Reaching the wall of Orario, stood a boy, dual ether strapped upon his back in a cross shape.

Hair as white as snow, added with the ruby coloured eyes that seemed to be hiding the deep fiery spirit inside it.

His clothing style were pretty unique, in a sense that the guards had never seen before.

The guards looked at the boy cautiously, but upon seeing the boy's innocent looking appearance, they let him through.

It was normal to see so many people passing by as Orario was the central for adventurers wannabe.

--New Scene--

Orario was crowded, just like always as crowds of adventurers moved towards a single tall tower that stood upon the entrance of the Dungeon, the Babel Tower.

Created by the gods to seal the entrance of the Dungeon as to prevent the leakage of never-ending spawns of monsters from reaching the surface.

Busy businessmen tried to attract adventurers to their stalls as competitions were relatively high.

Many armors, weapons, merchandise and other stuff were being displayed, with every stalls had a bit difference in their displayed items.

At one of the streets in Orario, something was happening as the flow of crowds seemed to be slower than usual.

And the source of this anomaly was non other than a white hair boy, casually walking down the street, while his eyes constantly moving as he enjoyed the architecture, the many stalls by the side street, and the different races mingled together in Orario.

It was not like everyday they could see a person wearing an eye catching outfit in broad daylight, added with the two beautiful swords strapped on his back.

Unfortunately, they were some that didn't value their own life as they tried to approached the boy in an intimidating way.

They were five male, three of them seemed to be a warrior type, with a single large sword and an adequate armor on their bodies, two of them were a magician type, with staff at their hands.

"Hey! Yer new here, huh? Got some nice pair of weapons yer got there. Mind me borrowing it?"

One of the male, circled the boy and went to his back as he tried to reach the weapons with his right hand.

"Don't touch it. Or else."

"Oh? They're valuable ain't there. Ya hear that! Or else... Hahaha!"

The four male laughed along as if to belittle the boy.

He knew that troubles will always came to find him, whether he was at home or here.

Since Orario was the city of adventurers, some good hearted passerby were on their way to lend a hand to the boy.

When suddenly...

In a split second, the two swords disappeared from the boy's back, leaving an empty sheath for the male1 to see.

*thud*

Seemingly, the man fell down to the ground, as he felt a blunt force hitting his stomach.

Seeing their friend on the ground, the other four decided to act as the two warrior lunged at the boy, one slash aimed at his head, while the other aimed at his chest in a thrust.

The right ether sword deflected the sword that was aimed at his head, while the left ether sword deflected the other sword.

Instantly, he moved through the four of them, while he was rotating in a clockwise motion, leaving the four of the male laying on the ground, as they clutched their stomachs in pain.

He whipped his two ether swords, before he secured them to his back.

He turned around, facing the incapacitated males on the ground, "I did warn all of you."

The five male stood up, ready to pounce on the boy, when other adventurers started to intervene.

A few moments later, the commotion had died down as the side that had initiated the fight first walked away, of course with revenge on their mind.

--New Scene--

"(So she's here, right? I wonder how strong she really is... man this building is big.)"

Standing in front of Loki familia main base, the Twilight Manor stood majestically in front of the boy.

He knocked on the door once, but no one was answering him.

He knocked for the second time, and still no one was answering him.

"(Now what?)"

Standing there for awhile, he finally had decided to stay in front of the door, waiting for someone to come out or came back home.

--New Scene--

Loki and her familia had arrived back at their base, just to see a boy leaning on the door, as he was sound asleep.

It was a peculiar sight to see a person sleeping in front of their home, especially strangers.

"Your friend, Bete?" Tione asked Bete, which irritated him greatly.

"Huh! He's ain't my friend you dimwit!"

Tione looked at her sister Tiona, "Sis! Bete is bullying me again!"

"Captain... so how about tomorrow? Just you and me." Tiona said as she ignored Tione.

"Sorry, got work to do." Finn said to her.

Loki approached the boy and poke at him, trying to wake the boy up from his sleep.

A soft groaned escaped from the boy's mouth as he shifted his body, still comfortable in his sleep.

"Oi, boy! Wake up! Yer blocking the entrance, you know?"

A few mumbling sound came out of the boy's mouth as his body moved a bit...just a bit.

"Maybe he needs some water smash out! What do you think Aiz!" Tione exclaimed excitedly.

"...maybe."

With that, Tione went to get a bucket and filled it up with water.

From far away, Tione could be seen getting ready to sprint as her eyes had this childish glint in it.

"Get ready!" Tione screamed as she ran towards the sleeping boy.

She was gaining speed as others gave way to Tione.

Beside, Tione was a high leveled adventurer.

"Water smash!!!" Tione screamed as she released the bucket of water to the unsuspecting boy.

*splash*

"Whaaa!" Bell screamed in surprised.

Bell woke up to find that he was drenched.

