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Hello friends and fans, Kairomaru is bringing you a new chapter! Bell takes a day off from the Dungeon, but he’s not one to just sit around doing nothing. With how powerful Bell’s desire is to get stronger, for his dream to be a Hero and to keep his promise with Loki, not to mention all of the support that he’s getting from his Familia, just how much will he grow? With Monsterphilia right around the corner, will certain events still take place, or will other factors interfere?

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Chapter 5 – The Support of Familia

In the room that Riveria used for her lessons, Bell and Lefiya were both going over a book together as Riveria taught Bell about Skills. It was a refresher course for Lefiya, who was already familiar with Skills, but she was happy to help Bell learn more.

“Broadly speaking, Skills fall under two types: Those that use Mind, similar to Magic, and those that do not.” Riveria wrote the words on the chalkboard for Bell and Lefiya to see. “Many Skills are passive in nature, such as ones that boost Basic Abilities by some amount, but there are those that must be willing triggered by the user as well.” The High Elf wrote the words ‘Passive’ and ‘Active Trigger’ on the board. “Some Skills require the user to use a certain weapon or perform a certain task: running, defending, using magic, or even resting, to make use of their passive effects. My Skill: Fairy Anthem, is one of these types as it boosts the power of my spells the longer that I chant.”

Bell was writing down notes on the paper in front of him diligently, “That means both of my Skills are passive, since I don’t have to activate them.”

“My Skill is similar to Lady Riveria’s. It’s a passive buff, but if I use it in conjunction with attack magic, then it doubles the effect.” Lefiya smiled at Bell as she gave him another example.

“What’s your Skill called, Miss Viridis?” Bell asked politely, his pen poised to write it down in his notes for examples of the terms he’d learned today.

“Fairy Cannon.” Lefiya told him while fidgeting just slightly. She was fairly certain being praised as a ‘mobile artillery Mage’ even back when she’d been a student in the School District had led to her Skill manifesting with such a name.

Bell wrote the name down under ‘Passive Skills’ in his notes before giving Lefiya a smile. “It certainly fits a powerful and cute Elf woman like you, Miss Viridis.”

“Eh?!” Lefiya blinked at the compliment before her cheeks turned red.

“Ah! Was that rude to say?” Bell asked, hoping that he hadn’t made a faux pas of Elven customs.

Lefiya shook her head side to side quickly. “N-No, it’s fine. Thank you for the c-compliment, Bell.” Her heart had leapt in her chest from being genuinely complimented on both her power and her looks. ‘Why do such simple things from Bell make me feel this way?’ Lefiya wondered about the effect that Bell’s words had on her…and why she enjoyed them so much.

Riveria watched her two students get flustered by each other with a small smile. ‘At this rate the two might end up falling for each other.’ That almost made Riveria chuckle as she (and a good amount of the Familia) knew that Lefiya had some feelings for Ais. Deciding to get the lesson back on track, Riveria spoke a little louder than before to refocus Lefiya and Bell’s attention. “In regards to ‘Active Trigger’ type Skills, these are the ones most likely to require Mind to utilize them.”

Bell quickly went back to writing his notes, but Lefiya spent more than a little time for the rest of the lesson just glancing at Bell with a hint of a blush on her cheeks.

-Late Morning-

“Ack!” Bell’s entire arm trembled as he blocked a swing from Tione’s kukri knife.

Tione pressed her advantage with a wide grin. “Come on, Bell! That’s not enough to stagger you, right?!” She swung again, this time with her left knife.

Shing

Bell angled his sword and let Tine’s blade glance off of his own, sliding down the length of the blade. He stepped into her guard and attempted to slam his fist into her stomach…but Tione was much more experienced in combat.

“Not bad.” Tione had raised her knee to block the punch, perfectly balanced on one leg. “You’re getting better, Bell.” She praise him even as she swung both of her kukri knives towards his neck in a dual slice meant to decapitate.

“Shit!” Bell cursed as he shot backwards as far as he could given the awkward angle that he was in after stepping into Tione’s guard. He cleared the reach of her knives, and quickly reset his stance to block her follow up charge.

Clang

Shing

Clang

Clang

Swsh

Bell and Tione’s blades clashed over and over as the Amazon continued to put pressure on him.

Bell thrust his sword forward, aiming straight for Tione’s chest. “Hyah!”

Tione caught his blade between her two, stopping it cold, just as the tip touched the red cloth of her bikini top. “Hup!” With a flex of even her restrained strength, Tione forced Bell’s sword down, making it hit the ground. Her right kukri flashed upwards and the spine of the blade hit Bell’s chin like an uppercut.

When did she flip it to the back?’ Bell wondered when Tione had the time given how fast the exchange had been. He staggered back two steps, his chin hurt, but it wasn’t bad enough to put him down.

“That’s the way, Bell!” Tione had a bright smile on her lips, her Amazon blood hot in her veins as Bell continued to prove his resolve and growing strength. She thrust her chest out with pride, knowing that she’d helped with Bell’s development.

“Uh…” Bell gaped as Tione’s red top gave way, the tip of his sword being forced down so powerfully had cut the garment in two right between the cups that held up Tione’s blessings. “M-Miss Tione!”

