[POV: Lefiya]
"Ha!"
I suddenly found myself opening my eyes to an unfamiliar ceiling.
Then at the same time, I saw Riveria and Aiz standing beside me.
"Lefiya, you woke up, are you okay?"
Riveria walked to me and pressed my forehead.
"Riveria-sama... what happened to me?"
I couldn't remember anything.
The last thing I remember is when Bell fights the minotaur.
And at that time I was casting magic.
(Did I fail my magic?!)
"Bell?!"
I tried to get up from the bed but Riveria stopped me.
"Don't worry, the kid is alive, he's sleeping right now."
I breathed a sigh of relief after I heard that Bell is safe.
Then I realized that Aiz is staring dagger at me.
Her face is the same flat as always, but she is staring at me nonstop.
"Umm, Aiz-san? What's wrong?"
"Lefiya... Um..."
An uneasy silence suddenly filled us as Aiz looked at me with an uncomfortable look.
D-Did I do something bad?
I tilted my head to Riveria, but she also tilted her head.
At that time, suddenly the door in front of us opened.
The person who came out of the door is someone familiar to me.
"Artemis-sama"
I called out to her
"Lefiya seems like you are alright"
She waved at me then nodded at Riveria.
"Once again, I would like to express my gratitude for saving Bell, Loki familia"
"Don't worry about it, it's just natural to save other adventurers."
Riveria said with a calm face.
"No, without you guys, Bell might not have survived by now. I know that much. And you saved Bell not once, but twice."
"No, Goddess Artemis, that is not quite right." Riveria shook her head at what Goddess Artemis just said.
"Eh?"
"Without our help, this time the boy would probably win by himself."
"Bell will? But you said that Bell fought a minotaur, As much as I don't know much about the dungeon but I understand that a level 1 adventurer won't be able to best minotaur."
"Yes, but he still managed to defeat it and I'm sure it impressed not just me, but everyone who watched him, right Aiz?"
Aiz nodded at Riveria's words.
"It was... amazing."
" You are?"
"I'm Aiz wallenstein."
"...! I see, so you're..."
"?"
Artemis widened her eyes as she saw Aiz, in response Aiz tilted her head in confusion.
Does Goddess Artemis know Aiz-san? As expected of Aiz, she is really famous.
"No, never mind... I see... so he grew up that much."
"...What is the secret behind his strength?"
The room became quiet as the goddess's eyes became sharp as she glared at Aiz.
"A-Aiz-san?"
"O-Oi, Aiz, you're being rude to goddess Artemis. Sorry, goddess Artemis."
Both of us quickly retorted to the sudden word from Aiz.
Goddess Artemis just stared at her before she finally opened her lips
"Haa... since you guys saved Bell and brought him back to me, I guess I'm indebted to you all. Does seeing his status fine to you?"
"Is it okay...?"
"I'm about to update his status anyway, sorry but you have to be satisfied with his previous status."
"T-Thank you"
"Don't worry, think of this as repayment."
"Geez... this kid"
Riveria let out a relieved sigh.
"Wait for me here"
Just after Goddess Artemis left the room, Riveria opened her mouth
"Aiz, listen, this time we're saved because Goddess Artemis feels indebted to us, but you should never do that again to other familia, this is related to their secret after all."
"I-I... understand"
Riveria then let out a small sigh and smiled.
"Well, I understand that you are curious. Anyone will also do it after they saw that fight."
"Umm... did Bell really win?"
Both of them then turned to me
"Lefiya, you don't really remember what happened?"
"Yes... I remember I was reciting my magic... but after that, I cannot remember anything else."
"I see... It can't be helped, The boy did kill the minotaur, and alone on top of that."
"B-Bell did? But that's...!"
"In reality, it happened, there's no choice but to accept this fact."
"O-Okay..."
H-HOW?!
The door opened once again while I was thinking.
Goddess Artemis returned with a piece of paper in her hand.
"Before I show it to you three, will you promise me one thing?"
Riveria looked at both of us before nodding at Goddess Artemis.
"Good, I don't mind showing this to the three of you, but only you three should know this fact, and no one else, not even Loki or Freya at all cost, at least for now."
The moment Goddess Artemis said that a question appeared in my mind.
Goddess Freya? What does the goddess of beauty have to do with Bell?
"Goddess Artemis, I promise only the three of us shall know what you will show to us."
"Good, I trust your word"
Goddess Artemis hands out the paper to Riveria.
The moment Riveria take a look at the paper, she widened her eyes. Then after a moment, she burst into laughter.
Eh? What happened?!
Aiz-san also tilted her head in confusion.
"E-Eh? Riveria-sama?"
"Goodness, It's faster to look."
She gave the paper to Aiz, I leaned my body towards Aiz and took a peek at the paper.
"W..hat is this?"
What was written in the paper shocked me.
Bell Cranel
Lvl 1
Aside from his endurance which is SSS all his statuses are marked as SS.
I turned my head towards Goddess Artemis, and she nodded in response.
"Even his mother was surprised when she saw this. I never saw something like this before, She said."
"A-Amazing..."
I could stare look at the paper in disbelief, there I noticed that the bottom of the paper is in weird condition, and it only show Bell's status, I could not find
"Goddess, this paper...?"
"Ah, I ripped the rest of it. As expected I can't show it, please understand."
"I-Its okay, right? Riveria-sama!"
"Yes, as expected we won't pry further as that is your familia's secret... Aiz?"
