The Red-eye Rabbit: Danmachi AU

Chapter 12: Thanks

With Bell:

Bell awoke quietly, his eyes slowly opening with no noise. He was trained to deal with pain and awake in places as silently as possible, it was an ingrained habit. His eyes scanned the room and found it to be a simple yet lavish room made from high-quality wood, definitely not his house. He quietly sat up, the wooden bed under his groaning a little under his shifting weight. Bell sat up straight and scanned the room once again. It was made from high quality, dark Oakwood, and decorated with furniture of the same type. The bed was a double queen with a light blue doona and white sheets. There was a closet to the left of the bed against the wall, a medium-sized one decorated with gold outlining. The room was spacious enough to accommodate a desk opposite the closet and a small table with two chairs opposite the end of the bed as well. 

Bell stood and felt a twang from his right leg, the one that had been broken by the bitch. It didn;t hurt like a broken leg so Bell assumed a health potion had been used on him. Health potions could rid you of severe wounds, but he hadn't used many before so his body wasn't accustomed and still thought he was injured. He stood and stretched the leg, working ut the stiffness and aching before checking the rest of his body in the mirror. He had some clean bandages covering his forehead and nothing else major. He also took note that his equipment was not on his body, but why would it be? He found it quite neatly placed on top of the desk in the room, his numbered knives arranged in ascending order from the right. The throwing knives were attached to the little satchel he brought and his potions bag to the left, though it was cleaned of the broken bottles and spilled potions. He supposed it was lucky he didn't have his main gear on him, the trouble that could've brought. 

He figured whoever had saved him was a very wealthy adventurer, serving under one of the major gods maybe? Bell could only remember being cold and about to die before feeling warm and safe, being embraced by a gold haired adventurer. Thinking back on it he suddenly thought of Lily, did they get to her in time? They were under a wealthy god, but that didn't mean they were a high level, they could just be a promising newbie. Bell grabbed the knives and placed them in their holders under his clothes, attaching the throwing knives on the back of his waist. He moved tot he door and pressed his ear against it, listening. He heard some light talking heading his way and footsteps tapping on the wooden floor outside. He quickly moved back under the sheets of the bed and rolled onto his side. as they got close enough for him to hear, he cursed himself for forgetting about how he equipped his stuff, they would surely notice it gone. 

He quickly slipped out of the sheets and moved under the bed, grabbing onto the wooden frame and lifting himself from the floor, erasing his presence as he did. The door opened and he heard them talking, "I still can't believe you brought this guy here! What were you thinking?!" She sounded like a mother scolding her children about strangers. Bell looked to the side and saw the shadows of three people at the end of the bed. He realized they must've found him missing because they weren't talking, but then he heard a boisterous laugh and a gruff voice say, "Looks like you don't have to worry about our guest, eh Riveria?" Bell couldn't believe his ears, the Riveria, as in Nine Hell? That Riveria of the Loki Familia? He now had a sense of who rescued him, a golden-haired beauty that was certainly capable... It was the sword princess.

Bell remained attached to the wooden framing of the bed as he listened on, "This is troublesome," Riveria was speaking with a  thoughtful tone, though the gruff voice replied, "How so? He's just gotten up and left, right?" Riveria sighed and the reply came, "Garret, an unknown adventurer, bloodied and having just killed someone, has left his room without letting us know and could be anywhere, with knives that didn't look at all dull... or for hunting monsters." He heard the one named Garret think to himself before replying with, "Very well then, we'll search the premise for him." He heard the footsteps of the man heading off when Riveria called out to him, "Garret, make sure you check the little supporter's room, down the hall to the left." He heard a grunt in reply and the door open before shutting.