Tione blinked at Bell’s sudden exclamation, wondering what had him so flustered. Feeling the cooler air on her girls, Tione looked down at her damaged top and saw her tits exposed. “Oh.”

All she says is ‘Oh’?’ Bell thought to himself as his eyes tried to burn the image of Tione’s large breasts into his memory forever. The bronze skin and darker nipples would definitely be something he wouldn’t forget. He politely turned his head away as Tione sheathed her two kukri knives and pulled her bikini top back over her tits, holding it in place with her hands.

“Tione! No fair!” Tiona nearly came flying into the sparring area that Bell and Tione had been using in the back garden. “Trying to seduce Bell all by yourself!”

Tione rolled her eyes at Tiona, even as a small smirk formed on her lips. “It was just an accident, you dope.”

Tiona looked at her sister suspiciously for a few seconds. “Oops…” She pulled down her tube top, showing her handfuls to Bell with a bright grin.

“Mm!” Bell’s eyes widened at the sudden exposure. But quickly took in the sight of Tiona’s small breasts all the same. She had the same bronze skin and darker nipples as Tione, only the size of her tits was different. “Miss T-Tiona!”

“Just ‘Tiona’, Bell!” Tiona reminded him with a grin, still showing off her smaller tits.

Tione wasn’t going to just stand by though. “Hey! Mine was an actual accident, you idiot Tiona!” She stopped holding her bikini top on and the red cloth fell away to reveal her tits again, both of the lovely globes bouncing as she nearly stomped over to Tiona.

Tiona stuck her tongue out at Tione. “What’s the big deal? Now we’ve both shown off for Bell.”

“Shown off?” Bell looked between the sisters, his rubellite eyes actually staying on their faces, wondering what they meant.

“As if you have much to ‘show off’.” Tione smirked, flexing her pectorals to make her girls bounce without having to move at all. Bell’s eyes lost the challenge of not looking as they quickly fell to take in the sight of Tione’s lovely bouncing bosom.

Tiona glared at her sister. “Stop jiggling those around! You stole all the boobs while we were still in our mother!”

“That’s not how it works and you know it!” Tione shot back with a glare of her own.

Wap

A towel hit Tione squarely in the chest, covering up her bouncing tits. Two hands quickly took hold of Tiona’s tube top and pulled it back up and into place a half-second later.

“You two are supposed to be sparring with Bell, not trying to seduce him.” Aki said with a flat look at both of the Amazon sisters. “If you can’t manage that, then I’ll take over.” She took Bell’s free hand and started leading him away without another word.

“Aki?” Bell finally shook himself out of the daze that seeing Tione and Tiona topless had caused.

Aki looked over her shoulder at Bell with a grin. “You enjoy the view, Bell?” Seeing Bell stutter as he tried to answer, Aki laughed and squeezed his hand. “I’m joking. You looked a little overwhelmed, so I decided to step in.”

Bell sighed a little before a smile crossed his face. “Thank you, Aki.” Seeing Aki smile back at him, Bell mustered up his growing courage around the women that had become part of his life and grinned. “I was enjoying the view though.”

“Of course you were.” Aki stopped and turned to look at him, making sure that Bell saw her eyes roll. “Looks like you need to refocus on your training.” She took a step back and drew her sword, holding it at the ready. “I didn’t get to Level 5 during the expedition, but I can still toss you around for a bit.”

“Wouldn’t you prefer to instruct me like normal?” Bell asked as he readied his sword in response.

Aki grinned at him, looking very much like a cat about to pounce on its prey. “No.”

Clang

The first impact of sword against sword was heavy and Bell felt the hit all the way up his arm and into his shoulder.

“Is it too late to say that I was joking?” Bell asked as he locked blades with Aki.

“Were you joking?” Aki questioned with a smirk as she pushed Bell backwards slowly.

Bell pivoted and let Aki’s strength propel him into a full spin with his sword aimed at her back. “No, I wasn’t.”

Clang

Aki blocked Bell’s sword with her own, easily predicting the path of Bell’s blade and stopping his swing cold with her greater strength. “I like your honesty, Bell.” Aki grinned at him before pushing him backwards, knocking his sword upwards in the process. She was in his guard a second later, sword at Bell’s throat, and her face only centimeters away from Bell’s. “But don’t expect me to spoil you with a free show like Tione and Tiona.” Aki teased him by putting a purr in her voice that Bell found very sexy.

“I have to earn it then?” Bell joked right back, finding his footing in the teasing, even as his footing in the battle shifted to defensive. “Whoa!” Aki increased her force and sent Bell staggering backwards.

“Not what I meant…” Aki said as she pressed her advantage and kept Bell on the backfoot. “But, yes.” She smirked as she knocked his sword out of his hand when Bell faltered at her words. “I win.”

Bell shared a smile with Aki as he picked up his sword. “This round.”

Aki’s tail stood straight up behind her; the tip curled towards her back. “Someone’s feeling confident today.” She grinned at Bell.

“I have something to earn, right?” Bell got in the first teasing remark and saw Aki’s eyes widened a little. Taking the brief opening, Bell shot forward with a strong swing aimed at Aki’s shoulder.

Clang

Aki blocked it with her blade and lashed out with her free hand in a clawing motion towards Bell’s face. “Let’s see if you can earn something then, Bell.”

Bell blocked a few exploratory strikes from Aki’s sword. “I’ll do my best!”

