Authors note: I'm not very happy with how this turned out, but it'll work out in the end… I hope.

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At the end of all my troubles, the only familia member I managed to get was Kaito, an average looking guy who had no combat experience to speak of. I was currently lying on the bedroom in my new mansion, looking at the tattoo on the back of the shirtless Kaito he received due to my blessing.

Kaito

Level One

Strength: I-0

Defense: I-0

Utility: I-0

Agility: I-0

Magic: I-0

Skills: None

The stats being zero were expected, but I was pretty sure such a strong soul had to have at least one special skill. What a disappointment...

What's worse, he was completely useless around the house. He refused to do any chores and didn't know how to cook either, so I was basically reduced to a housemaid that looked after him.

Ugh! I was fuming just thinking about it. Not only that, I would also have to spend money to hire maids if I wanted to keep the mansion maintained properly.

"So, are you done yet? After this, I'll go take a bath while you can start making dinner. Also, you'll need to pay for my armor and weapons if you want me to start dungeon diving for you."

"Y-you! I'm supposed to be the one in charge here!" I angrily retorted, but despite my outrage, he just smirked at me.

"If you still want to keep me in your familia, you'd better get started. You're a no-name, completely alone goddess. If I leave, you'll have nobody left but yourself.

He was right. I guess should put up with it a little longer…

"Oh right, for tonight, I want teriyaki chicken and udon. If we don't have any sake left, go buy some. I want the black label brand."

"Yes…" I dejectedly walked out of the room.

...

"Hm?" I tiredly sat up in bed, groggily using my power to draw aside the curtains while in bed, revealing Orario in all its beauty. It had been a couple of days since we became acquainted with each other. Despite his arrogant shell, Kaito's actual personality was respectable.

Deciding it was late enough, I started shaking Kaito back and forth, trying to wake him up. We would be shopping for armor and weapons today.

"Morning". He slowly got up, pulling the sheets away.

"So, we'll be heading to the Tower of Babel's weapon shop today?" He asked me while stretching.

"...How about we have this talk later, okay?"

"Aw, were you embarrassed cause I'm not wearing anything? We just slept in the same bed last night, you know?" He teased me, making me blush deeper.

"I-I know. Don't remind me." There was only one bed as the mansion had almost no furniture when I bought it.

"A-anyways, I'm heading downstairs." Unable to stand the awkward atmosphere, I hurried away to start breakfast.

...

Kaito and I were currently headed to the upper levels of Babel. He knew where most the shops were located, considering he had been a resident of Orario his whole life.

"There are facilities for adventurers to use, as well as money exchanges, but more importantly, the guild rents out space to shops, and that's where we're headed today."

Nodding along, I acted properly amazed and trailed after him.

"The Hephaestus familia sells high-quality weapons and equipment, so that's where we'll be headed for today."

Oh? He suddenly took my hand, dragging to some sort of an elevator powered by magic stones.

"We're here. Stand right here"

"O-okay…"

We head onto a circular pedestal, and Kaito touches a button, causing us to start floating upwards immediately.

"Ah!"

I fell to my butt on the floor, caught off guard, while Kaito just reached his hand out, pulling me up while snickering.

"You seem so weak and unreliable it's hard to believe you're even a goddess.

"...Please shut it. You're totally rotten."

The pedestal started decelerating, before coming to a stop on the fourth floor. It was huge, with glass displays of equipment while the red and gold carpet lining the floors gave it a majestic feel.

"Stop gawking, already. Follow me, I know exactly what equipment I want to buy."

He drags me by the hand towards the entrance to one of the shops.

A shop attendant comes to greet us, and Kaito motions to her, indicating he wanted her to come along while dragging me towards a selection of very expensive looking swords.

"Yeah, we'll take this one. Huh? No, I won't be paying for it."

He gestured to me.

"She'll be paying for everything today."

Yeah, I expected this already, but then my eyes caught the price tag:

50,000,000 valis.

"W-what? The price is unbelievable. You could buy a house with that kind of money!"

"Ahh, in that case, you're saying you can't afford to keep me in your familia?."

What? Not this again.

"Fine! Here!" With an unpleasant feeling in my heart, I handed him the gold card that had hundreds of millions of valis.

...

We had been shopping for quite a while now. I trailed after him dejectedly. Kaito seemed to choose only the most expensive mithril items made for high-level adventurers, costing me another 100 million valis. The only thing I chose to buy was some armor and a large pouch. At this rate, I would go broke before he was done with me...

We were heading towards the elevator that would lead us back down. Kaito had forced me to carry all his new items like I was his servant.

"Hey, isn't that Myu?" I felt a familiar female voice call out to someone.

Oh, Eina and Bell were here too!

Excited to see them, I dropped my bags before hurriedly running over, leaping straight at Bell.

Being near cute Bell was way better than Kaito~.

I was suddenly dragged back by my collar.

Noticing a new face for the first time, Bell looked at the guy behind me.

"Who are you?" He looked displeased at Kaitos's presence.

"What do you think? I'm her boyfriend. Not a bad catch, right?"

