SWORD GIRL
“Huh?”
It was after returning from the Dungeon and stopping off at the Guild, while Bell was running down Northwest Main Street on his way home, that he spotted an unusual sight out of the corner of his eye.
He stopped, backtracked a few steps, and gazed down a side road, where his eyes fell on a familiar head of long, blond hair that glimmered like spun gold.
Aiz? What’s she doing here?
His heart did cartwheels in his chest, and Bell took a closer look. Aiz was bent over a shop front, hands on her knees, eyeing the goods on offer.
She seems really interested in whatever they’re selling.
Bell gleaned that from the look in her eyes. It hadn’t been long since they began training together, but Bell felt like he had already gotten a lot better at knowing what the taciturn girl was thinking.
The street was long, narrow, and mostly in the shadow of the neighboring buildings. Several street vendors had set up shop along one edge, with rugs laid out to display their goods. There were bracelets, earrings, and jewelry of all kinds. At the stall Aiz had stopped at, an Amazonian woman loudly boasted of her wares.
So even Aiz is into those girly things…
Bell smiled as he watched Aiz engrossed in her shopping, happy to discover a side of her that people didn’t usually get to see. Wondering what exactly had gotten her so hooked, he leaned around the corner and strained his eyes and ears to cut through the shadows and clamor of the alleyway, hoping to find out what had caught Aiz’s interest.
“You’ve got a keen eye, girl. That sword’s called Dáinsleif, and there’s a hell of a story behind it.”
“Does it cut well?”
“Does it ever?! That thing’ll slice a minotaur clean in two, head to foot!”
Aiz looked back down at the sword, which constantly emitted a black, noxious miasma. Behind her emotionless facade, her eyes were sparkling like a little girl’s.
Bell slipped back to the main street without a word.
I’ll pretend I didn’t see that.
In an effort to shield his heart, he quickly decided to forget what he just witnessed.
Aiz Wallenstein, the Sword Princess.
Favorite Thing: Swords.
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