by volume 1
“——AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!”
A sudden attack.
“GRAAAAAAAAA!!”
The black blade pierced through the center of the monster’s chest.
Following the sense of touch that came from the hand, that pierced the flesh, what followed was the feeling of something hard being shattered.
The Silverback desperately widened its eyes and crashed onto the ground.
“————!?”
Suppressing the momentum of the sprint also made Bell blown away and flew into the sky.
Restricting the speed and being hit by its recoil was something totally unexpected. In the end, the body that only wished to pierce through its enemy seemed to be like a human cannonball, and drew a parabola in the air.
Soon, he fell onto the ground.
“Gguuu!?”
After rolling on the ground a few turns, he finally stopped. Bell laid on the ground on his back, and moaned a few times and then tried to open his eyes to look at the enemy.
Lying on the road was a Silverback, a dagger was stuck in its chest, time seemed to be stagnant. And finally, the body began to collapse.
The body that had the Magic Stone destroyed began to turn into ashes, and following the wind, it had completely disappeared without leaving a trace.
*CRASH*
“————————!!”
Immediately, sounds of cheers burst out from all directions.
It was the roars of excitement that burst out from the residents of Daedalus Road, who had been watching the battle between Bell and Silverback. It was completely different than before when they were trying to have low exposure and was hiding. They stuck their bodies from the windows and kept cheering. In the corner of this Labyrinth Street, it was filled with enthusiasm that would not lost the coliseum.
Facing the constant praises about himself, from all directions, Bell also revealed a smile in his face.
At least they succeeded. In the depths of the road stood Hestia with a face filled with a glorious smile——Then she fell down onto the ground. Bell watched as the body slumped to the ground.
“Kami-sama!?”
Bell, who was pale, immediately recovered
Then, Bell completely ignored the festive situation. He held her and quickly left the scene under the sounds of applause.
× × ×
“Although I did something bad to Hestia……But, this really makes one jealous.”
From the top of a certain family’s rooftop.
Freya stood in a high-up location where she could see Bell. She whispered.
Her silver eyes gazed at the figure of Bell gently holding Hestia.
Under the clear skies, the goddess seemed to be angry, then she immediately smiled again.
“Congratulations. Although I was slightly unwilling……Fufu, Yes, you were really cool.”
Looking at Bell’s figure, who did not bother to look left and right and immediately headed to the exit, Freya’s eyes were filled with fiery and slightly squinted.
Underneath the sunlight, the silver hair was whipped around by the wind, she also left that place.
“Then until next time——Bell.”
× × ×
“GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?”
The Troll was instantly killed in a single attack.
“Is it over?”
“Yes……”
Following the sound of the silver rapier piercing through the sky, Aizu used a practiced action to place the blade back into its sheath. Looking at the monsters sprawled on the floor, from all directions, the civilians gathered over.
Behind Aizu’s back was a bored Loki. She used her hand to gently stroke her head and sighed.
“These people really do not know how to behave. It is supposed to be a serious situation …… but how should I put it, it seems like they were passionately cheering.”
Indeed. Aizu also agreed with Loki’s views within her heart.
Normally, they were running around trying to prevent the civilians from being injured. But they saw that the monsters completely ignored the civilians. It seems like the monsters were looking for something, and it looked like the monsters were circling the chaotic coliseum.
From the beginning to the end, it felt that they were completely in the grasp of someone.
“Is this all of it?”
“No……There is still one remaining.”
Of the 9 monsters that escaped, currently only one monster was left, which was the Silverback.
To Aizu, these were enemies that she could effortlessly defeat. Loki, who was not motivated, just wanted everything to end faster and began to move her feet. Aizu also honestly followed.
According to the eye-witness information obtained from the civilians that escaped, it headed in the direction of East Main Street.
“Ah? What, is it already over?”
On the main street, people were coming and going, it looks like they were never scared by the monster, everybody seemed to be happy.
In the crowd that formed at the junction, Loki asked around for information.
“Uncle, where’s the monster? What is the situation right now?”
“About that. It seemed that a boy defeated the monster! A friend from Daedalus Road just told this to me. They were chased inside the labyrinth and he finally defeated the monster in one strike.”
“Eh, wait a minute, uncle. That boy, who is it?”
“Eh, it is not a resident from here, I have never seen it before. It was a boy adventurer, with red eyes and white hair……Oh, just like a rabbit!”
“Huh?”
Beside Loki, who was slightly confused, Aizu, who heard this news, trembled slightly.
(White hair……?)
Her heart thought about that person.
In the morning, the figure that she seemed to have seen from above the shop.
Because of her own reasons, and made him get hurt, the white hair boy with a pair of crimson red eyes.
“Excuse me, please let me go ahead.”
The group of people in front was still extremely excited. It seem that the adventurer had already left.
