Hello. I've decided to go with Max for the name. Idk, a lot of my favorite characters are named Max and I just went with it.

After giving it some thought, I decided to keep the Astrea familia alive. Wooo! But now I have to watch the entire Astrea record to get their personalities and story right. Awww. This'll be fun!

Also, this story will be more intense than Elemental Hero.

On with the chapter!

"You're sure they'll let us through the gates, grandpa?" Bell asked him.

"Of course they will! I'm the almighty Zeus!" He replied.

"But weren't you kicked out after you got your butts kicked?" Bell asked.

"Geh!" Zeus said after taking that super effective attack.

"Be nice." Alfia said feeling sorry for Zeus for once. It would never happen again.

"True, true. That did happen. But not to worry! With the help of Hermes, and calling in a bunch of favors, our ban was lifted by Ouranos himself. We just need to pay a small fine after we settle in." Zeus said.

"And how much is this, 'small fine', again?" Alfia asked.

"Eh, well, even with what's left in our familia savings, you two may need to take a trip into the dungeon." Zeus said quietly.

"Of course." Alfia groaned.

"Next!" The guard ordered after sending the previous cart in. It was now their turn. They all got down.

"Names?" He asked them.

"Do you not know who we are?" Zeus asked.

"No. Name, old man?" The guard spat.

"Well that's no way to talk to a god, child. I am the almighty Zeus!" He said and released his divine aura as proof.

"Wha?! Zeus?! What are you doing here!? You're supposed to be banished!" The guard yelled, causing a commotion.

"What? Zeus is back?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"Zeus is back?" Another asked.

"No way! Is that Zard with them too?!"

"And 'Silence' is there too! Wow!"

Speaking of which…

"You're all too noisy." Alfia said and started to prepare her magic. That immediately caused everyone to instinctively back away as Bell and Zard tried calming her down.

"Obviously, someone didn't get the memo." Hermes said as he approached the group.

"Hermes! Good to see you friend." Zeus said as he greeted his fellow deity.

"Zeus! It's only been 3 years." Hermes laughed.

"Lord Hermes. But, Zeus and his familia were banished almost 15 years now." The guard said.

"They were banished. Not anymore. That ban has been lifted by Ouranos himself. I thought Ganesha would have told his familia this by now." Hermes explained.

"I AM GANESHA!" said deity appeared.

"Ganesha! Is this really true?!" A few guards asked.

"I am Ganesha! Yes, my children. What Hermes said is correct." Ganesha said.

"Huh." The guard said confused.

"Well with that out of the way, can we get this over with?" Zard asked wanting to enter Orario today.

"Oh, uh. Yes. Sorry." The guard apologized and got back to work.

…..

"Finally!" Bell groaned as he thought the crowd would ever let them through. All it took was 1 glare from Alfia and they disappeared. He wished she did it earlier.

"Yeah, sorry about that." Zeus apologized.

"If you had been subtle, like I advised, you would not have had to deal with that." Hermes complained. His vice-captain was following right behind him. Asfi was busy.

"By the way, where are we staying grandpa? It's not like we have a house here." Bell asked.

"You are completely right, Bell. We don't have a house here. We have a mansion!" Zeus yelled and pointed towards where the old Zeus familia mansion was.

"Wow. That place is huge! I can see it from here." Bell gasped in awe.

"Can we hurry this up? Max here is getting restless." Alfia asked as she held her son.

"We're almost there Alfia." Zard said.

"I know. I just want to get that debt paid soon. I don't want to have to hear from royman anymore than I need to." She said.

"You're asking for too much, Alfia." Hermes laughed.

After a few more minutes they had finally arrived at their mansion.

"Huh, I thought this place would've been dirty, especially with no one living here for years." Bell said.

"We have Hermes to thank for that." Zeus said.

"It's no problem at all! You still have to pay us back." Hermes said.

"I know, I know." Zeus said with a sad smile. His wallet hates him now.

"Oh Zeus, I got what you asked for!" Hermes told him with a mischievous smile.

"No way!" Zeus said. He quickly pulled Bell over.

