Hestia saw bell's status on his back and was amazed by them, using Ki as well as having Lefiya to help him go to lower floors helped massively
Bell Cranel
Hestia Familia
1
Parameters
Strength 21I - 48I
Vitality 36I - 63I
Dexterity 20I - 53I
Agility 29I - 74I
Magic 0I - 65I
Attack 27I - 57I
Defense 37I - 193H
Resistance 39I - 190h
Speed 32I - 75I
Mana 0I - 67I
(due to Bell using Ki, he can increase his magic and Mana simply by using it since it does involve using Mana, also an excuse to have it at SS or SSS rank like the rest of his Parameters, and his defense went way up due to surviving Lefiya's kick that broke half his whole body)
Magic
none
Development Abilities
Mind Eye of Future Sence F
Regeneration H
Skills
Luck EX
Humanities Heroic Aspiration EX
Blessed ability
Blessing of Orion
Curse none
Hestia heard he fought hard in the dungeon, but Bell's Defense and resistance went up by a seriously ridiculous amount, wondering how that happened, his Magic and Mana also went up despite having no magic, but since Bell knows Ki, that's unsurprising, and the rest of his stats, that one skill must be the cause, but Bell then talked about the woman he helped, Hestia asked for a description before she realized who bell saved from his details of her.
Hestia:" that sound's like Aphrodite"
Bell:" isn't she another one of the goddesses of beauty"
Hestia:" oh yeah, the first one, the goddess of love and beauty, and less known, the original war god, and first goddess of war"
Bell:" first goddess of war, how strong is Aphrodite when she doesn't hold back if she was the first goddess of war then, how strong is she compared to other gods and goddesses of war"
Hestia:" hehehe, that's cute, but Aphrodite might be far stronger than all of them actually, in the war with the titans, while she wasn't documented to have battled, she fought in the front line singlehandedly as the rest of us retreated and didn't stop fighting for 10 years straight, and in her battle with them, she brought 293 entire races of titans to extinction, 1032 to become endangered, at least the races I'm aware of but I do know that some of those titans were either comparable or stronger than the mother goddesses like Gaia or Tiamat, and she tore them apart with her bare hands at times, it's likely much higher than that actually, and she fought Tython who knows how many times and always won against him using some of those extinct races to help distract her long enough for him to run away, and on a related topic, the reason Athena has 2 version's where she was born before or after Hephestus was born was that Aphrodite gave Athena her armor and weapon's once Athena was ready to become the new greek goddess of war, as a matter of fact, Aphrodite basically raised and trained Athena herself like her own daughter so just about anything Athena can do, Aphrodite could probably do as well if not best her- Bell, are you okay"
Hestia waved in front of Bell's face as Bell was flabbergasted frozen, while what Hestia said seemed like it wasn't news by her tone and the way she talked, it was not something you could say was small, and hearing about Aphrodite's true strength made Bell scared for his life of the goddess, realizing her charm and such was only the surface of what made Aphrodite dangerous, and Bell learned too much to process it.
Hestia:"... I guess it was too much for you, anyway, I'll be off, take care till I get back"
Hestia left Bell, who after some time fell down and was on the ground, still in the position he was in when Hestia left him, likely not going to step out of his shock anytime soon, and as Hestia was getting to the banquet, and thanks to being provided a map, she knew where to go, and upon arriving, entered the Mansion, in the banquet of the gods, healed in a mansion that was made specifically to host them, the god's gathered to discuss things of interest to them, and Hestia was there in a dress that Bell sewed himself, making many say Hestia was abusing the money she got from Loki, but one look from Hestia scared them all quiet as nobody wished to anger Hestia, even if those gods are from another mythos, then Hestia came across a buffet table.
Freya:" my my, if it isn't Hestia"
Hestia was silent, she knew Freya well enough to know she is bad news if she was out and about, while she had little interaction with Freya due to her work, she remembers quite vividly Freya's visits to her work guarding the sacred Hearth Flame, and how annoying she was, only when Hestia threatened to burn Freya where even ashed wouldn't remain did she leave as even Freya even as a goddess of war at the time feared Hestia's might and power, power so great, all kingly gods think twice before crossing her.
Freya:" no words for me"
Hestia:" (ignoring Freya and getting a plate of food for herself)"
Freya:" I'm not talking to myself... but then again, you acting this way to me is refreshing to the way people normally treat me, either with complete and utter lust in their eyes or complete and utter disdain and disgust, namely from other goddesses of beauty and the only 3 virgin goddesses"
Hephestus:" give it up, Hestia is solid like the Aegis, nothing will get through to her once she's like this"
soon, Aphrodite came by to see Hestia, but then saw Hephaestus, who she then walked away from and it got awkward, though, Freya didn't know what happened, given the events as she knew it, Aphrodite cheated on Hephestus and that was the end of their "happy" marriage, but then Hestia pointed out something very harsh to Hephaestus upon her trying to sound high and mighty, however, and Hephaestus couldn't argue back but out of shame, guilt, and the fact it was the complete truth.