The civilians cheerfully began pushing each other. Loki also felt interested and said “I’ll also come” and immediately ran off to participate in this lively event. Aizu, who was alone, stood there slightly lonely.
She, who was slightly troubled, was determined to get to the end of the crowd and participated in this event.
“——Sorry, please excuse me.”
“!”
At this moment, a boy, who was trying hard to break past the human wall, ran past Aizu.
After passing by, Aizu’s golden eyes followed the boy’s figure.
(……Really)
Aizu watched as the figure, who did not notice her, slowly disappeared.
There was absolutely no mistake. It was the boy that she had rescued from the Minotaur.
(Defeated, a Silverback……?)
Completely unqualified. Although what her Familia members had said was indeed overboard, but in reality, he was still considered a innocent and novice adventurer.
If what Aizu remembered about this boy, to him, currently the Silverback should be an insurmountable existence.
(……Congratulations.)
Once she noticed this, this sentence appeared from her mouth.
It was just a word of blessing to the growth of that boy, who was laughed at by many and was crying tears filled with remorse.
(……)
Aizu was not interested in how he defeated the monster, but.
Aizu thought that no matter what, she stills needs to see him once and apologize
× × ×
BANG, The large door rang as it closed.
Bell rushed over in a panic while looking at Seal, who just came out from the room.
“Nothing is wrong, just a bit of fatigue.”
“F…Fatigue……Eh, Could this mean?”
“Yes, it will not endanger her life.”
The time was already evening.
Bell was currently inside
The commotion caused by the Monster Festival had completely calmed down. The loss was minimized because of the rapid response of Ganesha’s Familia and other organizations including the guild. Not only that, but there seemed to be no casualties or even injuries. So it can be said that the person who had the most serious injury was Bell.
The person that caused the commotion had not been caught. They did not even have the slightest lead on who it was. The Ganesha’s Familia’s and the guild members that came into contact with the criminal, seemed to have had magic casted on them by a magician because they could not remember anything. Thus, they do not know what the criminal did and the matter ended this way.
After allowing Hestia to sleep, Bell was talking with Seal on this wooden corridor on the second floor of the bar.
“That’s really great……She suddenly fell down, so I was extremely worried.”
“Fufu, it must be hard for you, Bell-kun.”
Facing Bell, who was almost out of strength, Seal smiled slightly and apologized using a gentle voice.
“I am really sorry about today. Because I forgot to bring my purse, so that I caused you to be involved in this disaster……”
“N…No, there is absolutely no such thing. It was absolutely not Seal-san’s fault!”
Looking at the frantic Bell, Seal-san also began to feel extremely guilty, but then her face slowly relaxed. Bell, seeing the change in her face, also felt at ease.
“But, in this commotion, there were rumors spreading amongst the people on the street. A certain adventurer, isn’t that the courageous Bell-kun.”
“Eh……”
“I also believe this, in fact, I saw the battle scene of Bell-kun against the monster……”
“It was nothing courageous. I was constantly being hit so I fled everywhere. In front of that monster, I did not have the courage to fight ……”
Bell seemed to be embarrassed while he explained the situation, his shoulders also constantly shrugged.
Seal, seeing Bell like this, could not help but laugh, her dark gray hair also shook.
“Despite this, weren’t you still cool?”
“Eh?”
“……Although it was somewhat sloppy and rough, but Bell-kun, who courageously stood against the monster……completely captivated me.”
While she said this, she suddenly approached and used her hand to cover the ear, and whispered these gentle words through my ears. Bell could not help but widen his eyes.
Seal left the side of Bell, her face seemed to be dyed red due to the sunlight, and following was a charming smile.
“The shop called for my help. So I’ll leave first!”
“Yes, O…Okay……”
“You can go to the bed and relax for a while, that is okay. So Bell-kun, I’ll see you later.”
After witnessing Seal leaving from the corridor, Bell could only tilt his head to the side with a expressionless expression.
“Was I being played……”
The mischievous expression and those fiery pair of eyes. Bell did not know whether or not to believe in it, and tried to quell the heat on his face, then he headed towards Hestia’s room.
I should let her relax for a while longer, looking at the handle of the door, Bell was silently in a dilemma.
Bang, Hearing what seemed to be a blunt sound of falling to the ground, the thing that he was thinking of happened.
“!?”
Bell rushed into the room, what greeted him was the figure of Hestia that seemed to have rolled down from the bed.
Her cheeks was glued to the floor, and it was extremely disgraceful. Perhaps she had fallen directly onto the floor in a bizarre position.
Bell could not help but cry out. He swiftly ran over to her location and kneeled with both legs and held up the petite body.
“K…Kami-sama!? What is it? What had just happened!?”
