Chapter 9
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'Where am I'
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She turns around and sees her father and mother holding hands smiling at each other
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She went over to be with them
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However he emerged
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The sky turned black
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She sees her father fighting against him
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She sees her mother holding her
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That's when she saw it
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Her father being penetrated by him
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5 months later
Ais instantly opened her eyes wide and jumped out of her bed getting her desperate. She unsheathes it and points it directly towards a wall. She was breathing heavy, sweating, and crying. She then knew what just happened and sheaths her sword back after she dropped down to her knees and curled up into a ball and started to silently cry on the floor.
If it weren't for her getting used to these dreams then maybe she would've woken up screaming instead of how she did. Luckily that didn't happen if not then she would've had to deal with her familia especially Riveria. Although she wouldn't mind if it were her.
Riveria is her 'mother' after all. She looks at the clock and sees it's morning. She sighs and takes a quick shower. While in the shower she couldn't help but feel pure hatred for the dragon. She wished she was stronger so that her mother didn't have to make her promise to not get revenge. Maybe just maybe, if she did listen to her then what would her life be? Normal? Same? Different?
She shakes those thoughts off and begins to dry herself and puts her dungeon gear on. Tomorrow is Monster Féria. Her least favorite event in Orario. So today she'll have to go beyond floor 18 if she wants to make progress. She needs to get stronger and she'll do whatever it takes to do it.
She was walking downstairs to the cafeteria already hearing the noisy familia as always. She sighs, she was walking in seeing them talk, play, and bet on stuff. She was happy that her familia isn't like her.
"Hey Aisss!! Come here!!" Tiona was waving at her and pointing her usual seat. Ais nods and goes to get her food. She then sits down besides Tiona and starts eating.
"So as I was saying that bastard tried to punch me just because I said his goddess was a slut!" Bete
"Bete" Riveria already starting to scold him
"What old hag" Bete already annoyed what was about to happen. Not only her but same goes with Riveria
"Are you really trying to start a familia war with them!" Riveria was now angry at Bete
"A familia war with Freya familia is something we have to avoid of. Especially right now." She said
"I know that already but still! Literally all we have to do is beat them and boom! We win!"
"Easier said than done" Tione sighs uninterested
"Besides Bete if we do win we'll have multiple casualties and we'll probably have to deal with Apollo after we win." Finn states making Bete scoff
"Apollo!" Bete then starts laughing. Apollo familia isn't a strongfamilia but their numbers are well high enough to be trouble. Their strongest adventurer is none other than their captain. A level 3. Hyakinthos, a stupid bastard who only cares about getting attention from his god. Almost like them.
"Ah come on. Can't we have a normal morning breakfast with you yappin" Gareth.
Bete just scoffles pushing his chair in then puts his hands in his pockets.
"Where are ya going?" Loki
"What the hell do you think? The dungeon" Bete then leaves it at that and heads out to the dungeon to let his frustration and anger out.
"Alrightyyyy!!! I got to go too bye!!" Tiona then waves goodbye at them as she goes to the dungeon as well. Not only her but her sister Tione sighs and bids them farewell after she asks Finn if there's ANYTHING he needed help with. Finn could only chuckle nervously and say no making her pout.
Finally it was Ais turn to leave but
"Um miss Ais" Lefiya. Lefiya has been a level 3 for two years now but still lacks confidence in herself. So today she asked Ais that maybe she would like to train with her.
"Yes" Ais
"I-is it ok if we train together?" Lefiya asks nervously. She thought that she would be a bother to Ais.
"Ok." Ais says plainly. She wants to go to the dungeon as fast as possible. So if taking Lefiya with her means she could go then she'll take it.
Riveria who was witnessing this could only sigh. She thought that Ais would at least reconsider the situation since it's Lefiya she's taking but sadly she didn't. She could only see an emotionless Ais and a happy Lefiya leave.
"Um miss Ais"
"Yes Lefiya?"
"Um.… is it ok that I can ask you a question?" Lefiya was nervous not because of being with Ais or the monsters in the dungeon, but because of the question she wanted to ask. Ais nods while continuing killing monsters along the way to floor 18.
Lefiya takes a deep breath and prepares for what's about to come.
"Why do you hate monsters so much?" Ais then stops walking and Lefiya as well. She was behind her so she couldn't tell what Ais expression was. Her hair was covering her face as well so that didn't help at all. Lefiya was slightly trembling but then
"Monsters are monsters. They make people cry and sad" Ais then walks back to her tracks and kills all the monsters along the way. Lefiya let out a sigh of relief. She was glad that she didn't make Ais angry or mad at her.
