Dragon's Sin in the World of Danmachi

Chapter 19 : The Report

Bell woke up early in the morning. Brushed his teeth and prepared himself for the day. Hestia was still asleep while drooling on her pillow. 

Bell smiled seeing this sight and let her sleep for a while until it was nearly time for her to go to her workplace.

Meliodas was a bit dumbfounded when he saw a god that actually needed to work when he peeked into Bell's memories for the first time.

She was hailed as a lazy goddess but because of Bell and her unwavering support for him, she wanted to provide the best environment for him to grow despite the low pay and support him as much as she can, she doesn't want to be a burden to Bell and resolved herself to get a job despite not liking it one bit.

Bell then left to go to the guild. He sprinted to the pantheon because Meliodas suggested it was a good way to increase his parameter in agility. And the streets isn't that crowded with people yet, so they don't have to worry bumping into someone or disturbing them.

He reached the entrance of the guild and greeted Eina with a excited yet nervous expression on his face. 

"Bell! Thank goodness you're alright, I was worried when you didn't come yesterday" says Eina with a tone that indicated that she was worried.

"S-sorry! I just got overwhelmed and tired yesterday , so I went home early" Bell says but was stammering a bit.

Eina then noticed the pouches filled with magic stones and a minotaur horn on his belt. Eina squinted her eyes with a furious expression and said "Bellllll, where did you get so many magic stones, did you go deeper into the dungeon than what I recommended to you?"

Bell was taken aback at the sudden change of tone but quickly composed himself. "Y-yes, sorry Eina, I went to the ninth floor and slayed some minotaurs but I---" Bell says but was interrupted.

"YOU WENT TO THE NINTH FLOOR!" Eina shouted and pretty much anyone in the guild building heard it, but it was still early in the morning so not many people were present except some several adventurers and the receptionists stationed there.

"ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL YOURSELF?! YOU'RE LUCKY TO HAVE COME OUT ALIVE, WHY DID YOU EVEN GO TO THE NINTH FLOOR IN THE FIRST PLACE!!" Eina continued to shout, never even bothered to care if there were people listening.

"Calm down Ein-" Bell says, trying to appease Eina but was interrupted once again.

"NO! I'm gonna have to lecture you again and you are gonna listen! You have no idea how many adventurers died in that death trap! Whatever reason you have to go down there, I don't want to hear it" Eina says, then saw that everyone present were staring at them.

"What's this Eina, I just arrived here then you started screaming at that cute boy, you're gonna make him cry" Misha says, trying to tease Eina in an attempt to calm her down, she is a friend of Eina and her co-worker.

"I have no time for your teasing Misha" Eina says

Misha saw the expression of Eina's face and heard her talk with a serious tone, usually Eina becomes flustered whenever she teased her but now it didn't seem to affect her this time. "Oops my bad" She says then stepped away.

Eina began to rub her temples from the stress she got from the boy even though it was still very early in the morning and she just began her shift. 

Bell saw her frustrated look and began to apologize. She saw how sincere he was when he said his apologies, she then sighed.

She didn't notice because she was distracted from the sudden news but she saw that Bell was alright and suffered no injuries, now that she had taken a good look at him. Her eyes went wide at the sudden realization that he was still walking after claiming that he went as deep as the ninth floor.

Meliodas was perceptive enough to know what she was thinking just from her facial expression and told Bell to relay his words for him.

Bell was still a bit nervous from Eina outburst earlier but was snapped out of it when Meliodas called for him and told him what to do.

Bell nodded and began to speak

"As you can see Eina, I'm still fine, you don't need to worry, I'm now strong enough to go that deep on my own" Bell says, trying to emulate a confident tone but it still had a hint of nervousness on it.

Eina was taken aback by his statement and couldn't believe it, but the magic stones that was on him was proof enough that there was some truth on what he said and she couldn't imagine Bell having the heart to steal from anyone.

"But your stats were only grade-I when I last checked them, you shouldn't be strong enough to even go to the 5th floor yet, Bell you're not lying to me are you?" Eina says 

Bell shook his head and then took a good look at the people present and to see that the majority of the people that were watching them earlier now minded their own business, they lost interest after a while but some receptionists gave some quick glances at his direction. 

"Promise me you won't shout, I'm gonna explain some things okay?, I'm gonna need some privacy though" Bell says

Eina nodded and went into a meeting room. Bell then took a seat and pulled out 2 parchments containing his stats when he was a level 1 and 2. but tore off the skill part of the parchment, just in case if his stats gets leaked somehow.

Eina's eyes went wide seeing his parameters and couldn't even believe anything that was written on it. The fact that he managed to reach S stats and maxed them out was impressive enough, but to do it in 2 weeks or so, was even more unbelievable.

She then looked at Bell with an accusing look, his stats was grade-I when she last looked at it. The fact that it was all grade-S right now defied all common sense. For a second, she thought Bell was pulling a prank on her, but when she looked at his honest expression, she sighed.

"Well care to explain?" Eina says

"I was getting to that" Bell says

Bell then explained the reason for his just jumped stats to Eina, though he couldn't tell her the whole truth. Bell just recited the explanation that Meliodas provided for him.

After Bell finished explaining, Eina says in disbelief "There is no way that you managed to slay three minotaurs!" 

"Well if you don't believe me, I have proof right here" Bell says, while pointing at the minotaur horn that was on him.

"Even if the reason for your S stats was slaying those minotaurs, how did you even manage to slay them in the first place? And why were there minotaurs on the ninth floor? Minotaurs typically spawn on the middle floors." Eina says

"Well I have a skill that increases my stats by a big amount, that's probably why I was able to kill them. For the second question, I don't even know the answer to that, they just appeared out of nowhere, I was cornered and I had no choice but to fight" Bell says, in an attempt to lessen the scolding he would receive from Eina with that last part.

She then remembered that there were reports of minotaur sightings in the upper floor yesterday. "Can I take a look at your falna?" Eina says

"Sure" Bell showed his falna to Eina without hesitation. She began to read it contents. The falna is written in a language that only a few individuals in the world had learned. Eina was one of them and was able to read Bell's falna.

She looked at Bell's falna and confirmed that he was telling the truth. She then looked at the skill and magic section and saw that he indeed had a skill and magic. She was a bit shocked but remained composed. 

She still couldn't believe that any adventurer would grow this fast and if someone was telling her that someone leveled up in just a short period of time, she would just remarked that it was full of baloney. But the person in front of her had indeed done that and the evidence were irrefutable.

She then tried to read the name of Bell's skill, she could read the language of the falna but it is not perfect. "Dimon*Marc?" Eina says