The Red-eye Rabbit: Danmachi AU

Chapter 13: Apologies

With Lily:

She awoke to a soft bed and no pain, how unexpected. Truly, she thought she would be dead, she should be dead. But no, she wasn't. She lifted a hand to her eyes and stared at it, then she looked over herself and found all of the wounds she had received were gone. A healing potion, and a high grade on at that, had been used on her. She lifted herself from the bed and wobbled slightly but she managed to stand using the frame as support. She wobbled her way to the door and opened it, only to find a surprised older lady, with a green and white robe and wooden staff, standing in front of her. "Hello, I see you're awake." The sentence knocked Lily out of her stupor at who she was staring at. Riveria, the Nine Hells. "I suppose I should let that boy know you are." The sentence made Lily react oddly, "Wh-what? Who?" 

Riveria looked at her and said, "The white-haired one, Bell? He was worried about you, you know, you really should thank him for being so supportive of his supporter." The elf lady chuckled as she walked off to send a letter, leaving Lily shocked. Why did Bell care for her? Why? Didn't she abandon him? Betray him? She couldn't wrap her head around it, so she walked back to the bed and fell unconscious instead.

With Bell: 

Bell had been sitting on the wooden stool in the middle of the giving room for an hour now, his goddess still stomping around. Bell's face was a face that any poker player would be jealous of, though there was a doubt any of them would want to be in his situation. He sat still until his goddess finally stopped steaming around the place and instead walked over and plopped herself on the couch in front of him, which was when he looked forward at her. She stared at him and, for the first time since first being trained, he squirmed under her gaze. His face was still blank, but his motions were not. She sighed after a little and said, "I'm sorry for getting mad, but you have to be more careful." Bell nodded and replied with, "I will, I just let my guard down on accident." She nodded and said, "Good, now take that chair back to the dining room and get ready for diner by going to have a shower." Bell nodded and did as he was told, his goddess truly was mysterious in the way that she managed to command him, almost like a mother. 

He finished his shower and ate dinner with his goddess before a knock came on his door. He opened it and found a messenger with the Loki Familia insignia on his left breast pocket. He handed a note to Bell after asking his name and then ran off, probably on another errand. He went back into the house and got into a plain cotton shirt and some brown pants with black muffled shoes before setting out. He told his goddess he'd be back, though he didn't know if Lily would come so he didn't mention anything about that. He didn't run into any trouble along his way and came up to the gates of the Loki Familia's manor rather quickly. He looked around and suddenly realized, he didn't send any forward notification of his arrival! Would he be allowed in? Should he open the gate? Knock? Is there a bell or something? Being trained as an assassin meant he had never really attended anywhere formally, that was left to 4 and 7, the ex-aristocrats of their family. 

Bell stood for a while, not knowing what to do, before he finally sighed and just walked through the gate, opening the steel barrier with surprising ease. He walked through the decorated and trimmed front garden of the manor and to the large oak doors. He raised a fist and knocked lightly, waiting patiently for someone to answer. The doors opened to a young-looking boy, light blonde hair and blue eyes looking at Bell as he stared down to him. Bell ran through his memories of the records on the Loki Familia, Finn Deimne, despite his appearance he is 40 years old and an experienced level 6 adventurer, usually the captain of the Loki Familia exploration groups. Bell smiled and asked, "Hello, I'm Bell, I was rescued by your familiar along with my supporter, I was told she is awake?" Finn looked up and down Bell, noting his stance and equipment before saying, "Sure, she's awake and in the dining room with Riveria, they've been waiting for you for a while." Bell muttered thanks as Finn motioned for him to follow. They walked through the large Manor, Bell made sure his eyes glazed over everything and he committed as much as possible to memory, just in case, he did something that may draw their ire.