"...."
if a Needle was dropped in the inn, it can be heard, since no one has breathed any air for a few seconds...
".... Hahahahaha!!!" it was then a voice rang through the inn, "Hahaha! Boy you got this loud wolf good" everyone looked towards the source and saw Mama Mia laughing like no other day
"Muahahaha!" yet another laugh was followed and was none other than the redhead flat goddess, "Hahahaha! Bete, he burned your furry ass, hahahaha!"
Then followed by others of Loki's Familia snickers and giggles, even Riveria had to hold her stomach and stop herself from laughing as it would affect her image as a dignified high elf, But other from Loki party wasn't the same
"Hohoho! I like ya lad! Ya got guts, I'll give ya that" a middle-aged dwarf laughed heartily, as he fills his mouth with his alcohol
"hehehe, you aren't only cute, but funny" a flat amazonian giggled, even her strict older twin sister couldn't help herself from chucking at the Bete's misfortune
"BASTARD!!" finally Bete woke up from his shock, with boiling red face from anger, he rushed towards Bell who was drinking calmly, "I beat the crap out of yer ass!" in mere seconds was near Bell who just smiled at him
"Bete wait!!" a young-looking blond boy said in hurry,"Ais! Stop him!" even without him telling, Ais was already on the run, she didn't know why, but she finds Bell pleasing her eye, so she didn't want for Bete to make cripple.
"Bell-san! Run away! He is level 5 adventure!" Syr, who was near Bell, screamed with worry, and her eye color switched to Violet briefly, without anyone noticing
Mama Mia at first wanted to intervene since she liked the lad's spirit, but seeing him so relaxed, made her stop and so what will he do with interest
Bell who was oblivious to everyone's thoughts on him saw Bete rush to his setting and merely took something from his pouch and sprayed it towards and activate a skill he created while Bete was talking shit about him
Bete couldn't even care about Bell spraying at him and sneered, "HAHA, I don't know nor care what your tricks are, I hope you have a lot of healing potions for what I'll do to you, weakli-" Bete's words stuck in his throat, Bete in his blind anger state inhaled the gas that sprayed on him at reflex and stopped on his tracks!
"Ugh! What the hell you made me smell! Basta-ugh!" Bete cursed and something come on out from his mouth and was knocked out cold
"See, I told you, a dog will be a dog" Bell laughed lightly at Bete's situation.
"Bete!" Ais, who was running wanting to stop Bete, yelled and check on Bete, "ugh! You... stink!"
Riveria came over while closing her nose and checked on Bete, seeing him his just fine, sighed in relief, and looked at Bell, her eyes rather than showing hostility, was only filled with curiosity and had strange light in them, she said softly, "First, I would like to apologize on behalf on our Familia, we are supposed to set an example to young adventurers, not showing this disgrace...please forgive us." she said with a sincere tone
Bell just smiled, "No one got hurt, except him...well not really, he is fine." Bell shrugged, and River sighed in relief, and asked, "Can I ask you, what did you do to him? Forgive me for underestimating you, But Bete is a level 5 Veteran adventurer, and If my senses aren't wrong, you are less than a level 3 adventurer."
"Impressive, Miss Jade beauty, I'm level 1" Bell chuckled and Riveria coughed with a blush, "Please don't call me that... Call me Riveria."
"Then Riveria-san," Bell smiled and decide not to tease her anymore and continued, "it's simple actually, I sprayed at him a very ...flavored cocktail, and using his strong senses and above that his race advantages, so he was hit with that, and in his state of anger he ignored that and well... you see the result." Bell chuckled, and smiled at Bete's state, even the flies near him died from the smell
'Well, I lied a bit' Bell thought with amusement, Bell made this cocktail earlier to kill insects, he learned the recipe from his previous dive because Richard had to sleep in jungles frequently, and since the church wasn't exactly clean, he didn't think he would use it in this situation, but even with the strong cocktail, Bete high-level stats, and His exponential sense of smell, isn't enough to knock him cold, so what Bell did?
[Senses Overdrive rank D, cost: 2000, select a target with overdrive one sense for 10 seconds, cooldown: 4 hours]
He gained 3000 LP from the food, which was a treat,' seriously, what's wrong with this asshole?' Bell thought, 'He was talking shit all night, and couldn't handle a small comeback, I bet his ding dong down there isn't working, so he put his frustration on others' Bell snickered at the thought
"I see..." Riveria's eyes filled with understanding, "Using his sense and racial abilities against him..." the jade-haired elf beauty looked at Bell with new light,' His demeanor is vastly different from what I heard about, his body language, facial expression, even his eyes, everything about him doesn't scream newbie at all' Riveria analyzed, 'From start to end, he didn't show any panicking, only unspoken self-confident...how very curious' her curiosity about Bell increased many folds
"Hahaha! Boy, I like ya, hey, wanna join my Familia?" Loki looked at the scene with keenly opened eyes which are usually closed and said with her trademark smile, causing her Familia's members and the adventurers' eyes to widen
"This lad is very lucky! How envious"
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"Ugh! Maybe I should have trash-talked about that asshole, he always made fun of me"
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"Hahaha! Unlike you, that lad is cute and smart, you are ugly and stupid."