He looked in front of him to see a girl... an Amazon.

He looked around and noticed there were a lot of people in front of him, which he guessed were the Loki familia.

There were crowding the area. If not the Loki familia, then who were they?

A red-haired female stood in front of the boy, "So, whatcha doin sleeping here, boy?" She asked.

The boy rubbed the back of his head as he apologized, "S-Sorry! I fell asleep here."

Then, he remembered his objective... why he had came here.

His demeanor changed into a serious one, "Um... I'm here to challenge the 'sword princess' into a sword fight!" He looked at Loki with a strong gaze.

The scene went quiet as the crowd processed the words that the boy had uttered.

"Hahaha! This boy-" Bete spoke.

"Okay. Fight right here. Aiz!" Loki said, cutting off Bete's words.

Loki went away with the rest of the familia as to provide space for Aiz and Bell to fight.

"Oi, oi. Are you sure about this." Gareth asked Loki.

"C'mon...cut some slack. It's just a spar." Loki looked at the two, "Introduce yourself will ya." She spoke to the two competitors.

"...Aiz Walleinstein." She said, no emotion on her face.

"Bell Cranell!" He said, feeling excited.

"(Okay! This is it! The s-strongest swordsman in Orario... damn she's so beautiful! Focus!)"

Bell took a deep breath as he felt his own body relaxed.

This was it! He was going to fight with a master swordsman... or swordswoman?

"3... 2... 1... start!"

Aiz lunged towards Bell with a greater speed, her weapon 'Desperate' was thrusted towards Bell's chest.

Bell tried to deflect the blade with his right ether blade, but felt it to be unmovable, so he pushed his right blade harder so that he will be propelled to the side.

He avoided her thrust, but she turned towards him with an upwards slash, which he blocked by crossing both of his swords.

The impact was powerful as he was propelled three medre into the air.

While he was still in the air, Aiz sprinted out of his sight, and went at his back.

She jumped and tried to kick him in mid air, which he reacted by securing his two swords back into its sheath that were strapped on his back.

*boom*

Bell was propelled hard to the ground, groaning in pain.

"(Too fast!!! Is this the difference between the two of us...)" Bell contemplated as he tried to get up.

Both his hands were trembling from the force of his swords colliding with Aiz's sword.

He wipe the blood that came out of his nose with his hand.

"And over!" Loki announced.

Cheers erupted from the others, congratulating Aiz for winning again.

"Hahaha, that was the fastest fight ever." Bete said sarcastically.

Others were laughing at what Bete was saying, but Finn was wearing a serious expression.

"(His reaction is fast... and I seem to notice that he couldn't move Aiz's sword. He tried to deflect it... don't tell me...)"

Loki went towards the boy, "Get up boy! Tell me which familia yer from, and I'll pay for your medication!"

Bell looked at Loki, confused, "I've just arrive here in Orario..."

The scene was silence once again as the words that the boy had said was a surprise.

"(Like I suspected. He have not receive any blessing yet. My goodness...)" Finn thought as he sighed.

Bell wobbly stood up and gave a bow, "Thank you for the fight. You're stronger like what people have said. I'm honored to have fight you!" He said.

And he wobbly walked away, but was grabbed by Loki.

"And where do ya think yer goin?"

"Um... searching for a familia... to join... and get a... Blessing!!!" Bell said happily.

"(Hm? Blessing?...)"

Slowly, his face morphed into a look of utter devastation as he realized something.

"(That's right!!! Blessings!!! How could I forget about that!!!)" He thought to himself.

It was a miracle that he didn't die fighting Aiz.

Loki laughed at the boy, and feeling a little bit interested at the boy.

The two swords on his back, added with his unique looking clothes, Loki had made her decision.

"Boy... come join my familia." She extended her right palm to him.

Bell looked at her as he ingested the words that Loki had said.

He looked at the hand that was being extended, and made his decision.

Bell smiled and grabbed Loki's palm as he said "yes!".

Immediately, Tione hugged Bell, "Welcome to the Loki familia. My name is Tione!"

Bell was red as a tomato, being hugged by the female Amazon.

The boy mumbled something incomprehensible words as his eyes were unfocused.

Slowly, Aiz approached Bell, "...Welcome." Which Bell managed to replied through sheer willpower alone. "T-thanks..."

"(T-They're touching! They're touching!! Gaaa!!!!)"

He never knew that he was weak against 'this', and he tried to pry away from the two female Amazon, but failed to do so as their gripped were strong.

"Oi Goddess? Why are you taking him in? This weak-" Bete complained.

"I agree with Goddess." Finn interjected.

"Finn?! Why!?"

"Why? You know it, right?" Finn asked back.

"Well... sigh. I guess he got some skill...But I ain't gonna give him special treatment!" Bete walked away, and went into the Twilight Manor.

