which, who is your lady friend~?" - Zeus questioned sensually, as he gazed at Ais, causing her to give him a confused look.

"Just so you know, she is MY girlfriend, so eyes off the old man, and her name is Ais Wallenstein. I just finished training her in the 'special' abilities I told you about a couple years ago." - Bell said, causing Zeus's playful demeanor to disappear instantly, as he gazed at Bell with a serious look, causing Ais to look between the 2 with a thoughtful expression.

"Does she know everything?"

"Yes." - Bell responded simply, causing Zeus to sigh before a teasing look came over his face, as he ran up to Bell and put an arm around his shoulder so he could whisper in his ear.

"So Bell, I didn't know you had it in you to land such a hottie, especially the Sword Princess who is famous for rejecting hundreds of pursuing men who tried to court her. It seems I have taught you well." - Zeus said with a grin, causing Bell to huff as he grabbed his arm before pulling it off of him.

"I almost forgot, but since you just arrived here, why don't you go fix that fence and gather up the cows at that bull that you were so fond of." - The chief said, gaining Bell and Ais's attention.

"Oh, you mean Rufus?" - Bell asked as he remembered his favorite and most rowdy animal on the farm whom he raised since he himself was 6 years old.

"Yea, 'Rufus', that bull has been a huge pain in the ass, rubbing on all the fences which ultimately results in them getting destroyed." - The chief responded with a sigh.

"Did you ever get to install that massive back scratcher that me and Jupiter made a while back for that specific purpose?" - Bell asked, as he got silence and a dejected look from Jordan.

"I see… Well then, I guess I need to go get my old clothes back on, can't have this attire getting all muddy, especially since it is mostly white." - Bell said, as he left towards a cabin, Ais followed soon after him, causing Jordan to give her a curious gaze.

"Are you gonna help him young lady?" - The chief asked, gaining a nod of affirmation from Ais.

"Then you might wanna get a change of clothes." - The chief said, as seemingly out of nowhere, he tossed Ais a pair of tall lace up brown boots, long blue jeans, and a brown fall leather jacket.

After examining the clothes and determining that they were the right size, Ais thanked the chief as she followed Bell inside of the cabin.

"How did you know what size she was and where did you get those clothes from?" - Zeus questioned the chief with curiosity.

"You know, a magician never reveals his secrets. As to how I knew the size she would need, I just guessed." - The chief said with a shrug of his shoulders, causing Zeus to let out a snort of amusement.

A few minutes later, the pair were finished changing, as Bell wore a similar attire to Ais the only difference being that he wore a cowboy hat, as they began to walk out of the cabin and made their way over towards the broken fence. But since Bell had fixed this same fence tens of times, he had gotten pretty good at it, as it only took him a couple minutes to do so, much to Ais's astonishment, as the pair began to make their way towards the area where they sensed that the cows were at.

"So Ais, I am assuming you have never done something like this before?" - Bell questioned, as Ais shrugged her shoulders.

"Kind of? The only thing similar to doing this was when I had to help gather up a bunch of monsters and lure them towards a trap or towards my other familia members, but I am guessing that we can't kill these cows?"

"You can only kill a cow if the cow is about to kill you, but since you are a level 6, even with the 10 times gravity bracelet, this should be no problem." - Bell said, causing Ais to nod her head in understanding.

But moments after Bell's statement, they came to a large ditch where the entire herd of cows were located, causing Bell and Ais to stop in their tracks.

"So, now to the plan. Over there is the entrance to the fencing that holds the cows, as you can see it's pretty big, so you won't miss it." - Bell said pointing towards the said area which Ais realized what he was talking about almost immediately. "What I want you to do is focus on driving the herd towards that entrance. It won't be that hard, all you have to do is run towards them which will spook them, but if you see a Bull that is all white with a couple of brown spots, that would be Rufus and he won't be scared of you at all so just leave him be. I will make sure that they all stay on course, do you understand. " - Bell said to which Ais nodded shortly after, verifying that she understood the plan. Bell and Ais then separated, as Ais then went to the far back of the hood, and after seeing Bell give her hand thumbs up verifying that he was ready, she ran towards the back of the herd.

Much like how Bell said the cows would respond to her running at them, they started to run away from Ais whilst mooing which slightly reminded Ais of the Minotaurs in the dungeon, but she soon shook her head to rid herself of those thoughts as she wanted to focus at the task at hand.

Meanwhile, Bell had to make sure the cows were not going off course, as he had to use Hirenkyaku to be on both sides fast enough to correct any cows that were going off course on either sides, impressing Ais at the speed and efficiency that he used Hirenkyaku as if it was second nature.

Eventually however, Ais ran across the very Bull that Bell had been calling Rufus, and to say that Ais was surprised would be an understatement, as the said bull was slightly over six feet tall and had a head that was the size of her torso, as if she were to guess, the said bull was roughly 2,300 pounds. Noticing that the Bull simply stared at her whilst huffing which caused the grass to disperse, she ran as fast as she could in her current state and right before she ran into it, jumped over the bull, to which it tried to hit her with its head but thankfully missed, as it simply lost interest and went back to eating the grass, ignoring the chaos that was going on around it which slightly confused Ais who ultimately decided to leave it for now and question Bell about it later. But other than that small or rather large encounter, the rest of the way back went quite well, as with a slam of the gates, Bell trapped the cattle back in the fencing.

