Where am I?
Lefiya slowly looked around the room she was in, still sitting in the bed. It didn´t really look like a hotel, but a nice room inside a big house, maybe a Familia´s home. Except for the very large bed, big enough
for two people, there was a large window with curtains pulled in front of. A big fluffy round carpet in the middle of the room, one side was a single large closet, and next to it, near the window, was a desk with a chair. On the desk, she saw her sword, the staff, and other of her belongings, together with her bags under the desk. In one corner she saw another small table with two armchairs.
The room looked really nice and comfy, but not like someone was living there, the closet was open and empty.
She yawned lightly and when she did that, a sharp pain shot through her head.
"Owie..."
Lefiya´s eyes still burned...she wondered why she felt like this, when she looked at the small table again, she noticed now that a water can stood slightly behind the lamp on the table. Next
to it was a small plate with some pills on it. From her studies Lefiya knew what these pills were for...she had seen Bete and Gareth taking them...they were for a hangover. When she thought about how she felt, it could be a hangover.
"Did I...drink?"
Her own voice scared her, Lefiya leaned forward and took the pills, and with a newly filled glass she gulped them down. The effect came soon and her head got clearer, she started to feel better and better.
But now she was a little bit afraid...she got so drunk that she had a hangover...that could mean...
Gulping heavily, Lefiya pulled the blanket away from her and started to feel down her body...slowly raising the nightgown... She still wore her underwear and it didn´t feel like anyone had done anything cruel to her body.
Thank the gods...
Slowly she swung her legs to the side so that she could put her feet on the floor, next to the bed was a pair of pink, fluffy slippers...right to her taste.
"Cute.." Lefiya giggled lightly.
A soft knock came from the door and Lefiya looked up...whoever lived here seemed to be aware that she was awake, but didn´t just walk into the room. So whoever it might be, he or she was polite.
After checking that her nightgown looked chaste, Lefiya straightened up more.
"C-Come in."
"Excuse me."
When the door opened, Lefiya´s eyes widened slightly, what came in was a maid...a fox-girl maid. A very familiar fox girl...she had long blond hair very much like Ais, and her tail had the same color except for the tip.
She smiled friendly when she came in, holding a tablet in her hands with a light breakfast on it.
"Y-You are...from Bell Cranel´s...Familia?"
Haruhime smiled friendly. "Good morning, Ms. Lefiya. I hope you are feeling better? May I come closer?"
"O-Of course.."
"Thank you." Haruhime bowed her head lightly...she always acted like that in her maid uniform...partly because she had fun with that.
She slowly walked towards the bed and placed the plate on the small table, Lefiya noticed some light vegetables and two hard-boiled eggs.
"I prepared a light breakfast for you, in case your stomach is still sensitive. If you want some tea I can make some."
"Th-Thank you...but...how?"
"Master Bell brought you here last night."
"B-Bell Cranel?"
"Yes, he carried you to the house when you were unconscious."
"Awawawawa."
"Oh please don´t misunderstand. Lady Ryu accompanied him, they were really worried about you...about the..."men" in the pub...staring at you."
"S-So...does that mean..."
"He said he wanted to protect you and your purity."
"O-Oh..."
So..he saw me...they saw me...like that...
Haruhime seemed to read her thoughts. "Please don´t be afraid, only Master Bell and Lady Ryu knew what happened...and our goddess."
"So I am..."
"In our home, yes."
Lefiya sighed relieved, this situation was far, far better than what she had feared for. After what happened yesterday and she got heavily drunk like that...it would have been easy for some scum to have his way with her...and Lefiya would never recover from that.
"Thank you..."
The Renard smiled again. "Oh don´t thank me, it was Master Bell...he sat the whole night in front of your door in case you would wake up and panic."
"Bell Cranel...protected me...and was worried about me...that much?"
"Yes."
And that while I was so cruel to him...
"And is he.."
"He is waiting in front of the door, he didn´t dare to just walk into the room of a sleeping girl...he didn´t want to scare you."
Bell Cranel...is a...gentleman?
"Could you ahm...g-get him?"
