Upon the next day. The tyrannical rule of the Kaisers upon Orario continues as the city of the Dungeon remains under the strict guard of the Hell Knights that patrols every corner.

At the Ganesha Familia's Home named I AM GANESHA, the members of the Familia were gathered in the statue of a building as they look tense and very nervous alongside their god who is shaking in fear because in front of him and his children are Zagreus, Ploutos, and Makaria who are accompanied by a squadron of Hell Knights that surrounded the entire Familia.

"is this all the members in this Home?" said Zagreus as he sat on a chair while Ploutos with Makaria are standing beside him.

"w-well, we have a few other members who are currently working in the Colosseum…and…" Ganesha spoke a bit stutteringly before he screams like a girl when Ploutos swung a fist to a stone pillar that shatters into pieces and made the masked god stand up straight while saluting. "This is everyone! Present and accounted!"

'he made our god salute….' The Ganesha Familia members thought in unison while sweatdropping to see such a perfect salute from the masked god.

"how many members of your Familia have been positioned as Guards?" said Zagreus while crossing his arms. "how many teams were made?"

"s-seven! Each one having 10-15 people who are level 1-2 adventurers!" Ganesha replied.

"no wonder the security of the city is so lacking." Said Makaria with a sigh while she crosses her arms under her chest and doing a shoulder shrug. "they have a complete dimwit who can't position his own members strategically."

"e-eh?" Ganesha replied before he squeaks when he sees Zagreus' eyes glowing.

"you call yourself the God of Masses who swore to protect the city since you first descend from the Heavens, Correct?" said Zagreus as his glowing eyes became menacing while a dark aura surrounds the Bloody Kaiser's body. "with how lacking the security of the city is now….i can hardly see that as an example of what you had promised to the people of the Lower World."

"w-well…it's because…most of my members are…" Ganesha spoke out as he frantically waves his hands around before he did a perfect dogeza. "I have no words to be given!"

"pathetic." Said Zagreus as his eyes dim and the aura around him disappear. He leans against his chair while crossing his legs. He then glances at Makaria. "the list."

Makaria reaches to her back and takes out a string tied scroll that she threw into the air and let it unravel then float near Zagreus who checks the content which are the names of every member of the Ganesha Familia.

"listen up!" Ploutos called out as he crosses his arms on his chest and looks down at every member of the Ganesha Familia that he can look with his eyes. "we Kaisers came here to increase the security protection of Orario and we're doing that by collaborating our two Familias! We have authority over Orario and that means you all will listen to our orders and obey them no matter what!"

"our joined operation will suffice in the cooperation of you lot with our Hell Knights." Makaria stated while snapping her fingers once in making the surrounding Hell Knights to stomp their feet down once. She then points at the Ganesha Familia members. "we're having each team of 5 people from this Familia to be accompanied by 5 Hell Knights as they get tasked in patrolling every part of the city."

"u-um…" Modaka spoke out while nervously raising his hand. "c-can i…can I ask a question?"

"it better not be a foolish question." Said Ploutos as Modaka gulped.

"let him ask, Ploutos." Zagreus told the Iron God Kaiser while still reading the names in the list.

Ploutos glance at the Bloody Kaiser before he did a head nod to Modaka in telling him to ask his question.

"u-um…w-why must this joint operation occur?" Modaka asked a bit hesitantly. "i-I mean! We all here have seen how the Hell Knights could capture nearly all the criminals in Orario that is done in a single night while we are all struggling to do so." he then scratches the back of his head. "i-I don't see why you would need our Familia…that's what I am asking."

"here he ask a logical question." Said Makaria with a smirk under her mask that is directed towards Ploutos who clicked his tongue once.

"our created soldiers, the Hell Knights are powerful, indestructible, yet lacking common sense in differentiating enemies and allies." Zagreus spoke out as he glanced at Modaka. "we are able to command them to attack who we want to, but they lack the ability to differentiate their target with the one who dare be their obstacle." He then looks back at the list. "this is where your Familia's part comes in covering that weakness of theirs."

"i-in other words… we're their commanders?" Itti Farna spoke out a bit hesitantly.

