[Vol.3] Quest 263- What’s LeftOctober 21st, 2 days after the raid on the Knossos.
Room of Prayer.
“Dionysus, are you ready to talk?” said Ouranos, with Artemis, Loki, and Hers in the room.
“Yes… I have sorted out my thoughts, but I have one condition for my cooperation.”
“You don’t seem to know the situation you are in,” Loki said with her eyes open. “We have you in the palm of our hands and we still have that spirit Beta caught for answers as well.” Loki looked at Artemis. “She is still alive, right? That look in Cirrus’s eyes gave
Hera/Odin vibes.”
“She is fine,” Artemis assures them. “But currently she is being… used for research into Corrupted and Demi-Spirits.”
“Anyway,” Hers said, getting back to the subject at hand. “Dionysus. I hope you have sothing. Or else there isn’t much to keep you here in Gekai.”
“Please… can you at least consider what my condition is?”
“Fine,” said Artemis. “What is it? Does it have to do with your only child?”
“Yes… she was turned into a Creature during the Nightmare of the 27th floor against her own will. I did my best to help her, but… nothing worked.”
“So you made a special fabric to further hide her nature?” said Hers.
“Yes… so my condition is that you help her, more specifically your child, Artemis.” He looked at her with sympathy in his eyes.
“… Fine, but if we say jump, you say how high got it,” Artemis said sternly.
“You’re lucky you aren’t Thanatos,” Hers said. “Ganesha got what he could and sent him back up to him.”
“Yes… thank you for accepting my condition.” He bows his head.
‘Lucky for us, Cirrus and Circe are already working on it.’ Artemis thought.
Miach’s clinic.
“That’s everything.” Said Miach, finishing examining Filvis.
“You can roll down your sleeves now.” Said Naaza.
“Lefiya, don’t forget to push the button in case… well you aren’t going to try anything are you?” Cirrus says, looking at Filvis.
“I…won’t…”
“Uh-huh. Lefiya, escort her to her room. I should have the magic tool ready in 2 days.” Cirrus gets up and leaves the room.
“let’s go…” she said sadly.
She nods her head and follows her.
The walk to her room was awkward, much like the previous tis she had escorted Filvis. They arrive in a closed-off area in the ward where Lefiya is watching over Filvis since her capture.
“…”
“…”
Both don’t know what to say and Filvis simply lays in bed in deep contemplation.
“You know… you were the first friend I made on my own. I could call you a close friend.” Lefiya broke the silence first.
Filvis had a painful expression on.
“I’m… I’m sorry for ruining that relationship.”
“Yes… it was crushing… but rembering the look on his face… I am lucky you are still alive, so we can at least try and rebuild the bridge that burned between us that day.”
“… Even if I’m no longer a… when I’m this… Creature?” she looks down as tears swell up.
Lefiya cos and placed her hand on Filvis’ hand.
“You are still you; you may look different but…”
Filvis raises her head and looks at Lefiya, and their eyes et.
“You are still my friend, no matter how you look.” She made a sweet smile that broke Filvis into tears.
Filvis gripped her hand, and tears rolled.
“I… I don’t deserve a friend like you…” she said softly, crying.
Walking back ho, Cirrus is t by Ryuu and Asfi.
“So how was it?”
“They took Alise, Kaguya, and Lyra’s weapons,” Ryuu said with a disgruntled expression.
“Tch… Asfi, how goes the Knossos?”
“We have mapped out a majority, but there is still more to go. The Xeno have settled down rather well, but they request you co and bring one of their kind, who they say is rather ‘Aggressive’.” Asfi said, a bit exhausted.
“I’ll be going down in 2 days. I just checked Filvis’ condition, so I’m going to make the magic tools to hide her appearance,” Cirrus said, taking out a stamina potion. “Here Asfi.”
“Ah thank.” She took it and took a sip.
“What of her… physical condition?” Ryuu asked.
“That will take a while to fully grasp.” Cirrus rubbed his chin. “From what you said on Olivas, we have to be careful on her magic stone and try to see if we can reverse her forced upon condition.”
“I will be returning back to the pub… I have been away for too long.” Ryuu said, not excited about what Mia had in store for her.
