Chapter 8: Hestia Familia

-With Justice and Ingvild-

"... Should we help this guy?"

Justice asked while pointing at the naive looking white haired boy who fell down on the ground as he was chased by a Minotaur that found its way in the upper floors.

"We should, his going to die if he faced that minotaur alone"

Ingvild answered while carrying a sack of magic stones that they grinded in the deeper floors of the dungeon.

"Leave it to me"

Justice pointed at herself with her thumb before picking up a large stone beside her.

"Don't hit him"

"I know"

Justice answered before throwing the stone aimed at the minotaur's head at full force, easily puncturing a large hole in its head as its blood showered the boy in front of it.

"See"

"... I just hope that he won't be traumatized after the stunt you did"

"Don't sweat the small details, at least his alive"

Both of them walked closer to the white haired boy, trying to check whether he was gravely injured or not.

"Hey kid, you ok?"

Justice bent down to take a closer look at the boy in front of her.

"..."

The boy didn't answered and just dazedly stared at Justice with a slight blush on his cheeks.

"Did he fall in love with my beauty?"

"Please don't be narcissistic, Justice"

"C'mon can't you take a joke Ingvild"

The boy watched as both of them quarrelled their hearts out before he came out of his daze, with a look of admiration and shock from seeing his idols.

"The Iron Fist and Elementalist!!!!"

"The who?" (Both)

"The most destructive duo who cleared the entire upper and middle floors within a single day!! I always wanted to meet the two of you!!"

"I never knew that we were famous" (Justice)

"Indeed, well I thought we will be infamous because we always empty the food supply of many restaurants in this town" (Ingvild)

"I have a favor to ask the two of you!!"

The boy shouted before kneeling down on the ground as he looked up towards Justice and Ingvild.

"I'm Bell Cranel!!! Please join my familia!!!"

"Familia?" (Both)

-With Lucias-

"... Momo?"

"Yes? Lucias-san?"

"What are you doing?"

Lucias asked Momo who was hugging him like a Koala naked wearing nothing but her knee socks, along with Lala who was sleeping peacefully in his embrace.

"Ara Lucias-san, its only natural for me to sleep together with my fiancé"

"Fiancé?"

"I thought you already knew, didn't my mother tell you anything?"

'Sephie...'

"She didn't actually"

"Now you know, it's still quite early for breakfast, if you want you can 'eat' me, Lucias-san"

"... I'll pass"

"Are you sure? You can think of this as 'practice' Lucias-san, so that you can have plenty of experience before our honeymoon"

"..."

"Hmm... Lucias..."

Lala who was peacefully sleeping, weakly called out in her sleep as she tightened her hug around his chest while sniffing his scent.

"I'm here, Lala"

Lucias says in a soft voice while gently caressing her long pink hair behind her back before kissing gently on her forehead.

"Mn"

Lala happily smiled in her sleep, burying her face in his chest.

"Momo, don't wake your sister up and sleep in another room"

Lucias says without turning his head back at Momo.

"Don't be like that Lucias-san, I swear I won't disturb her sleep anymore"

"... Just don't make too much noise, alright?"

"I promise"

Momo answered before moving closer to him as he slipped her smooth heart shaped tail in his hand which was behind Lala.

"... What are you doing?"

"I can't sleep when someone is not holding my tail... Is it bother?"

"... I guess it's not, just go to sleep, Momo"

"Yes"

Momo answered while slightly panting as a spark of electricity traveled up her spine from the pleasure that she felt from having her tail held by Lucias.

'Oh Lucias, forgive me for taking advantage of your innocence'

Momo thought while silently moaning under her breath while pressing her breast on his back, trying to stimulate him but stopped herself when she felt that her partner was already asleep.

'Hmm... His the first person to not show any sexual interest towards us... but no worries, I'll remove this innocence of yours before you leave this place, Lucias-san~❤️'

Timeskip

"Lucias... Good morning"

Lala who just woke up greeted while rubbing her eye before pouncing at Lucias, resting her body on top of him.

"Did you sleep well, Lala?"

"Mn... I'm hungry"

"Then, let's go down the dining hall to eat breakfast"

"But I don't want to leave this spot"

She says while resting her head on his chest with a slightly dazed eyes looking straight at him.

"I'll bring your food inside the room, so can you let me go?"

"No! I don't want you to leave!"

