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Chapter 3 - Status Board

Laurens sighed and looked at the ceiling, Hestia was adorable and although he hated Bell's personality with 'I want to be a hero', he didn't seem that bad when you met him.

Not that he intended to babysit him or anything, the Dungeon was the place he would rather go in alone if it was possible.

Laurens soon closed his eyes and dozed off aswell.

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"Pssst.... hey....Laurens....Laurens!"

Laurens opened his drowsy eyes as he felt someone pulling on his arm from the side of the bed and saw Bell standing there, trying to keep Hestia from waking up.

"Mmm?" Laurens slightly rubbed his eyes and looked at Bell who asked,

"Should I show you around the Dungeon today or do you rather want to go tomorrow? It's your first day here after all" Bell said with a smile on his face but Laurens could see the anticipation in his eyes.

"I don't have my Falna yet, good luck" Laurens cut Bell off and closed his eyes again which made Bell have a bitter smile on his face, he completely forgot about Laurens not having his Falna yet.

He really wanted to show his new Familia Member the Dungeon though! Bell sighed, got dressed and left for the Dungeon.

Laurens tried to move his body but soon noticed something obstructing his movement and was forced to open his eyes.

As he looked at his chest, Hestia was clinging onto him like a koala while drooling and a dumb smile on her face which made her look like a cute doll instead of a Goddess of over a hundred thousand years old.

Laurens smiled and stroked a strand of hair away from her face which made her groan and cling onto him even harder, since Laurens needed to get his Blessings anyway, he might as well just wait sleep for a bit longer too.

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When the sun was already up and shining and the time hit 11 A.M, Laurens finally opened his eyes again.

"Haahhh..." Laurens stretched his body and yawned and soon noticed that Hestia was still in a deep sleep on his chest which made a smile appear on his face.

This was by far the best sleep he had in ages.

"Goddess, time to wake up" Laurens gently shook her but Hestia seemed to be in a light coma, so he shook her again....

And again, again, and again, finally after 5 tries came an answer,

"Mmm... 5 more minutes" Hestia dumbly smiled and clung onto Laurens even tighter.

Laurens helplessly sighed and as if a lightbulb started shining above his head, he remembered that Hestia was quite the foody despite being a Goddess so he bent towards her ear and whispered,

"Goddess..... There's a lot of yummy food...."

"Ah! Where?! Where?!" Hestia jumped up from the bed and looked around with drool still on the side of her mouth and soon revealed a heartbroken expression which made Laurens feel quite bad for his joke.

"I will treat you tonight, how about that?" Laurens asked.

"N..no it's fine, you need to save money for a weapon! In the meantime, use this" Hestia wiped her eyes and yawned while reaching under the bed and revealing a box.

Hestia opened the box and showed the content of the box which revealed a regular short iron sword that seemed to be quite old with a leather belt that had a leather sheet combined with it.

"I..i bought this for Bell when we just met but he rather uses knives so I never gave it to him, sorry but this is the only thing I can give you" Hestia looked ashamed about the fact that her Familia was so poor and that she couldn't even give her Familia Members stuff to survive in the Dungeon.

"Hestia, thank you" Laurens smiled and grabbed the sword out of the box, he swung the short sword around for a bit and noticed the weight was quite good.

"I really like it" Laurens smiled brightly and put the short sword back to leather sheet that came with it in the form of a belt.

Hestia smiled brightly before patting the bed and saying with an excited expression,

''Now lay down and let me give you my Blessings"

Laurens put the belt away and obediently laid down on the bed, Hestia crawled on top of him and put her knees on each side of his body which made him feel her soft buttocks on the bottom side of his back.

Hestia pricked her finger and started chanting a weird incarnation of the Tenkai language which relayed her position in Tenkai, her Blessings, her last name and her vow to never betray her new Familia Member.

After all that, she put her bleeding finger above Laurens' back and a drop of blood fell onto his back which made a Falna sign appear.

Hestia looked excitedly at Laurens' back and anticipated atleast some decent results, not that she cared if it was bad but she could atleast hope right?

'He does have a body that better than most adventurers already so his starting Stats should be good!' Hestia smiled as she knew her new Familia Member would atleast have some strength to defend himself.

