The monitor's dull blue glow made my eyes hurt. My finger scrolled down with the mouse, searching for something to alleviate the sheer boredom I felt. It was a lazy late night, one of many really, and I was desperately trying to find something to keep me occupied.

Leaning on the desk using my elbow, I continue scrolling through the internet looking for something to stave my boredom, "Just 10 more minutes..." I mumbled, "10 more minutes and I'll go to bed if I don't find anything."

Sighing as I continued my trawl for entertainment, I came across a link talking about Gamer Systems. Reading through the comments I came across another link to something about creating your own Gamer Status. Shrugging at the fact I have nothing better to do, I clicked the link which brought me to a page with a large title of "Create Your Own Gamer Status!"

Interested about what just came up, I raised my arms up in a stretch cracking some joints before fixing my posture and giving the site my whole attention. On the site are multiple options such as Worlds, Character and other related things.

"So I'm able to choose which worlds I want to go to and who I want to be when I get there? That's interesting." I mumble to myself as my interest reaches its peak.

Moving the cursor to the first tab next to the word 'Worlds' I clicked it, opening it up revealing a list of what seems to be thousands upon thousands of different worlds coming from all sorts of places like anime, games, books, and movies. Scrolling down the list I see worlds I recognise like Highschool DxD, Harry Potter, Campione, and even stuff like DC or Marvel.

Widening my eyes at such a long list, I wasn't to choose which one I'd go into. Instead, I sat back to think about which world I would prefer to reincarnate into, and an icon on the side of the tab caught my eye. A dice button which when I put the cursor over brings up the word 'Random'. Raising my right brow I thought 'How convenient.' before clicking it.

As I clicked the option it brought up a dice that rolled on the screen. Raising my brow at the rolling dice, watching it fly about the screen until it stops with a strange icon that looks similar to Omega. It disappears from the screen making me look around it in wonder before looking back to the World choice tab seeing that it chose a world for me. Seeing 'Ice Age' caused me to think 'How is this even an option?! This would be an awful world to live in.', I click on the randomise button again bringing up another dize roll. I stretch while waiting for the randomisation choice to be done. Once it's done I look down at what it brought to me this time, seeing 'Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?' made me think about what it'd be like in that world. 'Danmachi huh? It's possible to survive there. Low danger level if I stay safe and be smart about crawling the dungeon. Guess I know where I'm going.'

Finishing with the World choice option, I looked down to see the next one seeing the 'Character' option, curious about who I could become I click the tab revealing countless different options such as 'Monster: Goblin' which I instantly skipped as there was no way I wanted to be a Goblin of all things. Going past other names that I didn't really know and other types of monsters I come across a name I finally recognise, 'Bell Cranel'. I thought about what it'd be like as Bell, 'It'd be a good start as he doesn't have a Falna yet and isn't part of any Familia, which means I could have a choice if I wanted to change, not that I do. Hestia is Bestia and all that.' I clicked Bell's name, choosing him. I sit back, pleased at how I'm actually going to be the Main Character in an anime. 'It'd be a whole lot different from my current life if I could be the main character, it's always nice to dream.' I humour myself.

Wondering about what is next after choosing the world I would be going to and who I was going to be in said world, 'Now then, what's next.' I mumble aloud as I look down towards the next section of the page. Looking at the next section I see it's somewhere I'd be able to roll for Perks or Traits and receive a Flaw in turn.

"So I'm going to have to gamble huh? I guess it's fair, I could have ended up way too powerful if I could choose what I get from this. It's a shame I've got really bad luck." I sigh to myself. Looking down to where I can roll for my perks or traits, I noticed there is a section for perks and traits but I am unsure of the number of times I can actually roll before shrugging. Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes and clicked on the dice icon, opening them after a few seconds revealing my rolled trait:

'[Genderfluid]

This trait grants you the ability to freely change genders as many times as you want!'

"So I'm able to freely change my gender, interesting. Would be fun going around as a girl if I want a change of pace." I ponder to myself as I continue looking down to where it seems a flaw has appeared.

'[TASTY]

Monsters find you tastier and will try to consume you.

This flaw will also make your character tastier to monsters of the opposite gender.'

Reading the flaw, I couldn't help but shudder slightly in fear after I imagined what would happen if I actually got a flaw like this in reality. 'That would be an awful flaw if this was for real…'

Raising my head to the screen once again, seeing the dice there in front of me, I can't help wondering if I should roll again. 'It's not like it'll change anything once I save it and show others.' I think of how my discord group would react to this. 'We might even get a good laugh. It's not like it can be worse than TASTY.'

Sighing as I look at the randomization button, I hover my cursor over it before closing my eyes and clicking the mouse. I wait for a few moments, taking my time to breathe.

Finally deciding to open my eyes and bite the bullet, I open them and look at what flaw I received, 'The perk or trait can wait, let's see how bad this is…' I thought to myself in expectation. Widening my eyes at what I'm reading in front of me:

'[Social Blindness]

You've got sub-brick levels of social awareness, a simple conversation with you is about as tense as a hostage negotiation. Your sheer inability to converse leaves you unable to pick up on social cues and even mustering up the ability to talk is a struggle equal to herculean labour..'

As I finish looking at the flaw in front of me, I read through it slowly again raising a brow while thinking, 'This isn't even a flaw to me. This is literally how I am…' Looking up towards the perk or trait I received I widen my eyes in shock at what I see:

'[Shadow Monarch]

This perk grants you the ability of Sung Jin-Woo, the Shadow Monarch, which gives you the ability to raise foes you have defeated as shadow minions.'

