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"Finally the noises have stopped...it was so annoying..."
"Hehe, I´m glad you´re feeling better now, Mom."
Before Bell went to his home with Haruhime and Lefiya, he of course went to Alfia´s room. She could move around freely in the home and she did it before when the familia wasn´t there. But a whole group of adventurers returning from such a fight made a lot of noise...which she despised.
"A lot better now that I know you´re safe."
"Were you that worried about me?"
Alfia raised an eyebrow.
"I will always worried about you. No matter how strong you get, what you achieve, what level you will rise up to or how old you get. I will always be worried about your safety, apparently that´s part of being a parent."
She slightly shrugged her shoulders.
"Then I´m glad that you´re less worried now that I returned."
"And you did really well in slaying the Goliath."
"It wasn´t me, we did it as a group."
"But you dealt the final blow."
"Only because the others protected me and created an opening."
"You´re too humble."
Bell shook his head. "No, Mom. It was what it was, we did it as a group. I may have dealt the final blow, but without Lena and Daphne protecting us from the monsters that came from the 18th floor, without Mr. Ouka, Welf and Lily shielding the ramps from everything that came above and everyone else, it wouldn´t have been possible."
Alfia smirked slightly. "I could´ve done this whole fight alone."
"You were level seven at my age, Mom."
"Did you just say I am old?"
"Why would I do that? And why are you so sensitive about your age? You look pretty young anyway."
"Now you try to flatter me?"
Bell looked at Alfia with a serious face. "Why would I need to do that?"
She sighed and chuckled slightly about their small joke. "Indeed, no matter what you do, I will always love you."
"And I you, Mom."
"Even when you know that I did evil things in the past?"
"Even then, you´re my Mom, nothig will change that."
Alfia leaned to the side to give Bell a kiss on the cheek, he evaded, much to her surprise, then he leaned in and kissed her cheek.
"Hehe, you were faster in the past, Mom."
A vein twitched on her forehead. "You little!"
Alfia tried to grab Bell, but he was about to evade again, so she chased him a bit in her room, catching him in the end. But Bell didn´t give up without a fight, he started to tickle Alfia...
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"Alise...w-wait..."
"Why? I did a great deed...I want my reward.."
"R-Reward?..."
"A hero always gets a kiss as a reward, right? Especially from a princess.."
"Mmmh...I am no princess..."
"You said your family guards the sacred tree in your homeforest...an important role, right? Doesn´t that make you nobility?"
"M-Maybe a very small one...a-and only in that forest..."
"Hehe, but you aren´t so small."
Ryu saw where Alise´s eyes flashed to when she smiled.
"A-Alise! Keep your eyes by yourself."
"As you wish, Princess."
"Don´t call me that!"
"At least when we´re alone."
"Mouh..."
Alise still lay with her head on Ryu´s thighs, smiling amorous and pulled her down for another kiss. Now that they had confessed to each other, Alise was pretty open to show her love to Ryu when they were alone.
It wasn´t the kiss that bothered Ryu...it was the fact that the door was slightly open! She would die of shame if anyone would see them doing that!
Ryu got saved by the strangest noise she ever heard.
"Is that..."
"Eh?!" Alise blinked and sat up again.
Both turned their faces into the same direction.
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"Oh my." Astrea chuckled when she heard the same noise.
Neze and Kaguya looked shocked..
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They heard Alfia laughing.
Loud.
The Silence...laughed.
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Bell knew exactly where to tickle Alfia to make her laugh and he was the only one that was able to make her laugh. Just as he was the only man in existence to be able to make Alfia moan...from giving her a massage of course.
Haruhime and Lefiya also heard this noise, it was...quite cute.
While Bell and Alfia spent time together and cuddled a bit, Alfia filled up her "Bell-Energy" as much as possible, Haruhime went with Lefiya to the shared room of her and Filvis. Haruhime waited until Lefiya pulled a long curtain that separated the room halves, each of the shared rooms had one like this.
"I always thought it was interesting that you share rooms, in our home everyone has their own rooms."
Lefiya chuckled. "Well your home is how many times bigger than ours?"
"Hm, I guess you´re right."
"And also, Filvis is my sister, so it is normal that we share a room."
Haruhime smiled slightly. "I never had siblings...or a real family..."
Lefiya moved to Haruhime and gently hugged her. "I´m sorry, Haru...but...now you have me...and Bell...and lots of friends."
The Renard smiled. "You´re right, I´m happy about that."
Lefiya smiled happy. "And one day I will bring you to my homeforest and introduce you to everyone."