-Lunch-

“I didn’t earn it…” Bell mumbled to himself as he sat at one of the tables in the mess hall. His entire body was sore, but his right arm hurt a bit more, having to deal with the brunt of strikes from Aki’s sword, and Tione’s kukri knives before that. “Maybe I should learn to use my left hand some more too?” Bell considered as he ate his simple lunch of chicken, bread, and vegetable soup.

“What’cha thinking about, Bell?” Tiona asked with a smile as she sat next to him, placing her tray of food down on the table.

Bell smiled at Tiona, still vividly remembering her ‘showing off’ from the morning. “Just thinking about learning to use my left hand more. I don’t think it could hurt to try and develop some ambidexterity, even if I never fully become ambidextrous.”

Tiona took a bite of her bread and nodded at Bell’s thoughts. “Sounds like a good idea to me.” She used both hands to wield Urga, but she still favored her dominant right hand for most things. “You never know what might happen in the Dungeon, being able to use your weapon with your off hand might be your only choice.” She said before cutting apart the herb-roasted chicken breast on her plate with only a few flicks of her knife. “You should definitely learn some hand-to-hand combat too. Losing your weapon in the Dungeon, especially on the Lower Floors, is a pretty common occurrence. Being able to fight barehanded is something that every upper tier Adventurer should know, you know?” She smiled at Bell before she began to devour her chicken.

“Could you teach me, Tiona?” Bell asked after a moment to think about what Tiona had said. It made a lot of sense, and Tiona had told him what had happened to her Urga down on the Fiftieth Floor of the Dungeon.

“Of course!” Tiona beamed at him happily, her smile as bright as sunshine. “I’m pretty confident in my hand-to-hand!” She rested her left hand on her right bicep, flexing it a little to show off the muscle that was hidden beneath the deceptively soft skin.

Bell kind of wondered if looking soft and beautiful, while actually being stronger than the average human man, was just a natural trait of the Amazons. “Thank you very much, Tiona.”

“No problem!” Tiona was nearly bouncing in her seat from excitement. “You have training with Ais this afternoon, right?”

“Not until later; she said that she was going into the Dungeon this morning.” Bell said before taking a spoonful of soup.

Tiona let out a small sigh. “Yeah… Keeping her out of the Dungeon is the hard part.” Ais was almost always in the Dungeon, even right after coming back from an expedition. But Tiona had noticed that she wasn’t spending entire days in the Dungeon alone as much anymore. ‘When did that start?’ She thought about it for a long moment as she finished off her food. Tiona looked over at Bell and it clicked. ‘Right about the same time that Bell joined the Familia.’ She let a little smile cross her lips as she thought about Ais finally being interested in something besides getting stronger. ‘Or someone.’ She barely kept her giggles to herself.

“Should we start sparring after lunch?” Bell asked Tiona as he was almost finished with his food.

“Sure! I’ll show you some stretches and then teach you a few strikes and stuff!” Tiona agreed with a warm laughter that made Bell smile just hearing it.

It was only a few minutes later that Bell was back in the rear garden of the Twilight Manor. Tiona helped him through some basic stretches, and then demonstrated her own flexibility as she stood on one leg and raised the other straight up into the air. Bell nearly goggled as Tiona went through her entire range of motion with her raised leg, even performing a full split with her right foot on the ground and the sole of her left foot facing the sky, perfectly holding her body horizontally from the ground.

“Ready?” Tiona asked with a grin as she stood across from Bell, her stance set, her body loose and ready to strike or react.

“Ready!” Bell nodded and stepped forward with a quick jab to test Tiona’s defenses.

Tiona didn’t even bother with the jab, weaving around it expertly before planting her fist into Bell’s chest and knocking him on his ass.

Bell let out a wheeze before inhaling slowly as he got up. “I barely saw you move.”

“Hehe…” Tiona had a proud grin on her face. “It’s all about experience, Bell!” She dropped back into her stance again with a laugh.

“I’ll do my best to learn from you, Tiona.” Bell promised with a fire of determination in his rubellite eyes. He retook his ready stance and focused on Tiona’s movements this time.

Tiona felt her blood start to run hot. It happened around Bell fairly often, especially when they sparred and she got to see his drive and determination. “Then I’ll go first this time!” She was in his guard a split-second later, her fist heading for his jaw.

Whap

Fist met raised arm and Bell threw a jab with his left hand again. Tiona pivoted to avoid and shoulder-checked Bell with a strong full-body lean. Bell staggered back three steps from the unexpected blow, but managed to sidestep Tiona’s follow up kick. Bell feinted a punch, and when Tiona raised her arm to block, he switched to a grab, taking hold of her arm. With a grunt, he tried to jerk her into his knee, but Tiona only grinned at him as she refused to move, her feet firmly planted on the ground.

“Hey, you’re not too bad, Bell!” Tiona smiled before she moved her arm, her hand latching onto Bell’s arm with a powerful grip, and then she pulled him along as she pivoted and shoulder tossed him onto the ground.

“Gah!” Bell hacked out as his back hit the ground. “Way stronger than me…”

Tiona leaned over Bell with a grin. “Well yeah, I’m Level 5, remember? Though I was holding back to around upper Level 2. I don’t want to hurt you too bad after all!”

