Scene Change: Hephaestus Forge

"Hephaestus, I need to run home and quickly write a letter for Bell to tell him that I will be gone for the next couple of days, ok?" - Hestia asked.

"That's fine, but I need to get a closer look at the sword in order to get a better understanding of its inner workings while you are doing that" - Hephaestus said.

"Yes!" - Hestia replied with a shout.

'Based on the fact he hasn't damaged it at all, he must be very accustomed to its shape, weight, and length. The only modifications that need to be made are in the blade itself. But since that boy is a truly skilled swordsman, maybe I can add a couple of things...' - Hephaestus thought to herself, as she continued to think about what to modify about the sword, eventually she noticed the door swing open, as Hestia soon popped in, noticing her pleading look, as she soon once again got lost in thought.

'In all my eons of knowing Hestia, there have been only a handful of times that she has cared about something or someone so much to the point where she is willing to go so far.' - Hephaestus thought inwardly, as a fond smile soon crossed her face.

"Allright, let's get to work shall we?" - Haephestus said as she grabbed her hammer, causing a large smile to appear on Hestia's face.

Time Skip 4 days

It has been 4 days since Hestia and Hephaestus have started working on Zangetsu, They are currently working on the material that will be used for the blade which is a mix of Orichalcum and Mithril, allowing the blade to be as durable as possible but also allowing it to be highly conductive with magic.

On the 3rd day however, Hestia added something to the material as they were mixing them together.

Flashback

"Alright Hestia, I need you to monitor that and make sure it stays hot whilst I go grab the mold for the blade, ok?" - Hephaestus said, as she made her way to a different room to grab the mold for Zangetsu.

"Alright Hephy!" - Hestia yelled, as Hephaestus shut the door behind her

As Hestia was now alone in the room, she saw knife in the corner of the room, as she quickly made her way towards it, as she quickly poked her finger, before setting it down and making her way back towards the the heated material, as she quickly let a generous amount of her divine blood mix with it, causing the mix or Orichalcum and Mithril to glow for an instant before it died down, as the sword now had divine properties. Just as she finished, Hephaestus opened the door to the forge, unaware of what just happened.

Flashback end

As Hephaestus started to hammer away at the melted Orichialcum and Mithril, Hestia silently watched on.

After a grueling 6 hours of shaping the blade to be exactly the same as it was before, all that was left was to smooth it.

"Now, all we have to do now is to combine the blade to the handle." - Heaphestus said, as both she and Hestia worked together to combine the 2 different pieces, which surprisingly took over 3 hours.

"Hey Hephaestus, I know I am asking for a lot, but Bell has been growing very fast and goes deeper into the dungeon everyday, is it possible to make the sword to be bonded with him specifically as well as grow with him, whilst also making it so it will never dull or break?" - Hestia said, causing Hephaestus to sigh.

"Yes there is, but if I were to do that, the price would increase by a lot." - Hephaestus said, causing Hestia to gain a determined look.

"100%, I will pay you back no matter how long it takes." - Hestia said, causing Hephaestus to let out another sigh. As she started to add hieroglyphs to the blade where it meets the handle.

After an hour of adding hieroglyphs, the sword glowed for a brief moment before Hephaestus wrapped it in cloth, as she spoke up

"I want you to listen closely to me, Hestia, this sword is alive. It will permanently bond with the person that wields it, growing alongside its user in power. It will never break, dull, melt, or get cursed. For the hieroglyphs to activate however, you must add a drop of your blood to the tip of the blade, do you understand?" - Hephaestus said, as she tied the sword to Hesita's back.

"Yes, thank you so much for everything Hephaestus." - Hestia said, as she gave Hephaestus a hug, as she returned it.

"Of course, but no matter how long it takes, you will pay me back. Understood?"

"Yes, but Monsterphilia is starting soon, so I need to go find Bell-kun." - Hestia said, as she ran off to go find Bell, causing Hephaestus to let out a small giggle at the impulsive Hestia.

Bell POV

'When I got home from the dungeon, I saw a note that said, "Dear Bell, I will be gone for a couple of days, but I have brought your sword with me. I want to assure you that nothing has happened to it, well, nothing bad at least. So in the meantime, you will have to either purchase a sword for the time being or just use hand to hand combat in the dungeon. -Love Hestia". After reading the note that she left, I decided to put my faith in her. I made the decision to use hand to hand combat in the dungeon for the next couple of days, as I see no point in going to a shop to buy a new weapon if I will only be using it for a couple of days. However, after my 4th day of going to the dungeon, I was making my way back home, only to hear a familiar voice.'