"..."

Lucias smiled wryly at Lala who was acting spoiled on his chest but stiffened when another voice called out in the sheets beside them.

"Onee-sama, good morning"

Momo greeted with a sweet smile on her face while the blanket that covered her body slowly slid down, revealing her naked body to the two.

"Momo? What are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to spend some time with our future husband, Onee-sama"

"Our?"

"Yes, mother already arranged that the 3 of us to engaged to Lucias... Well, I don't know if Nana would just easily accept it though"

"How come I didn't hear of this?" (Lucias)

"Of course, she wouldn't tell you because you will definitely oppose, so she made it so that it's already to late for you to refuse"

"Mama did?"

"Yes... but she still stated that she will consider your decision, Onee-sama"

"well... If Momo loves him too... then I don't mind"

"How about my opinion?"

The two of them ignored Lucias who was tiredly looking at the two sister in front of him.

-With Schwi and Yuu-

[Shall we go?]

Yuu wrote down on her drawing pad as both of them hid the ghouls that they gathered while Lucias was gone.

"Where?"

[To Lucias. I can create a portal that directly connects us to his location]

"Schwi is unable to pinpoint his location"

[Of course you wouldn't, he is located far away from here, in another planet... It's a good thing that our connection isn't severed or else I would have been able to find him]

"Planet?"

[Yes, let's go Schwi]

Yuu wrote down before opening a large violet portal beside them, intriguing Schwi who quickly analyzed the portal before following her.

"Understood"

She answered as she entered the portal along with Yuu who was feeling an uncomfortable sensation from using her [Reality Warping] skill.

"Schwi have scanned multiple abnormalities within Yuu's body"

Schwi stated in a quite voice while looking at Yuu.

[It's fine, my body isn't used to using this skill]

Schwi tilted her head while reading the words written by Yuu as both of them were transported inside the royal palace agitating both Sephie and Gid from the sheer amount of concentrated magic contained in the portal.

"Yuu, Schwi"

Lucias who felt the familiar mana signature called out as his heart thumped from seeing Yuu's figure come out of the portal.

"Protect the royal family!!"

The guards shouted, surrounding both Yuu and Schwi, pointing their guns at them.

"Schwi has detected multiple hostile beings around us. Should Schwi eliminate them?"

Schwi quietly said as multiple weapons ripped out of her robe, pointing it towards the guards who were surrounding them.

"Schwi hide your weapons, they're not our enemy"

Lucias says calmly, walking towards the two of them.

"... understood"

Schwi nodded, hiding her weapons while scanning the entire vicinity.

[Lucias, who are they?]

"Devilukeans, they're the race that dominates this planet... Sorry for not coming home for the past few days. I had to fix a few mess that I made in here"

[... As long as you're alright, I guess it's fine]

Yuu wrote down, showing to Lucias with a slight smile on her face.

"..."

Lucias stared at her in a daze from her smile with a tinge of red visible in his cheeks.

'Ara so she is one of those girls'

Sephie thought while looking at the flustered Lucias, dazedly staring at the beautiful white haired girl holding her drawing pad up to her chest.

"All guards I order you to stand down"

"But your majesty"

"Are you disregarding my order?"

"O-Of course not, your majesty, please forgive me"

The guard quickly bowed down before ordering his men to drop their weapons.

"Lucias"

Lala pulled on his sleeve while looking at the two girls in front of them.

"Who are they?"

"They are my... companions, Lala. Let me introduce them to you. This is Eucliwood Hellscythe, but I call her Yuu"

He says while placing his hand on her head.

"And this is Schwi"

He placed his hand on top of the curious girl's head.

"Yuu, Schwi, this is Lala Satalin Deviluke"

"It's nice to meet the two of you"

Lala smiled brightly, stretching out her hand towards the two of them. Schwi didn't understand her gesture and just titled her head while Yuu wrote down something on her drawing pad before shaking her hand.

[Likewise]

"So you must be the two girls that Lucias has mentioned before"

Sephie, along with the other 3 of the royal family, said as they walked closer towards the 4 of them.

"It's nice to meet my daughter's future sister"

Sephie mischievously smiled at the two of them causing both Lala and Momo to blush from understanding the meaning behind their mother's words.

Yuu who heard her words, looked at her with a deadpan expression on her face before facing Lucias who was nervously standing beside them.