"something like that." Said Ploutos as he crosses his arms and cups his chin. He then uncrosses them before pointing a finger up while having a serious stern face at the Familia before him. "but know this, if any of you dare to try and misuse the power of the Hell Knights…."

"eternal suffering in the darkness will be your fate." Makaria added in while raising her right hand that ignites in red flames. "we'll make sure that you wish for death instead of what we have in plan for you lot."

The Ganesha Familia members tensed up with shivers going up their spines.

"enough." Zagreus spoke out as he waves a hand to the side in making the scroll roll up and falls into Makaria's reached out grasp. the Bloody Kaiser gets off his seat and then snaps his fingers once to create glowing magical words to appear in the air as each one gathers and forms into making the name of every member of the Ganesha Familia that gathered to make a list of 10. "make a group of one line accordingly to each of your names that you can see."

The Ganesha Familia members looks at the floating words as each member begins to move and make 10 groups with 5 people each.

Zagreus watches them move along before he turns and did a head nod to Makaria who nods back before she snaps her fingers once to make the Hell Knights in the Home to move and stand in each of the group's line.

"each group will be given the task to patrol one part of city or at a certain building that is of importance for the sake of Orario." Said Zagreus as he holds up a hand that conjure golden sparkles that forms rolled up paper that flew to one person in each group. "these scrolls will give you the instructions that you need to do in those areas." He then waves a hand to the side. "go."

Upon his command the members of the Ganesha moves out of their Home in groups as they all went with their member of Hell Knights.

Each one left the Home and soon leaves only Ganesha and Shakti to be with the Kaisers.

"Ganesha." Zagreus calls out to the god as he walks to a door nearby. "I will be borrowing your captain for a moment."

"f-for what?" Ganesha asks before Ploutos went and drag him away by rounding up his arms around his neck. "guh!"

"just say yes" said Ploutos as he dragged the god to the front door with Makaria following. "you have some things to do with our supervision."

Shakti watches her god gets dragged away from the Home as she soon turns towards Zagreus who opens the nearby door and turns to look at her.

"you and I have something to discuss, Shakti Varma." Said Zagreus as his eyes glows. "something very important for the fate of Orario."

Shakti looks tensed up as she gulped while feeling nervous because of her right hand that shakes before it forms a hard grip. She took a deep breath and let out a quiet sigh as she soon walks towards the door that was opened by Zagreus who has already entered in.

A few seconds later, the Home of the Ganesha Familia is now nearly deserted of its members who have gone on patrol in Orario. This leaves the Home's only occupants are Zagreus and Shakti, both sitting in a private room and are having tea and biscuits served by a Skeletal Servant that stands near the Bloody Kaiser.

"help yourself." Said Zagreus as he held a cup of warm tea in his grasp. the Kaiser took a quick sip with his eyes closed before he slowly opens them to look at Shakti who has a very tense posture while sitting across from him. "relax, I won't do anything harmful to you."

"i-I'm sorry..it's just that…" Shakti stuttered a bit as she tried to relax but her spine just send shivers into her senses because of the aura of power that radiates from Zagreus. "after seeing what Polemos Kaiser had done to Vana Freyja and the rest of the Freyja Familia members…"

"many would have such fear of him after witnessing his power." Said Zagreus as he closed his eyes and takes another sip of his tea. "he will only do such action towards that wretched Familia." he opens his eyes as they glows. "but enough of that, we are not here to converse of Polemos or our Familia's hatred against that slut's Familia." he place his cup of tea down to the table and crosses his arms while leaning against his seat. "what we are here to converse is something that concerns your sake and the sake of Orario."

"m-my sake? And that of Orario's?" Shakti asked a bit confused. "what do you mean?"

Zagreus looks at Shakti before he closed his eyes.

The Kaiser's lips parted open and began to move as Zagreus speaks a bit in incognito to Shakti who listens while her eyes slowly widens and her lips parts open with her face going shocked and bewildered.

It took nearly 5 minutes as Zagreus speaks with his only his lips moving and Shakti just listening while looking in shock.

After 5 minutes, Zagreus opens his eyes and looks at Shakti who just seem to be in a state of shock.

