What's this? another chapter so soon after the first? BLASPHEMY!!!!

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(Drake Pov)

As Bell and Hestia sat on the somewhat ratty couch that im pretty sure served as Bell's bed, I sat on a chair I'd pulled from the table.

I turned the chair and sat with the back in front, resting my arms on top. " Alright Bell, ask any questions you have. Lady Hestia, I'll answer some you have, but be aware some I won't without Bell asking. If he feels you can know, thats fine. "

As they both nodded, Bell furrowed his brow, probbably trying to think of where exactly to start. Not that I could blame him, his entire world was being turned upside down and inside out.

Still, he wouldn't be Bell Cranel if he didnt have a spirit of iron.

After a good minute, he let out a breath and looked me in the eyes.

He said. " Alright, I think the first thing I need to ask is, what were our parents names? "

I nodded, really, that was probably the only logical place to start. " To start with, it might just be best to get the way our family was structured out of the way at the same time. Dad, was simply put, Captain of the Zeus Familia. "

As you can imagine, both of them did an impressive rendition of a choking fowl, what with the sound that came from the two.

" WHAT!!? DAD WAS CAPTAIN OF THE ZEUS FAMILIA?! " Bell roared with all the vocal power of a Dragon, believe me I know...

Even Hestia was gibbering in her spot, apparently so shocked Bell's attempt to bring the roof down with his lungs couldn't snap hsr out of it.

I once again began cleaning out my ear. " I swear between you two and the Ganesha member at the gate I'm gonna get Tinnitus before im 25. "

Hestia broke out of the shock finally, and immediately went loud. " What!? But, but if your dad was the captain, then why are you hear now?! Both the Zeus Familia and Hera Familia's were banished!! There are severe consequences for returning!! "

I snorted, rolling my eyes. " As if i care what a bunch of corrupt, hedonistic psycophants think. Bell is here, that alone is reason enought to be willing to deal with the guild. Besides, Its not like I still have the blessing. "

Both tilted their heads to the side, the question marks practically floating over their heads.

I looked at Bell. " I know he never wanted to tell you, but you need to know. Grandpa wasnt just Grandpa Bell, He was the God of the Familia. He was Zeus. "

Bell's glazed eyes were staring into the distance. No doubt rerunning his entire life with Zeus up until he 'died' back over, looking for any hints that he had missed.

Soon, Bell inhaled deeply, and let out a cleansing breath. Trying to rebalance himself, and going by the way he straightened up, succeeded. He waived me on.

I obliged. " In any case, Dad was originally only in a relationship with my mother. The elven woman sitting next to gramps. Her name was Velanina. A level 2 mage/ Medic of the Hera Familia. But a few years after i was born, Moms friend Meteria, your mother, started to fall in love with dad."

Judging by the way his eyes started to get a concerned light I quickly wave away his worries. " Before you get he wrong idea, Mom was the one who recommended that they see if it worked. Mom was rather liberal for an Elf. Especially when it came to those she loved. Anyways fast forward two years and Wife one helps Wife two give birth to my little half brother. meanwhile Grandpa sits bawling as his surrogate son and Daughters in law gave him a second grandson. "

Bell went red, not that I'd blame him. Now he knew why Zeus always said he could make a Harem, his dad already had the start of one. Hestia on the other hand looked torn between Feminine rage and curiosity.

Oh, my poor, poor little brother.

I let out a depressed sigh, the next part was far less pleasent. " Unfortunately, that is where the happy parts end. The thing to understand Bell, Is that your Mother had a weak constitution from birth. She knew that having you would be a risk, even with her Falna, there was a very high chance she wouldn't survive. But, when she found out she was with child, she was dead set on seeing you enter this world."

I stared him down, Sky Sapphire meeting Ruby Crimson. " From the depths of her heart, to the center of her very Soul, she loved you Bell. "

I said this statement with all the athourity of a God laying down a divine commandment.

The emotions welling up for Bell were written all over his face. His eyes watered slightly as Hestia wrapped an arm around him for comfort.