Sitting up straight, reading through the perk while widening my eyes to the max, I almost shout "Are you serious?! I actually got a perk this amazing? The ability of Sung Jin-Woo from Solo Levelling himself? This is actually amazing!" Unable to believe my luck at rolling this, I began to think to myself, 'If only I had this if I reincarnated, that would change everything…'

Giving the random button another look, I thought to myself 'Should I roll again, or would it be too much? It's possible I could get something that's even worse than that, or maybe… even better.' thinking about it for a bit longer, I let go of a sigh.

Looking at the screen with resolution, "Maybe one more time won't hurt." I promise myself before clicking the button again, my gaze instantly going to the perk and flaw that I received:

'[Lucky Protagonist]

You find yourself replicating the luck of many anime protagonists, stumbling upon legendary loot and situations. Things just seem to turn out your way, whether that be finding a sword that could slay Gods or a potential love interest resting on a rooftop.'

'Lucky Protagonist huh…' as I read the newest perk that has been added to my metaphorical collection I thought about what good it could do for me, 'It could get drop rates and lucky encounters. Maybe it could help me dodge an attack if I'm trapped…'

'[Klutz]

You're accident-prone, and you have a habit of getting caught during an accident..'

'So I'd end up as an accident-prone Klutz who is also a Lucky Protagonist. Just makes me think of all those Ecchi anime Protagonists, oh dear god…' I think to myself in amusement at just imagining the laughs this would get.

Looking down at the randomisation button and seeing that I was still able to click it, I began to wonder whether I should continue gambling my chances with my perks, traits and flaws. Standing up to stretch my legs, I walk around my small room for a bit thinking about whether I should continue. 'I mean, it's just for fun, not like it has any actual meaning or anything. And it's only one more time, right? But then again, it looks pretty good so far and I'd like to send it to the others before I sleep…' walking back to my chair, I sit down and face the screen looking at the randomisation button before sitting back into my chair and looking at the ceiling thinking about whether I should.

Places my gaze back onto my screen, "Fuck it" I click the random button one last time showing the same dice rolling around the screen. Watching the dice stop with the same Omega symbol on top it disappears and some new text pops up, looking down at the text I read what is the last perk or trait I will receive:

'[Third Eye]

You open your third eye, extending your senses beyond the mortal realm. Night and darkness have no meaning to you, and any magic that would be used to conceal is immediately broken. This perk could affect things like concealment spells, seeing through objects and even simpler things like smoke and gas.

This skill can evolve with enough training and practice'

I think about what this could do for me, 'This could help me see in dark areas in the dungeon so that means I wouldn't have to buy a torch. Yay, being cheap is always good. Also seeing through walls means I could see if there's a hidden monster or something. And seeing through spells is just amazing…' and can't help but think that it's an amazing perk that could have really helped me in a reincarnation situation. Chuckling to myself 'Glad I rolled one last time, aren't I?'

Looking down to the flaw I received I slowly read through it:

'[Killed The Cat]

Your curiosity compels you to act, even when you know you shouldn't.'

Raising a brow at the feeling of being targeted I reread the flaw speaking aloud "Yeah, this really feels like I'm being targeted." frowning at the flaw, I scroll around the page to see if there's anything else I need to do. Not finding anything, and as I'm getting sleepy I click the save button at the bottom of the page. 'I'll just send it to them tomorrow.' I think after getting hit by a blast of tiredness. Crawling out of my chair I shambled towards my bed before falling onto it, falling asleep before I even hit the bed not noticing the monitor's screen get brighter and brighter until the entire room turns into a bright white.

As I collapse I feel a sense of falling but feeling like I never landed on my bed I get confused so I open my eyes revealing something that isn't my bed, or bedroom but is something else entirely. I find myself standing straight in the middle of what seems to be a road surrounded by people of various shapes and sizes. Looking at the building around me I notice it has a Medieval theme to it which made me think, 'This is a very realistic dream.'

Continuing to look around, I step back in shock as a bright screen pops up in front of my face, looking at the screen I began to read it.

'Thank you for signing up to become a Gamer! Welcome to your new world, and a new beginning! Please say Status!'

"Huh..?" I dumbly exclaim at the suddenness of the situation. "This is a weird dream. Why would I dream of being a gamer- Oh.. because of the status I made." looking at my surroundings, I realize that the people around me aren't just humans, but elves, dwarves and even halflings. 'At least that's what I think they are…' I thought as I looked at the tiny people walking around.

'I must have been more tired than I thought, having a dream as deep and realistic as this.' I muse as I shake my head. Looking back up at my surroundings I begin slowly walking down the road as if I was a tourist. Looking around, my thoughts go back to the status I made. Thinking about the world option and character option.

"This can't be Danmachi can it? It's not like I remember much of it, I only heard about it quite a bit and watched a few episodes." I think out loud. Noticing a dim light to my right, I turn my head and notice the Screen that I forgot about, 'How did I forget this?', the screen as if noticing me looking at it brightens up and grows a bit as if happy it's being noticed again.

Looking at the screen once again, I decide to do as it asks, "Status" I whisper subconsciously as I've never been a fan of speaking out loud in public.

'Name: Bell

Gender: Male ⇌

Age: 16

Race: Human'

Looking at the status hovering in front of me I notice the name isn't my original, 'I'm Bell?" causing me to look down at my body, noticing it's not the body that I'm used to. 'So I guess I'm a kid again.' I muse. Seeing my gender as male, I nod before looking back down to the race, which says Human. Nodding again I continue looking down but notice there isn't anything else causing me to think out loud,"Is this it? I thought Gamers were supposed to have a bigger Status showing all of their stats and such… Well, it is a dream and I don't think my mind would be able to make up that much." Suddenly the status changes in front of me showing a bunch of text:

'Because you have yet to receive your Falna you are unable to see your full status page! Please join a Familia to receive your Falna and unlock more of your Status Page!'