Hestia:" correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you cheat on Aphrodite first, or try to anyway when you tried to force yourself on Athena, then spout about how you never loves Aphrodite and would do anything to get out of your marriage to someone you could never love"
Hephaestus shivered, remembering her marriage to Aphrodite, at first they were trying to making it work, even having a child together, however, after 30 years, Hephaestus couldn't even look at Aphrodite due to how bad their marriage and love life was with one another, soon, doing anything she could to avoid Aphrodite at all cost, even working herself into comas by being so engrossed into her work to avoid Aphrodite and going out of her way to avoid her, and the times she did meet her wife again, she said as little as possible to her, the marriage was in flames.
The final straw to burn away was when Hephaestus tried to seduce and possibly even rape Athena, who ran away to retain her chastity, but upon such, Hephaestus begged Athena to come back stating she can't love Aphrodite and may never even be able to simply because of how different the 2 are and how they have nothing to actually love about one another to actually be married, unaware Aphrodite was outside with Athena just out of Hephaestus sight, Aphrodite tried to make her marriage work, even if she was tricked, she respected Hephaestus enough to try and make it work, and while they did have a child with one another, Hephaestus grew more and more distant, but Aphrodite gave up upon hearing what her spouse said about her, and for 100 years, would be in a depression until Ares comforted her, leading to her sleeping with him, this is also why when Hephaestus tried to expose Aphrodite, they all criticized and insulted Hephaestus instead due to being the first to be unfaithful, and even having the gaul to do so after she did the same thing first but worse since she tried to rape Athena, who was basically Aphrodite's daughter in many's eyes.
Hephaestus:"... I hate myself, I hate myself so much"
Hestia:" you wonder why Eros refuses to even see you and yet, the answer is so obvious, considering Aphrodite was the first god of war and original goddess of war, you should be lucky she didn't beat you then and there"
Hephaestus:" to be honest, I think I deserve it more than anything, maybe deform me more to show I am truly the ugly god"
Hestia:" for me, what made you ugly wasn't your eye, it was how you treated Aphrodite even though she tried to make her marriage with you work despite being forced into it... but as Zeus and Posiden are, I can forgive you, at least you feel bad about it, but I will never forget how you made her cry"
one reason Hephaestus cared so much for Hestia was because she was one of the only gods in Olympus that don't call her ugly because of what she did, nobody cared about her eye, but after what she did to Aphrodite, every god in Olympus never treated Hephaestus the same again, and this is why Hephaestus is known as the ugly god now, all except Hestia, who gave Hephaestus a chance to prove to Hestia she was worth another chance, because of this, Hephaestus is extremely loyal to Hestia.
then Loki appeared and ran fast, she was originally up on the top floor looking for someone, but then saw Hestia and decided to meet her.
Loki:" hello Hestia"
Hestia:" I thought you'd call me a cruel nickname like you usually do"
Loki:" cut me some slack, my Familia did your boy wrong so it's only right I treat you well, for the time being anyway, besides, I need a favor from someone and they are close to you so if I cause trouble for you, it will make my help be less likely to happen"
Hestia:" I imagine it's tough to make money when you have to spend just as much as you make with punitive damages taken into account as well for everything they break"
Loki:" that is for every major Familia, it's always something, least it wasn't so and we couldn't pay it off with money to spare at times... it was just especially bad this time due to a series of events that admittedly were poorly handled by my Familia, so what about you whore, you almost never show up at a banquet"
Freya:" I came down to stretch my legs a bit, it's nothing odd"
Loki:" to Niflheimr it is, you think you can out-trick a goddess of trickery and mischief like myself, you don't come down for anything unless it's business oriented, now tell me why you're here"
Freya:"... dear, I can come down when I want, let's leave it at that, shall we"
Loki:"... fine, but if you do anything, I will not speak on your behalf if you or your Familia get in trouble... again"
Freya flinched that time, she herself is annoyed and very troubled at how her Familia get in trouble, oftentimes killing even her level 4's and even level 5's to show what will happen to hopefully scare them straight, but to no avail as of yet, dozens of times she considered killing them all except for her executives because she hand choose them, and many times coming close, unfortunately, killing that many people in a day even if she tried to hide it would raise every red flag in the guild and she didn't want the headache with dealing with reprimands and fines for the next few centuries, one of the only real reason's she's kept, and if they are not starting trouble, they are butting in her life to the extreme where they threaten and force everything around her to go how she wants even though she prefers to take chances and gambles to make it more exciting, playing with a rigged hand is useful, but if that's for everything, it takes the thrill out of it ruining her experience as a whole, also the many hundred fines, punitive damages, and restraining orders (and paying for violated restraining orders) Freya also has to deal with which make's her Familia, despite it's rank, the poorest Familia in all of Oranio, including starting out Familia's well, meaning even hestia is wealthier than Freya currently is, and it's not like Freya enjoy's it either.
