Bab 43: There is no rest
English is not my first language so you might find some mistakes in the translation of the chapter.
This chapter has been translated by various means in order to obtain the best result, so you may find some simple or normal wordings.
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Enjoy the chapter.
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There is a chapter in the auxiliary volume with Riku's status.
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It is very good that my Familia is able to respond to problems quickly and effectively. The incident on the 18th floor with the carnivorous plants, the creature and the tamer were a scandal.
Aside from Riveria's reprimand, the situation was the best.
It took several days for things to get back to 'normal'. We returned and Loki was told all about the incident on the 18th floor and apparently the tamer is a topic to be postponed for another time.
Loki gave us some instructions to follow to the letter.
About the assassination of Hashana was a stronger move by the Ganesha Familia. I was questioned by Shakti Varma about who was responsible, she is a level 5 adventurer and one of the most respected for her work.
Quickly, the tamer, Revis, was placed on the Guild's blacklist with warnings not to confront and offer information if seen.
The magic stones released by the monsters on the 18th floor were confiscated in their entirety, or so I would like to say. Loki thanked me completely when I handed some stones to her and Finn.
Of course, Ouranos seems to be behind guarding the magic stones, but I was quicker and saved a few for it research. Several kilograms of magic stones were moved for the Guild.
This was done so as not to cause disorder in Orario and the Lower-Class adventurers. We limit the knowledge of the incident so that people won't be afraid and start their conspiracies.
The heated incident cooled down over time.
Anyway we had to go back to the 18th floor to continue with a thorough investigation. It was the same group as last time, but now we had an addition to us.
Rakta, a Hume Rabbit. She is a slightly shy girl who normally reflects nervousness, but when it's time to work she focuses on what she does. She has dark green hair with two bunny ears perched on her head.
Finn's reason for bringing her is that Rakta is one of the best cartographers in the Familia, being able to create a map with various details and thanks to her senses Rakta can hear very distant sounds.
The walk on the 18th floor was a bit heated, more so than the other time. Bors greeted us with encouragement to wish us luck in our mission and to change things in Rivira.
A lot of money.
"How's it going on your end, Rakta?"
"Ah!" Rakta when I spoke to her "It's all right!"
"Hm, do you need help with the luggage while you map?"
"No, no" Rakta denied with a smile "I'm fine. I'm used to this by now"
"Sure" I nodded "If you need anything don't hesitate to call me. My duty is to protect you in the dungeon, even if you are not weak. The dungeon is always annoying with adventurers"
Rakta nodded and continued working while I sighed. I want to get some sleep and there is someone who is bothering me a bit or rather her behavior is starting to bother me.
Ais is depressed or upset, who knows. The thing is, she hasn't stopped killing monsters, but she hasn't stopped and thinks she's a killing machine or something.
She even dared to kill the monsters that were fighting me. Riveria is already aware of Ais, however, she told me that she will wait until it looks plausible to act.
Bullshit.
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The 37th floor, also known as the White Palace.
The floor was a pale white color for much of its walls and the design of the floor was complex at many ends.
The floor was circular similar to a fortress, five stories high and enclosed by five round walls, with stairs leading to the next floor located in the very center. The size was estimated to be equal to the Orarium itself.
However, it was said that the 37th floor was not yet fully explored and there were still a variety of undiscovered hidden passages. This floor could be called a labyrinth because of the difficulty of not getting lost.
The adventurers could not see the ceiling even with their enhanced vision. The atmosphere was gloomy everywhere on the 37th floor, yet for the Loki Familia this floor was already commonplace, so they could pass it without much trouble.
So far the Loki Familia has not encountered any man-eating plants during the journey to the dungeon.
"Wa! We got a lot of Adamantite! Just by breaking the wall we got enough" Tiona raised her arms, along with her Urga.
"With that we should be able to make quite a bit of money" Rakta commented stuffing the ore into her backpack.
"Yes! It will help pay for my Urga!"
Riku sighed listening to her companion. She was still using her daggers because she hasn't gone to Tsubaki to check on her sword yet. The blacksmith is going to hit Riku in the head for being inept.