'Quest Unlocked: Join a Familia!

Look around Orario and see if you can join a Familia!

Reward: Title, ?, ?, ?'

"I guess a quest makes sense, you have to do something in a dream after all." I talk to myself.

Looking at the area around me, I find a direction and start walking into it, trying to stay clear of people. Dodging around crowds and making slow progress, I keep walking.

Taking my time to go through the crowds, I wander around the location as it's not always you get to have a lucid dream that's so realistic. As I'm walking around I begin looking at the people I pass, seeing people of all kinds, wearing different things like robes and armour, 'It's a real fantasy setting.' I think in wonder. 'This dream is awesome.'

Seeing a man in full metal armour that even covers his face, I squint to see if I can see under his helmet, suddenly my eyes get a strange tingling feeling and I am able to see through the faceplate of his helmet revealing his gruff face with an actually good looking beard.

Widening my eyes at the fact I could see through his faceplate, I continued looking at him, revealing that I am able to see through his armour to see what he was wearing underneath. Seeing him wearing patchwork clothes under his armour makes me think, 'Well, he wouldn't want to put on his best clothes when fighting now would he?'

Getting a little bit giddy at the aspect of seeing through things, an idea comes to mind before I begin walking to the side of the road. Once I'm at the side of the road, I lean against the wall of a building, facing towards the crowds of people I begin looking around for someone to look at.

After a few moments of looking around for someone to use my ability on, a beautiful elf woman that is wearing a robe catches my eye. With a bite of my lip and an 'It's just a dream,' to myself I use my ability on her. As if teasing me the robes slowly disappear, my eyes widen at the realization the woman isn't wearing anything under her robe. I'm unable to tear my gaze away from her naked form. My eyes prowl over her body from her long supple legs to her soft-looking bottom, then to her toned stomach, and finally to her small perky breasts. Unable to hold back a gasp upon seeing her beauty. As my gaze reaches her face, I notice her looking at me as if she heard me.

The woman looks me up and down as if checking me out. Before she looks me straight in the eye giving me a wink and a smile, as if saying "I see you checking me out" causing me to flush bright red and tear my gaze away to the floor, all I hear is a soft giggle at my reaction that causes me to blush even more.

Deciding to walk away from the location I was caught checking someone out in an attempt to cool my face, I pushed myself off the wall and made my way down the road looking at the sides of the road. I noticed that I arrived in what seems to be a market, so looking around the stalls I saw people selling all kinds of things from gems, clothes, weapons and someone was even selling books which caught my interest. As I stop in front of the bookstall to see what they have I'm thankful that the stall owner just continues on with their business and mostly ignores me. Looking at the books, I notice that I am unable to read what it says on the cover. Frowning but shrugging, 'Guess the dream is going for high detail,' I continue looking at them in case I see something I understand.

Feeling my stomach grumble I walk away from the stall after not finding anything that caught my eye, 'Not like I would have gotten anything.' I comment mentally. Looking around the market again, I see a stall that seemed to be selling some sort of food. Moving closer I begin to smell a delicious scent making my stomach grumble even more, causing me to move slightly faster.

Finally getting to the stall, I see the food that is on sale is a kind of fried potato. Looking at the food for a few moments, I didn't realise someone walked in front of me, "Hello, would you like to buy a Jagamarukun?" They greeted me cheerily, causing me to freeze and slowly raise my gaze towards the person who spoke to me.

Seeing who was in front of me, I couldn't help but widen my eyes in shock at who it was. Rubbing at my eyes to see if it was real, I look at the person in front of me once again revealing it really was who I thought it was. Hestia, goddess of the Hearth, and one of the main characters in Danmachi. 'So I'm in Danmachi,' I realise.

Amazed at the fact I was dreaming about Danmachi of all things, I never realised that I must have just been staring at the Goddess in front of me without saying anything. Looking at Hestia I can't help but think 'She looks so real, and she really is big isn't she?' as I glance at her large chest.

Hestia, noticing that I am just staring at her with wide eyes, but not noticing my wandering gaze, can't help but giggle. Hearing her giggle catches my attention, which causes me to raise my gaze to look at her properly. Seeing that she has my attention she smiles at me and once again speaks to me. "Would you like to buy some Jagamarukun? They're only 30 Valis!" she chirps to me happily.

Looking down at myself, I pat my sides wondering if I have any money. Finding that I don't have anything on me, I look back up apologetically. Hestia, upon seeing my apologetic look, puts on a soft smile before saying, "If you wait over on that bench," she points towards a bench a few meters from where we're standing. "I finish in ten minutes, will you wait for me?"

Hearing what she said, I looked at her and spoke for the first time. "I'm sorry, I will." nodding towards her. Seeing her smile at my agreement causes a weird feeling to happen in my belly, I then start walking towards the bench. Once I get to the bench I sit down and proceed to watch Hestia serving other customers. Looking at the smile on her face continues to give me butterflies, looking away to stop the feeling I proceed to begin people watching to pass the time, trying to ignore the feeling in my belly.

Watching the people pass, my gaze lands on a short but bulging with muscles man 'Is he a Dwarf I wonder? He's short and stocky and has a glorious beard. Like seriously, that is one amazing beard. Reminds me of Myths.' I ponder to myself, looking for another person to catch my interest.

My gaze lands on a girl, who seemed to be about 16 or 17. What brought my attention to her were the pair of cat ears on top of her head. 'Of course, I'm dreaming of Catgirls, they're fucking great.' continuing to look at the girl, I wonder where her tail is before remembering my ability. Looking around me in case someone was watching me and seeing no one, I looked back to the catgirl before using my ability causing her clothes to vanish revealing the fact she had hidden her tail under her skirt.

