章 3: A Calm life.
[Third-Person POV]
"Welcome- Oh it's Mister Cranel!"
"Ah you're that girl who gave me that magic stone."
A few days ago after he minotaur incident Toji was on his was to the dungeon for the first time and as he passed by the Hostess one of the waitresses tried fooling him by telling him he dropped a magic stone, he figured that this was a way for them to get customers and he was right as Syr tried to fool him by saying that he dropped it.
Well after a few minutes of talking he 'Promised' he would eat at the pub the next day which was a lie since it took him exactly 4 days to do so.
"Here I was beginning to think you had forgotten about your promise!"
"Ah sorry about that some things just came up...."
"Well I never did introduce myself, my names Syr Flova!"
With a slight now and a tug of her waitress uniform Syr bowed, Toji was surprised on how well she was acting if it weren't for the fact that he was an experienced Hit Man and had his heavenly restriction. He wouldn't have been able to see the slight imperfections she had with her constant excitement despite looking all calm.
But other than that she was acting like a normal girl, so Toji placed her on his mental keep an eye on list.
"Well then I'm hungry so I guess I'll take you up on your offer on eating here!"
BANG!
The big plate of spaghetti with weird sauce and toppings wasn't what Toji expected when Syr said she was gonna order him the special, eating in so many Takoyaki shops and Ramen stands made him realized how big actual specials were in different restaurants.
"You're Syr's friend huh?, your pretty cute for an adventurer!"
"Please don't call me cute Miss mia."
"Call me Mama Mia!"
He honestly didn't know whether to be thankful or resentful with the food Infront of him, sure he needed to fatten his body up to hopefully get a growth spurt and have some muscle in but 300 Valis for a big plate of noodles and 200 for a drink was too steep.
He was about to dig in before another bang sounded and behold he was met with the sight of a fried Catfish.
"So I'm guessing this is the actual Special...."
"That's right just for 850 Valis!, you're young do dig in!" With that Mama Mia walked away with a big smile leaving Toji alone with his meal, only to be interrupted by a laughing Syr .
"Are you having fun?"
"If you call loosing 1250 Valis to something I can get for 400 at the market then no."
"Pfft- Sorry, but that means I'll be paid well tonight won't I?"
Toji could respect the hustle but if it was him being hustled it was taking all his effort to not throw the fork he had directly at her face, even so he took a bite of the cat fish and was surprised on how juicy it was. He of course heard Syr monologuing about the different type of people int he pub but he could care less as he was focused on finishing his meal until he was interrupted by the sudden loud yell from the cat girl waitress.
"Customers with Reservation's have arrived!"
With that she moved away to reveal a flat chested red headed followed by some short blonde two tanned sisters, a gray haired young man with ears a green haired elf and an old dwarf with another elf right beside him. And last was a Blonde with a white piece of 'clothing' that did her any favors.
'What's up with kids and skimpy clothing.'
Back in his past life he was a Thirty year old man from Japan a places where not having enough clothing meant you were easy and loose, but now in another world filled with monsters and a dungeon where adventures fight for a living he didn't get why people in their casual clothing would dress so easily despite their strength.
Even back then all his clothing were durable enough to not be torn by a grade 1 curse and even in this world he had a layer of chainmail under his gear, something light and flexible that it wouldn't hinder his current speed.
"Damn the Loki Familia is filled with so many hottie's!"
"Shush they can hear you, Ainz!"
Toji could hear the constant blabbering and oogling the other customers were making how stupid could they be to say all that stuff around people stronger than them, but Toji paid no mind to the supposed second strongest Familia and continued eating his meal. He didn't and never cared about the hierarchy since he knew no matter how strong they were it was always the same cocky attitude, and when faced with someone like him they would be left confused on why they couldn't do anything.
'The only exception is that Gojo brat, Tsk.'
No matter how many times he didn't admit it he may or may not have a minor case of PTSD thanks to the Gojo brat, he would wake up at random times of the night grabbing the side of his body to check if it was still there and it was getting annoying.
"Bell were you even listening?"
"Huh, Yeah totally."
"Humph!"
Toji ignored Syr's attempt of being angry and focused on his food, he didn't know who cooked the meal and he didn't care personally for him it has too many flavors. He's read books back at guild about the various races around the world and was sure that if someone with the taste of a beastman were to eat this they would be overwhelmed with the amount of flavor there was on a single strand of spaghetti.
"Y-You're really focused on that spaghetti huh..."
Syr couldn't help but look at the plate of spaghetti and feel jealous, of course seeing this Toji couldn't help but look at her like she was insane but nonetheless he quickly ate his meal and left for the church after 'promising' Syr he would come again the next day
Which was of course was a blatant lie Toji believe Sye would fall for.
[DanMachi: Restricted Under Heaven]
Some moments from the canon show like the obvious Bete bullying Bell scene, Toji isn't Bell even if he was taunted he would be used to it being the failure of the Zenin Clan and all that. I've also been rewatching the anime to get more of a feel on this and not put it in hiatus after three chapter's
[DanMachi: Restricted Under Heaven]
"So listen to me Bell, while I'm gone for a few days don't you got flirting with any girls!"
Toji could only stare with a deadpan expression at his so called Goddess, apparently she was gonna attend some sort of Banquet by the Ganesha Familia before being gone for a few days.
