"Eh? So you're from a familia already? Dang, I thought we found one." Bell said a bit dissapointed.
"But, your willingness to join us is respected. Welcome to the team temporarily, Lili!" Bell said as he held out his hands for a shake.
"Thank you sir!" Lili shook the rabbits hands and bowed down afterwards in respect.
"Oh and my name's Bell Cranel! This mister beside me here is my captain, Aurelius." Bell said as he then bowed down towards the prum. "It is a pleasure to be working with you, Lili."
Aurelius nodded towards the little prum. "Hnh. Nice to meet you little girl."
Lili then bowed in returned towards the two. "Like wise."
They then all starts to go towards the dungeon. While they are walking, Bell started a conversation towards the prum girl.
"Oh, I forgot to ask Lili." Bell ask gaining the attention of the prum.
"Hmm? What is it sir Bell?" Lili said as she called the rabbit "Sir".
"U-Uh, I-I don't think you need to call me "sir" Lili..." Bell said as he feels a bit uncomfortable by the nickname.
"Why not? This is how I call people to show that I respect them." Lili said.
"Though that's much appreciated, just call us by our names." Bell said humbly asking the prum to not use honorifics. "Besides, we're just low level adventurers here. There's no need to call us by that kind alias."
"But, I do think that you both are deserving of such an alias though." Lili said denying the declination of the rabbit. "Plus, saying that you two are weak is an understatement. Especially your friend beside you."
"Eh, you know about misters' level up?" Bell said a bit shock towards the revelation.
"Well, everyone knows about sir Aurelius' rapid level up. A record of almost a month from level 1 to 2? Not even the sword princess is that fast." Said Lili.
"Really?!" Bell ask surprised and shocked towards the information.
"Yeah! The sword princess, Ais Wallenstein, got to level two in 1 year. Before this, it was the record holder for the fastest level up in the history of adventurers." Lili said as she continues to give more explanation. "For your information, an average adventurer will level up to 2 within 5 years to even a decade. You could imagine the shock when people see that the sword princess leveled up to two in just a year. However...."
Lili then looked towards the titan. "Sir Aurelius here broke any common sense towards an average adventurers level up rate. People were in disbelief on how such a thing could even occur."
"That led me to think, Are you too on the brink of leveling up, Sir Bell?"
Bell hearing this is in a state of amazement.
"Wow, Lili you're so smart and sharp! You must be an experienced veteran aren't you?" Bell ask curious.
"Actually, I'm just at level 1 sir Bell." Lili said.
"..."
"EH?!" Bell uttered in utter bewilderment.
"There's no way that you're level 1." Bell said, not believing the prums' words.
"Well I can show it to you right now." LIli said towards the two.
Suddenly, Lili raised her robe and a bit of her sleeveless red and white hoodie.
Bell however had his face turned red by the sudden action.
"W-Wait a minute Lili! This isn't appropriate to do so! Besides, is it okay for you to show your status towards us? We're quite literally strangers here." Bell said panic upon the action of the prum.
"There's nothing to be worried about. It's just checking on what my status is. Besides, I'm a low level of my Familia compared to others. So they wouldn't care at all to be honest." Lili said.
"B-But still! you're showing a bit of the area that we're not suppose to look at." Bell said as he looked towards the titan beside him. "Right mister?"
However, the titan was no where in sight beside him.
"Mister?" Bell called out to his captain, frantically turning his head to search for his location.
Upon spotting the titan, he saw that he was already behind the prum, crouching to see her stats.
"Eh?! Mister?! Without hesitation?!" Bell said shocked upon his captains' rapid decision.
"Shut up brat, it's nothing serious. monsters strip you naked all the time if you were to get caught by them." Aurelius said as he proceeds to look at the prum. "Girl, lift your shirt a bit, I can't fully see your falna."
"A-Ah yes, sir!" Lili said towards the crouching titan.
She then proceeds to lift up her hoodie a bit more. Aurelius then took a closer look towards her stats.
It then shows the following.
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STR > D
END > F
DEX > E
AGI > E
MAG > I
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'Huh? wait, isn't this a bit higher than the original?' Aurelius ask mentally, confuse upon the difference of stats between the canon part and this one. 'Although her stats was never shown when she was first introduced, but I can summarized that she is not this strong when she's first shows up.'
Aurelius then smiled. 'Interesting....'
Aurelius then stand up after looking through her stats and says, "Not bad little girl. Your stats is decent enough for a level 1."
"T-Thank you sir. I worked hard for it." Lili said as she had bit of determination in her look.
"Well good for you then. A strong individual always has hard work as one of its traits in its arsenal." Aurelius said, a bit proud of this version from its original counterpart.