"That would be wonderful! I always wanted to see an elven forest! B-But meeting your family, Hauuu...I need to prepare myself for this day!"
Lefiya giggled, then she leaned her face closer to Haruhime, a loving, maybe flirty expression on her face.
"Lefi?.."
"Hehe, you´re so cute, Haru."
By pure chance, Astrea passed the slightly opened door in the moment when Haruhime and Lefiya kissed.
How cute.
The goddess went on, thankfully both young women were too busy with the kiss to notice the goddess.
Astrea hummed happy while she moved on. Since both have Bell, I can expect lots of grandchildren in the future!
When the kiss ended, both blushed slightly.
"Ehehe...kissing really feels nice."
"It does."
Then Haruhime really looked at Lefiya´s room for the first time.
The first thing she noticed were too plushies on Lefiya´s bed, a fox and a rabbit, she giggled.
"Wh-What?..."
"Nothing, I think they´re cute."
"That´s why I made them."
"Huh? You made them?"
"Yes, my mother taught me how to knit."
"How useful."
"Indeed."
Haruhime noticed that Lefiya´s pillow and blanket were pink, it was obvious that Lefiya liked this color.
"I just want to pack a few things, since I will stay the night at your home."
"Shall I help you?"
"It isn´t much, I only intend to stay for one night anyway."
"Aw...such a shame.."
"Haru?"
"Has your...familia planned something in the next days?"
"Hm, now that I think about it, no."
"Maybe...could you...stay a few days? Spending some time with Bell and me?"
There was no way for Lefiya to refuse when Haruhime looked at her like that.
"I am...could ask Lady Astrea..."
Lefiya saw how Haruhime´s tails moved quickly around, now she definetely had to ask.
"Could you wait here for a moment?"
"Of course."
Lefiya left the room with a smile, Haruhime sat down on the edge of the bed. She couldn´t resist to take the bunny plushy and look at it.
"Hehe~~ so cute."
Haruhime gave it a kiss on the snout, then she put it back. She waited without looking around too much, that would feel wrong.
Soon she heard Lefiya coming back. Haruhime could hear the most people moving around in the house, but her ears always caught the slight noises of Bell and Lefiya more than the others.
Lefiya smiled brightly when she walked into the room again. "Lady Astrea says it is no problem, I can stay for a week if I want."
Haruhime smiled happy.
"Then I should probably pack more stuff and tell the others I will be away for a while, especially Filvis."
This would turn out to be a bad idea, Filvis would become more than just worried that her cute, pure, innocent...sometimes slightly naive...and adorable little sister would stay with her two lovers for an entire week!
The others had mixed reactions, but Astrea was glad that this topic distracted them a bit from the fight they had. Most of them got the wish to find a significant other too.
While Lefiya and Haruhime waited for Bell to finish his talk with Alfia, so that they could talk with her and assured her that nothing adult like would happen during Lefiya´s stay, things happened in other places too.
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"And you´re sure about everything you saw, Raul?"
"Absolutely, Loki. I saw it with my own two eyes, Aki was there too. Sorry that we came so late to report."
Loki´s eyes wandered to the cat girl, who nodded, then the goddess looked at Gareth and Finn.
Riveria wasn´t present, she refused to leave Ais´ side, waiting for "her little girl" to wake up again. Amid told them that even when she healed her wounds, Ais had to wear a cast on her left hand for a while and keep her left eye bandaged, her right foot also was in a cast.
Finn and Gareth had both a serious expression.
"This is the only report we have about this black monster directly. A few others heard loud screams and roars that matched this monster, two of the demi spirits were already destroyed when we got to the rooms...probably by this monster."
Gareth stroked his beard. "And yet it fled when it noticed the group of you two. This thing has to be strong. Not that your group was weak, but makes you wonder why it didn´t attack."
Raul gulped slightly. "To be honest, if it had attacked us, I would´ve ordered the others to retreat immediatelly."
Finn raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?"
"Yes, we knew nothing about this thing, I wouldn´t risk anything. I would´ve ordered to retreat and inform the others, we knew anyway that no one was down there with us."
Finn smiled slightly. "Good, that would´ve been the smart choice."
Gareth nodded and agreed.
Loki made a sinister face. "And you two were one hundred percent sure what you saw hanging from that dragon thing´s maw?"
Both nodded with slightly green faces.
Loki smirked. "Nice~~~ Raul, Aki, you two will accompany me tomorrow to the emergency Denatus. The others have to hear it from your mouths. Sorry that I can´t give you more time to relax, we will go in the early morning."