Unable to keep my eyes from wandering, I see the catgirls' surprisingly big breasts bouncing with each step that she took, after enjoying the sight for a few moments I took my eyes off of the catgirl. My gaze goes towards the sky, I let go of a sigh and close my eyes and begin enjoying the feeling of the breeze.

Enjoying the feeling of the breeze, I notice someone sitting down next to me which causes me to stiffen before I open my eyes and slowly look towards the person.

Seeing the person who sat down was Hestia I greeted her, causing her to smile at me bringing back the butterflies 'Damn it.' greeting me back she proceeds to start rummaging through a bag she has on her lap, which I somehow didn't notice.

Watching as she pulls out a small wrapping of some kind, she passes one to me which causes me to widen my eyes and look at her in question. Seeing my questioning look all she does is smile before putting it closer to me and says "It's lonely to eat alone, won't you join me?" causing me to widen my eyes at her kindness. "Are you sure? I don't want to bother you-" I try to say before a grumbling sound is heard. Hearing her start giggling causes me to notice the grumbling that came from my own stomach causing me to flush, 'Since when could you get hungry in dreams?!'

Looking down at the wrapping I raise my hands to take it off of her, slightly brushing my hand against Hestia's own, causing me to stiffen. Cursing myself for being so shy even in a dream, I look up to see her reaction but notice that she doesn't seem to mind and has already gotten another wrapping from the bag.

Looking back down towards the wrapping in my hand I open it revealing the fried savoury food. Looking at Hestia one last time, I see that she has already begun eating her fried potato with a really happy smile on her face, even letting off happy little hums as she chews. 'Wow, these must be really good.' I think as I look back to the food in my hands.

Taking a bite of the fried potato, I widened my eyes at the explosion of flavour. I hear a giggle to my side causing me to look over seeing Hestia watching me eat, noticing she stopped eating just to watch me I blush once more. Seeing my reaction she can't help but giggle once more "I'm sorry, you just looked so confused when you saw it for the first time. I thought it was your first time eating it, and I was right! You seem to have really enjoyed it huh?" she teases. Hearing her say this I nod in answer, getting a smile in response.

Thinking about not wanting the conversation to end there, I look at her properly before dumbly asking "Do you enjoy working at the stall?" Hearing my question she brings a finger to her chin in thought, not noticing she's got greasy fingers from the potato.

Looking back to me she smiles and responds "Yes, I do enjoy it. I get to meet all sorts of new people, and I get free food as a bonus!" bouncing up and down on the bench at the end lifting the potato as if it was a grand prize, causing me to subconsciously peek at her bouncing chest.

Looking back up to her eyes before she noticed my wandering gaze, I remember that we haven't introduced each other yet. Sitting up straight and facing her properly I speak, "I haven't introduced myself yet, sorry. My name is Bell Cranel, it's nice to meet you. Thank you for giving me this potato."

Hearing my introduction Hestia widens her eyes before also sitting up straight and facing me quickly, the fast action causing her breasts to shake side to side. Tearing my eyes away from her chest before she notices, I curse myself 'Bring yourself together man, I know she's probably the most beautiful woman you've seen, but this is a dream. Act cool damn it.'

"My name is Hestia, I am the Goddess of the Hearth. It's a pleasure to meet you, Bell Cranel." She introduces herself with a smile that I couldn't help but say "Beautiful" out loud upon seeing it. Flushing at my subconscious compliment she turns away and puts her hand to her face in embarrassment. Noticing I actually said that out loud I join her in flushing, but notice that she's put her greasy hand onto her face I lightly comment, "Umm, my lady?" causing Hestia to look at me with a light shade of red on her cheeks wondering what I have to say.

Seeing that I have her attention I whisper towards her while pointing to my own cheek, "You have grease on your face." causing her to somehow flush even more than she did the first time, before turning around and wiping at her face where the grease was. Unable to stop the chuckle that came out at her cute reaction, she turns around and pouts towards me before giggling herself.

Going back to eating my potato I notice Hestia looking towards me having already finished hers. "It's okay to keep eating, you don't need to wait for me." I comment to her.

Hearing what I said she lifts her hands before saying "No, no it's okay. I'm not hungry anymore." causing me to raise a brow at her response. After a moment of silence of us looking at each other, a gurgling sound calls out from somewhere. Looking around to see what the sound could have been, I looked back to Hestia after a while of searching and noticed her face had turned a bright shade of red.

Sitting back but continuing to look at her with a smug face, I lightly tease "Oh really? You're not hungry anymore?" causing her lips to twitch before she lets go of a sigh. Grabbing another wrapping and opening it up, she gives me one last glare before eating the savoury food in record time, making me raise a brow in amusement.

Deciding to finish off my own potato, I begin slowly eating it as Hestia devours a bag's worth of them. Chuckling at her eating with gusto, I can't help but watch her eat while I finish off my own. Sitting back after fully finishing my food, I just enjoy watching her eat. 'I bet I look like a creep right now.' I can't help but think.

Seeing that Hestia has finally finished her food, she pats her belly with a content sigh before turning to see me looking at her with a small smile. Blushing a little bit after noticing she has been watched eating she lets off a small pout that I can't help but smile at. Seeing my smile she fully looks in my direction before asking "What do you find so amusing?"

I can't help but subconsciously answer "Oh sorry, I just thought you were really cute when you were eating. Like a hamster." and widened my eyes after I realised I just admitted the truth. I look at her in slight shock and slight curiosity at why I was so honest.

Seeing her face slowly growing redder and redder and her whispering "C-cute? He said I was c-cute?" she brought her hands to her face as if to hide from me. I sit there in slight shock at her reaction which causes an intense fuzzy feeling in my stomach.

