WHENEVER THE ADVISER AND THE LOLI-GODDESS DRINK
“Did you hear from Bell?”
“Yes, I did…”
In the din of carousing adventurers, Hestia and Eina sat opposite each other in the corner of a bar. The mood at the table was solemn…or perhaps depressed. Both of them sounded absolutely exhausted.
It was early evening, and Eina had just finished her work at the Guild. Hestia had invited her out for a drink, which didn’t happen often. What she wanted to talk about, of course, was Little Rookie, the cause of so much headache for them both.
“I only meant to send them down to the lower floors,” said Hestia, “but he ended up going so much deeper! I mean, I know it wasn’t his fault, but…”
“You don’t have to tell me,” Eina replied. “I know.”
“When I saw how much his stats went up, I thought he must have nearly died, like, twenty times! He said it was only eight, though!”
“When he told me, I slammed my head into the table…”
“I knew it!”
Glug, glug, haaah.
Hestia and Eina drained their flagons in unison and heaved a deep sigh. It was a pain only understood by those following Bell’s journey as closely as those two. They sympathized with each other on a spiritual level. And it wasn’t even like Bell himself was to blame…
“It’s almost like he naturally attracts trouble…or maybe he doesn’t know how to leave well enough alone…”
“But that’s just how he is. It’s what makes him such a good person.”
“See, you get it, adviser girl! Come on. Have another drink!”
At some point, the conversation shifted from Bell’s pains to his perks. And on that point, the two could talk into the night, exchanging opinions on what made him cool or cute…
“What are you saying, Lady Hestia?! It’s that difference that makes Bell so charming!! How he’s usually so unreliable, but he can stand up for other people when he needs to!!”
“You’re wrong, adviser girl! Bell’s greatest point is how he smiles when he cries! How can you look at that face and say it’s not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?!”
…In the end, the conversation had turned to “What’s the most endearing thing about Bell Cranell?” Completely red-faced from their drinks, the two kept ranting and were generally being a nuisance for the other adventurers in the bar who had been so noisy earlier.
Luckily for Eina, though, when she woke up the next day, she had such a heavy hangover that she couldn’t remember a word of what she’d said.
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