"Hm" Tiona noticed Ais sitting in the corner with her head down "Ais, you didn't eat anything during your break, did you?" the Amazon sat down next to the blonde "I still have some left if you want some"
"Thank you, Tiona... but I'm fine" Ais spoke without looking at her.
Tiona kept talking to Ais trying to cheer her up with no success, still, the Amazon didn't give up and kept talking to the blonde with the same joy she has.
"Have you talked to her, Riveria?" Finn asked "She shouldn't be like this after just one incident"
"It's no use" Riveria denied calmly "Ais wouldn't have opened up to me and 'There's nothing wrong' is all she would tell me"
"We should call someone who probably knows"
Riveria raised an eyebrow "Who?"
"Riku" Finn mentioned making the white-haired girl look at the Pallum "Could you help me with something?"
"Of course" Riku nodded "What do you need?"
"As you may know, Ais has been acting different than usual" Riku only snorted "Do you know anything about why Ais is like that?"
"She lost. The tamer was tough and apparently played with Ais' mind"
"How?" Riveria asked.
"That woman called Ais as Aria"
"..."
Finn and Riveria shared glances as if everything had been resolved. Since Ais joined the Loki Familia she brought problems that had to be solved and Riveria was involved in most of them.
"Right. Apparently Aria is Ais' mother or something" Riku shrugged before the surprised looks from the Captains "Tough break for the blonde, but not so much for her to be moping around"
"Um" a new person joined the conversation not knowing what was just said "Captain, Lady Riveria, do you think Miss Ais is alright?"
Riveria sighed "Lying to you would be counterproductive right now. Ais isn't well and the only thing I can think of right now is that when she calms down she gets really hungry. When Ais starts to show that she has an opening you have to try to feed her"
"Huh?"
"Maybe that calmed her down"
"Y-Yes!" Lefiya exclaimed after imagining a scene in her head, "With all my strength I will prepare my heart!"
"¿? Right..." Riveria blinked a little confused and looked at the other girl still looking at the dungeon with annoyance "Is there a problem Riku?"
"...You're doing it again" Riku frowned looking at her magic teacher "You're letting her go through that without making her come to her senses. You're just indulging her without knowing that it will only make her do the same thing in the future"
"I know and it's-"
"Shut up and listen, Elf"
Riveria's eyes widened slightly at Riku's insult. She knew how the girl disrespected her sometimes, but it was more like a game or a loose word, however the tone this time told Riveria to be careful.
"Ais is messed up in the head" Riku said bluntly "Ever since I met her I know that she is traumatized by who knows what, however, now I know that she probably lost her family and wants to be strong. What irritates me is that you all don't stop her"
"Ais disobeys orders, breaks formations, goes on her own and now she hasn't allowed us to kill monsters because she wants excelia for herself. She's stolen my enemies many times already"
"So, what do you propose?"
"Confront her directly and have her cut the shit. Let her say what the fuck is going through her head and let it out so you can help her if you don't just let her destroy herself, but listen to one thing"
Riveria frowned slightly.
"I defeated the tamer in a way and if Ais wants to fight me just to prove herself for her bullshit...I will give every ounce of my strength making Ais to not fuck with me again for a while and consider going back to being an adventurer"
"..."
Riveria said nothing and watched as Riku walked away, she also watched Lefiya who had a look of conflict. The Noble Elf was about to say something, but Finn glimpsed her and shook his head causing her to stop.
Riku was right in a way.
Ever since she became an adventurer, Riku had decided to gain the strength to keep her life in check without being disturbed by others and that's what she did. Not only did she level up, but she also obtained 'S' parameters.
Riveria raised her magic to S, Finn raised his dexterity to S, and Gareth raised his endurance and strength to S. For all adventurers, the parameters are a sample of what an adventurer is based on in the way they grow.
Common for adventurers before leveling up is to have the parameters at 600 or 800 points, rank C and A, respectively. The vast majority get an average of 600 and 700 before leveling up. Not everyone achieves that, some have less and some have more, but that's just the beginning,
And there was Riku Cranel who raised all of her parameters to rank S. According to her, if the number kept increasing then there was still more to go and she kept obtaining excelia in the dungeon, hurting herself a lot in the process.
