In the Hearth Manor, Makaria sat beside Bell as she held her hands onto her nephew's head and his forehead while using her magic to transfer memories of his parents directly into his mind. Both of their eyes glowed red before dimming in a few seconds as the Mage Kaiser takes her hands away from her nephew.
"Do you have a clear picture now, Bell?" said Makaria as Bell nodded to her. the half elf then patted his head before stroking it a couple of times. "Your mother and father loved you so much that they regret not being able to take care of you. your father along with myself and the rest of my siblings had a duty that we had to fulfill together and couldn't risk bringing you in harms' way." The half elf then cups his cheek before caressing it a couple of times. "that's why we had decided to put you under that geezer you call grandfather's care. I'm really sorry on behalf of your parents along with the others, Bell. We wanted to bring you with us and take care of you…but.."
"I know..Aunt Makaria." Said Bell with a nod as he looks understanding to his aunt before he looks down and frown a bit. "I saw memories of my mother being in bed so many times….and…my father looked so sad in seeing her state…..i can…I can understand that."
Makaria sighs a bit before she strokes Bell's head a couple of times.
"your heart is as strong as your father's will and determination, Bell." Said Makaria while smiling underneath her mask. "if Meteria is still with us….she would be so proud to see and know that her one and beloved child grew up into a fine young man."
Bell blushes a bit to the compliment as Makaria strokes his head a couple more times before stopping.
"Bell, I'll tell you a few more things that you need to know." Makaria stated out in a serious voice. "it's important for your safety."
"w-what is it?" Bell asked.
"the geezer….the grandfather who took care of you when Meteria and Zagreus couldn't. you should never think of him as your parent ever again." Said Makaria as she reaches into a pocket of her jacket and takes out a small yet old photo. "That old man was just someone we had no choice but to trust in taking care of you."
"What do you mean?" Bell asked before Makaria handed him the photo of a large group of people. He looks at the people in the photo before his eyes went wide as saucers. "t-this is!?"
"what's wrong, Bell-kun?" Hestia asked in seeing Bell's reaction.
"i-it's my grandpa…" Bell spoke out as he turns the photo and pointed at an old man in the photo.
"b-but that's!" Hestia exclaimed while looking to have recognized the old man.
"that's correct. That old man in the photo is Zeus; the head of the Zeus Familia." Makaria stated. "Bell's foster grandparent and the world's most worthless perverted and disgusting god to have ever been known to exist."
"B-Bell-dono's grandfather….was that God Zeus!? That King of Olympus himself!?" said Mikoto in shock.
"b-but this can't be…true" Said Lili with an unsure face. "right?
"no…this is Zeus alright." Said Hestia with a nod. "Bell-kun told me what his grandfather looked like once….i thought it was just a coincidence but…after seeing it now.."
"Bell, is your grandpa really this guy here?" Welf asked while pointing at the photo with a shocked face.
"y-yeah…there is not mistaking it." Bell replied as he turns the photo and looks back at it. "that's my grandpa…o-or Zeus-sama.."
"this photo is the oldest photo and the only one remaining of the Zeus and Hera Familia on the day before they began their goal to complete the Three Great Quests." Makaria stated as she takes the photo and pocketed it away. "everything else goes along with history." The Half elf then turns towards Bell. "listen to me, Bell. Whatever Zeus has been teaching you about that is on girls or anything else, forget and don't try to remember it." Her eyes soon glow red underneath her blindfold. "me, along with your other aunts hated that perverted geezer to the grave. If you somehow picked up on that disgusting nature of his…."
"i-I don't! I really don't!" Bell cried out as he is now frantically scared because of how Makaria is giving him a pressuring glare.
Makaria looks at Bell for a moment before she sighs and nods then leans back.
"for starters, we wanted Hera to be the one to take care of you. We trusted her more than that geezer" Makaria stated out while crossing her arms under her chest. "on that day of your birth; we tried to find Hera but only found that old geezer instead. We told Meteria and Zagreus that it was a bad choice to leave you to him, but time was limited, and we couldn't be picky about it. Therefore; you ended up being raised and calling that useless geezer as your grandfather who is really not related to you."