“Hm, should anything arise I will contact you and here?” Cirrus reaches into his sleeves and hands Ryuu a pouch of Valis. “So Mia will be easy on you.”
“Thank you.” She took it graciously. “I will repay this one day.”
“Didn’t Mia essentially rented you out?” Asfi said. “I rember you talking with her?” Asfi said, looking at Cirrus.
“!!” Ryuu shook a bit. “S-she did…”
“Ah yeah. You keep being taken, so she just has a rental price.” Cirrus said, putting a hand on Ryuu’s shoulder. “I am sorry.”
“I…” Ryuu was at a loss for words.
“Is she at least expensive?” Asfi asked, taking a sip.
“Yeah, she’s worth the sa as her bounty. I paid about 75% of it. The rest is in your hands, Ryuu.”
Ryuu looks at the bag of Valis and feels how heavy that is.
“… I… I’m just gonna go.” She puts the money away. “And Cirrus should… you know you need soone to talk to you or they appear again. You know where I am.”
“Yeah, I’ll contact you.” Cirrus goes and hugs her. “Take care.”
She hugs him back.
“Hm, you as well.”
They part ways.
“So,” Asfi said, walking beside Cirrus. “Could I get the recipe for the stamina potion?”
“I would give it to you, but I fear you're gonna work yourself to the bone and die of exhaustion. I also don’t want Hers to get his grubby hands on it.”
“Yeah… Okay, I see it. Take care Cirrus.” She pats his back, and she took her to leave.
Returning ho, Cirrus went to his workshop in the Moonlight Tower and got to work on the magic tool.
He didn’t want to think about anything else but the magic tool before him.
Poke!
“Hm?”
He turned to Ai with so food in hand.
“Are you okay?” she asked, putting the food to the side. “I know you’ve been dealing with… you know.” She sat down next to him.
“… I’m fine… just a bit angry they took their bodies, but… I’ll get them back even if I must hurt them.”
“… I’ll let you get to work. Just eat alright and if you wanna talk, you have people alright.”
“I understand.”
Down in the Knossos.
“So, how are the accommodations?” Bell asked.
“They're good! Kalion is helping with the arrangents and the like.” Said Lyd. “And for the first ti having an actual ho… it’s nice! We even have our own rooms! And with a place like this, we can start to really extend our reach in finding our brethren!”
“That's good to hear. I also heard you brought in so stragglers?”
“We did. They were really in the nook and crannies of this place, but we found them.”
“We gained the trust of the Loki Familia, so that’s a plus! Oh, Wiene wanted to show you her room but…” Said Ray, looking around. “I can’t seem to find her?”
“I’m sure she’s with Haruhi.” Said Bell happily that they found a ho.
“Oh yeah, it almost slipped my mind, but Asterius asked
to tell you this, Bell,” Lyd said. “Ahem! He said, ‘I am angry you did not ask
to join in the fight. Thank you for helping my people. I still want a rematch.’. Very nice of him, if I say so myself!”
“I am surprised he didn’t get angry and co looking for ?”
“Well, I ntioned to him that um… Cirrus would co and fight him. I asked Kalion if he could tell Cirrus and they are supposed to et in two days.”
“… Lyd, what have you done?”
Northeast of Orario in the middle of mountains and hidden by mist, a girl in her teens stands above a small community.
“… I can sll it. It’s a poison that’s rich in potency.” Said Wu.
‘The ashes of the black desert were far too scattered to be properly absorbed, but this… this I can refine it into a liquid!’
A smile breaks on her face as she jumps down.
“Soon I will make a poison that will kill you, Cirrus!!”
Sowhere in the Frontier.
“So… the Fla of Heaven has beco corrupted huh?” Aphrodite said with 2 people in red armor chard and on all fours.
“Yes, my goddess!!”
“… Tch… and I just heard Hestia has made a na for herself… Hera, shall we go to Olympia? You found your last child.”
Hera looks out to the horizon as the sun rose, the surrounding area was destroyed by monsters with only a single build left intact.
“… Lets. We shall examine it, and should we find it if need of Vesta… well, we will see if Nox is capable of purifying it first. Malion!”
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