"Of course, do you want to change first?"
"No..it´s okay."
"I have prepared the shower for you and told the others to not use it for a while, I know that elves don´t like to be seen by others. We have two bathrooms on each floor, the one for the women has a red sign on the door."
Haruhime smiled again and walked to the door, when she left, Lefiya heard her softly mumble to someone. Soon after the door opened slightly and Bell walked in, his eyes closed. Even so Lefiya saw
that he was extremely tired, he had dark circles under his eyes...but he kept his eyes closed for another reason. Lefiya was still a girl in bed and not clothes properly.
Such a...gentleman..
"Ms. Lefiya...are you...feeling okay?"
He sounds so tired..
"Bell Cranel...y-yes...thank you."
"Thank the gods..." He smiled relieved.
"Bell Cranel...you...carried me here...you...protected me?"
"Well...if you want to call it so...I heard from Ms. Tiona what happened...Ais and I split up, together with Ms. Tione, Ms. Elf, Ms. Alicia, and Ms. Anakity we searched for you in the city."
"They all...searched for me?"
"Ms. Tiona told me something about that Ms. Riveria was worried about y-...oh sorry..I was not supposed to say that..."
"They..still cared *Hic*...for me? *Hic*...Even lady...Riveria? *Hic*"
Bell couldn´t see it but he heard Lefiya sobbing...heard that she started to cry.
"Ms Lefiya?" Bell came slowly closer to the bed, he didn´t need his eyes for that, he heard her and knew what the room looked like.
"They still..care about..me...I am..such a horrible...person..." The sobs got faster.
Bell had never seen or heard Lefiya like this before...it broke his heart. Together with what he had seen from her in the last night...she had to be very desperate. But what he couldn´t know...the tears
that dwelled in her eyes...were from happiness. She rubbed her eyes while the first tears rolled down her cheeks...Lefiya slowly realized what she had done...what the whole situation was.
And she still felt the pain in her heart from losing Filvis...and her Familia.
Bell waited about a meter in front of Lefiya...she didn´t care about the meaning of what happened next. Before he could react, Lefiya got up and clung to his chest, crying heavily again. At first perplexed because of the shaking, crying girl on his chest,
Bell gently put his arms around Lefiya and just stood there while she cried her heart out. This is what Lefiya had needed, what her heart had longed for...that someone held her and she could just let her weak self out...to cry and cry until the pain got away..a bit.
Since she was so weak on her legs, Bell gently led her to the bed where they sat down, Lefiya buried her face in his chest and shuddered heavily under her sobs. For a moment Haruhime looked from the door, when she saw how hurt Lefiya was, she went downstairs to leave them alone for now.
Bell gently stroked Lefiya´s bag while she cried...he just hoped he didn´t go too far right now.
After about five minutes, Lefiya slowly calmed down, she still sobbed from time to time but her tears stopped. And slowly it came to her what she had done right now...that she still clung to Bell´s chest...but for once she didn´t care...she was thankful for him doing that for her.
Slowly she pulled her face away from his now-wet chest and glanced up at him, Bell looked into her face and smiled lightly. If Bell weren´t such a gentleman and Lefiya´s feelings for him were a bit different, he could have used the situation to kiss her. But he would never do something so cruel to a heartbroken girl...and Ais was the only one in his heart.
"Are you...feeling a bit better?"
"Mh.." She nodded shyly.
"That´s good. You should eat a little bit and shower if you want, Haruhime put a towel for you into the bathroom. I will wait downstairs if you want to talk."
"Mh.." Lefiya´s ears burned from what just happened.
Bell gently separated from Lefiya and walked to the door.
"Bell Cranel.."
"Yes?" He glanced over his shoulder.
Lefiya sat on the bed, hugging a pillow as if to protect her body. "Thank...you."
"Anytime."
Bell gently closed the door behind him and left Lefiya alone.
I cried on...Bell Cranel´s chest...
After sitting there and thinking for a while...Lefiya smiled lightly, she felt a bit better.