""Understood.""
"Aki, you can draw well enough, right?"
"Do you want me to make a drawing of the monster?"
"Yes. More than one."
"Alright, I will do it and then we copy it."
"Thank you, now get some rest you two."
Both went out of the room and to one of the rooms where they could work on Aki´s drawing, Raul would spend her company.
The drawing would still need some time and Raul helped her to copy it.
"Raul?"
"Yes?"
"Were you worried in Knossos?"
"Of course I was, at some points I was sick with fear."
Both nearly died a few times in these five hours, they saved each other´s life more than one time.
"But you got over your fear and continued, that was pretty brave of you."
He smiled wryly. "What other choice did I have? But I´m not as strong as you, Aki."
"There you go again, belittling yourself...you should be more confident. I know very well thar you are always giving your best."
"Aki..."
"You keep trying even if you don´t see any direct results and that is just amazing. I´ve seen all that up from close so I know it better than anyone. All the high executives have such amazing skills and magic, you have none of it, yet you push yourself forward. I think that is more amazing in a way than what any of them do."
"I.."
Raul saw a few tears in Anakitty´s eyes, the shock about the Knossos fight and the death of the Diyonisus familia sat deep. "I understand your strong points better than anyone...Raul.."
She looked at him in a strange way.
He smiled. "Actually...I was always a bit jealous of you. You are smarter than me and you can do so many things, the others trust you so easily, I´m bad with all this stuff. Some call me a boring, pathetic guy, the gods make fun of my lack of magic and skills."
"Raul..."
He grinned and put a fist over his heart. "But, if you, whom I had always envied and admired knows my strong points and can admire them, then I can be really proud of myself."
She smiled wryly. "I am not that strong myself.."
"Don´t make yourself small, you´re amazing, Aki. But since I think I´m weak and you think of yourself as weak, how about it? Let´s become strong together. Struggle our way to the top. From now on, Forever!"
Suddenly, Anakitty´s face got deep red, her eyes went wide and she felt her heart jump.
"Mh..."
"Aki?"
"Somehow..."
"Huh?"
"That just sounded like a confession..." She averted her eyes, not able to look into his.
Raul then got aware of what he just said.
Aaaaargh! What did I say! I...argh screw it! Grow some balls, me!
Raul gulped and looked into Anakitty´s eyes.
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"It was."
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She blinked a few times. "Huh?!"
Raul met her gaze with a serious expression, even when he screamed loud mentally and his heart raced.
"It was a confession, Aki."
She stumbled slightly. "Wh-Wh-What are you saying?! Stupid Raul!"
"That I love you, Aki."
Her face couldn´t become more red. Raul didn´t care about his nervousness, he nearly died so often already, there was no guarantee he would live a long life.
"M-Mouh...so suddenly...you can´t do this so suddenly..."
"Aki.."
She moved towards him and pressed her forehead onto his chest. "You can´t look at my face right now..."
"What? Why?"
"Because I´m grinning so much that my face might crack if I do it more..."
"Aki..."
He felt her arms squeezing him slightly. "Love you too..."
"Aki? I´m sorry, I couldn´t understand you."
"Mouh! Stupid Raul! I love you too!"
Raul didn´t know if his heart tried to burst or jump out of his chest, Anakitty was the same.
"Aki!"
He put his arms around her, which let her squeak.
She slowly raised her red face up to him.
"So...now that I´m your g-girlfriend...stop belittling yourself...or I will get mad..."
"I will, I promise!"
"Good..."
Her tail wiped around because she was so nervous.
Be a man, me! Go for it, Raul!
When he leaned slightly down, Anakitty shivered slightly but didn´t move away.
If anyone would come into the room when their lips touched, both would die of shame.
Later, Loki would find both on the couch, Raul had his arms closed around Anakitty and both slept, her cheek rested on his chest, both smiled happy in their sleep, their hands were entangled.
Wha-?! Progress?! Finally?! Was ´bout time! Yeah! Gonna hope for some cute kitten then!
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In another room of the Loki familia, Riveria sat on a chair next to Ais´ bed. The sight of the patch over Ais´ eye and the cast around her hand and leg let Riveria feel worried. She had seen how it happened. Revis had dealt a heavy blow from above, Ais tried to block. Desperate got shattered to pieces, one splinter nearly went into Ais´ eye, a few hit her hand and broke the bones in it. Then Revis´ sword came down, destroyed Ais´ chest armor, left a long cut at Ais´ front and broke her leg in the end.