The sunny smile that she gave him made Bell grin, even with the pain in his back. “Just a second…” He got back to his feet again. “Let’s go again!”

“Heck yeah!” Tiona cheered at Bell’s tenacity. She really liked it a lot. “Come at me, Bell!”

“Yah!” Bell did just that, this time leading with a front kick aimed at Tiona’s stomach.

-Later-

Bell was worn out, his body hurt, but he found that he couldn’t complain about his situation much.

The reason?

“Wow, you have more stamina than I thought, Bell!” Tiona smiled down at him, straddling his waist, her hands on his chest after making him tap out a minute ago. “How many rounds was that?” She’d honestly been having too much fun to keep track.

“Not enough.” Bell replied with a smile. “I’d like more lessons from you in the future, Tiona.”

Tiona beamed at Bell’s words. “Sure! This was fun!” She absolutely loved the fact that not only had Bell not given up or complained even once, but that he asked for more instead.

Bell blinked as Tiona’s hips rolled once on top of him. “Tiona?” She hadn’t broken eye contact with him at all, she didn’t even seem to notice that she’d moved her hips.

“Yeah?” Tiona asked as she rolled her hips again. The heat in her blood was steady and had been high for the entire time that they’d been sparring. Her movements were a subconscious desire to relieve that heat with the worthwhile man beneath her.

“Your hips are…” Bell didn’t want to say what she was doing, in case he was completely misinterpreting things.

“Do you want me to stop?” Tiona stilled her hips, her dark green eyes looking deep into Bell’s rubellite gaze.

Bell barely suppressed a groan as Tiona’s nice butt was resting right on top of his pelvis. He couldn’t explain what he did next with logic. In fact, it was most likely his own instincts sucker punching his logical mind. But Bell raised his own hips enough to briefly lift Tiona a bit and press into her from below.

“Hehe~” Tiona’s smile was still warm as always, but now that warmth took on an undertone of heat as she moved her hips against Bell’s.

“No you don’t!” Tione practically appeared behind her sister from nowhere. She wrapped her arms around Tiona and nearly put her sister into a full nelson hold. “Idiot Tiona! You’re the one trying to seduce Bell by yourself!” She tossed the accusation from the morning back at her sister.

Tiona nearly growled at Tione. “Hey! We weren’t doing anything wrong!” She struggled to try and break Tione’s hold on her.

Tione held strong, preventing Tiona from escaping. “You know damn well what you were doing! If you’re going to do what you accused me of, don’t think I’ll let you get away with it!”

Bell didn’t know what to make of the situation before him…technically on top of him…but the way that Tiona was moving wasn’t doing him any favors below the belt. A rather guttural groan escaped Bell, the metaphorical sucker punch from his instincts still keeping his higher logic from kicking in and trying to breakup the struggle between Tiona and Tione.

That groan made both sisters stop and just look at Bell. Two pairs of smoldering dark green eyes locked onto him and Bell had no way of knowing that he was returning the same look to Tione and Tiona.

Tione let Tiona go, pulling her arms back. “Bell…” She nearly bit her lip, having been watching Bell and Tiona spar for a while in this back corner of the garden away from anybody that could’ve seen them. It was no wonder her Amazon blood was running hot.

Bell sat up, his hand reached out and gently took Tione’s hand, pulling her from behind Tiona and to his side. “Your skin feels hot, Tione.” He commented on the heat he could feel. The same heat that he felt from Tiona on top of him.

“She needs this too.” Tiona said as she rolled her hips against Bell again.

“Our Amazon blood is burning.” Tione admitted with reddened cheeks as she leaned into Bell. “You’re not fair…” Her breathing was noticeably heavy, her words carrying heat in them.

Bell didn’t know a ton about Amazons, but after knowing Tione and Tiona since his first day in Loki Familia, he felt like he’d gained a bit of understanding. “Alright.” He kissed Tione’s lips softly, making her let out a muffled gasp of surprise before she quickly leaned into his lips.

“Mmm.” Tione hummed in pleasure as she and Bell kissed.

“Hah~” Tiona moaned lowly as she rolled her hips into Bell’s and felt him respond, pressing his hardness against her and creating wonderful friction.

Without a care, Tione pulled her red bikini top up and let her tits drop and bounce as she separated her lips from Bell’s. Without a word she took hold of his hand and brought it to her breast. “Bell, touch me.” Bell gently squeezed her large tit and then pressed his palm into it, feeling the hard nipple against his skin as he felt up Tione for the first time.

“No fair.” Tiona’s breathy voice was filled with eagerness as she leaned forward and kissed Bell. The two kept it simple, both enjoying the experience of kissing as their lips met while their hips continued to roll against each other.

When Bell pulled back from Tiona’s lips, he kissed Tione again, though shorter this time. His hand left her breast and he wrapped his arm around her waist. Tione didn’t wait for Bell to ask permission, she guided his hand to her core and pressed his fingers against the thin cloth of her bikini bottoms, letting him feel how worked up she was.

“Mmnn, yes~” Tione let out a breathy moan as Bell’s fingers began to rub and press into her heat over her bottoms. If he pulled them aside and buried his fingers inside of her, she wouldn’t say a word against it. The only thing she’d do would be to spread her thighs apart to give him more access.

