As I woke up all I could think of was how comfortably I was at the moment. Though I don't ever remember getting a body pillow, I gotta admit it was by far the best investment I've ever made. I give the body pillow a light squeeze as I move into a more comfortable position. and think 'I don't know why the pillow is heated, but for some reason I like this thing's warmth?'
"Mmmph 5 more minutes" I hear a voice asking for more sleep and I couldn't agree more and so I fall back asleep. With my head resting into the nape of my forest scented "body pillow".
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*THUD* *THUD*
I woke up back up to the sound of my door loudly getting knocked on. "hey you two love birds I made breakfast, don't spend all day enjoying each other, hehe" It seems that Freyr had come to wake Sadari and I up. And then the events of yesterday cycle through my head and I abruptly open my eyes to see bright purple also start to flutter open.
"Good morning Sadari" I say naturally
"Good morning to you too Kanin" Sadari also said in monotone.
We both look at each other for a moment then start giggling in each other's arms. We both have started to accept our new relationship and got more comfortable about it yesterday. So luckily I didn't become one of those story characters that couldn't even handle the touch of the other sex.
Although we've never slept in the same bed together before, Sadari and I trust each other enough to not go too far. The only reason why she was so skittish last night when asking to sleep was due to the implications that it normally carries with it.
I hesitate for a bit, but then I lean in and give her a light peck on the lips. And pull back to see her light smile turn into a radiant one. "Thanks!" I chuckle and roll backwards out of bed. My feet land on the floor and I start a little morning stretch. I am doing this to loosen up my sore muscles from yesterday, but I'm mostly doing it to tease the elf who's currently staring at me from the bed. This wasn't the first time she's seen me near naked nor do I think it will be the last.
I look over at the mirror to my left and a little confused, I feel like I… got shorter? Walking over to the mirror I noticed that I wasn't shorter but my body seemed more defined making me look a little less lengthy and more well built, although the change is minimal. I had only noticed when taking a long look in the mirror.
I also notice a few more changes, most importantly I notice my eyes have also changed. My eyes used to be a light blue, but now they seem a bit glossier and reflective, almost like a frozen lake.
Next I look at my face and notice it's a lot smoother than before with the only blemish being a J shaped scar above my right eye. I had gotten it my first time down in the dungeon, I kept it as a reminder to not be over confident in myself no matter how easy the opponent seems. It doesn't matter how corny the reason, as long as it keeps me alive I will do anything it takes.
I notice something else and look at my hair. I notice some locks of my hair have also turned a shimmering light blue. I now look like I had plucked some icicles and stuck them in my hair.
Ok yeah I need to talk to Freyr about all this shit. I sigh and walk over to my dresser and pull out a fresh pair of light clothes. I look over and ask Sadari, "What are you gonna do today? Magnus and Jess said they were taking time off from the dungeon and I gotta go talk to Freyr."
" I'll probably go and wander around," She replies in a thoughtful tone
"And by 'wander around' you mean run full speed bobbing and weaving through crowds until you get bored?" I ask dryly
"Yup!" she beamed back. The reason why her Agi and Dex stat were so high was she constantly used the people on the street as training dummies and sprint in and out of them until she got bored ,but the thing is, she never seemed to get bored of it.
" 'ight just be back at about…" I looked at the clock and saw it was 8:08, " ehhh 10:30, I wanna do some sparring after my status update to get use to the slight change." I say while heading to my bathroom to shower and get ready for the day.
"Okie dokie!" I smile slightly at the always bubbly elf and go get ready for the day.
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I walk into Freyr's room after grabbing a bit of food
"What brought you here?" Freyr asked without looking up from his paper.
"So a lot of weird stuff has been happening to me and I don't even know where to start." I put the best I can
"Yes Sadari really surprised me with that confession to." he chuckled
"No,no that's not what I'm here about, I mean really strange things." I try to add some seriousness to my tone.
"Oh? Do tell then." Freyr says while putting his paper aside
"Yeah, but can I get an update first though? it 's been a week or two" I ask wanting to get this done before I tell him
"Sure, bring a chair over then." he stood up as I did what he said.