Riveria had told her including everyone else in the familia to never try to start a conversation with Ais about monsters on a personal level. None of them besides Finn, Riveria, Gareth, and Loki knew about Ais past. They only told them to never mention him and the personal level monster argument. It only made the executives confused on to why not and why him. They only thing Riveria- no Finn had told them was something that made them not want to believe it. It hurted Riveria that she agreed with Finn's statement
"If you ever mention those two topics... expect to meet why SHE is called the Sword Princess"
As Ais and Lefiya entered floor 18 both of them let out a small smile escape from themselves. The floor doesn't seem to be in wreck like the last time they visited. Evilus were lurking around when they were resting in floor 18 from there expedition in floor 58. Ais felt frustrated with herself since she fought her. Revis. When they were in their stalemate only one word came out of Revis mouth to make Ais stop and look at her wide eye.
Aria.
Shaking those memories she begins to walk to Rivera. The small village in floor 18. They sell stuff that are a bit to expensive for things that are that valuable. She wanted to relax a bit before going beyond floor 18. She couldn't go below 22 which made her sad but nevertheless she at least got to go to the dungeon.
They were walking into the small village they had in the 18th. Ais then sees something that caught her attention instantly. Potato puffs. (I'm calling them potato puffs) She then orders two of them, one for her and the other for Lefiya which she gladly accepted it.
"Miss Ais"
"Yes" she says as she nibbles on her potato
"Will you be willing to go to Monster Féria with me tomorrow?" Lefiya asked calmly. While she was calm and neutral in the outside, she was not in the inside. She was freaking out since she had asked Ais to go to an event that she knows she doesn't like. There was a minute of silence but then
"Sure" she then resumes on nibbling on her potato puff
"O-Oh ok" Lefiya was shocked that Ais has accepted. 'Maybe she's finally… changing?' She thought. They later bump into Tiona and Tione. They all asked what they were doing and all answered to getting stronger which made them laugh except Ais. They all agreed to go the dungeon together and kill as many monsters they can.
It was late in the afternoon when they all came out of the dungeon. Lefiya had an idea on what to do since the others didn't have any.
"Why don't we go shopping? All of us are going tomorrow right?" All of them nodded. They went to the guild first to drop the magic stones and loot drops they have gotten. Once that was done they all went back to the manor and dressed up in their normal clothes. Although Ais has her 'Desperate' on her. She always carry's it with her.
Lefiya wanted to buy some new clothes for Ais but Tione and Tiona had other plans. They made her go to a clothes store but the clothes they had there were a bit revealing. It made Ais have a tiny pink hue on her cheeks. She did not want to wear any of this. Thankfully Lefiya had dragged her out of there before they made her buy any of those clothes.
"Hey about this one Ais!" Tione says as she was showing Ais another revealing clothe as they were leaving.
Lefiya found a more suitable clothes shop. Tione and Tiona had caught up to them and finally were finding some clothes that would look perfect on Ais.
They found a tuxedo, dress, gowns, bikinis of course, and a maids outfit. They all had fun making Ais wear all of these outfits. While they were having fun Lefiya had actually found the perfect dress for her.
"Um miss Ais would you like to try this out?" Lefiya asked with pleading eyes. Ais nodded and went back to the changing room. When she came out Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya could only look at her in amazement. She looked like a princess.
The top was all white, skirt a purple bluish color, her stockings, her tap dance looking shoes. Ais then tilted her head and asked
"Does it look good on me?"
"Cuuuttee!!!!" All them squealed. Ais blushed a bit. She looked herself in the mirror and didn't really know what to say. She wasn't going to take it but then she saw Lefiya happy expression, she sighed internally and decided to take it. To her surprise Lefiya had already bought it for her.
"Wow Lefiya way to go" Tiona
"Yeah, good job Lefiya" Tione says as she pats her back.
"Thank you Lefiya (small smile)" Ais
"Your welcome miss Ais I'm glad you liked it" Lefiya says with smile on her face, happy that she was able to buy something for Ais
"(sighs in disappointment) Looks like I'll never find my Odr." The silver haired goddess drinks her red wine.
"You'll find him very soon lady Freya." Her strongest 'child' tells her, trying to lighten her mood up a bit.
"I hope so Ottarl. I hope so"
AN:
Well sorry for not updating sooner. Next week I have exams and tests coming up so I've been studying this whole time not having enough time to update the story. I'm sorry. Hope you guys liked the chapter or not. I'm very sorry if it wasn't what you guys wanted. These next few chapters are going to be a bit more……
If your confused on to why things are happening in wrong places or in wrong time well like I said. For this story to work I'm LITERALLY going to have to change almost everything about Danmachi. I'll go canon and non canon so be aware of that. Tell me if had done any grammar errors.
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