To explain it quickly at a certain point excelia stops being obtained as before and so some adventurers instead of increasing 10 points get 3 or 2 because they already reached the limit.
Riku had no such limit and continued to grow.
Because of that, Loki had to put a limit on Riku's trips to the dungeon, making her stop and concentrate on other things. Because of the support Loki gave Riku the girl heeded the requests and didn't worry people.
Thanks to those parameters, Riku was able to take on level 5 adventurers as equals and even surpass them, but she could only defeat them if she intended to hurt them completely, something the white-haired girl didn't want to do.
For her, her friends and family were everything.
For that reason Riku was irritated by Ais because the strength she sought was obtained no matter what the cost. For example: Ais would break formations, go her own way, or ignore her.
For Riku that was harmful and could bring trouble to other people since Ais's empty space had to be replaced. Riku didn't hate Ais, but it annoyed her how Ais acted without caring about things and just said sorry.
Beauty this time did not help the sword princess to be forgiven by the other people.
Riveria sighed and watched Tiona and Ais talk a bit. She knew that she had to act to fix Ais's mood.
"Ais, can you hear me?" Tiona asked Ais who lifted her head from her knees that she was hugging and sticking them to her chest.
"... What?"
"We've already defeated a lot of monsters" Tiona said with a cheerful expression "And we've gotten a lot of money from the Drop Items, right?"
"Ah... yes..."
"If we hand over everything, we should have around several million valis. Lefiya, how much money do we have now?"
"Just give me a moment! Uhhh" Lefiya checked the notes they had awkwardly "After what we exchanged in Rivira we have around 100 million valis"
"Yeah, don't you think it's time for us to go back?" Tiona asked with a smile, but Ais paid no attention to her.
She was looking at the battle that was taking place several meters in front of her. Her companions were fighting to stop the monsters from advancing.
Ais leapt towards the battlefield ignoring Tiona and Lefiya's words. The Amazon was pouting for her companion and Lefiya looked tired of having failed in her plan.
With incredible speed, Ais swung her sword slashing several Barbarian before these monsters could smash their mace into the ground. Barbarians are warrior monsters that boasted body similar to minotaurs.
There were also Spartoi, a skeleton monster that are born with a random weapon like swords or spears that they know how to use, they also had shields. It is a dangerous monster because it fights more like an adventurer than a monster.
This floor was torture for the mages because the monsters were mostly melee attackers, so if there were no melee fighters, the mages would perish.
Turning out of the way, Ais cut down the Barbarian that tried to attack her. Wasting no time, she grabbed another one and cut down a horde of Spartoi that had amassed.
Her desire burned as she searched for the next enemy. Ais focused her gaze and cut down the enemies coming from all directions, tracing circles with her feet like a hurricane of swords.
Even if Ais was eliminating the Spartoi she had to be careful with them because those monsters were the most dangerous because they were capable of fighting just like an adventurer. They had an estimate of level 4.
One Spartoi was carrying a shield, but it wasn't fast enough before Ais cut it with her Desesperate and rammed through the skeleton, killing another with a spear. She struck a sword sending it into the pile.
Like a flash, several torsos were cut off and fell to the ground in a pile of bones. The bones of the enemies shook and charged towards Ais.
The other members of the Loki Familia also went towards the enemy, with the exception of Tiona, Rakta and Lefiya. Despite being a mage, Riveria could stand up to them.
Riku saw her as an annoying Elf with a staff hitting everyone equally.
A few minutes passed since the members of the Loki Familia stopped the Spartoi's advance, yet they continued to live as if they had no end. The only one who continued to fight against them was Ais.
She knew her desire for power was twisting. Ais didn't just want to apologize to the boy because he reminded her of her past bringing back memories of the blonde where she was weak, when she couldn't defend herself.
The memories of her with her parents. In that moment where Ais was just smiling and living her life until everything was taken away from her making her see that because she was weak she could do nothing and was left with no one else.
Ais had barely gotten a few measly points from expeditions and slaying the monsters in the dungeon. She was 3 years old at level 5 showing that she had already reached the limit of her growth.
