Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka - Volume 04

by Fujino Omori

  These few days, Bell had always been like this.

  He would leave the headquarters early in the morning and desperately explore the dungeon, then he would come back late at night. The clothes and armor that he was wearing, and also his body was already in a tattered state.

  Although Bell-kun originally held enthusiasm when he selected the Adventurer career, but his appearance and attitude right now was completely different than from a few days ago.

  “Kami-sama, this is the money I earned from today’s exploration”

  “Ah, Ahhh……”

  Jingle, Bell handed over a linen pouch over.

  Bell’s income from the dungeon exploration would be kept by Hestia as savings for the . Of course, most of the money was taken for equipment repairs or funds for exploration, only then a small amount will be kept by Bell as pocket money.

  Opening the small pouch and taking a peek inside, she estimated that there was about 500 Varisu. If you consider that the boy had kept 1000 Varisu in preparation for the next exploration, then he had earned quite a bit the past few days. This can truthfully revealed the efforts of Bell-kun diving into the dungeon from morning to night.

  However, what was the purpose of him saving money.

  “……Hey, Bell-kun”

  “Ah, yes?”

  “You, what are you hiding from me?”

  With his face screaming in fatigue, Bell was about to take a shower and change his clothes. Hesta slowly inquired.

  Or rather, it was the God’s instincts, even if she was unpromising, but she, as a Goddess, could still feel that Bell was hiding something from her.

  After being questioned, Bell shook for a while. It was apparent that this was a suspicious behavior.

  “Ah, ahaha……W…What are you saying, Kami-sama. How could I possibly do such a thing”

  “……”

  Facing the stiff smile that Bell placed on his face, Hestia stared with half-opened eyes.

  Disregarding the unbelievable words and quickly be honest, this sharp glare stabbed into him.

  “K…Kami-sama, I’m going to take a shower!?”

  “AH!”

  Bell, who had cold sweat flowing out, quickly took the clothes he planned to change into and fled into the bathroom. Facing the swift actions, Hestia was stunned and her mood dropped dramatically.

  For Bell-kun to hide something, she felt sad, this was what Hestia was considering in her heart.

  Hestia had liked Bell-kun to the extent that it was great that he became a dependent of hers.

  The boy had respected the Goddess from the bottom of the heart, and also brought gentleness and warmth to the .

  Watching his awkwardness, watching his dangerous posture, she felt that she must protect him, this kind of protectiveness was stimulated. By the time she noticed it, she had already placed herself in his back.

  He wanted to wholeheartedly help Hestia, who had faced various painful experiences when she descended to the Lower World.

  Hestia liked Bell’s smile that could completely melt away everything else.

  “Even though I told him to say it, but he still refused to tell me the truth, right, Bell-kun……”

  Therefore, she could not forgive Bell for lying to her.

  Was this the arrogance of the Gods when they felt anger when things don’t go the way they wish it to, or was it because of the loneliness given from her dependent that was about to become a pillar inside her heart.

  Either way, Hestia felt unhappy, extremely unhappy. This kind of feeling became more and more intense.

  (It doesn’t matter, since the other side plans on doing this……)

  Hestia’s eyes that looked up, had a unstable light. Bell, who is secretly planning something, is currently in the showers inside the bathroom. Just watch me, she muttered and she walked into the kitchen that was prepared inside the house.

  Silently, she quietly began to cook some dishes.

  “Ah, Kami-sama……”

  “You are tired today, right Bell-kun? I’ll make dinner, just wait.”

  Hestia revealed a slight smile to Bell, who walked out of the bathroom with his changed clothes. Although Bell wanted to say something, he felt relieved facing Kami-sama’s smile, who seem to have completely forgotten the previous incident.

  Facing the unprepared Rabbit (Prey), Hestia was grinding the blade (knife) with a beautiful smile.

  “Okay, Bell-kun. Today we will also update your .”

  “Ah, okay.”

  During a short break after dinner, Hestia naturally proposed this kind of topic.

  The unprepared white rabbit honestly listened to her words.

  The hidden blade (Knife) under her smile had already finished grinding.

  Bell Cranel

  Lv. 1

  Strength : I 49 – I 58 Endurance: I 5 Dexterity : I 66 – I 72 Agility: I98 – H 107 Magic: I 0

 

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  Sitting on the waist of Bell, who was lying on the bed, Hestia looked at the .

  It was still and that had two extreme Status. In this short period of time, having , this basic ability, surpassing H was a slight surprise. She finished the rest of the work in one go.

  (——Okay.)

  The update of had ended, she clapped her hand.

  With flashing eyes, Hestia revealed her true nature and launched an attack at the rabbit (Bell) below her.

  From the posture of sitting on his waist, Pata, it seems like the boy’s upper body was pressed downwards.

  “!?”

  “——Okay, Bell-kun. You already cannot escape now?”

  Nuoo, Hestia, who issued out this strange sound, placed her face next to Bell’s neck.

  She let our her breath in the location next to the boy’s ears, and changed her deep voice into a interrogate tone.

