Bastet Familia Premise Chapter 2 (Patreon)

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Hello friends and fans, Kairomaru is bringing you another chapter! With Bell having met seven beautiful Amazons (and inadvertently revealed his Amazon Fever to them) during his fight with the Minotaur, he now has quite a bit of motivation to improve! That’s on top of the desire and determination that was already ridiculously high! A new Skill developed and now Bell’s growth will accelerate! But just how far will Bell grow while Orario continues to move and change? Things are happening that Bell isn’t a part of and knows nothing about. Surely such events won’t affect him directly in the future, right?

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Chapter 2 – Growth and Revelations

On the Fifth Floor of the Dungeon, Bell was fighting again today.

“Grawr!” A Kobold swiped at Bell with its sharp claws.

Bell backstepped to dodge and then brought his Khopesh Treasure Sword down on the limb, hacking it off cleanly. Before the Kobold could even cry out in pain, Bell had lopped off its head with his sword. The body fell to the stone floor, while the head fell a short distance away.

“That makes thirty-six, so far, today.” Bell smiled as he crouched down to harvest the Kobold’s Magic Stone. He’d only been in the Dungeon for just over two hours today, and had only spent the last hour on the Fifth Floor. “There’s still plenty of time to hunt more!” Bell grinned as he collected the Magic Stone and placed it into his hip pouch. The Kobold’s body disintegrated into white ash and Bell moved on, hoping to make some more progress into the Fifth Floor.

The Captain of the Bastet Familia was in a good mood today, and it showed on his face. But why wouldn’t he be in a good mood? He’d woken up refreshed from a good night’s sleep. Had breakfast with his Goddess. Then he’d taken a couple of hours to himself to buy new armor with some of the money that he’d earned. The Hephaestus Shop on the eighth floor of Babel Tower had yielded a set of white armor with red accent lines for only 9,900 Valis. Bell had happily bought it and found that the new armor fit him incredibly well, which put a smile on his face. And that wasn’t even counting all of the attention that he’d been shown by the seven Amazon women that he’d met yesterday after the Minotaur incident. Bell still had the memory of touching the Amazons yesterday and would swear that he could still feel their warmth on his hands. The fact that they’d all let him touch their bodies so intimately still brought a smile to his face.

Bell shook his head and refocused. “They said that I should become stronger, reliable, and try to romance them.” A grin spread across Bell’s face. “So, I’ll have to give it my best!”

“Gerooo!” A Monster that Bell had only seen pictures of was waiting around the next corner. The large frog only had a single eye in the center of its head and was colored a dark green with a yellowish underbody. Without warning the frog Monster launched its long tongue at Bell.

Bell juked to the side and slashed at the extended tongue with his sword, cutting the long muscle and making it bleed. “A Frog Shooter!” Bell identified the Monster as he rushed towards it. The wound on the Frog Shooter’s tongue slowed down its second attack, allowing Bell to dodge and bring his Khopesh down on the frog Monster’s head, splitting it in two. “I knew that they started appearing on the Fifth Floor, but I hadn’t seen one until now.” Bell rolled the dead Monster over and cut into it with his knife. He managed to extract the Magic Stone with the tip of his knife easily enough once he’d found it within the Monster’s body. “Huh, it’s a bit bigger than the Magic Stones on the first four Floors.” He added it to his hip pouch and left after the Frog Shooter disintegrated into ashes. “Thirty-seven today.” Bell kept his count so that he could give Anna an accurate report once he was done for the day.

-Later-

“Gugugugu!” A War Shadow made it’s artificial-sounding cry as it slunk from the darkened corner towards Bell. The known ‘newbie killer’ raised both of its long arms and readied it’s six knife-like claws.

In an instant the Monster struck and Bell barely had enough time to raise his sword to block. With a grimace, Bell sidestepped the second swipe from the other hand and then went low when the first hand came back to try and slash him again.

“Yah!” Bell sliced the War Shadow in half at the waist with his Khopesh. The top half of the Monster fell to the ground and flailed for a moment before it went still, the glowing circle that was its ‘face’ lost its glow and dimmed before losing all luminosity. “War Shadows are way faster than Frog Shooters…” Bell breathed out as he compared the two Monsters. He cut open the War Shadow’s chest, not seeing anything within other than the Magic Stone among the black ‘flesh’ of the golem-like Monster. Bell took the Magic Stone and the War Shadow rapidly crumbled away into white ash.

Crack

Crack

Crack

Bell shot to his feet and whirled around to face the sounds of breaking walls.

Two War Shadows emerged from both of the corridor walls, their glowing ‘faces’ locking onto Bell instantly. Bell wondered where the third Monster was, given that he’d heard three distinct cracking sounds. His rubellite eyes widened and he dropped into a crouch just as three knife-like claws passed through the space where his head had just been.

“Gugugugu?!” The War Shadow that had tried to sneak attack Bell sounded confused, if that was possible.

“Gugugu!”

“Gugugugu!”

The other two War Shadows rushed in, claws at the ready, and Bell found himself in a three-on-one against the ‘newbie killer’ Monsters.

“Nngh!” Bell swayed to the left to avoid a swipe, only to have to twist and pivot to avoid another. His armor took a blow for him that he couldn’t dodge and Bell lashed out with his sword, deflecting the next attack. “Gah!” He growled as two of the three claws of one War Shadow found a place without armor and cut him. He cut off its hand for the trouble.

“Gugugugu?!” The War Shadow pulled back its stump, seemingly confused by the loss of its hand.

With one of the War Shadows briefly distracted, Bell managed to kick another one backwards a bit and get out of the encirclement. “Ow!” Not before another swipe managed to find a gap in his armor though.

The War Shadows gave him no reprieve as all three came at Bell again. Slashes and swipes rained down on Bell from multiple directions, but his new armor protected him from most of them. Those that were getting through were starting to build up though.

Crack

Crack

Two more cracking sounds alerted Bell to more Monsters being spawned from the Dungeon walls. He didn’t have time to try and find out what they were in his situation though. He blocked with his sword, let a swipe glance off his vambrace, and felt two shallow cuts open up on his cheek as he jerked his head to the side to avoid getting the knife-like claws through his face.

“Hah!” Bell saw a brief opening and swung his Khopesh wide, hacking one War Shadow in half at the waist. He kept the swing going as best as he could and buried the blade into the side of the next War Shadow’s head, shattering the glass-like ‘face’ of the Monster. The two dead War Shadows fell to the stone floor as Bell skipped back to get out of range of the third War Shadow.

“Gugugugu!”

“Gugugu!”

Bell heard from behind him, only to nearly cry out in pain as two slashes from behind cut into him. He threw himself forward into a roll and shot back to his feet with the three War Shadow’s bearing down on him.

“Light of heaven, the song of life, the dance of the guardian. Protect my treasure, restore my treasure, and strengthen my treasure! Treasure Light!” Bell cast his spell and saw the golden glow cover his body. The pain from his injuries faded as they were healed and Bell felt the rush of his stats increasing.

The slashing claws of the War Shadows hit the glowing Bell, but didn’t seem to do any damage. Bell’s sword came around and decapitated the War Shadow on the right. He weaved around the attacks from the other two War Shadows and struck out when he saw an opening.

“Guguguuguuu…” The second War Shadow went silent as Bell shattered its ‘face’ with his Khopesh.

The last War Shadow kept attacking, but Bell was able to read its movements now that it was one-on-one. A quick swing of his blade and the top half of the War Shadow fell to the floor and died.