"Huh? Hi Uncle Hermes. Why does grandpa have me in a headlock?" Bell asked confused.

"Heh heh. You're going to love what we have in store for you, Bell." Hermes said with a sinister smile.

"If it's another one of your 'plots' I want nothing to do with it." Bell said bluntly. "Asfi warned me about all your schemes uncle." He added. "Plus I still have nightmares from when mom caught us." That sent shivers up all three of their spines. When Bell was younger, Zeus and Hermes dragged Bell along and tried to peep on a women's bath, calling it a 'man's romance'. Alfia had caught wind of it and hit them with her strongest Gospel yet and 'lectured' them for 3 weeks on manners. They would've sworn that death was a better punishment.

"Nothing can go wrong this time! And Alfia can't complain this time. Bell. We got you the most beautiful maids here in Orario all just for you!" Hermes said louder than he meant.

"That was a pathetic attempt at a joke, right?" Alfia asked him as she teleported in front of him.

"Yup! You know me, Alfia! Always the joker! HAHAHAHA!" He yelled. "Get the maids out the back!"He whispered to his vice-captain as Alfia turned away.

"When will you learn uncle?" Bell sighed.

"Never!" He smiled. Then, his smile dropped. "Alfia, Zard. Once we're inside I'd like to discuss something with you two." He said getting serious. The two just looked back at him and nodded.

"And here we are!" Hermes announced as they had finally arrived.

"Bell, can you and the old man start getting things down?" Alfia asked.

"No problem, mom. We'll be done in no time!" He said.

"Thank you. We'll be back in a minute." She told him as her and Zard followed Hermes inside.

"So as you can see, we really cleaned up the place. We had to throw out the old furniture as it was too old. Kitchen is partially full, it'll be enough to keep you all fed for a while. Baths are fixed and ready to use. We got a lot done. It's all up to you guys how you want to decorate from here on out." Hermes said giving a brief tour.

"What did you need, Hermes?" Alfia asked abruptly.

"Jeez, would it kill you to be nicer, Alfia?" Hermes asked. All he got was a stare back in response. "Alright. I wanted to talk with you guys about your conditions." He said. "You two haven't used your status much these years right? I mean, you had no need to correct?" He asked.

With both of them nodding he continued.

"Well, now that you're back here I would advise caution. If you plan to go back into the dungeon, take it slow. I don't know if suddenly going all out in the deep floors is good for you. More importantly, we don't know if your medicine will keep working." Hermes told them.

"We already planned to." Alfia told him.

"Good. As much as you two scare me, I'd hate to see you go." Hermes told them. "I'm sorry that we still haven't found anything permanent yet. Maybe there's something down in the dungeon that may help in the deeper floors. Who knows?" He asked.

"How far have familias gone down since we left?" Zard asked.

"From what I know, the deepest floors that have been explored is floor 58 by both Loki and Freya familia. Loki familia takes regular expeditions down there. And Ottar just solos that floor." He laughed.

"That's all?!" Zard asked disappointed.

"What the hell are they doing? They haven't even hit floor 60? Our second strings used to go there normally. Have they been doing nothing?" Alfia added.

"Heh. That's how far they've gone without cooperating. At the very least, I've heard that the Loki familia plans to make way to floor 59 soon." Hermes said.

"At this rate, that damn dragon will wipe everyone out without resistance." Alfia spat.

"Yeah, you have a point. But! We have you two now! Maybe that can change things." Hermes said.

"I'm not training any pushovers." Alfia said. Zard felt the same too. While they would fight if they had to, they weren't going to be anyone else's babysitter.

"Oh well. I'll leave you guys to it then. See ya!" Hermes said and left.

"Captain! I have news!" Raul said as he entered Finn's office.

"What is it, Raul? I'm a bit busy planning for the expedition right now." Finn said. The other top two executives were there too.

"It's Zeus! Zeus familia has returned to Orario!" Raul said.

"What!?" The three yelled.

"Yeah! They just arrived today." Raul said.