  Bell seems to be trembling violently, as if an electric current had passed through him. His entire face turned red.

  “K…Ka…Kami-sama!? What are you doing!?”

  “Interrogating. Because you seem to be hiding something from me.”

  Bell made a response to the words , but he quickly revealed the embarrassment of having Hestia’s soft body sticking onto his own back.

  “You know right, Bell-kun? You cannot lie to gods, oh?”

  “Wh…What are you saying……?”

  “Ooh~ Preparing to act dumb now?”

  Hestia narrowed her eyes.

  Bell, who had a red face while shrinking back slightly, had an expression of fear towards his Main God in front of him.

  Then, the next instant.

  Hestia used both her hands to tightly wrap about Bell’s neck, and tightly held it together. Ignoring everything and hugged it upwards.

  “Wait!? K…Kami-sama!”

  “Okay, you’re planning to say it now right, say it now Bell-kun!! If it is right now, I can still forgive you!?”

  “D…Don’t knowwwwwwww! IIIIIIIIIIII did not hide anything from Kami-sama!”

  “Stubborn, huh……!”

  “HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!?”

  Hestia placed her voluptuous twin valleys closely on Bell’s back, a sound of something being pressed down came from between them.

  Bell, who was wearing nothing on his upper body, was touching with his bare skin on an overwhelming thing’s ever-changing attack and issued a cry. From his head to toe, his entire body was dyed red.

  Hestia frowned and inserted more strength to her wrist that was around his neck, and pressed her entire body harder.

  That night, everlasting cries continued to come out under the abandoned church.

  × × ×

  “Really now, Bell-kun……!”

  The following day.

  In the end, Bell-kun still did not speak, it made Hestia felt unhappy. Even when she finished her work and was returnin
g, she still did not hide her unhappy expression.

  Sitting on the sofa in the headquarters, she violently turned the page of the book she was reading.

  (Based on the way he acts, instead of being immersed in dungeon exploration, it seems more like he wants money……It can’t be that he was tricked by some weird girl in the dungeon, and was forced to spend money……)

  Recalling the expression of Bell-kun, who was immersed in the dungeon, a spicy thought that she would normally have not thought about emerged. Knowing that her own dependent couldn’t be stupid to that extent, but it still contributed involuntary to her upset behavior.

  So, she should let him live his own life. Although she really wanted to say that, but recalling about Bell being tricked by the Amazon female, she immediately felt more disappointed, and was angry about her own imagination.

  “Eh……?”

  Kacha, Kacha, the sound of someone walking down the stone steps rang out in the underground base.

  He was exceptionally early today, Hestia, thinking that it was Bell who returned, still raised her head from the book, pouting.

  Just when she was waiting for the door of her base to be opened, dondon, there was a dry knock on the door.

  “Excuse me, Hestia.”

  “Eh……Miach?”

  Betraying Hestia’s expectations, who appeared was a God that was more burly and tall than Bell.

  His blue long hair, and the tattered gray robe. The male God, Miach, “Nnn” smiled and nodded at Hestia, who widened her eyes.

  “I heard that you formed a . Although it is a bit late, I still came to say hello to you.”

  “What, did you specially come over?”

  Although she and Miach both descended from Heaven, but they had only formed a relationship after coming to Orario. Due to the similar circumstances between the two of them, they had forged a friendly relationship. Facing a God friend, who was also not accustomed to the city life and was often taken care of, Hestia revealed a slight smile and walked over.

  “Fuhaha, no, I thought about our pride and carefully planned this. There is no need to worry.”

  “Haha, there isn’t anything to worry about.”

  The primary activity of the was to sell recovery potions. Because its reputation was low, so they would only have customers that walked past. Today was no exception, Miach raised his voice and smiled.

  Facing towards Hestia, who said “Then let’s quickly head to the main topic”, he handed over a blue recovery potion in tubes over.

  “If it sells well, then there will also be celebratory items. Please pray for our safety and accept it.”

  “Ahah, sorry. It is a big help.”

  “Speaking of which, Hestia. Did you hand over the report about forming a to the guild?”

  Miach asked Hestia, who was filled with gratitude while accepting the recovery potion.

  Eh? She tilted her head, the male God began to explain with a calm attitude.

  “Even if it is not for dungeon exploration, when a in the Labyrinth City creates a faction, they must report it to the guild. At the same time, there is a registration for the faction.”

  Although nominally it was managing the dungeon, but the guild was already the ruler that had jurisdiction over the Labyrinth city. The dungeon’s management was directly linked to the safety of the city, at the same time, Orario relied on the profits from the dungeon in order to develop to such an extent. From till now, the guild that had completely managed the Dungeon was veritably the manager of the city.

  Base on the regulations placed by the organization that also manages the city, must also be added.

  “Hey, will also have to do similar things as Adventurers. Nnnn, since they let us live here, it is a matter of course.”

  “I see. This is also < The Pleasures in the Lower World>.”

  “Because Heaven basically did not have any troublesome matters.”

  Nnnnnnn, The two Gods had a common understanding.