“Hah…hah…” Bell breathed heavily for a moment as he looked over the War Shadow corpses. “I win.” He told them, regardless of the fact that they couldn’t hear him. After a second to catch his breath, Bell took out his knife and started cutting open the War Shadows to harvest their Magic Stones. The first three were done easily enough, but the fourth left something behind. “A Drop Item!” Bell smiled as he picked up the ‘War Shadow’s Finger Blade’ carefully. “Into the pack you go.” He placed the sharp blade into his backpack with a grin. The last two War Shadows didn’t leave any Drop Items, but Bell was just happy to have gotten one.

Bell felt pretty good as he continued on his way, having not only overcome a known ‘newbie killer’, but six of them at the same time! Not many new Adventurers could say they’d done that!

“Adding those six to my current count makes the total…one-hundred-fifty-nine, so far.” Bell counted in his head. “I might break my personal best today.” He headed further into the Dungeon, his rubellite eyes blazing with determination.

-Guild Exchange ~ Late Afternoon-

“Whoa…” The man behind the glass nearly gaped as Bell unloaded a small deluge of Magic Stones into the side drawer. On top of the pile of purple stones, he placed two Goblin Fangs, one Kobold Nail, and a single War Shadow’s Finger Blade. “One moment, please.” The Guild employee took the Drop Items first. An inspection of the four items was done and the man wrote something on a sheet of paper. The Magic Stones were weighed and a few marks were made in the ledger sitting on the desk. “Your Magic Stones were worth 14,836 Valis. The two Goblin Fangs come out to 1,200 Valis, the Kobold Nail is 900 Valis, and the War Shadow’s Finger Blade is 1,500 Valis. Your total exchange today is 18,436 Valis. Please, have a nice evening.”

Bell collected his money from the tray with a smile. “I will, thank you.” He stashed the coins into his hip pouch, nearly filling it to the brim, and headed over to give Anna his report. Bell was sure that she’d be surprised by him killing two-hundred-three Monsters all by himself today.

-Bubastis-

Bastet blinked as she watched Bell’s Excelia. His fight against six War Shadows was impressive, given that he had only just been cleared for the Fifth Floor. ‘His Skill is increasing his growth even more than I thought it would!’ The Goddess watched the numbers rise as she moved the Excelia into Bell’s Falna to make it grow. With nothing new manifesting within Bell’s Falna, Bastet finished the update and placed a blank paper onto Bell’s back. Copying over the numbers with a twirl of her finger, Bastet handed the paper to Bell after she locked up his Falna, making it sink into Bell’s skin. “You’re new Skill is definitely fueled by your desire and effort. You had quite the jump.”

-Status-

Bell Cranel

Level 1

Strength – G 276 > F 352

Endurance – G 280 > F 361

Dexterity – G 279 > F 356

Agility – G 268 > F 347

Magic – G 201 > G 288

Magic

Treasure Light – Incantation: “Light of heaven, the song of life, the dance of the guardian. Protect my treasure, restore my treasure, and strengthen my treasure.” Abjuration Magic that heals a target while also boosting their stats and providing protection for a limited time.

Skills

Tafani Al Usra (Dedication to Family) – Fast growth as long as feelings last. More desire results in faster growth. More effort results in stronger growth. Those the user sees as ‘family’ have accelerated growth in proportion to their efforts. As a side-effect it makes the user immune to Charms and Magics that affect the mind.

-Status-

“F-Four-hundred…” Bell nearly choked at the massive leap in his total stats. He’d never had such a massive leap in his growth before!

Bastet hugged Bell from behind to help soothe him. “You worked incredibly hard today and overcame a situation that not many Adventurers with your experience could’ve survived. With your new Skill, all of that effort fuels your growth even further.”

Bell looked over his Status Update again before looking at his Skill. “I guess that makes sense. I even broke my personal record for number of Monsters killed today.”

“See? You earned it.” Bastet giggled as she squeezed him a little. “But, we should probably not tell others about your Skill. I’m certain it would flip Orario on its head if other Deities found out about it.” She grumbled, knowing how some of the other Gods and Goddesses would act if the word got out. “They go nuts over anything new or unique. They’d hound you day and night trying to get you to join their Familias!”

“I’m not going anywhere, Goddess.” Bell smiled at her over his shoulder. “Our Familia is the one that I’ve dedicated myself to!”

“Nya!” Bastet let out a happy meow as she snuggled Bell even more. “That’s my Bell!”

“Bastet!” Bell laughed as they tumbled onto the couch together.

Bastet ended up lying on Bell’s chest with a grin. Bell wrapped his arms around her waist with a smile. Without a single thought or word, the two leaned into each other and their lips met for the first time.

“Mmm~” Bastet hummed happily as they kissed. “Nya~” She purred once their lips separated.

“Wow…” Bell blinked, realizing what they’d just done.

“Hehehe…” Bastet giggled at his surprised look. “I’ll make this one even better.” She captured his lips again and gently eased him into a French kiss, their tongues meeting in Bell’s mouth.

Bell did his best to mimic Bastet, never having kissed a woman before. His hands drifted down from her waist to her butt and gave it a squeeze.

“Naughty, Bell.” Bastet licked her lips as she pulled back from their kiss. When she felt Bell’s hands move away from her, she grinned and pushed her butt into his palms again. “I didn’t say stop.” Bastet giggled at him.

“Bastet.” Bell couldn’t help but smile at her as he ran his hands over her bottom.

“Mm…this is in the way.” Bastet moved her hands down and undid her royal blue skirt. She tossed it aside and purred when Bell’s warm hands caressed her bare skin. “Nya~”

Bell welcomed the next kiss as he continued to play with Bastet’s amazing ass. “You’re beautiful, Bastet.” He spoke genuinely as they stared into each other’s eyes.

“You’re handsome yourself, Bell.” Bastet giggled as she kissed his lips, then his cheek, his jaw, and then his neck.

The two continued to kiss as hands roamed. Bell was already shirtless for his Status Update, so Bastet had full access to Bell’s chest, her soft hands trailing up and down his toned frame. Bell’s hands were still preoccupied with Bastet’s bottom, groping and bouncing her cheeks while enjoying their softness.

“Nya, what’s this~?” Bastet purred out as she pressed herself against Bell. “Someone’s excited.”

“Yeah…” Bell admitted it without worry, seeing the look on Bastet’s face.

Bastet trailed her hand down Bell’s chest, her eyes half-lidded as she held Bell’s gaze. When her fingertips brushed over the tent in his pants, she grinned. “Off~” She lightly tugged at the waistband of his pants.

Bell nodded, giving Bastet permission, and watched as his Goddess undid his belt and then his pants before pulling them down his legs as he lifted his hips. His erect length stood tall and Bastet’s golden eyes drank in the sight.

“Mmm, you’ve been holding out on me, Bell~” Bastet cooed as she breathed in Bell’s masculine scent. She pressed his cock against her cheek, mewling at the heat from it as her eyes held Bell’s rubellite gaze.

“Goddess!” Bell nearly hissed as Bastet’s soft hand began to stroke his cock.

Bastet clearly liked his reaction as she kept stroking him before placing a kiss on the tip. Bell, never having any experience with sexual intimacy, nearly came undone with just that. Bastet seemed to notice this as she refrained from doing it again, just stroking him for a moment. Bell saw the instant that her golden eyes became mischievous and only had a second to prepare himself before Bastet took him between her lips.

“Mmph! Mmh! Mmph!” Bastet bobbed her head, making the sexiest sounds that Bell had ever heard in his life a she sucked his cock. Bell barely restrained himself from grabbing her head, already feeling like he was about to blow. “Give it to me, Bell~” Bastet purred after freeing his length from her mouth. He didn’t even have time to reply before she took him even deeper than before, an incredible tightness surrounding his length as Bastet buried him in her throat.

“BASTET!!!” Bell lost it, crashing over the edge so powerfully that his vision briefly went white and his heart thundering in his ears was the only sound that he could hear.