"You're the boss goddess."
He on the other hand was gonna spend another day in the dungeon and farm for more money, he honestly didn't expect anything from the dungeon but he had to bring enough supplies to last for a whole day as he was gonna spend the next 24 hours inside the dungeon. Specifically the twelfth floor hoping to Encounter an infant dragon to get enough money to buy better weapons.
Since as much as Toji doesn't want to admit it, his current gear was utter crap even the Katana he bought was barely anything special as after only three days of use it had already begun cracking. It wasn't the first time he's worked with gear below his strength, he's also read about the disadvantage's of using a high level weaponed as a level 1 so he's been intentionally buying barely passable gear to get all the benefits of killing each monster.
"Be careful in the dungeon Bell!"
Toji watched the figure of Hestia disappear amongst the crowd, he sighed one more time before heading at the opposite direction towards the dungeon avoiding the path to the Hostess on purpose to make sure he didn't encounter Syr.
"Oh what a coincidence, to think I'd meet you here during my delivery!"
'Coincidence my ass.'
Yet due to some 'Coincidence' he met up with Syr as he was approaching the fountain where adventurer's gathered to hire supporters, and Syr happened to be here delivering an order that turned out to be canceled so now here she was giving him free food.
"I don't buy it."
"E-Eh?"
"Your pub's food may be too flavorful for my liking but any normal person would find it delicious, so to order a meal and then have it cancelled at the last second of delivery definitely doesn't make sense."
Toji just looked at Syr with a deadpan expression observing her actions, there was the subtle twitches of annoyance a normal person wouldn't see but he was different.
"Fie you got me...."
Syr gripped the 'order' she had on her hand before biting her lower lip as she looked Toji with a complicated gaze.
"The truth is I wanted to give you this when you go into the dungeon but I was too shy, so Anya told me her plan for me to give it to you...."
"Ah so that's it?"
"Mhm..."
Toji expected something serious but of all the things he didn't expect her to just be a love struck girl who wanted to give him what he would consider back in Japan a bento lunch, sighing he took the container from her surprising Syr.
"Just don't make up some excuse to give me this, thanks for the food."
"S-Sure!"
Toji walked away waving Syr goodbye as he cracked the container just a bit allowing him to smell it, and instead of the usual multiple spices he would smell from the dishes back at the Hostess. It actually smelled basic which he wondered if Syr had something to do with that.
"Who the hell am I to reject free food."
And so for the next twenty four hours Toji did nothing but kill monsters until he reached the twelfth floor where he encountered something he was hoping for.
"RUN ITS A INFANT DRAGON!"
"GODDAMN IT!"
"GET THE MAGIC STONES BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU IDIOT'S!"
Toji calmly walked passed fleeing adventurer's as he made his way to the source of all the commotion, a large orange infant 'dragon'
"This thing looks more like a Comodo Dragon reject..."
Toji had seen drawn images in the books provided by the guild, he expected something large like what Geto used to attack him but instead he was met with something disappointing.
"Well money is money, this things core is worth thirty thousand."
Toji had read a lot about all the monsters in the dungeon, it was a habit he picked up being a hitman he would always read up on his foe before fighting them. He knew that arrows wouldn't work against it so the best way to approach it was to blitz through.
WHOOSH-
Toji disappeared from his position leaving only a cloud of dust as he blitz to the infant dagger with his Katana in hand, it's eyes turned towards him and roared as it began to charge at him head first.
'This things skull is harder than a boulder, I don't go the weapon to break it so I'll aim for the vitals.'
And aimed for the vitals Toji did, he gripped the Katana with his right hand before stabbing it in the Infant dragons left eye. He of course used its momentum to cut through a good chunk of it's side, but as he was about to reach the base of it's neck his Katana snapped.
The Infant dragon took this as a chance to try and hit Toji with it's tail but all Toji did in response was smirk as he held the snapped Katana and jammed it further into the dragon, specifically it's heart.
"SCREEEEEE-!"
It's piercing scream echoed through the walls as it flailed around, it was common knowledge that if a monsters core wasn't destroyed they would live. But Toji needed the core in perfect condition for the best amount of money so he went with the long and tiresome way of always attacking monsters in other vital areas like their brain, heart and lungs.
The infant dragon flailed around trying to get Toji to loosen his grip on the Katana, but all this did was make the Sorcerer Killer smile as he pushed it in deeper.
"N-No way!"
Finally one of the fleeing adventurer's stopped to turn around to see what all the commotion was, and all they saw was the sight of Toji gutting the Infant dragon like a fish to get it's hide, teeth and core.
"O-Oi he's gotta be a Level 2 right!?"
"Even a level two would have a hard time dealing with an infant dragon!"
"If he's a level three how come I don't recognize him!?"
The adventurer's watching looked at Toji in fear, respect and greed, if he fought a Infant dragon on his own it meant he was tired so some tried to step in and take the chance to jump Toji. But all they saw was the crazed smile oj his face as he looked at those who were planning to do so.
"Ho?, do you guys have the balls?"
They infact did not as Toji walked passed them with everything he scrapped off the Infant dragon on his shoulders, the adventurer's were thinking about him being a monster who still had stamina after fighting an infant dragon while Toji himself was more focused on what he was gonna do for breakfast as he had spent an entire twenty-four hours inside the dungeon.
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