Even so, Ais didn't give up and kept killing monsters again and again trying to overcome that limit. Because if she didn't grow she would remain weak.
Without paying attention, Ais jumped towards a Spartoi with intentions of mercilessly eliminating it while extending her Desesperate, however, a person was already facing the monster causing Ais to try to stop.
She barely paid attention to her surroundings looking for anything else besides monsters and didn't see when Riku was already in front of her. Ais invaded Riku's battle. With force, Ais planted her feet on the ground, but they couldn't stop her in time.
Riku quickly spun around only to open her eyes when Ais' body collided with her. Immediately, Riku tried to remove Ais who was still processing what happened and the blonde looked up only to behold a Spartoi.
The monster lowered his spear with killing intent, but Riku moved her hand catching the weapon as it pierced the hand with ease. Riku closed her fist destroying the spear and her the Spartoi in the head.
*BOOOOOOOM!*
Ais had to take cover from an explosion. When she looked up she saw that all the Spartoi were dead.
"Riku, stand down"
Finn had arrived on the scene stopping the white-haired woman from doing something that she might probably regret... Or not.
The look Riku had was one of pure anger. Finn had seen that look before on many individuals and Riku's look showed that she was willing to hurt Ais badly.
Ais tightened her grip on the handle of her sword in surprise and fear. The killing intent that struck her made her be on guard. She noticed Riku and how she clenched her daggers tightly.
"I will not repeat"
Riku didn't look at Finn, however, she put the daggers away and left the site. She did not object to Finn's order and the Pallum did not look willing to negotiate.
Rakta walked over to Riku offering her support and helping the wait-haired girl to heal her hand with a potion and a check if a bandage is necessary, fortunately the spear simply pierced the palm leaving no consequences.
All by force.
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I can't wait to smash that motherfucker's face in.
What the fuck, crippling her would be merciful of me.
Without my adventurer senses being weaker, the spear would have pierced my torso or my head depending on how I moved. I could have been seriously injured right there for a simple mistake.
Ais was so wrapped up in her thoughts and killing that she didn't notice me. She even eliminated the monsters that Tione was fighting, but I won't follow her shit.
I ignored the conversation that was progressing behind me and thanked Rakta for healing me. Rakta is a good person and I am glad that she is oblivious to the problems that are happening.
Ais has just exceeded my patience. I can see her, let loose as she wants, since we're not doing something extremely important, but getting in my way and putting my life at risk is a limit I won't tolerate.
I honestly don't care what punishment Riveria gives Ais she is weak willed. I can see that because Riveria acts like a mother to Ais and raises her in her own way.
A beatdown is what Ais needs to come to her senses.
"Riku, we're leaving" Finn calmly warned me "Our objective is over. Riveria and Ais are going to stay in the dungeon"
I felt indifference to Finn's words "I don't care what the two of them do"
"I know" the Pallum answered me "I saw what happened. You reacted in time and responded with great magical power. You rarely use your magic like that"
"...I held back"
Finn laughed lightly. My magic was very powerful, destructive, just by muttering a few words, I am able to eliminate extreme amounts of monsters and even kill the floor bosses.
Once I decapitated the Goliath with my magic.
"You know, even though you're calm you have a great hatred in you just like Ais has"
"Don't compare me to her" I growled keeping my face from twisting and remaining indifferent.
"My apologies" Finn raised his hands "I was just remembering what you looked like when you arrived several years ago"
"..."
"A girl with desires for greatness higher than she could wish for, but she did not give up and grew to embrace that desire. Amongst all that there was hatred in you, but you put it aside because you considered it detrimental to you"
"Riku, you hate your own hatred... You only used your hatred on enemies because you were afraid that hatred would turn into anger and you'd end up hurting the wrong person"
"You and Ais have a similar past" Finn mention making me snort "You both lost everything and ended up with Loki. I just want to remind you that if you need someone to talk to you can always seek out one of us and share whatever you wish"
Finn finished talking with a warm smile, making me nod slowly without deciding. The Pallum finished with me and went to the front of the group followed by Tione who wanted a piece of him.
Damn charismatic and attractive Pallum with his condescending way of talking that makes me unable to hate him.
Calm down Riku, I'll find a time to hit Ais later.
