Dragon's Sin in the World of Danmachi

Chapter 5 : Watchful Eye

Bell opened his eyes and woke up in a dark alley, his red eyes shone in the shadows.

He was confused and puzzled at first, he turned his head around left and right to find out where he was and why he was here.

Vivid images suddenly flashed inside his head, images of a certain blonde boy grinning at him with a relaxed face.

He felt a sudden wave of pain all over his head and grunted in pain.

His eyes flashed in enlightenment and remembered his encounter with Meliodas.

For a second, he thought that it was just a dream, an illusion created inside his mind, he had a hard time believing what he just experienced was real.

However, the emotions and the dream felt way too lucid and real for it to be a dream.

'Did I go crazy?'

Bell thought.

Then he heard a whisper.

(Hey, don't be thinking that I'm not real, after the emotion fest that you've shown me, hurts my feelings you know) 

Bell's eyes widened into a full circle, he recognized that voice, it was the boy that he met in that dream, it was at this moment that he knew that dream was very real.

"Woah! I can hear you... w-w-wait, you can read my thoughts?"

Bell said in a nervous tone.

(Yeah for some reason I can hear your thoughts, I can see what you see and hear what you hear)

"Wait! What?! That is c-creepy" 

Bell said, he suddenly felt shivers all over his spine for some reason.

(I don't know how it works either, maybe if my friend Merlin were here, she might explain how this works)

"You mean the mage?! The Boars Sin of Gluttony?"

(Yeah, too bad, if she were here, things would be much easier, even though its a completely new magic system, give her some time to do some research and she will have more knowledge than we can cope with, plus we need to come up with a plan on how am I gonna get back, we don't even know where to start)

"Maybe we can ask my Goddess, we can trust her" 

Bell suggested.

 If one were to ask him if there was one person that he trusted the most apart from Meliodas, it would be his patron goddess, Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and one of the three virgin goddesses.

When everyone rejected him, she took him under her wings and gave him a home and a roof to sleep under, the gentleness in her eyes reminded him of the warmth of a fireplace.

One flaw that Bell had to point out though, was that she tends to get a little too clingy but Bell thought that it was one of her charms and her way to show her love for him.

Of course, he thinks that 'love' was more like a parental type of love, not love that involves the relationship of men and women.

(Hmm, yeah you are right, maybe the gods of this world might have some knowledge and shed some light on this situation, that is our only lead)

"Do we go and ask her now or can we go to the dungeon? To be honest my familia's financial situation is not looking that good right now"

(Though I am in a hurry to get back home, I don't want to disrupt your life as an adventurer, you can go to the dungeon if you want, we can ask her tonight besides she is not home right now anyway and probably still working at her job)