I closed my eyes, and lowered my head. " She passed in her sleep two days later, Mother promising her on her deathbed to care for you like her own, an oath that the next event would make seen unfilled. "

Bell's hands formed fists, while Hestia bit her lip in worry. " The battle against The One Eyed Black Dragon. "

I nodded. " In that single battle, we both lost our father, and my mother was crippled for life. What few survivors there were, got run out of the city by the Freya and Loki Familia's. Ths only real silver lining was that we were the only children in the Familia's at the time. But aside from that Your mothers twin sister Alfa- "

I was cut off by Hestia, her shock uncontrollable. " Alfa!? The same Alfa who worked with Evilus?! The one who tried to bring down Orario years ago!? "

I snapped my head to Hestia, Foreign emotions controlling me. " I have no idea why she did what she did, but she is still my and Bell's aunt, so I ask of you to leave what opinions you have for later. "

The Goddess of the home and Hearth withered under my glare, but unsurprisingly Bell stepped in. " Drake, please don't yell at Goddess, you know she has every reason to be alarmed. Hell, im alarmed at this."

While im somewhat suprised Bell of all people used a curse word. I can understand where he was coming from. Blood we may be, but Hestia was far closer to him then i was at this point.

I sigh, running a hand down my face. " Sorry Lady Hestia, But with all that has happened In my life since Bell and i were separated, I am very overprotective of my family. And as such do not take any form of attack lying down. "

She nods her head.

She said. " I understand, but you must understand, what Alfa and Evilus nearly did, It wasnt just Orario in peril. If Orario falls, the Dungeon would open up, and the Age of Monsters would begin anew. "

I laugh bitterly. " Trust me, I know far better then any Mortal on Genkai what that fate would be like. "

Hestia Narrowed her eyes at me. She could tell i wasn't lying, but obviously couldnt reconcile just how i could know with how long the gods have walked the mortal world.

In any case. I forged on. " To get back on topic, Aunt Alfa and most of those remaning scattered to the winds. I have no idea why she didnt stay for you Bell, and I've never knew her well enough to guess why. But the final part of this is that mom was in really bad shape. The only help we could find was by returning to the Elven forest she had originally come from. Suffice to say, they hated humans. They only barely let me stay with mom, you on the other hand? Grandpa swore to watch after you after the elder of the forest made clear If we attempted to bring you in, that they would refuse to help mom. "

More of these foreign emotions, although Im pretty sure that the disgust was mine. "Mom promised Grandpa to come find him when she was recoverd enough. Sadly, what we didnt take into account was the severity of the wounds. Mom would never make a full recovery, She was bedridden from the first day we made it to the Elf village, to the day she died five years ago. "

I clench my fist, wondering just Why this was effecting me so much. Still, i pushed on. " Mom had me make a promise to her before she passed, I would leave the forest and search for you and Gramps. An easy thing, Seeing as even though they let me in, i wasnt exactly welcome. "

A breath later and i continued. " I left the forest the day after she passed, and unfortunately, that started my decent into what can only be described as Hell. "

Bell swallowed loudly, saying. " We're not gonna like this next part are we? "

I just gave him a smile, one that would fit on a headsmen lifting his axe. " Even worse then that little brother. Tell me Hestia, are you one of the Gods who know of the Multiverse? "

With all the shocks today, I guess this one was just par for the course. As the only thing she did was rub her temples and groan in despair. " Why am i not suprised that you managed to get sucked into something like that? "

I rolled my eyes. " Because if my little brother Is even a quarter as prone to this shit as the rest of the males in our family? He's already been giving you a heart condition by now. "

Bell had the decency to blush, while Hestia nodded. " Your right, he nearly got killed by a Minotaur on the 5th floor this morning. "

I mentaly whooped that i got here as canon was starting, no need to butterfly that exchange after all.

I look at Bell and say. " Yeah, that is kinda a family tradition at this point. Run into a enemy that far outclassed you when you should be in a area that only has weaker enemies. "

I rubbed the area where I- Where Drake was skewered by the Grafted Scion.

Shit my identity is starting to blur, that's gonna be a pain.

Irregardless, I continued my story. " To make a long, complicated story short. I ended up In a collection of Nations known locally as the Lands Between, and those who showed up like me had a special moniker. They called us The Tarnished. The god of this world, known as the Greater Will, had banished a group of worriors from the lands to other worlds. Im not sure of the reason, only that after an event known as the Shattering, which was the result of the breaking of the artifact it used to enforce its will on the world. This led to its recalling all Tarnished and their descendents to reforge The Artifact. Known as the Elden Ring, The call was heard by all Tarnished. ' Rise, ye Tarnished. Cross the fog, to the lands between. Take up the call, Reform the Elden Ring, and become the Elden Lord.' All Tarnished hear this call upon awakening in that world, and I was no different. "

Bell was on the edge of his seat, whether he believed me or not, you could see he was hooked on the story itself. Hestia, divine lie detector nodded along.

