When Hestia heard the passageway to their underground home open, Hestia ran with excitement only to pause in alarm as Bell, Primo, and Haruhime looked worn out and had a few cuts and bruises here and there while Hakuno and Ais looked perfectly fine. "What happened?" their patron goddess asked while Hakuno merely smiled.

"They had worked up a sweat during our venture into the Dungeon." Hakuno answered with a proud smile on her face while the three gave Hestia a tired smile and a thumbs up. Kids always working themselves hard out there in a dangerous place. It doesn't ease her at all, and then there's a situation she needs to talk with Hakuno about before the situation gets out of hand for the goddess.

"Alright, you three rest up, Hakuno can I talk with you in private?" Hestia told them as the three exhausted adventurers went to their respective beds and collapsed in exhaustion while Hakuno handed Ais a Jagamaru-kun to snack on and to keep her occupied as the Sword Princess predictively did that.

Once the two left the church and began walking and Hestia spoke up. "I met that man you've been avoiding talking about earlier today." She admitted, causing Hakuno to flinch at that. "He's an unusual person in the worst sense. He's got a fragment of Zephyrus inside of him and it's warping his mind violently. I'm not sure who's the idiot that placed a piece of a Divine Core into a mortal's body, but it does not bode well for anyone."

That explains why he's viewing her as Flora then, the piece of the god within Lucius saw resemblance to her in Hakuno. While it's usually flattering to any ordinary woman, to Hakuno it was a nightmare. In Pan Human History, gods have bad reputations when it came to seducing and getting mortals that caught their fancy. Zeus was one of the biggest examples of them all! The trouble these gods cause on their whims was the biggest migraines Hakuno has ever suffered thanks to Lucius.

She's incompatible with his bloodthirsty and warlike nature even if he tries to act romantic. The smell of blood on his soul was too repulsive and she knew that if she were to let him have his way, he'd ruin her and dye her his colors. She's seen this through glimpses of the Kaleidoscope, one version of her NPC other had the unfortunate luck summoning him in an amnesiac state in Chaldea itself and he took advantage of that to establish a relationship with her.

That only intensified her distaste of the man, to use a girl's amnesia to further his own selfish desires crossed the line in her personal book and why she avoids the Heroic Spirit in every possible way she can find. If he were truly a romantic Roman, he'd do the proper etiquette in courting a lady, not manipulated an amnesiac girl into thinking they were together when they weren't in the first place.

She is no goddess, nor is she a reincarnation of one. Hakuno Kishinami was a human girl with her own life and path. If that doesn't get into the man's skull (or in this case Spirit Origin), then she doesn't know what to do.

"This is why I avoid the man. He's not my type either." She admitted while Hestia looked at her daughter with an amused expression on her face.

"Oh~? He's arrogant for sure. But doesn't your spouse and betrothed also have the same kind of ego?" Hestia asked.

Hakuno blanched at the notion of Lucius being up there with Nero and Gilgamesh in the ego department. He doesn't have the charm to pull of the same bragging rights as they do, and they can pull it off in spades.

"Fuhahahahahaha!"

Great, now she's hearing him in her head if she's already missing her two Servants. That same bombastic laughter that came straight from the soul with its full ego was echoing into her mind as she was in deep thought.

"Oh? So, my beloved Queen is in a state of depression because she yearns for her beloved King after being separated for a short time?" the arrogant voice mused. Hakuno blinked as she looked to Hestia who was looking around for the source of the voice and realized that she wasn't hearing things.

"Umu! My dear Praetor, your Empress has returned to bring you joys of Roma!"

Hakuno looked up to see two familiar faces on the rooftops looking down at her and the girl's eyes widened and a large smile on her face. "Nero, Gil!" she called out, dashing to the building they were standing on as the two Servants jumped and landed on the pavement as their Master wrapped them into a hug. Nero was more than eager to return the hug while Gilgamesh looked mildly annoyed but forgives her as she is permitted to as his Queen.

"I'm so glad to see you two again. Especially with Lucius stalking me again and-!"

"The Abomination is here?" Gilgamesh growled out, anger in his voice as Hakuno noticed that he wasn't in a good mood as of late while Nero held Hakuno tightly and looked at her worryingly.

"That beast didn't do anything to you did he!?" she asked with concern while Hakuno shook her head.

"He's tried to woo me but failed at every turn. I'm kind of worried he'll do something drastic just to have me." She admitted while Gil pulled her from Nero's grip and held her in his arms.

"You are mine alone Hakuno, not even Little Red here can claim otherwise even if you proposed to her." Gilgamesh told her before pulling her into a kiss as Nero fumed and complained at the nickname. Meanwhile Hakuno inwardly sighed at Gil's possessiveness, as he's hungry for her mana and indulged him, knowing the man enjoys her taste upon his tongue as he slurped the saliva from her mouth.

