บท 57: 57. Hephaestus.
Hephaestus was going crazy, no matter how hard she searched she could find nothing about the so called Dragoon armor, Dragon Buster Sword, Or Dragon Block staff her friend Loki had given her information on. For a hefty fee of course.
Her divinity was driving her crazy to seek out the equipment and study it. Learn how to make it, forge a set herself. There were apparently only 8 sets in existence and that boy had 6 of them. "Probably had all of them by now. Plus he mentioned there was only 1 sword." Loki had mocked when she was visiting to complain about the brat who bad mouthed her and sent some living armor, which she wanted to make now, after her.
She had of course heard about those living armors and even seen them, they were beautiful. Works of art given life! She of wanted to examine them up close but even her captain had warned her of how dangerous those knights were. They gave off a very intimidating presence. Tsubaki believed if confronted with one she would most likely die. That just made her want to study them all the more!
Around her office were various books on dragon knights, dragoons of old, dragon slayers, dragon slaying weapons, some had matching names but they were not what she was looking for.
"Tsubaki!" She calls to her captain.
In walks a mature beautiful dwarf woman. "Prepare a carriage and have someone store these things inside, I am going to head over to the Demeter familia and present them as a gift along with my apology to the Captain of the Hel familia." Hephaestus says.
A message had been left at the previous Hel familia home to seek them out at the Demeter familia should anyone come looking. The house itself was abandoned for now.
It was a smart move to put his familia in a magical dimension for safety. Who knows what kind of control or protection he had over that dimension so he wouldnt have to worry about intruders. He could just lock himself inside and not worry about anything.
Ryan did indeed have quite a bit of control over his kingdom and if there was an intruder he would 100% know about it and he had to personally make sure to invite people in. Nobody would be sneaking into his home, human or god. If they did manage to somehow get in and cause trouble they would be met with holy cannons and terrifying knights or worse.
"Alright, hopefully this meeting goes better than the last one." Tsubaki says with a frown.
"It should be fine." Hephaestus says. Quite a few people already knew Captain Grim had a strong dislike for most gods or goddesses. Seems he had a favorable impression of only a couple. She was partly to blame for that too.
Even then the only gods he seemed to openly associate with were his own goddess and Demeter who everyone got along with. Seems even Loki who was on decent terms earned a place on his shit list by how she operates and only made things worse trying to pick a fight.
Soon a carriage was loaded up with several peace offerings which she hoped the Captain would like.
Arriving at the Demeter familia she was escorted to a waiting room with Tsubaki while someone went to request for a meeting with Captain Grim.
Demeter, Ryan and a gray knight in thorn covered armor arrived.
"Hephaestus how nice to see you." Demeter says happily.
"Hello Demeter, I hope I wasn't interrupting anything?" Hephaestus says
"Not at all, just some small planting projects." Demeter says then her tone shifts a bit. "So you are here to see Ryan today? I hope you behave yourself I've grown rather fond of him, he is a good boy." Demeter says in a motherly tone with a bit of scolding mixed in.
Ryan's lips twitched behind the honey haired goddess. She was indeed just like a doting mother. She often volunteered to make dinner for Lili and himself considering Ryan's cooking abilities seemed to have become even more abysmal than they were before he arrived in this world. No matter what he cooked it always ended up burnt or half cold or raw in places. Making him extremely depressed.
"I actually came to apologize for my previous behavior. I know it's not a good excuse but my Divinity acted up and I was extremely rash and rude because of It. I immediately regretted my actions afterwards." Hephaestus says honestly.
Ryan of course bit back some snide remarks then sighed after all she did come to apologize and it was better to make amends and just forget about it than to make an enemy. No need to be petty after all.
"Alright then." Ryan just shrugged before sitting down on the couch Anima behind him, Demeter sat down next to him.
"I have brought some gifts out in the carriage to give as a small form of apology. Books on dragon slayers, dragon knights and dragoons. Along with various dragon slaying equipment in acquired over the past week." Hephaestus says.
"Loki blabbed huh?" Ryan asks with a small grin. He wasn't going to turn down free books and dragon slaying equipment.
"I had to pay a pretty hefty price for that information." Hephaestus admits before looking at the knight whose glowing gray orbs in the helmet were locked onto her and Tsubaki.
Ryan of course noticed her gaze. "This is Anima, she is my personal gaurd for the day."
"I have heard much about these knights of yours. They are truly remarkable." Hephaestus says. "Armor and weapons given life, I can tell she is alive and has a soul."
"They are quite remarkable and I'm very proud of them." Ryan says happily. Anima fidgets happily under the praises of her king. She may not have existed long but she enjoys the praise of her creator more than anything.
Hephaestus's divinity acted up slightly. "Might you be willing to tell me how she was created? Not free of course I would be willing to compensate you for the information."
Surprisingly Ryan was actually agreeable to this trade. There was a steep price to pay if you wanted to make something similar to a knight, even he had to make a payment for them.
"Sure if you are willing to tell me how growth weapons are made I'm willing to tell you how my knights are made." Ryan answers to Hephaestus's shock.
Ryan really wanted to know how those growth weapons were formed, a weapon that grew with the user and bonded with them. That would be good to have.
Hephaestus hesitated for just a second but ultimately. "I agree to this trade." she had to know.
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