"It's an honor to hear that sir." Lili said, happy to hear a praise in her work.
Bell, after calming down from his dilemma, looked towards the titan as he said, "So, what is her stats mister?"
"Strength at D, Endurance at F as well as both Dexterity and Agility at E. pretty solid wouldn't you say kid?" Aurelius said.
"Those are nice letters! Good job Lili!" Bell said, smiling as he gesture a thumbs up towards the prum.
"Thank you for the compliment sir Bell. Although it's nothing note worthy compared to you both." Lili said as she had her head down with a gloomy expression.
"Nonsense! You're strong Lili! Just keep on striving for that improvement in self strength." Bell said, encouraging the prum.
"Yup, what the kid said. Remember, it's better to have yourself go through failures upon failures rather than stagnating until the end." Aurelius said, giving some advise of wisdom. "Do you understand that girl?"
Lili looked towards the two, a bit admiring their words.
"Yes sir Bell, sir Aurelius! I'll strive to become stronger!" Lili said with determination running through her veins.
"Excellent! Now, how about we go and head to the dungeon? There's no time to waste now!" Aurelius said as he looked towards the two with a solemn face.
""Yeah! / Yes sir Aurelius!"" They said together in unison.
They then left for the dungeon.
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After entering, they arrived at floor 1 of the dungeon. They headed towards the second floor immediately so they can go towards the floors below.
As they were walking, Aurelius couldn't help but to ask the prum. "Lili, have you ever been below the fifth floor?"
Lili proceeded to look towards the titan to the right of her as she said, "No, why?"
"Well, with us, we usually go down towards the ninth floor and just grind there." Aurelius said.
"Is that so?" Lili said ask she was seen a little happy by the words. "That great."
"Eh? Aren't you a bit afraid to go down lower than your usual floor Lili?" Bell said, a bit confused towards what she said. "There's some scary monsters down there you know. If you want, we can just stay at the fifth level."
"No. You don't need to do that. I'll take any opportunities to gain experience sir Bell. Plus, with you two here, I know I'll be safe. Naive as it is, I need to trust in the strength and capabilities of my comrades." Said Lili fully believing the two warriors with her to protect her well being.
"Bold, but brave. I like that trait of you little girl." Aurelius said, complementing the prum.
As they were near the entrance towards the second floor, a horde of goblins suddenly came towards them.
*RIEEEEKKK*
As Lili heard this, she was stand and ready upon the oncoming horde.
'Huh? Even having a stance to ready herself when enemy is engage to attack even though the both of us is here? She's different through and through. She doesn't do this in the original. I guess the reason why is because of the "extra gifts" the angel gave.'
'Well, whatever it is, this is nice.' Aurelius said mentally, amused by the change of character.
'However...'
Aurelius then put his hands on his shoulder.
"Sir Aurelius?" Lili said, confused towards the sudden hand on her shoulder.
"Just relax, enjoy and save your energy little girl. You'll need it when we enter the lower floors where we're going today." Aurelius said as he put up a prideful smile.
"Okay sir..." Lili said as she was a bit disappointed upon not having her chance to fight.
"Don't worry Lili, you'll have your chance. Now, just watch and learn how awesome mister is!" Bell said as if glazing the titan.
Lili looked towards the titan in front of her as she see a battle almost commence.
The horde of goblins rushed towards the titan with furious intent to kill. Unbeknownst to them, their demise is imminent the moment the titan lock eyes on to them.
*RIEEEEEKKK*
One of the goblins who has reached the titan first, jumps in the air while charges a swing of its club towards him. However, the titan just there while smiling.
The club then hit the titan in the face, a smile splattered on the goblin as it thought of his killing. However, upon looking once more towards the titan, it saw that the titan as unharmed.
Unscathed.
"Heh, to think I was putting up a shield towards these green gremlins weeks ago." Aurelius said, scoffed towards the goblin.
He then grabbed the goblins head, tightly squeezing it. Its head then explode upon the pure might that the squeeze gave.
*SPLASH*
The goblin then dropped to the ground, headless. It then turned to dust as its core was dropped from it.
The other goblin saw this was stopped in its track. terror seeping through them.
They then, by instinct, turn the other way to run from the terrifying titan.
"Huh? They ran away? that's a first." Aurelius said as he raised an eyebrow, confused towards the sudden retreat.
"Sorry little girl, didn't put up much of a show for ya." Aurelius said, a bit disappointed.
Lili saw the spectacle show of strength that the titan performed. On thing for certain, she is in awe towards it.
