"Bell!" Naaza sighed in relief when she saw her fellow Familia mber is safe and sound.
"Naaza-san. Did you co to save us?" Bell asked.
Naaza nodded and a hooded and masked Elf approached him, "Cranel-san, are you injured?"
Bell was about to ask who she is as her voice was very familiar when the Elf pulled down her mask and showed her face, "Eh…? R-Ryuu-san!? Why are you here too?"
Ryuu put back her mask before replying, "A certain Deity was rather insistent that I accept a quest." She pointed towards the man who was emitting a very small amount of Divinity compared to a normal Deity, "He wanted to join the search to find you."
Fixing his appearance, Hers introduced himself to Bell, "Hi there~! The na's Hers. It's nice to make your acquaintance. So you're Bell Cranel?"
"Y-yes!" Bell answered.
'So this is Zeus' kid. At first glance, he's pretty normal and naive.' Hers thought as he continued, "Ahh… I've been looking for you."
"Um, Hers-sama, thank you for coming to save us!"
Waving his hand, Hers replied, "All I did was help out my good friend Miach~." He then pointed towards their entire party, "You should be thanking them instead. It's all thanks to them that we managed to make it this far."
Bell, Lily, and Welf finally noticed three familiar faces, "!"
With a cold face, Welf called out to Bell, "…Hey, Bell."
"Y-yeah…" Even the usually bright Bell couldn't smile after seeing the people who caused this incident.
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While Bell and his party were settling their grudges on the Takemikazuchi Familia, Hers and Asfi were invited to the largest tent of the Loki Familia to et Finn, Riveria, Gareth, and the rest of the executives, "Haha… Surprising isn't it? The Loki Familia saving Bell-kun of all people~!"
With a difficult face, Tione muttered, "It's not uncommon for rescue missions to co by, but…"
"It's my first ti that I've seen a God co along, too." Gareth finished her words.
Ignoring them, Finn addressed Hers, "Pardon , Lord Hers, let wrap my head around this, but you ca all the way down here to the 18th floor to save Bell Cranel and his party? Is that correct?"
With a smile, Hers took out a parchnt and passed it to Finn, "Absolutely, Braver. As a part of a request from Miach, I even have the official request form here, see?"
Finn checked the parchnt and figured that it was real before passing it back to Hers.
While receiving it back, Hers continued to speak, "We'd like permission to stay here. Also, we were hoping to join you on your return to the surface. Those are our requests."
"Extra securities?" Finn muttered.
"You would be really helping us out. We were in such a hurry to get down here and forgot to bring camping provisions. Of course, we could always stay in that cesspool they call 'Rogue Town'…" Of course, that was a lie. Hers urged everyone to hurry up without preparing for provisions as he already predicted from the start that the Loki Familia would take care of Bell's party since it matched their schedule of going up. With this, they would have a legitimate reason to request for assistance.
He believed that they would be taken care of, not because of Bell, but because of Welf, who was a mber of the Hephaestus Familia. With Tsubaki accompanying them, it was almost a hundred percent sure that they would be taken in.
"Argonaut-kun and his friends would surely have a terrible ti there…" Tiona muttered after hearing the 'Rouge Town' from Hers.
"Quiet!" Her sister, however, imdiately reprimanded her.
Pretending that he didn't hear that, Hers continued, "Food-wise, we'll figure sothing for ourselves. If our presence should lead to incurred expenses, my Familia will foot the bill upon arrival to the surface. I could even throw in so gifts too."
"You're bein' rather generous… For a man rely carrying out a request." Gareth replied.
Smirking, Hers replied, "Haha, well, Hephaestus also ca to to help out her Welf-kun, you know?"
After those words, Finn resigned the thought of refusing their request. Using his true motives with light sincerity, he made it difficult for them to refuse. Hers knew that the Loki Familia couldn't possibly abandon a mber of an allied Familia.
If it was just a normal expedition, Finn would have no problems accepting their request, however, due to the sensitive information that they carry, they were very vulnerable to a God's questioning due to their abilities to see through lies. As such, he really didn't want to take the risk of staying near him.
"I know you must be tired after your expedition, but I hope you'll consider my offer." Hers continued with a smile.
Sighing, Finn replied, "Lord Hers, haggling is not necessary. Your needs will be accommodated."
"Oh, you're too kind~! You have my utmost thanks." Hers then feigned a cough, "Ehem, oh dear, I may be a bit late, but congrats~! I assu the expedition went well?"
"Thank you. We had no casualties."
"Well, that's great! That's Loki Familia for ya~!" However, Hers' next question was what they didn't want to be asked the most, "However, I do wonder… What you might have found on the 59th floor, hm?"
Everyone made a difficult face while Finn only smiled as he stared at him. But instead of Finn, Riveria was the one who answered Hers, "We are followers of Loki. We have no duty to disclose Familia matters to Gods with questionable intentions."
Hers looked around him before smiling and taking a step back. It was enough for him to confirm that indeed sothing surprising was on the 59th floor. He could try to gather more information later from the other mbers. He had, after all, bought valuable ti with them and he wouldn't waste this chance, "Right you are! I do apologize. It's simply that you're the first ones to venture there since Zeus' Party so long ago. A bit curious I'll admit."
While everyone from the Loki Familia stared at him, Hers continued, "Actually, did I ntion that Dionysus, Loki, and I made an alliance? A so-called connection between victims. To take a stand against those vibrantly colored monsters and the remnants of Evilus."
"I'm afraid we'll have to confirm this with our own Goddess before we fully believe you, Lord Hers," Finn replied.
"You're right. In that case, feel free to ignore what I'm about to tell you now." Hers continued with a large grin, "Braver, Finn Deimne. You may have already noticed, but there is in fact another entrance into the Dungeon besides the one found in Babel. We plan for you all to begin a thorough investigation once you return to the surface."
Hers then left with Asfi after saying those words.
"B-boss…" Raul called out to Finn after confirming that Hers really left.
Sighing, Finn answered, "I suspected sothing like this… It seems that we're not going to be getting much rest once we return ho." Finn's eyes' then changed as he added, "It seems that the Hestia Familia will have to do so work for us soon, as we have agreed earlier."
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Editors
Alexander
28th00: I still find it funny that Hers is lowkey terrified of Kisuke. Being a god is not very important if you beco classified as an enemy, where there's a will, there is a way! To perma-kill a God that is, not just their avatar.
Goyya: Permakill is possible, however, Kisuke still doesn't know what that entails so he can't do that.
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