"do you understand now?" Zagreus spoke out with a raised eyebrow to Shakti. "what may occur in the future, will come and lay waste to Orario. In that future, the Kaisers won't be there to stop it." he uncrosses his arms and crosses his legs, he raise his right hand and looks at his fingers that moved to make a fist. "as much as we wish to protect this city, we cannot always be present to do so."

"i-is that why? you told me of such secret?" Shakti asked while gulping her throat once. "b-but I must ask. Why me? why specifically me?" she raise her hands and leans forward. "for there to be such a catastrophe that comes in the future, should you not tell this to the likes of Loki Familia or perhaps any prominently strong Familia? perhaps Ouranos-sama!"

"I have already told Ouranos." Zagreus replied as he crossed his arms on his stomach. "and I do not intend to seek help to the likes of Loki and her children." His eyes squinted as his gaze just hardens. "you should know that we Kaisers have only hatred for them after what they did to our lost comrades."

Shakti looks a bit tense to see the hard gaze from Zagreus as she nods and bows her head.

"i-I'm sorry…" Shakti apologizes to Zagreus who just shakes his head with a hand raised to the side.

"it is fine, you are not wrong to suggest such a proposal for this dark secret of the Kaisers." Said Zagreus as he folds his hands and looks at Shakti. "now, this brings me to the second reason as to why I brought you here."

"second reason?" Shakti asked as she raise her head and looks at Zagreus with a bit of a surprised face cause the Kaiser raises a hand and held it towards her. "eh?"

"Shakti Varma." Zagreus calls out. "become a Kaiser."

"e-eh?" Shakti made a confused noise as she blinks her eyes twice. "i-I don't understand..?"

"I spoke in literal to what it means." Said Zagreus as he lowers his hand and waves it to the side. "I wish for you to become a Kaiser. A new Kaiser whose duties is to protect Orario." He waves his hand up and placed it on his lap. "of course, you will be trained by one in order to become one."

"i-I'm sorry, but why me?" Shakti asked a bit baffled from hearing the Kaiser's request. She leans forward and placed a hand to her chest while showing an anxious, nervous, and shocked face. "I'm just a Level 5 adventurer and I'm still considering myself a novice adventurer! If you could see pass your hatred, I'm certain that members of the Loki Familia would be more suitable! They're far stronger and I'm…"

"you are far stronger than they are." Zagreus cuts into Shakti's words. The Kaiser closed his eyes and tilts his head down. "and I'm not speaking about the difference in levels."

Shakti instantly looks confused once again at Zagreus who opens his eyes while looking at his hands on his lap.

"do you know why we Kaisers originally became Kaisers?" Zagreus asked as he slowly closed his eyes. "we didn't do it for fame or wealth, we didn't do it for selfish desires, we became Kaisers because we wish to taint ourselves in blood so that those who are innocent won't need to." He opens his eyes and tilts his head up in order to look at Shakti. "that motto and that reason ours. I can see it within you. You became an adventurer for the same reason. Is that not right?"

"h-how did you?" Shakti asked before making a noise when Zagreus gets off his seat and walked around in the room towards a closed window, he leans near the edge and looks at the view outside.

"I have a special skill that allows me to see the potential in people." Zagreus spoke as he looks at Shakti. "upon our first encounter, I saw something in you. I saw a great and powerful yet dormant potential that lies within you." He looks back at the window as he sees a bird perching in a tree before it flies into the sky with fast flapping wings. "a potential that wishes to be awakened and take flight."

Shakti stays silent as she looks at Zagreus who continues to look outside before he turns and looks back at her with slightly sad eyes.

"not many know, but I once had an older twin brother who I cared for." Zagreus spoke as he slowly turns and frowns a bit. "I'm sure that you of all people have heard of the Kaiser's legends, right?"

"i-I have…" Shakti nods with a bead of sweat sliding down the side of her head as she was shocked to learn that the Strongest Kaiser of the Kaiser Familia had a brother. "b-but I never knew.."

"he died decades before you were even born." Zagreus stated as he looks back to the window. "he was just like me, he just wish for Orario to be a safe haven for people of all races. He strives and face challenges that obstruct his wish. He saves people no matter who they are." He then hardens his gaze and his eyes glows. "yet…he was killed just because that slut goddess was jealous of my own goddess' achievement."

