Walking The Wrong Path

Untitled Part 11

Bell just pointed his thumb at Rochelle who shrunk a bit, "meet my contracted blacksmith. I found her blades in a shop and was impressed by them."

Hephaistos just looked at Bell and then at Rochelle before sighing, "what is it with you and your magnetic force of attraction to girls?" Tsubaki stifled a giggle like a true child in an adult's body. While, Bell tilted his head in confusion.

"Well... I can't say I agree with your usage of cursed gear, but if you want my services it'll cost you deeply." Hephaistos looked with one eye to Bell.

"I need your help with this. both of yours. How much do you predict the weapon is gonna cost, I want both a holy aspect from you and a cursed aspect from her, if possible. It feels like it can balance out to create something impossible." Bell mused.

"w-what? You want someone like me to work with Hephaistos sama? I can't, not with my shameful skills." Rochelle spoke in a monotonous voice.

"Stop putting yourself down like that. The reason I won that fight with Evilus is thanks to your weapons, besides this will be a good learning experience that you will never be able to get with Goibniu." Bell continued before turning to Hephaistos, he stood and bowed deeply, "please. I will pay off anything. even if it takes forever to do it. This is the important bit of Welf's research into weapons that I have, I need to test it. At least in his name."

Hephaistos cracked out a small smile. bell now a spitting image of Hestia when she was begging for a knife for Bell.

"alright alright. I will see what I can do, but you need to tell me about the weapon first."

Bell went onto explain his hypothesis, the weapons model, Hephaistos looked like someone got a house and threw it at her head.

"I can't even begin to say where the things can go wrong." Tsubaki sighed.

"Do you realise what you are proposing? if I mess up even one step the entire plan is scratched. It will turn into the biggest mistake of the century." Hephaistos said.

"I don't mind, besides that's the reason I am telling the two best blacksmiths I know to work together." Bell smiled as Rochelle had a tinge of red on her stoic face.

"Hey what about me?" Tsubaki asked pouting.

"If I told you to work on this. You would just play around to mess with me. Long story short, You, Tsubaki, cannot be trusted." Bell said driving Tsubaki into a corner, who just proceeded to stomp out of the room.

"Can I trust Rochelle to also make an armor set as well?" Bell said as Rochelle nodded. "Now, I'll go and train a bit into the dungeon."

"ok, fine. You girl, Rochelle was it? Come with me, we got a lot of work to do. A kind warning for you though Bell," Hephaistos said as she turned, "It will be really really expensive." she said with a smile. Bell just nodded and proceeded to go into the dungeon.

Time skip of the match day

Bell had been in the dungeon for extended periods of times. No matter how many times he check up on Rochelle, she was never outside. She was always in the forge with Hephaistos.

"Brat, let me give yer a status update." Loki said with a smile. As Bell sat down and lifted his shirt. "so how sure are ya that yer gonna win?"

"I dunno. Feels like a solid 50-50 now," Bell said.

"Well from how much ya had, I'd say its enough for now. Just don't embarrass me, Bell." Loki said, acting responsibly for once.

Status:

Bell Cranel level 6

Title: Dark Prince

Str: 0-400