Riveria screamed like never before, as did the other elves that were with her. They attacked Revis in an instant before she could finish Ais off, the strange woman creature fled when too many enemies came, she knew that something went wrong with their plans.
"My little girl..."
It pained Riveria to see Ais like that. She would sit here as long as necessary, only leaving the room to go to the bathroom and take a shower. It would´ve been very important for Ais to finally defeat Revis.
We will get that creature, you will get her one day, Ais.
Beating Revis would´ve been important for Ais and her education. She would´ve been able to claim this victory and move forward. Yet Riveria hoped that Ais would also learn that revenge or just having the goal to beat an opponent wasn´t everything in life. If she beat Revis, then what? Ais would wake up the next day and her life continued, but without Revis being there anymore.
The adult elf hoped that Ais would take this as a lesson for her hatred towards the One Eyed Black Dragon. It was good to bring it down and all that, but Ais shouldn´t forget to live a life while doing it. Riveria knew that Ais didn´t have a goal in life going past slaying that dragon.
And Riveria prayed that Ais would find such a goal, maybe even love, to live a normal life...as normal as the life of an adventurer could be. Yet Riveria didn´t know if Ais would continue this life in case they ever destroyed the dragon. Ais never wanted to become an adventurer in the first place, she did it only for revenge.
But that would be fine, if she stopped being an adventurer and do something else. What was important for Riveria was that Ais and the others became happy with their lives.
Riveria´s eyes wandered to the shattered remains of Desperate. The blade that was still at the sword was only long enough to be called a dagger, not a sword anymore.
"Ngh..."
Ais groaned in her sleep, Riveria took her good hand and held it gently between her hands, squeezing it gently to show Ais she was there for her.
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Hephaistos! Hephaistos, Hephaistos, Hephaistos!
"Nah?! Ursu?!"
When Welf returned home, he immediatelly went to Hephaistos to talk to her. Tsubaki was currently with her to report the assault on Knossos. As soon as the door closed and he came closer to them, Welf got a strange feeling and with the sound of a rushing fire, Ursu came out of his hands again.
The eyes of the fire spirit glew literally when she looked at the goddess.
Hephaistos!
Tsubaki was too surprised, as was Welf. Ursu´s visible upper body leaned forward and she hugged Hephaistos.
Hephaistos!
"Eh? What´s with her? What are you doing?!"
Hephaistos was surprised too, but she smiled slightly and carefully patted Ursu´s back.
"I didn´t expect to ever see her again."
"You know her?"
"Of course."
Tsubaki grinned. "That´s the boss for you!"
Tsubaki leaned closer and looked at Ursu, who let go of Hephaistos and eyed the captain too.
"Welf, Tsubaki, this information isn´t allowed to go out of this room."
""Hm?""
"You heard the stories of old that the spirits are the most beloved children of the gods, right?"
"Mh, yeah, somewhere."
Welf only nodded.
"The truth is, spirits were made by the gods, just like some mortal souls came to be due to a god´s work."
"Ahm boss, are you allowed to tell us this?"
"Why not?" Hephaistos shrugged her shoulders.
Suddenly, Ursu stretched out her claw, Tsubaki her hand and they...shook hands.
Hephaistos sighed. "Really? You´re already getting along with Ursu?"
"Why not?"
Welf looked at his goddess. "So what do you know about Ursu?"
The Goddess of the Forge shrugged her shoulders. "I made her back in heaven."
""What?!""
"What? I just told you spirits were made by gods."
"But doesn´t that make you her mother?!"
"Ahm...kind of?"
Ursu´s face beamed again...literally.
Hephaistos!
"That´s why she is so happy to see you..."
"Most likely. Hah, I thought she was gone when the first Crozzo died of old age. That only her power remained in his bloodline."
Tsubaki grinned. "So bascially, your daughter lives in Welfy´s body now?"
"Our relationship with the spirits aren´t really like parent and child."
Welf sighed. "What does that mean now for me?"
"It is what it is, she told you most of her strength is gone. If you wanted to give it a name, you two can fight together like an adventurer would do with a tamed monster."
Suddenly, Ursu turned with a pissed face to Hephaistos and...pouted. The spirit...pouted.
"Hah...I didn´t mean you´re a tamed monster, Ursu. Geez you didn´t change at all in all this time."
Tsubaki grinned. "So because you made her it´s the reason why she looks so much like you?"
"Yes."
The captain winked to Bell. "Better not get any naughty fantasies just because she looks like the naked, teenage boss."