Walking over with a chair in tow, I turn it around and sit on it backwards with my front facing the backrest of the chair and my back facing Freyr. While I'm taking off my shirt to free my back, I hear him open the table drawer, most likely taking out a needle to draw some of his blood. He pulls another chair over and sits behind my back, I soon feel a drop of blood hit my back, along with a slight tingling in my back
We don't speak for the few minutes it takes him to update my status. 'This is taking longer than normal I muse to myself'. I finally hear him speak," your able to level up" he says as if it's no big deal.
My mind nearly blanks and I almost stand up in glee but a soft hand on my shoulder calms me down. "I don't suggest you do it though" He says with a little amusement in his voice," you should get more stats on your basic abilities first. Leveling up now would only hurt your future development." As I calm down I realize he's right and nod my head. "Good now as expected you also got a good boost in your stats and there is something else we should discuss."
Before I can even open my mouth I hear him say" You got a new magic and a new skill" and again I hear fireworks explode in my mind, only to be brought back once more by a soft hand on my shoulder. I feel cold water go down my back as I hear him say in a serious voice," and we need to talk about it."
I feel Freyr put a piece of paper on my back to copy my status on it. After that is done he pulls the paper off my back and at the same time Freyr walks over to his desk and sits in his chair. I hurriedly put my shirt back on.
With my shirt on I put the two chairs back that Freyr and I used and then I walk over to Freyr's desk which now has my status sheet on it. And of course I try to read it. But Freyr's hand gets in the way right before I can. I look up at him with my eyes clearly asking" what now". He chuckled lightly before saying "just read it all first before asking any questions, alright?"
"Yeah, Yeah I get it now move your dainty little hand", he quirked an eyebrow, then he did just that. Moved his hand.
Name: Kanin Yuki
Age:16
Level 1*
Str 589D-637C
End 571D-620C
Dex 477E-517D
Agi 505D-548D
Mag 0I-0I
Development abilities
Magic
Blizzard(new)
Chant- White Out
Effect Summons a blizzard around the caster. The caster can control how big or small the blizzard is. Mind usage will exponentially increase based on how large and dense the spell is.
Skill
The Child of Winter(new)
Effect- the colder the surroundings the more powerful you become, you are also able to move on ice with increased proficiency.
I've always loved Winter, whether it be the snowflakes falling on my head, the sound of the snow crunching under my feet or by breath rapidly cooling in front of my face, I have always enjoyed the white wonder land that was winter. I've never felt uncomfortable in the cold, as it has always brought me calmness and tranquility. In fact the best moments of my life have always happened in the ice covered world of winter. So it is no wonder my first skill and spell are related to the cold.
I have never liked the heat, whether it be the warmth of summer or the heat of summer, I've always disliked heat. In fact the only time I remember liking heat was the warmth Sadari provided me . And that fact made the corners of my lips slightly turn up even more than they already were.
Looking at my stats I was surprised again as it has only been 12 days since my last update and I got a very large boost to my stats. About 45 in each is incredible considering how high my current stats are. But thinking of the Lygerfang and my constant training, maybe it wasn't too far-fetched.
" Kanin, when I was looking through your falna I think I saw what you wanted to talk about. And you should look at the skill name a little bit more seriously." I form and look back down at the status paper.
-The Child of Winter(new)
Effect- the colder the surroundings the more powerful you become, you are also able to move on ice with increased proficiency.
"The Child of Winter?" I ask a little confused, "isn't it just because I like the cold so much?"
"No, it's more like you like the cold because of that." Freyr reiterates.
"That doesn't make sense, I have always liked the cold. Even before I had gotten a falna much less this skill." I state without a shred of doubt.
Freyr then walks over to one of the cabinets on the side of the room and looks around in it. "Mmm there it is." He then pulled out a fancy looking spirit and two drinking glasses. He pours a decent amount into both glasses and puts the bottle away
"Well ya see, I think that the "skill" you just got was not obtained but more like a seal that was placed on it was broken and it revealed itself." he says calmly while handing me one of the glasses.
"The hell does that mean? How can someone have a skill without a falna and what seal?" I ask with genuine confusion laced in my tone.
"What I'm trying to get at, Kanin is your bloodline, or given how pure it is, more like your parents." he says as if that answers all my question when in fact it just made even more.