Bastet purred as Bell’s cock throbbed in her tight throat. She felt his hot seed going down her throat and into her stomach as she swallowed repeatedly. With teasing slowness, Bastet eased Bell’s still twitching length from her throat. His final shot filled her mouth, covering her tongue in his cum, before she freed him from her lips. “Pah!” Bastet gasped hotly, her tongue playing with her ‘treat’ for a moment before she caught Bell’s gaze and tilted her head back, making sure he saw her throat move as she swallowed his load.

“Goddess…” Bell nearly panted out as he gazed up at her.

Bastet smiled down at him and licked her lips. Without a word she took hold of her royal blue top and pulled it up and off, tossing it aside with her skirt, letting her tits bounce into Bell’s view. “Do you want more, Bell~?”

“Yes.” Bell nodded and sat up.

“Nya?!” Bastet was surprised when Bell took her into his arms and stood up, carrying her quickly upstairs and to her bedroom. “Ooohhh~” She giggled when Bell gently laid her out on the large bed.

“Bastet.” Bell kissed her again, before kissing his way down her body, taking a long moment to kiss her breasts, licking both of her stiff nipples, before resuming his path down her body.

“Bell!” Bastet’s hips jolted as Bell kissed her clit. She knew he was a virgin, but that apparently didn’t keep her Bell from having good instincts! “Mmm~” Bastet was quickly purring as Bell kissed her pussy began to explore her depths with his tongue.

Bell was just doing what he thought was right, going more by instinct and the wonderful sounds Bastet made when he did certain things. His gith hand took hold of her thigh, while his left arm wrapped around her other leg and his hand rested on her lower stomach, just close enough for his thumb to lightly tease her clit. The moan he got in response told Bell that he was doing good.

Bastet mewled and cooed under Bell’s oral treatment, one hand going down to run her fingers through his white hair, while the other played with her tits, lightly pinching her nipples to add to her stimulation. She purred when Bell went deeper, his hot tongue finding new places to lick and taste. Bastet’s hips lightly rolled into his mouth in rhythm with his tongue, furthering her pleasure. The Goddess slowly lost track of time as she just enjoyed Bell’s eager tongue.

“BELL!!!” Bastet was jolted back into full awareness when Bell played with her clit while his tongue went wild inside of her suddenly. She hit her peak and moaned loudly, pushing Bell’s face deeper into her sex as her hips rose off the bed. Bastet’s body nearly locked up for a moment before she collapsed bonelessly to the bed.

“Goddess?” Bell asked a moment later as he leaned over to check on her.

Bastet looked at him with a dopey little grin on her lips. Her eyes smoldered with love and desire, nearly entrancing Bell. “You’re a natural, Bell~” She praised him with a sexy purr.

“Thank you, Goddess.” Bell smiled warmly at Bastet.

“Hmm… It seems I kept you waiting~” Bastet’s golden eyes were locked onto Bell’s cock, hard and twitching with need, a drop of precum falling from the tip. She licked her lips and reached down to gently take hold of his length. Bell jerked slightly at her touch and Bastet cooed as she spread her legs. “Right here, Bell.” She pressed the head of his cock against her pussy lips, showing him where to enter her.

Bell eased himself into Bastet’s heat with a low, rumbling groan. She was wet and tight…it was unlike anything that Bell had imagined. He continued to move forward in a slow thrust, trying not to come undone before they’d even gotten anywhere. When his hips met Bastet’s, he felt his tip pressing lightly against something inside of her.

Bastet moaned softly, her body trembling for a second. “So deep…” She looked at Bell, their gazes nearly hot enough to burn each other. “You’re pressing up against my deepest spot, Bell~”

“You’re…so good.” Bell was clearly struggling not to lose control of himself. But when Bastet looped her arms around his shoulders and pulled him into a loving kiss, he was able to focus on something else for a moment.

“Give it to me, Bell.” Bastet purred into his ear with a voice that dripped with raw sexual need.

Bell instantly stopped trying to hold back.

“NYA~!!!” Bastet let out a loud yowl of pleasure as Bell took hold of her hips and pulled himself almost completely from her depths. Only to thrust back in powerfully a split-second later. Without a single thought, Bastet laid back and eagerly let Bell make love to her as his hands took hers and entwined their fingers, before pushing them to the bed on either side of her head.

Bell kissed Bastet, their tongues meeting instantly in her mouth, as he moved his hips. There was no time to think, only to feel and experience. The heat was rising off the two of them as they kissed and moved their hips together. Bastet mewled and moaned as her tits bounced from Bell’s powerful thrusts, every one of them sending shocks of pleasure throughout her body.

No words were needed between the lovers as Bell’s thrusts gained speed and intensity. Bastet felt her own climax rapidly approaching, not even caring how long her mind had been in this blissful haze. She rolled her hips into every one of Bell’s powerful thrusts, feeling like lightning was coursing through her body. Sweat ran down both of them and their breaths came in heavy gasps whenever their lips separated.

When burning rubellite eyes met divine molten gold eyes, they both knew they were about to reach that peak together.

Bastet wrapped her legs around Bell’s hips, locking her ankles behind him. Bell buried himself to the hilt inside of Bastet and kissed her as they both reached that zenith of pleasure together.

It was like everything went blank.

Bell could only feel Bastet’s tight heat around him as he filled her with his seed. Short, quick thrusts of his hips pumped more and more of his load as deeply as possible into Bastet.

The Cat Goddess’s moans were swallowed by their kiss as held onto Bell tightly. Lights danced in her vision as she shook in ecstasy, feeling the molten heat of Bell’s cum flooding her womb. She spasmed a bit, her eager sex coaxing more from Bell’s cock, even though she was already full and nearly overflowing.

Bell slowly rolled them over until he was lying on his side, his arms wrapped around Bastet while he slowly regained his breath.

Bastet only snuggled deeply into Bell, breathing in his scent, the smell of their lovemaking was strong, and it made her purr in contentment.

It would be a bit later that higher thoughts returned to either of them.

“Too bad you’re not Level 8 already…” Bastet murmured as she left light kisses on Bell’s chest and neck.

“Mmm?” Bell’s right hand was gently resting on Bastet’s back, slowly gliding up and down her soft skin. His left hand was on her ass again, fondling it and enjoying the light coos it drew from Bastet.

Bastet kissed his cheek as their eyes met again. “You have to be Level 8 or more to have any chance of conceiving with a Deity.” She explained with a soft smile.

Bell’s arms pulled Bastet closer. “I want a family.” He kissed her forehead with a smile.

“I wouldn’t mind.” Bastet kissed his lips. “Since you’ll have nothing but Amazon wives, I’ll be the only one that has a chance of giving you a son.” She giggled playfully.

“Son or daughter doesn’t matter to me.” Bell held her close. “As long as their healthy and happy, that’s all I want.”

The two lay cuddled up together for a while longer, just enjoying the afterglow of their lovemaking.

Bastet got a cheshire grin on her lips as she felt something poking her tummy. “Oh? It seems someone hasn’t had enough~” She purred at Bell.

“Maybe not.” Bell grinned at her, squeezing her butt with both hands.

Bastet rolled them over until Bell was on his back, then she straddled him with a sexy smirk. “I’ll be on top this time, nya~” Her cat ears twitched and her tail flicked side to side as she raised her hips and guided Bell back inside of her. “Mmmmhhh!” She mewled at being filled by Bell’s length again. “You’re going to spoil me rotten with this, Bell.”

“I’ll do my best.” Bell felt a bit of masculine pride at being praised by his Goddess lover. He took hold of her hips as Bastet placed her palms on his chest. Together they raised her hips and then dropped her back down on his length, pressing up into her deepest spot again.