Shakti looks at Zagreus as she could feel a sense of pain, anger, and sadness coming from him as he speaks.

"no one can fully understand my pain and I believed in that for years. But now…" Zagreus spoke out before he turns and looks at Shakti. "but now I know…that I was wrong." The half elf walks around and goes back to his seat and faces the Ankusha. "you share that pain. You share the pain of losing your sibling."

"why do you….?" Shakti whispers with a surprised face.

"your little sister, Ardee Varma." Zagreus spoke out as he looks at Shakti whose eyes widened to hear her little sister's name before her face forms a sad frown that made the Kaiser close his eyes and tilts his head down a bit. "I apologize in advance for causing you to remember sad memories, and also on how I read the files of your Sister's cause of death. I'm terribly sorry for your loss."

"Ardee…she was too stupid at the time…" Shakti spoke out as she looks down while grasping her hands on her knees. "if only she was more cautious…if only I didn't get her there that time…i.."

"do not blame yourself for your sister's death." Zagreus stated a bit sternly. "as an adventurer, do you not feel shame for blaming yourself on Ardee Varma's death? She died doing what she believed was right."

"w-what?" Shakti looks confused towards Zagreus who looks back straight into her eyes.

"I may not know directly about your sister's characteristics and everything, but just by reading her history files kept in the Guild…." Zagreus spoke as he closed his eyes and looks down while his lips formed a small smile. "I know for certain that your sister was a splendid adventurer and a great hero."

Shakti looks at Zagreus who chuckles a bit before he leans back and opens his eyes to look up to the ceiling.

"if Meteria…if my deceased lover was still alive….she and your sister would've gotten along very well." Said Zagreus as he looks down and closes his eyes while still smiling. "along with my son as well."

"s-son?" Shakti stuttered out as she looks incredibly shocked beyond words. "y-you have a son?"

"I do." Zagreus replied while opening his eyes and glancing at Shakti's direction. "you've met him a few times, I presume." He tilts his head up and raise a hand that is waved to the side. "can you perhaps tell who he is by my facial expression?"

Shakti looks at Zagreus as she stares at his face for a good minute before she made a noise while her eyes widen to see Bell's image overlapping with the Kaiser.

"B-Bell…Cranel?" Shakti spoke out with utter shock. "Y-your son is…the Rabbit Foot?"

"correct." Zagreus nods as he crosses his arms on his stomach. "and do not assume that his progressive growth is because of him being my son." The Kaiser closes his eyes and waves a hand to the side. "His achievements until now are merely the reward of his hard work that many can become jealous of." He opens his eyes while recrossing his arms. "he is unlike myself, he is just an adventurer who seeks achievements with hard work. Just that."

Shakti looks at Zagreus in shock as she gulped her throat and then looks down to her lap, her mind processing the shocking information that the strongest Kaiser has a son, and it is the Rabbit Foot of the Hestia Familia.

Zagreus watches Shakti and her reaction to know that Bell is his son. He stares at her for a moment before he closed his eyes and let out a small sigh before he reaches for his cup of tea that he picks up from the table.

"Will you accept my offer?" Zagreus spoke out as Shakti looks up towards the Kaiser who sips his tea and finishes it before getting a refill by the Skeletal Servant, the half elf looking at the Ankusha who just stares at him. "will you accept my offer and become a Kaiser of Orario?"

"t-that's…" Shakti whispers before she frowns and looks down. "I'm sorry…I just…I don't think that I could become a Kaiser after seeing the gap between my strength and that of a real Kaiser.." she looks up and held up a hand. "I don't mean that I don't want to become one because of that…it's just.." she looks down and frowns even more. "I promise myself to be an adventurer that my sister can be proud of….i just can't…"

Zagreus looks at Shakti before he receives his cup of tea that he held near his lap.

"I know that I am speaking over my boundaries, but do you believe that your little sister wishes for you to do so little?" Zagreus asked as he raise an eyebrow to Shakti who looks at him all confused. "do you believe that your little sister just wishes for you to stay as you are?"

"w-what do you mean?" Shakti asked as Zagreus takes a sip of his tea and placed it to the table.