[You owe an explanation, Lucias]

"Y-yes ma'am"

-with Justice and Ingvild-

"Kami-sama, I'm home!"

Bell shouted as soon as the 3 of them entered an abandoned church but stopped in their tracks when a woman suddenly pounced at Bell, pinning him to the ground.

"Hmm... She got some nice assets despite her age" (Justice)

"... Is she really a child?" (Ingvild)

Both of them commented while observing her humongous breast swaying up and down as she checked Bell's condition restlessly.

"... It's a good thing you're alright, Bell-kun"

The little girl sighed in relief before looking at the two new visitors in front of the entrance.

"Damn" (Justice)

"Are you alright, Bell Cranel?" (Ingvild)

"Y-y-you two are?!!"

"Nice to meet you little girl, name's Justice"

"My name's Ingvild Leviathan, sorry for suddenly intruding your home"

"B-bell-kun!! Tell me why are both of them with you?!"

She angrily asked while shaking Bell on his collar.

"K-k-Kami-sama, let me... Explain"

Bell struggled to speak as he was being strangled to death by the Loli on top of him.

"Bell-kun!! You traitor!!"

Timeskip

"Sorry about what happened earlier, Justice-san, Ingvild-san"

Bell apologized while placing a cup of water in front of the two of them.

"Don't worry about it. It was fun watching the two of you" (Justice)

"*Sigh*... Then, did you tell her about the plan that we made?" 

Ingvild asked while holding the cup that Bell gave her.

"Well... I talked to her and she eagerly agreed with your invitation, Ingvild-san"

Bell informed them as he remembered the deal that they formed as they were leaving the dungeon. 

They didn't want to join any Familia because according to them, they already belong to someone else, so instead they formed a deal that benefits both parties.

Ingvild proposed that they will help his Familia in improving their living conditions and strength. In exchange, all of the future members that will join the Hestia Familia must be under the control of their master, but with a few conditions placed to keep it fair.

One, the master is not allowed to order them something against their will.

Two, they can independently move and do something on their own accord as long as it won't disturb nor harm anyone.

Three, all of the money earned by the members will belong to them or the familia, the master isn't allowed to extort their money, but they still have to provide 10% of their total earning to him to improve their residence.

Four, the member's safety will be ensured by both Ingvild and Justice, as long as it's justified.

"Now we don't have to worry about the quest" (Justice)

"Not really, we need to search for 98 members that are willing to join the familia. Well using our reputation might help us, but I don't want our new members to become extremely reliant to us" (Ingvild)

"Um... Is it really alright to keep this conditions? They are all in our favour, Ingvild-san, Justice-san" (Bell)

"Don't sweat it Bell, even though we said control, we don't want slaves but competent members. Don't worry our master isn't a scum, so he isn't the type of person to do atrocious things" (Justice)

"Bell, this conditions are very easy to fulfill for us, so it's not something you should worry about" (Ingvild)

"T-then, thank you for helping me and Kami-sama. This place means a lot to me" (Bell)

"You already thanked us a million times before Bell, we told you we didn't just help you, we are also getting something in return" (Ingvild)

"Of course, I'll try my best to be useful to your master" (Bell)

Bell bowed down in front of them who were sitting at the broken sofa with a serious expression.

"We finally had some progress, I thought we will spend out lives hunting inside the dungeon, Justice"

"Hahaha... Sorry about that, Ingvild"

"Umm... If you don't mind me asking, why are the two of you so desperate in finding members?"

Bell asked with a curious expression, looking at the two girls who suddenly wore a nostalgic smile on their faces.

"..." (Ingvild)

"How many weeks has it been since we last saw them?" (Justice)

"6 weeks..." (Ingvild)

"... If only I confessed to Lucias... I want to see him, Ingvild... I never have felt this desperate just to see someone... To feel their warmth and see their smile... I miss him, Ingvild"

"You're not the only one, I also miss him, I never knew that not seeing him for a few weeks will cause us to become desperate to see him again... I didn't knew that I loved him this much"

"Ah... Ingvild-san, Justice-san?"

"Yes, we're doing this for only one reason Bell" 

Ingvild answered while dazedly staring at the cup in her hand.

"We are doing to this to reunite with everyone that we loves, our family, our companions. That's why we'll do everything we can just to accomplish it, even if it means we'll have to sacrifice a few lives"