Look at that, a bunch of helpless monsters coming at us to kill us.
...
It won't hurt me to make a massacre around here.
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Riveria walked unperturbed at the situation she was about to create with a girl she had guided for a few years now. She understood that it was like a ticking time bomb what was about to happen.
Resisting a sigh, Riveria stopped outside Riku's room and knocked on the door several times with no answer. Then she decided to enter and noticed that no one was there.
Looking around, Riveria noticed that the room was very tidy... too tidy for someone like Riku. Riveria walked and headed to one of the rooms used by the entire Familia.
When the Noble Elf arrived there was Riku lying on a couch with a book in hand and a bag of candy at her side. There was another bag where she kept the garbage she made and put it away so it wouldn't get dirty.
"Riku"
"Hm" Riku looked up from the book "Do you need anything, Riveria?"
"I've come to talk to you seriously" Riku just raised an eyebrow "This isn't about Ais, this is about the course of your life and the decisions you'll make"
Riku frowned and sat up properly leaving the candy and book on a nearby table "... Go ahead"
"I'm not going to ramble on. I know you don't like that, so listen carefully. Your brother is in Orario"
"..."
"..."
"... What?"
"When I came back from the 37th floor with Ais we ran into an adventurer on floor 5. It was the same guy that Bete taunted and ran from the Hostess of Fertility"
"And then?"
"As you know Ais is reflecting on her accident-"
"Recklessness"
"Recklessness" Riveria nodded "She barely knows how to show emotions and as I mentioned on the way we ran into the boy passed out by Mind Zero"
"That..." Riku frowned "If he's my brother, I guess you helped him, right?"
"Ais was still sorry for causing the boy to run away and apologized in her own way. To put it in a certain way, the darkness that Ais claims to have was struck by the boy's innocence and she does not wish to harm him"
Riku rolled her eyes at Riveria's words. It was two days before Riveria and Ais returned from the dungeon, from the surface to the 37th floor is not very short and the path was stopped by monsters.
Riku's annoyance had already faded, but there was still a bit of it left in the girl and now hearing that Ais doesn't want Riku's brother to be tainted by her made Riku scoff.
"By the way, one thing" Riveria mentioned coughing a little to keep from laughing "When the boy got up he ran away from Ais..."
"... Huh?"
"Yeah" Riveria smiled "Apparently Ais's apology didn't go as expected and the boy ran from her"
"Heh"
Riveria watched as Riku simply changed her attitude completely and mocked Ais with a simple expression. The white-haired girl is proud that her brother is making Ais suffer in a certain way.
She'll be in shock when she finds out why.
"By the way, some other reason you know he's my brother. I don't think you mentioned that"
Riveria gave Riku a blank look "White hair and red eyes, where else have you seen those features?"
"..."
"A face just like yours but male. Using magic recklessly until passing out in the dungeon..." Riku blushed a little "I also asked Rose about some individual with the surname Cranel and she showed me a picture of the boy Ais and I found"
"..." Riku blinked a little so she frowned and looked at the ceiling "I should feel happy about that, but I don't know how to feel. Should I look it up?"
"Probably, however, keep in mind that their behaviors are completely different" Riku nodded "Likewise the-"
"AISSSS IT'S LEVEL SIXXXX!"
"..."
"..."
"Did you beat some floor boss or something?" Riku asked.
"Ais faced Udaeus" Riveria explained "She was defeated and fought with her body destroyed. If it wasn't for my magic she would have died, but Udaeus would be dead too"
Riku sighed and rubbed her forehead "Why do I bother" she got up and left.
For Riku it's simply not to go near him if he doesn't want to hurt him and that's it.
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How the fuck did I end up here?
"You again"
"I-It's a pleasure"
"..."
Bete and the newly arrived Elf named Filvis Challia shared a glance showing that neither was comfortable with the other's presence.
Several things have happened in a single day.
The executives and my Goddess had a specific meeting to discuss the issues that have happened in the past few days. The magic stones of the carnivorous plants and the caterpillars on the 50th floor are the same.
Loki praised me for smuggling some of those stones under the guild's eyes, as they gave us a bit of leeway in the investigations.