“Bell~!” Bastet moaned, grinding her hips with him inside of her, creating more wondrous friction and pleasure. She raised her hips against and then dropped him, beginning to ride Bell properly, the sound of her ass meeting his thighs growing louder with each bounce.

Bell began to thrust upwards in time with Bastet’s bounces, making her moan loudly again. Bastet eagerly matched his rhythm as they both got lost in each other again. The sounds of their lovemaking filled the bedroom as their pace increased. Neither of the lovers could think of anything but each other as they moved together, the intensity of their movements making them both pant and moan.

“Bastet…I’m…” Bell panted out some unknown time later. Neither of them able to keep track of such meaningless things.

“Inside! I want it!” Bastet moaned out, the loud clapping of her ass on Bell’s thighs picking up even more.

Bell, never one to displease his Goddess, tightened his hold on her hips and slammed her down just as he thrust upwards.

“AAAAHHHH~!” Bastet yowled in bliss, her head thrown back and her mouth open wide, her tongue lolling out as she shook in orgasm, and her eyes nearly rolling back in her head.

Bell groaned in pleasure as he filled Bastet again. His cock throbbed and pulsed as more and more of his seed was pumped into her womb. It eventually was too much, and some started to escape the tight seal of their sexes.

Bastet nearly collapsed onto Bell’s chest, mewling and purring in ecstasy as her body still trembled with aftershocks of her powerful orgasm. She clung to Bell, nuzzling him and kissing his sweaty skin. No thoughts were necessary as she looked up from Bell’s chest and their eyes met. “I love you, Bell.”

“I love you too, Bastet.” Bell kissed her then and there, both of them feeling a pleasant shiver pass through them again.

When their lips separated, Bell blindly grabbed for the blankets with one hand and managed to cover them both. Bastet snuggled into Bell, wholly content to sleep right where she was. Bell pulled her flush against him and kissed the top of her head, smiling when her black cat ears flicked once.

Sleep claimed both of them shortly as they held each other. Both of them dreamt of the future. Of their home filled with love, joy, family, and the pitter patter of little feet. Bastet smiled in her sleep, nuzzling into Bell. Bell’s arms gently tightened around her as a matching smile was on his face.

-The Next Morning ~ Bathing Room-

“Ah, hah, hah…fuck~” Bastet moaned as she was on all fours while Bell fucked her from behind. The sound of his hips meeting her ass filling the room with a clapping sound. “You’re…going to be…late, Bell~”

“You’re the one that pulled me into the bath, Goddess.” Bell nearly growled as he leaned over her back and wrapped his arms around her, taking her swaying tits in his hands and playing with them, focusing on her nipples.

Bastet let out a lewd moan as she eagerly responded to his touch. “Mmm, you didn’t say no~”

“I’m not a fool.” Bell kissed her shoulder as he continued to thrust his cock into her tight heat. “Who would ever say no to making love to you?”

“Love you!” Bastet crashed over the edge and nearly collapsed as her arms shook beneath her.

“Love you too.” Bell pushed as deep into her spasming sex as he could and filled her with another load of his seed.

“Mmm~” Bastet purred as Bell slowly withdrew from her pussy. She stretched like a cat and lay on the floor for a moment to catch her breath.

Bell went to the tub, still filled with hot water, and dropped into it again, washing himself for the second time this morning so that he’d be clean as he left their home. “I’ll head out as soon as I’m done bathing.”

“Okay.” Bastet giggled as she crawled over to the inground tub and slipped in sensuously.

“Tease…” Bell gave her a playful glare.

“Guilty.” Bastet laughed beautifully and then cooed happily when Bell washed her back for her. “Have a good day, Bell.”

“I’ll be back tonight, Bastet.” Bell kissed her lips before getting out of the tub and grabbing a towel to dry off.

After Bell left the bathing room, Bastet relaxed back against the edge of the tub with a languid smile on her face. “If we Goddesses could get pregnant as easily as the mortals, I’d definitely be expecting right now.” She lazily ran her hand over her flat tummy with a giggle.

Bell couldn’t get to Level 8 fast enough, in her opinion.

-Dungeon ~ Sixth Floor-

“Bark!”

“Grrr!”

“Gra-yipe!”

A Kobold among the group of five was cut down by Bell’s Khopesh Treasure Sword. Bell pivoted and his blade decapitated the next Kobold. The third tried to claw at Bell, only to have its wrist grabbed by Bell’s free hand and then end up gutted by the curved edge of the sword. The fourth Kobold staggered as Bell shoved the dead Kobold into it. The blade of the Khopesh was the last thing the Monster saw as Bell split the fourth Kobold’s skull. The fifth Kobold leapt at Bell, both arms out, claws reaching for the young man, and jaw open to sink its many fangs into him.

“Gauuugh!” The final Kobold hacked up a large amount of blood as Bell had dropped low and then cleaved into the dog-headed Monster’s midsection, nearly bisecting it.

A quick shove and the dead Kobold hit the floor as Bell swung his Khopesh and the blood flew off the blade. “Add five… That’s forty-three, so far!” He pulled out his knife to start harvesting the Magic Stones of the five dead Kobolds. Bell had been doing great today! He had only been in the Dungeon for just under two hours and already he’d killed this many Monsters. “Let’s break my personal best again!” He had a bright smile on his face as he placed the last Magic Stone into his hip pouch and moved on.

-Later-

“Get down here, you little…!” Bell cursed at the Purple Moth Monster that was flying in the air above where he’d just killed two Frog Shooters. He lacked the reach to just kill it, and was debating tryin to throw his knife at it. “You’re lucky my Magic isn’t projectile attack Magic!”

The Purple Moth had no ability to understand human speech. So it continued to flutter around in the air, scattering its toxic dust down onto Bell.

“There!” Bell saw the Purple Moth get close to the wall. He rushed towards the stone wall and then took three steps up the rough surface. With the extra height, Bell spun and cut the Purple Moth in half with his sword. He landed and then the two halves hit the floor a meter away from him. “I don’t feel poisoned…” He looked over himself for any obvious signs. “Maybe I got lucky.” Bell pulled out his knife and started harvesting the Magic Stones of the three dead Monsters.

The Frog Shooters left nothing behind. But one of the purple wings of the Purple Moth stayed behind after Bell had the Magic Stone.

“A Drop Item, nice!” Bell grinned and carefully took the wing in hand. As gently as he could, he placed it into his black backpack and then closed it. That would probably sell well if he took it to the Blue Pharmacy.

-Afternoon-

“Shit!’ Bell split the head of a Killer Ant with his sword. “Shit, shit!” He barely avoided a swing from another Killer Ant. “Shit, shit, shit!” Bell managed to decapitate the attacking Ant Monster and then skipped backwards to avoid the mandibles of another one. “No wonder these things are ‘rookie killers’…there’s so many!”

Indeed, Bell had practically stumbled into a small nest of Killer Ants as he followed his map of the Sixth Floor. Over a dozen of the large Ant Monster had started hissing and clacking their mandibles at him as soon as he’d entered the cavern. He would’ve retreated, but that option was taken away from him as a smaller group of Killer Ants had been approaching from the same corridor he’d entered from.

“Nnnnrrrggh!” Bell staggered forward as a blow struck him from behind. He was surrounded, and while he was killing the ants, they were getting hits in on him too. “Yah!” He spun and his Khopesh cut through the head of a Killer Ant, separating the top from the rest of the Monster.

“Skreee!”

“Skreeee!”

“Skree!”

The other Killer Ants screeched at Bell as they closed in.