"Now that that's done with, we have to go get Rufus." - Bell said with a sigh of annoyance, before a thought crossed his mind. "Actually, I might have just the thing." - Bell said as in a dash, he ran back to the cabin, and with something in his hands ran back to Ais.

"What's that?" - Ais asked as she looked at Bell who had over half a dozen long sticks of what looked to be bread.

"This is a Baguette, I am kind of surprised that you have never heard of it but for some reason it's Rufus's favorite food, so hopefully it will help him cooperate with us. I know it's weird but hey, so is he." - Bell said, handing Ais 3 Baguette, as she looked at them with a curious eye.

"Speaking of which, when I ran into him earlier, he didn't react at all when I jumped over him other than bucking his head, but right afterwards he went back to eating, why didn't he run after me or at least focus on me for a little longer then what he did? It was almost like he forgot I existed." - Ais asked as she put a hand on her chin, as she began to ponder on why that was but was shaken out of her thoughts by a small chuckle from Bell.

"I see you have already experienced his oddity. So basically, for some reason that I am unaware of, Rufus seems to be rather, well… Stupid, it's almost frightening how dumb he is. Because for some reason, at the time, he must have been so focused on eating that he simply forgot that you were there when you left his line of sight, similar to how a baby has object permanence but it only happens when he is extremely engrossed in something, eating of which is one of those few things." - Bell said, causing Ais to nod her head in understanding, as for a few weeks after first trying a Jagamarukun, she could not focus on anything else other than wanting to eat one, causing her to even bring over a dozen into the dungeon with her at a time.

"With this, I hope we can keep his attention for long enough so he just follows us back to the cow pen." - Bell said, as he and Ais began to make their way towards the said Bull which according to Ais, was thankfully not that far away from the cow pen.

When they approached the bull known as Rufus however, his head was at a slight angle away from where they were standing whilst he began to kick up dirt behind him, looking straight at Bell.

"Hey Rufus, long time no see buddy." - Bell said in a cheerful voice whilst he slowly approached the aggressive bull, trying to not cause Rufus to charge him. But as he approached him, he pulled out 1 of the Baguette he had stashed in his coat, causing the Bulls mood to do a complete 180 as he strut towards Bell, causing Ais to become slightly nervous.

But much to her surprise, Rufus started to hungirly bite chunks of the bread and seemingly swallowing them whole, finishing it in less than 10 seconds, almost getting one of Bell's fingers if it wasn't for the fact that he jerked his hand away at the last second, as he began to sniff Bell with his massive snout, trying to get at the other Baguettes that Bell had stashed away.

"Hey Ais, you wanna try to feed him? He is a lot calmer now." - Bell asked as he encouraged her to feed his large friend, as against her better judgment, she slowly scooted towards Bell whilst comedically holding out the Baguette as far out in front of herself as she can in order to maximize the distance between herself and the Bull.

But once again, much to her shock, the Bull seemingly noticed the nervous state of Ais as he gently tore off pieces of the Bread which caused a small smile to appear on her face as the tension in her body subsided.

'Why is he always so ruff with me?' - Bell questioned himself with an inward complaint.

Before long though, the Bull finished the other Baguette, causing Bell to lure his attention towards him as he slowly backed up towards the entrance to the cow pen which was thankfully only about 75 meters.

"Keep on distracting him with the food, we will have to slowly lure him inside." - Bell said, Ais nodding with a determined expression as she assisted him with luring the large bull towards the Corral.

After a long grueling 10 minutes, the pair eventually arrived at the entrance of the gate cow Pen. But before Ais could question what to do next, Bell simply opened the gate before tossing the remaining Baguettes inside of the fence, causing Rufus who was at the time following Ais to immediately run inside of the pen, not wanting to let any of the other cows get to his favorite food, as Bell simply slammed the gate behind him, causing Rufus to snort at him before going back to eating the Baguettes that were on the floor.

Because the bread wasn't being held by anyone however, the bull nearly inhaled all of them at once, causing Ais's mouth to gape in awe at the speed at which it ate which caused Bell to let out a slight laugh. But moments later, he started looking towards a very large tree, as he then let out a roar of defiance which caused Bell to stifle a laugh as Ais just watched on confused at the situation.

"You're gonna wanna see this." - Bell said with a whisper whilst barely being able to hold back his laughter, as Rufus started to kick the dirt up from under him before charging at the tree as fast as he could go, seemingly trying to ram it head on.

"What is he doing?" - Ais asked with confusion.

"He is challenging the tree, whilst he has probably done more than this but I have witnessed him try to fight it over a dozen times."

"But wouldn't the tree have been at least a little damaged by now?"

"Just wait and see." - Bell replied, as Ais continued to watch Rufus charge at the tree with a mixture of amusement and curiosity at the oncoming clash.

