60- God-Xenos meeting

"*Yawn*you could have told me that you'd take me to the meeting" said Calvin while stretching, he was very sleepy at the moment.

Hestia had barged into his room and woke him up early in the morning, luckily Learner and himself managed to get dressed before she came inside.

He along with Hestia and Bell were now inside a big hall inside Babel, sitting on a pair of chairs that had 'Hestia Familia' labeled on them.

The chairs were organized in rows, and in the middle of the room was some sort of podium where the Guild master was standing.

But the most impressive part of the room was the throne-like chair behind the Guild master, where the oldest god sat.

'So, this old man is the strongest god huh? He certainly looks like one, unlike others…' he glanced at Hestia, and then looked at the other gods that were present and was surprised to see how many of them could pass as just 'mages' in his world, he also noticed how gods had a theme to their powers, like Hestia who, as the goddess of family had that 'motherly' aura on her.

'As for her powers… is hard to decipher what powers that "goddess of family" title would bring… wait! Wasn't she also the "goddess of fire" as well?'

He then shifted his gaze to the man on the throne a wrinkly white-haired old man yet he didn't seem frail or weak, in fact, his aura was extremely dense with bored yet dominant eyes that held an incredible amount of wisdom.

Suddenly their eyes met and Calvin felt like all his secrets were unveiled before his gaze, the god lifted an eyebrow before squinting and glancing a Hestia, after which his expression turned neutral once again.

'A {Divine spark}? Did he steal Hestia's divinity? No… her divinity is intact, then how…?' Ouranos thought.

Meanwhile, Calvin had a cold sweat running down his face.

'This guy's the real deal' he thought, amazed that the god could do that with a single glance meanwhile Hestia needed to be very close, and touch him to see only the surface of his soul.

Suddenly, someone sat in the chair next to him, getting him out of his stupor.

It was Ais, with her usual expressionless face though, he saw how a small smile appeared on her lips when she saw him.

Before any of the two could say anything Loki along with Finn sat beside Ais.

"I didn't know they would invite you here shortie" Loki mocked while looking at Hestia who had a vein popping on her forehead, it seemed like height was a sensitive matter to Her.

"You…! I didn't know they were inviting washboards to the meeting!" Hestia mocked back at Loki while crossing her arms below her breasts accentuating them even more.

Hearing that, Loki felt as if a knife had pierced her heart, making her cover her chest in shame but before she could retort a voice resonated through the room.

"Gods of Orario! I welcome you to this meeting, as you all know, today we'll be meeting the leaders of the Xenos" The guild master exclaimed before the big doors of the room opened revealing 3 figures.

Calvin expected to only see Rido and Ray but was surprised when he saw Gross with them too.

Suddenly the room was filled with whispers, while the 3 walked over to the middle of the room and faced the gods.

"Please, present yourselves" The guild master said.

"I am Rido"

"I'm Ray"

"Gross"

The three presented themselves to the public, Rido with his friendly attitude, Ray with a more preserved tone, and Gross with his deep rocky voice that seemed threatening but wasn't.

"Now, state your need"

Rido then took a step forward and spoke "Gods of Orario, we've come in search of permission" he said as the room was once again filled with whispers and mumbles.

"Permission to let us come to the surface, Me and my kin that is all we ask for" he continued as the noise subsided.

"What do we get by letting you come here?" One of the gods asked.

"Uh… well… we are willing to do anything" Rido replied gaining a few interested 'hums' from the audience.

"What about working? I'll pay you fairly of course" Hephaestus said.

"That is reasonable enough" Rido said.

"Have you thought about being part of a Familia?" A god asked.

"We are not sure if we can receive a blessing but we could make a contract to be part of a Familia" Ray explained.

"Join my Familia!" A god said

"No! Join mine!" another one said.

"Be my test subjects!" Dian Cecht said.

"Help me entertain the masses! I AM GANE-" the loud god said before being silenced by his two companions.

"Silence" A raspy voice spoke making the room completely devoid of sound, this was, of course, Ouranos.