“Come on!” Bell met their charge by leaping over the first Killer Ant. He came down on its back and cut off its head from behind. Leaping from the collapsing ant, Bell hacked through the raised limb of the next Killer Ant and the split its head in half too. “Can’t leave them alive or they’ll call for back up!” He remembered that lesson from Anna well.

“Skreee!” A Killer Ant smacked Bell aside, nearly making the Adventurer stumble and fall.

Bell didn’t let it get a second hit in as he took advantage of his near fall to get under the Killer Ant. He split its thorax from its abdomen and when the top half hit the stone floor, he quickly split its head with his Khopesh before it could call for help.

“Skree!”

“Skreee!”

More Killer Ants came at Bell, making the new Adventurer wish that he some attack Magic to deal with them from a distance.

“Alright, this many should be within the time limit.” Bell skipped backwards away from the incoming Monsters. He felt some blood on him from various injuries but ignored it as he focused. “Light of heaven, the song of life, the dance of the guardian. Protect my treasure, restore my treasure, and strengthen my treasure. Treasure Light!” Bell cast and the golden glow surrounded him. The pain form his injuries vanished as they healed and he rushed forward to kill the remaining Killer Ants before the protection and buff from his spell wore off.

“Skreee-!” A Killer Ant’s head went flying, cutting off its screech.

A second ant died as its head was split horizontally. Two more Killer Ants died as Bell’s sword decapitated one and bisected the head of a second. Another Killer Ants swung at Bell, but his glowing hand caught the limb and in a flash, hacked it off. The ant didn’t have time to react as its head went rolling across the floor. The severed limb was stabbed through the glowing eyes of the next ant. While it screeched and flailed, Bell killed the one behind it with a slash that cleaved its head in two. The injured Killer Ant went silent as Bell split its head from behind and it dropped to the ground dead.

“Skreee!” The final Killer Ant reared up to attack the glowing Bell. But in a flash of golden light, its top half separated from its bottom half and hit the floor. Bell’s boot was the last thing the ant saw before its head was crushed.

“Hah… Barely made it in time.” Bell saw the glow of his spell fade away and looked around the cavern. “How many is this?” He knew it had to be at least twenty. “I’ll count as I go.” Bell pulled out his knife and crouched down next to the nearest carcass.

-Guild Exchange ~ Late Afternoon-

Bell waited patiently as his Magic Stones and Drop Items were totaled up. The Purple Moth Wing was still in his backpack for now, he’d try his hand at selling it once he was done here.

“Your Magic Stones are worth 15,392 Valis. The Goblin Fang, two Kobold Nails, and the Killer Ant Claw are worth 3,600 Valis. Your total exchange today is 18,992 Valis. Please, have a nice night.” The woman behind the glass gave Bell a polite smile as she pushed the tray filled with his money over to his side.

“I will, ma’am, thank you very much.” Bell took his money and secured it in his hip pouch. With a small smile he patted his hip pouch and then moved over to the meeting area to give his report to Anna.

-Guild Advisors Offices-

Anna sighed as she looked over Bell’s report. She could hardly believe it, and had even checked with the Exchange to confirm, but Bell had once more broken his own personal record. “Two-hundred-twenty Monsters in one day, as a solo Adventurer...”

“That’s good, right?” Misha questioned from behind Anna, where she’d been reading over the other woman’s shoulder.

Anna nearly jumped out of her chair in fright! “Misha! Don’t sneak up on me like that!”

“Sorry, sorry.” Misha apologized, rubbing the back of her head. “But your newbie is doing amazing, Anna! You should be happy!”

Anna looked over Bell’s report again. “I’m happy that he’s doing so well. But I worry that he’s pushing himself a bit too hard. He’s the only member of his Familia right now, and I know that puts a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. I’m just worried that he’s going to run himself ragged and end up in a bad situation.”

Misha nodded in understanding. “I get it. You don’t want him to overwork himself and have an accident in the Dungeon.” It was a legitimate fear for any Advisor that looked after Adventurers from small Familias. When you had to bring in the money for your Familia by yourself or with less than a handful of people, working hard everyday often seemed like the only option. But the lack of time to rest and recuperate would end up becoming a, potentially fatal, detriment. “You could suggest that he gets a Supporter. At least then he’d have someone to help him out in the Dungeon.”

“I’ll look into it. I don’t want to suggest it without having at least a candidate ready for Bell to check out.” Anna smiled at her friend and coworker.

-Blue Pharmacy-

The bell over the door rang as Bell stepped inside the shop.

“Bell, good to see you again.” Naaza smiled at the new Adventurer as he approached the front counter. “Do you need more potions?”

“I do, but I also have something to sell today!” Bell smiled as he took off his backpack and carefully pulled out the Purple Moth Wing. He placed it on the counter in front of Naaza with a grin.

“Purple Moth Wing, I see.” Naaza carefully inspected the Drop Item, noting its condition and how much of the purple powder remained on the wing. “I’ll offer you 1,800 Valis for it.”

“I was thinking around 3,000 Valis.” Bell raised an eyebrow at Naaza’s offer.

Naaza looked at the Purple Moth Wing and then back at Bell. “It’s a fairly common Drop Item, and it doesn’t have all of the powder on it. I’ll go up to 2,000 Valis, but no higher.”

“How about 2,800 Valis? It might be somewhat common, but it’s still a Drop Item in good condition.” Bell countered the Chienthrope woman’s points.

“Hmm…” Naaza looked at the Purple Moth Wing again before looking back at Bell. “How about, instead of money, we make a trade?”

“A trade?” Bell looked slightly confused.

Naaza nodded to him with a small smile. “You need to buy potions too, right?” Bell nodded to confirm. “How about I give you three Low Potions and one Antidote for it?”

“That still doesn’t match my offer.” Bell considered the prices of the four potions being offered. “Make it three Low Potions and two Antidotes.” That would at least fill out his kit again.

“Alright, I’ll make that deal.” Naaza agreed with a smile. “Thanks, Bell, I love you.”

“Miss Naaza…” Bell sighed at her playful teasing. He took the five potions and stored them safely in his armor, filling the available slots for potions in the hip guards.

Naaza only giggled softly as she carefully picked up the Purple Moth Wing and took it into the back to use the powder on it as a reagent for her potion making later. “Have a good evening, Bell.”

“Good night, Miss Naaza.” Bell headed out of the shop with a backwards wave. He got the potions he wanted, Miss Naaza got a good Drop Item, everybody wins.

-Bubastis-

Bastet nearly tackled Bell when he entered their home. Their lips met for a kiss before she practically dragged him over to the couch for a Status Update.

Bell chuckled, understanding why she was so excited. With his new Skill, his growth was bolstered, and they were both eager to see how much another good day of dungeon crawling had improved his stats. Bell took off his armor, and his black shirt before sitting on the couch, his back facing Bastet.

Bastet pricked her finger with a needle and let a single drop of her blood fall on Bell’s back. The blue-white glow emanated from Bell’s skin before his Falna faded into view. Bastet began watching Bell’s Excelia, seeing his day in the Dungeon from his point of view. “Bell!” She quickly wrapped him in a hug when she saw his fight against the Killer Ant horde. “Are you sure you’re okay?!”

“I’m fine, Goddess.” Bell assured her as he smiled at her over his shoulder. “My Magic took care of my injuries.”

“That’s good.” Bastet let out a sigh of relief as she returned to his update. She finished watching his Excelia and moved it over into his Basic Abilities. As expected, the numbers grew substantially. Bastet smiled, happy for Bell’s growth, and checked to see if anything else had manifested within his Falna. “Hm?” She blinked as something had indeed changed. What manifested into hieroglyphs made Bastet nearly gasp from just how soon such a thing had appeared after the first one. Seeing what it was called brought a beautiful smile to her face. “Just one more second, Bell.” She wrote the new addition into his Falna and then finalized the update. A blank paper was placed on Bell’s back and the new numbers and addition were copied over. The Falna sank back into Bell’s skin as Bastet locked it up tight while handing Bell the paper.