"Hey Bell Nya, can Nya bring silly Sry her Purse Nya? She left it here Nya, and she probably forgot it when Nya went to Monsterphilia Nya." - The cat-girl known as Anya said. Thankfully, Ryu was near her so she was able to help Bell understand what Anya was trying to say.

"What she meant to say was that Syr went to Monsterphilia and forgot her purse." - Ryu said, earning a pout from Anya.

"That's exactly what Nya said Nya!"

"You really do need to work on speech Anya." - Ryu said.

"Sure, I can do that." - Bell said, as he grabbed the purse and started to look for Syr.

Scene change: A random restaurant that was empty except for a certain 3 people.

"Let me guess Freya, you are after another kid from a different Familia aren't you? What do you find so interesting about him anyways?" - Loki asked, as she was accompanied by Ais Wallenstein.

"He is weak and is also very emotional. However, his color is clear, yet it is outlined by black and blue, almost as if it is guarding the clear color. A truly fascinating color, I simply wish for him to be by my side so I can show others what I have attained." - Freya replied, causing Loki to give her a disinterested look.

"Like a trophy?" - Loki stated

"To put it bluntly, yes." - Freya said with a charming smile.

Ais however, was lost in thought looking out the window, as she noticed a certain flock of white hair running around in the crowd.

"Something happened and it is an emergency, I must take my leave." - Freya said, leaving shortly after. However, Ais being the air head that she is, didn't notice coincidence.

"Hey! She left me with the check! Huh? Ais, what's wrong?" - Loki said, noticing that Ais seemed to be lost in thought.

"It's nothing, let's just go to Monsterphilia already." - Ais said as she made her way out, Loki following close behind.

As Ais walked in front of Loki, Loki, being the mischievous person that she is, tried to grope Ais's behind. However, Ais turned around a corner, causing Loki to walk into the wall, confusing Ais. As she shrugged it off before continuing to make her way towards Monsterphilia.

Scene change: Somewhere in the Streets of Monsterphilia

'Holy crap, I knew that Monsterphilia was a big event. But this is way more than I expected!' - Bell thought to himself, surprised at how full the streets were. However, he was soon dragged out of his thoughts by a certain goddess.

"Bell! There you are, I have been looking for you! I missed you so, so, so, so much!" - Hestia said, as she clung onto Bell like a Koala.

"I missed you, Hestia." - Bell said as he hugged Hestia back, noticing the sword wrapped in cloth that she was carrying which looked the exact same as his. However, he ignored it for the time being.

"Hey Bell-kun since this is Monsterphilia, why don't we celebrate and get ice cream!" - Hestia said, giggling, as she dragged Bell towards an ice cream stand.

As Bell and Hestia arrived, Hestia got strawberry ice cream as Bell got caramel ice cream.

"Hey Bell-kun, try mine." - Hestia said with a smile.

"I can't be a goddess." - Bell said, causing Hestia to frown.

"Why? Is it because my mouth was on it." - Hestia said with a huge pout, causing Bell to quickly reply since he didn't want to upset his goddess.

"That's not it at all! I just… I can't take food from a goddess, that's all. How about you try mine instead?" - Bell said, as he offered Hestia his ice cream to which she complied.

Scene change: Somewhere under the Colosseum

"My you will do just fine." - Freya, the goddess of beauty said, as she was currently looking at a Silverback.

"I want you to find a girl with black hair in twin ponytails known as the goddess Hestia, I want you to kill her for me." - Freya said, as she activated her charm on the Silverback, causing it to comply without hesitation. As she then opened all the cages, letting the monsters roam free and cause mayhem.

Ganesha POV

'Everything is going well, hopefully doing this helps people become more accustomed to monsters so eventually the Xenos can live on the surface.' - Ganesha thought, as he was soon interrupted by one of the adventurers in his Familia.

"Lord Ganesha, the monsters have been broken out of their cage! What do we do!" - The man said, causing alarm bells to go off in Ganesha's mind before he continued.

"Evacuate the citizens, once that is done, get all adventurers to help take down the monster" - Ganesha replied.