"b-but…grandpa….my neighbors in the village told me that…." Said Bell as he looks nervous and unsure. "t-they told me that…he passed away…"
"he's not dead." Makaria stated. "he faked his death and had the villagers play in an act for you to leave for Orario." The half elf woman then sighs. "when your father had met up with him at his secret place one day and learned that you had already left for Orario. He was very much furious because we had planned for him to take care of you until you are 13-14 and then return to take you back in, but that geezer had to be selfish and do what he wanted on his own" the Mage Kaiser then shakes her head. "This is why Hera was the better choice in being the parent material than that geezer."
"T-This is a bit much to take in," Bell spoke out.
"Yeah," Welf agreed with his captain.
"anyway…" Makaria spoke out after sighing again as she turns towards Bell. "after learning that Zeus had made you to dream in becoming an adventurer in Orario and then leave for the city. Zagreus had called me and the others to come back for Orario to protect and take care of you until he arrives." She then lifts her hands up and shrugs her shoulders. "which brings us to you meeting me at the guild and talking right here."
Everyone went silent as they all processed what they have been told.
"u-um….." Haruhime spoke out while raising up a hand. "c-can I ask something?"
"what?" Makaria replied as she turns towards the renard maid.
"y-you are here t-to protect Bell-sama…from what exactly?" Haruhime asked.
Everyone looks at Haruhime before they turned towards Makaria who crosses her arms tighter under her chest before leaning back against the couch.
"From any danger that could possible come into this city." Makaria replied while tilting her head down a bit. "that's a question that has such an obvious answer"
"y-yes…" Haruhime replied with a nod.
Soon enough, before another conversation could be started; the doorbell to the Home rang a few times as a guest had come.
"i-I'll get it!" Haruhime quickly stated as she ran straight out of the living room.
"Who could be coming here at this time of the day?" Mikoto asked as everyone besides Makaria looks at the doorway.
A few seconds later, Haruhime returned.
"i-it is Hephaestus-sama" Haruhime stated as everyone soon sees the red haired divine smith walking in.
Everyone showed a bit of a surprised look to the sudden visit from a companion Familia.
"Hephaestus-sama? Why are you here?" Welf asked his former Familia's goddess.
"Sorry for the sudden visit." Hephaestus stated. "I heard some 'peculiar' news from Ganesha earlier today. So i came here to check on something."
"don't you mean check on someone?" Makaria spoke out as everyone including Hephaestus turns to look at the Mage Kaiser who soon did a wave at the arrived guest. "long time no see, Hephaestus."
"M-Makaria!?" Hephaestus stated in surprise. "i-is that r-really you?"
"Do you know any other half elf who has long brown hair like mine, wears a blindfold with a mouth mask, and has this peculiar sword?" Makaria replied while tapping a finger onto her sheathed sword lying beside her before tilting her head to the side. "or is there really someone alike with me in Orario right now?"
Hephaestus looks at Makaria for a moment before she smiles a bit.
"I don't think so." Hephaestus replied as Makaria chuckles before she got up and then walks towards the goddess who was then pulled into a hug. "it's been a long time since I last saw you, Makaria."
"Considering that I am hearing that from a goddess who has all the times in the world, I doubt it." Makaria replied as both separated from the hug and then chuckles towards each other. "it's good to see you again too, Hephaestus."
"When I heard from Ganesha that someone with such an appearance like yourself had come to the city, I had to go and check on it." Hephaestus replied. "I heard you went to the guild and did something there before leaving with Bell by your side. Care to tell?"
"I believe doing this will suffice." Makaria stated as she held out her right hand and then taps one finger onto Hephaestus's forehead before a small magic pulse hits her head on.
Hephaestus' one eye widens for a moment as she went silent before she blinks rapidly and then looks at Makaria who nods and then turns towards Bell.
"he's…..Zagreus's son?" Hephaestus spoke out as she turns to look back at Makaria. "is this….really the truth?"
"it is, Hephaestus." Makaria replied while nodding again. "he's Zagreus' son and you know what that means, right?"
Hephaestus looks at Makaria for a moment before she went and nod with a firm face.
"um….is everything alright?" Bell asked in seeing the mood around the room.
"everything is alright, Bell" Makaria stated to her nephew. "me and Hephaestus just had some promises to keep here and there."
"What promises?" Bell asked again before getting a poke on the nose by his aunt.
"The secret and private types." Makaria replied before she looks back at Hephaestus while taking her scarf wrapped sheathed sword and then handed it to the goddess. "here, I haven't been using it for a while and since you're here…."