Freya:"... I'd kill them all if it wouldn't be a lot more trouble doing so"
Hestia:" and I only have one member with me"
Hephestus:" yes yes, someone by the name of Bell Cranel, right"
Hestia:" right"
Freya then decided to leave, saying she got what she wanted, all while looking Hestia in the eye, and then walked off, Hestia gave a "you fucked up" look to Hephestus who knew she had to repay Hestia for this particular fuck up and couldn't refuse either, she then told Hestia she's make it up to her and asked her to follow her, Hestia holding Hephestus's head, like a dog owner holding the head of a sad puppy as they walked out, then after Hestia left, many god's and goddesses breathed out in release as many were holding their breath in fear of so much as getting Hestia's attention, since only 0.1 percent of gods would even consider the chance to anger someone like Hestia anyway.
in a different part of the room, a certain werewolf goddess was eating almost any and all the meat she could find with a glass of wine in her other hand as she took sips of it to wash down the meat at times, this is when Loki arrived with a plate full of meat dishes in her possession.
Loki:" Artemis, how's my favorite goddess doing, any meat here strike your fancy"
Artemis was only silent with her wine glass moving it around slowly to see it move in the glass as she only listened to Loki, knowing exactly what Loki is up to.
Loki:" your dress is as stunning and beautiful as always my dear friend and-"
Artemis:" Loki... cut the bullshit now, and just tell me what you want, and we can be over with it"
Loki:" I need a loan to pay off my Familia's debt and more funds to help us get back on our feet"
Artemis:" and you're going to basically transfer who you owe over to me"
Loki:" well, I tried Athena and Aphrodite, but they both turned me down"
Artemis:" and what make's you think I will be any different from them"
Loki:"... because if you keep me under your thumb like this... its better assurance we don't cause trouble for you or anyone close to you"
Artemis:"... fine, but you better pay me back with interest as well"
Loki:" yes yes, paid back full plus interest, got it, now..."
Artemis:" I'll pay off your debt and have it recorded as well, you can come to visit me later to verify it if you wish"
Loki:" no need, the reason I came to you and the others was that you're reliable and credible in the first place, so I can trust you"
Artemis:" just make sure you don't do anything to get yourself in debt again"
Loki... I can't make any promises"
while reluctant, a desperate Loki smelled like trouble, so Artemis agreed to and left to make arrangements to transfer funds to the guild and make the estimate of Loki's debt with Artemis, as things went, it seemed to have been calm, but a storm was coming, and the storm was quite big, yet nobody would see it till it was too late.
authors notes
yes, I am mixing it up, namely, to help make Aphrodite seen in a better light, in my story, Aphrodite is seen as a slut by many but is actually more caring than anyone else but due to misunderstanding, misinterpretations, and also bias, Aphrodite draw's the short end of the stick, it also helps make a valid excuse to not make Aphrodite as big of a bitch like in other media, as well as help humanize her as well, and yes, Hephaestus is looked on as an ass in this, but hey, he's at least guilty about it unlike Zeus or Posiden who do the same without even a shred of guilt
for plot reasons, I am having Loki go into Debt with Artemis namely to have Loki have a situation where if she opposes Hestia, Loki can lose far more going against Hestia than if she left her alone
for those wondering, the thing about luck, especially as his skill, is the fact as well as increasing his good luck, it also increases Bell's bad luck as well, take for instance the situation where he licked Lefiya's womanhood, for many that is the best luck in the world, but bad luck as well since Bell could have very well been killed in that instant because he did that, and how he got the attention of Hestia, which was lucky, but then got the attention of Freya, which is some of the worst luck anyone but a Freya Simp could have, it's a balancing thing, so for everything good and lucky that will happen to Bell, something of equal proportion will come in his bad luck (and vise versa) to balance thing's out, help's with justifying some of the BS I write with Bell in situations that normally shouldn't happen
Hestia being feared is an acknowledgment of her status as one of the original gods and one of the 12 Olympians, so I felt it was wrong for some of the gods to have treated Hestia the way they did, also, the fear and respect she has from other god's, I felt it seemed appropriate, also, with Hephaestus making bell his signature weapon, I have a play on that, but you may hate or like it based on how you feel about it, but let's just say Bell's Blacksmith skills will come in clitch here.