I continued. " During my journeys, I learned of the world, and what i discovered troubled me greatly. The Shattering was precluded by what was known as 'The night of the Black Knives' when the eldest child of the enforcer Of the Greater Wills... well, Will, Queen Marika the Eternal was killed, she Shattered The Elden Ring, and the Rest of her family, began to fight over the shards. Each major shard was called a Great Rune, and each was a powerful object in their own right. "

I gazed at the ceiling. Lost in thought and memories not entirely my own. " If I was to return to our world, I needed to Restore the Elden Ring, so I set out. For five years I roamed the lands. Challenging Shardbeares and learning the arts of war. When i had completed this task, the Greater Will decided to deal with me. "

Both shuddered at my tone. Neither had any doubts about what i meant.

I continued my info dump. " As luck would have it, the creature it used, called the Elden Beast, was Something of a God in its own right. So our battle attracted attention from those who could observe the multiverse, such as dear old Grandpa. "

Bell perked up at that, while Hestia nodded. " That makes sense, unrepentant pervert he may be, but Zeus takes his duties seriously. If he considered you and Bell his grand children, then i can see him pulling you out of there beofre you got hurt. "

I shake my head at that. " Your close, but he didnt get me before the battle was over. "

Hestia paled to the same shade as a Spirit. Bell didn't look much better.

She attempted to ask. " D-do Y-you mean?! "

I raised my hand and she stoped. " It wasnt a God in the same way you and the others of Tenkai are Gods. It was A god in the sense It fed on the worship of the people, gaining strength as the souls of its followers were offered to the Erdtree. "

Bell cocked his head. " Erdtree? "

Instead of answering verbally, I gathered a minor amount of magic into my hands and waved them, almost as if i was opening a pair of curtains.

An orb of light appeared, similar to the divine mirror that was used during the war game between Hestia and Apollo. Inside was a veiw from when I first arrived in Limgrave, After walking out of the pit i was tossed into from my defeat by the Grafted Scion.

Both Hestia and Bell gasped in awe at the sight, and really? who could ever blame them. The Erdtree was the size of a small continent by itself, but to add to it the Golden glow and golden rays that shine down from the top as if the divine will of heaven itself had blessed the tree? All who gaze upon it were left mesmerized, myself no exception.

I nodded my head at their expressions. " Yes, Even if the God who created it was petty, the Erdtree was beyond compare it terms of grandeur. But in any case, at the time gramps had already been taken out by the goblins, so the whole reason he was even able to help was because he was already in between worlds. Not the way either of us wanted a reunion, but hey, it worked. "

I dismissed the orb, and finished with. " After that, he caught me up on you as much as he could, and said that more then likely you would head for Orario. But before he sent me on my way, he told me about this. "

I reached into a pouch and pulled out Zeus's letter to Bell. I held it out for him to take, which he did as if it would suddenly try to eat him.

Hey, you'd be suprised.

I said. " I'd recommend that you read that in private later Bell, Grandpa said that those words were for you alone. "

He said. " Understood. "

As he placed the letter in his coat pocket, I turned to Hestia. " Now before we go any further, I have to ask, Did Bell gain any unusual Skills after that fight? "

Hestia shook her head. " Not that im aware of, I havent updated his status yet today. I might've seen him here afterwards but i had to head straight back after making sure he was ok. "

' Good, then we can use this to our advantage. ' I thought to myself.

I stood up. " In that case, It would be best if you update Bells stats now. If what Grandpa told me was accurate, Bell might've inherited A skill from dad. "

Bells Face lit up like Christmas and his birthday rolled into one. " A Skill!? What is it! Tell me! "

Wow, he was really excited. The only reason he wasn't bouncing in his seat was the fact he was taking his shirt off and lying on his chest.

Hestia, seeing my little brother's exuberance, smiled as she climbed on his back and used a needle to prick her finger.