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Ais rubbed her eyes, she was still very tired. They had searched for a long time the last night, eventually, a familiar girl from Bell´s Familia had found Ais. Mikoto had told her that Bell and
Ryu had carried the passed-out Lefiya to their home so that she had a place to sleep. Ais was relieved and so were the others when she told them that, at least Lefiya was in a safe place.
But the message that she had passed out, Mikoto didn´t know why it happened, so the others were still worried.
All that didn´t help Ais to sleep, as well as her thoughts about Bell. Except for the shocking message, the last day was wonderful...even though they didn´t do anything special. Just spending time
with Bell helped her to calm down...was this what it meant to be in love?
Ais rolled onto her right and looked at the side of her bed, yesterday when she was searching for Lefiya, something in a shopping window had caught her eye. Before she could realize it, she went into the
shop and bought it. It was a bunny plushy with white fur and red eyes, two adorable long ears on the head, and the same type of hairstyle that Bell had, it was about thirty centimeters tall. She had named it "Bell-kun"...the reason why she instantly bought it was still unknown to her.
She just saw it and wanted it, it was thanks to that plushy in her arms that she was able to fall asleep last night. Her thoughts had raced and she was unsure what to do...until she took the plushy in her arms...she immediately calmed down.
She gently stroked the head of the plushy. "Thank you, Bell..."
Ais smiled for a moment...the plushy looked very much like Bell...in her eyes.
Ha...what do I do...
After the incident in Knossos, the Familia was on a break for missions and dungeon crawling. They should use the chance to relax and regain strength, also Loki had much work to do after what happened with Dionysus, the gods met almost on a daily base.
Maybe...Riveria will know...
Ais stretched her arms when she got up and hung up her blanket, putting the plushy in front of her pillow. "Bell...please keep an eye on my room, yes?"
She giggled from her light silliness, this was something that would have been impossible in the past. She took her towel and fresh clothes and went into the bathroom for a quick morning shower and to brush her teeth. Only two women of the Familia were also in the bathroom, all of those who helped search last night were still asleep, except for Tiona.
Tiona went out early in the morning to visit the Hearth Mansion, not to meet with Lefiya since she guessed that it would cause problems, but to get some information from the Hestia Familia. But mostly to give them some information about Lefiya, her favorite food, her bathing habits, and other things...Tiona was already in a good mood again, like always...after all Lefiya was safe so why not.
Ais walked through the hallway of the Familia in the direction of Riveria´s room, she was always one of the first awake.
"Riveria?" Ais knocked softly.
"Come in, Ais."
Carefully she opened the door and looked inside, Riveria sat at her desk and looked horrible. She had dark circles under her eyes and was very tired.
"Riveria, are you...okay? Shall I come back later?"
"No...no it´s okay...have you...found her?"
"Yes, Lefiya is safe."
"Thank the gods..." Riveria exhaled in relief and slightly sank down in her chair.
She was really worried about her pupil...well Riveria was worried about nearly every member of the Familia.
"Where is she?"
"With Bell´s Familia."
"Oh?"
"Ms. Mikoto from his Familia told me last night that Bell carried Lefiya to their home."
"Why did he have to carry her?"
"Lefiya...was passed out for some reason...Bell didn´t tell her why."
"Dear gods...this child..." She rubbed her closed eyes.
"What do we do now?"
"Nothing...I guess. Lefiya is in the probably safest place for now...she needs some distance from all things to calm down. The death of Filvis broke her heart...too many died in the last time and it was just too much for her.
Time heals every wound they say. Let´s give her time to mourn and get used to her new situation. The punishment also hit her very hard but Loki had no other choice."
"And...about Bete?"
"I talked to him...you know how he is...but he really didn´t mean to anger Lefiya."
Ais nodded, she knew that Bete had as many problems talking to others as she did, just in his own way.
"Okay."
"Thank you for telling me Ais, is there anything else?"
"Ahm...actually..."
Riveria´s eyes widened when she saw how Ais behaved.
No way...Ais is...fidgeting...and blushing?
She had feared to never see Ais like this...to see her in love.
"Yes?"