Loki turned towards her familia, "So, you all have heard that, right! This boy will join our familia from now on!"

Cheers erupted in an instant as the familia welcome the boy into the familia.

Eventually, all of the Loki familia went inside the Twilight Manor, leaving Bell with Loki outside.

"Well, ain't cha goin in?" Loki asked the white haired boy.

"C-can I?" Bell asked.

"Where's that gutsy boy just then? That dared to challenge my Aiz, huh?" Loki furrowed her eyebrows.

"W-Well... that was a fight... so of course I need to get serious..." Bell replied.

"So? What you wish for, leaving yer nest and come here at Orario?"

"I... I want to be an adventurer...and make my family proud..." He looked up into the sky. "I know they're watching me right now..."

Loki approached the boy and gave him a gentle hug, "I'm sure they do... And heck, they'd be happy that their son is with the strong Loki familia!" She ruffled his white hair, surprised that it felt... pretty good.

*ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle*

"Um... G-Goddess?"

Bell was getting uncomfortable as he had just experienced being hugged by the two female Amazon before.

*ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle*

Soon, he was released by Loki as she guided him inside the Twilight Manor.

--New Scene--

"Well, Bell? Get inside. I'm blessing you."

"O-Ok!" He looked at the room where Loki resided.

"Wow!" He exclaimed as he looked at the wide space of the room, seemingly lost in its grandeur.

"Strip down, Bell..." Loki said in the most seductive way she could possibly said.

Instantly, his head rapidly turned towards Loki, his eyes widen in shocked.

"(Is that how blessings work!)" Bell thought.

Instantly, Loki laughed, "Just kiddin Bell. Just take off yer shirt, and it'll be done in a jiffy! He he... I was thinkin, maybe you're the pure type of boy. I guess you have some knowledge regarding...'that', right Bell." Loki smiled evilly at him.

"W-Well, um, my grandfather once taught me... regarding 'that' so... um..." He looked down, feeling embarrassed.

"(Hehehe... this is fun... If Aiz reacted like this, I would be pretty happy. Guess, I'll teased this boy then!)"

Loki beckoned Bell towards her bed as she needed him to lay his body on the bed.

Maybe she could tease him?

Slowly, Bell took off his shirt, and Loki had noticed that there were many scars on his back.

Her demeanor had changed as she eyed each one of the scars covering the boy's body.

Most of it were small scars and cuts, but there were a few that were quite a large scars.

She put her hands on the many scars, "This is? Where you got them?" She frowned, feeling angry.

Bell seemed hesitant at first, but then, he decided to tell Loki of his history.

"...I was left with my heirloom, which some tried to take it away from me. They said I don't need the heirloom and stuff... so I ran away from the village. I was a child back then... so it was hard, living in the wild. Wolves and bears were everywhere back then..." He said as he looked at the scars on his right stomach.

Feeling that the topic was pretty sad, he tried to lighten it up, "But it's all in the past anyway! Now I'm here! I will live a good life!"

Loki smiled at him, "Well then, lay down. I'm goin to bless you now."

Bell laid down on the bed, his back facing Loki.

Suddenly, he felt Loki straddled his back, "G-Goddess-"

"Shhh... don't disturbed me during this holy ceremony." Loki stated.

Slowly, many black hieroglyphs emerged on Bell's back.

--Bell Status--

Strength: I 0

Defense: I 0

Dexterity: I 0

Agility: I 0

Magic: I 0

Magic

Skill

Realis Phrase: Rapid Growth, continued desire results in continued growth, stronger desire results in stronger growth.

--Bell Status--

"(This... oh my... this kind of skill...)" Loki looked at the boy beneath her.

Soon, she erased the skill part, knowing that if somehow, other gods were to know about this, they will definitely tried to get the boy.

"(And beside... he had gone through enough pain...)"

And in Loki's mind, a certain silver haired goddess came to mind, which made her frowned.

"(I hope she won't try to steal him... if not... I guess there will be a bloodbath...)" Loki thought as she got off the boy.

"Here. Your status sheet."

"(Eventhough we're friends... I ain't letting any of my familia be stolen!)"

"So... um.." Loki snapped out of her thought by Bell. "Do you think I can stood by the others? I-I mean, Aiz was pretty strong... and the two amazon... then there's that wolf boy... all of them seems strong..."

"Well, I don't know whether you will manage to catch up to them. They've been doing this for a long time than you, Bell. But maybe, if you train hard enough... you might be able to stand by their side... so... get yer ass movin!"

"Yes!" He replied as he went out of Loki's room.

"Sigh... Bell. Your shirt!" Loki said as she looked at the piece of clothing.

Immediately, he went back in to get his shirt as he said "sorry!" to Loki.

With that, the day had ended with the Loki familia gaining a new member to train, a new child to take care, and a new family to celebrate tonight.

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Well... challenge partially accepted?

29/8/2018