The Arrival

[3rd Person POV]

Steve stared the city that was slowly growing in the distance as both him and the girl, Bella walk forward. He glanced to his side to see Bella has sparkling eyes as she stared out at the city. The Miner at first decided to summon a Horse using Horse Spawn Egg he stored but against it as he still wary how the girl will react to his power. Thus, he wait until the necessary time come.

He eyed Bella and had to smile. He'd grown rather fond of the girl over the last month and a half. After that first night, whenever they had stopped for the evenings, he and Bella would spend an hour or two sparring. Well… perhaps sparring is the wrong word. He'd spent a couple hours every night teaching Bella how not to kill herself with her own weapon.

Although a shoddy iron dagger was all Bella had with her, the Miner had a few unenchanted iron and steel weapons with him that were a good level for a beginner to use. For the first few days, he'd had Bella try out each of the different weapons to find the one that best suited him. After Bella had managed to nearly bash in her own skull with a war-hammer and nearly emasculate herself with a short-axe, it became rather apparent that daggers and long knives were best suited to the girl's fighting style.

Once that had become apparent, he'd replaced Bella's beat up old dagger with one of his nicer steel daggers. The dagger was actually pretty old, being one of the first weapons he'd ever forged back in his beginner day.

Since the dagger was something he'd forged when he was first starting, it was a perfect level for Bella to use. He didn't want to give the girl a powerful, enchanted weapon. Giving a beginner a powerful weapon right off the bat was just begging for trouble and despite he did have the tools and the materials he needed to make a weapon that would grow with her, he decided to do it when the right time come.

He also hadn't been able to armor the girl since all the armor he had was made for someone his own size and, again, he did have the tools needed to resize it but he against it mean he need to take her size that mostly mean he need to touched her.

Furthermore, all the armor he had was just too good or too heavily enchanted for someone of Bella's level. Having ridiculously strong armor from the start would be detrimental to her growth. The girl was better off finding a blacksmith in the city and making a contract with them.

After giving Bella a weapon that didn't look like it was about to shatter, the two of them had spent the evenings sparring. He'd shown Bella the proper way to hold her knife, both in a normal and a reverse grip, and helped her figure out how best to use her natural agility. They'd spent their days trading stories and going over topics that Bella needed to know if she wanted to survive.

He had even let Bella handle any monster encounters, once he was sure the girl wouldn't get herself killed by being stupid. One of the things he'd been trying to beat into Bella's skull from the start was the importance of healing items or spells, and how best to run away if she was overwhelmed. Survival for her and whatever team she formed was lesson number 1 and Bella seemed to have learned it rather well. The girl was a quick learner, especially with decent gear and a proper teacher.

When he wasn't teaching Bella, the two would trade stories. He told the girl about some of his adventures, careful not to name places since he didn't really want to answer any questions about where he was from just yet. Bella would talk about her grandfather and his village, or she would recite the tales her grandfather had told her. She was especially fond of recounting heroic tales. It was through Bella's stories that he learned about the myths and legends of this new world. All legends contain a decent amount of truth, so it was good information to have.

'Though, the monster here is surprisingly weak compared to the Mobs in Minecraft World' He thought.

Shaking off his thoughts of the past, the Miner turned his attention to Bella again. Compared to even the Level 1 adventurers, she didn't look like much. Visually at least. The girl had a crazy amount of potential if you knew what to look for but if the Familia's of Orario judged acceptance based on the appearance of strength instead of the potential for strength, the kid would have a hard time finding a Familia alone.

'But maybe that's not necessarily a bad thing. Any god that accepts her as she is, is likely to be kind enough to be worth following. That, or desperate enough to accept anybody. I can work with both, so I'll stick with the Bella-san then. It wouldn't do to abandon my first friend in this new world though.'

Both of Steve and the girl stop in front of the gate of Orario. Most likely to be asked by the officer station there.

"Let me handle the custom, Bella-san."

"Okay, Steve-san."

"Name?"

The bored looking official asked. He was dressed totally differently to the guards standing near the gate. They were dressed in slightly revealing clothing and were all wearing these weird masks, but the official was dressed in a black suit with a white shirt.

"Steve, and the girl is Bella Cranel."

"Is she your girlfriend?" the official asked much to Bella to blush.

"G- Girlfriend!" Bella said with a huge blush on her face.

"No, she just a friend." Steve ignored the official question and just said shecis friend.

"Y- Yeah, that right. W- We just a friend. Ahahahaha." Bella quickly said despite feel a bit hurt

"Sure~." The official said as he know what Bella's feeling right now.

Steve looked in confusion while Bella has a blush.

"Anyway, temporary visit or permanent residence?" Official asked.

"Permanent residence." Steve said.

"Reason?" The official asked again.

"I'm going to be an adventurer!" Bella said.

"Really? Are you a member of a Familia?" the Official asked.

"I am, but Bella isn't" Steve said.

"Familia name?"

"Tet Familia."

"Huh, never heard of that one. Will they be joining you?" the Official said.

"No, I am looking for a new Familia to join." Steve said.

"Alright then. The entrance fee for permanent residence is 3,000 Valis per person. Once you've paid that, you can go on in, it's up to you to find lodging." the official said.

Bella went to her money bag but was stopped by Steve.

"That won't be an issue. It's 6,000 Valis in total, right?" Steve told her as he take his own

"T- Thank you" Bella said.

"It nothing."

He said as he handed over the money. The guard smirk at Steve for not realized that the girl has a crush on him as he count the money.

"Everything looks to be in order. Welcome to Orario and, good luck." the official said welcoming both of them.

"Hm"

Steve nodded and enter the city as Bella followed close by as she feel so excited.

[To Be Continue]

[See You Next Game]