Haroun asks about Bella-hitting-vehicle-licenses.  Bella answers.

More horse-riding.  Occasional conversation.  Bella tries to write in her saddle, and finds that if she wants one hand to hold her book perfectly steady while her other hand writes, that works just like she imagines it working; Bella's fingers do what they are told.

Eventually they arrive at a minor dungeon.  This minor dungeon has a very impressive name in some language that is not Lictic; Bella will hear this name as 'Ordinary Cave'.

There's a couple of bored-looking, heavily armored guards right outside the entrance.  Showing their respective permits gets a couple of raised eyebrows; it is not usually the course of wisdom for a non-combat-specialized person to be escorted by somebody with only a learner's provisional guild permit.  Still, their job is ultimately to prevent people from leaving with untaxed loot, not to forbid entry to suicidal idiots.

Haroun asks if there's any special things they ought to know about this dungeon - he probably should have asked at the Guild, but was too worried about whether Bella would get through the process to think of it at the time.  The guard counters by asking what Bella and Haroun plan on doing exactly.  Haroun says they plan to stay on the first floor only and collect enough loot to get Bella her non-provisional license.  The guard reminds Haroun that sticking around on the first floor for a long time and easily slaughtering monsters there is liable to get second-floor monsters coming up to say hi, which is the Dungeon's polite way of telling you to go lower, and that if this happens they need to either go to the second floor or get out.  This is especially likely to happen fast if Bella mocks the monsters she kills, says anything about the Dungeon being too easy, or otherwise shows off how much better she is than the current floor's challenge level.

Aside from that, the guard says that it's mainly plant-based monsters on the first floor - Walking Sticks, Ambush Bushes, Pineapple Surprises, and the like.  As with most dungeons on the first floor, the floor tends to slope down as you get closer to the boss room, and navigating upward will get you back out of the first floor without much problem.  Following the right-hand rule (keeping your right hand on the wall) will circumnavigate the whole first floor with no omissions, if you skip the boss room gates when you come to them.  First-floor bathrooms are in the safe area next to the boss room.

Haroun asks about Bella-hitting-vehicle-licenses.  Bella answers.

More horse-riding.  Occasional conversation.  Bella tries to write in her saddle, and finds that if she wants one hand to hold her book perfectly steady while her other hand writes, that works just like she imagines it working; Bella's fingers do what they are told.

Bella's horse-riding skill goes up one additional time, when they're about a third of the way there.

Eventually they arrive at a minor dungeon.  This minor dungeon has a very impressive name in some language that is not Lictic; Bella will hear this name as 'Ordinary Cave'.

There's a couple of bored-looking, heavily armored guards right outside the entrance.  Showing their respective permits gets a couple of raised eyebrows; it is not usually the course of wisdom for a non-combat-specialized person to be escorted by somebody with only a learner's provisional guild permit.  Still, their job is ultimately to prevent people from leaving with untaxed loot, not to forbid entry to suicidal idiots.

Haroun asks if there's any special things they ought to know about this dungeon - he probably should have asked at the Guild, but was too worried about whether Bella would get through the process to think of it at the time.  The guard counters by asking what Bella and Haroun plan on doing exactly.  Haroun says they plan to stay on the first floor only and collect enough loot to get Bella her non-provisional license.  The guard reminds Haroun that sticking around on the first floor for a long time and easily slaughtering monsters there is liable to get second-floor monsters coming up to say hi, which is the Dungeon's polite way of telling you to go lower, and that if this happens they need to either go to the second floor or get out.  This is especially likely to happen fast if Bella mocks the monsters she kills, says anything about the Dungeon being too easy, or otherwise shows off how much better she is than the current floor's challenge level.

Aside from that, the guard says that it's mainly plant-based monsters on the first floor - Walking Sticks, Ambush Bushes, Pineapple Surprises, and the like.  As with most dungeons on the first floor, the floor tends to slope down as you get closer to the boss room, and navigating upward will get you back out of the first floor without much problem.  Following the right-hand rule (keeping your right hand on the wall) will circumnavigate the whole first floor with no omissions, if you skip the boss room gates when you come to them.  First-floor bathrooms are in the safe area next to the boss room.

Haroun asks about Bella-hitting-vehicle-licenses.  Bella answers.

More horse-riding.  Occasional conversation.  Bella tries to write in her saddle, and finds that if she wants one hand to hold her book perfectly steady while her other hand writes, that works just like she imagines it working; Bella's fingers do what they are told.

Bella's horse-riding skill goes up one additional time, when they're about a third of the way there.

Eventually they arrive at a minor dungeon.  This minor dungeon has a very impressive name in some language that is not Lictic; Bella will hear this name as 'Ordinary Cave'.

There's a couple of bored-looking, heavily armored guards right outside the entrance.  Showing their respective permits gets a couple of raised eyebrows; it is not usually the course of wisdom for a non-combat-specialized person to be escorted by somebody with only a learner's provisional guild permit.  Still, their job is ultimately to prevent people from leaving with untaxed loot, not to forbid entry to suicidal idiots.

Haroun asks if there's any special things they ought to know about this dungeon.  (He probably should have asked at the Guild, but was too worried about whether Bella would get through the Guild process to think of it at the time.)  The guard counters by asking what Bella and Haroun plan on doing exactly.  Haroun says they plan to stay on the first floor only and collect enough loot to get Bella her non-provisional license.  The guard reminds Haroun that sticking around on the first floor for a long time and easily slaughtering monsters there is liable to get second-floor monsters coming up to say hi, which is the Dungeon's polite way of telling you to go lower, and that if this happens they need to either go to the second floor or get out.  This is especially likely to happen fast if Bella mocks the monsters she kills, says anything about the Dungeon being too easy, or otherwise shows off how much better she is than the current floor's challenge level.

Aside from that, the guard says that it's mainly plant-based monsters on the first floor - Walking Sticks, Ambush Bushes, Pineapple Surprises, and the like.  As with most dungeons on the first floor, the floor tends to slope down as you get closer to the boss room, and navigating upward will get you back out of the first floor without much problem.  Following the right-hand rule (keeping your right hand on the wall) will circumnavigate the whole first floor with no omissions, if you skip the boss room gates when you come to them.  First-floor bathrooms are in the safe area next to the boss room.