“Bell~” Tiona grinned at him as she tugged her tube top down and freed her handfuls. “Me too.”

Bell’s free hand trailed up Tiona’s leg, across her hip, up her side, and then gently cupped one of her tits. He gently rolled it with his palm before brushing his fingers over the hard nipple, making Tiona let out a little gasp of pleasure.

Tione turned Bell to face her with a gentle finger on the side of his chin. “Mm~” She kissed him hotly, opening her mouth to deepen it, and she was thrilled when Bell instantly reciprocated. She pressed her wet heat against his fingers even more as their tongues played, Bell applying more pressure as he moved against her barely covered sex.

“Hah…” Bell exhaled heavily when he separated his lips from Tione’s, their kiss having lasted until air had become an issue. A thin strand of saliva connected their lips for a brief second before breaking. Bell blinked as Tiona leaned in and captured his lips next, mimicking what she’d watched Tione do and deepening the kiss instantly. Bell’s tongue eagerly met Tiona’s as he kissed her with all of the affection and passion that he had for her, just like Tione.

All three seemed to know when the end was approaching. Tiona’s hips sped up and she broke from their kiss with a long moan. Tione also let out a deep and husky moan that practically dripped with her satisfaction as her hips bucked off the ground and into Bell’s fingers even more for that one last push that would make her crash over the edge.

“Oooh~” Tiona collapsed onto Bell’s chest with a sigh of satisfaction.

“Haaah~” Tione nearly went limp as she leaned into Bell’s side, resting her head on his shoulder as her body trembled slightly.

Bell smiled softly at them, even if they couldn’t see it. There was a bit of masculine pride at knowing that he’d made them climax. It was definitely a first for him, and he was happy that he’d been able to bring Tione and Tiona such pleasure. He waited for the two to gather their wits before kissing Tiona’s lips and then kissing Tione’s right after. “Better?” He teased lightly.

“Better.” Tione and Tiona didn’t miss a beat, both smiling at him with eyes that promised more if he wanted it, now or in the future.

It was only as Tiona sat up again that she blinked and then looked down. “You’re still…” She looked at Bell. “Didn’t you…?”

Tione looked and saw the bulge in Bell’s pants still. “That wasn’t enough, huh?”

“I’m fine.” Bell assured them both with a smile.

Zip

“Eh?” Bell heard the zipper of his pants not even a second after Tiona had stopped straddling him. The front of his pants, along with his boxers, were pulled down by Tione’s hand while Tiona pressed herself into Bell’s free side.

“Oh wow…” Tiona breathed out as she saw Bell’s hard length for the first time.

“Yeah…” Tione seemed equally as taken with Bell’s size and girth upon seeing it.

Bell was about to tell them they didn’t need to worry about it, but then both of the sisters took hold of him with one hand each. “Sssst.” A sharp intake of air from the feeling of their hands on his cock was all that passed Bell’s lips.

“Not even both of our hands cover you…” Tione marveled as she and Tiona, seemingly without thought, moved their hands in perfect sync to start stroking Bell.

Tiona had a smile on her face as she felt the heat and pulsing from Bell’s cock. “It’s huge…” She stroked in time with Tione.

“Hah…” Bell let out a long exhale as Tiona and Tione stroked him. The two Amazons both praising his manhood was certainly a bit of an ego trip, but the way they were both pressing their naked tits against him and letting their hot breaths tickle his neck was heightening the sensation way more. “Tione…Tiona…” Bell let their names pass his lips in a heavy breath as both of them kissed his neck.

Tione hummed against Bell’s neck; her lips pressed softly against his pulse point. “Mmm~” With a soft moan, she opened her mouth and licked his skin, tasting the faint hint of sweat from his training today.

“Mnn~” Tiona kissed Bell’s neck, then softly licked the area that she’d kissed.

The sisters shared a brief look before both gently nibbled on Bell’s neck while increasing the speed of their stroking.

“Fuck!” Bell’s hips bucked up off the ground from the sudden stimulation. He felt himself throb as he hit his peak, and for just a half-second his vision went white. The half-second of unawareness was broken as Bell felt the head of his cock being stimulated and he felt his hips jerk once more. Looking down, Bell saw that Tione and Tiona had their hands clasped gently over the tip of his cock. It took his release-addled mind a second to realize what they were doing. “Catching it…?”

“It’s a waste not too.” Tiona giggled into his ear, gently tracing her tongue along the outer edge as her palm was covered in Bell’s hot seed.

Tione hummed softly as she felt how much was coating her hand. “You’re quite the overachiever, Bell~”

Bell could only watch with post-release clarity as Tiona and Tione pulled their hands away from his cockhead and he saw how much he’d absolutely painted both of their palms with his seed. What made his eyes widened was watching Tione and Tiona both look him in the eye as they licked his cum from their palms.

“Hah, is it supposed to be like this?” Tiona asked with a low moan as she licked her palm clean.

“I don’t know, I’ve only heard stories from a few older Amazons.” Tione recalled that some didn’t care for the taste of men, while others enjoyed it. But it seemed to depend on the individual Amazon and often the man as well. “Mmm~” She cleaned off her palm with her tongue before moving to suck her fingers clean one-by-one.

Once all of Bell’s seed was gone, Tione and Tiona snuggled into his sides as Bell put himself away and rezipped and buttoned his pants. The three of them just relaxed in the afterglow of release for a little while until they felt they had to get up and continue on with their day.