"Tsubaki! What do you mean by teenage, huh?!"
"That you´re a grown, adult woman of course, Boss. And Welfy is a growing, young man."
"I won´t oggle Ursu! What are you taking me for, Tsubaki!"
"Hehe, you´re cute when you´re angry. Ur-Ur, can you give me some fire for my forge? Want to try forging with spirit fire."
Ursu nodded.
"Ur-Ur?!"
Hephaistos sighed. "There she goes again, giving people nicknames again."
Tsubaki just laughed and held something up for Ursu so set it on fire. The fire spirit and Tsubaki already got along very well.
Welf wondered what the future would hold up for him now...
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"So then, I will be going then, Bete."
"Make sure you´re safe."
"Thank you for walking me home, it made me really happy!"
Lena smiled brightly, standing with Bete in front of the gate of her familia´s grounds.
"Had to take care of you because you´re too weak to go alone."
"Hehe...you´re probably right."
She knew that Bete was bad with words.
Lena leaned forward and gently hugged Bete, it was very different from her usual, perverted hugs.
"I promise you to become strong, strong enough to stand at your side."
"Lena..."
She smiled up to him. "So wait for me, yeah? And don´t be too worried, I will do anything possible so that nothing happens to me, so that you won´t lose another one."
"Whatever you´re talking about."
Lena smiled even more when she felt his left hand for a moment on her back.
"Bete?"
"Mh?"
"You know, I really, really want to have your children one day."
"There you go again..."
"And to become your bride, to become your family."
"I´m going home now."
"Hehe~~"
Lena went into the Mansion, grinning happily.
He didn´t say no this time!
She knew she still had a long way ahead of her, but Lena wouldn´t give up. And she hoped that her presence would give Bete a bit ease for his always worried heart.
Because Lena knew how vulnerable Bete actually was.
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Just like days ago, Bell, Haruhime and Lefiya would end up falling asleep in each others arms on his bed again, but this time they were wearing their pyjamas. This time Haruhime was in the middle, getting hugged from two sides.
Before they went to sleep, Haruhime had gently combed Lefiya´s hair, even when it was short now, while Bell had started with the first of Haruhime´s tails. When Haruhime was done with Lefiya´s hair, Lefiya joined Bell and together they combed all of Haruhime´s tails and her hair.
"Hah, you two are sent by the god.~~~"
"Does it feel good?" Lefiya smiled.
"Very much.~~"
Bell smiled. "And I bet it saves a lot of time."
"Oh yes, taking care of one tail was fine...but five..."
"What if you get even more?"
"I hope there is an end to the number one day...they get really heavy when they´re wet."
Snuggling up afterwards to each other felt like the most natural thing to do, it was a nice way to sleep.
These pleasant, loving hugs gave her some strange dreams...
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Haruhime could only blink to the sky, it was filled with stormclouds. For some reason she couldn´t move, her body felt numb.
A very beautiful woman that looked surprisingly similar to her suddenly came into her field of view, fell onto her knees next to her, she cried.
"*****! *****! My dear!"
Haruhime smiled weakly. "Mother..."
"*****! *Hic*"
"I´m sorry...mother...this is it...I think..."
"No! No, No, No! Please! *****!"
Haruhime moved her right hand up, it was stained with her own blood, she gently touched the cheek of the crying woman.
"I´m sorry...mother..."
"You don´t have to! You did so well...so well..."
Strong tears ran down the face of the woman and fell to the ground and onto Haruhime.
Why couldn´t she move? Why was there blood on her hand? Why did she feel so tired?
"Mother...I love you..."
"*****! My girl...my baby...my daughter...I love you so much..."
Haruhime felt that she smiled tired, then the scenery vanished.
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Another scene appeared, Haruhime walked through a beautiful garden, she held the hand of the woman, who was much, much taller than she was. Almost as if Haruhime was just a child.
"*******, do you like it here?"
"Yes, it´s really beautiful!"
"Hehe, I´m glad."
"Mother, is something wrong?"
"No, why would it? I´m happy to spend time with my beloved daughter."
"Hehe!~~"
The tall woman knelt down for a moment and lifted Haruhime up, now that she saw her face closer, Haruhime noticed how beautiful this woman was. And that her long, golden, fluffy ears looked different from her own...a bit too different for fox ears.
"Do you want to see all of the garden?"
"Yes!"
Haruhime felt her tails curling around the arms of the woman, which let her giggle.
.Another scene came...
Haruhime looked down to a stone plate, she knelt somewhere. When she raised her head she saw a far eastern temple building in front of her, the door of it just got opened.
