Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 667 Your target is joining your support team at the invitation of your squad members.

"Who are you? Are you someone this guy knows?"

The rude adventurer, blocked by Bell, took two steps back and looked at the boy warily.

“I was just passing by and I don’t know you, but I know that bullying women is wrong.”

Bell explained.

"Kid, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."

Upon discovering that the boy was also wearing supporter attire, the rude adventurer issued a stern warning.

“My grandfather taught me that it is a gentleman to lend a helping hand to women in need.”

The boy, now a member of the clan, was not deterred by the rude adventurer's words.

Compared to the adventurers before them, the monsters in the dungeon were far more terrifying.

The rude adventurer was about to get angry when he saw the boy dressed as a supporter insisting on his actions, but then he remembered how the boy had blocked his kick earlier, so the boy was clearly not weak.

Seeing that passersby were gathering to watch the commotion, and not wanting to attract the attention of the Ganesha Familia, he snorted coldly and said to the person on the ground, "Erd, you're lucky. If you dare to bother me again, I'll beat you up!"

The rude adventurer left after uttering some harsh words. Bell waited until the other person was gone before turning back and reaching out to the person who had fallen to the ground: "Miss, are you alright?"

"Thank you."

But when the petite person on the ground grasped his hand and looked up to thank him...

"Hey, it's you?!"

Bell exclaimed in surprise.

Lilyluka Erd was equally surprised; she also recognized the white-haired boy.

"Ah, thank you for reminding me last time."

Bell realized what was happening and quickly thanked them. Although he had been unlucky last time, the other person had indeed reminded him.

"It's alright, didn't you help me too?"

Lily Luca looked at the boy in front of her. Compared to when she saw him a week ago, the boy looked much better now.

Given that he was able to confront that adventurer just now, it seems this country boy must have received divine favor and joined one of Orario's clans.

"Excuse me……"

“My name is Lily Luca Erd. You can call me Lily or Erd.”

"Then, Miss Erd, may I ask if you have any objections to that adventurer from earlier?"

Bell asked out of curiosity, but seeing the gloom on the girl's face, he immediately added, "Oh, of course, you don't have to say if you don't want to."

“There’s nothing to hide. Our dispute is about money. As you can see, I’m a supporter. The man hired me to work in the dungeon today, but after I left, he tried to deduct my pay because he thought I wasn’t good enough. I disagreed and we got into an argument.”

The little girl explained the situation.

"then you……"

“My work ability is not bad. That guy just thinks I am a dwarf and easy to bully, so he wants to find an excuse to pay me less.”

"Oh, how could that person do that?"

After hearing this, Bell was filled with righteous indignation.

"Heh, that's how adventurers are. Sometimes those scoundrels will try to pick on supporters like me just to get a good drink. After a long day of hard work following those guys in the dungeon, you still run into bastards who refuse to pay their debts."

The little girl's words were full of sarcasm and disgust towards the adventurers.

"Not all adventurers are like that..."

Bell wanted to retort, but then he saw the little girl in front of him looking at him with the eyes of a seasoned veteran looking at a naive newcomer. Her eyes seemed to say: Young man, you have too little experience and your ideas are too immature!
"Never mind, anyway, thank you for what happened earlier. Um, what's your name?"

"Bell Crane".

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Crannie. I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

Lilyluka thanked the boy again and then turned to leave.

Bell raised his hand, but didn't know what to say.

After the little girl left, he continued walking back.

"Brother Bell, you're back?!"

As he passed a flower shop, a cute bunny girl suddenly jumped out of the shop and greeted him.

"Good evening, Irene."

Bell bent down and responded in kind.

The rabbit-girl, Irene, is the child he helped when he came to the Orario team.

He happened to run into the flower shop when he rented his new apartment a couple of days ago. The other party's family owns a flower shop, and he was even given a bouquet of flowers.

"Brother Bell, are you going to spend money tonight?"

Irene's long ears twitched as she handed over the bouquet of flowers.

"Oh, no need. The flowers you gave me yesterday are still in the vase in my room."

Bell quickly waved his hand, wanting to refuse.

"Mr. Craney, please accept this. Irene has been looking forward to bringing you flowers."

Inside the flower shop, a human girl clerk came out and said...

"Ah, Miss Anna, good evening."

The appearance of the human girl left the white-haired boy speechless, not for any other reason than that the flaxen-haired human girl was simply too beautiful.

She was the most beautiful girl Bell had ever seen besides the gods, and he was quite nervous being approached by such an exceptionally beautiful girl.

Seeing Belle's nervous expression, the shop assistant covered her mouth and chuckled, finding the boy quite adorable. After several attempts to persuade him, explaining that the flowers would wither when their blooming season ended, Belle finally accepted the bouquet from the daughter of the florist where she worked.

Belle returned home with a fragrant breeze (of flowers). After changing the bouquet in the vase, he lay on the bed with a silly grin on his face.