“Thank you both.” Bell smiled and kissed Tione’s lips for a moment before pulling back and then kissing Tiona a second later.

“Any time you want more, let me know~” Tione offered, licking her lips once with a grin.

“Uh huh!” Tiona agreed with a playful smile. “Whenever you want, Bell~”

Bell chuckled a little as he hugged Tione and Tiona close. “That too, but I was talking more about the training that you take the time to give me on my days off from the Dungeon. I want to get stronger and stand were you all stand one day.”

Tione kissed his cheek. “You will, Bell. There’s not a doubt in my mind.” She encouraged the man that had captured her heart so thoroughly.

Tiona kissed his opposite cheek with her sunshine-like smile. “Yep! One day you’ll be tearing up the Lower Floors and the Deep Levels side by side with us!”

Bell smiled at both Tiona and Tione. “I’ll have to keep working as hard as I can then. It’s a promise.” He said and saw both of their faces light up even more, if that was possible. The powerful desire, so pure as to be compared to flawless ice crystals, within Bell was metaphorically shining an aurora of colors as yet another desire, promise, and goal was added to it.

“It’s about time for your training with Ais.” Tione said with a grin. “You shouldn’t be late.”

“We should go with him and watch.” Tiona suggested, more than happy to stay with Bell for longer.

Tione wrapped an arm around Tiona’s shoulders. “You and I are heading for the baths. We both need a change of clothes too.” She reminded Tiona of the state of their panties (or bikini bottoms in Tione’s case).

Tiona pouted for a second, but relented when Tiona gave her a side-hug. “Fine.”

The three of them separated, Bell heading towards where he and Ais usually sparred, while Tiona and Tione headed back towards the Twilight Manor. Tiona with both hands behind her head and a bright smile on her face. Tione with a smile of her own and a spring in her step that would only be noticed by those closest to her…or a very observant Goddess of their Familia.

-Side Lot of Twilight Manor-

“Bell.” Ais smiled as she walked into their normal training area and saw Bell waiting for her.

“Ais.” Bell smiled back as he stood up from the bench that he’d been sitting on while he waited. “Did you get as far as you wanted in the Dungeon?”

Ais nodded once. “Far enough for now.” Normally, she’d have stayed in the Dungeon until just before sunset. But she’d made a promise to train with Bell today. ‘I actually left earlier than I was planning on…’ Ais thought to herself while drawing the rapier that she was borrowing from Goibniu. Her heart had felt warm and her stomach had a fluttering sensation when she thought about her training with Bell all day. So she’d left the Dungeon a bit earlier than even her initial shortened time just to get back home faster.

“Is it okay to use the sword you’re borrowing?” Bell asked as he drew his own sword.

“It’ll be fine.” Ais already had a feel for the rapier; it was strong, but thin and fragile compared to Desperate. At the Level she held her strength back to when sparring with Bell, especially when they both used their Magic, the rapier would be fine.

“Frost.” Bell incanted and the chill quickly covered him and his blade. The armor-like ice formed over his body while his sword left off a frosted mist similar to steam from the intense temperature difference between it and the surrounding air.

Ais smiled at seeing Bell’s improved control over his Magic. ‘He must’ve been working hard every day that we were all on the expedition to get stronger.’ Knowing that Bell shared the same goal as her to get stronger made her happy for reasons that she didn’t fully understand. “Tempest.” The green wind swirled to life around Ais as she activated her Magic.

Bell moved first, a swing of his sword covering the ground in ice while a white cloud of snow blanketed the area and dropped visibility to zero. He moved to the left, his feet nearly gliding across the icy ground, and struck at where Ais should be, given how the cloud of snow was swirling around the point and slowly being pushed away.

Shing

Bell’s sword was diverted skillfully and he had to juke to the side to avoid the pointed tip of the rapier that was coming at his neck. “Yah!” With a strong swing, Bell blasted Ais point blank with a large wave of ice.

Crack

The ice shattered into powder snow from Ais intensifying her wind, easily guarding against the attack. She moved forward, her wind protecting her from the ice at her feet by breaking it apart and scattering it, and locked swords with Bell.  The two elements clashed, the wind sending ice and snow flying, while the chill rapidly dropped the temperature of the air swirling around Ais.

Bell managed to break the deadlock with a brief blast of ice that shoved Ais’s sword away. He went left, putting Ais’s body between himself and her sword, and stabbed his sword forward. A flash was all Bell saw as the rapier blocked his blade, but he wasn’t deterred.

Faster!’ Bell came in low, looking to cut one of Ais’s legs. Ais blocked it and then spun, her leg coming up and slamming into Bell’s back. The ice armor shattered from the impact, but Bell rolled with the force to help disperse it, and the edge of his blade dragged along the icy ground as he swung it in an upward arc.

Crkkkllle

A wall of ice rushed towards Ais, towering over her height as Bell poured more Mind into it than any of his previous swings.

Woooooo

A single thrust of the wind-clad rapier and the ice wall shattered into snow and small bits of hail-like pieces.

Faster!’ Bell moved along the ice like he was skating. He took Ais’s back and swung his sword, aiming at her lower back to make it harder for her to block.