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"Haaah?? wanna fight bastard?!"
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"Haha, show me your guts"
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"I already have a Goddess, thank you for your invitation thought," Bell said ignoring the noise and without beating an eye, which made the adventurers laugh at him
"maybe he isn't so smart after all, hahahaha!"
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"Yeah! What an idiot!"
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"Tch, if you don't want it, let me have it"
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the nearby adventure ridiculed and cursed at Bell for his stupidity, but Bell couldn't care less about extras opinions, and shrugged.
Loki looked at Bell with narrowed eyes,"Are you sure? I don't make this offer every day for anyone, you know...and I don't like who rejects me too..." she said with a kind of threatening tone.
Bell didn't buy her words and said, "My goddess accepted me where no one did, I'm not someone who abandoned people who did right to me, especially my goddess." Bell said with a matching Loki's tone and look
The staring continued for a few seconds and Loki break eye contact and said with her easygoing smile, "Woah tiger, I was joking, hahahaha, you should have seen your face, the mixture of your serious look and cute face is such ladykiller, I almost fall, hahahaha, sadly only Ais-tan hold my heart, Right Ais~tan!!" Loki jumped on Ais who was nearby and wanted to hug touch a few unexplored places, But a punch fell on her head, "stop it...pervert" Ais muttered and carried knocked Loki on her back like a sack of potato
"I'm sorry for my goddess and again my teammate behavior." the previous child-looking handsome blonde stole Bell's attention and looked at the short adventurer, "And you are?" Bell asked
"Sorry, forget to tell you my name." he chuckled and smiled, "the name is Finn, Loki's Familia's captain" he extended his tiny hand, which Bell shook and smiled, "Bell Cranel, Hestia's Familia's captain."
'Wait, Hestia?' Loki, who was pretending to be passing out to enjoy Ais rough carrying thought, 'Tch, that chibbi tits got a good seed, I must tease her next time we meet...isn't God's banquet event will be very soon? Hehe...' Loki laughed in her mind
"I'll remember your name, Bell-Kun, we wasted enough time here, so we will take our leave, let's cross paths again." Finn smiled and collect his members
"hehe, Bell! Visit us sometimes!" the flat Amazonian, whose name is Tiona giggled and waved her hand to him, Tione next to her nodded at him for giving Bete a taste of humiliation, and dragged her sister with her.
"Sure." Bell laughed lightly at the twin's behavior and gave Ais who was looking at him a smile, "is there something, Ais-san?"
Ais gave a Bell deep look as if trying to say something but didn't know what or how, she shook her head, "nothing...see you later..." she took Loki and left with her Familia into their mansion.
Bell looked at their leaving figures and smiled wryly at Ais's behavior, 'Maybe she doesn't know her true nature...or maybe she does, I need more information...' Bell thought, But the tapping on his shoulder woke him up, he looked up and saw excited Syr
"Bell-san! You were amazing! Not only you knocked out a level 5 adventurer! But you stood up against Loki-sama and refused her offer! You are so cool!" Syr said with stars in her eyes
"Mm!! You did mister! The way you were drinking without caring about the world was so Badass!" A brunette catgirl said with similar excitement
"*heavy breathing* hehehe, the look on his face while talking to Goddess Loki...hehehehe *heavy breathing* *drool* ahhh~, "a black-haired cat girl said while being in some kind of heat...
"Syr, Anya, Chloe! Stop disturbing him! Especially you Chloe! You're drooling! Snap out of it!" a human maid said with a strict yet kind tone, "Please forgive them, master."
"Haha, there is no harm, miss..."
"Lunoire, that's my name, Master" she bowed and lifts her skirt
"No need to call me master, just call me Bell." he scratches his cheek in wryly smile
"That's can't be, Master, in this establishment, you are the master, and I'm the maid!" she said with no negotiation look
Bell shook his head, and felt stare at him, he looked up and saw an elf with blond hair looking at him, as if she was thinking about something
"hmm? Ryuu? Why are you giving Bell-chan those stares, did you fall for him?" Anya said with a dumb look
Ryuu snapped out of it and coughed, "I'm sorry Cranel-san, I was out of my mind...I was miles away..." Ryuu bowed and said an apology
"It's fine, Ryuu-san? Can I call you that?" He didn't ask Ryuu to change her way of calling him, he felt she would give him a similar reply to Lunoire.
"I don't mind it."
"Thanks."
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some awkward silence fill between the two and Bell coughed, "ahem, my goddess must sweating bucks thinking why I'm late, I must excuse myself Now, I left the bill and some tip for you all, it's not much, but that's what I can give for now." Bell waved his hand and left the inn in hurry.
"Yay! thank you!" Anya waved her hand to the departing Bell, and Syr looked at Ryuu with worry, "Do you feel unwell, Ryuu?"
"I'm fine...maybe I'm just tired..." Ryuu shook her head and smiled, But her mind was thinking about something..' I'm not someone who abandoned people who did right to me, especially my goddess...' Bell's words kept repeating in Ryuu's head, 'what should I do...'
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Bell on the other hand was scolded by his goddess for taking so long without telling her and had to coax her using sweat words and lap pillows as payback