"I wanted to ask you something..."
Ha...one problem child after the next.
Riveria smiled slightly. "What would that be?"
"I...am thinking about...Bell...lately."
"Okay."
"Since our talk, I...thought about him...and me..."
Riveria nodded, even if she was very tired she was happy about this kind of talk with Ais.
"What do you do...when you are...in love?"
"That depends on your personality...and the person you like."
"I...don´t really know...what to do..."
"Is there something you want to do?"
"Train...with Bell?...Eat with him?...Get stronger?..."
This girl...well it is a start, but she has a long way ahead of her.
"So you want to spend time with him, that sounds good."
"But ahm...how do I...know...if he likes...me?"
"Well, I´m pretty sure Bell Cranel doesn´t dislike you."
Riveria couldn´t tell Ais that she already guessed that Bell was in love with Ais, that was something they had to discover together.
"Hm...mmh..."
"How about that...when you recovered a bit...why not go together with him on a mission? We won´t go on an expedition the next time."
"A mission...that sounds...good."
"And until you have found a fitting mission, just do what you two ever did, train together, from what you are telling me you both have fun doing that."
"Okay."
"So was that a-"
"Riveria...how do I know...when it is time...to confess...to...k-k...kiss...Bell?"
"It is way too early to think about these things, young lady."
"O-Okay..."
One step after the other Ais...already thinking about kissing...haaa...
Riveria became aware that Ais was a growing girl...she just hoped that her awakening love wouldn´t run her over. Normally girls would start to have such feelings at an earlier age...
As Ais left Riveria´s room she was already thinking about a mission she could do together with Bell.
What would be fitting...hmmm...and...how do...I ask him?
A few ideas ran through her head...normally she had no problems asking Bell something, and then an idea came to her mind that was especially good.
But...
"Eep!"
Ais blushed heavily...somehow the thought about asking Bell for a mission...wasn´t that like she would ask him about a...date?
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After Bell had left the room, Lefiya ate carefully the light breakfast on her plate. Filling her stomach with that healthy food and water let her feel better. When she had finished her meal, Lefiya took
some fresh clothes out of her bag and shyly opened the door a bit. As Bell and Haruhime had promised, no one was on that floor at the moment, so she carefully walked to the bathroom. Her eyes widened
in surprise, the bathroom was easily as big as the one in the Loki Mansion at looked really nice. There were showers on the side, smaller washing areas in the far eastern style, and an enormous bathing pool.
"Wow.."
Lefiya locked the door and walked towards the shower, after looking around for a moment and making sure that she was absolutely alone, she slowly took off her clothes.
Getting naked in Bell Cranel´s home...
That was something she would have never expected to do someday. Lefiya put the towel on a nearby hook and stepped into the shower, she washed herself thoroughly...the smell on her
body after not washing one day was...disgusting. And the hot water pouring down on her head and over her body felt really good, together with the pills she had taken, Lefiya felt way better than the moment she woke up.
There were even some small flasks to use after showering if she wanted to smell nice, she only used a little bit since she didn´t want to be greedy. Finally, after half an hour, Lefiya looked
fresh and nice again, like the elf she was, for now she let her hair open without the usual ponytail. She was really thankful for what this Familia had done for her already. Not only taking her in...but Bell Cranel had protected her purity...
He is...a...nice guy?
Lefiya put her used clothes back into "her" room and took a deep breath, it was time to face the Familia. Slowly she walked to the stairs and stopped for a moment before walking down. She heard the first voices from the big living room.
Stay calm..
Why was she so nervous? Maybe because what she had done was pretty embarrassing...even if she didn´t remember...maybe because she didn´t remember what had happened.
"G-Good...morning.." Lefiya looked shyly into the living room.
The room was very big for such a small Familia, at the big table sat six people. The small goddess of the Familia, Hestia, Bell, Mikoto, Haruhime, Welf, and Lily.
"Good morning, Ms. Viridis." Mikoto bowed her head politely.
The others greeted her too, the goddess did it last. "Good morning, little elf...I hope you are feeling better."