Bell took the paper and started looking it over. “Let’s see…”

-Status-

Bell Cranel

Level 1

Strength – F 352 > E 443

Endurance – F 361 > E 456

Dexterity – F 356 > E 448

Agility – F 347 > E 439

Magic – G 288 > F 383

Magic

Treasure Light – Incantation: “Light of heaven, the song of life, the dance of the guardian. Protect my treasure, restore my treasure, and strengthen my treasure.” Abjuration Magic that heals a target while also boosting their stats and providing protection for a limited time.

Sunburst – Radiant Swift-Strike Magic

Skills

Tafani Al Usra (Dedication to Family) – Fast growth as long as feelings last. More desire results in faster growth. More effort results in stronger growth. Those the user sees as ‘family’ have accelerated growth in proportion to their efforts. As a side-effect it makes the user immune to Charms and Magics that affect the mind.

-Status-

“I grew even more than yesterday…” Bell was happy that his extra effort was paying off. “Hm? I HAVE A NEW SPELL?!” He exclaimed when he got to the section. “What’s Radiant Swift-Strike Magic mean?” He looked to his Goddess for an explanation.

Bastet smiled beautifully at Bell and leaned against him. “Swift-Strike Magic is a rare category that has no incantation. It doesn’t have a ton of power normally, but it can be cast instantly, so you can use it a bit more freely than normal spells.” Bell nodded at the explanation to show his understanding of the concept. “Radiant is a rare ‘element’, I guess you could say. The best way to describe it is ‘light that burns like fire’. It has a long history of being associated with the sun, much like I do.” Bastet’s beautiful smile warmed Bell’s heart as he understood where this Radiant Magic had come from.

“I’m glad to have another thing related to you with me in the Dungeon, Goddess.” Bell smiled warmly at Bastet.

“I love how close your spells relate to me, Bell.” Bastet kissed him softly, her golden eyes shining with love and joy.

Bell pulled her into his lap and held her close. The two snuggled, taking comfort in each other and their closeness. Bastet was soon purring happily as she nuzzled into Bell. Dinner was a little late that night as the two of them just relaxed and enjoyed the love they shared.

-Belit Babili ~ Ishtar Familia Home-

A gorgeous Goddess sat on a lounge of incredible quality while smoking from a kiseru pipe. She had luxuriously cared for purple hair that was held up with golden hair ornaments, including a solid gold tiara with various inlaid gemstones. Her neck was adorned with many golden bands, her wrists each had a golden band on them as well, and her ankles were covered with a multitude of golden anklets. Her clothing only consisted of an orange silk band that hung from her neck and barely covered her breasts, and a matching orange silk skirt that was silt up the side to her hip and held together by a golden band that hung low on her hips.

This was the Goddess, Ishtar. The leader of one of the largest Familia in Orario and the undisputed ‘owner/ruler’ of the Pleasure Quarter, where all of the city’s brothels resided.

“Is everything going smoothly with our new…associates?” Ishtar questioned a man with short brown hair, a tanned complexion reminiscent of an Amazon’s, and only wearing beige pants with a blue sarong-like garment tied around his waist.

“Yes, Lady Ishtar.” Tammuz Belili, the Vice-Captain of the Ishtar Familia nodded to his Goddess.

Ishtar exhaled a small cloud of smoke with a grin. “Excellent.” She directed her gaze to the kneeling form of Aisha Belka. “Once we receive the new Killing Stone, we’ll be one step closer to fulfilling my goals of ripping that bitch off her perch.” Anger crossed Ishtar’s face from just thinking about the other Goddess. “There won’t be any sabotage this time around, will there, Aisha?”

“No, Lady Ishtar.” Aisha answered promptly, regardless of how much she wanted to go against those words. That girl didn’t deserve to be sacrificed just for Ishtar’s pride. But, she didn’t have the ability to go against Ishtar’s will anymore… Her first and last act of rebellion had seen Ishtar use her Divine Charm. Aisha Belka no longer had free will when it came to the orders of her Goddess.

“That’s what I like to hear.” Ishtar smirked at the kneeling Aisha. “Leave me.”

Aisha stood and left without looking at her Goddess. When the doors closed behind her, Aisha was able to show her disdain and resignation of her fate, and the fate of the one that she’d come to care for. She wanted to rage, scream, punch a hole through the wall… But she just walked towards the stairs, tracing a now familiar path towards the one that she’d been ordered to watch over.

-Folkvangr ~ Freya Familia Home-

“You’re certain?” A large Boaz man asked one of the lower Familia members that had just returned with a report.

This man was the most well-known Adventurer in Orario. The ‘Warlord’ Ottar, Captain of the Freya Familia, currently the only Level 7 Adventurer in Orario. He stood 210cm tall. He had rust-colored hair and eyes, tanned skin, and was heavily muscled. He wore a simple black shirt that was almost like a second skin on his large frame, and equally simple grey-green pants that wouldn’t look out of place on any run of the mill laborer.

“Yes, Captain.” The lower member nodded to the Captain. “Ishtar has been meeting with suspicious people and from what little I’ve been able to overhear while in the Pleasure Quarter, the Berbera are being ordered to ‘look the other way’ in regards to these people.”

Ottar mulled this new information over in his head for a moment, debating if it was worth reporting to his Goddess. “How certain are you of the identities of these ‘suspicious people’?”

The spy looked up at Ottar with serious eyes. “I’m completely certain that some of these people are remnants of Evilus. I wouldn’t mistake the robes I saw.”

Ottar held the spy’s gaze for a long moment, but so no trace of doubt in their eyes. “Very well. I will report this to Lady Freya immediately.” The spy nodded and departed with a wave from Ottar’s hand. ‘Ishtar…’ The very thought of the other Goddess slightly annoyed Ottar due to all the annoyance she tried to cause for his Goddess. ‘Have you truly let your petty jealously go so far as to work with the remnants of those that Lady Freya helped exterminate in the past?’ Ottar had been there and even fought in the ‘Great Feud’ as it was known nowadays. He had no interest in dealing with another uprising of the Familias of so-called ‘Evil Gods’. If ordered to by Freya, he’d slaughter the Ishtar Familia down to the last member and burn the Pleasure Quarter to the ground. “All by the Goddess’s will.” He spoke quietly, reverently, of his Goddess as he left Folkvangr and headed for Babel Tower where Freya resided high above the rest of Orario.

-Orario ~ Market Area-

Bell was enjoying a day off from the Dungeon at the insistence of Bastet. His Goddess had been thrilled at his recent growth, but didn’t want him overworking himself. She’d nearly pushed him out of the house this morning and told him to come back for dinner tonight since she was making something special. He was a little put out that he hadn’t gotten to try out his new spell today, but he’d just try it out tomorrow when he went back into the Dungeon. Right now he was wandering around Orario’s Market Area, the place with the most foreign traders in the city. It seemed like an interesting place and once more emphasized why Orario was called the ‘Center of the World’ with all of the different cultures and regions represented by the traveling merchants.

“Come on! Give me a discount!” A somewhat familiar voice came from a few stalls down.

Bell looked over and felt a smile form on his face as he saw some VERY familiar faces. The raised voice was arguing about the price of some spices at a specific stall it seemed.

“I won’t sell it for any less! I wouldn’t make enough of a profit!” The merchant man claimed as he argued with the blonde Amazon. “Either pay the price or offer up something for trade!”