But before Rufus could hit it, he tripped and fell face first causing his body to comedically roll onto his side. Rufus let out a cry of defeat before he once again started to snack on the grass whilst still on his side.

When this happened however, the moment Rufus let out a cry of defeat Bell fell onto his back whilst uncharacteristically rolling back and forth whilst laughing. What caused his laughter to stop however was a sound that reminded him of chiming bells, that being the sound of Ais's laughter which caused her to completely break her facade as she hand to her face whilst letting out a loud laugh, causing Bell to smile as a long time ago, he had noticed that Ais needed a good laugh to help her cheer up. The pair then went back to the cabin, only to see that Bell's grandfather Zeus was sitting at the dining room table.

"Now Bell, I know for a fact that you came all the way out here for a reason, along with you bringing your little girlfriend with you." - Zeus said, winking at Ais which only caused her to tilt her head, as Bell let out a sigh.

"Look Gramps, the main reason I am here is to discuss what you have told a certain blonde haired god about what I am capable of." - This statement immediately caused Zeus's look to become serious as he looked a lot more like the king of Olympus.

"Hermes? That little brat kept on bugging me over and over about you, wanting to know just why I ended up 'raising' you in the first place. But somehow, that evolved into me telling him about how you were an abnormally strong and prodigious child. I also told him that you had an Innate ability that allowed you to bestow different powers onto others that are derived from your own powers. I told him nothing about what a Quincy is, what a Schrift is, who you are and where you came from along with how you were in a sense part Deity, and most importantly, your power known as The Almighty." - Zeus said, causing Bell to nod as he now understood that the Knowledge that Hermes had was nowhere near enough for him to be worried about yet. Ais however, was stuck on what this so called Almighty was, as that was the one thing that Bell had not told her about.

"Umm Bell, you never told me about 'The Almighty', what is it exactly?" - Ais asked not knowing what this so-called ability was, but the sheer sound of it caused a shiver to go down her spine.

"Hmm, I guess I should start with where this ability comes from in the first place." - Bell said, Ais nodding whilst giving him her full attention, Zeus watching on in mild curiosity as no matter how many times Bell has explained it, Zeus never fully understood it other than the fact that it let Bell see into the future and alter that said future to what he wants.

"So basically, my father the Soul King was a being with an ability that allowed him to see into the future and alter them to what he wishes, this being one of his many powerful abilities. But when I was born, I was given this exact ability, as I called it The Almighty. How it works is that it allows me to see the future as individual grains of sand, each grain representing a different and alternate future, along with enabling me to tamper and manipulate any future that I want. But because of the fact that there is a near infinite amount of possibilities, I also gain the knowledge of any and all of my enemie's abilities, strengths, weaknesses, motives, plans, and actions before they even get the chance to perform that said action. I later was able to develop the ability to split my soul into separate pieces which I then could transcribe a letter onto that said piece, allowing me to bestow a Schrift of which A being my Schrift, The Almighty even though it is technically a born ability and not a Schrift, hence why I was able to give Uryu Ishida the actual Schirift A, which at that time was the Antithesis. The reason I say that is that the Schrift starting with letter A is the only Schrift that changes depending on who the user is, as all of the other Schrifts are going to be the same for anyone who gets that specific letter such as H, The Heat." - Bell finished, causing a mixture of emotions to flow through Ais as Zeus had a tick mark.

"Hey, you didn't tell me all of that when you gave me an explanation, why is that?" - Zeus asked with a pout, only for Bell to smirk.

"That's because it was you who was asking, not Ais." - Bell said, causing Ais to come back to reality and give Bell a confused look, only for Zeus to let out a sigh of indignation.

"Where am I going to be staying?" - Ais questioned timidly.

"With me of course, we don't have any guest rooms." - Bell replied, causing Ais to blush as Zeus had a perverted expression before he was then bonked on the head by Bel who had a tick mark on his forehead.

"Now then, why don't we get some sleep, we have a long day tomorrow." - Bell said as he walked towards his bedroom, Ais gave a nod to Zeus before following him close behind, as when Zeus heard the door slam shut, he had a small but genuine smile on his face.

'It seems that you finally found someone after so many centuries Bell, I am really proud of you.' - Were the thoughts of Zeus before he too went to bed.

Scene Change: The Wandenreich

After Welf and Lily had finished their competition, Welf ended up with roughly 48 kills, whilst Lily ended up with 42 kills. This was mainly because of the fact that although Lily did have superior stats, Welf's natural skill in close and now far range tactics far surpass that of Lily who has been a supporter for her whole life, this however did not stop Welf from bragging which came to an abrupt halt after Lily kicked him in the nuts, for if he didn't activate Blut Vene he would no longer be fertile. Then again, it still hurt to the point that he was on the ground moaning in pain for almost 5 minutes.

The pair then went and exchanged their total loot, which came out to be a total of 376,600 Valis which split between the two got the pair 188,300 Valis each, which was more than enough for what Lily wanted which was to get a high end backpack for gathering and stashing a multitude of things. Welf however did not have enough to buy the materials that he needed, so instead he bought one of the best hammers a smith could ask for which although wasn't the best, was enough to allow him to mold and craft items made out of Adamantite and even Orichalcum, making it a lot easier to mold the former and making it possible although with extremely tiring and difficult to weld and mold the ladder.

