Chapter 56 - S.O.S. calling all gods

In the meeting of the familias at the guild, Bell and Ais retold what they saw in the first ever journey to the 99th floor. Everyone was facing a dire problem as their way of living was completely disrupted, and critical items were starting to run short. It was clear that Enyo created those mutated monsters, but no one had any idea what the mini-sun was and how it got there. Unfortunately, the description of the items on those floors were far beyond anyone's comprehension. Finn did mentioned his suspicion about the white sphere and the black sphere being yin and yang, but could provide no theories for how that could help them save the banished gods. They did decide that a trip was needed to destroy the incubation facilities for the virgas and violas. Hestia was also on the call and she would be searching for help in heaven. At the end, everyone congratulated Ais, Bell and Wiene for being the record holders for the deepest level reached.

Now it was time for dinner. Ais, Bell and Wiene went to eat with Finn, Riveria, Tiona, Tione, Gareth, Lefiya and Bete at the Hostess of Fertility. Everyone was deep in thought over dinner though, and even Bete did not get drunk. The conversation was all about the white sphere, the black sphere, the time bubble trap and the timeless dimension. Was there a link?

In heaven, Hestia was going through the same thoughts. If she could only go down to the dungeon, but she did not have the power to go to the surface world. She then realize that there may still be some gods remaining on the surface world, but she had no idea how to find and contact the remaining gods...

That night, Bell and Ais enjoyed lap pillowing under the stars near their home. They always thought they had seen it all, but then life always surprised them. Their friends were trapped, and they could not help them. There is a sun buried in the deepest reaches of the dungeon. There are mutated monsters that an insane elder god was raising to conquer the surface world. Two of their friends were stuck on the moon. Their goddess is stuck in heaven. While laughing about the silliness of it all, Ais suddenly remembered something really important...

Ais said to Bell "You still have not answered my question"

Bell "Huh?..."

Ais "You have not told me about the book of the bees and the birds..."

Bell panicked thinking of an answer. Out of desperation, he blurted out something from the deepest reaches of his subconsciousness "Ais, you have not told me something..."

Ais "Huh?..."

Bell "Remember Zeus told us that you were not asleep during our sleep training long ago... ... Why did you say - wait - while you were sleeping..."

Ais immediately turned crimson red, got all angry, and proceeded to tied Bell up and hung him upside down...

Bell "Ais, let me go..."

Ais, still bright red "You are bad!"

Bell realized he was onto something good and said "Come on... : ) "

Ais finally relented and let him down. She was still red and could not face him for the rest of the evening. In their room, she turned to face the wall while sleeping... The next morning, they had breakfast at home and relieved Mikoto from her security duty in the morning. While patrolling with Bete, they broke up a few fights and caught some thieves. Crime was getting worse because of the scarcity of goods. Inflation was getting out of control, but everyone could only try to cope. That night, they ate dinner separately due to the security tasks. In the evening substituting for Welf, they patrolled with Finn and had to stop quite a few crimes. It was a very long day, but at midnight, they went home to sleep. There was no lap pillowing, but Ais was still embarrassed being alone with Bell in their room after what he said the night before...

The next day, Ais and Bell went to meet with the Loki familia. At the Loki home, they were all glad to see Ais and Bell. Tiona noticed that Ais was acting funny, and she took Ais aside to ask her what happened. Being completely red, Ais told Tiona and Tiona giggled for 5 minutes. That caused Ais even more humiliation, and Tiona was also hung upside down. Everyone then came in to see the upside Tiona and asked what happened. Tiona answered "Girl talk..."

After Tiona was released, they got serious and called Hestia. Hestia then asked them to help her find any remaining gods on the surface world...