The beautiful woman appeared again, she rushed out of the house, nearly ran towards Haruhime.
"You´re back! My dear! My child!"
"Eh? W-Wha-!"
Haruhime´s words got stopped when the woman fell to her knees in front of Haruhime and pulled her into a loving hug, just like a mother would.
Haruhime felt her tails wrap naturally around the arms of the woman.
She felt...as if she came home...to her mother.
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And a last scene.
Haruhime was very small again, like a child. She sat in the lap of the woman, who sat crosslegged in a wide gras field, beautiful blooming cherry trees were at the sides.
The woman gently stroked the small Haruhime´s head, Haruhime´s tails wrapped around the long one of the woman.
"Do you like it here, *******?"
"Yes, mother. I love it."
"Hehe, good.~~"
While the woman held her, she started to hum at first then she started to sing in a really beautiful voice.
"I promise you this, *******, I will always watch over you."
Haruhime looked up to the woman, she smiled down to her with her golden eyes...eyes that didn´t look like that of a human, her pupils looked different.
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Haruhime didn´t understand what these dreams meant, but she cried a bit in her sleep...the feeling of getting hugged by her two beloved and dreaming about the warm embrace of a mother made her really happy. As it always happened, her tails slightly wrapped around Bell and Lefiya.
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Miach had left the home of his familia in the very early morning, Astrea came together with Kaguya and Lyra to their home, so that his children could rest. All the gods in the city came to the emergency Denatus. Those who had children that knew how to fight accompanied the ones that didn´t have fighting children. Even when Evilus was now obliterated, they didn´t risk anything. So Artemis accompanied Hestia, while Freya took care of the depressed Demeter.
Loki led the Denatus for now.
"Alright everyone, ears up, this is serious stuff."
Loki started to explain about the assault on Knossos, but she didn´t give much details, only enough so that the gods could warn their children about the two extremely dangerous monsters that escaped into the dungeon.
"I got a few last informations last night, a few of my children actually saw the second monster that escaped into the dungeon."
The eyes of all gods went to Raul and Anakitty. Normally Raul would be very nervous...well he was...but he had Anakitty at his side now!
So he made a step forward. When he would tell the gods about it, they would feel that he spoke the truth.
"Our group went down to the part that collapsed, to see if any members of Evilus were down there. This was also the place where god Diyonisus fell down to."
Loki grinned.
"You mean where Astrea´s cutie elf kicked him down to after letting his junk explode with her kick."
"Ahm...yes."
Loki winked to Demeter, the depressed goddess looked a bit better when she heard that Diyonisus suffered like that.
"We heard something moving and someone scream. When we arrived at that place we saw the monster. It was a bit taller than a minotaur, but more massive even, the whole body was covered in black scales, horns were on it´s head. It looked a bit like a cross between a black dragon and a minotaur, one of the claws had extremely long talons, as if it wore a talon gauntlet. The talons were bloody and when it turned around to us, we saw...ahm..."
Anakitty stepped forward and stopped next to Raul. "We saw a twitching arm hanging out of the maw of the monster, as well as blond hair. The clothes on the arm were the same that god Diyonsus wore. The monster slurped the arm inside it´s maw, crushed it, swallowed and then spat out a bundle of clothes, all of them the same as god Diyonisus wore. Then it turned around and ran away from us."
The goddess Freya smiled slightly amused for some reason.
"So it is safe to say, that this monster devoured Diyonisus?"
Raul nodded. "We think so."
Most of the gods were shocked, while he was the evil culprit of everything and had planned to basically destroy the lower world, it shocked them that he didn´t return to heaven.
Then...Demeter started to laugh, loud. While she still cried.
"Serves him right! That bastard! I hope he suffers for eternity! Because of him my beloved children died! Persephone will need a new leg, an arm and a hand because of him!"
More tears streamed down Demeter´s face. All of Diyonisus´ suffering wouldn´t bring her children back...but at least their deaths were avenged in a way. It was probably the first time that a goddess was thankful to a monster.
Hestia and Freya gently hugged Demeter from both sides, letting her cry her heart out.
Hermes looked as shocked as the others. "So with that, Evilus is destroyed?"
Loki nodded. "While two monsters escaped into the dungeon, we took care of the rest, my children work together with Ganesha´s to cleanse this fake dungeon in case even one monster is still inside, then we will seal it."
"What did Ouranos say?"
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I agree.
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The others gods thanked Loki especially for all the work her familia had done. The Denatus still went on for a long time.