"Much better...I...ahm...th-thank you...very much..."
"For now come in and don´t just stand in the door."
"O-Okay.."
"Haaaa...don´t be so afraid...we won´t eat you...for now."
"F-For now?!"
"I´m joking, I´m joking..." Hestia smiled a bit abashed over her failed joke.
Lefiya walked towards the table, there was a free spot with an empty tea cup.
"So little elf, I heard from my little Bell that you are in trouble. I won´t ask for details if you are not willing to share them, but I can see that you aren´t really feeling well."
"Mh.." Lefiya nodded.
"We have talked to each other and Bell asked me to let you stay here at our home, I am not against it, nor is one of the others."
"Eh?" She looked surprised at Bell.
"My little Bell just wants to help every girl in distress...but I think it is the right thing to do, so if you want to, you can stay here as long as you have trouble."
The young elf was really surprised by that kind of offer, she looked from one to the next. Only the prum girl had a careful expression on her face, Lily thought about the possibility of another
girl falling for Bell.
"I ahm...I don´t know...what to...say..."
"Everyone needs help at some point and we heard enough about your...loss. My condolences."
"Thank...you.." Lefiya was still at a loss for words.
Deserved she such kindness? She thought ill about Bell Cranel for a long time and now he just helped her when she had problems...not only him but his whole Familia helped her. Having a safe place to stay was more than she had hoped for.
Hestia continued. "If you need time alone, say something, we know that everyone has to deal with loss in their own way. When friends of you want to visit you that is no problem, you are a guest here."
"Lady Hestia...I...ahm...what can I say...I...thank you...so much!"
The small goddess smiled motherly. "No problem, little elf."
Haruhime got up and poured some tea for Lefiya, when she was done she whispered something into Lefiya´s ear.
"If you want to wash your clothes yourself I will show you where, if not just put them in the basket in your room."
"O-Oh, thank you."
The blond girl smiled and returned to her seat.
"Lady Hestia...how can I...repay you for all of this?"
Hestia shrugged her shoulders. "Help a bit with the housework, that should be enough for now. I guess you will be busy enough in the near future."
"Huh?"
Bell leaned to Lefiya and dared to whisper something into her ear. "You should visit the pub when you feel better, Ryu highly recommended it...she said, "It would be better for you..."...something that Ms. Mia told her to tell you."
Did I...do something?
Hestia made a small gesture with her hand, her Familia got up and left the room one by one until only Lefiya and the goddess remained.
"Little elf, there is something I would like to talk with you about under four eyes."
"Mh?"
"You have to know as a goddess I am able to see a few things. When Bell and little Ryu brought you here, I helped her at first to take off your clothes, but only the dress of yours don´t worry, I know how elves are. I couldn´t help but see your back,
while I won´t ask what happened or how it happened, I noticed that your Falna is blank."
Lefiya´s ears sunk a bit. "Yes...It is a punishment for...something horrible I did."
"Mhm.."
"Loki...banned me from the Familia...for a year."
Somehow it was easy to tell Hestia that, Lefiya already started to like the small goddess.
"Hm...okay that is something between you, your Familia, and Loki."
"My Familia..." Small tears gathered in Lefiya´s eyes.
"Aaah please don´t cry! I´m sorry for asking but...there is something else.
"Mh?" Lefiya wiped her eyes and tried to calm down, she had enough of crying all the time.
"I hope you won´t think ill of me...I would like to offer you something without hidden thoughts or plans. If you want to...and it is completely your choice...I would grant you my blessing until the time comes when you return to your Familia."
"Eh?" Her face went blank.
"I don´t try to claim you for me, nor take you away from Loki. But I know how weak an adventurer gets when the blessing is taken away. All that this offer means is to restore your strength so that nothing bad will happen to you, and to update your status from time to time if you want. I won´t force you and you don´t have to give me an answer right away."
Such an offer...she really is kind...
Restoring her strength wasn´t the only thing that Hestia would do with giving her the blessing. Lefiya could go into the dungeon again and earn money like that...but did she want to go into the dungeon again? She was still unsure about what to do now...