"just reading her history archived in the guild and conversing with you in this meeting. I can already tell that Ardee Varma was a very good natured person." Zagreus replied as he closed his eyes and imagines the deceased sister of Shakti in his mind. The Vyasa was smiling while just looking all happy. "not only was she good natured. She was also cheerful, caring, and has a great sense of justice." The Kaiser opens his eyes and looks at Shakti. "both of you are alike. The two of you believed in justice, kindness, and peace. Both of you believed in doing the right things would make the world a better place." He raises a hand to the Ankusha. "so I ask you this question yet again. Do you believe that your sister wishes for you to do so little in this life?"

"i-i…I don't quite understand?" Shakti replied as she looks more confused than ever. "i-I mean…I'm doing what she wants me to do…" she looks down at her hands that she raised near her face. "I become an adventurer of the Ganesha Familia, I train hard to become a Captain and I protect Orario." She lowers her hands and looks at Zagreus. "that's what Ardee wanted me to do."

"are you sure?" the Kaiser asked while lowering his hand and looking to the window nearby. "your little sister wishes for you to do the same action every single day for how long? 10 years? 15 years? She wants you to live such a small moment of your life that you had wasted?" the half elf turns and looks at Shakti. "Did you really know your little sister, Shakti Varma?"

"what?" Shakti spoke while looking offended. She leans forward and placed a hand to her chest while making a hardened expression towards Zagreus. "Ardee was my little sister! I know her more than anyone! I don't care if you're a Kaiser, but she's my little sister! Don't say things like you know her! you have never even met her!"

"the Town of Kasha, North East of Orario." Zagreus spoke out as Shakti made a noise in surprise while her eyes widen. The Kaiser tilts his head back and looks at the Ankusha. "I'm correct, aren't i? that is the name of your home village, right?"

"w-why do you?" Shakti asked all confused as the Town of Kasha is the name of her hometown before she lives in Orario.

"I have visited it once nearly 18 years ago for an expedition of mine." Zagreus replied as he closed his eyes and leans against his seat. "I passed by the town and stayed there for a week. In that town, I met a peculiar young girl. One who is always happy and smiles, that little girl always loves to help the elderly and do anything that made everyone just love her presence." He opens his eyes and looks at Shakti who seems more shocked than ever. "a Little Girl who nearly died from a runaway horse carriage when she was very young."

"t-then that means….the man who saved her from the runaway carriage that day is…" said Shakti while raising a shaking finger at Zagreus who nods.

Flashback

In a town somewhere in the world, it is bustling with people as everything looks peaceful.

At one part of the town, there is a young Shakti who is just doing groceries for her family.

Shakti seems as she is from her future self but there is a certain hint of youthfulness from some perspective.

"onee-chan! Hurry!" a little cheerful voice cried out as Shakti turns and sighs with a smile to see her little sister, Ardee just waving a hand to her big sister. "come on! Let's go to the park!"

"I got it!" Shakti replied as she sighs a bit and follows after Ardee who is walking all playfully while singing a song and passing by people who just smiles to the energetic little girl.

"lalalala~!" Ardee sings out as she went to a crossroad of the town's road where she stops when she hears a loud neighing following by crackling noises of wood. "eh?"

"ARDEE!" Shakti screams out as she sees a runaway horse carriage just coming straight for her little sister.

The horses of the runaway carriages neighs as they didn't stop in their charge towards Ardee who just looks petrified with fear.

"ARDEE!" Shakti screams before a black blur runs pass her and straight at Ardee who was carried away just in time before the runaway horse carriage runs passes by. "what!?"

Ardee is now safe and sound as she was saved by a figure wearing a black hooded cloak.

"thank you, Mister!" said Ardee all happily to the cloaked figure who merely nods and patted her head a few times.

"ARDEE!" Shakti screams out as she runs to her little sister who she hugs. "you stupid! Why did you stop in the road!? You should've run!"

"O-Onee-chan! Tight!" Ardee cried out as Shakti is hugging her little body too tight for her liking.

After the little shock was over, Shakti separates from Ardee and looks around for the cloaked figure who had disappeared.

"where did he go?" Shakti spoke out as she looks around to find her little sister's savior, the blue haired girl wanting to thank the person but he/she was nowhere to be found. "he…disappeared?"

"I think he went off." Ardee spoke as Shakti looks at her. "he said that today is his last day here."