Thankfully however when the pair got settled back down in the Wandenreich, he looked over the armor that he and Lily had used, only to notice that thankfully, there were no significant amounts of damage on the armor to the point that there were only small scratches which were barely noticeable. He then went and after verifying with Hestia what he was gonna do which she simply agreed, he went to get over 5 million Valis in order to buy some Adamantite and Mithril in order to upgrade the armor without changing the original design. And after taking Bell's advice on using his Schrift to empower the heat of his forges flames, it made it possible to melt together the Adamantite and Mithril Ingots which he then turned into the new armor after folding the newly crafted material on itself over a dozen times each to reach its maximum durability. But whilst making the armor, he decided to use his Crozzo blood to try and make the armor and its user more resistant to magic based attacks, which to him could be possible since Mithril is highly conductive to magic and resistant to it as Adamantite greatly helped increase its durability.

To say that he was surprised would be an understatement, as he succeeded in making armor that was far more durable then the set that he and Lily wore into the dungeon. But on top of that, the experiment of using his Crozzo Blood skill to in a sense, make magic armor, was a success. As with it, the armor and its user was roughly 50% more resilient to magic based attacks when wearing it, causing him to beam with pride whilst Lily simply snatched her armor out of his hands after giving him a very small and quick hug with a whisper of thanks before running off to do god knows what, causing Welf's mouth to twitch upwards into a fond smile.

Welf, after re-making the armor for himself, Lily, and of course Bell, he started to try and remake an unbreakable magic sword, this time using a small bit of Adamantite whilst the main source of material would be Mithril. After he made it, he went into the training ground for some testing, and after some practice, he figured out that he would only be able to use the magic part of the sword roughly 70 times before it snapped, which was much to his surprise. He however had gotten so good with it that he can now make it his main weapon, as the magic part of the sword will only go off when he wishes it to, meaning that he can either use it to be a magic sword or a regular sword.

After this new breakthrough, he and Lily decided that they should go to a bar in order to celebrate.

"We would just like a couple of your strongest stuff." - Welf said with a sly grin, Lily letting out a sigh as the waiter nodded before making his way to the back as the pair began to converse with one another.

"What is your opinion on the relationship Bell has with Ais, or rather our new Queen? I also just realized, but wouldn't that make Ais no longer a princess, but an actual queen?" - Welf said whilst Lily let out a small huff of annoyance at his small joke, before she reluctantly gave her answer.

"Honestly, I don't much care at the moment as long as Master Bell truly loves her and is happy, for in my opinion, he deserves happiness more than anyone." - Lily replied, as the pair continued to talk, only for them to overhear some rather loud insults coming from a nearby table.

"Isn't that Little Rookie such a pain in the ass, hell I bet after he only got the finishing blow on the minotaur a while back after it was severely wounded by the Loki Familia in order to level up. Especially that bitchy little Chienthrope, man, I heard that she was a member of the Soma Familia and robbed all of the adventurers that she supported. And that red head, what was his name again? Ahh Welf, he sure is a huge jackass, isn't he the disowned member of his own family of the Crozzos? We should lock that asshole up and force him to make an endless supply of magic stones, as we will become the strongest Familia in Orario with them!" - The short Pallum known as Luan Espell said rather loudly, ruing the mood of the entire bar except for the ones at their table, who were laughing like the drunk idiots they were, Welf and Lily silently listening on as they began to banter on and on about their party and current Famila, resulting in Welf and Lily letting out a small grunt which gave Luan the reason he needed to start yelling at him whilst Welfs back was faced to him, only making him angrier.

"What's wrong smith? Are you that much of a pussy that you can't even defend your own honor and say something back? No, that's not it, it's because of that Goddess Hephaestus that you became all soft and carefree isn't she? You know, I have always wondered why that goddess always wore that eyepatch, she has got to be hiding something, probably something like a disgusting burnmark or curse, she should just go back up to Tenkai where she will be worth something." - The Prum said with a smirk, as that caused Welf to quickly stand before turning around which caused his chair to flip over, gaining the attention of everyone in the bar including a certain white haired werewolf.

"If you say 1 more word about my goddess, my friend, myself, or my captain, I will crush you." - Welf said, as based on Luan's cocky smirk, he didn't get the message, so the moment he opened his mouth to refute Welf, Welf quickly used his full speed, (not including Hirenkyaku), to perform a front kick which immediately knocked out Luan and sent him flying into the wall, which only Daphne and Lissos could follow, as they were mid tier level 3 adventurers but didn't seem to care or even flinch. However, Hyakinthos Cilo, current captain of the Apollo Famila, was able to follow Welf's movements with relative ease, as he is a high tier level 4 adventurer who only needs to complete a grand feat in order to level up. As a mere moment passed before all hell broke loose.