With Ais' leveling up the Familia has been more lively and now apparently there are rumors of an upcoming expedition. The captains, meaning us, are more excited about leveling up, I'm not.
I still have a little way to go and I'll be asking Loki to update my status soon.
In another case, Ais went to the 24th floor. The reason we are gathered here is because there is trouble on the 24th floor and Loki brought us here to form a group with the Elf of the God Dionysus.
Apparently, some members of the Wine God Familia perished and the culprits are probably the same people who handle the new spices and that red-haired woman.
Finn, Tiona, and Tione are in the sewers checking out like the other time Loki did with Bete, elsewhere Riveria and Gareth are taking care of expedition business.
Lefiya, Bete and I were called by Loki to do this emergency mission. The Guild seems to be involved in the sense that they are trying to solve the problem and prevent the information from spreading among the adventurers.
They are not to blame for the current problems. Ouranos is trying to help in his own way.
Whatever. Just by being near the Elf I can tell that she has something against individuals other than her God and sees us as something simple... I feel like telling her not to get in the way of the mission, but Loki and Dionysos decided this, so we can't take her out.
Lefiya was nervous about the atmosphere between Bete and Filvis, I was there with no problems.
I've felt that atmosphere ever since I woke up in a bed with my body a mess.
"If you start slowing me down I'll send you flying" Bete snarled with contempt "You better disappear before you die"
"Stay back, Werewolf" Filvis replied without taking offense.
Lefiya was crumbling under the conflict. I placed my hand on her shoulder and smiled softly at her. She as always perked up a bit and nodded rubbing her eyes and nodded again with determination.
Well, Elf shy and now she's animated.
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Dungeon intermediate floors.
In the front line was Bete, behind him in the middle line were Riku and Filvis, and finally in the back line was Lefiya as the attacker at group distance.
"Let's hurry to catch up with Ais, we'd better not stop here!"
Bete kicked the head of a Hellhound destroying it completely. On the other side, Filvis cut down several of those monsters with her short sword without losing her moves. Riku was also tearing the monsters apart with her daggers.
Until behind, Lefiya was dodging the attacks and counterattacking her staff despite not being a close-range combatant. A minotaur appeared in the Elf's field of vision, however, just as it appeared, it was slashed in the neck, knocking it down instantly.
Lefiya was amazed at Filvis' elegance, even thinking that she was more beautiful as an Elf than Lefiya could be.
"Uhh, excuse me..." Lefiya spoke shyly "Miss Filvis, tha-"
Filvis didn't even look towards Lefiya. Despite that lousy attempt to try talking to Filvis, Lefiya did not give up and continuously tried to talk to her.
It continues in the same way up to the 18th floor.
"Isn't it a nice day today...?"
"Like there's fucking weather on the 18th floor" Bete ruined Lefiya's attempt to befriend Filvis.
Lefiya kept silent and looked at her companions. Bete looked as usual with his grumpy look that no one wanted to get close to and Riku was just like every other day and she felt indifference for Filvis.
For Lefiya this situation was extremely complicated.
The groups she has been in have been concerned about how she is doing and support her in battles, but so far she has found herself having to observe an uncomfortable silence.
Bete only spoke to insult, Riku said a few things now and then and Filvis hadn't spoken since they left. Still, Lefiya wouldn't give up.
"Miss Filvis!" Lefiya curtsied with a blush on her face "Thank you so much for earlier! For taking care of the minotaurs... I really don't like them much and..."
"..."
"Miss Filvis, do you prefer to fight on the front line? Instead of a sword I use a cane..."
"..."
"Don't tell me you're a magic swordsman or something. If so, I admire you a lot"
"Hahaha. What are your hobbies?"
"..."
Lefiya sighed sadly at Filvis' lack of initiative.
"Shut the hell up, you're hurting my ears" Bete growled in annoyance "We'll only get rid of it if we can't use it. There's no point in being friendly"
"I don't have the slightest interest in meeting you either, Bastard Werewolf " Filvis for the first time spoke as she walked off in a random direction.