“Grandpa, coming to Orario really allows you to meet many people, not only heroes like Broly, but also beautiful people like Miss Anna…”

Bell muttered to himself, then hugged the blanket next to him. The fatigue of the day quickly overwhelmed him, and the boy soon fell into a deep sleep.

In his sleep, he talked in his sleep, saying things like, "I need to go faster," and "Miss Anna, please go on a date with me."

Bell slept soundly through the night and didn't wake up until it was broad daylight the next morning.

"Oh no, I overslept!?"

Upon realizing this, the boy hurriedly dressed and washed up, not even having time for breakfast, and ran towards the guild.

When he arrived at the guild, Broly and Eina had already met and were standing at the guild entrance waiting for him.

"I'm sorry, I overslept and I'm late."

When Bell arrived, he was panting heavily, supporting his knees. He had clearly run all the way here, but before he could even catch his breath, he apologized to the two of them.

"It's nothing, just a minute or two late. It's normal for people who go on dungeon adventures to oversleep once they relax."

Eina understood; as long as the boy was willing to attend the class, that was fine, even though he wasn't one of the adventurers she was in charge of, but rather a supporter of one of them.

"Let's go up."

When the last person arrived, Eina led the two into the guild headquarters, to the library upstairs, where they brought out the dungeon knowledge books compiled by the guild.

"These books record information about the unique geographical environment and monsters on each floor of the dungeon. By understanding them, you will be able to greatly avoid the dangers you may encounter in the dungeon."

"Ah, Miss Eina, are all these books things we are supposed to study?"

Bell swallowed hard. It's no wonder he asked that question, because the books the half-elf lady had brought were almost as tall as him when stacked up.

"Yes, this part of the books is what you need to know."

"Wait, what do you mean by 'this part of the books'?"

"The books here only record the content of the upper and middle levels, while there are many more books that record the content of the lower levels. If you are likely to set foot in the lower levels in the future, you will also need to study those."

Eina pushed up her glasses, the lenses reflecting a chilling light that intimidated (academic underachievers).

"Is this too much?"

Even Broly felt the pressure of reading and studying at this moment.

"Don't worry, I will explain the key points to you so that you can remember this dungeon knowledge more quickly."

Eina delivered a confident speech, befitting an outstanding graduate of the school district.

"Brother Broly, don't you think Miss Eina's aura is amazing right now?" "Yes, I can feel it."

"Alright, you two, don't get distracted. Focus! The dungeon knowledge lecture is about to begin!"

Eina taught the two all morning, and it wasn't until noon that the half-elf lady reluctantly stopped.

"That's all for today's lesson. We'll continue later when we have more time. Um, you two should review what you learned today when you get home, okay?"

"Ah, I understand."

"Very good, get out of class dismissed now."

Eina was very satisfied. She tidied up her desk before leaving, feeling content.

"Bell, are you alright?"

Broly asked the boy next to him, who looked like he had burned out.

"I'm fine, but I didn't eat breakfast this morning and I'm super hungry now. How about you, Broly?"

Bell answered, then asked the boy in return.

"My head hurts a bit, like someone picked up my head and gave me a good beating."

Broly answered, rubbing his temples.

Knowledge forcefully forced its way into his mind.

Each and every one of them is packed with useful information.

From the overall layout and geography of the dungeon floors to the typical attack patterns of certain types of monsters, it's practically a manual for the upper areas of a dungeon.

While it might not be of much use to him other than the information about the floor master, it would definitely be knowledge that greatly increases the chances of survival in the middle and upper levels for ordinary adventurers.

"Bell, I'm planning to go to the dungeon this afternoon to clear my head, do you want to come?"

At noon, when they found a restaurant near the guild to eat, Broly asked the boy across from him who was wolfing down his food.

"Ah, then I'll go get the supporter's backpack."

Bell quickly replied, meaning he was going.

"Then I'll go down first and wait for you in the one-way passage cave on the seventh floor from yesterday."

After lunch, Broly was the first to enter the dungeon.

Bell ran home to retrieve the supporter's backpack.

However, as the boy was preparing to enter the dungeon, he spotted a familiar figure.

"Miss Erd, what are you doing here?"

"Hey, it's a boy from the countryside..."

Lily Luca was suddenly struck up a conversation, and upon recognizing who it was, she instinctively blurted out her true feelings.

"Ugh, even though what you said is true, why do I feel like I'm being looked down upon by city people?"

Bell started complaining.

"Ah, sorry."

Lily Luca quickly apologized; after all, the boy in front of her had helped her yesterday.

"It's alright, I don't really care. By the way, Miss Erd, you haven't answered my question yet."

Bell asked again.

"As you can see, the dwarves are not very competitive in the supporter market. Even though my hiring price is relatively cheap, it is only a rare occurrence that we are left out in this situation."

