Chapter 62 - Doing It; The God Hunt
After Bell-kun was adequately punished and allowed to return, Hestia went back to heaven to figure out who those gods could be from the heaven side - including any listing of flying types, volcano types and sealife types.
Bell-kun, after lots of maternal nurturing, returned to the beach with a silly look on his face. Ais saw him and asked whether their goddess showed her grace again, which Bell nodded embarrassingly. After discussing Hestia's plan with everyone, the search was back on again. Ais went to check for the nearest islands to see if anyone was using them. Several went to search inland areas, while the vast majority went diving to the deepest levels they could handle. Bell stayed by the shack in case anyone needed help. After another day of futility, everyone had wonderful dinner of roasted boar instead of seafood. Camping was such fun, but the futility was driving everyone insane. During the campfire after dinner, they checked on Wiene and Tiona, who were equally frustrated. They then checked on Finn and Riveria who reported everyone is alright in Orario.
That night, everyone went to sleep in their new cabins, but Bell and Ais still used their tent, arousing Tione's curiosity. Thus, she quietly sneaked next to their tent and heard struggling. Instinctually, she immediately opened their tent, thinking someone might have needed help. However, she got to see Bell collect his reward for the night.
Tiona "OMG OMG OMG, you are doing it"
Bell "SSSSHHHH"
Meanwhile, Ais was hiding her facing under the pillow. In a shot heard around the world, Tione shared the gossip with everyone in the Loki familia.
She told them "They are doing it. OMG They are doing it. Bell and Ais are doing it"
Tiona was shocked, as was Riveria, who said "I said fun was good, but not to have too much fun".
After the initial shock, Riveria finally asked "What are they doing?"
Tione said "He held her down and kissed her"
Riveria "Is that all you are freaked out over? They have only been together for how many months? Well at least it is official now..." With the excitement dampened, everyone went back to sleep, though Ais' face was still covered by the pillow...
The next day after the morning searches, Hestia called with excitement. She found some important new information. While there was no list, she believed that the god(s) have been identified as Ahti, god of the depths and fish and his wife, Vellamo, goddess of the sea, lakes and storms. They apparently liked to play around the ocean but had many shacks on the oceanfront. This actually agreed with what Revis said that there were 1-2 gods deep in the ocean near Melen. However, where were they now? Knowing that they own many shacks on the continent, the logical step would be to find all the unoccupied shacks by the ocean. With this new information, the focus would be put on locating these two gods, and the volcano party was recalled to assist. While Wiene ferried the team at the volcano to them, Ais and Bell started searching all the shacks on the coast. The goal was to check every shack on the ocean and leave a team at each empty shack. By the end of the day, an incomplete searched yielded a total of 10 empty shacks were found, while the occupied shacks did not apparently had a god inside. At the end of the day, Wiene had delivered everyone from the volcano area to the camp by the ocean. Thankfully, there was enough food for everyone. They would have had to build more housing, but Wiene will be delivering adventurers to stay by each empty shack... After another fine dinner, everyone settled down for the night, though Tiona and Tione stayed with Bell and Ais to tease them.
The next morning, the great 'god hunt' started. Wiene delivered a pair of adventurers to watch each empty shack, while Bell and Ais went to search for more empty shacks. By the end of the day, a total of 18 empty shacks were found. After all the adventurers were delivered, Ais, Bell, Tiona and Tione stayed at the original shack while Wiene returned to Orario. Thus, the waiting game continued.
After another 3 days, a small boat landed near the original shack...