After a while, letting Hestia calm down a moment, she looks towards me and notices my still confused face before realising why. Looking into my eyes with flushed cheeks she lightly comments "Mortals can't lie to gods…" causing me to widen my eyes and join her in being flushed.

After a moment of shared embarrassment, we look back at each other before Hestia looks to the sky and then turns back to me and says "It's getting late, shouldn't you be going home?" causing me to also look at the sky and widen my eyes at the fact it really is late with the sky being rather dark. Looking around the area I notice some lights being turned on to lighten up the road and some stalls are packing away their goods.

Turning back to Hestia I put on a sad smile and replied "I can't go home, not anymore." as I could only go home when I woke up. Hearing what I said she widens her eyes and looks at me with pity. She moved closer to me on the bench, enough for our legs to touch causing me to stiffen once again. 'Damn this shyness, even in a dream I'm like this.' I curse myself.

Placing a hand onto my own causing me to shake, she grasps one of my hands in her own, bringing it to her chest and apologises "I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories if I did, would you like to stay with me tonight? Even if just temporarily?"

Unable to respond because of the current situation, I can't help but think of the sensation my hand is currently feeling, peeking towards my hand which has been brought to her chest and has been surrounded by her breasts. Feeling the soft marshmallow-like feeling surrounding my hand I swallow my saliva, not noticing that by not responding quickly Hestia thinks she hurt me.

Feeling guilty for hurting me, she lets go of my hand, causing me to look at her before widening my eyes as I see her move forward wrapping her arms around me and pulling me in for a hug. Now being in the embrace of Hestia I feel something soft and warm on my chest, peeking down I see the large cleavage of Hestia. Looking back up to see her sorrowful gaze towards my own I can't help but notice she feels bad for bringing it up.

'This is Hestia after all, she's really kind.' I can't help but sink into the hug, 'I've always been a fan of hugs. I just never got them a lot.' I think to myself. Wrapping my arms around Hestia I notice how small she is. With my head over her shoulder I mumble "Yes, I'd like that." to her previous question.

Upon hearing my answer she grunts in response but not moving away from the hug. A few moments pass, us just hugging each other on a bench before we part our bodies. Looking at Hestia with a small smile I say to her thankfully, "Thank you Hestia, I haven't been hugged in a long time. I needed that." to which she lets off a beautiful tooth showing grin.

Suddenly she stands herself up, looking down at me she holds her hand out saying "Let's get going then." to which I responded by grabbing hold of her hand. Being pulled up by her surprising strength she proceeds to pull me along the road, noticing the amount of people hasn't really lessened that much. But noticing that the types of people have changed, there are more people in robes and armour, holding various types of weapons. Noticing my gaze as we walk side by side, still holding hands, she comments "They're adventurers going to the dungeon in the middle of Orario. This city is Orario by the way." she says the last part with a wink. Causing me to look back at her.

Noticing my gaze she continued talking, "It seemed like you were new to Orario, so I thought I'd help you out with certain locations to help you know where to go." she says with a skip. Listening to what she said I can't help but smile at her kindness, and kept pace with her as she began telling me places to get food, armour and weapons. Even places like the Guild if I wanted to be an adventurer or even the Dungeon, which now that I look at it is impossible to miss.

"And this is our final destination! Home!" she announces as we reach a dilapidated church. Looking up at the church, I can't help but think it's seen better days. Hestia seeing me look at the church speaks up "I know it may not look like much, but one day, when I get a super big Familia it's going to be the most beautiful home ever!" she says with pride.

Looking down to her after hearing what she said I can't help but smile at her positivity. "How big is your Familia at the moment?" I ask her while apologising at the same time mentally. Closing my eyes cringing at the fact I asked her that, when I open them I notice her having a sad smile which brings pain to my heart.

"I don't have anyone at the moment." She says with such sorrow the pain in my heart gets even worse. Squeezing her hand with my own she looked back at me and her sad smile slowly turns into a happy one.

Pulling me inside the church, I see that it's mostly empty inside apart from a few pieces of rubble and one standing pew. Hestia continues to pull me further inside the church towards a back room. Upon entering the back room which has a large queen-sized bed at the end of it, a lantern hanging onto the wall and a settee off to the side.

Hestia walks in and because I am still holding her hand, I follow her. She leads me towards the settee where she sits down, and so I sit down next to her. Now that we are sat down on the settee we look at each other, giving her a soft smile, I once more look around the room while commenting on it, "Cozy, not much but it's just enough for a home. I like it." Hearing those words seems to bring a smile to Hestia's face.

"I'm glad you don't think it's a bad place! I was a bit worried you'd be disappointed." she whispers by the end. Hearing her say that I can't help but give her hand a small squeeze causing her to look at me and see a small smile on my face.

"Don't worry about it." I reassure her, "One day you'll be living in the most beautiful place in Orario right?" I said to her. After hearing what I said she smiles once again and pushes out her chest in pride.

"Of course, once I get a big Familia that will be easy!" she replies with such confidence I can't help but support her. After giggling with each other for a moment, a moment of silence begins between us. Thinking about what I could say next, I have an idea.

"Say…" I speak up, causing her to look at me. Seeing that I have her attention, I continue speaking, "What would you say to me maybe, uhh..." struggling to get it out, I put a hand to my neck to rub it in awkwardness. Feeling her hand squeeze my own I look back to see her waiting patiently with a smile on her face, feeling a boost of confidence from seeing her smile I speak up once more "What would you say to me joining your Familia?"

Not hearing her response to my question, I look at Hestia wondering what is wrong. Widening my eyes as I see her own are tearing up, with some falling down her cheeks. I reach my hand up to rub her tears away, "I'm sorry, did I upset you? I shouldn't have asked I-" before I finish speaking she cuts in by almost jumping into my chest.