Shing

Ais parried the swing, her wind sending Bell’s sword wide, before she blasted Bell away with a powerful gale. ‘He’s speeding up. He’s gotten even stronger!

Bell slid along the frozen ground, but wasn’t given a moment of reprieve as Ais came after him, her golden eyes locked onto him as if searching for something. “Hyah!’ Bell decided to try a new tactic that he’d thought up and tapped the tip of his blade against the icy earth. A cloud of snow exploded outwards, obscuring Ais’s vision. It was quickly blown away as she moved forward, seeing a silhouette in the cloud, she hit it with a thrust from the rapier, using Ariel to blunt the tip with a barrier of strong wind.

Crack

Ais blinked as what she’d hit turned out to be a spire of ice that was nearly a perfect match for Bell’s height and shoulder width. ‘He obscured my vision to use a substitute.’ She felt happy seeing such progress from Bell, but her battle-honed instincts directed her next action.

WOOOOOOOSSSSHHH

A blast of Ariel and the green wind spread out in all directions.

“Ngh!” Bell ground his teeth as the blast of wind carried him backwards. He hit the ground and rolled to try and minimize the damage. With a grunt he got back to his feet and swung his sword through the air unleashing a wave of sharp icicles towards Ais. Knowing it wouldn’t buy him much time, Bell swung his sword twice in quick succession, both upward arcs, to unleash two massive lines of thick ice on either side of Ais, putting her into the equivalent of a corridor.

Ais shattered the hail of icicles with a barrier of wind. When the walls of ice formed on either side of her, she moved forward, instead of back, racing towards Bell. What looked like a small avalanche coming at her was about what she expected after being penned in by the two walls. With deft steps assisted by Ariel, Ais leapt upwards, dodging above the rushing snow and ice, and kicked off the two ice walls to close distance.

“Shit!” Bell cursed as he saw Ais coming down on him from above. He swung his sword upwards just as Ais swung hers down on him.

WOOOOOSSSSSHHH

The wind howled and nearly screamed in their ears. Shards of ice flew through the air in all directions from the two Magics clashing. The green wind of Ariel was twisting and spiraling with thick streaks of white snow in it, forming a miniature icy tornado for a brief time before the clashing powers settled and a gentle snowfall occurred over the area.

Bell was on one knee, his sword only still in his hand by virtue of him having literally encased his hand and the handle of his weapon in a thick ice. Multiple small cuts were on Bell’s skin here and there from the intense wind and the speed that the ice shards had been flying at.

Ais was still unharmed for the most part. Her Magic was stronger than Bell’s and it had protected her from the clash. However, her exposed skin was a pinkish-red color from the biting chill of Bell’s Magic. She trembled minutely from the intense cold, but was clearly the victor of their spar as she stood tall over the kneeling Bell. “You did very well, Bell.” Ais smiled at him as she pulled the rapier back and held it at her side. She offered Bell a hand up and smiled a little brighter when he brushed off the lingering ice and snow from his body, especially his white hair. ‘Bunny…’ Ais thought to herself, picturing a small snow rabbit poking its head out of a dusting of snow.

“Thank you, Ais.” Bell returned her smile with his own. Seeing Ais smiling with the snow falling around her, Bell spoke without thinking. “Beautiful…”

Ais felt her heart thump in her chest and her cheeks got warm a second later, darkening from their current pink color to a darker red. “Thank you…Bell.” She could only just meet his eyes, gold looking into deep rubellite.

“Y-You’re welcome…” Bell would’ve felt like kicking himself if he didn’t see the adorably flustered look on Ais’s face from his compliment. ‘If it makes her smile like that, then I think it’s okay.

The two would stand in front of each other with small smiles until the brief snowfall stopped and snapped them out of their little moment together.

-Loki’s Room ~ Evening-

“Looks like you’re second tonight, snow bunny.” Loki teased Bell with a little grin on her lips.

Ais had been first, as was usual, and had passed Bell as she left Loki’s room. The two had shared a soft smile before Bell had entered Loki’s room and Ais continued on her way towards her room.

“I’m first some nights.” Bell shrugged off her teasing easily and pulled his black shirt over his head.

Loki giggled a little at getting to see Bell shirtless again. “Such a treat every time.” She patted the stool in front of her bed and Bell sat down. A second later and Loki placed a drop of her blood on Bell’s back, making his Falna appear in the familiar white-blue glow. “Let’s see how your day off went…” Much like Ais, even on his days off Bell liked to train and spar with his Familia members to gain experience from them and practice his own skills. It made Loki proud that Bell was doing so much to reach his dreams, his goals, and keep his promise with her. Seeing the training that Bell had gone through today, and the brief show that he’d gotten from Tione by accident, Loki barely stifled her laughter. “Working hard as always, Bell.” She praised him as she moved the Excelia over into his Basic Abilities and watched the numbers climb.

Bell smiled at Loki’s praise. “I have to do my best if I want to achieve my dream, my goals, and keep my promises.”

Loki smiled softly as the numbers on Bell’s Falna stopped rising, only to blink when something new manifested. ‘Is this also the result of Einhuga Löngun?’ Gaining a new Skill so soon after the last one was exceedingly rare. She deciphered the new Skill, and after seeing what it did, she wrote it into Bell’s Falna. With the new addition complete, Loki placed a blank paper on Bell’s back and copied the update over with a swipe of her finger. “Here you go, snow bunny.”