"But sir, this will ruin our reputation." - the member said, causing a sign to escape from Ganesha before he continued.

"The safety of our people is more important than our pride and reputation." - Ganesha said, causing the man to go wide eyed, as he quickly ran off to follow Ganesha's orders.

'Who could have caused this, and why?' - Ganesha thought.

Back with Bell and Hestia

'I sense something coming.' - Bell thought, as he felt a monster making its way towards him and Hestia.

Suddenly, right before he was about to leave, he felt someone watching him from a rooftop that felt similar to the look he had been getting right before he entered the dungeon.

'Is that Freya? Is she the cause of this? I know she is interested in me but that wouldn't be a big enough reason to…' - Bell thought, connecting the dots in his head, as he soon figured out her intentions with him, and why she might be doing this.

'The only answer I have is that she is trying to make me stronger since she thinks I am weak since I have shown no one my real strength or used it when I feel like someone is watching me. WAIT! Is her plan to take me away from my goddess after I have grown strong in order to make it seem like she wanted me because of my strength? That means that she must have charmed the Silverback. But the only way I can verify this is by seeing if it attacks me or my goddess, for if it specifically attacks my goddess, I will have no choice but to fight in order to protect her. Whilst if it is after me, all I would have to do is lead it away, as I could then run away.' - Bell thought

'If my guess is correct, I need to tell Ouranos, for this could become troublesome in the future.' - Bell thought, before speaking to Hestia.

"Hestia, someone is watching me right now, I have to hold back or people will get suspicious on how I got as strong as I am this fast." - Bell whispered to Hestia, as she gave him a nod in return, trusting him.

Bell then picked up Hestia in a princess carry, as he started to runoff as if he was a mid level one, fooling everyone including the gods and goddesses. The Silverback charged at Bell before landing in front of him, causing the ground to crack, "forcing" Bell to let go of Hestia, as they were thrown separate from each other.

'Now let's see what you do.' - Bell thought, discreetly watching to see if the Silverback would target him or Hestia.

As Bell continued to watch, the Silverback only briefly glanced at him before making his way towards Hestia. But before he reached her, Bell quickly grabbed a lamp with a magic stone as a light source, as he threw it up at the Silverback's face as it exploded when it made contact, resulting in a roar of pain coming from the Silverback. As he quickly grabbed his goddess before running into Daedalus to form a plan.

'It's just as I thought, Freya must have charmed the Silverback to try and kill Hestia, forcing me to fight it in the hopes of making me stronger.' - Bell thought, before he continued out loud.

"Hestia, I cant use my true strength to kill it with my bare hands since someone is watching. Not only that, I have no choice but to fight it since it is after you, I may have to reveal one of my Quincy abilities." - Bell whispered to Hestia, clenching his fists in anger at the situation they were in. This caused her eyes to widen before deciding to give him his "gift".

"Actually Bell, I have just the thing" - Hestia said, unraveling the sword that was wrapped in cloth, revealing it to be Bell's sword, just with a couple of upgrades.

As just by looking on hit, Bell was certain that it was now an extremely valuable sword.

"I took your sword with the intention of getting it modified into a weapon that you could rely on. The only thing we really changed was the blade, as the material for the new blade is a mix of Orichalcum and Mithril, making it extremely durable as well as being highly conductive to magic. There are Hieroglyphs on the blade near the hilt that will cause it to never dull, break, or melt. This sword is alive, Bell, it will grow alongside you, as it is only as strong as you are, both physically and spiritually." - Hestia said, causing Bell to grin before she continued.

"Could you quickly update my status to make it more believable?" - Bell asked.

"Yes," - Hestia answered, as she pricked her finger, placing it on the tip of the blade, causing it to glow. But when Bell grabbed it, it stopped glowing, showing that the sword will now grow with Bell.

"Now for the Falna '' - Hestia stated, pulling Bell's shirt up, revealing his status as she began to update it.

"I don't have enough time to write down your status, as you didn't gain any skills." - Hestia said, as she heard the roaring of the Silverback get closer.

"Ok, but do it quickly, it's getting closer." - Bell said, as Hestia started reading him his stats.

STR, A894 - SS1,107

END, S975 - SS1,053

DEX,S942 - SS1,097

AGI, A887 - SS1,008

MAG, I0

"Dang, that's a pretty big leap in strength, still not where I want to be before I level up though." - Bell said, as Hestia flicked him in the back of the head.