"My bloodline? I'm just an orphan, I was left at the orphanage as a baby."
"Yeah…" he swirls his glass then takes a big sip of it. "How much do you know about the Great Spirits?"
"The ones from the fairy tales?" I ask at the abrupt change in topic.
"Oh no, they are very much real, in fact one of them, The Great of Winter Skaði is your mother." What?
"I'm sorry what? Are you pulling my leg?" I asked.
"Nope" he replied with a pop of the "p". And another swig of his drink.
" W-What you're actually serious about this." and all I get in response is dead fish eyes that tell me he's just as confused as I am.
" I thought the spirits couldn't have children."
" Ah yeah that… Well there was one other case of a spirit having a child-"
"Aria" I quickly butt in " with the mercenary king, right? But their kid just disappeared. Well in the stories." I mumble out the last part
"Yeah those two had a kid, but I don't know how and also yeah the kid disappeared too, along with her mother while her father was killed." He answers
"Wait, what I never read about that?"
"Yeah the mortals wanted to remember Albert as someone amazing, not someone who was indirectly responsible for his and his family's death. But that story is for another time." He forcefully dragged the conversation back on track.
" So… My mother is the Great Spirit of Winter?" I ask, not really believing him.
"Yeah and that woman who was talking to you when everything slowed down was also your mother. Also your new body changes are a result of your sealed bloodline breaking free a little. But that's all I really know, It's not like I got a step by step of everything just bits and pieces. I'm trying to make sense of myself." It seems Freyr is also trying to figure things out.
I look at the untouched drink in my hand and close my eyes,"*cough* *cough* *cough* oh my gods that i fucking strong, ughh-*cough*-hhh" I had downed the whole glass at once.
"Oh yeah, one more thing. I can feel a connection between your falna and Sadari's. I don't know how in Tenkai you two managed to do something like that, nor do I know what that will cause, so be careful." He added in as if nothing important, a little tid-bit at the end.
"Sadari's falna is connected with mine?" I ask, running out of surprise.
"I felt something had changed last night but I brushed it off as I didn't really notice anything big, but when I was updating your falna, I could feel the connection much more easily. Oh and also it felt like you were gaining excelia while I was updating your falna. I don't know, a wild guess, maybe you also gain a part of Sadari's whenever she does." and wow was his guess really something scary.
"Am I stealing Sadari's excelia?" I ask with a little dread creeping in my voice. If I was robbing Sadari of her excelia I would immediately find a way to fix it no matter the cost.
"I don't think so, I feel like you just also gain excelia whenever she does. And knowing the little twerp, I'm pretty sure she is currently running through the streets like she normally is, you also feel like you were gaining mostly Agi and Dex, of course it wasn't worth a point but enough drops can fill an ocean."
It seemed like I didn't have to worry about stealing away Sadari's hard work but how did this happen?
" When Sadari comes back can you go and do some training? I wanna see if it goes both ways, or if only you get extra excelia." He makes his request and leans back into his chair, seeming not wanting to talk any longer.
"Now get out, anymore mind fucks from you and I'm gonna have to take a nap to recover brain power." He says while pointing at the door. At this point I'm not even reacting to his completely different manner of speech.
I smirk a little and ask," Ya sure? I'm sure I can push you that extra little bit."
He shoots me a glare, "Out!"
—
I wander through the mansion in a bit of a daze. 'My mother is the Great Spirit of winter… How is that even possible, and why did she leave me at the orphanage.' I never blamed my parents for putting me in the orphanage nor do I blame my mother now, I am just curious as to why she did so.
I stop my thoughts as I find I am in front of the door to the backyard, aka the training grounds. 'Freyr never said when I should start training, just that I should be training when Sadari gets back.' I walk over to the weapon rack and find two shorts of average size for me, which makes them fairly big for normal short swords.
I then thought about the magic I had just gotten and the skill that seemed to complement it perfectly. But first I want to see how powerful I am with my new stats, before I use my magic and see how much stronger I will get.
I move towards the right side, which holds the dummies and equipment for level 1 and two adventures and find a dummy that is made for a high lvl one. I look at all the scratches on the breastplate of the dummy and put on a melancholic smile at the thought of all the former adventures of this famila that were killed in the dungeon.