As the Status Board fully appeared, Hestia's eyes shot wide open and she yelped in shock as she fell backwards onto Laurens' legs who was just in time to move his feet slightly upwards to keep her from rolling of the bed.

"Goddess?! Are you okay?" Laurens asked with a concerned tone, he couldn't turn around now since he didn't know if something would happen to Hestia if he broke the ritual.

"I...i've never heard of a case like this...." Hestia sat back up and grabbed a special paper with trembling hands from excitement to portrait Laurens' Status Board to be sure that it was not a dream.

As the stats appeared just the same on the paper as on his back, Hestia gulped and smiled widely before jumping on Laurens' back and hugged his neck.

"Kyaaa! There has never been a case like this! Never! Hahaha, you're amazing Laurens-Kun!" Hestia excitedly hugged Laurens as he was still in confusion as to what exactly was happening, he was atleast happy she felt a bit closer to him now.

"Could you show me Goddess?" Laurens asked and Hestia sat up with a bright smile and pulled the paper in front of them both.

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Level 1

Strength - 43 I

Vitality - 21 I

Dexterity - 29 I

Agility - 25 I

Mana - 0 I

Magic:

Skills:

[Heaven's Sense]

[Bloodlust]

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(A/N: Boosts the 5 senses)

(A/N: Gives a 0.1% Stat Boost every kill without an interval of more than 5 minutes, max stat boost is 10%)

"You actually got 2 skills from when you were blessed! This never happened before in all of Orario!" Hestia excitedly jumped around while Laurens merely smiled, it seemed that that woman had used his enhanced Senses from the battlefield to create this Skill while Bloodlust probably came from his years on the battlefield.

Although he fought in wars, he couldn't help but marvel the wars of the Cold Weapon Age....

Only he knew of his addiction to sword, Laurens never enjoyed the wars on Earth, they were boring and dangerous while even a pregnant 50 year old woman could pull a sniper trigger, not that she would hit something 99% of the time but she could.....

Not that it would be a good idea but still, hypothetically! it was possible.

While fights where people fought with cold weapons really got Laurens' blood boiling in excitement, it was a battle of nerves, wits, courage, strength and way more factors!

"Goddess, I will go to the Dungeon" Laurens stood up and said while grabbing the belt and dressed himself in excitement.

"Okay, but be careful out there! Go to the guild first to get to know the Monster's abilities" Hestia smiled widely and was over the moon.

"Understood, I will see you later" Laurens smiled and ran out the church.

Hestia suddenly shuddered and noticed the mistake she made, she shouldn't have told him about the Skills yet!

What if he became cocky and underestimated the Monster's?

Although she gave him a pouch and a short sword, if he went underestimated the Monster's it might end up rough.

Hestia didn't hesitate and wanted to run after Laurens who already came back down.

''Ahh! Did you forget something?" Hestia asked with a confused expression but suddenly shook her head and said,

''Don't underestimate the Monsters! Keep it easy and learn the first floor to get used to the Tower!" Hestia said while pointing a finger like a teacher reprimanding a student which made Laurens grin and walk to her side of the bed.

"What are you doing?" Hestia asked with curiosity

Laurens didn't say anything and grabbed Hestia's ribbons and walked behind her.

Hestia couldn't help but be slightly nervous as she wasn't used to Laurens being around yet, let alone him caring for her like this, it was as if he knew that she had troubled with putting her ribbons

''There, looks great'' Laurens said as he put the twin tails in her hair and patted her head.

"R..really? I mean! Did you hear what I said?!" Hestia shook herself out of her thoughts and said sternly.

"Don't worry Goddess, I will watch out'' Laurens said before patting her head once more and gave her a gentle smile.

Hestia looked once more at his departing figure and put a hand on the ribbon, she smiled and walked out of the church aswell.

She should work hard aswell to be able to provide for her Familia Members!

As Hestia set out to her part-time job, Laurens arrived at the Tower of Babel half an hour later after he signed up at the Guild.

Sadly, Rose wasn't there to help him and a man with bunny ears helped him but he said that Rose was his Personal Advisor so that was something to be positive about though.

"It truly is ridiculously high....." Laurens grinned and walked into the Tower.

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