Every member of the Apollo Familia who were currently at the same table immediately launched themselves at Welf save for Daphne, Lissos, and Hyakinthos. As Welf continued to slam, punch, kick, elbow, and knee anyone he could but got hit every now and then because of the fact he was fighting over 4 people at once without trying to kill them or expose his abilities. But as soon as he knocked the last member out, Hyakinthos seemed to appear in front of Welf before grabbing him by the collar and punching him in the face causing Welf's face to immediately swell up as Welf tried to launch a punch of his own, only for Hyankinthos to expertly catch his wrist before slamming him over his head, breaking the table behind him with Welf's body and stepping on the back of his head, smashing his face into the ground which caused him to have a bloody nose.

Inwardly, Welf was losing his cool at a rapid rate as he was about to torch this fool with his Heat but luckily for Hyakinthos, a certain Werewolf spoke up.

"Quit fighting, you weaklings are ruining my mood, keep this up and I will throw your asses out myself." - Bete said whilst standing up before making his way out of the bar, causing the Apollo Familia to scram whilst Welf laid there with a scowl that would have looked a lot more intimidating if it wasn't for the fact that his face was purple and swollen with a bloody nose. So with a huff of annoyance, Lily lifted Welf and started to make her way back to the Wandenreich to inform Hestia of the encounter.

When he made it back to the Wandenreich however, Hestia was already waiting at the front gate whilst tapping her foot on the floor with a scowl, sending a shiver up Lily and Welf's spine.

"So that's why I am all beat up." - Welf said whilst Hestia had a tick mark on her head after she was told of what had happened at a bar with the members of the Apollo Familia.

"Well then, it seems as though we need to contact Bell somehow and tell him of the situation, I have a feeling that this was planned out by Apollo himself." - Hestia said as Lily grabbed a bow and arrow made of Reishi whilst infusing the said arrow with her Schrift and quickly inscribing a message on a piece of paper before writing something on it and attaching it to the arrow, causing Hestia and Welf to raise their eyebrows.

"What's that?" - Hestia questioned, as Lily responded with a smirk before shooting the lightning infused arrow in the direction of Bell's village, causing it to leave a train of reishi.

"A message for his Majesty." - Was all Lily said before making her way out of the room whilst Welf shrugged his shoulders as he followed soon after, Hestia shaking her head in exasperation.

Scene Change: Bell's home Village The Next Morning

Currently, Ais is training in the backyard of the home that Bell was raised in with her Heilig Bogen and Heilig Pfeil, as she is now able to accurately shoot her bow up to 60 yards which considering how long she had been practicing is a huge accomplishment. Along with that however, she has also gotten far more proficient at using Blut Vene to the point that it is even stronger then Welf and Lily's as. But when she used Hirenkyaku, she would officially be the fastest adventurer in Orario 5 fold, excluding Bell of course. But with that, she had gone inside the small cabin only to see Bell in a chair whilst pondering something whilst holding a strange silver cup with the symbol of a Quincy Zeichen in its base.

"I am assuming that you are waiting for your next step in training?" - Bell questioned, setting the cup down on a table.

"Yes Bell, I have in my opinion, mastered the basic Quincy techniques of which are at my disposal." - Ais responded to which Bell nodded, before taking out Zangetsu and holding it out in front of him.

"I see, then the last step is for you to learn how to enhance your weapon with Reishi which will give it a blue fiery aura like so." - Bell explained whilst he did just that, causing Ais to let out a small sound of astonishment to which Bell chuckled before stopping, returning Zangetsu to its original state as the blue fiery glow disappeared to Ais's dismay.

"What this does is that it greatly increases the power and sharpness of your sword to the point that it could be considered ludicrous. To do this however, you need to focus on controlling your Reishi and coating your blade with it, whilst also not allowing it to completely overtake your sword which would damage it if you're not careful, do this outside please." - Bell said with a deadpan expression, stopping Ais from doing just that, as Ais simply scrunched her face before making her way outside, only to see an arrow with a note stuck in the dirt right in front of the porch.

"There is an arrow here, Bell." - Ais said reaching for it, causing a quick shock of electricity to spook her which caused her to recoil, Bell putting a hand on her shoulder before doing the same.

Bell then reached out to the arrow to which when it tried to shock him, he simply infused it with Reishi which stopped it immediately, as he then began to inspect it only to see that it had a not stuck to it, as he unraveled it and began reading whilst Ais watched on in curiosity.

Dear Bell

Hey Master Bell, I am sorry in advance but Welf got into an altercation with some of the Apollo Familia members. It started with them insulting us and our goddesses, which in the end caused Welf to lash out and start a brawl, after all, he is a hothead which makes sense considering what his Schrift is. Anyway, back to the point, we feel as though the whole situation was planned out by Apollo so we don't know what to do. In the meantime, me, Welf, and Hestia will wait for further instructions or until your return.

Your favorite supporter

'It seems that the Apollo Familia is making their move, just as I expected. I will have to finish this training with Ais up or we'll be too late for the main event.' - Bell thought to himself as he made his way to the back where he saw a small but noticeable blue light.

When he arrived however, he noticed that ais had adorned a stained look as she had surrounded her sword with a blue outline that seemed to trickle a blue fire.