Afterwards, the leaders of the four great familias had a serious talk with each other.
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And while the gods were at the Denatus, the Miach and Takemikazuchi familias, as well as Welf and Lefiya had breakfast. Lefiya really liked this big Mansion, loved to spend time with Bell and Haruhime.
When they started to clean up the table, Lily looked to Bell.
"Oh Bell, before I forget it, a letter came for you."
"Oh?"
"Over there on the table."
"Thank you, Lily."
He went to open the letter, there was only one person that wrote him letters.
About two minutes later.
"EH?!"
The others looked at him when he yelled out.
"Bell?"
"What´s wrong."
He looked up.
"It´s a letter from my grandfather, he would really like to meet you all."
His eyes wandered to Lefiya and Haruhime. "Especially you two."
""Your grandfather?""
Haruhime´s ears perked up. "Kon!"
She made this noise pretty often when she got surprised or rememberred something important.
"Bell, you wanted to explain everything to me about your grandfather, but I forgot about it."
Lefiya looked confused. "You know his grandfather?"
Haruhime shook her head. "Only his name. Bell, what will you do?"
He smiled wryly and scratched his cheek. "I would really love to introduce you all to him."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "So will he come to Orario?"
Bell shook his head. "He is banished from Orario."
"Was he a criminal?"
"Not as far as I...ahm...well he did a few things that weren´t allowed...got punished many times...even by my Mom...well, especially by my Mom."
"Oh?"
Haruhime smiled slightly. "Bell, you should probably tell them who your grandfather is. I also would like an explanation how this all happened."
When Bell told them the name of his grandfather, more than one of them yelled out in surprise.
On this morning Bell finally revealed to them who he was, how it came to be that Zeus was his grandfather, who his mother and father had been and why Alfia was his Mom.
Luan´s eyes sparkled. "So that´s why you have these really old books that no one else has! God Zeus must´ve seen these events! Oh I would love to meet him! I have to ask him about the saint!"
"Oh, Oh, Oh! Is that why you´re so good with lightning and thunder, boss?! I mean you´re god Zeus´ grandson!" Lena looked excited.
"Ahm, maybe?"
Lily looked a bit concerned. "We can´t let this information get out, the Loki and Freya familias would probably hunt you down, Bell."
"I am aware of that."
She looked like she was in thoughts. "Bell?"
"Yes?"
"Lady Alfia belongs to the Hera familia...is she...the "Silence"?"
"You heard about that?"
"Lily did. In the past Lily got told that nearly every member of the Hera familia was confirmed dead, with one exception. No one knew how she looked, only that her name was "Silence". But since she belonged to the Hera familia..."
"Please keep this a secret you all, my Mom has enough troubles."
"So that´s why the Astrea familia caught her."
He nodded.
Bell noticed that Lefiya looked extremely surprised.
"Lefiya?"
"Hah...why does it even surprise me when it comes to you?" She smiled.
"I would like to meet your family, Bell. But are the rumors about god Zeus true?"
"Which one do you mean?"
"You know..about his tendencies to...I mean about women..."
"I...can´t defend Grandpa on this..."
"Then be warned...I will slap him if he does anything inappropriate to any of the women here."
"I understand that."
"But...I have to inform my familia first before leaving. That could cause problems..."
"Lady Astrea already knows everything."
"She does?!"
"Yes, she promised to keep it a secret until we speak about it."
"Oh, that makes it easier I guess. Oh man..."
Lefiya sighed.
"What´s wrong?"
"I can already see the captain, Lyra and Kaguya tease me about this...that I got myself a really unique and strong man...hah..."
Haruhime chuckled slightly. "It was a shock for me too to hear it. But I didn´t get an explanation so far."
Bell´s eyes wandered to the others.
"Bell."
"Welf?"
"Does Lady Hephaistos know about this?"
He nodded. "My Mom told her when she visited her."
"Lady Alfia visited her? Why?"
"My sword."
"Oh, hm, gonna ask her about it."
Mikoto looked extremely excited. "The great god Zeus? Leader of the familia with the strongest of all warriors?!"
Bell smiled wryly. "Well technically that was Lady Hera."
"And she is your grandmother?!"
"I never met her...and I wouldn´t dare to call her that. My grandfather told me that this could be my end."
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In the end, everyone agreed, they talked to their gods later, Miach and Takemikazuchi agreed to take a small vacation, so Bell wrote a letter back to Zeus.
The Astrea familia on the other hand was a small problem.