I stand with my feet slightly wider than my shoulders and my left foot about 35 cm in front of my right. I hold both swords on my right and slightly up ,then, *Slash* I twist my hips moderately and rip my arms and shoulder down and to the left. Although it wasn't my hardest possible swing, I don't like to practice throwing myself off balance. One of the level two from the Familia once told me that, "If you practice lazily and incorrectly then you will by reflex make those same mistakes when it actually matters."
*D-Ding* I hear and see both the swords connect against the dummy at almost the same time and feel my hands vibrate as the metal of the sword connects with the metal of the dummy. I then slide my left foot back, lower my body and turn my wrists around to re-align my swords. *Ding* I explode back up while swinging the swords left this time and they both connect at once this time.*Ding *D–Ding* D-Ding* *Ding* *Ding*. I keep going at the dummy for a few minutes straight. I start to feel my arms and hands getting a little tired so I stop.
I looked at the dummy to see if I did any damage. I'm not expecting much as This dummy is meant for those with around 700 in strength to actually leave some marks. But to my surprise I have left a few noticeable and decent new scratches in the dummy. I didn't expect this as even after the update my strength was only at 637C. I then remember the exact wording of my skill.
-The Child of Winter
Effect- the colder the surroundings the more powerful you become, you are also able to move on ice with increased proficiency.
I don't necessarily have to be using my magic, my surroundings just have to be cold, and luckily for me it's getting pretty late into fall so the air is pretty chilly. This is an incredibly useful ability, because I will just get a natural increase in power whenever winter starts coming around.
The next thing I'm about to do makes me pretty excited, after all it's the first time I'm going to use magic. I steady my racing heart and take a deep breath "*Fuwww* White Out, Blizzard" *Swoosh* Instantly around me snow starts billowing and dancing around my body. The feeling of the sub-zero snowflakes hitting my skin, the feeling of the frozen air entering my lungs, the feeling of the ground beneath my feet slowly starting to freeze solid.
"Hehehe" I let out a giddy little laugh as I felt a refreshing strength in every part of my body. The blizzard grows from around 4m around me to 5m as I subconsciously wish for more of this feeling. Despite the blizzard raging around me and obstructing my body I can see clearly though the storm with zero reduction.
I realized that the blizzard had grown too big and not wanting to run out of mind power I tried to command the blizzard to shrink. And it does just that it then shrunk from 5m to about 2.5m. I can feel the slight decrease in my strength as the snow storm is far weaker now, not able to cool the surrounding nearly as much.
I then stand in front of the training dummy to start another round. I want to know how much stronger that my magic will make me, then after I'm done you can bet your ass I'm going to play around with it until I'm on the brink of a mind down.
After a round of testing I look at the dummy and am pleasantly surprised to see actually gashes in it. Unlike before where the little dinks I made are barely noticeable, these ones have some actual depth and length to them. With this strength I might have actually been able to hurt the Lygerfang. But only able to hurt it, not enough to do actual debilitating damage to the level two monster.
I think for a second before a grin cracks my face. 'I wonder how strong I will get If I make the blizzard as strong as I possibly can for 5 seconds.' I get ready for a quick and powerful burst, I set my feet and start counting '3…2…1…Now!' *Wawooosh!* The blizzard rapidly thickens and expands simultaneously. And at the same time I feel as though my strength has increased considerably. Although I do notice that my speed doesn't increase nearly as much *DANG* * D-DANG* *DANG* my swords start to really bite into the dummy and for the final swing I can manage in the small amount of time I have. I put both arms directly overhead and swing down hard. *Slice*.
The blizzard rapidly dies down and I let go of my right sword, to hold my forehead as it had started pounding. "Ugh that feels awful." I look back up to check my swords. I noticed that they had both been lodged into the dummy. I try to yank them out and have to put in serious effort until I finally get them unstuck. The blade held up just fine as these blades could even handle lvl 3's, they just aren't very sharp so they aren't dungeon weapons.
I still have a good amount of mind left, but I had gotten a headache from using so much mind power in a short burst. The reason why powerful spells are so long to chant, is so the mage can have time to build up all the mind power. If Riveria could theoretically use Rea Levitation instantly, she would first not be able to output it's full power and second immediately pass out due to excess brain damage.
