chapter 7 Hestia familia

Neos awoke from the sunlight, bathing him in its light. He sat up from the bed, still in his robe. He sat up from the bed and made sure to go over his body to see if he had properly healed himself. Sensing he was fully healed from his injuries.

He walked out of the room, went by the hall, and went down the stairs to the pub area. Seeing some patrons drinking something he did not know of, he sat in a chair by the counter with a female elf with sky-blue eyes and green hair. 

"Good morning, sir. May I take your order, sir?" the elf said to him as she took a list. He looked at her and the other early patrons. "May I have what they are having?" The elf nodded and went away. 

Neos sat there waiting while looking out the window to the street. Looking at the people bustling about the road, he stopped when he saw the elf. Before coming to him with his breakfast and setting it up on the table, he thanked her for the service. The elf nodded at his words and quietly left for her work.

Neos dug into his meal while glancing at the people outside the window, thinking about what the future would have for him: would he have this chance to live in the world the ministers promised him to, or would the ministers find him and kill him to be recycled for him to be the foundation for the new AD34? After he was done with his meal, he compared it to his meal last night and found it different, thinking to himself that the taste was different because last night was the first time in a long time he ate something again but with more flavor than before.

Neos gestured for the waitress, copying the other patrons when they paid for their meals. The elf girl came again, and he gave her the payment for the meal. He stood up and went to the guild to meet with Miss Rose and Miss Eina so he could join a newly formed Familia.

Neos still cannot form a conclusion about these gods; he knew of their existence, but he thought the ministers had hunted them all, and he has been to the ruined divine kingdom before in one of the past trials that had him fight the void beasts that keep spawning using the decaying divine might of the numerous corpses from the divines.

As he walks through the road with his hood up, he can see groups of adventures, groups of humans, some with elves that seem to be different from his world's elves who are taller and have more pointed ears, the dwarfs that seem to be smaller here, the small childlike people who he toughs were adults, that I have a body similar to a teenager or younger, and that they seem to be their race and a completely separate group of women warriors that should be similar to the Valkyries of my world. Some of the races he can't recognize easily are the numerous breeds of beastkin, and he would rarely see gods as well based on the aura they give off.

When he finally arrived at the guild, he could see both Rose and Eina waiting by the doors. "Good morning, Miss Rose and Miss Eina," he said, greeting both of them with a bow.

"Good morning to you as well, Neos," and "Good morning as well, sir Neos," both Rose and Eina greeted back. "Neos, you need to stop with the bowing," said Rose as she helped him up, and Neos nodded his head to her in agreement with her words.

"Eina, I trust you to guide Neos to the home of the Hestia Familia." "I will miss Rose," Rose told Eina while patting Neos's chest. While he looked at her in confusion with her patting, Eina nodded at her words. With that, both Neos and Eina set off for the Hestia Familia.

While they were talking, Eina would explain the current situation of the Hestia Familia. Under Hestia's leadership, the Hestia Familia is an exploration-type Familia. Began with Bell Cranel as a founding member. They have just started their family; the current time of activity for the Familia is 2 weeks, or, for an exact number, about 12 to 13 days. Neos would nod at her every word, and when they finally arrived at their location, he saw an old abandoned church.

Neos looked at Eina, who just gestured for him to wait.

"Goddess Hestia, Bell, are any of them in there?" Eina shouted while knocking at the door of the abandoned church, and then the doors were opened by a small woman.

"Hello there, Miss Elf, do you need something from Bell and me? If you need Bell, you just missed him," the small woman said with a sorry tone.

"You must be goddess Hestia, then. Sorry to bother you, goddess Hestia. I'm Eina Tulle. I'm Bell's advisor." Before she could continue, "Did something bad happen to Bell? Is he okay, Bell?" Hestia cut into her words before she could finish. Hestia called for Bell while crying. "Goddess Hestia, nothing bad happened to Bell. Please calm down. I'm here to introduce someone to your Familia if they can join you, quickly informed Hestia. I thought something bad had happened to Bell. Hestia was wiping away her tears, as she knew she was too worried to the point she started putting words at other people.

While still wiping away her tears, she asked her, "What do you mean? Introduce someone to my Familia." "This is Mr. Neos, who wishes to join your Familia." Eina introduced her to Neos, who was bowing to Hestia.