"Wow...to think that a monster could be brutalized in such a fashion by an adventurer...." Lili said upon witnessing the scene. "I don't think my familia captain could do what you've done sir Aurelius. Well, any level 2 in Orario."
Bell hearing Lilis' statement, smirked and proudly said, "That's my captain! a horde of level 1's could never take him down. I dare say even a 10 level 2's is not going to make him sweat!"
"HAHAHA, that's enough of spoiling me rotten you two. How about we get the move towards the ninth floor." Aurelius said towards the two awestruck adventurers.
""Yeah / Yeah let's go sir!"" Bell and Lili said.
They then venture through the floors, slaying any monsters in their way. Even Lili join in a bit of the slaughter that two made.
After a while, they've arrived at the ninth level of the dungeon.
Considering that this is the first time that Lili reached the ninth floor, she was a bit taken aback. Even though she had gone through the previous floors, being floor 6 to 8, There is something about this floor that is different to her. Might possibly just be that she is now deep in the dungeon. Well, deeper than she had been.
"So, this is the ninth floor is it?" Lili said, feeling a bit uneasy towards the lay out. "It's cramped and oppressive. it's hard to fight as a team in this area."
"Yeah, it's a bit of a hassle to hunt in this environment with how narrow the spaces is. That's why me and the kid here tend to fight one-on-one. Though we travel together, but if there is a mob coming our way, It's either me or him taking it down. If it's a horde of them, I'll just lure them to me. The kid would kill them of one by one afterwards." Aurelius explains their usual tactics.
"Yeah what mister said. Besides, we came to this floor only to get ourselves monster cores. We usually try to get stronger on the eighth floor." Bell said, further explaining their.
"Is that so? Well, I could only imagine going this far in alone." Lili said, feeling happy knowing she has a chance on doing so.
"Wait, did your Familia never go this far?" Bell ask her.
"No, we never gone farther then the seventh floor. Well, saying we, just them." Lili said towards the, a bit unhappy in her voice.
"Just them? Why is it?" Aurelius ask her.
"Well, our situation was never in tandem with each other. Since my parents died in the dungeon, I was forced to become a supporter at the age of 7." Lili said, a sad face present on her. "They're treatment isn't even great in the first place. Harsh even. So, I learned myself that I needed to survive on my own, or else, I'll fall victim towards their schemes."
Lili, after explaining the reason behind her inability to progress further, look on towards the with seemingly fiery eyes.
"So that's why I am very thankful towards you two at this very moment. At the very least, I got to proceed on becoming stronger with people that are genuine about it." Lili said, stilling her resolve towards them.
Bell and Aurelius then looked towards her, admiring her story.
"Well, if you wanted to join us for more, We're always there." Bell said, suggesting for prum to join them instead. "We can go together everyday onwards from here. Just meet us at the fountain near the tower. We'll be there."
"Really?! Is that Okay with you?!" Lili ask, excited with the prospect of dungeon diving with them.
"Yes. considering that you wanted to do so, we'll wait for you every morning. However, the both of us will be gone if you're late little girl. So don't keep us waiting." Aurelius said, setting it straight towards her.
"Yes sir! I won't let you down!" Lili said with a firm promise to her name.
They then went through the ninth floor, going through every obstacle that has gone their way.
Mobs? Annihilated
Tricky cave mazes? solved
Hote-
Alright. Let us stop there.
After the amount of slaughtering that they did in the ninth floor, they went towards the exit of the floor. All three of them then went towards the surface, having to be done with their diving for today.
When arrived, they then say their goodbyes towards each other.
"Thank you sir Bell, sir Aurelius. I appreciate the experience for today." Lili said, bowing down towards them.
"Anytime little girl." Aurelius said. "Make sure that next morning you're not late, understood?"
"Yes! I'll be earlier than even you two!" Lili said, excited for tomorrows' team dive.
"HAHAHA, that's the spirit!" Aurelius said, laughing haughtily towards the prum. "Okay then, we'll be heading off now. See ya tomorrow little girl."
"Bye Lili! See you tomorrow!" Bell said as he waves his hands to the prum.
"Very well. See you two tomorrow!" Lili said as she wave back at them.
As they were slowly going out of her sight, she couldn't help but wonder about them.
'...If only they were the ones who're with me back when I had nobody. Then maybe this childish dream of mine wouldn't be out of reach.....'
Lili said as she then started walk back towards her familia headquarters.
'Well, I am a pathetic girl after all. Can't even stand by myself without any assists.' Lili thought as she started to look back towards the duo that was once on her lane of sight. 'I guess, I still have some chance to become one. No matter what, I'll become great like those in the stories.....like her.'
She then continue on walking. Unbeknownst to her, there are four people watching the three.....scheming something malicious.