What was that? He was my underling, not a friend!

"Y-you idiot! Don't go spouting nonsense like that to Bell! That part doesn't even matter!"

"Mmmph… you don't have to be that forceful about denying it."

"N-never mind that, Kaito, let's go home already." I couldn't stand this. He kept trying to embarrass me in public.

I waved goodbye to Bell, who seemed dispirited by something, but he managed to smile at us as we descended to the main entrance. Oh right, I forgot to gift Bell the armor I purchased for him, but I could do that later today.

...

It was pretty late now, almost nine in the evening. Since I had created a familia with one member, I had just made a trip to the guild and completed some paperwork, as well as pay my annual fees for registering with the guild.

Instead of heading back to my mansion next to the Apollo familia, I decided to surprise Bell and Hestia with a visit, making sure not to forget armor I intended to gift Bell.

I smiled while giddily running down the side path that led to Hestia's church, excited to gift Bell my present I had purchased earlier in the day.

Heading inside, already familiar with the route, I quickly walked over to the alter and descended into the lower floor that Bell and Hestia lived in.

"Bell~, I'm home!"

...

It was a bit past eleven at night.

Hestia had filled Bell in on all the small details about me being a goddess, but she was currently out drinking, so it was just Bell and I inside the church. Spreading out a cloth on the small table next to the couch, I opened up the containers of food and beverages I had brought.

"So, Bell, what were you doing with Eina earlier today? Just buying equipment?" I gave him a suspicious look.

"Uh… yes, that was it." Bell was already sweating at my intense gaze.

"Hehe whatever! Anyways, you don't need to put your guard up around me. Now, let's start drinking!"

I opened up the cooler I had purchased from the tower. It was run entirely using magic stones, which could be changed once depleted.

"Let's go with this one first." Floating the beer up in the air, I easily twisted the bottle cap off and poured it in the glass in front of me. Bell got the non alcoholic version, since he didn't want alcohol this late at night.

"Okay, Bell, I'll give us a toast."

"Huh? For what?"

"For my new familia that was finally established!" I exclaimed while grinning happily.

"Cheers!"

"Cheers…" Bell half heartedly clinked his glass to mine.

"Myu," Bell suddenly said. "Was that guy who was making you carry around all that equipment your familia member?"

"Yes…?"

"Are you sure adding him was a right choice? He seems a little off …"

"Eh?"

"I mean, he was dragging you around the shops and treating you as a servant, wasn't he?"

"Um, yeah, his personality is pretty rotten"

I unintentionally shot back at his comment. Well, I definitely did agree with him, but Kaito was reliable... right?

I felt guilty for talking behind Kaito's back like this. Deciding steer the conversation towards safer territory, I brought out a perfectly wrapped piece of gear and handed it to Bell.

"Oh, right. Since to celebrate today, I got a little gift for you… See? A brand new back plate to compliment the armor you currently have." I pulled out the first class armor I had purchased on the upper floors of Babel.

Bell's eyes grew large at the sight of the sight of the mithril plate, which looked pretty sleek and polished.

"M-mithril? How?"

"I purchased it from the Hephaestus familia earlier."

"Wow... Thank you Myu!"

"No problem. You can repay me by letting me sleep with you for tonight." I grinned at him.

"...You won't do anything weird to me, right?"

"Ahh. No, nothing like you're thinking."

...

Many hours later, Miach dragged a drunk Hestia home, carrying her downstairs towards the living room.

"..."

"Bell's asleep… and Myu's with him, huh? Well, so be it. Hestia will have to go on the couch then." He muttered indifferently before leaving the building.

...

"Oh...my head…." Hestia groaned, beside me, as Bell did his best to feed her some slices of apple.

As Hestia had come home drunk, Bell decided to stay with her for today in order to help with her recovery.

"Why are you here again? Didn't you already go ahead and buy that fancy mansion?" Turning away from Bell, she noticed me sitting on the bed for the first time.

"What, I can't spend time with Bell?" I asked innocently.

"He's mine! Besides, don't you already have someone already?"

"You're very mean. All I have is wholehearted devotion for Bell. I would never abandon him."

"Ahh, you're so annoying! Stop with that attitude! Can't you tell Bell likes gentle and energetic girls? Besides…" She gestured to my chest. "Aren't you a bit lacking?"

"What's that supposed to mean? I'm way cuter than you… right Bell?"

"W-why are you asking me?"

"You know why!"

Unable to meet my gaze, Bell had to avert his eyes.

"..uu..uuu y-yeah, I guess…"

"Pffft. Hear that? Bell clearly likes me better!"

"Ugh… Ughhhhh…!" Each word I said seemed to pierce deep into Hestia's chest. She's clearly upset at Bell, even though I'm technically to blame for this.

Deciding Hestia had enough teasing, I hastily changed the topic of our conversation.

"Umm… So, Bell. You went out to eat last night with that supporter?" I asked. "You didn't even tell me!"

"Yeah… it was nice."

"Getting to eat all that delicious food, just you and your supporter… I'm very jealous..." Hestia butted in, looking at Bell hopefully.