I shake my head in amusement, sitting back down in the chair. " I said Might've Bell, and that's assuming Grandpa wasnt simply pulling my leg. But if you did, It should be re-"

" WHAT THE HELL!! "

" Yeah, like that. "

Hestia nearly launched herself off of Bell in her suprised state. Not that I blamed her, after the fight with the Minota--

" YOU SAID ONE SKILL, NOT TWO!!?! "

I shot up and whirled around to face her. " Are you sure! "

Instead of using words, Hestia grabbed a peice of parchment and copied Bells status. She shoved it into my face...

... Well now.

Bell Cranel.

Level 1

STG I 56

END I 74

DEX I 70

AGL H 100

MAG I 0

SPELLS

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SKILLS

[Laris Freese]

Abnormal Growth, baised on the users desires. The stronger the desire, the faster the growth. Crystallizes emotions.

[Blood of the sky]

User is of blood relation to the Lord of the sky, boost's the power of all Wind and Lightning spells. User can cast any Wind or Lightning spell they know the chant of.

I blinked, Not entirely sure what was happening with that extra skill. But hey, at least i have an opening.

I said. " You sure as Hell are dad's son little brother. I was there when Dad accidentally got a mouthful of Grandpa's blood. This skill showed up the next day. "

Judging by the way those two turned green, that was info the could've lived without.

... Wait, how did i even know that? ugh, memory contamination sucks balls.

I waved my hand. " Before you two get any disturbing ideas, Grandpa was hanging a banner for a members birthday and accidentally poked himself with the nail. Dad was holding the ladder and when Gramps yell in pain, he looked up to ask what was wrong only to get a few drops of blood down his gullet. "

Bell breathed a sigh of relief while Hestia still looked a little green, not that i blamed her.

Funny as it was to watch your dad guzzle what passed for medieval mouth wash while your grandpa hangs onto a pillar for dear life, It was still nasty.

Still though, I passed the sheet to Bell, saying. " While I have an Idea about the Growth skill, The One you got from dad is more important right now. I know a few lightning spells, and i have a few spare casting implements so we can start training tomorrow. "

Aaaaannd Bell was back to toddler levels of happy.

turning to the slowly becoming less green goddess i said. " As for us, I know you probably already know what im about to ask, but still. May I join your Familia lady Hestia? "

Hestia Pov

Auuuh, This was gonna be a tough one. On the one hand, all these mind shattering revelations were wearing me out, and their Harbinger not really helping to calm us down.

But on the other, the was my Bell's brother. I know that the recent passing of his Grandfather ( Zeus, you old pervert, hope your ok. ) Some nights over the last few weeks Bell had restless nights. He probably thought i was asleep, but i was awake enough to see.

He was missing the only family he knew, and now another piece he had no idea was there is here for him.

Honestly, was there even a choice?

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Drake Pov.

Well, it went about as expected.

Bell and Hestia are passed out on the floor, bubbling away after a glance at my stats.

But who could blame them?

Drake Cranel

Level 4

STG S 990

END SS 1200

DEX SS 1240

AGL S 992

MAG SS 1400

Development Abilities.

Mage D

Mystery G

Spirit healing H

Luck F

Skills.

Elden Lord.

User has completed the Elden Ring, marking them as the Lord of the Golden order. Compresses all Elden Spells into one spell slot. Raises parameters when commanding others in party.

Mark of The Dragon.

The user has been Marked by the Lord Of Dragons, all Spells and skills related to Dragons communion gain boosts. Small chance to tame weaker Dragon enemies.

Spirit caller.

User has the ability to call souls who have sworn allegiance to them. User can now summon more then one spirit at once.

Magic.

Elden Lord's Spell.

No chant casting type. Effect determined by use of casting implement.

[Empty.]

[Empty]

Even with the knowledge that I was well into the 150's in terms of levels back in the lands between. This places me firmly in the second class of adventurers. Which would bring even more suspicion to the Hestia Familia.

That was also assuming i didnt level up, I had the Stats for it. But that could cause even more problems.

I sigh as I pick up the two comatose members of my new Familia and place them on the bed.

I can worry about all this shit tomorrow.

END.

HAHA!! two chapters in two days! I HAVE REACHED THE POWER OF ULTRA INSTINCT. ok, Chunibuyo moment aside, my mom is feeling a little better, and my siblings and i are planning a mothers day suprise for her, so lets hope that can get her mind off the bypass.

so, REVEIW. Worship From Software, I need a Girlfriend goddamit!!

Wolf OUT!!