"I know" Hephaestus nodded as she held and then unravels the scarf to reveal a sheathed golden, silver, and red colored sheathed short sword that is decorated with magic stones and jewels of many colors all over the design. "it's been a few years since I've hold this sword. Good to see it still looking great." The goddess of smith grabs the weapon's handle grip before slowly drawing it out and reveal a beautiful double edged silver blade that shines brightly from the ceiling's light "seems that you've taken care of it very well."
"t-that sword…it's so.." Welf spoke out as he unconsciously got near Hephaestus who checks the weapon. The blacksmith looking mesmerized upon the moment his eyes laid their sights upon the blade. "…it's so damn beautiful.."
"right….i could tell that you're the blacksmith in this Familia." said Makaria as she watches Hephaestus runs a finger across the blade of the sword. "its name is the Kaiser Blade, one of the most prized weapons of the Kaiser Familia. it was forged by one of my older brothers; Ploutos Kaiser, the Iron God Kaiser."
"t-the Iron God Kaiser!" Lili exclaimed in shock. "t-the one and only Kaiser who has been entitled and famed as the most talented and greatest Blacksmith to have ever lived!? The one who could create weapons that are so powerful and beautiful like a god had created it!? That! That legendary Iron God Kaiser!?"
"The one and only." Hephaestus stated while checking the Kaiser Blade's edges and then to its handle. "Ploutos is a member of my Familia and someone I really hated taking in."
"You can't hate and blame someone for being so talented, Hephaestus." Makaria stated while chuckling as Hephaestus sheathes the sword and handed it back to the Mage Kaiser. "but I guess it goes in our nature as Kaisers to make people hate us after all."
Hephaestus sighs before smiling while shaking her head.
"you guys never stop giving people headaches sometimes." Said Hephaestus to Makaria. "when Ganesha had heard from his children that there was someone as powerful as Freyja's King or even more and had told me about. I had to think on who could fit such a description." the goddess sighs while smiling. "It took me 3 hours of thinking just to know that it was probably one of you."
"That took you some time, didn't it?" Makaria replied with a chuckle. "pretty sure that much of a time racking your brains really gave you a major headache, huh?"
"You better believe it." Said Hephaestus while crossing her arms under her chest.
"so….we can just put in conclusion that you two know each other?" Hestia suddenly spoke out as Hephaestus and Makaria turns towards the loli goddess. "right?"
"I believe so." Hephaestus replied before looking back at Makaria. "I've known the Kaisers for quite amount of time."
"a century or so." Makaria added in before shrugging. "Give or take."
"so then…" Hephaestus stated. "I take it that Zagreus and the others will be returning at a later date?"
"2 weeks or so considering how each one isn't that fast than the other." Makaria replied while holding her hands up. "I only got here first because of my teleportation magic."
"pretty handy magic as always." Said Hephaestus with a nod. "then I guess…you and the others have everything planned out?"
"I do." Makaria stated with a nod. "talking about planned, mind if I crash at your place for a few days? My usual place can't be entered until the rest of the Kaisers have gathered together."
"considering how much I owe you guys? Letting you stay for a week or so is nothing much than a small favor, don't you think?" Hephaestus replied while uncrossing her arms and looks at the Mage Kaiser with an eyebrow raised and having a smile.
"I guess so." Said Makaria with a chuckle before she looks down to one of her bracelets on her right wrist is emitting a glow from a red gem that is radiating several times. "Wait a second." She then turns and takes a few steps away before she raises her right arm and then taps a finger onto the glowing bracelet that flashes red. "this is Makaria."
"Makaria, take care of Bell. any type of problem that he has must be taken care of. Understand that?" a voice came from the bracelet as it repeated the voice over and over.
"wow…the heck is that?" Welf spoke out as he and the others hear the voice.
"it's a Halo Ring." Hephaestus stated. "a communication type of a magic item that Makaria created herself personally and the usage is made only for the Kaiser Familia. it can send messages from one wearer to another and vice versa. It can also let someone call another person even if the distance is a thousand miles or more."
"Then that means that this voice we are hearing is from…?" Lili spoke out as Hephaestus nodded.
"this is Zagreus' one and only voice." Said Hephaestus as she looks at Bell. "your father, Bell."
"my…father's voice?" Bell spoke out before he held a hand to the side of his head and could feel that he had once heard his father's voice from the past.
"He can be as paranoid as always." Said Makaria as she sighs with a smile under her mask before she taps the Halo Ring's gem and the voice disappeared. She then looks at Bell while crossing her arms under her chest. "well then. seeing how you all heard Zagreus' message, I believe you all know what he wants me to do for you, right?"