“Like you haven’t been staring at my tits this whole time?” Ikumi scoffed at the man with narrowed eyes. “I should get a discount just for how much you’ve been talking to my tits instead of me!”

The merchant man was clearly flustered as he shook his head. “I have done no such thing!”

Matora scoffed at the man. “Yeah, sure. You’ve also been staring at my tits too, so you think it doesn’t count or something?”

“He’s been rotating who he stares at.” Chacha laughed, her huge tits bouncing a little as she put her hands on her hips.

“The final price is 25,000 Valis! Take it or leave it!” The merchant slapped his hand on the counter of his stall.

Samira sighed at the argument going on in front of her. “We were supposed to be cheering up Aisha today. How did this haggling argument break out?”

Aisha was looking off to the side, but one would have to know her well to see that she wasn’t in a good mood. The woman was damn good at masking her body language and hiding her expression.

“I told you; I’m not paying more than 20,000!” Ikumi nearly growled at the merchant that thought he was subtle, slamming the Valis that she was willing to pay on the counter with enough force to rattle the stall.

A stack of Valis, exactly 5,000 to be precise, was set on the counter next to Ikumi’s money. “There you go, 25,000 Valis.” Bell smiled at the merchant.

“Bell?!” Ikumi, Chacha, and Matora exclaimed as their heads whipped around to look at him.

Samira and Aisha perked up a little as they looked over at the newly arrived Bell.

“Sold!” The merchant took the Valis and pushed a bag loaded with Ikumi’s choices towards the Amazon.

“Huh? Wait a minute!” Ikumi looked between the bag, Bell, and the merchant.

“It’s fine, Miss Ikumi.” Bell smiled at her. “Glad that I could help.”

Ikumi felt her heart beat strongly in her chest as she picked up the bag filled with various rare and exotic spices that she wanted to try cooking with. “Thanks, Bell.” She gave him a smile, her cheeks slightly pink, but hard to tell because of her complexion.

“So sweet.” Chacha beamed at Bell and quickly pulled him into a hug, burying his face into her massive tits.

Bell didn’t resist in the slightest.

Matora eventually rolled her eyes as Chacha giggled and held Bell into her boobs. With a quick motion, she snatched the back of his shirt and pulled his face out of Chacha’s tits. “So, besides being helpful and getting a face full of Chacha’s rack, what’re you doing here, Bell?”

“Just exploring some more of Orario. My Goddess was insistent that I take a day off from the Dungeon.” Bell explained with a chuckle. “Are you five shopping together?”

“Well, we’re trying.” Matora shrugged, her gray eyes briefly glancing over at Aisha. “But we got a little sidetracked.”

“Miss Samira, Miss Aisha, I hope you’re both having a good day.” Bell smiled at the two women.

Samira returned the smile instantly. “Not too bad. Could be better.”

“We’re fine.” Aisha gave him a ‘look’ and Bell was surprised when he didn’t feel the little thrum in his body like before.

‘Something’s different this time…’ Bell was able to tell from his body’s lack of reaction to the sultry look in Aisha’s lovely violet eyes. “Is something wrong, Miss Aisha?”

“Hm?” Aisha barely stopped her eyes from widening. ‘We’ve only met once before, yet he can tell something is bothering me?’ That was rare, especially with how good Aisha was at masking her true feelings.

Bell suddenly noticed that Samira, Chacha, Ikumi, and Matora were all looking slightly ‘off’. As if they wanted to say something, but couldn’t for some reason.

“It’s nothing that you need to worry about, Bell.” Aisha shook her head, the barest of smiles on her face for his concern.

Normally, Bell would’ve left it at that, not wanting to pry into other people’s lives and seem rude. But something inside was urging him to speak up. “I don’t know if I’d be able to help… But I’m willing to listen.” He offered with a gentle smile.

“Aisha…” Samira looked at her friend, there was a brief, unspoken, conversation that passed between the two women.

“Not here.” Aisha shook her head and started walking down the street. Bell and the other Amazons followed after her.

It was a few minutes later that the group was standing in an out of the way alley between two buildings in a much less busy part of the Market Area. Aisha leaned against one of the walls and let out a sigh. “I can’t say anything, I’m forbidden to, but the others can tell you most of it.”

Bell was confused by Aisha’s words, wondering why she was forbidden from talking about her own feelings.

“It’s about our Goddess.” Samira spoke up first. “She’s planning to do something that Aisha isn’t okay with, but we can’t go against her.”

“Yeah…” Chacha looked uncomfortable. “If we disobey or try to rebel…” She wrapped he arms around herself.

Matora growled under her breath, her fists clenched at her sides. “If we try and rebel or speak out against her, we’re silenced. Either by that fucking toad or by our Goddess herself.”

“Silenced?” Bell didn’t like the sound of that. “Your Goddess doesn’t listen to her Familia members’ concerns?”

“Hah!” Aisha’s laugh was filled with sarcasm and resignation.

“No, our Familia isn’t like that.” Samira shook her head to answer for Aisha.

Ikumi finally spoke, her hands tightly gripping the bag that held her new spices. “If our Goddess silences us, we lose our free will about whatever she orders. We can’t say anything that she forbids, no matter what it is or how terrible it might be.” She was biting her lip with repressed anger for Aisha’s situation.

“Aisha rebelled and set back one of our Goddess’s plans…” Chacha looked at Bell without the warmth that he had seen before. “So, she lost her free will. She can never disobey our Goddess ever again.”

“How? I thought the Deities couldn’t use their Arcanum?” Bell looked between the five Amazons in concern. Bastet had told him that no Deity could use their Arcanum in Gekai, the Lower World. So how could Aisha have her free will stolen?

Matora looked into Bell’s eyes, a myriad of emotions in her own, the most prominent being rage, concern, and just a hint of fear. “It’s not Arcanum that stole Aisha’s freedom… It’s something else.”

“It’s a Charm.” Samira told Bell directly, a resigned look on her face. “When our Goddess uses her Charm, no mortal could ever hope to disobey her.”

Bell felt like part of his worldview had just been shattered.

A Familia was supposed to be like family. Everyone there to help each other and make their lives and their Deity’s life better. To work and support each other through good times and bad. But to hear that a Goddess was literally stealing the freedom from her own Familia members any time they spoke their concerns or disagreements… That was nothing like what he knew of a Familia.

“Now you know.” Aisha looked at Bell, her normally alluring violet eyes were now dull and resigned.

Bell didn’t know why he stepped forward.

He couldn’t tell you why he took Aisha’s hand in both of his.

But he felt that if he didn’t do something, she’d break right in front of him, and it was something he just couldn’t allow.

“Light of heaven, the song of life, the dance of the guardian. Protect my treasure, restore my treasure, and strengthen my treasure. Treasure Light.” Bell called forth his Magic and Aisha was surrounded by the golden glow a second later.

“What’re you doing?!” Aisha looked at Bell like he was crazy. She felt a rush through her body and the golden glow surrounding her felt warm, safe, like she was a little girl again, snuggled up in her favorite blanket. “You can’t break Ishtar’s Charm with a…healing…spell…” She trailed off and her eyes widened. Aisha covered her mouth with her right hand, as if she couldn’t believe that she’d just said what she’d said.

“Aisha…” Samira’s eyes were wide as she looked at her friend. “You said it.”

“Ishtar forbid you to tell anyone about her Charm.” Matora’s voice was almost a whisper. She couldn’t believe this.

Chacha looked between Aisha and Bell, though the two were still standing right next to each other. “Does that mean?” She didn’t want to get her hopes up…hope wasn’t something one held onto if they ever ran afoul of Ishtar. But this…Bell had defied what they all thought was an absolute truth.

“Bell…” The tone of Ikumi’s voice got Bell to look at her. “Your Magic can break the Charm of a Goddess?”