"Lady Hestia I...ahm...thank you...very much...but...please give me...time to think about it.."
"Of course, and please don´t think that you will betray Loki, the choice of what you will do is at you. Take your time, I won´t take the offer back, if you want to I´ll do it, if not that´s also fine."
Lefiya took a deep breath, the warmness...the kindness in this home...from those people and this goddess...What Bell had done for her the previous night and this morning helped her wounded heart.
Maybe here she could calm down.
But..
"Leeeefiiiiiyaaaaa!"
A shadow flew from the entrance of the room towards the elf.
"E-Eeeeh?!"
Lefiya wasn´t fast enough to evade the flying amazoness, Tiona jumped onto her and pulled her into a tight hug. Hestia looked surprised, Bell stood in the door with an apologetic expression on his face, it was he who had opened the door for the worried Tiona.
"Thaaaaaaank the goooods you are saaaave!" Tiona rubbed herself at the perplexed elf while she cried in relief.
Her plan was just to get some information but as soon as she heard Lefiya´s voice...well Tiona was always impulsive.
"AH! M-Ms. Tiona! P-Please stop!"
"Waaah Lefiya! You are safe...that stupid Loki, I will punish her later for you together with Ais!"
"Ah eh no, Ms. Tiona p-please wait..."
Hestia smiled, from what she had heard so far this quirky amazoness might be the perfect friend that Lefiya needed right now to ease the pain in her heart. She got up and left those two alone for now.
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A few days went by, and Lefiya had time to settle in and calm down, she put her clothes into the closet in her room, and the other belongings into various places. Soon it started to look like her own room, for the first days, Lefiya mostly stayed in her room. She still mourned the death of Filvis and cried for her, but little by little she regained her posture, of course, she was still sad but she wasn´t so desperate anymore.
And like Bell had told her, one day she walked to the pub in the early morning, since Bell helped from time to time at the pub he could tell her what time would be the best.
"Excuse me?!"
Lefiya knocked at the front door, and after a few moments, she heard steps. A familiar green-haired girl opened the door for her.
"Lefiya! Ah thank the gods you look so much better, come in!" Ryu smiled brightly when she saw her friend.
"Th-Thank you."
When she walked in she saw the black haired cat girl Chloe, who was cleaning the floor right now. It was Lefiya´s first time seeing the pub when it was still closed, even now the waitresses wore
their uniforms and were busy cleaning.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Yes very much...thank you for what you did for me."
"That goes without saying,...but I have to apologize..."
"Hm?"
"I should have seen how much you were drinking...and how bad you felt..."
"Oh no, it´s my fault! You had enough to do with work."
For a few minutes, both kept on apologizing to each other for various things.
"Ahm...Bell Cranel told me to come to the pub...apparently I did something."
Ryu went pale for some reason...but before she could answer...
Stomp...
Stomp...
Stomp...
"Ho...who do we have here?"
Chloe fled the room as she heard Mia´s voice, Ryu and Lefiya turned around, startled. Mama Mia looked enormous in her slightly furious form, with arms crossed in front of her chest. Lefiya
gulped heavily, she knew she was in trouble for some reason, even Ryu looked afraid...it was the first time that Lefiya ever seen her like this.
"Ah M-Mama Mia..I.."
"Ryu..not now."
"*Gulp* Okay..."
"Ms. Mia...ahmm...I don´t remember...that evening...did I...do something?"
"Oh? You got so drunk that you had a blackout?"
"D-Drunk?"
"Yes, you drank two whole bottles of moonberry juice."
Oh, dear gods... Lefiya went pale.
"The white-haired boy then picked you up."
"Did I.. make a ruckus?"
"No...worse."
"W-Worse?"
"You defiled my kitchen."
"Pardon?!"
"When he carried you outside...you threw up in my kitchen..."
"Eek!"
Getting so drunk...having to be carried by Bell...vomiting in the kitchen of this pub...Lefiya had never before felt such shame.
"I...I am so sorry! So..SORRY!" Lefiya bowed down repeatedly.
