Love! Death! War! They all Love a Rabbit!

Lost in Adventuring and Smithing Paradise

"Lili! We have everything we need for our trip today?" Bell asked as he turned around in the hallway after closing his door and fixing his equipment. Though he was lacking in armor and wore his usual adventuring clothes with the brown coat and light armor pieces on his shoulders and knees and by the collar of his coat, he didn't have a need to go back in his room to get any armor sets he might've had left over after breaking the other ones. 

For today, he had a few places to visit and people to pick up before heading into the dungeon. 

He looked back at Lili, now fixing her backpack right and looking up at him with a smile on her face. Happy to see her wearing the new adventuring outfit he bought for her for when they went to raid Soma of all they had. More so, glad she added her own touch to it as by the bottom of one of her coat's ends, was the Freya emblem of their Familia.

She had officially become part of his crew. And his Familia a few days ago. And he couldn't stop smiling ever since they had that celebration for her. Especially how he somehow made Freya gush and embarrass Lili about being Ottar's love child and even surprised Ottar would actually try to play the role as her father.

Of course, it was all in good fun, but something told Bell that it felt fine and he didn't hear Lili say anything otherwise. 

"We're all set Master Bell!"

"Extra weapons and potions?"

"Knives! Short swords. Crossbow and arrows and a set of ten small health and mana potions each!"

"Monster repellant and tonics?"

"Three each!"

"Monster Lures in case we wanna hunt big?"

"Two! One as a scent and one we have to lather onto something if we want to hunt from a distance!" Lili said as she saluted up to Bell and chuckled. Digging into her back as she pulled out a smaller bag and held it out before him.

"And don't worry! Lili's prepared snacks and food for later for us to eat in the dungeon! As well as kitchen tools for you to...'experiment' that skill of yours if it's possible and we get lucky with any drops." She said the last part with a shiver crawling down her spine. But soon faded as she felt Bell's arms on her shoulders and grinned at her. 

"Lili, you brilliant and wonderful supporter you! Alright, time to get a move on to get some other things and get the rest of our crew coming today. But first, we gotta stop at Mama Mia's for our Adventurer Lunches. *Sigh*...then we have to visit the Guild and next head to Babel Tower's lower shops." Bell said, dejected and with a sad sigh at the mention of the Guild.

"There there Master Bell. We can just cut off Eina's interactions and rantings short by saying we have an appointment to that Tsubaki woman at Babel. Though, might I ask who we're meeting up with at the Guild? Aside from checking in with your advisor." Lili asked as Bell stood back up and patted Lili's head with a smile.

"Someone that I've been meaning to take with us on our dives for a while. A friend of a friend you could say. And we kinda wanted her to get out of her shell a bit, she's sorta shy and distant, but overall, a good person. I think she'll fit perfectly in our crew. Now, off to the Guild and Babel!" Bell said with an excited cheer as he and Lili shot up their arms and let out an enthusiastic roar and headed off out the manor doors. 

After what felt like half an hour of walking and grabbing their food and lunches from The Hostess. And Mia having to pry away Bell and Syr from flirting too much and avoid them making her business into a kissing booth, the two adventurers found themselves walking inside the Guild's halls and looked around. 

"Master Bell? Mind if I ask who we should be looking for? It's rather crowded today despite it being early."

"Yeah, didn't expect it to be this busy. Well, keep an eye out for a dark-haired elf. She's got red eyes like mine and tends to wear all white. Though, she got a new outfit so maybe anything with all blue and gold in them." Bell said as he grabbed Lili by her backpack and lifted her up to his height as the two of them scouted around the Guild.