Lily Luca shrugged and explained her situation, pretending not to care, but in reality, not having a job was like living off her savings for an orphan like her, which made her feel uneasy.

Another reason she was still lurking in the central square even though she had no job was to keep an eye on that bastard adventurer employer from yesterday.

She plans to wait until the other party emerges from the dungeon today, and then use her own methods (transformation into theft) to reclaim the reward that is rightfully hers.

“Miss Erd, since you are currently unemployed, would you like to work for my employer?”

Bell thought for a moment and then asked the question.

"You mean you're going to introduce me to a support job?"

Lily Luca paused for a moment, then asked.

"Yes, that's right."

Bell nodded.

"And you don't have to worry about my employer defaulting on his debts. He's a good older brother from the same clan as me, and he's very gentle and loyal."

Before I joined the clan, he was willing to help me for free, giving me a job as a supporter. And when we went to the dungeon for the first time, he was willing to share the dungeon's profits with me as my reward.

Even though I said I didn't need it, he still gave it to me; he's a very trustworthy and reliable person.

Bell puffed out his chest and explained his situation, then added, "I don't think it's true what you said last night about adventurers being like this (scoundrels). Not all adventurers are bad people; there are adventurers like my older brother."

Lily Luca remained silent for a moment before retorting, "You're really lucky. But you can't judge a book by its cover. Who knows what your so-called elder brother from the same clan is really thinking? Perhaps his kindness towards you is just a pretext for something else."

"Ha, definitely not. Broly is a true hero. He has saved me more than once. Like last time when you warned me, but I still fell into a trap. It was thanks to his help that I was able to save myself."

"what?!"

Lily Luca was somewhat surprised. No wonder she hadn't seen Seth and his gang at that drunkard's tavern lately; it seemed she had been outmaneuvered.

"Compared to the things he has helped me with, I can only give him very little in return, but even so, he is still willing to help me."

Bell said.

Lily Luca declined to comment, but said that it would be a good thing to get a job where the pay wasn't withheld.

The only question that needs to be answered is: "Are you sure your older brother would be willing to hire a stranger like me, a little human supporter?"

"Well, actually, it's a bit too much for me to handle as his supporter all by myself. If you're willing to help share my workload, I can give you a portion of my pay."

Bell thought for a moment and, instead of making the decision for the boy on his own, offered to share part of his earnings.

Lily Luca curled her lip, seemingly disdainful that the boy couldn't give a definite answer.

After thinking about it for a moment, she replied, "I can accept this job."

Lily Luca doesn't trust adventurers, but she's willing to trust the boy who was also a supporter and who helped her yesterday.

Of course, if I'm still tricked into working for free, I'll consider it repaying the favor of the other party who helped me avoid getting beaten up yesterday.

The little girl agreed only after she was prepared to suffer losses herself.

“Alright, Miss Erd, come with me.”

Bell gave a shout and headed toward the entrance to the underground city.

Lily Luca quickly followed, but after descending the stairs to the first level of the dungeon, she still hadn't seen the so-called older adventurer. She couldn't help but ask, "Where's your older adventurer brother? Is he waiting for you to go find him in a deeper part of the dungeon?"

"Hey, Miss Erd, how did you know?"

Bell turned around in surprise, while Lily Luca almost choked on her saliva. She had just said it casually, but it turned out to be true.

"Are you crazy? The reason we supporters are supporters is because we don't have enough ability to fight monsters head-on."

"Going into a dungeon alone without teaming up with adventurers is life-threatening. Your brother Broly, are you perhaps bullying you, or even trying to kill you?"

"Oh, is that really a saying?"

Bell was somewhat taken aback, but immediately shook his head in denial.

“I don’t know about the others, but Brother Broly took good care of me. He chose to wait for me on the corresponding floor only after he was sure that I was capable of going down to his floor and dealing with all the monsters I encountered along the way.”

As Bell was speaking, a spirit appeared right in front of them. Just as the little girl cautiously raised her crossbow to aim at the spirit, the boy stepped forward, drew his sword, and slashed at the spirit, looking just like a true adventurer.

“Miss Erd, please don’t worry about the dangers you might encounter when we meet down there, because I will protect you on the way.”

The boy promised, and seemed very reliable, but even more reliable was the short sword he held in his hand.

That's definitely an expensive weapon.

Lily Luca would swear on the adventurer equipment she had stolen that it was worth at least 100,000 falies.

　I only learned today that Saiyans reach adulthood at age 15, not 17.

　　I used Goku as a reference before, but after Goku participated in the World Martial Arts Tournament for the first time at the age of 12, it was changed from being held every 5 years to every 3 years. I overlooked this point, which led me to mistakenly believe that Goku was already 17 years old (still looking like a child) when he fought Piccolo Daimaō (his second time participating in the tournament).

　　The good news is that Broly is still 15 years old, so he will grow up in the Ditsukaku.

　　Thanks to the commenters for reminding me! (><)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)