'What the hell are they doing back here?' The three of them thought.

"Where are they now? Do you know?" Finn asked.

"Huh? Oh, well, from what I heard they are back at their old mansion." Raul said.

"So, they rebuilt their familia and came back to Orario?" Riveria asked outloud.

"Eh, well, I don't know about that." Raul said.

"Why is that?" Gareth asked.

"Well, apparently there's only four of them, including Zeus, that arrived. Maybe 5. I heard that they have a child with them as well." He told them.

"What? Why would they come back with so few members?" Riveria asked.

"Hmm. I don't know." Finn said. "Thank you, Raul." He added and dismissed his member.

"Uh, yes sir!" Raul responded and left.

"Do you think they're still upset?" Riveria asked the two.

"They might. They might not. Who knows?" Finn responded as he started thinking about it.

"Ya think they'll cause us trouble? It'd be bad if it got out that we forced them out of here after their loss." Gareth said.

"We'll deal with this later." Finn told them. He had to deal with one problem at a time.

….

"Alright, that should do it." Bell said as he finished setting up his room.

"Come on Bell! It's time!" Zeus called from down the hall.

"Coming!" Bell answered.

If this was what Bell was thinking, it was finally time for him to get his status. And boy how right he was!

"You ready Bell?!" Zeus asked in excitement.

"Yes! Thank you grandpa!" Bell replied.

"Bell! It is time for me to bestow to you my falna! Oh I'm so happy! Time really flies you know?" He said.

"So how does this work, grandpa?" Bell asked.

"Okay, so first I'm gonna need you to take off your shirt. With a drop of our divine blood, we can unlock your hidden potential. Now come on!" Zeus instructed.

"Uh, okay?" Bell said confused and did as he was told. After a couple of minutes, Zeus was done giving Bell his falna.

"Oh wow." Zeus said in awe.

"What is it grandpa?" Bell asked.

"Well, it's a good thing you were around Alfia all those years. It looks like she rubbed off on you." Zeus said.

"What does that mean?" Said woman asked entering the room with Zard right behind.

"Take a look!" He said after writing down Bell's status.

Bell Cranel

Human

Strength: I 0

Defense: I 0

Dexterity: I 0

Agility: I 0

Magic: I 0

Skill:

Magic:

Satanas Verion

Super short chant magic that hits enemies with a sound attack.

Chant: Gospel

"No way!" Alfia gasped. How in the world did Bell inherit her magic? Would he learn her other spells as well?

"I think I may know. Well, with you teaching Bell and also using Gospel so many times, guess he learned how to use it?" Zeus tried to explain but was also unsure.

"I have your spell mom?!" Bell asked happily. Alfia looked at him and smiled and ruffled his hair playfully.

"Just put it to good use. That's all I ask." She said softly.

"Wohoo! I'm going to go try this out!" Bell said and made his way to the door only to stop halfway through and slowly turn around.

"Uhm, which way is the dungeon?" He chuckled.

A loud 'slap' was heard as the three of them facepalmed after hearing that.

"Boy, you plan to head into the dungeon without even properly arming yourself?" Zard asked disappointed.

"Oh, forgot about that. Hehehe." Bell laughed. The high level adventurers just groaned.

"Come. We'll get you supplied." Zard said as he left the room.

"For how smart you are, Bell, you still have your moments. Take care of Max while we're gone old man. He's sleeping in our room." Alfia said and left.

"I'm sorry." Bell apologized. He had been so overwhelmed with everything today that he had completely forgotten that he had no weapons of his own.

Well, time for him to go shopping.

And short chapter over. I apologize for this mess of a chapter it was had trying to finish the "prologue". Well, with this over with the main story can now begin. I'm going to do a few things different with this story kind of like how I did with Elemental Hero. (Go give that a read if you have time please. :)

Chapters will be coming out slower as college has once again started. Lord give me strength. Well, this does it for the prologue and hope you enjoyed the short chapter and patiently wait for the next chapter.

I also have plans for a 3rd story but I'll be focused on these two stories for now before I release that one. Hope you have a great day!