"You're close, very close, call me impressed. However, you don't seem to fully understand the basic principle of Reishi." - Bell stated as he walked up to her, causing her focus to draw towards him which resulted in her sword, Desperate, going back to normal. But noticing how Ais seemed to give him a confused look, he decided to elaborate.

"You're so used to using magic and having absolute control over how much you want to use at any given moment since it is a part of your body. Reishi however is entirely different, as it is a constant flow of organic spiritual energy that is created by the surrounding area, as when using it, you need to stop focusing on the ocean of Reishi and commanding it to perform a specific technique but guide it like a river." - Bell said, causing Ais to tilt her head, as he decided to give her a better understanding.

"Think of it this way. When you are blocking a strike from a much stronger opponent, it is impossible to stop yourself from moving at all, but when you redirect it, you aren't necessarily blocking it but you are simply changing the direction of which it is going, not only allowing you to counter attack much faster but it will also require a lot less effort."

After Bell's explanation, Ais let out a hum as she began to focus on the Reishi in the air, and just like what Bell said, instead of forcing a certain amount of it to coat her sword in a specific way, she simply guided the Reishi in the air towards her swords surface, causing it to have a blue fiery appearance that looked beautiful to the eyes of both Bell and Ais. The difference between now and before however, was that instead of a small blue outline that trickled blue flames of Reishi, it now had a blue fire-like aura made of pure Reishi yet it still seemed to somehow maintain its shape without letting even a single particle of Reishi come off of it.

What interrupted the silence however was the sound of clapping, more specifically Bell's clapping as he now had a small smile on his face.

"Splendid job Ais, that was the last step of your training." - Bell stated as his clapping stopped, as Ais dispersed the Reishi coating her sword which caused it to lose its blue fiery glow.

"But I want to keep training with you though." - Ais said with a saddened look, causing Bell to form a fond smile.

"Don't worry, you have yet to completely PERFECT the Quincy techniques at your disposal, you have only mastered them. Yet, there is still one more thing to do, although I suspect that you won't even need to train in order to use it." - He said which caused Ais to tilt her head in confusion, as he then went back inside the Cabin, Ais following soon behind. When the pair came to a stop, Bell had gone into his room which on the bed, layed an outfit. A Quincies outfit.

"Before we move on to the last step of your training, you must first put on this attire." - Bell stated, but before Ais could question him, he exited the room and closed the door, as Ais's gaze focused on the strange attire that seemed to call out to her.

After a 3 minutes, Ais exited the room with a new outfit, as she now adorned a Maroon hooded cloak, a thigh length trench coat white, a strip of dark green fur running from her top left color to the front of her coat, a green belt with a golden belt buckle in the shape of a Quincy Zeichen, white trousers, and a pair of white shoes.

After a moment, she realized that Bell was nowhere to be seen so she decided to look for him. When she arrived at the living room, she noticed that there was a chair with the man she was looking for sitting on that said chair, as across from him was another identical but empty chair.

"Take a seat Ais, we must discuss something" - He said as she gracefully sat in front of him, giving him a chance to admire the clothes that his most loyal follower used to wear.

"So Ais, I normally do this ritual in a more traditional manner, but since you are more than a mere Quincy, I will ask you, do you wish for power? A power so great that only the gods themselves could even hope to measure up to. But in return, you will no longer be a mere princess, but a Queen, a Queen of the Quinces." - Bell said, giving a hasty nod, not saying anything as she thought that her voice would fail her.

"Very well then." - Bell said, as he cut his palm which drew blood, but before Ais could question what he was doing, he poured his blood into the silver cup, the Quincy Zeichen which was located at its base disappearing under the blood.

"Now, I need you to drink this Ais" - Bell said, handing the blood filled cup to Ais as she hesitantly took it, but didn't drink out of it.

"Just trust me Ais, it's part of the process." - Bell said, as that was just enough motivation she needed to drink the cup. But when she drank it however, she noticed that instead of being greeted with the taste of blood, it simply tasted like water.

"Ais Wallenstein, you have been granted the great honor and privilege of becoming the Queen of the Quincy. The proof of your royalty and position, is the Schrift granted upon you inscribed with the letter A, the same letter as my own. This Schrift however is called The Acute, it grants you the ability to cut through any and everything, even the very concept of something." - Bell said, as he gave Ais a small smirk which caused her eyes to widen as her mouth fell open in shock. A moment of silence passed between the two as Bell's smirk turned into an inquisitive look as if he was expecting her to do something. Ais, assuming that she wasnt showing enough respect and gratitude, immediately bowed down in front of him, after all, he did just give her a power that is beyond her comprehension.

"Thank you very much, Lord Yhwach." - Ais said, causing Bell to sigh as he knelt down so he was eye level with her.

"Listen to me very carefully, as this is very important." - Bell said, lifting her chin so she would look him in the eye.

"There is absolutely no need for you to bow down to me since your position in the Quincy hierarchy is just as high as my own, so we are equals, meaning you can and will get the same respect from any Quincy that can and will exist in the future. Secondly, you don't need to call me by my old name, you used to do that and whilst I didn't mind, I have gotten quite used to you calling me Bell. But either way, you can call me whatever you like, I wont mind."