Neos looked at the appearance of the goddess Hestia, a youthful-appearing deity who is exquisite and little. Her black hair, which reaches to her mid-thighs, is tied into twin tails, and she has blue eyes. Her petite stature (4'7") draws attention to her ample breasts. She wears a pair of white gloves and a white mini dress with a blue ribbon knotted around her neck and one tied under her breasts around her arms. For now, she's barefoot.

Hestia looked at Neo's curiosity. "You want to join my Familia," she asked with a hint of hope in her voice.

Neos nodded his head at her words. "Yes, goddess Hestia, I wish to join your Familia as a way of beginning my new life here in this city," he told her of his wanting to join her Familia with a deep bow.

With a jump, Hestia pounced at him as she hugged him. "Yes, you can join my Familia," she said to him, excited to know someone would join her Familia.

Eina, seeing that her job was done, bowed to Neos, who saw her, and I nodded at her while still being hugged by Hestia, and she went back to the guild to continue her work.

Hestia grad Neos, who is for the first time confused about what is happening inside the abounded church, went to a secret door that led to the basement, which was in a P shape.

When they were finally in the basement, he stared at her. "Goddess Hestia, do you not need to question me about anything; I just came to you and asked to join your Familia; do you not fear me of wishing to harm you?" he asked her while properly looking at the small goddess in the eyes who was smiling at him.

"Why should I be? I sense no hostility from you," Hestia told her, reasoning while patting his head, but because of their height difference, she was patting the side of his head.

"You have my thanks, goddess Hestia, for your generosity in allowing me to join your Familia," he told her as he bowed deeply to her again.

Hestia is proud of herself for gaining another future member. "Now strip so that I can officially join my Familia," she said, who was looking at her with a questioning gaze. "Strip?" Neos questioned her, not knowing what it meant. "Take off your clothes so that I can bless you with my falna," she told her about the reason for the strip.

Neos followed her words, the robe and his top disappearing. "Wow! What was that?" Hestia questioned him, then stopped herself, needing to finish the falna first before she could continue. "You're too tall; go lay down by the bed, so I can reach your back," she said as she pointed at the room's only proper furniture. Neos went to lie on the bed, and as he lay there, he could feel Hestia doing something to his back.

When Hestia was about to place her ichor on his back, when she was doing the falna, when she was too focused on looking at his falna, Neos felt his blood start to boil due to the presence of the ichor of a god.

His blood was starting to fight the foreign divine energy when it was about to attack it. Neos was able to calm down his body before it could devour the ichor and allow it to bless his body.

When the falna was done, Hestia used a piece of paper to look at his status. She was massively confused because all of his stats were full of [ginsidfnwb+] gibberish. Looking at his skills, they were also gibberish.

The only thing Hestia can notice is how many of his skills and spells he has. Hestia is also worried that something must be wrong. Hestia just shook her head, thinking her new child was a unique one.

Neos saw her reaction to seeing something: "Goddess Hestia, is there a problem with my falna?" he asked her while explaining to her what happened a minute ago when she gave her ichor to him and that his body tried to reject her blessing. "That was possible." Hestia looked both confused and concerned about something.

Seeing her reaction, Neos worriedly asked, "Goddess Hestia, is something bothering you?" She nodded. "Do you still want to join my Familia? Mortals would only join a family if they could do something like the falna and give it to you mortals, she said, visibly sad and worried that he would no longer want to join her Familia."

Seeing his supposed goddess looking sad and about to cry, Neos kneeled to her. "Goddess Hestia, yes, I would still like to join your Familia even without the blessing of the falna. During my walk with Eina to your home, Goddess Hestia, Eina informed me of what your divine authority represents: that you are the goddess of the heart, home, and family." Hearing him still wanting to join, she saw something inside his eyes that was filled with desire for what she didn't know.

He continued, "Goddess Hestia, I wish to learn from you and our future Familia about the matters of the hearth, to have a home that I can go to, and to have a family that would make me feel the warmth of their everything," Neos said with emotions that he hadn't felt before. Hestia, hearing his full reasoning, smiled at him and hugged him, covering him with her warmth.

Hestia felt something wet on her shoulder. She looked over her shoulder. She could see Neos crying silently. Seeing this, she hugged him deeper while giving his back a comforting pat.