Hestia looked at the sight with mild amusement at the fact she finally met the husband and betrothed while blushing at how shameless they were, out in public of all places as several men and women, mortal and gods alike glaring at the scene with envy. The killing intent they were emitting because of this scene was pathetic.

"The Holy Witch is already taken…Damn it all…!"

"One slap, one slap in that cocky bastard's face for defiling Hakuno's lips like that!"

"Who are those two beauties?! Why does a plain girl get them and not me?!"

Everyone around Hestia except for a certain three in front of her were all pathetic. She cleared her throat and got the trio's attention as Hestia kept a polite expression on her face. "Shall we talk somewhere else? With food perhaps?" she suggested. Then Hakuno's stomach rumbled, and the girl had the decency to blush as Gilgamesh laughed at that. Yup, it was time for a meal.

*Hostess of Fertility*

Gilgamesh was in a mixed mood when he came to this world, discovering that gods roam this world had put him in a bad mood, but his little Master and Queen was here and enjoying herself even if she's part of these 'Familia' to one tiny goddess. Little Red explained of Hestia's nature and found himself partially pleased. Hestia was in every fact a harmless goddess because of her domain and the fact that the tiny goddess was a responsible goddess like a certain Queen of the Underworld of his homeland. But there was one thing he needed to know before he made his decision.

"Is that wretched goddess Ishtar in this world?" he asked while they waited in (his opinion a meagerly low ranked) restaurant for their food. Hearing this everyone else looked at him with wry amusement before they all laughed, as if he was telling some kind of joke before Mord spoke up.

"Yeah, that goddess was here in Orario! But then the Holy Witch here sent her back to Tenkai personally!" Mord answered, pointing to Hakuno who was trying to look as small as possible while looking a bit sheepish. Gilgamesh looked at her with a raised brow and Hakuno looked away before Hestia cleared her throat and began clarifying.

"Ishtar wanted to charm Hakuno into serving her. She kidnapped some kids she was friends with and went to rescue them while decimating the Pleasure District. She was immune to Ishtar's charms and killed her right on the spot while Ishtar had a mental meltdown." She explained.

"For a goddess also associated with war, she was utterly useless in that department if charging at me recklessly while I still had my spear in hand and no weapon of her own. Went down less than a minute." the witch grumbled. "If you want to relieve some of your anger towards her, I still have her corpse I'm experimenting with…" she said as Hestia looked at her daughter with an aghast expression and began telling her off about the dangers of desecrating the dead like that.

Gilgamesh was silent, secretly using his clairvoyance to peer into that scenario of the past and was pleased by this. By pleased, he slowly began to chuckle before blowing into full-blown laughter. It filled the entire restaurant as the Golden King was positively beaming as his Gates of Babylon began dropping piles of gold on the table.

"Drinks are on the King tonight! Indulge in your merriment mongrels!" Gilgamesh declared as everyone there cheered at being covered for all the alcohol they can drink. Hakuno was embarrassed by Gilgamesh's way of celebrating her actions like that…but if he's in a good mood this time then perhaps things will be calmer now?

"Praetor, Praetor! Can you tell me of your time here? I'd love to hear what you've been doing before our fated reunion!" Nero requested with bright eyes while Hakuno smiled at the girl's earnest desire to know about her adventures. She obliged.

"Well, after we won and the Moon Cell sent me away…" she began as Gilgamesh sat by her side, a positive smile on his face as he listened to Hakuno regaling her tale to her Servants.

*Tenkai*

It writhed and coiled in its ancient slumber as the gods of time and fate gathered once more to observe.

"It is beginning to stir. This is not good for us gods."

"Indeed. It means that our glorious age is doomed to end."

"Impossible. We ensure that the gods remain the dominate power in the world. What causes this creation of ours to stir?"

The beast born of infinite was stirring from the great slumber as its terrifying power began to slowly rise as alarms rang through the minds of the gods.

"An unforeseen element challenges fate, one that would end our glorious age and usher in the Age of Man."

"Elohim is dead! He was the catalyst of our retreat to another realm!"

"No, his wife was liberated. I have foreseen this outcome."

"Who let her free and undo our work?!"

"…a fairy."

"A mere fairy would do this?"

"No, a fairy was the catalyst. A destroyer from the abyss will appear and destroy Tenkai and speed up the progress for the Age of Man."

"What must we do to prevent this?"

"Call upon a mortal from a different time to hunt this fairy. Do we have a lead?"

"…The Hearth."

A/N: The Lucius bit Hakuno saw through alternate worlds was a shoutout to the fic Take My Hand Be My Goddess by Mokyo on ao3. Read if you dare.

I wanted a contrast between the two versions of Hakuno from that author's story to show that they may have the same name and face, their experiences and ordeals shaped them into different people. It also contrasts Boyzilla's Hakuno in terms of their character development. His is still 'young and innocent' while mine went through a lot and is more mature.

And yes! Gil and Nero are in! Interactions with the Familia and confrontation with Lucius inbound!