“Ahhh, Bell-kun……No, I originally planned to stand up, but I could not use any strength……”
“Could not use any strength……I did hear that you were fatigued. What have you been doing the past few days?”
Fuuu, the tiny eyes of the goddess seemed to become hidden.
“Dogeza!”
“What is Dogeza?”
“I bowed down and did not move in front of a stubborn goddess, it lasted for 30 hours……”
“T…Thirty hours……!? Dogeza, could it be some sort of torture?”
“No, it is an ultimate technique. Dogeza is an final ultimate technique……”
Facing Hestia, who seemed to be talking nonsense and was constantly talking about this ultimate technique, Bell could not help but feel cold sweat.
“But why do you have to do such a thing……Didn’t Kami-sama head over to a Banquet!?”
“……This”
“Eh?”
Hestia’s awkward hands reached out to Bell’s waist and took out the pitched-black dagger. Ah, Bell finally understood. It was about this weapon, Bell had never heard Kami-sama explain about it.
How did this dagger come into her hands, he was about to ask when——He took a deep breathe.
In the corner of the dagger’s sheath, Bell noticed <Ήφαιστος>, a similar Sacred Text that was engraved on it.
——Hephaestus.
In this case, it was needless to ask and he would still understand.
This sign, it should be the same sign that appeared in Hephaestus’s shop that he should not have the opportunity to have in his entire life.
“K…Kami-sama, this is……”
“I’m sorry, I made you worry……But, I, felt that it was painful to just watch. I do not want to feel that as I was dependent …… Just being helped out by someone, it feels extremely uncomfortable.”
Bell’s hand trembled as he held onto the handle of the dagger. Hestia placed the dagger slowly back into its sheath.
When you look at it now, it was a completely black blade.
A dagger that did not have any curvature, compared to the dagger he was using, the qualitative difference could be seen. What was engraved onto the body of the blade was small text, but it was also genuine
From the tip of the blade to the end, it was a dagger that had the same color as Hestia’s hair. It gave off a shining purplish-red light while it was in Bell’s hand, and looked like as if it was a baby breathing.
“I knew. You would always look at the showcase in Hephaestus’s shop numerous times. Although this is not the weapon you want, but this dagger is the only one in this world, isn’t it amazing?”
“This, but, this……Isn’t Hephaestus’s weapons extremely expensive……Money, How……!?”
“Don’t worry, I already discussed it with her.”
“Not only his voice, even Bell’s eyes were slightly erratic.
Hestia still had a tired expression, but looking at Bell made her felt at ease and smiled at him.
“Didn’t you want to become stronger?”
“!”
“Didn’t I say I will help you? At least this point, I can still help.”
“T……This……”
“Regardless of who, regardless of what, I am the person who wanted to become your strength the most. After all……I really like you.”
“……!”
Bell’s eyes began to spill large tears.
Hestia’s face was also embarrassed to the extent where it turned pink, but it still had an overflowing smile.
“No matter what, I will let you rely on me. It
isn’t a problem. No matter what they say, I am still your Goddess, right?”
Bell already could not endure it.
He broke down in tears and hugged Hestia tightly.
“Kami-sama!!”
Like a child, Bell continued to hug the petite body.
“Hey Hey, the blade is pulled out, it is very dangerous right?”
Her chest felt very warm. As she was saying this, Hestia also placed her hands behind Bell’s back.
Accepting the hug that came from Bell, who was a lot larger than her, and buried her fingers into his snow-like hair. Sounds of sobbing and crying rang in her ears.
To this boy, that was behaving badly and crying because he couldn’t conceal his own feelings, Hestia loved him dearly more than anyone else.
(Ahh, Very good……)
Although it was a little slow, but being slow doesn’t mean it isn’t smart. But to this boy, she was still a goddess. Although it was because of his recklessness that he became this strong.
However, if it was for this child, being slightly reckless isn’t that bad right?
Just when Hestia, who was enjoying this happy occasion, thought about this.
(At least we are both mutual in our love.)
Finally, in the end, she gorgeously made a mistake again.
[Bell Cranel]
Affiliation: [Hestia’s Familia]
Headquarters: A Church’s Hidden Room
Race: Human
Class: Adventurer
Achieved Floor: 6th Floor
Weapon: Dagger Money: 7100 Varisu
Guild supply item. It’s strength is at the lowest level.
Bell bought it together with the defense equipment. Total Cost 8600 Varisu. Because weapon and defense equipment requires money to maintain, thus he spent half a month to clear his debt.
Status
Lv. 1
Strength: E403 Endurance: H199 Dexterity: E412 Agility: D521 Magic: I0
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[Single-Minded Pursuit]
Accelerates Growth.
Effects last as long as his feelings are unchanged
Effects are determined by the strength of his feelings
35 Year Loan, 420 Installment.