"you know him, Ardee?" Shakti asked her little sister who nods. "how?"

"I sometimes see him by the park, I went to him and asked what he was doing there, and he replied that he was just having a holiday vacation here." Ardee replied all innocently while smiling. "he also taught me and some kids how to do tricks with rubber bands and stuff too!"

"this person, do you know his name?" Shakti ask, wanting to know her little sister's savior in order to repay for his deed in saving her life.

"ummm…I don't know." Ardee replied while shaking her head after thinking for a few seconds. "I never asked his name. we just call him Mister when we see him." she then points a finger up. "but he did say that he was from Orario!"

"Orario? That city of the Dungeon?" Shakti asked, knowing Orario by name.

"yeah! He said that he was an adventurer of a really strong Familia!" Ardee added in while nodding.

"An Adventurer….a Familia….Orario…." Shakti whispers before she looks up when the wind came blowing hard. The young girl not knowing that the cloaked figure is standing on a roof top nearby and soon disappears when he walks away.

Flashback

In the present time, Shakti looks in tears to Zagreus who she soon bows to.

"for years, my ambition to become an adventurer was to become strong and kind like the person who had saved Ardee that day…" said Shakti as she cries her tears that drips to her lap. "to think…that the person who saved her…is you…." She sobs and sniffles a few times while wiping away the tears with her right hand. "I never got to thank you…for saving her and yet here I am…just."

"I do not need to be given gratitude for what I did that day." Zagreus spoke out with a small smile on his lips. "I was merely repaying the favor for the assistance that your little sister gave me."

"w-what?" Shakti asked confused. "Ardee…helped you?"

"yes." Zagreus nods. "Ardee Varma helped me in realizing that my duties as a Kaiser is not only to help the people of Orario.." he then smiles a bit more while leaning forward. "but to the people of this very world." He leans back and closed his eyes. "her kindness, her happiness, her peaceful nature. It all showed me that just one act of kindness can be repaid with the world becoming better step by step. That is something of a lesson that she gave to me." he opens his eyes and tilts his head a bit. "don't you agree?"

Shakti looks at Zagreus for a moment before she sighs a bit with a smile while looking down. The Ankusha tearing up a bit but her tears are that of happiness.

"yes…" Said Shakti with a nod. "yes, it is."

Zagreus looks at Shakti before he crosses his arms and tilts his head down and then up.

"Shakti Varma." Zagreus calls out to Shakti who looks at him. "that life of yours that is within you, is not only yours." he points a finger at the Ankusha. "it is also the life of your little sister. You must live the life that she never managed to live through. You must do more for Orario, not only for the sake of its people, but for your own little sister." He then held out his other fingers and waves his hand to the side. "you must live a life that your own sister can be proud of as she watches over you from the heaven. Is that not what Ardee would want you to do?"

Shakti looks at Zagreus for a moment before she looks down and ponders about it.

"Ardee…" Shakti whispers as she looks at her reflection in the tea water of her untouched teacup that stays on the table. She looks at it before seeing Ardee's image that is just smiling to her. the Ankusha's lips forms a smile and her head nodded once. "thank you.. Ardee."

Zagreus looks at Shakti as he could her whispers that made him close his eyes while getting of his seat.

"Shakti Varma." Zagreus calls out to Shakti who looks up to the Kaiser. "I revise my first question to you." The half elf raises a hand and holds it towards the Ankusha. "will you join my Familia in our duty to protect Orario? To prevent what had happened to your sister from every happening to any other siblings in the world? To ensure that the people we care for would be safe from danger?"

Shakti looks at Zagreus for a moment before she looks at his hand that she reaches out and grabs while getting off her seat.

"it would be an honor, Zagreus Kaiser." Said Shakti with a humble tone while having a smile as she shakes hand with Zagreus who smiles back while nodding.

Meanwhile at the Hearth Mansion, the Hestia Familia are just going on with their daily activities of doing chores instead of going into the Dungeon to do adventuring. This lack of action is noticeable because of how they don't have their rabbit captain with them anymore.

In the living room, Hestia is found on the couch and is just sulking while having red puffy eyes.