"I will make this quick" - Bell said, as just when he finished speaking, landed right next to the area they were hiding, as he used mid level 1 speed and strength to fight the Silverback.

'I need to make a show out of this to make it as believable as possible, I cant let my pride get in the way right now' - Bell thought.

Bell then dodged a punch from the Silverback, as he quickly sliced the arm of the Silverback, only making a deep cut. As he looked up towards it, feigning fear, when he then noticed a clothes hanger. As he then jumped up into the air and grabbed onto the clothes hanger, for which he used to launch himself back down towards the Silverback, breaking the armor on its chest in the process. As he quickly jumped at his chest, stabbing it, finally killing the Silverback, as he then sighed in relief.

Bell then looked around himself and saw that various people had opened their windows as they started to clap for him, causing him to adorn a slight blush. As his goddess quickly made her way over to him.

Ais POV

'As I saw the end of the fight between that white haired man and the Silverback, I couldn't help but notice that he looked a lot weaker when he fought it, almost as if he was holding back. But before I could continue my thoughts, my goddess spoke up as she caught up to me.' - Ais thought, noticing Loki right behind her

Loki, after catching up to Ais, fell onto her hands on knees, as she was out of breath.

"It seems, hah, that, hah, we were late to the party," - Loki said, as she caught her breath.

"Yes" - Was all Ais said

Loki, noticing the position she was currently in, tried to once again grope Ais's butt, only to be smacked in the face with the sheath of Ais's sword as she left.

"Bell-kun, you did it!" - Hestia said, giving Bell a hug.

"Yes I did, hestia? HESTIA!" - Bell said, as he noticed Hestia go limp in his arms, as he caught her before she hit the floor.

Scene change: The hostess of Fertility

"Uh, where am I, what happened?" - Hestia said, as she just woke up.

"Hetia, you overworked yourself, after I killed the Silverback, you passed out from exhaustion." - Bell said, as he was currently sitting next to the bed Hestia was in.

"Ok, but where are we anyway?" - Hestia asked in confusion.

"We are currently in the Hostess of Fertility." - Bell said, receiving a nod from Hestia.

"Ok, let's go home Bell,"

"Ok Hestia," - Bell replied, as he led Hestia back to the Wandenreich.

Scene change: Bell's room

As Bell made sure Hestia was asleep, he dug in his pocket, pulling out a small crystal ball. As he quickly swiped his finger on it, it started to glow a blue color, as a voice could be heard.

"Yes Yhwach '' - Ouranos stated, curious as to why Bell contacted him.

"I will make this quick, earlier today when the monsters went on a rampage during Monsterphilia, I came to the conclusion that Freya charmed a Silverback to try and kill my goddess with the purpose of making me stronger. She most likely wants to take me away from Hestia so I can be her little toy. However, she can't do that now, as in her eyes, I am too weak, and because I am too weak, she cant take me from Hestia as that would ruin her Familias reputation." - Bell said, as he could hear Ouranos sigh.

"Yhwach, I think this is because of the way your soul is, she is most likely infatuated with it because she can tell that it is abnormal, which it is since you merged souls with Bell. So you need to be careful with her, as she will most likely continue to do such things with you until she is satisfied, so be prepared." - Ouranos said, causing Bell to scoff light heartedly.

"Please, you and I both know that if I used my quincy abilities that they would be like toys to me. Not only that, but I most likely have more experience in battle then everyone of her Familia members combined." - Bell said, causing Ouranos to chuckle.

"I am aware of this Yhwach, but that doesn't mean that she will only go after you when the time has come for her to make her move. As she would most likely go after any Familia members you have, your friends, and possibly even your goddess to get to you." - Ouranos said, causing Bell's face to turn cold.

"That is why I will be training my friends and Familia members, because even if I dont give them any Quincy powers, I am still a true master swordsman along with being a true master in hand to hand combat to the point where I have perfected both. So I can still help them become masters of the blade with the training methods I have created over the years." - Bell said, gaining a nod from Ouranos.

"Is that all you wish to speak to me about?" - Ouranos said.

"Yes"

"Ok, talk to you later Yhwach" - Ouranos said, as the crystal ball in Bell's hand went back to its white color.

"When the time comes, I will show my enemies what TRUE DESPAIR feels like, but for now, I must continue to grow my body's strength." - Bell said, as he went to sleep.