“Thank you, Goddess.” Bell smiled as he felt Loki lock up his Falna while he looked at his new update.

-Status-

Bell Cranel

Level 1

Strength – C 679 > A 802

Endurance – C 673 > B 796

Dexterity – C 690 > A 811

Agility – C 682 > A 800

Magic – B 748 > A 859

-Magic-

Aurora – Incantation: “Frost.” Ice Enchantment Magic.

-Skills-

Eilíft Frost – Provides protection from cold along with Ice and Water Magics and makes all Ice Magics the user casts use less Mind while significantly increasing their power.

Einhuga Löngun – Fast growth as long as desire lasts. The strength of the effects corresponds with the level of the user's desire. As a side effect it makes the user immune to Charms and Mental Magics.

Snjógöngur (Snow Walks) – Allows the user to vanish into a burst of snow and rapidly accelerate in a desired direction. The distance able to be covered and the speed at which the user moves are dependent on the Magic and Agility stats. Active Trigger.

-Status-

“I have a new Skill, again?!” Bell’s surprise was almost palpable as he read the description of the Skill. ‘My first Active Trigger type Skill.’ He noticed the words at the end and was reminded of what he’d learned about Skills just this morning. ‘It lets me briefly vanish and move faster too…’ He couldn’t help but wonder if this Skill was born out of his desire to catch up to the top members of the Familia. “Faster…” Bell mumbled quietly as he realized just how such a desire could be interpreted by the Falna and his accelerated growth Skill.

Loki’s arms gently wrapped around his waist as she hugged him from behind and snapped Bell out of his musings. “Congratulations, Bell.” She tightened her hug for a brief moment. “Almost all of your Basic Abilities have already reached ‘A’ rank, and you’ve developed three Skills.”

Bell relaxed back into her embrace. “Thank you, Goddess, but I never would’ve gotten this far if you hadn’t given me your Blessing.”

“Your hard work and dedication is what’s making you amazing, Bell.” Loki smiled as she held him close. “My Falna only draws out the potential you already had, and your desires and effort are what make it grow. Don’t sell yourself short.”

“Yes, Goddess.” Bell agreed with a small chuckle.

After a long moment of just enjoying the good news, Loki’s hands began to trail along Bell’s abs and she pressed a gentle kiss against his neck. “Would you like another reward, snow bunny?”

Bell let her hands wander as they pleased. “What kind of reward?”

“Why don’t you pick?” Loki offered, her fingertips tracing along the waistband of his pants.

“Will you tell me another Heroic Tale from your pantheon?” Bell requested with a hopeful smile.

Loki’s hands stilled and she let out a little laughter. “Is that all you want, snow bunny?”

Bell looked at Loki over his shoulder. “Is it too much?”

“More like not enough.” Loki laughed only to blink as Bell turned around to face her and leaned in close. “Mm!” Their lips met and Loki moaned lowly in pleasure. “Heh… I’ll tell you a tale then.” She pulled off her shirt and tossed it aside, letting Bell admire her topless form. “But let’s get comfortable and relax first.”

“I think we can do that.” Bell smiled at Loki as he sat on her bed and pulled her into his arms. Their lips met again, Loki hummed in contentment as Bell’s hands trailed over her soft skin before going around her sides and taking hold of her butt.

The two would fall asleep that night with Loki in nothing but her panties after she told Bell the Tale of Svipdagr.

-End Chapter-

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Truly, the support of a Familia is a blessing.

Even on his days off, Bell can grow stronger thanks to his Familia agreeing to spar with him and train him up more.

Lessons with Riveria and Lefiya, training with Tione, Tiona, Aki, and Ais…a rather full day for a day off. But Bell continues to deepen his ties with Loki Familia and progress his relationships with a few women as well.

Lucky so-and-so… Kek!

Now Bell’s continuous and powerful desire has made a new Skill appear! Just how will Bell’s ‘Snow Walks’ effect his growth and development going forward?

Will Monsterphilia still have unexpected events?

Keep reading to find out!

Let me know what you thought!

Until next time, later!

Comments

Erebus13

For some reason I didn’t get a notification about this update until just now. Anyway Bell definitely is making use of all the high level adventurers to train with and improve here. Bell has to work a lot harder to impress Aki but at least he got one hell of a consolation prize from the twins. Amazon fever is still affecting me. Hopefully there will be another Bastet update down the line to alleviate it some more. While Ais has never been a favorite of mine since canon basically doomed any other couple taking off from the very beginning, she has slowly grown on me a little more. The one major advantage premises like Inari, Sarutahiko, Bastet etc have over the canon gods, barring Hestia, is they also allow Bell to grow as a leader/captain as well as an adventurer. It’s the main reason I still prefer those premises. Still this is a very good story and I enjoyed this chapter

Kairomaru

Yep, Bell has to work hard if he wants to reach his goals, his dreams, and keep his promises to those that're important to him. Thankfully, Loki Familia is a great boon for that as they nurture Bell's skills and knowledge, helping him grow all the faster! Glad you like the other premises too! The ones that allow Bell to slowly grow and develop into a capable Captain certainly have their own charm too!

Galen Carnahan

I was wondering if you could make a bell in the astrea familia?