Looking over the dummies I can see that I had done serious damage to the plating on the dummy. The dummy of course didn't get cut in half or anything ridiculous like that, but I am incredibly happy with the power I had managed to output in that short amount of time. I will have to seriously raise my Mag stat in order to increase the amount of mind I have in total and how much I can output at once.
I hear something behind me so I quickly turn around, but I don't see anything. That is until I notice something golden below my line of sight. I look down to see a golden haired little girl no older than 7 in a white simple dress staring right back at me. Her eyes were a little teary like she had been lied to.
" That felt like Mother's magic. Where is Mother?!" I see her tear up even more. She was the girl from the guild, the one that I said I would go to the dungeon with. And I realize I never got her name.
"Hey, hey,hey why are you crying?" I crouch down to eye level with her. I didn't think of how or why she's here, first I need to get her to stop crying.
" WHERE IS MOTHER!" she shouts as the air around her seems to also get agitated. I notice the phenomenon but I don't comment on it, I just focus on the crying little girl
I try my best to stay calm," I don't know where your mother is. Why do you think I know?"
"Y-you used mother's magic, no that was too cold to be mother's. Why does your magic feel like mothers winds?!" She points an adorable glare at me and I have to hold back from pinching her puffed out cheeks.
"Mother's winds? Is your mother a wind mage? I try to guide her away from asking about where her mother is again as that won't get anywhere.
"No, Mother is a spirit." oh she's a spirit, so sh-, wait a damn second.
"A spirit?" I copy
"Yes Mother is a spirit so why does your magic feel like her winds." She comes back to the start and demands again.
Oh gods I don't think she's lying either. " Hey, what's your name?"
"If I tell you, will you answer my question too?" she snaps back.
"Sure I'll first, If your mother is really a spirit then, then we have that in common. I seem to have inherited some of my mothers magic. So it might seem like I was using spirit magic as I kinda was." I didn't just go off my rocker and tell a kid I didn't even know the name of this for no reason.
I felt a bond with this girl, especially when she had unconsciously affected the air, like a bond of a family member. Although I never had a family, it just seemed to be on an instinctual level. That is also the reason why I believed her mother was a spirit so easily. And I believe she felt the same, she had said my magic felt like her mother's, so she probably just irrationally trusted someone who reminded her of her mother.
"Your Mother is also a spirit?!" She asked unsurely.
"Yeah though I just found out today, so what's your name, little gold?" I shrug off her question.
"My name is Aiz Valdstein not 'little gold', though Loki wants me to start calling myself Wallenstein instead. She said it's for protection but I don't like it." Valdstein, As in the fucking mercenary king? Wait, her mother is a wind spirit, like i don't know, the Great Spirit of wind.
"Do you know your mama's and papa's names?" I ask while dreading the answer I've already come to accept as fact.
" Mother's name is Aria and Father's name was Albert." I see her mood plummet even further as she mentions her father. And from talking with Freyr I now know why. But seriously how the fuck is this girl, who was supposed to have been born a 1000 years ago, be here.
I gently pull the now sobbing girl into my embrace as she remembers her late father and missing mother. I don't know if I should tell Freyr about this. This whole situation won't appear in my falna as it isn't related to my growth. So, should I go ask Goddess Loki as she seems to know about little Aiz's background, but how am I going to meet with Loki? I am so fucking confused right now!
We sat there for a few minutes. I look at the clock, 'hmm got a little more than another half an hour before Sadari comes back. Aiz seemed to have stopped crying but she was still clinging to my shirt as I hugged her. "Hey Aiz, why did you come here?" she had probably been out front, but felt my magic and thought by some miracle, it was her mother and ran here.
"You said you'd take me to the dungeon. So I came, to go to the dungeon." She looked at me as if daring me to say no.
"Huh but you just became an adventurer yesterday? Shouldn't your familia be making you learn about the dungeon and proper fighting?" I question her.
She starts shaking her head in opposition. "I don't wanna, I don't wanna, Riveria tied a metal ball to my leg and tossed me in the lake and said it was learning to swim. I don't ever wanna learn ever again! No way, never!"