"Hey Idiot. You don't know the location of Ais, do you?" Bete exclaimed watching Filvis go by her side, he reached out his hand to tap her on the shoulder "Let's go to Rivira first"
"Don't touch me!"
*Clank!*
The metallic clash between Filvis' short sword and Bete's gauntlet caused a stony silence.
"Ahn?"
Bete dodged the blow with ease, but his killing intent was released in the face of the attack. Her pupils became slits like a predator's before prey. Filvis felt the pressure on her.
Filvis gritted her teeth feeling that she had underestimated and reacted badly to a Fist Class adventurer, however, she instantly froze as a sensation in her neck spread throughout her body.
"Try something, I want to see it"
A finger was placed on the back of Filvis' neck with not quite friendly intentions. Filvis could feel the displeasure of being touched for reasons she only knows, but if she responds it won't go very well.
"Mr. Bete! Miss, Riku!" Lefiya stepped between Bete and Filvis and also looked at Riku "It is Elven custom to keep other races from touching our skin... So don't take it as an offense...!"
Filvis took advantage of Lefiya's instant of salvation and retreated still feeling the killing intent in her body, however, this was only a warning.
"Still, it was excessive" Bete didn't take his eyes off Filvis "Something's wrong with her"
"It's not pride" Riku mentioned getting a look from Lefiya "She hates being touched for something else... screw her. Come on Bete"
The werewolf growled in response and they walked towards Rivira leaving a mortified Lefiya who watched Filvis stare at the ground looking for why she wouldn't accept the help or the words directed at her.
Lefiya's heart pounded and her determination grew. She would not abandon Filvis and would do everything she could to help her.
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[Omake no canon]
-Really?-
Riku needed a good rest after the last few days.
Not only fighting against Evilus but facing other individuals who wanted to bother her just because and she had to beat them to continue her day.
She would say in a way that the dungeon was her second home, but the truth was that it was just Riku saying that because she was always busy with annoying things that took her there.
With a slow pace, Riku arrived at the Heart Manor, home of the Hestia Familia and her brother's house. She carefully entered and knocked on the door, however, receiving no answer, she opened the door and no one greeted her.
Saying a few words as politeness, Riku went to the nearest room where people were gathered and there she beheld three very depressed Goddesses.
Freya, Hestia, and Loki had their heads down and a blank stare as if they had failed at something.
With no sign of anyone else, Riku set out to search the Mansion for her brother to no avail. As a last resort, she went to Bell's room.
Riku arrived and like the good sister she is Riku opened the door to Bell's room as if it was her room.
Riku was petrified at the entrance with her hand still on the doorknob.
There were several people on the bed.
It was a huge bed.
First Bell was in the middle as if he had run a marathon and still had enough energy left to complete it several more times.
He was being swarmed by several girls.
Many of them.
In his lap lay the longing that Bell so consciously and unconsciously pursued, and that was Ais Wallenstein.
On his left arm was a green-haired Elf that Riku was familiar with. Ryuu Lion hugged Bell's arm with a cheerful smile.
On the right side was a gray-haired girl who deliberately moved Bell's hand to her bust. If Riku didn't forget that girl was Horn from the Freya Familia and she had a shy expression with a beautiful blush.
Bell's left leg was being hugged with great fervor by a blonde-haired Renard. Sanjouno Haruhime hugged Bell as if the moment she let go she would lose a great treasure.
To finish on Bell's right stone, a small body used the leg for its own satisfaction. Liliruca Arde embraces Bell's leg in a sensual way murmuring various fantasies.
"Bell... How are you?"
"Ah" Bell, instead of blushing like a tomato, stammered not knowing what to say "Mm, well... yeah"
"I can understand that"
Having five women in bed took a lot of stamina and would defeat anyone. Bell looked tired, but it was just sweat from the battle that was going on.
"So..."
"Yeah?"
"Good luck, I guess"
Bell nodded at his sister's 'encouragement' as Riku left the room, reflecting on what she had just seen and thinking about whether she needed a very deep mind-cleansing to erase that.
She had at some point in her time discovered that Bell's grandfather had been none other than Zeus himself, so that was likely where Bell had gotten the idea to create a harem.
Riku shook her head and sighed.
She needed a visit to the Entertainment District.
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