  “Then, what should you do? By the looks of it, you still haven’t gone yet. Do you want to come along with me?”

  “Can I? To tell the truth, it will help me a lot……”

  “Truthfully, I don’t have anything to do later, very free. Compare to having some leisure time, it would be more interesting to increase an ally’s troubles.”

  “That’s a model God.”

  “Fuhaha, they often say that.”

  While releasing a sense of tiredness that only Gods have, Hestia and Miach left the hidden room in the church.

  “Do I have to just record everything down?”

  “Nnnn. Don’t forget to sign with .”

  In the spacious lobby of the guild headquarters.

  Adventurers from different factions were moving by themselves, Hestia was asking Miach to confirm things while burying herself in the parchment related to registration of a faction. Using a stool prepared to add to her height, she began to move the quill at the counter.

  The window reflected the faint sunset as it approaches night. Because many Adventurers return at this time, there were many humans and demi-humans mixed together at the guild headquarters.

  The Hobbit team that walked out of the gold exchange, smiled as they talked. The poor female receptionist who was cold rejected by the male beastman as she tries to sell her services and the arguing elf and dwarfs. The white marble hall had a variety of different circumstances happening and it was completely bustling.

  Here, the small amount of Gods, Miach and Hestia, would occasionally smile as they look at the Adventurers.

  “Miach. What does the Level of the represent?”

  “The guild will grade the ’s organizational strength…..It is primarily its rank. It is basically the faction’s size and activities and other relevant content, although it also reflects all the elements, but it is fine to directly interpreted it as indictors of combat power.”

  Just like the ’s abilities will be ranked from S to I, these ten values. The position of the in Orario is also ranked the same. The higher the rank, the more its performance was recognized, and it will also increase the reliability from guild and other organizations. Of course, respect and fear is also included.

  A part of the Gods that could not escape from their game senses would care about enhancing their levels, and fully enjoy it within their hearts.

  “Business type also need to show appropriate results to be evaluated. And if their rank is higher, it will increase the trust to the surroundings. Customers will also increase.”

  “Incidentally, Miach what is you rank?”

  “Fuhaha, it’s H.”

  The recently established, poor funds and small sized is obviously the lowest rank, I.

  are all targets of taxes, without any exception. However, as the rank increases the amount will also rise.

  “I’ll ask you, Hestia. What kind of person is the child in your ?”

  “What now, changing the topic.”

  “Nono, maybe we will have a lasting relationship. It is also the child you chose, I’ve always wanted to know.”

  “……White hair, crimson- eyed, male human. His name is Bell Cranel.”

  “White hair, crimson eyes, is it…… Nnnn, could it be that person?”

  “EH?”

  Stopping the quill from moving across the parchment, Hestia looked up.

  She stared at the direction where Miach was looking at. In the corner of the hall, a white haired human boy was stopped by a guild employee.

  “Bell-kun……”

  “Looks like it is. Hmm……It looks like he handed something over?”

  Under Hestia’s gaze, Bell seems to nervously open the small box and revealed it to the other side. The half elf girl wearing the guild uniform seems to carefully confirm the item inside the box, then say a few phrases to Bell and laughed.<
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  “Giving a girl items, huh. Fufu, your child isn’t bad.”

  “……”

  Hestia continued to look at that scene without responding to Miach’s words.

  Bell, who was blushing, had his nose pressed by the girl and as if he was trying to hide his embarrassment, he bowed down his head.

  (……So that was it.)

  The cold gaze she sent out muttered in her heart.

  In other words, the reason why he was desperately trying to make money and left for the dungeon early was to give a present to this beautiful half-elf girl.

  Hestia’s mood changed dramatically.

  Bell waved his hands while his face was flushed red as he was being played around by the girl, who smiled. The seemingly discontent feelings rapidly built up in Hestia.

  “Hmph.”

  “Eh……? Hestia?”

  “Sorry, Miach. I’ll head back first.”

  Hestia violently handed the completed written documents and submitted it to the counter, apologized to Miach, then she headed out of the guild headquarters by herself. Leaving behind Bell, who did not notice her, and passed through the yard in front of the headquarters.

  (Damn it, it really is unsatisfying……)

  While she walked forward at the North West Main Street Area, Hestia thought to herself.

  Why she felt unsatisfied, she already understood the reason.

  The Goddess was possessive. Not to others, but to Bell.

  Facing her first dependent she obtained ——An existence she had wished for before ——she could not help but be clingy. She had a sensitive reaction for him to follow someone else’s words. She can’t just love the child. Just look at me, hiding such childishness inside my heart.

  Was it because it was Bell so it was like that, Hestia did not know.

  Only faintly, if her first contract wasn’t Bell…if her initial encounter wasn’t with him, she could imagine herself without her heart being in such a mess.

  (Bell-kun, you idiot……)

  As the complex and entwining mixed feelings whirled around, Hestia arrived at her base.

  Entering the depths of the room, she threw herself onto her own bed. She frowned and expressed her emotions by covering herself with her blanket, creating a small, round hill.