Wow, that's brutal, I kinda agree with Ais here, screw that. "Ok, sure I'll take you to the dungeon, but I have a few things to do first. I'll be open to go in a little bit, after my partner gets back ok, ok?"
She pouts and stares at me. "Fine but I want Jyaga Maru Kun!" she puffs up her chest as if she's made the best trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever.
"Haha ok let's go get some really quick then. You got a place in mind or is anywhere good?" I can't help but want to dote on this little sister figure that just barged into my life and made herself comfortable.
Her eyes practically start to shine." The Jyaga Maru Kun on Slaverster street is the best ever! I want two, no three orders of the cream filled ones!"
"How about this? I get you one now and I'll get you one later." I compromise.
"Fine but we're going right now!" she says as she takes off towards the door.
'What is it with these girls and them running everywhere?' I do a half hearted jog over to the weapon rack and put the short-swords away. But I make sure to keep my back up knife on my belt, after all Evilus has been relentless since Zeus and Freyr were kicked out. I see little Aiz standing at the door of the mansion and tapping her little feet, in a fit of annoyance.
"Alright alright I'm coming little squirt." I saw while walking over to her.
"Well come faster and I'm not little squirt! I'm Aiz!" she shouts in indignation. And starts the stomp away.
'Ah! She's so cute! Although something tells me this airheadedness won't go away when she's older.
I caught up to the little bundle of gold and started to walk with her to the Jyaga Maru Kun stand she wanted to go to. Along the way Aiz seemed to revert to her expressionless mask, she never looked around or reacted to anything. She seemed to be back to her doll-self when I had met her at the guild. I hope she can not be so burdened by her past, but that will have to be one step at a time seeing how she broke down bawling at just the mention of her father.
Walking for a bit longer Aiz suddenly takes a sharp left off the main northern road. And after a few more turns we are now on a smaller street that has lines and lines of…Jyaga Maru Kun stalls. She didn't want to go to her favorite stall, no she wanted ALL of the stalls. There had to be at least 50 stalls I could see. Each one has their own unique design and flavors. But this didn't seem to deter little Aiz at all. No, she seemed to relish in it.
Aiz rapidly makes her way towards one with a more exotic design. There is a long list of the available flavors and most of which seem extremely appetizing. Seeing the options I start to want one myself.
In the end I had gotten myself one and one for my now contented golden tag-along. I had gotten a flavor that was called loaded baked potato and I was not disappointed. 9/10 would definitely recommend. Aiz seemed to be taking tiny little happy nibbles out of hers. She had gotten a flavor called cream puffs. It seemed as this wasn't her first time either as many of the stall owners called out to the stoic faced little girl.
As we were walking out of the side streets, both of us munching on potato snacks, I saw a girl zooming in and out of the crowd heading towards the familia mansion. I see her light green waist long green hair twisting and turning along with her. I let out a grin and looked toward the golden girl munching on her snack.
" Seems my partner is back, after a little bit we can go to the dungeon!" I say down to my little sick-kick.
"Hmm" she hums back in what I assume to be an acceptance.
—
Freyr walks out of the room with an exasperated face and looks at me defeatedly. "And sure enough, it goes both ways, while you were out there training I could feel the same thing. And who was that little kid from earlier?."
" I'll tell you about her later, if I keep her waiting, she might just try to tear me apart." I answer back with a wry smile.
Sadari walks out and also asks, "Why is she here though?"
"Taking her to the dungeon, wanna go? Probably only floor 1 and 2 because she is still fresh 1." I answer my partner in crime.
"Oy you saying that little kid has a falna?!" Freyr shouts in worry.
"Yeah, but don't worry, I'll take care of her." I say confidently.
"Sure I'll come along, after all goblins might be too much for you, hehe." Sadari sticks out her tongue at me.
"Sure, sure, well then get ready really quick , I'll go get some dungeon rations and stuff ready. I already got my equipment ready.
"Okayyyyy be down in a few." Sadari sings while skipping away. And I watch her go with a goofy grin on my face.
"Ahem" Freyr coughs to get my attention and hands me Sadari's status sheet.