"problems? But we don't have any problems" said Bell with a slightly confused face.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Hephaestus stated while uncrossing her arms and then raising a finger up. "for starters, your Hestia Knife's debt still hasn't been paid, right?"
"giku!" Hestia squeaks while tensing up from hearing the word 'debt'.
"Hestia Knife? What's that?" Makaria asked while crossing her arms on her stomach. "a sword?"
"it's the black knife that your nephew carries around him all the time." Said Hephaestus while pointing at the sheathed Hestia Knife that is on Bell's back waist. "Hestia begged me to make it and that knife was made."
"I see." Said Makaria while uncrossing her arms and then holding her right hand towards Bell. "let me see that weapon, Bell."
"y-yes.." said Bell with a nod as he takes out his Hestia Knife and handed it to his aunt. "here you go."
Makaria takes the weapon into her grasp as she takes off her blindfold and looks upon the blade with her scarred eyes.
"ho~? I may not have great eyes on weapons like Ploutos-nii, but I can tell that you infused divinity into this weapon.." said Makaria as she checked the engraved runes on the Hestia Knife's blade. "made out of mithril, it is able to conduct magic, and this weapon is alive too." She then chuckles as she looks at Hephaestus. "You hated my brother so much that you just had to make a living weapon in order to be better than him, huh?"
"it is something I will only make once in a lifetime." Hephaestus stated while crossing her arms under her chest. "I don't intend to make another just to compete against Ploutos once he comes back."
"keep saying that, Hephaestus." Said Makaria with a chuckle before she looks at the Hestia Knife that she flips so that she can catch the tip of its blade with two fingers and then handed it back to Bell to take. "with those level of enhancement in just a single knife, I can understand how anyone could be in debt." She then looks back at Hephaestus while putting her blindfold back on. "so? How much is this knife worth?"
"Exactly 200 million valis." Hephaestus replied before raising a hand to the side. "Hestia has been working part time at my stores to pay off the debt, but she hasn't come close to a single valis in repaying it."
"heh? Is that so?" said Makaria while turning towards Hestia who is sweating bullets, she then turns back towards Hephaestus. "debt and other things aside. 200 million valis for a living knife, huh? that's cheap, ain't it?"
"c-cheap!?" said Bell and the others in shock.
"I should've expected that type of comeback from you, Makaria." Hephaestus replied with a chuckle.
"I mean, 200 million valis? That's borderline allowance money for me." Said Makaria while shrugging her shoulders before she snaps her fingers and a purple pouch sack with a golden embroidery of a skeleton surrounded by flames appeared falling upon her right hand's palm. "Bell's Hestia Knife is way cheaper compared to the funds needed to make the Kaiser Blade, remember?"
"I remember the amount very well, Makaria." Said Hephaestus as she catches the small pouch that Makaria throws to the goddess. "100 billion 950 million thousand Valis exactly."
"that was expensive, this is cheap." Said Makaria while pointing a finger out before she turns and saw that Bell and his Familia look white as a sheet. "what's wrong with you guys?"
"n-nothing.." they spoke out in unison while shaking their heads.
"Bell, your family is scary…" said Welf as Bell chuckles very awkwardly.
"anyway, that debt is settled, alright?" Makaria stated while crossing her arms and looks at Hephaestus who slight opens the purple pouch sack and peeks inside before she tied it up and then nods. The Mage Kaiser nods back before she turns towards Bell. "anything else that needs to be taken care of?"
"eh? The debt is settled?" Bell asked in confusion. "but…it's 200 million valis."
"it is, and I already paid it off to Hephaestus." Said Makaria while pointing a finger at Hephaestus who gently toss the pouch sack up and down in her grasp. "paid in cash and in full."
"y-you mean…that much money…is in a s-small pouch?" Lili spoke out with a baffled face as everyone had the same reaction.
"you guys need to remember that Makaria is the Mage Kaiser." Hephaestus stated while chuckling in seeing everyone's baffled expression. "she's the greatest and most talented Kaiser who can make Magic Items that are beyond anyone's imagination. Not even Hermes' Perseus can compare to her."
"don't say that pathetic god's name in front of me, Hephaestus." Said Makaria with a growl. "I still hate hearing that name, even now."
"r-right…sorry." Said Hephaestus with an awkward smile and chuckle.
