[Vol.2] Quest 169- UncrownedOne week later, the Denatus is held.
"There is still Evilus activity, but it’s drastically weaker than before. They all went deep, DEEP, underground since we took down their main fighting force." Said Loki. "Now the real cockroaches are left behind."
"Hm! My Familia are working on arresting them!" said Ganesha.
"Susanoo, are you sure you wanna leave?" asked Loki.
"Hm, I have held up my end of the bargain with The Guild long ago and to you all. My Familia has worked to quell the uprising of evil, and now only small embers remain. With the city now having far stronger adventures, my Familia is no longer needed."
"What about your level 6 child, the Flashing Saint?" asked a god.
"What about her? She agreed to leave as well."
"Speaking of, I heard the Flashing Saint and Kirin are in a relationship!" said a goddess.
"Oh! I saw them walking down the street together a while back, hand in hand!" said another.
"Are you mad, Susanoo? Your daughter is being taken from you!" said a god.
"Why would I be? He is a good man for my daughter. Any good god would want the best for their child."
His words cut deep into several clingy gods.
"How very compassionate of you, Susanoo," said Freya. "As expected of a god of marriage."
"If there is nothing else to discuss, may we finally get to the part everyone is looking forward to?"
Every god made a sinister smile.
The Naming Ceremony went exactly as expected. The gods give children such embarrassing chuuni nas. It hurts the gods who couldn’t fight for sothing better.
"So her na will remain as Sword Princess got it." Loki said, with a vicious look in her eyes.
Every god nodded in agreent.
"Now for the last one, Ottar, Freya, any nas?"
"King." She said plainly.
"King!?" rebutted Ishtar. "If I’m not mistaken, Astraea’s child is also a level 7! So why should we give your child such a grand na as King!"
Many of the gods muttered to one another, but Freya simply tilted her head.
"Why? Because he is a king?"
"That doesn’t give us a reason to give him the title!! If anything, we should give it to Astraea’s kid! After all, he does have the blood of the Empress!"
Many of the gods started to agree with her.
"I second Freya’s choice." said Astraea.
"Yeah, see what—WHAT!?"
All the gods were shocked by Astraea’s decision.
"Fufu sees, look at that Ishtar! She agrees with !"
"B-but why? Your child is the-"
"I know Ishtar, but the king does not suit him." She took out a stack of papers and handed them out.
"Hm? What’s this-!!!!!" The paper causes all of the god's eyes to widen.
"L-l-l-level 8!!"
They all looked at Astraea with bloodshot eyes.
"As I said, the na of King would not suit him as it is too small of a na."
"Then what do you have in mind?" asked Dionysus.
"…Uncrowned Emperor."
"Uncrowned?" said Loki. "Why that?"
"Because he’s gone." said Hers.
"Eh?"
All the gods turned to Hers.
"What do you an gone?" asked Hephaestus.
"I an, he’s gone. I'm afraid he left the city and eloped with the Flashing Saint."
"What!?!?!?"
Many of the gods were in a state of shock again.
"Ugh!! My heart!! So many surprises!!" said Loki, a sentint shared by several other deities.
"Ah~ how romantic??!" said Freya, as well as many of the other goddesses.
"As romantic as that is, shouldn’t we get them? They did leave without permission?" said Deter.
A silence filled the room.
"…Well it’s not like any of our children can hope to bring him back." Said Ganesha. "And it would be a waste of resources to try to get him back."
"Especially with their speeds," said Artemis. "I taught Cirrus the art of hunting, so even tracking him down would be nigh impossible."
"Fufu, are you sure you don’t want to see him with his girlfriend!" said Loki making fun of Artemis. "After all, he did—"
Within the blink of an eye, Artemis had fired an arrow from her bow.
Thunk!
The arrow struck just above Loki's shoulder and into the chair.
"As I said, impossible." Artemis stated firmly.
"I AM GANESHA!!!!" He struck a pose. "What of you, Soma?" asked Ganesha in a tone that did not match his body language. "You are also a lunar deity. Do you not want to give him punishnt?"
"No comnt. Any punishnt I leave up to Artemis at her discretion. I simply wish to make my drinks." Soma said, uninterested in everything.
"So then we're all in agreent?" said Hers. "Ottar shall be nad King! Cirrus will be known as the Uncrowned Emperor! All in favor!"
"Aye!!!"
After the Daedalus.
"Oi! Astraea!" said Loki.
"Yes?"
"Is your kid really gone?"
"Yes, he left the night you and your Familia went to the pub and sang with him."
"That night! How! We drank so much!"
"He is a heavy drinker," said Hers walking by. "He outdrank Poseidon, you know."
"That drunken sailor! Ugh...Well, that’s beside the point. I wanted to ask if he was the one who sent Finn and the others' gifts?"
"Why? Did you not like his gifts? He wanted to give one last gift to all the people who he knew."
"N-no it’s just that-"
"They're too good," said Hephaestus walking up to them. "I saw the shield he made for Gareth, and Tsubaki was crying rivers of blood trying to make a shield better than his. Actually, I had shown the shield to several other Blacksmiths and they all got angry!" She said with a big smile, rembering the looks on her children's faces. "I have never seen so many tears of frustration!" She chuckled at the thought.
"He is rather talented!" Astraea said with a smile. "Hmm do you all want to get a bite to eat?"
"With you, Astraea, of course!!" said Hers, slipping in.
"I can go for a bite." Said Loki.
"Sure thing." said Hephaestus.
"Do you wanna co to Artemis?"
They look to see Artemis looking out to the horizon.
"…Sorry but I have so things to do." She nodded and took her leave.
"Heh~ do you think she’s lovesick?" asked Loki.
"No…I’ve seen that look on her before... She’s going to hunt the ultimate ga!" said Hers.
"You don’t an…"
"Yup! She’s going to hunt the world’s only level 8 adventurer!"
Walking down the stairs, Artemis looks at the faint moon slowly coming into view.
‘You will take responsibility for it and…’ She could feel her heart beating a bit faster. ‘Hopefully, you will accept my punishnt... Without much trouble.’
North of Orario.
“Hm… feels like soone is coming after .” Cirrus darted his eyes around his surroundings.
'You think Artemis is finally gonna start hunting you?' Nox said on his head.
"...Probably, I assud she would have done so sooner but I'm not gonna complain. Oh maybe she knows. Hey! Miss!!"
Cirrus walks up a very beautiful and bountiful lady like Deter tending to her crops.
"Hm? A visitor? We don't get many of you around here?"
"Ah yeah I am actually here looking for soone nad Georgos?"
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