"You didn't do anything wrong! I-I was just so happy!" she cries into my chest causing it to tighten. Further words stuck in my mouth, I just held Hestia as she cried into my chest. After a few moments, she pushes herself away softly, still sniffling and wiping her tears away. As she looks up at me, I can't help but think her current smile is the most beautiful one I've ever seen.

Looking me in the eyes with that beautiful smile, "I'd love it if you joined my Familia Bell. I really would." she says to me. Feeling the tightness in my chest I can't help but bring my hand to it and think 'I can't believe I've fallen in love in a dream…'

"So…" I brought up, "How do I join?" I ask. Hearing my question she stands up from the settee and looks down at me with happiness.

"I need you to take your top off and lay down on your belly." she says to me pointing to the settee causing me to widen my eyes. Looking back up to her I slightly flush as I put my hands to the bottom of the shirt I'm wearing, looking at it for the first time. It's a long sleeved black shirt, nice and simple. Deciding to look at what else I'm wearing before I take my shirt off I see that I have an equally black pair of pants and shoes. 'I guess I like black?' I ponder to myself.

Seeing that I'm feeling a bit awkward taking my top off in front of her, she apologises and turns around so I can take it off. Thanking her in my mind I begin taking my shirt off noticing that I seem rather fit like I've been working out until recently. 'Well, that's different.' I muse. Putting my shirt onto the floor before laying down on the settee I call out to her, causing her to turn around and begin looking at my bare torso, causing me to push my face into the settee in embarrassment. 'It's a dream.' I think to myself simply trying to ignore my incredible shyness.

Suddenly a pressure is put onto the settee before I feel Hestia moving over my back causing me to stiffen even more. I wait for her to finish moving around until I feel her place herself on the bottom of my back. Concentrating on the feeling of her bottom I think 'She's so soft.' shivering as she starts to put her hands on my back, whispering to herself. Laughing a little bit as I jerk to the side as she accidentally glances at my side, I hear a small "Sorry" as she continues to mumble her invocation.

Waiting for a few more moments of her moving her hands around my back which causes me to shiver slightly and mumbling something I can't really hear that well, I see a soft blue light illuminate the room before it dims again. I hear her gasp at something, concentrating on what her I begin hearing her mumble some things like "He has perks?" and "What's a flaw?" I realise that she's able to see my status.

With a mental shrug and a 'It's just a dream. And anyway, it's Hestia. Hestia is Bestia for a reason.' to myself, staying still and allowing her to see his status. A few moments pass as she is reading his status.

No longer hearing her mumbles I wonder what she's doing before I feel her begin crawling off of me, waiting for her to get off of me. I curse myself for missing her softness. When she is standing next to the settee I begin to pick myself up, sitting myself up onto the comfortable furniture, looking up to see Hestia smiling down at me. Seeing that she is holding out my shirt for me, I grab it and put it on quickly causing her to lightly giggle at my antics. Standing up from the settee myself, I look at Hestia and we stand there for a moment just staring at each other.

Snapping out of it, Hestia speaks up "Ah sorry, Welcome to the Familia of Hestia, Bell Cranel!" she announces with another large smile with such happiness that I can't help but smile with her.

"Thank you Lady Hestia, I won't let you down." I lightly bow in response to what she said, causing her to flush trying to stop me from bowing. Eventually getting me to stand up straight she looks at me with another proud look.

Unable to hold herself back she begins bouncing on her feet as she says, "I think if we go now, we can make it to the Guild before they close. Then we can sign you up to become an Adventurer, Supporter or Crafter if you want!" listening to myself, I can't stop my gaze from flickering down to a certain two things bouncing with her.

Snapping myself out of it before she notices, I look at her and ask her a question, "Could you tell me the difference between the three?" Hearing my question she stops bouncing and stands straighter, as if putting on a Teachers Persona, causing me to just shake my head at how cute she is acting.

"Right, so there are three classes that you can choose to become. The first one is Adventurer. An Adventurer goes into the dungeon with support from other Adventurers to defeat monsters that have spawned to collect loot and get stronger! The second one is Supporter, a Supporter goes along with groups of Adventurers to help them by picking up their loot and calling out weaknesses of monsters. And then we have the third one, a Crafter. A crafter is someone who helps both Adventurers and Supporters by building weapons, armour and all sorts of different items which can help you in a dungeon. These are the three types you'll be able to choose from. No matter what you choose I'll always be proud of you!" she says the last part with a huge smile which once again, causes my chest to tighten.

Remembering that they don't have much time, Hestia grabbed hold of my hand and proceeded to almost drag me out of the church. Once we are outside, she leads me in a direction. Looking at our hands I notice that our fingers are interlocked, causing me to slightly flush. 'I can't believe I'm blushing over holding someone's hand when I've been doing it all day… This is a dream damn it.' once again cursing myself.

Hearing a cough to my side I realise we've slowed down and are walking along a road. Looking to my side I see Hestia looking at me with her usual smile, "Do you know what class you'll be choosing?" she asked me.

Hearing her question I take a moment to think about what I could choose, 'Does it really matter what I choose?' I ponder, 'This is just a dream after all, I might as well do what any protagonist would do and go all in.' Deciding on my class I look down to Hestia with a smile, "I think I know what I will choose."

Looking at me with expectation, "What will you choose?" she asks with excitement.

"You'll have to wait and see when we get there~" I tease her, causing her to pout. Seeing her cute reaction I laugh to myself and give her hand a soft squeeze causing her to laugh with me as we slowly walk down the road.

Walking the rest of the way in comfortable silence, holding hands the entire way. 'Yes, it matters.' We eventually stop before a large building, looking down to Hestia, I see her looking up at me. "This is it, this is the Guild." she says with a smile before pulling us into the building. Once we're in the building I look around to understand the layout.