"Whaaaaaaaaat?! You´re the last captain of the Zeus familia?! Holy Moly!"
"I wasn´t the captain..."
"You were the last member, that makes you the former captain! Damn! Lady Astrea you really should´ve taken him."
Lyra raised her hand. "Bell!"
"Yes?"
"Marry me! I´m sure you have tons of money when you´re from that familia and surely you wouldn´t mind a beautiful pallum like me, right?!"
Before Bell could answer, Haruhime pushed her ears flat onto her head, her tails went stiff and she growled slightly. Lefiya looked very upset too, glaring at Lyra, her ears twitched agitated.
Alise grinned. "Hehe, Lyra, you incur the wrath of Lefi and Haruhime."
"Ah...the poor me...I will always remain poor..."
Then Bell heard a slight hiss, from Filvis.
The black haired elf pulled Lefiya close to her and glared at Bell.
"I knew it! You´re from that familia?! This is because you´re a natural womanizer! I can never give my adorable little sister to someone like you!"
Lefiya tried to break free, but Filvis was a whole level above her.
"Filvis it´s not like that! I love him!"
"Aaah! These words! These damned words! He charmed you! I can see that! That filthy human!"
Suddenly, a shadow towered over Filvis from behind.
"What did you call my beloved son just now?"
"Eek!"
Filvis tried to hide behind Lefiya, then she startled because that brought her closer to Bell. She was a bit troubled after all that happened in Knossos.
"Lady Alfia, please forgive Filvis, she didn´t mean it that way."
The rest of the Astrea familia were amazed by Lefiya´s bravery, she didn´t back down one bit or was scared, dealing with Alfia´s intense glare. They all got used to the strange sight of Alfia walking around with closed eyes all the time, but when she opened her eyes to glare at someone...it was truly frightening.
Alise leaned closer to Astrea. "Lady Astrea, do you think Lefi´s and Haruhime´s children will also have such eyes?"
"Maybe, let´s hope they will have a lot so that we can see that."
Alfia slowly turned her face to Alise and Astrea. But Alise was basically immune to fear and Astrea looked way too much forward to see cute children running around.
As expected, Alise was out of her mind when she heard it. The others were surprised and excited too.
"Oh, Oh, Oh! Lady Astrea! Can´t we go with them?! A small vacation for the f-"
"No."
"But w-"
"I said no, Alise."
"Mouh..."
"We have planned a trip to Melen already, also we have to take care of Aura. And...I won´t allow any of you except for Lefiya to get near Zeus."
Alfia nodded. "A wise choice."
Kaguya looked a bit disappointed. "Shame, I´m sure God Zeus is impressive."
Alfia rolled her eyes slightly. "An impressive pervert."
Ryu looked at Astrea. "Lady Astrea, why won´t you allow us to go near Lord Zeus?"
Astrea looked from Lyra, to Kaguya, over all of her girls that didn´t have a partner.
"Zeus is the number one womanizer in heaven and on earth. I can´t allow any of you that doesn´t have a partner to get close to him. He is...too charming for all of you."
Alfia nodded again, agreeing with the goddess.
"But he surely wouldn´t try to...flirt with us?"
Astrea shook her head. "For Zeus this is like breathing."
"Oh..."
Alise put her arm around Ryu´s shoulders. "Don´t worry, I´ll protect you, Lion!"
"Thanks..."
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So in the end, Astrea agreed to let Lefiya go outside of Orario, now they only had to talk to the guild.
And Filvis demanded Bell´s oath that he would absolutely protect Lefiya at all cost!
Bell sent a reply letter and agreed to Zeus´ planned day, so they would meet in a week.
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While Bell, Haruhime and Lefiya were at the Stardust Garden, Lily got visited by someone she didn´t expect to ever see again.
It was an old couple that ran a flower shop.
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Ais Wallenstein wouldn´t wake up for three days.
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While Bell prepared for the trip, he stood inside his room, holding the sword of Albert Waldstein in his hands, still sheathed. He had never dared to draw and use it, it was one of the most famous swords after all.
But Alfia had scolded him for that, he should aim to get stronger and use the weapon he had. Bell wanted to improve...especially his hero style.
And he got always inspired by Argonaut, who used two swords.
"Hm...maybe..."
Bell closed his hands around the hilt of the sword and started to draw it, he heard a light whisper in the air, but continued to unsheath the sword.
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In the moment that the sword completely left the hilt, Ais Wallenstein woke up.
Riveria saw how her eyes opened, tears streamed over Ais´ cheeks.
"Papa..."
