danmachi : the journey of a hero ( volume 17 fancfic )

Dropping the veil (1)

It was a peaceful  day in Orario after the fertility fistival and everyone looking to attend their work , but somewhere in the city someone is getting anxious . it was in the  hostess of fertility inn ,after bell rejected Syr's confession , Freya told Mia that Syr will stop showing up and of course Mia had no objection since it was the order of her godess , unlike the waiteress who didnt know what was going on , Mia told them that Syr will be absent for a while and told them that no one ask her about her again.

Bell woke up from his bed , looking at the tall tower in the middle of the city , and the foggy weather , for some reason he felt someone's looking at him from afar , it was just a mixed feeling or maybe because he became level 5 . he rejected his thoughts and then went to get a bath then get breakfast , the mood was wierd because of the mysterious fight with freya familia members the other day , but everyone was in a good mood .

The guild sent a notification to penalize freya familia for making a fuzz in the festival and they closed the case. 

after breakfast Bell went up to the main street , he was going to the big tower in the city just like he always did .passing by his usual inn   he was still thinking about what Syr told him ' i wont be able to be myself anymore if i didnt confess this to you ' and how he rejected her offre by saying 'sorry there is someone i need to reach and be with ' . He kept thinking about what Syr would feel now and how he would confront her now. 

Bell didnt notice that he was still standing infront of the bar for over 10 mins and anya and Ryu showed up from the door , Anya started teasing him 

-'' Oh , our little rabbit is dizzing off early in the morning nia'' 

-'' Did  Syr  gave you too much in that date nia  ?''

-Bell face became red : '' heaaah!! its not that .. nothing like t that happened or ...anything''

-Ryu :'' Anya-san you should stop saying these wierd stuff to Bell ''

-Anya:'' fufu..look at him,am just saying , and since when u started calling him by his name nia ?''

-Ryu flinshed '' ...just go inside , Mia-san would be upset''

-Ryu stepped forward closer to bell :'' are you alright ?''

-Bell '' hai .. i was .. just wondering ..is Syr here ?'' 

-Ryu head dropped :'' she didnt show up after your date . and Mia-okasan didnt tell us where she is''

-Bell closed his eyes and started thinking again.. about what happened to Syr.

-Ryu :'' is everything alright cranel-san ? you can tell me , Syr is also my friend'' 

-Bell held a deep breath and told Ryu about how he rejected Syr's confession but he didnt mentioned the part where he got with Helin from Freya familia and that freya is in love with him.

Ryu thought about it also , and it seems logical to her that after getting heartbroken she would take some time to recover then go back to her usual self then she told bell not to think about it alot and that he didnt do anything wrong .it was his choice and he did good by beeing honest with her , she also told him that Syr is a nice person and she would understand soon and go back.

Bell thought about it too , and then he thanked Ryu and apologized for taking her time of work.

Ryu said it was nothing , and she gave him a bag of food just like Syr used to do.then he went to the dungeon.

down to floor 13 . bell was trying to get adapted to his new status , since its been a while he didnt get to dungeon after he got level 5 , he also went to deep to level 16 to test his new skill (Ox slayer) against minautors .in the end he found himself wondering in Rivira , then he wanted to go and check the news in the town for any unusual things that happened in the 25 floors.

since last time he was there , the place was in chaos after the jagarnaut appeared and the floor boss respawned earlier than what was expected .

Suprizingly he found Finn and Ais and Reveria in the town , and Bell stopped to apologize to Ais about what happened in the festival. he also thanked her for helping him that time 

-Ais asked :'' it was fine , so is everything alright with your girlfriend?'' 

-Bell screamed :'' YES... ah i mean no ! she is not my girlfriend ! we were just walking around.... and i already h..have..''

-Ais asked :'' .. have what ? ''

-Bell hesitated :'' well.. i have someone that admire and want to be with'' 

-Ais:'' hm .. i understand'' 

Ais:'' i also heared you were injured badly in the expedition , did you recover well ?''

-Finn heard this and started thinking how to get some information about what happened , since the guild didnt say anything much of use except for that the dungeon boss respawned really early and many adventurers died there , and the only people who lived are the expedition team alongside some other people who are under the guild monitoring .

-Bell replied : '' aa , hai ,  i think am fine , thank you for asking'' 

-Ais :'' i see , i am glad you are fine '' and she smiled 

-Riveria said :'' dont try to push yourself much you might get injured again'' 

-Bell :'' i will , thank you Riveria-san''

-Riveria then turned to finn :'' then lets get going'' 

Finn was thinking then gave a look to Riveria and then looked back to bell :'' we were going down to the floor 25 , why not come with us ? i happend to have some questions to ask you about, dont worry we wont do anything dangerous and well be back in no time..''

-Bell flinched ' he  also wanted to  check that place , since it got completly destroyed.and wanted to see what happened after that , that irregular monster and the juggernaut.. 

Finn thought ' hmm so there was really something  down there , and it was not just the dragon , knowing the expedition team power , it would be enough to take it down even if they werent much prepared , but to end up of 50 adventurers dead , there is really something missed' 

-Riveria :'' i dont think its good idea Finn..''

-Finn said :'' well i was also going to give him some notes about expeditions on the way if he doesnt mind..''  

-Finn' with this he ll fal for the bait'

-Bell :'' well if that doesnt bother you , i ll gladly come''

and so the party of 3 level 6 of loki familia and lvl 5 Bell went back to the waterfalls 

somewhere in upper floor , ottar and allen were walking .

-Allen :'' do we really need to do it like this ? we can just knock him up then take him back'' 

-Ottar :'' our godess said we should do it like this , we ll give him the right to choose one last time''

-Allen :'' tsh..!''