"Any who…" Makaria spoke out as she then sighs before she raises a hand and waves it to the side. "anymore debts that I should know about?"
"w-well…I don't think so?" Bell replied while scratching his cheek. "I mean…the debt that we have is just the one for the Hestia Knife."
"I see." Said Makaria with a nod while crossing her arms under her chest. "I guess it is settled then." she then raises her right wrist and pressed two fingers onto her Halo Ring's gem that glows red and turns green. "this is Makaria. Zagreus, I have settled a debt that Bell has for the crafting of his Hestia Knife. A personal weapon of his made by Hephaestus. He doesn't have any other problems that he can think of. I'll inform you more by the passing days." The gem flickers a few times before it died down, the Mage Kaiser then lowers both her hands down. "with that over, I guess I should be going now."
"eh? Going where?" Bell asked before Makaria pats his head.
"it's night and even I got to get some beauty sleep." Said Makaria with a smile under her mask. "I'll be going with Hephaestus to her Home."
"but we got some spare rooms for you to stay in." said Bell but Makaria chuckles and ruffles his hair.
"Appreciate the offer, but I already made plans." Makaria replied with a nod. "I'll be coming back to check on you in a few more days after tomorrow. Got to go and say hello to a few other old friends now that I am here."
"oh…I see." Said Bell in a sad voice before he smiles. "Please come back soon, Aunt Makaria! I want to learn more about my father, mother, and everyone else, after all!"
"I know." Makaria replied with a nod. "be good, Bell."
Bell nods back as Makaria went near Hephaestus and then snaps her fingers three times that caused a swirling black portal to appear behind them.
"see you soon." Said Makaria with a wave towards Bell and then turns and walks into the portal with Hephaestus who walked in first and disappeared. The Mage Kaiser was about to follow suit when she stopped and then turns back to look at the Hestia Familia. "right, I almost forgot. Keep this little meeting of ours a secret from anyone, alright?"
"why?" Mikoto asked.
"we Kaisers have made a lot of enemies in the past." Makaria stated out. "if they learned that I have returned and that Bell is related to me as my nephew. They will come for him just to get me." She then points a finger at the Hestia Familia's members while her eyes glows red underneath her blindfold. "remember this. Those who fail to live up to a promise or a threat from the Kaisers won't have a happy ending in their lives. That goes for you too, Bell. got it?"
"g-got it" the group spoke out in unison while nodding as Makaria nods back before she turns and walked right into the portal that disappeared with her in an instant.
After Makaria was clearly gone, the Hestia Familia let out a sigh.
"man…Bell's Aunt is scary and at the same time amazing.." said Welf as Mikoto and Haruhime nodded in agreement.
"to think that she is Bell-sama's aunt is quite hard since their personality is so different from one another." Lili added in before she turns to look at Bell. "right Bell-sama?"
But when the pallum expected for Bell to nod or chuckle awkwardly in response, he didn't do any of the two. Instead, he is merely looking at the silver locket that he received from Makaria which is from his father. He smiles at the photo of his mother carrying his infant past self and can't help but get anxious and curious to meet his father face to face once he arrived.
Meanwhile, at a barren wasteland far from Orario. This area is called the Dedine; a region where the Black Dessert is located. This area was once known as the territory of one of the three great beasts; the King of the Land; Behemoth that resides upon the land after its escape from the Dungeon thousands of years ago.
The land is completely black because of the ashes that came from the Behemoth at the time of its death. No life could be seen growing within the land because of how poisonous it is, and no life could live in such a sterile area. But there is a person who can be seen just walking upon the black sand and that person is Zagreus Kaiser.
The renowned Bloody Kaiser is the same armored man that we have seen in the forest where Meteria's grave is located.
Zagreus walks upon the black dessert as his cloak flutters against the cold breeze of the night.
he is silent as he travels straight for Orario, but the cloaked man stopped when his attention was caught by the sight of a flickering red light coming from underneath his attire. He raises a right hand out and upon the wrist is a Halo Ring that is identical to Makaria's very own.
He taps the glowing red gem upon the bracelet and Makaria's voice came speaking out of the magic item.
"this is Makaria. Zagreus, I have settled a debt that Bell has for the crafting of his Hestia Knife. A personal weapon of his made by Hephaestus. He doesn't have any other problems that he can think of. I'll inform you more by the passing days."
Zagreus listens to her message in silence before it ended, and he lowers his hand and then gazes at the night sky above.