Seeing that everyone kept silent he spoke to the guild master "Proceed"

"Y-yes… please those who deny the Xenos coming to the surface raise your hand" The guild master spoke as almost half of the audience held their hands up.

"And to avoid further complications this decision will require everyone to agree" The guild master continued shocking those who were in favor.

"Any more questions?" The guild master asked the audience.

"Have you killed humans before?" Freya who had her hand up asked.

"Yes, we have killed humans before" Gross replied making many gods raise their hands much to the content of Freya.

"Oh please… you didn't even ask why" A voice spoke from the side making Freya frown and glance at the source, a young man with dirty blonde hair and a streak of blue in the middle, in other words… her prey.

"Did you know what was happening to them before? I guess that you all know that Ikelos was recently exiled right? the Ikelos Familia was enslaving, torturing, and selling them like cattle!" Calvin exclaimed earning a few gasps from the gods.

"All this happened under your noses and no one found out until recently, this had been going for years if not decades, and you still have the nerve to deny such a simple request?" some gods dropped their hands in shame while others looked away in embarrassment, how could something like that go unnoticed for so long?

"And how can you confirm the veracity of your statement?" one of the few gods that still had his hand up asked.

"I knew you'd ask that, the Loki Familia here was a witness of the event taking place a few nights back" he said pointing at Loki who was surprised that she got tangled in the conversation.

"Kid… whatever, I can confirm that the events previously stated did happen" She spoke dropping her usual carefree attitude and talking in full seriousness making a few gods drop their hands too, leaving only the goddess of beauty and a few others with their hands up.

"They come front the Dungeon, right? aren't they just talking monsters then?" A god with his hand up asked.

"How can they be called monsters?!" Bell suddenly exclaimed much to the surprise of everyone present.

"They talk, think, and feel just like us! isn't the only thing that makes us humans our care for others?" He continued as Rido waved at the god with a friendly smile.

"We are not monsters!" Gross exclaimed, getting the attention of everyone.

"In fact, we hate monsters as much as you do, it is our shared enemy" Ray said diverging the attention from Gross.

After hearing that, every god except Freya lowered their hands.

'That bitch, I was sure that my plan would make everyone agree' Calvin thought while looking at the goddess in question, a look that she returned with a small victorious smile that upset Calvin quite a bit, it wouldn't have upset him that much if she didn't have those cocky eyes that seemed to look down on everyone, he really wanted to see that expression melt below him like those arrogant princesses in the past.

What can he say? the goddess was truly beautiful, lilac-colored eyes, silver hair, and her curvaceous body made up for a total beauty.

'Oh, little rabbit, your struggles become boring the more I see the other shining star beside you, or should I say "black hole"? your pureness is nothing compared to that Darkness. yes… that darkness, that stirs my divinity like no other man has done before!' Freya thought, glancing at Bell before resting her gaze on Calvin.

Suddenly, Calvin felt it yet again, that drilling gaze but this time he knew exactly who it was, the goddess on the other side of the room.

Calvin gave Freya a hateful look knowing that the only way to make her agree, was to give her something that she wanted.

'You've been trying to look inside me all this time… Fine! I'll let you in just a bit though' He then let her see a bit of his soul.

Freya then saw, how her vision changed. She was now in the middle of darkness that seemed to go on forever.

'What is this?!' She exclaimed, feeling how 3 of her divinities resonated with the darkness, she felt unbound Love, yet the desire for Sex was just as boundless, she also felt the familiar smell brought by War, her fourth divinity that everyone seemed to forget at times.

Meanwhile, in the outside world.

'It didn't feel as bad as I thought' Looking at the goddess, her eyes were clouded, but he could feel her obsession, did she start drooling?

A few moments later, her eyes cleared up and a smile appeared on her lips, along with a slight blush on her face.

"I… want… you…" she mouthed without any words but even if no sound was made, Calvin could tell exactly what she said.

'What the fuck?' he questioned, he didn't know if that was good or bad, but he felt like it was the latter and before he could think of anything else, she lowered her hand letting the reunion continue as espected.