Freya didn't dare peek again, just seeing the light radiating off that soul was something that even the largest star in the sky couldn't compare to… She had to nurse her eyes for nearly a week before her sight recovered from the blurry mess they was, and with her plans to get Lumas in the wind thanks to Ouranos simply disappearing from the mortal realm
She was beyond agitated, never before has her plans fell apart like this her perfect record sullen by a stupid paranoid god… letting out a sigh so deep that it felt like it wasn't going to end she downed her glass before throwing it against the wall of grimours(?) behind her in a fit of anger taking the whole bottle as she angerly walked off cursing Puranos with every step under her breath
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A young man dressed in a proper suit made of the finest materials, with a small crest stitched above his heart walked into the Babel Tower surrounded by a heavily armed entourage, as the four people made it to the 5th floor the young man went directly towards Hephaestus' personal shop. While he may have the money to buy equipment made by the top executives in Hephaestus' Familia in this shop, both his esteemed family and him couldn't bear the losses if he would pay for a piece made directly from Hephaestus' himself
However as a show of Status a Weapons from the Goddess' personal store is plenty enough, with a smile on his face he entered finding a man near his age with dark silver hair wearing what he could only describe as 'rags' messily thrown up in a bun and a large roll of dirty hide, scoffing at the sight of such a dirty man in such a prestigious shop as this the young noble returned to looking at the shelf's, he passed many weapons some of them seemed to be made from gold which brought many questions to the young nobles mind, was this why they were so expensive?
Little did he know these weapons weren't made from gold but Emperium, one of the rarest materials found in the dungeon, also one of the best materials to use unless you're a certain walking pantheon…
As he passed multiple weapons, he found a majestic sword m, a slight greenish hue to the transparent glass-like material that had small wisps of movements within the sword itself, the handle was wrapped in a comfortable leather that seemed to conform to the hand. The weight seemed to be perfectly balanced yet heavy and light at the same time it was a weird sensation that seemed to get the blood pumping, with the sword in his hand he felt as if he could cut down any foe that dared to stand in his path, he let out a wild grin as he turned to the price tag
His expression instantly crumpled, it was definitely one of the most expensive items in the shop at 85 Million Valis, but even with such a price tag he knew he came here to buy a sword but to nearly spend all the money he brought… that was something he wasn't expecting, moving to the front desk seeing the dirty man lay that nasty hide roll on the pristine counter angered the young noble but before he could move forward and speak one of his guard stopped him
"Why are you stopping me?! This filth dare dirty such a prestigious shop he should be punished-" the young noble spat out his words but yet they got caught in his throat as the dirty man turned his gaze to meet the young noble
Those fiery eyes seemed to burn deep into the nobles soul, the nobles knees nearly collapsed under him as he heavily gulped it was as if an unseen pressure dropped onto the whole entourage, even the nobles guards were quietly shaking at his side stuck in between unsheathing their weapons and being frozen in fear
"Yo," with a light wave Lumas studied the group instantly killing any sort of subconscious pressure they were feeling, his eyes trailing down to the sword lazily held in the noble's hand, the noble's grip was all wrong, his posture wrong… Lumas' expression slowly darkened as he watch the noble hold his weapon like it was a simple toy…
The noble followed Lumas' gaze eerily until it fell onto the blade and arrogant smile coming to his face as he haphazardly brandished the blade lazily inspecting it as he finished, right above the cross guard on both side he saw a makers mark, different form the greenish hue decorating the blade the mark too the shape of a tower shield crest within the shield was a tall grey cliff overlooking rough waters
The noble thought that the sword was made by one of the top blacksmiths in Oriaro… not some no named he doesn't even know, Looking up to the dirty man he saw the dark expression marring his face as the man spoke
"Return that blade, you are not worthy enough to even look at it" The noble couldn't believe what he was hearing… Does this peasant dare speak to him in such a manner?! However the store clerk had completely different thought, his complexion instantly went pale at Lumas' words as he began to try and calm the situation
"Noble sir, please just return the sword there are many others in the shop that should meet your standards" the clerk was going to continue but the noble cut him off, at this point the clerk was panicking as he fumbled about trying to press the button on the underside of the counter
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In Hephaestus' office a bell was repeatedly going off shooting up from her desk she marched out the door and down the steps, the guard for today following closely behind. It didn't take long for them to enter the shop and Hephaestus instantly knew the problem the moment she saw the commotion, as Lumas saw Hephaestus he called out
"This is what I'm talking about, this fool doesn't deserve a sword of such quality. Head down to the fourth floor and find a sword that could boost your status, don't worry Hephaestus I'll escort them down" the frown on his face made Hephaestus instantly disagree it would only get worse if she allowed Lumas to continue, she didn't expect him to be this critical about his wares but in hindsight she should have
As the noble turned around and saw Hephaestus he instantly fell in love, her figure was simply divine the way her shoulder length hair caressed her face, the subtle softness in her eyes… the exquisite exotic markings around her right(?) managed to enchanted her beauty, truly she had to have a divinity towards beauty