"Ok… Bell." - Ais responded as she stood up with the help of Bell, causing him to give her a nod."

"Now then, let's say our goodbyes, we have done what we needed to do and must return back to Orario, the Apollo familia seems to be making a farce with my familia." - Bell said, causing Ais's face to turn stern, as they left the cabin.

Bell and Ais then went on to say their goodbyes to Jordan and Zeus, not without a little teasing from the ladder of course. But after saying their goodbyes, Bell had a small gleam in his eye.

"We are in a hurry, so we will need to get back to Orario as fast as possible." - Bell said.

"Ok, it should take us about 3 days if we hurry but no less." - Ais responded, to which Bell smirked.

"Or we can take the way that gets us back in Orario in less than an hour."

"That's not possible, even if I were a level 7 and sprinted as fast as I could, it would be impossible." - Ais said to which Bell let out a small chuckle, confusing Ais.

"That's not what I was suggesting, I was talking about using a specific technique that shoots us there." - Bell said to which Ais tilted her head, before her eyes widened as Bell picked her up in a flash, a massive blue arc appearing behind him, a massive Heilig Peil loaded inside.

"Hold on!" - Bell yelled, as Ais didn't need to be told twice as she hugged him in a vice grip, as he was then impaled and sent soaring through the air towards Orario, Ais in his arms with her eyes closed, holding on to him for dear life.

Meanwhile in Orario

"And that's the last piece, finally done with all of the new armor, and I must say, it looks very good." - Welf said as he was looking over the armor he had created and upgraded after testing it in the dungeon. As it also fits the traditional Quincy design.

But as he went outside of his forge to show Lily the new and improved set of armor he had made for her, he felt a sudden burst of Reiatsu coming straight for him at ridiculous speeds. But noticing that it started to slow down, he was able to make out the figure of Bell holding a certain blonde haired swordswoman, a massive arrow pierced through him which after he grabbed and crushed it with his hand, dispersing it revealing no entrance or exit wound on his body.

"Long time no see Welf, has anything happened with the Apollo Familia members that we should take note of?" - Bell questioned as he floated towards the ground and set Ais down, causing her to give Welf a curious look.

"Not yet. But say, I just noticed that you recruited another Quincy who just so happened to be a certain lady friend of yours, but may I ask if she has been given a Schrift and if so what letter?" - Welf asked in curiosity as Bell gave him a quizzical look before answering.

"Yes she has a Schrift, and of it is A. So I highly recommend you should give her the proper respect she deserves, after all, she is your Queen." - Bell said, causing Welf's eyes to widen as his mouth fell open in shock, Lily and Hestia's following suite as they were able to hear the end of the conversation since they came to inspect what the new arrivals were.

But with that, Welf and Lily immediately appeared in front of Ais and took a knee and apologized for not giving her a proper greeting, as she gave Bell a panicked look to which he shrugged.

"Umm, I am your apologies?" - Ais replied to them whilst questioning her own choice of words, as Welf and Lily comically held each other and cried.

"Her majesty is so forgiving!" - Welf and Lily yelled in sync, causing a sweatdrop to appear on the back of Ais's head as Bell let out a small chuckle of amusement.

"But onto some more important business." - Bell said as the two immediately withdrew from one another, their eyes focused on Bell.

"For the next couple of days, I will be going down into the dungeon to try and increase my stats as much as possible, although I would appreciate it if you both accompany me, you too, Ais." - Bell said as Lily and Welf gave an obedient nod of approval, as Ais had a thoughtful look on her face.

"I would very much like to go with you, but I am not sure whether my goddess would allow me to or not. I also need to have access to my Schrift so I will need to get my status updated." - Ais finished.

"I see, this way, you will not only see the increase of your status because of the effects of Liaris Freeze, but you will also be privileged to unlocking and having access to your Schrift." - Bell finished, as he stood up.

"Now that we are all in agreement, I just noticed that you had made me some new armor, Welf, mind if I take a look?" - Bell questioned, causing Welf to wordlessly hand the new armor set to Bell.

"Before I try this on, would it be okay if you let Welf modify your armor to have some resemblance to the Quincy design? It's totally up to you, Ais." - Bell questioned.

"That's fine, besides, I am the Queen of the Quincy so I need to represent them, right?" - Ais asked as Bell, Hestia, Welf, and Lily all nodded in agreement, as Ais handed her armor to Welf so he could change its appearance slightly to be more inline with that of the original Quincy design.

After that, Bell dismissed everyone as Ais went back to the Twighlight Manor to see her goddess in order to get her Falna updated and to ask permission from her to go into the dungeon with Bell and his party. Lily went to gather up all of the supplies since it was her responsibility to do so since she was the supporter of the group. Welf went to the forge as he began to work on Ais's equipment. Bell in the meanwhile, went to an area that he had setup when the Church was transformed into the Wandenreich, which was an area where he could unleash his Spiritual Pressure without worring about the surrounding area getting damaged since it was inforced with Dir Adamantite, it did although cost him a fortune wich has costed him roughly 200,000,000 Million Valis because of the usage of the fairly rare material. Although thanks to his gambling spree, he was able to finally pay it all off and still have over half a billion Valis in the Familia's savings account.