Bell saw the stunned looks he was receiving and didn’t know how to respond. “I…I guess?” he hadn’t known about a Charm before now, but some part of his Abjuration Magic must be effective against it.

The feeling of Aisha’s left hand gently squeezing his hand made Bell turn to face her (and also realize that he’d been holding her hand this entire time). Bell looked into her violet eyes and saw small tears forming in the corners. But it was the emotions in her eyes that nearly entranced Bell. Relief, joy, hope, and a fire that he couldn’t identify, but felt fit Aisha very well.

“Thank you, Bell Cranel.” Aisha quickly wiped the barely there tears from her eyes with her right hand. “You have no idea what this means to me.” It felt as if the weight of the world had fallen from her shoulders.

Bell smiled at Aisha warmly. “I’m just glad that I was able to help, Miss Aisha.”

“Aisha.” Aisha shook her head, her long black hair swaying from the motion. “Just Aisha.” She gave him a warm smile, full of warmth and affection.

“Aisha, then.” Bell agreed.

He wasn’t expecting Aisha to slowly rest her hand on his cheek and gently take his chin between her fingers. “No one will be able to take you from me, Bell.” Aisha said with the life and fire returned to her beautiful eyes. “You’re my chosen man.”

“Hey!” Ikumi raised her voice.

“No fair, Aisha!” Chacha pouted at the older Amazon.

“Don’t try and keep him for yourself!” Matora pointed at Aisha.

Samira rolled her eyes, but couldn’t muster up any harshness for her friend that had just gotten her life back under her own control. “You better share.”

Aisha pulled Bell’s head into her large tits, wrapping her arms around his head to keep his face pressed into her softness. “He’s mine! No one else can take him!”

“No way!” Matora, Ikumi, Chacha, and Samira all denied, clearly not about to give up the hunt for Bell.

Bell was rather enjoying having his face pressed into the soft, warm, bosom of Aisha. But, he was still a man, and decided that he should make his own opinion about this known. So, in a move that none of the Amazons expected, Bell’s arms wrapped around Aisha, one around her waist while the other went down and…

“Mmm~!” Aisha hummed in approval as Bell took a handful of her ass and groped it, before giving it a little swat. She let him pull his head free of her tits, only to lick her lips at the look in his rubellite eyes.

“I’m flattered, Aisha.” Bell still had his arms around the beautiful Amazon. “But I want a big family in the future.”

All five Amazon women inhaled sharply through their noses at Bell’s tone and his blatantly stated desire. The vast majority of Amazons hated beating around the bush about things. So, Bell stating his pure and simple desires to them, flat out, made their instincts flare.

“I’ll give you plenty of daughters~” Aisha pressed her body flush against Bell’s, her large breasts molding against his chest. Bell’s desire for family was very compatible with the Amazon race’s desire to breed and have children with men they found worthy.

“I want a baby…” Chacha mewled out, her hips swaying side to side as she bit her lip and looked at Bell.

Samira licked her lips. “You know just what to say to us, huh, Bell?” Her blood felt like it was on fire from hearing Bell’s desire.

“W-Well… I… I wouldn’t mind…” Ikumi’s face was now red enough to see, despite her Amazonian skin tone. She kept looking at Bell and then away, only for her green eyes to be drawn right back to him.

Matora grinned challengingly at Bell. “If you want me, then you’ve gotta prove your strength. My daughters won’t be fathered by a weakling.” There was nearly a growl her tone, and that shot a bolt of phantom pleasure up Bell’s spine for reasons that even he didn’t know.

“We’ll have to talk to Bastet then.” Bell smiled at the Amazons. “She’s been certain since I met all of you that she knew how things would go.”

That sent another thrill through the bodies of the Amazons.

“We should spend the day together.” Bell offered them all with a warm smile. “We could make it like a date, if you want.”

Bell’s answer was being dragged out of the alley with Aisha’s arm wrapped around his right arm. Samira’s arm wrapped around his left arm. Chacha, Ikumi, and Matora walking in front of them, all three with a noticeable sway in their hips, making their generous bottoms bounce enticingly.

It was only now that Bell realized he didn’t know what qualified as a ‘date’ by Amazon standards.

-Twilight Manor ~ Loki Familia Home-

Two Amazon sisters suddenly perked up out of nowhere.

“Why do I suddenly feel annoyed?” Tione looked around, wondering what had caused the sudden feeling.

Tiona shrugged. “No clue, but I feel the same…like I’m missing out on something.” She almost pouted as she tried to figure out what was going on. “I don’t’ like this…”

Ais looked between Tiona and Tione curiously. Tilting her head slightly at what they were talking about.

“Did you see that guy surrounded by those Amazons?” Raul Nord, a Level 4 of their Familia, asked two other men.

“In the Market Area, right? Yeah, I saw.” Cruz Brussel, a Chienthrope man gave a nod. “It looked like they were on some kind of group date.”

Arcs, another Level 4 that primarily acted as a Tank for the Familia, chuckled at Raul’s obvious envy of the other man’s position. “Maybe if you dyed your hair white, you’d get that kind of attention. Ort maybe it was the red eyes? Both?” He ribbed his friend with a laugh.

“I didn’t say I wanted to be in his position!” Raul denied, clearly looking away from both of his friends.

The three men were suddenly stopped as Tione and Tiona stood in their path.

“What did you say about a white-haired man with red eyes?” Tione questioned the three Level 4’s, a sharp look in her eyes.

“Did you say he was surrounded by Amazons?” Tiona asked more calmly than her sister, but it was clear that she wanted an answer now.

“H-Huh?” Raul blinked at the questions.

“Answer me!” Tione demanded, leaning closer to Raul’s face.

“Y-Yeah! There was this white-haired guy with red eyes in the Market Area! He had five Amazons around him! I’m pretty sure two of them were Antianeira and Bite from the Ishtar Familia!” Raul spilled everything he knew, even if it wasn’t much.

“Those little hussies!” Tione growled and started rushing for the front doors. “They’re trying to get the jump on us!”

“Wait for me!” Tiona chased after her sister quickly, both of them out of sight in mere moments.

Raul silently prayed for the guy that he’d just thrown under the bus. ‘It was either you or me, random man. And I want to live!’

Ais was now even more confused about what had just happened. So, she did what she often did when she was confused; she went to talk to Riveria.

No one would expect the laughter that could be heard from Riveria’s room a short time later.

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Bell just keeps growing as he works towards his dreams!

He’s even developed a second Magic!

Sunburst is a Radiant Swift-Strike Magic that Bell will use in multiple ways as he experiments with it! Look forward to Bell blasting his way through the Dungeon even more now! Kek!

Bastet and Bell consummate their love! All of the Warm and Fuzzy! Bell better hurry and get to Level 8! Bastet seems eager to try and give him some family! Hehehe!

Bell runs into the Ishtar Familia Amazons again on his day off!

Helping Ikumi buy some rare spices for her cooking is so sweet!

But then, he learns about Aisha’s lost freedom due to Ishtar’s Charm… Unable to let such a thing happen, Bell tries his Abjuration Magic to help Aisha!

And it works!

Aisha is free from Ishtar’s Charm! Yay!

She quickly stakes her claim on Bell! She won’t let ANYONE take him away from her!

The others tell her that she’d better share! Lol

But Ishtar’s plots and schemes haven’t gone unnoticed this time around!

Ottar is about to report to Freya that Ishtar has been spotted with remnants of Evilus! Freya Familia was one of the Familias that helped end the Great Feud in the past! To find out that Ishtar is helping these remnants may not be something that Freya is willing to tolerate, unlike past attempts at provocation!

Is something big about to go down?

Keep reading to find out!

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Until next time, later!