"that child….look after him until I arrive, Meteria." Zagreus whispered out before he continues his travel to Orario on foot.
The Kaiser travels through the Black Dessert as in many other parts of the world, other Kaisers were making their approach for Orario.
A few days later in Orario. Things were as normal as possible, but for the Hestia Familia; it is a bit different after the group had the encounter with Makaria Kaiser a while back.
Right now, the Hestia Familia are currently at the market district part of the city where they are just going around buying groceries for their Home.
"it feels kinda weird that Hestia-sama's big debt is settled in one go, huh?" said Welf with a slightly calm yet weirded look.
"yeah…." Mikoto nodded in agreement. "we used to work hard earning money in the Dungeon to repay the debt, but ever since Makaria-dono came and just paid the debt so easily…"
"It left us with a very ambitionless feeling," Haruhime added in.
"w-well…look on the bright side, you guys." Bell called out to his friends while having an awkward smile. "s-since Aunt Makaria paid off the debt. We have more time to go adventuring into the Dungeon for other things, right?"
"Lili believes Bell-sama is correct." Said Lili with a nod. "We can now start saving money so that we can buy needed supplies, and items for if we go on an expedition to earn more money that we will save for future emergencies."
"I guess there is a bright side there…" said Welf while shrugging his shoulders.
The group went around the market and bought their listed groceries stall by stall.
Right now, Bell and the others are by a fruit market as Haruhime, Mikoto, and Lili are the ones who would pick the fruits while the rabbit foot and Welf are the muscle to carry the groceries back to the Home.
While the Familia goes grocery shopping, Makaria is standing on the rooftop of a nearby house and just looks down at the group from her point of view.
"I don't need to worry about Bell when he's grocery shopping, huh?" Makaria whispered while watching her nephew carrying a basket of fruits with Welf as the girls finished buying from the fruit stall and are now heading for the vegetable stall. The Mage Kaiser sighs with a smile under her mask as she then turns and disappeared in a blur.
At the Hephaestus Familia's Main Home, Makaria reappears as she stands at the roof top of the building.
"you're back." Hephaestus called out as she was already on the roof waiting for the Mage Kaiser's arrival. "you made sure that Bell was safe and sound?"
"yeah" Makaria replied with a nod before she went to the center area of the roof while drawing the Kaiser Blade out of its scabbard. "My protection and concealment magic will protect him."
"is Zagreus really that protective over his own child?" Hephaestus asked as she watches Makaria started to scrape the tip of her weapon's blade against the surface of the floor. "I would've thought that he kept Bell away from Orario if he planned to protect him and his existence."
"you know that perverted geezer better than me, remember?" said Makaria as she draws something on the flooring marble. "besides, Bell will remain safe as long as I am here." She then sheaths her sword away and looks upon a magic circle formula that is drawn below her feet. "or rather, as long as the Kaisers are here."
Makaria raises her right hand and then did a swift slashing motion with her left hand that cuts her right hand's wrist and draw out blood in an instant. The Mage Kaiser raises her bleeding hand out and drips her blood upon the carved-out magic circle on the floor that starts to sink in with the red liquid before it glows red.
"time to get here now, you guys." Said Makaria as the magic circle glows red before it unleashed a pillar of white light that ascends straight to the sky above.
This pillar of light soars through the sky and creates a hole in some clouds. many people in Orario look upon in awe and surprise to the scene as they see the light ascending to the very heavens itself.
At the Twilight Manor; the Loki Familia saw the pillar of light as many went to their Home's balcony, roofs, opened windows, and even went outside to see it.
"What is that!?" said Tiona as she with Tione, Aiz, and Lefiya are by an opened balcony on the second floor of their Home. The group looks at the pillar of light and just winced their eyes because it is shining very bright.
"that light….isn't that the pillar of light when a god is getting sent back to the Heaven?!" said Lefiya with a gasp.
"a god is being sent back to the Heaven?" said Tione in surprise. "in the middle of the day?"
"its disappearing…" Aiz spoke out as everyone looks at the pillar of light and saw it slowly shrinking in size and brightness before it disappeared.
"I wonder which god got sent back to Heaven…." Tiona muttered out as Tione nodded in an agreeing curiosity.
Meanwhile below the balcony; Loki, Finn, Riveria, and Gareth were by the open front main entrance as they all had saw the golden pillar of light.
"Loki…" Finn called out to the goddess of mischief who nods.