"Bell-kun~…" the goddess cries out as she seems to have been crying all day. "I'm sorry…"

Hestia continues to cry to herself on the couch while being watched by her Familia members who are peeking by the door.

"she's been crying all night long." Said Mikoto with a frown as she looks at her comrades. "it is true then…" she looks down. "Bell-dono doesn't wish to meet us anymore."

"we don't know that." Said Welf to the eastern Kunoichi. "I mean, it's just possible that the Kaisers won't allow us to meet Bell who wants to come back to us.." he then looks at Lili and Haruhime. "right?"

"Lili isn't sure how to answer that, Welf-sama." Said Lili while frowning sadly. "Lili just don't know.."

"We all know how Bell-sama is, but because of us betraying him…" Haruhime whispers while tearing up. "I believe it might be the breaking point of his mercy and forgiveness."

"you guys…" Welf spoke out as he looks at the girls and sees just how sad the atmosphere is now.

DING DONG!

The front door's bell rang as it got everyone's attention.

"i-I'll answer it." said Haruhime as she wipes away a tear before going to the front door.

"is it going to be Miach-sama and the others checking on us again?" Lili asked while wiping an arm to her face once.

"possible." Said Mikoto with a nod.

"B-Bell-sama!?" Haruhime cried out loudly as this got everyone's attention.

"eh?!" Welf and the others exclaimed as they look at Haruhime who looks stunned in facing Bell who is outside and greets her with a smile and wave. "BELL!?"

Hearing Bell's name being called out so loudly by Welf and the others, Hestia sprang up from the couch and runs out.

"BELL-KUN!?" Hestia cried out as she looks to the front door and sees her beloved rabbit captain that made her happy to the point of tears. "BELL-KUN~!"

Hestia runs to the front door as she lungs for Bell while Haruhime jumped back from the goddess' sudden action.

Bell also looks surprise to see Hestia lunging to him, but a person appeared in front of him and raise a hand that instantly catches the goddess of hearth by the face.

"mugguh!?" Hestia grunts as she looks at the hand that caught her face and became surprised when she sees that it is Melinoe who is holding her. "Mwemimmow!?"

"yeah, it's me." said the Blade Kaiser who soon throws Hestia back into her Home where she was quickly caught by Welf and the others. "Such an annoying goddess."

"Aunt Melinoe. Please don't do that to my Goddess! We're just here to..!?" Bell cried out to his aunt before getting a hand to his head that ruffles his hair as Polemos Kaiser also tagged along.

"you know better that we ain't here just for some visit, right Bell?" said Polemos to his nephew while Thalia came near as she wields her Saint Cross that she taps to the ground once.

"but still.." Bell spoke out before being shushed by Polemos.

"stay quiet until we allow you to speak." Said the Arc Kaiser to the young boy before he along with Melinoe, and Thalia walks into the Home first and faces the Hestia Familia members.

"get up." Said Melinoe in command to Hestia who is on the floor while being held by Lili and Welf who caught her when she was thrown into the air. "we're here to talk."

"t-talk? About what?" Hestia asked a bit shook up.

"what else?" Thalia stated while tapping the bottom of her staff to the floor. "we're here to talk on the terms in allowing Bell to return to your Familia."

"what?" said Welf in surprise.

"you heard her." said Melinoe as she crosses her arms under her chest. "we're here to talk the terms for Bell's presence in this Home." she then raises a hand and waves it to the side. "at first plan, it was Zagreus who was going to do so, but he's going to be a little late." She waves a hand over her face as her eyes glow menacingly red. "therefore, we're here in accompanying Bell and await for him to arrive."

"but to be honest, the prominent reason as to why we are here is because we plan to convince Zagreus to not allow Bell to return to this pathetic Familia." Thalia stated while slamming the bottom of her Saint Cross to the ground once. "or rather we're doing the convincing to make sure that you lot won't ever get our nephew back with you."

"you can count on that." Polemos added in while punching a fist to an open palm that cause static of electricity to fly around his arms.

Hestia and her Familia members just gulped nervously as they were sure that they will lose their lives if they don't comply to their terms.

Meanwhile, Bell just looks at his family members with a frown and then to his Familia members.

'I didn't want it to be like this…' Bell thought a bit sadly.

That's a wrap!

Bye bye