"Oh, a sorry won´t save you." Mia cracked her knuckles.
Eep!
"Mama Mia! Please wa-" Ryu froze when Mya threw her "that glare".
"I will pay for what I did..." Lefiya let her ears hang down in shame and searched for her purse.
"If you can pay."
"What do I owe you?"
"100.000.000 Vals..."
"WHAT?!"
Ryu gulped...this scene was all too familiar.
Lefiya was as pale as never before. "O-One..hundred...million...Vals?"
"Correct."
"Th-This is ridiculous! Even doing something so shameful can´t do that much damage!"
"My house...my rules...if you can´t pay...you will have to work."
"But I..."
"Do you try to contradict me in my house?"
Lefiya looked to Ryu who shook her head vehemently.
"H-How long...would I...have to...work?"
"One year at minimum...depends on how good you are."
"Y-You can´t just decide that on your own!"
"And who would stop me?" Mia raised an eyebrow.
Ryu knew all too well that this was Mia´s way of showing care to other people. She had a guess as to why Mia wanted Lefiya in her pub...Mia had a fine nose for girls with problems. And like for the others, if she worked them to the bone, Lefiya would have no time to grieve all the time and think about problems...until she reached the point where only the thought of Mama Mia´s food and exhaustion remained in Lefiya. Mia had helped Ryu, Ahnya, Chloe, and Lunor this way.
"Nnnh..."
"Don´t tell me an oh-so-proud elf don´t want to pay her debts?"
Blood rushed into Lefiya´s face. "Of course, I will repay you! Just you wait I will work for every single Vals!"
"Hehe..." Mia had a smug grin.
"Oh no..."
"Too late...from now on you work here."
"B-But..Ms. Mia.."
"That´s Mama Mia."
"Eh?"
Lefiya looked to Ryu who nodded slightly, while she shook her head. The message was clear, don´t contradict Mia.
"Okay..Ms-"
"HM?!"
"Mama...Mia..."
"Better."
And like this, Lefiya joined the pub as a new waitress for the time being, she just hoped that no one from her Familia would ever see her in this uniform...or Bell Cranel, she would die of shame.
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Hmm...this?...Or maybe this one?
Ais looked around the guild´s blackboard with a puzzled look, there were many missions and requests here. Normally the Loki Familia got Quests directly but for now they were on hold because they wanted to relax a bit after the incident.
But she wasn´t here because of her Familia, Ais was here for another reason.
"Oh, Ms. Wallenstein, good morning." A familiar half-elf walked towards her.
"Ms. Tulle, good morning."
"Are you looking for a quest? It´s rare to see you here at the board."
"Yeah, a special one...but I´m not sure which one...a quest for two people if possible."
"Hmm...a quest for at least one level six adventurer...let me take a look."
Eina stepped next to Ais and together they looked at the board, secretly, Ais was thankful for the help, she had no idea which quest she should take.
"Would you prefer an extermination or a search quest?"
"One where we would have to walk a lot."
"So a travel or search quest...inside the dungeon or out of the city?"
"The dungeon."
Riveria had forbidden Ais to leave the city together with Bell, something about it was way, way, way too early to elope...whatever that word meant. She wanted to keep an eye on Ais and Bell, they were not a couple for now...something that Riveria hoped would happen...but
since Ais was Ais and she was a bit of a late bloomer, Riveria feared she might skip some steps... After all things like holding hands...or kissing...should be done between people who intend to marry.
"Hmm...how about...this one. Apparently there is a hidden spring somewhere in the dungeon until the 18th Floor, no one knows exactly where but the water that comes from that is said to be the most delicious in the world."
"Water?"
"Yes, a few shops and Familia´s are interested in it, some want to make wine with it."
"Wine?" Ais had no real use for alcohol.
"And I heard that the shop owner of this potato snack wants to use this water in the production too."
Ais´ eyes shone. "I´ll take it!"
"Oh..ahm...okay."
"Thank you very much."
"Then I will list you as the quest taker...might I ask who will accompany you?"
"Oh right...I still have to ask Bell..."
"Eh?!"