Scene Change: The Twighlight Manor

Ais, after entering her Familias home, went to Loki's office to have her falna updated, only to be greeted by the flying missile known as Loki, as she thankfully moved out of the way causing Loki to crash into the wall head first.

After that incident, Ais explained to Loki what she had learned on the trip to Bell's home village, causing Loki to form a devious smile thinking that Ais would now be able to defeat the Freya Familia all on her own, putting her Familia as the strongest Familia in Orario.

Somehow, she seemed to have forgotten just who gave Ais that power in the first place and how much of a difference was between their form, ability, and power.

But after requesting to have her status updated, to which Loki agreed to with no hesitation, she had a few choice words to say that would make a sailor blush.

Name: Ais Wallenstein

Familia: Loki

Level: 6

STR, I25 - H130

END, I18 - H184

DEX, I81 - G241

AGI, I41 - G215

MAG, I24 - H198

Magic:

Spirit Ariel - An enchantment magic that massively boosts the users Strength, Agility, and Dexterity. It is an offensive enchantment that can also be used as a shield. Its appearance is a dark green wind that surrounds the user.

Skills:

Protector- Temporarily boosts each stat by 10% when trying to protect or save someone.

Liaris Freeze Minus - Increases the users Growth by 15x and increases the max status limit to X1500. As a side effect, it makes the user immune to charms along with allowing them to choose 2 developmental abilities each level up.

Schrift A, The Acute

Heilig Bogen

Heilig Pfeil

Hirenkyaku

Blut Vene

Reishi Manipulation

Developmental Abilities:

Hunter, H - G

Abnormal Resistance, G - F

Swordsman, D - C

Spirit Healing, G

'Finally, at this rate, I will be able to save you in no time, mother. However, this just means that I need to train even harder.' - Ais thought to herself, as she was interrupted from her thoughts by Loki, who was waving her hand in front of her.

"What is this so-called Schrift known as Acute, Ais? Did that bunny brat have something to do with it?"

"His name is Bell." - Ais replied with a frown, causing Loki to let out a sigh.

"Alright, fine, Bell. Did Bell have something to do with this?"

"Yes, in fact he was the one who gave me this ability in the first place." - Ais replied to Loki, causing the said god's mouth to gape.

"Can you tell me anything else?" - Loki said, causing Ais to put a finger to her chin in thought, as she pondered what Bell would prefer and what she wouldn't say.

Flashback

'You are my Queen, Ais. You hold just as much authority as I do, so when the Quincy population grows, if anyone disobeys you, just know that it would be the exact same as disobeying me. This also means that you can make your own decisions regarding Quincy matters, as you have the most authority that can only be rivaled by me. But just know, whatever decisions you make from here on out, I will always be on your side.' - Ais remembered.

Flashback End

"Well, to put it simply, Bell is able to give a Schrift for each letter of the Alphabet, as only one person can get a Schrift at a time. The Quinces who are lucky enough to get one, are called Sternwritter, as there can be up to 25 Sternwritter at a time." - Ais said, causing Loki to give her a confused look.

"But that doesn't make sense, as there are a total of 26 letters of the alphabet, so why can there only be 25 Sternwritter?" - Loki questioned.

"That's because whoever is granted the Schrift with the letter A, they would either become the successor for Bell or his Queen, as he also has the letter A but his Schrift is his Birthright, meaning he has another Schrift for the letter A that he can give out. But since he doesn't plan on leaving the throne for a long time at least, I was given the title of Queen of the Quincies." - Ais said, causing Loki to throw her hands up in the air in exasperation.

"Well I guess I can't be calling you Sword Princess anymore, can I? As you're officially a Queen." - Loki said, trying to calm herself down, which seemed to work after she heard the annoyed huff from Ais.

"On a more serious note though, who are the other people with Schrifts and what is Bell's Schrift since it is also the letter A like yours, I was also hoping for you to give me an explanation for what his Schrift does."

"The only other people with Schrifts are Welf and Lily who, as you are aware, are a part of the Hestia Familia. Welf's Schrift is H, The Heat. Whilst Lily's is T, The Thunderbolt, both are pretty self explanatory." - Ais answered to which Loki nodded, already having an idea on what the 2 Schrifts do.

"Bell's Schrift is A, The Almighty, as for what it does… I dont think it's my place to say, as that is his power." - Ais said, causing a shiver to go up Loki's spine upon just hearing the name.

"The Almighty huh? Yeah, the name sounds menacing enough, I dont even want to know what it does for now, I need to process all of this first." - Loki said as she left the room to drink her favorite beverage, Soma Wine.

"Is it ok if I go to the dungeon with Bell and his Familia?" - Ais questioned to the retreating form of Loki, as she simply waved her hand behind her, giving Ais the okay.

After getting the ok from her goddess, Ais went back to The Wandenreich to try on the remodeled armor that Welf had adjusted for her.