Looking around the room, I see a bunch of people that could be either guild workers or dungeon explorers. Continuing my search, I see a bunch of desks that have women standing behind them, seeing that they are helping dungeon explorers with some things.

Before I realised it, Hestia and I are standing in front of a desk that is being manned by an elven woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses. Looking up at us she smiles before greeting us. "Hello, my name is Eina, Welcome to the guild. How may I help you Lady Hestia?" she says looking at Hestia, and then looking towards me with a friendly smile "And may I ask your name?" she asks me politely.

Hearing her greeting my eyes meet the floor as my body freezes up. Cursing my shy nature, I squeeze Hestia's hand causing her to widen her eyes in understanding. Hestia looks towards Eina with a small smile and says "I would like to enter this boy, Bell" she introduces me, receiving a small smile and nod from Eina, "Into my Familia."

Hearing her words Eina continues to hold her professional smile, giving me a small kind glance before looking back to Hestia with a bigger smile, she says, "You finally have someone in your Familia Lady Hestia, I bet you must be so proud." causing Hestia to bounce a little and show off another one of her beautiful smiles which I catch in the corner in my eye, causing me to once again feel the fuzzy feeling in my stomach.

"Yes, I'm very proud to have Bell as the first member of my Familia. I have high expectations of him!" she says while looking at me with amazing pride. Hearing her say such words I can't help the strong tight feeling in my chest and the fuzzy feeling in my stomach and I flush from her praise and expectation.

Giving Hestia a smile after hearing what she said, Eina proceeds to walk to the back. After a few moments, she comes back with some forms which she places on the desk. Pushing the forms towards myself and Hestia she says "Please sign these forms with the information that you can." Causing us to look down at them. I see just a few sections such as Name, which I put in my name, Bell Cranel. A plane for my gender, Male. A place for my Age, 16 and finally a place for my Familia. Looking at Hestia seeing her showing a big smile, I write in Hestia Familia. As I finish writing it in I can feel her bouncing up and down from the hand that she is still holding and the small squeals she's making, it's clear she's very happy and excited about this part. Looking up at Eina after I finished signing it, she gives me a soft smile before thanking me.

Leaning over the desk in front of her to reach the form she turns it over for me showing a bunch of jobs, "Please tick the Job that you want to be." She asked me, causing me to look through the list. 'I already know what I'm going to choose' I think, looking towards Hestia, I see her looking between the form and me with curiosity. Noticing that I'm looking at her, she looks me in the eyes and pouts, squeezing my hand. Shaking my head at her cuteness I look down at the job I'll be choosing. Looking back to Hestia I see her widen her eyes with a unsure smile.

Seeing that I've finished choosing, Eina takes the form and pushes it towards Hestia saying "At the bottom, you should see a line, please sign there." causing Hestia to look at the form in front of her, finding the place she needs to sign. She brings up the hand that is still holding mine forgetting we're holding hands. Noticing her little accident, she flushes before letting go, causing me to have a sinking feeling I mentally grumble at before she signs the form.

Pushing the form back towards Eina, she happily takes it, looking through it in case we missed anything before nodding and looking back to us. Giving us a smile, "It seems all of it is correctly done." she says to us before looking at me. "Congratulations, you are officially a part of the Hestia Familia." causing Hestia to hug my arm tightly with a squeal, grasping my hand in hers while hugging my arm. Stiffening at the sudden softness enveloping my arm, I slowly look down to Hestia before relaxing at seeing what is there.

Hestia is hugging tightly onto my arm with one of the largest smiles I've ever seen with tears pouring from her eyes. I can't help but look at Eina and smile together with her after seeing such a sweet sight. Looking back down towards her, I squeeze her hand in mine causing her to look up towards me still with that dopey smile with snot coming out 'How can you look so cute and be so gross?' I chuckle. Hearing a cough to my side, I notice Eina holding a tissue out towards me. Taking the tissue from her hand, I thank her before turning back to Hestia to wipe her nose.

Placing the tissue towards her nose so I can let her blow her nose, I say "Blow." causing her to blow her nose in the tissue in my hand. 'Gross..' I muse to myself, unable to believe that even in a dream I helped a Goddess blow her nose.

Looking towards Eina one last time, I notice her looking at me with her usual smile. Closing my eyes and inhaling and exhaling slowly, I open them and say "Thank you Eina." getting a smile in return.

"You're welcome Bell," she congratulates me. "See you next time." she bows towards me and upon hearing her say this a screen pops up in front of my face startling me a little. Steadying my breathing after the small shock, I begin reading the screen:

'Congratulations, You've Completed the Quest "Join a Familia!" and have received the following:

Rewards: Title: Child of the Hestia Familia, Falna(Full Status), +5 Stat points and a Gacha Token!'

Reading through the screen the ending caught my eye, 'Gacha huh? Gambling, of course there's gambling.' I muse at the joke of my dream. Mentally thinking 'Close' works to close the screen allowing me to see Eina once more. Watching her stand back up straight and put some hair behind her ear so it's out of her face, I nod to her in thanks before I begin leading Hestia, who is still on my arm, towards the exit.

Once we left the building I looked down at Hestia seeing her still holding on to my arm, unable to stop myself from being conscious of the soft feeling enveloping it. I speak up "I guess it's time to go home now right?" causing her to look up at me with wide eyes, before a giant smile spreads across her face. "Yeah, let's go to our home Bell!" she happily replies, moving away from my arm, releasing me from my heavenly hell.

