The Strongest Mercenary of Naruto

Chapter 522 Bell Croney

Uchiha Kazuhiko and his teammates finished their day of adventure and returned to the family headquarters talking and laughing.

However, when they entered the lobby of the headquarters, they found that besides Hestia, there was also a quite restrained white-haired boy inside.

With short white hair, rare red eyes, a childish look, a chubby baby face, and a timid expression, he looks very much like a bunny boy in another world.

"Everyone, welcome back."

With a happy face, Hestia pulled the white-haired boy who was at a loss, and announced loudly: "Today, our family has a newcomer."

"Hi, seniors," the white-haired boy nervously greeted everyone, and then introduced himself a little shyly, "My name is Bell, Bell Clowney."

Uchiha Kazuhiko stretched out his right hand, shook hands with Bell, and said, "Hello, I am Kazuhiko, the leader of the Familia Adventure Group, welcome to join."

"Lyu Leon." For the unfamiliar Bell, Lyu showed a lukewarm attitude, and simply said his name.

"My name is Lonit, welcome." Lonit scratched his head and gave Bell a simple and honest smile.

When it was Saya's turn, she withdrew her gaze from looking at his pupils curiously, and said with a smile: "Well, I am not all of your family members, but their teammate, Saya El Andromeda, you can call me Saya, belongs to 【Hermes Familia】."

After writing down the names of several people, Bell bowed respectfully to everyone: "Senior Kazuhiko, Senior Lyu, Senior Lonit, Senior Saya, please give me more advice from now on."

"From now on, you will be a member of the family. You don't have to be so restrained. You can relax a little bit when you speak. We are not monsters, and we won't eat you."

Uchiha Kazuhiko made a joke with Bell with a smile, turned his head to look at Hestia who was in a good mood, and suggested: "Goddess Hestia, let's have a dinner to celebrate the addition of newcomers."

"Okay, let's go now."

The place where everyone gathers is of course the one they often go to [The Mistress of Abundance]. After entering the restaurant, Xi'er, who is the waiter, greets her.

"Goddess Hestia, Mr. Kazuhiko"

After Xi'er warmly greeted everyone, she found that there was a strange boy with white hair and red eyes in the team, and asked curiously, "Huh? Who is this guest?"

"This is a new member of our family, bring him over for a meal."

While explaining Bell's identity to Xier, Uchiha Kazuhiko led her to the seat frequently used by everyone, handed the menu to Bell, and said with a smile: "Order what you want, please don't be polite to us."

"Oh, this. I can eat anything."

Bell wanted to decline, but couldn't stand the demands of Kazuhiko Uchiha and others, and finally ordered some moderately priced food.

"This order is enough, Xi'er, plus a few signature dishes in the store, and a bucket of ice ale."

Uchiha Kazuhiko took the menu and found that the food Bell ordered was a bit small, so he ordered Xier to add a high-end delicacy.

While waiting for the food, everyone started chatting, wanting to know more about Bell, the new partner.

Saya seemed to be very interested in Bell, and said first: "Bell, adventurer is a very dangerous profession, aren't you afraid?"

The seemingly weak Bell said in a firm tone, "I'm not afraid. Before I came to Orario, I made up my mind to become a great adventurer!"

Looking at the fledgling and enthusiastic Bell, Uchiha Kazuhiko smiled wryly and said, "There is no such thing as a great adventurer, it's just an ordinary profession."

"The leader is right. Adventurers are just a group of people who wander on the edge of life and death in order to survive. If you don't have talent, you will get nothing, or even get injured, and withdraw from the ranks of adventurers sadly."

Lonit seemed to see his former self from Bell, and seemed to have a deep feeling, so it was rare to say these words.

"No! Grandpa told me that adventurers are the bravest people with a heart that will never yield to fate. They are all heroes."

Bell's point of view was not shaken by the words of the crowd, and he still firmly believed in his grandfather's words, as well as the story collection "Sacred Tales of the Labyrinth", which recorded many heroes' great achievements and was regarded as a classic by him.

Everyone looked at Bell who was agitated in surprise, and didn't continue to discourage his enthusiasm. They quickly changed the subject and chatted about other interesting things.

Soon, Xi'er brought over the delicious food, and after everyone had a feast, they left [The Mistress of Abundance].

After learning that Bell was renting in a broken hotel, Hestia asked him to return the room and live in the room of the family headquarters with the others.

After Bell returned to the headquarters, Hestia began to hold a family ceremony for him, and found that although Bell's five basic abilities were not high, he had a talent called [One-hearted Vision].

[One-hearted longing]: Precocious; maintains the effect at the same time as yearning, the stronger the yearning, the greater the effect; has resistance to charm.

Bell's talent can be said to be strong or weak. Only when he yearns for a certain opposite sex in his heart can he exert the effect of the talent and gain more proficiency in basic abilities than normal adventures.

However, Bell is such a simple boy, he probably hasn't found the object of his longing, and he may have to wait for a while before he can display the characteristics of this talent.

After learning about his abilities, Bell was very excited and couldn't wait to ask everyone about the dungeon situation, showing an eagerness to try.

Uchiha Kazuhiko took out the notebook that recorded the dungeon information before, and gave it to the newcomer Bell to watch.

Bell felt like he had found a treasure, and after thanking Uchiha Kazuhiko, he went back to his room to watch, and did not fall asleep until late at night.

The next day, Kazuhiko Uchiha, as a senior, took Bell to the guild to go through procedures related to adventurers, and asked the conscientious and responsible Miss Aegina to serve as Bell's consultant.

The gentle Miss Aegina agreed to Kazuhiko Uchiha's request, and patiently and meticulously explained the basic situation to Bell as she had taught Kazuhiko Uchiha before, and then helped him complete all the procedures.

In the following time, Uchiha Kazuhiko took Bell to visit some main gods who had a good relationship, and took him to the novice Taobao store in the [Tower of Babel] to buy a suitable set of equipment.

Bell, who has just become an adventurer, is not very physically fit and cannot use heavy equipment, so he only chose a dagger and a set of light armor signed "Welf Crozo".

After finishing the preparations for the adventure, Uchiha Kazuhiko took Bell back to the headquarters and taught him some fighting skills with the short sword.

Bell, who studied hard, quickly mastered some of the less difficult fighting skills under Uchiha Kazuhiko's targeted training.

After a night's rest, the team assembled again, took the new member of the family, Bell, and went into the dungeon to explore.

(End of this chapter)