Terrarian in the Dungeon

Hestia although she fainted somewhat, she was still conscious enough to remember how her over-dramatic fainting spell resulted in her being pushed into my face as I kept her from cracking her head open on the tile floor of the living room.

So she quickly made herself scarce as she blushed heavily while I left her to be so I could focus on Haruhime. "That's an impressive spell but in reality, we shouldn't really use it unless we are fighting something we cannot defeat at all," I said as Seshat explained how Haruhime's spell would cut down the Excellia we would get after using it for a good while to allow the Falna to heal from being forcefully boosted to the next level without the needed high-quality Excellia needed to make up the framework of the foundation of a person's next level.

So I took out an elemental staff and passed it to her. "Just focus on walking the supporting mage path in the back while I fight up closer and Bell takes care of the mid-range stuff," I said patting Haruhime between her golden ears.

"But everyone wants to use my spell!" Haruhime almost whispered but I rolled my eyes as I lifted Haruhime's chin so she wouldn't just stare at the ground.

"Haruhime..." I said slowly as I smiled wryly. "I mass produce high-quality Excellia with my summoned bosses. The last thing I want is for my Falna to need to recover and slow down my growth. Our Familia's will only need your level boosting spell at the most grave of moments like fighting higher level adventures as we are very good at defending ourselves in the dungeon." I said grinning as I thought that we more like bullied the dungeon with the impossible-to-bypass bunkers we would build in the dungeon.

Though that cheat won't amount to much when the later monsters like in the Water City floors can summon and manipulate the endless amount of water on the floors and using that water they could fill up our bunkers and drown us... That would be a terrible way to go.

"So don't worry Haruhime. We will not rely on you for your cheat spell. Instead, we will rely on you as a fellow compatriot within the dungeon that fights beside us." I said strongly and she nervously giggled looking shy as for so long her level-boosting spell was all she was seen as.

Then Haruhime cutely stared into my eyes as she tried to find some courage and she asked with some steel in her spine. "So I will be able to make my own fate?"

I patted her head again before I let go of her as I spoke. "Sure why not... But you are behind us so you will need to work hard." I said grinning and Haruhime bravely nodded her head like she was trying to psyche herself up, to begin with.

Before I could continue to seduce my new pet, I heard Bell coming downstairs and I saw her wearing a fluffy robe with her long white hair flowing over her back as she wasn't wearing any kind of ponytail or bindings in order to let her hair breathe. "Oh, Jake you are back already!" Bell said excitedly and then blinked at seeing Haruhime grasp a corner of my shirt. "Soooo. who is she?" Bell asked tilting her head to the side slightly and I chuckled as I pulled Haruhime in front of me.

"This adorable cinnamon roll is Sanjouno Haruhime, the new member of my Seshat Familia," I said proudly as Bell pouted and looked over at Hestia.

"Hestiaaaa!!! Why haven't we gotten any new members, Jake's Familia has four members now, and its even younger than our Familia is!?" Bell whined and Hestia choked as she looked at Bell with a look of shock at her precious child's verbal betrayal and whining.

"Bell Cranel!" She shouted putting on a brave face as she tried to scold Bell for not being me and literally picking up people for her to put a Falna on them.

"Oh, so I just need to bring people for you to put a new Falna on?" Bell asked blinking in surprise and smiling as she clasped her hand in delight as she came to some kind of realization. "Well, then I got someone already! I found a supporter who helped me do some solo dungeon work and she is a nice Prum." Bell said and my eye twitched as I put together that she somehow came across Liliarcu Arde and actually, if my timeline is right this was typically about the same time she was supposed to meet the troublesome midget.

Meh honestly I didn't care about Lili as she wasn't going to be in my Familia and if she caused Bell any trouble she would learn real quick not to do so when I find her.

"Uhh yeah anyway," I said cutting off Bell's way too innocent thoughts and mumbled words on how she could go about corrupting her midget supporter into her Familia as Hestia stared at her child in horror and was whispering something about NTR but I firmly ignored her as those thoughts led to madness.

I decided to just rip the band-aid off and get it out in the open. "Bell... This is hard to say but your mother and aunt have been brought back to life and they want to meet you." I said with a straight face and Bell's face turned flat and if anything hurt as she looked at me for a second and took a deep breath.

"Jake, I don't even know who and what my mother looks like, let alone my aunt." She said firmly and I nodded as that was fair to say but I shrugged.

"Bell, listen to me and Hestia herself. Your Mother and Aunt have come back to life and I am sure they are the same as you look a lot like your Aunt with the same white hair and a similar facial structure." I said looking to Hestia and she nodded.

"He is telling the truth Bell," Hestia said softly and Bell's face twisted before she took a deep breath.

"So you want me to meet them or something?" She said softly and looking lost and I kinda knew what she was going through as my home situation in my past life was messed up as well.

I nodded as I pulled Bell into my arms before I sighed. "Bell, your mother Materia is fine and not much of an issue for you to meet as she literally died giving birth to you... But your aunt, Alfia, The Silence has a lot of baggage as she did some crazy shit before she originally died as she lost everything when the Hera and Zeus Familia perished fighting the One Eye'd Black Dragon." I explained and Bell went silent as she rested in my arms.

Finally though as Beatrice pulled Haruhime aside to show her around the house and the enclosed property Bell finally spoke when Hestia subtly snuggled up against Bell as well. "I don't mind meeting them I guess..." She muttered weakly and I patted her on her back as I took a breath.

"Well either way I wanted to ask you if you want to come with me to Beor mountains. I need to go mining for some special resources that I cannot get in the dungeon." I finished and Bell grinned looking over at Hestia.

"Alright! Let's go on a vacation as there is supposed to be a massive hot spring due to the volcanoes in the Beor mountains!" Bell said excitedly and I nodded while Hestia chuckled and said she would also invite some of her other divine friends like Miach and Takemikazuchi.

With that in stone, I then realized I would need to tell Alfia that we were going on a vacation and that no we weren't fleeing Orario in order to not deal with her.

'Oh god, Alfia is going to break my legs.' I mentally groaned as I wondered if I could use Bell as a shield for the inevitable sound wave that was going to yeet me across Genkai.

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