Bell sat there for a moment, looking like he was struggling with something.

"H-how about we go, just the three of us, to eat an extravagant dinner? I've gotten a lot of money from the dungeon yesterday…. And um, I wanted to thank you, so… once Hestia's feeling better, we can go?"

"Let's go today!"

"...What?"

"I feel much better already! How about armor square at six?"

...

"What are you doing here?" Hestia glared at me.

"Bell invited both of us. What did you think? That he asked only you? Besides, it'll be more fun as a group."

Right now, we were sitting on a bench next to the giant statue of a goddess, looking up at the sunset. I was wearing a comfortable gray sweater while waiting for Bell's arrival, while Hestia had opted for simple white shirt. Seeing all the couples around here, I could feel the tips of my ears burning. It was like I was waiting for a suitor.

"Oh, he's here."

Walking around the corner, Bell slowly came into view. He was wearing a normal brown jacket, but it didn't take away from the nice relaxed atmosphere.

"Bell!" Hestia lept to her feet ran up to him, clutching his arm with both hands.

I trailed behind them, grinning happily to myself. Despite how Hestia treated me, it really felt like we had grown close since I came down to Orario.

We had selected the Hostess of Fertility as our restaurant of choice. The food was pretty good, and it was within easy walking distance. Within a few minutes, the familiar sight of the pub came into view.

"Welcome" The pretty face of Ryuu greated us. She was one of the many waitresses that worked here. Despite her supposed high level, she looked quite young.

"Bell, it seems like you brought your entire familia here, huh?" She gestured towards an empty table. "Please be seated."

I was handed a menu that had a variety of dishes written on it. After taking a look, I decided to opt for the minced meat cutlet, while Bell and Hestia both decided on ginger pork with rice.

Taking a look around, I noticed the bar was quite crowded, as usual. I could spot some gods and their familia eating at some of the tables, but the Loki familia wasn't here today.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

With surprising grace, Ryuu placed down our orders of food in front of us, as well as bowls of white rice.

On the plates were thinly sliced grilled meat that was garnished with vegetables and savory sauce.

I found myself gulping at the rich scent of grilled meat. Without further ado, I picked up my cutlery and dug in. The combination of juicy meat and plain rice created a nice sort of balance together, with flavour oozing out of each bite. Before I knew it, I had finished the meal.

"Mmm…"

I swallowed a sip of water with a satisfied moan. Hestia and Bell were still eating their food. With nothing much to do, I decided to lean back and listen to the conversation of the adventurers around us.

The calming murmur of the bar along with the warm lights created a really cozy kind of atmosphere. I was almost about to doze off, but the sound of my name shook me out of my reverie.

"Hey, Myu's eating right there, see?" What? Who was that? His voice wasn't familiar at all. I ducked my head out of embarrassment.

"Who's she?"

"Apparently she's some super rich god that recently descended. Apollo told me she bought that overpriced mansion he was trying to get rid of."

"Yeah, that's definitely her. She's that young one with the silver hair"

"So the rumours were true. The new goddess really is cute! I so want a proper girlfriend like her!"

"You might as well give up. She next to that kid, see?"

I can hear envious voices around me. The fact that they seemed to think I was together with Bell made me feel warm inside. I kind of hoped it was real. Gaining a quick burst of confidence, I decided to ask Bell about something that had been bothering me for a while.

"Hey, Bell."

"Mm? What is it Myu?"

"Is there someone that you like right now? In the romantic sense?" Hestia leaned in upon hearing my words, suddenly interested.

"Hm? Why are you asking?"

"Um, I'm just curious, that's all." I shakily smiled at him, unable to meet his eyes. Damn it! I could feel a blush forming already.

"Um, I really look up to Ais I guess, well… kinda… yes." Bell smiled while scratching his head.

"So you have a thing for Wallenstein?"

"Ah, n-no, I mean… she's incredibly strong and the day she saved me I was incredibly moved… so I respect her a lot. " Bell stammers out in response to my sudden question.

"Sure she's incredible, but at the end of the day isn't she just a normal human adventurer?"

"Well yeah, but right now I really admire her, and… No! What I mean to say is that I really think I'm in love with her!" Bell suddenly blurts out.

The moment Bell uttered the last few sentences, my shoulders twitched.

"Hey, Myu, where should we d… Myu?"

"Hmpfh."

Puffing my cheeks out, I looked away. I could feel tears building up at the corner of my eyes.

"Myu?"

"So you've been trying to wrack up the courage in order to try and confess to Ais, of all people, hmm?"

"I-I guess so...Eh? What are you so mad about?"

"This is the first time in your life that you had a crush on someone, huh? The first time you seriously liked a girl?"

"W-what's wrong?"

"I see, so you only see strong, mature beauties like Ais as girls, huh?"

"No that's really not it… "

"Ah, is that so?."

"Wait Myu... hey, where are you going? You forgot your bag!"

"Just keep it and give it back to me later!"

Forcing Bell to pay for my food, I completely ignored his words and stomped out of the restaurant.

"Bell, you idiooooot!"

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