Danmachi - Infinite Mana System!

Chapter 06 - Meeting Bell.

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Lucius POV

Dungeon, Fifth Floor.

Walking calmly as I cast some of my spells at every enemy that appeared, it didn't take long to quickly return to the fifth floor. I collected all the crystals I could find, not selling them back to the system, and filled the bag I received from Riveria. I was satisfied that I would finally have some money.

I passed through almost the entire fifth floor until, unsurprisingly, I encountered two individuals of different genders in a room on this floor. You might think they were up to something malicious since it was almost dawn, and there were hardly any adventurers left in the dungeon. I have to say that these two, in particular, are the most innocent couple in the city from my point of view, especially for a relationship between a man and a woman. One is so shy that he startles easily, and the other is quite clueless.

Aiz noticed me, but I continued on my way. I just greeted her briefly with a nod as I passed by the blonde who was giving a white-haired boy a place to rest his head on her thighs. I wonder what concept is it that makes anime characters act in such a way, with strange behaviors and solutions. It only misleads teenagers who have never spoken to the opposite sex before. These meticulous details of care hardly help in a real-life relationship.

I continued on my way and ascended to the fourth floor, where I found some magic stones on the ground, but there weren't many. I bet Riveria collected them when she passed through here since she knows the risks, but I found a few and picked them up to put in my bag.

A little later, as I was finally leaving the first floor to head to the surface, a frightened Bell Cranel passed by me at high speed, making me start to wonder if he wasn't actually a rabbit. The poor boy was scared just because Aiz was near him.

"Adventurer Sir!" I quickly shouted, catching his attention, and he looked at me for a moment. Then, like a switch, he remembered me and showed a very surprised reaction when he saw that it was me who was calling him.

"YOU!! You're the one who gave me that grimoire??!!!" He began to cry after declaring that.

"That book? It was a grimoire?" I said, smiling a little, blatantly lying, but Bell would easily fall for my words.

"Yes, sir! You gave me something so valuable, I can't repay you for it!!! How could you give me something so precious?? And I used it!!" He began to cry even more now. I don't know if it was because he thought it belonged to Syr or to me after I gave it to him.

"But adventurer boy, that book was yours. I just returned it when I bumped into you..." I said calmly, raising an eyebrow at him.

"I guess you're right..., but still, thank you for returning it, even though it was very valuable!" He said and saw the valis bag I was carrying, with some of these stones I picked up on the way from the first and second floors. Bell had the recklessness to drop several monsters without picking up the crystals while excitedly testing his Firebolt magic. But I didn't waste those leftover crystals. I'm penniless, so I didn't deny what I saw on the ground, and I'm not ashamed of it!

"Are you an adventurer?! What's your name? By the way, I'm Bell Cranel from the Hestia family," he said, curious, as we were by the dungeon gate and hall, in addition to the crystal bag.

"I'm Lucius Drakenar, but currently without a family," I said calmly.

"Without a family?" He wondered, confused, but I ignored it for now.

As we were passing through the hall to the gate, I saw that guard who tried to stop me. He stiffened when he saw me with Bell. Despite the dirt and dust I had accumulated during this brief trip to the dungeon, my clothes were intact, showing that I was clearly fine and didn't need any of his regulations.