"yeah. I know, Finn." Said Loki while having a serious face. "That light wasn't a god being sent back to heaven. That light was something else."
"I knew it…" said Finn while placing his right thumb on his chin before he glanced at Riveria. "you believe that a certain magic could do that, Riveria?"
"None from my current knowledge." Riveria replied while shaking her head. "there's countless types of magic in the world. That light might've been done by one that I don't know about."
"What do you think that this means, Finn?" Gareth asked. "an unknown magic casted by an unknown magic caster…."
"This is something very unknown to us." Said Finn while crossing his arms. "Whoever casted that magic, must be a sorcerer or something."
"g-guys! Look at the sky!" Loki suddenly cried out as she pointed at the sky where the golden pillar of light had ascended. Everyone looks up and their eyes widen to see a cumulation of dark clouds swirling around in forming a large black storm that has lightning bolts flashing down along with the roars of thunders. "Something is going on now!"
The Loki Familia along with the many other people in Orario looks at the swirling thunderstorm as it flashes countless lightning bolts before unleashing an almighty red lightning bolt that flew straight down and struck the Hephaestus Familia's Main Home.
"w-what the heck!?" Loki exclaimed.
Back upon with Makaria and Hephaestus; both had backed away from the drawn magic circle as the red lightning bolt had struck it and destroyed a part of the floor while leaving something behind.
"so they were the ones closest, huh?" Hephaestus spoke out as Makaria nodded while both look at a small crater where grayish black smoke covers the area while concealing two individuals who stands within it. "flashy entrances as always."
"as flashy as it is, i don't like doing it so much." A husky yet deep voice spoke from within the smoke as one figure looks to be a male starts to crack his neck side to side and then roll his shoulders back and forth while making bone popping noises. "Traveling like this makes my body all stiff."
"yeah, and I was running straight here when you summoned me using that magic, Makaria." Another voice that is feminine came from the smoke as the other figure is a woman who waves a hand to her head and then waves handful strands of scarlet red hair that flows out of the smoke. "I've wasted a lot of time and effort because of this."
"sorry for doing so, but Zagreus wants us all to be back in Orario and look after Bell until he arrives." Said Makaria as the smoke blows away and reveals a pair of a man and woman. "so don't start complaining on me, Polemos-nii, Melinoe-nee."
The woman is a Scarlet red haired elf whose right eye is scarlet red while the left eye couldn't be seen because it is covered by hair, she wears a black jacket and jeans with a few metal guards on the arms, and knees. her accessories only consist of a red ruby earring on her right ear and a red scarf around her neck. The man however is normal looking young man in his mid 20s, he has spiky black hair, wears a black shirt and brownish black jeans, a grey overcoat, black heavy duty boots, bandages wrapped around his fists like gloves, a chain belt strapped around his waist, and a red ragged looking scarf wrapped around his neck.
The two are Polemos Kaiser, and Melinoe Kaiser, two more members of the Kaiser Familia alongside Makaria Kaiser herself.
"we know." The two said in unison while having a very serious yet menacing stance. "not one maggot will be getting near Bell on our watch."
Meanwhile at the Babel Tower and in the floor domain of the goddess Freyja.
The goddess of beauty is overlooking Orario as always, but her attention is actually to somewhere else.
"how dare you…." She hisses out in a venomous and frustrated tone as her sight is upon Bell but she is blocked by the same wall of furious aura that soon forms a blazing red phoenix that let out a high pitched scream and then blazing red demon that has a large mouth with sharp fangs protruding out. both creatures appear before her sight and then unleashed a raging flame that surrounds everything in ablaze. "that boy is mine!"
Freyja gripped her hands into hard fists as her face formed a very displeased and very annoyed face.
The goddess continues to try and look at Bell; her object of desire. But as she tried to look further; she was forced back when the furious aura wall along with the blazing phoenix and red demon swirled together and create a burning black silhouette of a woman with glowing red eyes that is glaring straight at the goddess.
"Hades…" Freyja hisses as her eyes started to bleed and she started to bits her own lips. "even after decades from leaving Orario…you dare to stand in my way once again!?"
The burning black woman silhouette glares at Freyja even more before it transforms and soon forms a dark silhouette aura of a black flaming demon that has glowing red eyes, but the right eye is in the shape of a cross.
"Kaiser…." Freyja growls as she looks extremely furious. "I will get that boy even at the cost of my own life!"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