Name: Sadari Rjos Alf
Age:17
Level 1*
Str 445E-481E
End 419E-443E
Dex 649C-698C
Agi 678C-729B
Mag 508D-542D
Development abilities
Magic
Arrow of lightning
- strike my enemies down and pierce their wretched unclean heart.
Skill
none
Looking at the status sheet And notice the " * " next to her level indicating she can also level up whenever she wants. But just like me she's waiting for her stats to increase. I smile a bit looking at all of our hard work in training and the dungeon paying off. And with this weird anomaly connecting our statuses we are going to grow even faster.
"Freyr I also want to talk more about what happened to our statuses when we come back so you can ask me about Aiz, the little girl then." I say and start walking downstairs without waiting for him to respond,, not out of disrespect but I am actually in a hurry.
I jog down to the first level to see the gold girl sitting in a chair with her knees curled up to her chest and sulking. "Hey Aiz you ready? I'm bringing someone else too."
Her head peaks up from her little ball and a little nod in confirmation.
"Do you have any gear with you?" I ask seeing her not have anything besides her dress. She freezes and looks down, and looks up with a lost expression breaking through her stoic mask.
"*Sigh* you can use one of my old swords then. It's not the best but it's good for a beginner. I bought that one from the low level area of Hephaestus' shop." I add while walking into the back and rummaging through the equipment 'till I find what I'm looking for. A 75cm long sword it's a little too long to be a short sword for me but for the girl that is only up to my lower ribs it might as well be a long sword for the girl. I pause as I see a different weapon in the bin that might suit her better.
I pulled out one of the weapons that our captain once used. It was a short sword even for her sub-160 cm height. It was light with a durable blade, making it good for blocking. But the blade did have some weight to it, giving it some much needed power when cutting. It was A silver blade with a red and gold guard and a black leather wrapped handle. ' yeah this will be good for little Aiz, though she won't be able to keep this, as it's made for a lvl 4 well lvl 3 at the time, but probably over a million vails in cost.
Walking back inside with the blade In my hand and my gear now on, well expect my chestplate as it had been mangled. I had left my stuff in the training room from when Sadari was getting a status update. I walk into the lounge where Aiz is still sitting, "here is a sword you can use for today but I need it back as it belongs to the Familia. We don't have any armor for you because the only pallum that was in our Familia was rather *cough* well-endowed."
Handing her the tiny sword that she easily grabbed and held it seemed to perfectly fit into her hand. Although it didn't have enough room for two hands, she seemed quite happy holding onto it. Seeing her looking intensely at the blade I walk into the kitchen, trusting her with it. After all, if she injured herself with the sword then I wouldn't allow her into the dungeon period.
Grabbing some meat, cheese, lettuce and some sauce I make some simple but filling sandwiches. And pack them into a little pouch in my bag along with a good amount of water, taking up about a half of my bag space, with another fourth being used for my potions. Although potions may seem excessive for floor one and two, the Lygerfang is a perfect example to never underestimate the dungeon.
After my bag is ready I walk back out into the lounge to see the bubbly Sadari trying and failing miserably to start a conversation with the flat faced golden girl.
"Alright, you two ready?" I ask the two as they turn towards me.
"As ready as ever!" came Sadari's eager shout.
"Hmm" came Aiz's resolute tiny nod.
"Then let's get going." I turn and start walking towards the door. It was time for Aiz's first time in the dungeon and Sadari's and I's return after the Lygerfang tragedy.
It was Aiz's turn to prove herself and our turn to reprove ourselves, that the dungeon won't break us, that we will continue to push on. Until the end. Together.
A/N
So I have an Idea but it's a 50/50 in my head, I'm thinking of adding another top power like Loki and Freya, A third top famila lead by Zorya, a virgin goddess. I want to do this so the top three balance each other so if one attacks another, the other two come together and beat down the offending party. and so Freya can't just charm everyone and win.
she'd be made up of mostly lots of lvl 5's at the moment with one lvl 6, but their captain would actually be a lvl 4 as she would have the best leadership shills out of them all. With the lvl 6 as the vice-captain to show their power.
I've thought about a few more of the smaller details of the Familia but I want to know if I should even add it in the first place before I do anymore with it.
I could also just make a different story that does involve them.
So should I add it or no?