I tilted my head towards Aiz, and instantly my mouth opened itself at the same moment.
"A-Aiz-san?"
The Aiz that I knew to be emotionless normally is now glaring at the paper with a bewildered face.
Her hand is trembling which makes the paper itself shake greatly.
"H-How...?" With a hoarse voice, she looked at Goddess Artemis while throwing a question at her.
Goddess Artemis smiled instead this time.
"How is never the question right? Child of Loki. If you want to understand the source of his strength, you should ask why."
?!
"Why does he want to get stronger? For what purpose? Humans are dazzling to us, deities.
Unlike us who never changed, you all will change with just a small trigger. If you really wanted to know how he can get stronger in just a blink of an eye, you should first know for what purpose."
[Pov Lefiya: End]
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A young boy is now running as fast as he can in the Mainstreet.
His destination is the guild. He ran with an energetic smile on his face.
That boy has white hair and rubellite eyes.
Bell Cranel, an adventurer who just defeated mino
With excitement, he opened the door and saw the person he wanted to talk with.
That person is standing in front of the desk and just finished talking with a bulky man with a lot of muscle in his body.
He left with a smile while carrying a bag of gold in his hand.
On the other hand, his talking partner released a sigh.
"Eina-san!"
"Ah, Bell-kun."
"Eina-san Eina-san! You know!"
"What's wrong? You're more excited than usual."
Eina smiled bitterly as she asked me.
(This might be a pain in the ass) thought her as she kept her smile.
"I levelled up to level 2!"
"I see that's g-Huh?"
Eina's smile instantly froze as she looked at
(E-Eh? What did I hear just now?)
"B-Bell-kun? ...Sorry but what did you just say?"
In contrast to the guild lady that asked with a stiff face and trembling voice, the boy answered with a wide smile on his face.
"I just levelled up to level 2!"
(W-Wait... Level 2? Isn't bell just... 1...2...3...)
"L-LEVEL 2?! AND JUST IN 1 MONTH?"
Eina, let out the biggest voice she could in the last few years since she started working here.
Her loud voice attracted the attention of everyone around inside the guild, guild receptionists, and a lot of adventurers, they instantly looked at both of them with a curious gazes.
"L-Level 2... 1 month?"
"No way, that must be a mistake, it is impossible"
Eina realized the mistake she just made as she hurriedly bowed her head.
"S-Sorry! I shouldn't have spoken out loud!"
"It's okay, it is something that will be known sooner or later..."
Bell said with a slightly surprised face as she let out a small laugh.
(Y-Yes it will, but the problem is not that! But your progress! It is just simply too fast! Eh? How long is our current fast record? It should be Loki familia's Sword princess right? She took around 1 year and that record was mind-blowing enough... 1 month?!)
"...H-How?"
Eina's brain circuit fried as she can't think properly, she tried to piece out how can a new adventurer could level up in 1 month. She read Aiz's report that was collected by the guild, but it is said that her way is too extreme and there's no normal sane human who can do that. She was also supported by Loki familia which is one of the strongest guilds so it might seem to be natural, but that feat is crazy.
"I defeated a minotaur!"
(M-Minotaur? Middle floor monster right?)
"Minotaur? Bell? You went to the middle floor?"
Suddenly Eina's voice became cold as she looked towards Bell with a cold gaze.
"No, I fought the minotaur on floor 9... W-what's wrong Eina-san?"
Bell realized halfway that Eina didn't look amused.
She then sighed as she gave up.
"Okay, I know how much your suicide wish is Bell. But remember, Adventurers need to measure when to run okay? I don't know what happened, but one mistake could cost your life."
"Y-Yes sorry. Eina-san..."
"So? Is there anything else you want to report Bell?"
"Yes! I want to ask Eina's opinion about my development abilities."
"Hooo, of course since you levelled up, you will get developmental abilities."
"Yes! I got 3 options available, the first is Hunter."
"Hunter... yes, that's not a bad option."
Eina took out a piece of paper and started scribbling something on the paper.
"The second is abnormal resistance..."
"Hee..."
Eina, let out amazement as she noted the other ability on the paper.
(These two are quite useful for adventurers...
Hunter will stabilize his foundation as an adventurer as he can hunt the same monsters efficiently.
While abnormal resistance will help him onward to the middle floor. Hmm... It is hard to choose between these, is there anything else?)
"And the third is luck"
"Huh?"
Eina stopped her hand as she looked at Bell with a dumbfounded expression.
(What's that? Luck? As in having good luck? Is that an ability? Wait, there's no case of luck as a development ability... new ability?!)
"My goddess said that it might be related to luck as the name suggest, and she strongly recommended this, but I'm torn between this and hunter..."
(Of course, you will, hunter is a top-rated skill... but luck... there's not enough data to recommend.)
Eina stands back and thinks a bit.
She started scribbling again on the paper for a while. After that, she opened her mouth.
"Bell, this is just my personal opinion, but I think luck would suit you better."
"Why so?"
"First of all, I agree that Hunter might be suited for you. Hunter is a skill that many adventurers want as it will help them defeat monsters they defeated before with more efficiency. This ability is useful all the time as long as you fight the same monster, meaning you won't struggle that much against an opponent you faced before. But being an adventurer you will be faced with an unknown danger, and sometimes, what saves an adventurer from that danger is pure luck.
I don't know how this ability works, but in my opinion, luck will suit you better. You need to think about this clearly, Bell, what kind of adventurer you want to become."