Hedin didn't even give me a chance to deny him what with him running off, so I was left with Ottar as Hogni just went back to browsing my wares but avoided Hestia's unending questions as he was still shy.
"What kind of armor do you want? All my armors have magical effects to them so knowing what you want out of them is important." I spoke.
Ottar grunted before he spoke in his gravelly voice. "I want armor that will protect my heart and if possible, make me faster."
I frowned at his request before I shook my head. "I don't make armor plates like that to just protect your heart Ottar. For one my armor is magically fitting so it doesn't impede your movements besides its actual weight but for adventurers's neligible." I then brought out the list of armor types I could make as of now and began to list them and their effects.
"Hmm... This Ninja Armor would give me the speed I want. But this Shadow and Crimson armor would make me stronger and either more durable or a potent regeneration?" Ottar pondered as Hogin walked over and took a copy of the list.
After a moment the dark elf spoke softly. "Would the Ninja Armor make me less noticeable?" He asked quietly.
I sadly shook my head before I spoke again. "In time I could make an armor that would make you invisible but not for a long while." At the letdown, he slumped but I told him if he was willing to help me kill another boss, I would gift him a potion that would make him invisible for a few minutes.
"Ok... I will help you with the boss later on!" Hogni said with some actual enthusiasm in his voice as he obviously relished the thought of his crippling social anxiety being soothed for a bit.
No, seriously his social anxiety was so great that he literally developed a Skill on his Falna or on his very soul that brought a second more valiant and bombastic personality to take over his body.
"I want the Shadow armor set... I believe in my own strength to not need the regeneration but the speed that the Shadow armor gives hmm..." Ottar grunted at the end as he walked over to me, and I quickly took his measurements.
"Alright, Ottar I will have the armor done in three days as I want to make this trip into the dungeon myself," I said and Ottar surprisingly rolled his eyes.
"Don't rush... You are much faster than other smiths anyway." He said with a tiny bit of encouragement I actually felt a bit of pride from his words.
Then Bell walked back in, and I noticed she was pretty downcast after leading Hedin out of the tower.
"You guys can read the lists. Bell, I need to talk to you for a bit about our little expedition coming up." I said gently but firmly grabbing Bell by her wrist as she listlessly wandered past me.
Everyone took a look at Bell who looked at me with a confused expression but they either were older and more experienced, or gods who could see more than mere mortals could tell Bell was distracted and thus was in no shape for going into the dungeon.
So I led Bell into one of the side rooms and I just pulled Bell into my lap as I held her against me in a tight hug, she buried her face into my shoulder, and as I held her ever so tightly I felt her already superhuman strength being used to hug me as the walls she put up in front of Freya Familia came crashing down and so did her composure as she began crying into my shoulder.
"I know Bell." I soothed her as I rocked her in my arms. "We can fix Eina don't worry." I kept soothing her and at my words, she sniffled and leaned a bit away so she could actually look at my face rather than drowning my shoulder in her sorrows.
"Rweally?" She sniffled with the word coming clogged up with her tears choking out her normally cute voice.
I gently cupped Bell's face and kissed her forehead before I leaned back with a wry smile. "I swear I can fix it will be very difficult, and we will need to be much stronger... But Bell." I said with my hands holding her face tightening ever so slightly. "We can do it! We can get new eyes for her and will make her equal to even level fives in magical might so this won't ever happen again." I told her honestly making her nod and take a deep breath.
"What do we need to do Jake?" She asked after she exhaled and no longer did, she had that dour depression hanging over her. No, now she had a true drive in her heart. The very drive that would fuel her cheat Liaris Freese to make her grow and this desire to give her friend Eina her eyes back would make her grow even faster than her prior little crush on Ais Wallenstein if she even had that crush anymore to begin with.
"We need to get to level three at least and by then we should be strong enough to kill the monsters to make a powerful potion that will help regenerate her eyes," I said as I realized that to get the materials to make a Restoration Potion, I would need Pink Slime but seeing as Pinky cannot spawn naturally, I am going to literally need to kill the Queen Slime one of the Hard Mode bosses to get the pink slime.
I smiled as I patted Bell on her butt making her yelp and blush in my arms as I spoke more happily. "Bell, Eina is going to be just damned fine I promise. After all, it only took me like three weeks to get to level two so at most in a month, I will be level three and we can fight the boss together so we can get Eina fixed." I finished as I dipped in and kissed her fully on the mouth for a couple of seconds before breaking off. "Now come on Bell. Let's tear up the dungeon so you can get that little bit more you need to fill out your stats and hit level two yourself." I said firmly and Bell nodded with a fire in her eyes that made me pity the monsters we would face in the dungeon.