Pulling me along with our fingers still interconnected, an action that still brings intense butterflies to my belly, I watch her skip along the road showing how happy she is while showing a large smile. As we are walking Hestia speaks up, catching my attention, "It's going to be really late once we get home, so we should go straight to bed." Looking towards her I see that she's looking at the sky, and noticing she was correct. The night sky was pitch black, but the fact you could see every single star even with the dim light from the lanterns was a truly beautiful sight to behold, 'Especially for a dream.' I comment.

Agreeing with what she said, "Yeah. And we'll be busy tomorrow. I'll have to go to the guild again," I said, giving a small shiver, calming down once I felt Hestia giving my hand a squeeze. Smiling at her in thanks I continue "I saw a poster about a Training Camp for New Dungeon Explorers." causing her to look at me and smile.

"I know you can do it Bell, you're a part of my Familia after all!" she jokingly says trying to lift my spirits. And lift my spirits it did, as I laugh out loud at what she said, getting a toothy grin in return.

As we slowly head home hand in hand we look up towards the stars. Enjoying a sight I wouldn't be able to see when I'm awake I just enjoy it.

'Pretty good for a dream' I think to myself. Eventually, we make it to our home, walking into the church we walk to the back of it, heading into Hestia's- sorry, our room.

Letting go of each other's hands, I begin to stretch. Hestia, seeing me, giggles to herself and says "I'm tired too, let's get in bed." to which I agree as my eyes are starting to get heavier. 'Guess I'm going to wake up soon.'

Crawling into bed after taking off my shoes not caring that we're going to be sharing a bed, I notice Hestia hasn't gotten into bed yet, moving my head so I can see what she's doing I notice that she's taking her bows off. 'Seems like a lot of hassle.' I idly comment. After taking her bows off and them on the settee she starts crawling into bed too, joining me under the covers.

Before we know it, we're both under the cover's face to face. Feeling each other's breath against our faces. I can't help but flush at being so close to her even after everything that has happened today. She truly is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. From her eyes that I could easily get lost in, to her nose that brings back memories of green, to her soft kissable lips.

Slowly but surely the heaviness of my eyelids ends up winning the battle and they close slowly but surely, the last thing I hear before falling asleep is the soft voice of Hestia "Goodnight Bell, thank you." causing me to lightly grunt in response and feeling a soft wet feeling against my cheek before unconsciousness overtakes me.

Opening my eyes when I wake up, I see Hestia leaning on her side on her elbow in front of me watching me sleep. "Good Morning Bell." she greets with a small smile, I dumbly stared at her, eyes crawling over her in slight disbelief. Her long hair is cascading over her body, making her seem like what she is, a Real Goddess.

Rubbing my eyes before sitting up, I look around the room to see that I am still in the bedroom in the church. Looking back to Hestia to see her sitting up next to me smiling before she turns to get out of bed, my gaze following her as she goes towards the settee to pick up her bows. Bending over to pick them up, my gaze wanders towards her shapely behind I can't help but stare at her until she turns around causing me to look back up.

Seeing that she's putting her hair up and that I'm still in bed I go to get out before noticing a certain problem. A certain part of my body is much more awake than I am, so I stay in bed and hold the covers over me until it goes down. I speak up towards Hestia "Good Morning Hestia, I'll just sit in for a bit longer, I'm not really good with mornings." causing her to smile and nod towards me. Finished with the bows in her hair, and under her breasts she proceeds to walk to a corner of the room and picks up two cups with brushes inside.

Seeing my confused looks at what she's carrying she flushes slightly and comments "I always had an extra toothbrush, just in case I get a member in my Familia." slowly walking towards me with a smile. Sitting next to me on the bed she passes one of the cups to me, then pulls the brush from her own and proceeds to brush her teeth sitting on the bed. Deciding to just go for it, I grab the toothbrush and begin brushing my teeth.

A few moments pass before she puts it into the cup of hers, realising that's what the cups are for, I spit in my own. Wondering what I'm supposed to do with the cup, Hestia reaches out and lightly takes my cup off of me before walking towards where she got them from and emptying the water into a bucket.

Looking back to me she gives me a smile, skipping towards me she finally comments "Come on now sleepyhead, time to get up." she teases me, grabbing my hand and pulls me out with her surprising strength. I slightly panic at being pulled out of bed, but once I'm stood up I look down seeing that I'm no longer awake. Sighing in relief I look towards Hestia showing her a small smile before sitting back down to put on my shoes that are next to the bed.

Once I'm done I stand up with Hestia and we proceed to walk out of the room, and then the building. Standing at the entrance to the building we look at each other before Hestia says "I have to go to work, I'll see you later. Okay?" with a big smile. Nodding to her in understanding my eyes slightly widen and she rushes into me to give me a hug, slightly hearing a "Thank you" before she pulls herself away revealing a slight blush to her cheeks, "Stay safe, okay?" She says I watch her run down the road, turning around once she's reached a corner to look at me one last time and waving, before turning around the corner fully and disappearing.

Seeing her disappear causes me to sigh, looking down at my hands I slowly go back into the church and sit on a still-standing pew. "I'm still here," I speak out loud. "Wasn't this supposed to be a dream? Why am I still here?!" I almost shouted out.

Tearing up a little at this actually being real, he looks around himself one last time. "I'm actually Bell Cranel. I'm 16 years old once again." thinking out loud in shock and disbelief. Suddenly I begin shaking, it becomes harder to breathe and I curl up on the bench before sobbing to myself as I will no longer be able to see my family again.

After a few minutes, I stop having a mental breakdown, for now. Before thinking to myself, "I'll have to take care of myself then, if not for me, for them…" I promise myself in resolution, thinking of Hestia brings a smile to my face. "So it was real… this feeling." I comment about the butterflies in my gut.

Sighing one last time, I look up straight saying out loud "This is where I start my adventure. Before I open my status, shouting out "Status!"