Meeting

Yesterday night (Before everyone found out about Aria's level)

Both father and child are now on their way back home, as the two of them arrived they were greeted by their loli goddess, who was still wearing the dress that they bought a while ago.

"Welcome home! Bell-kun! Aria-chan!"

Hestia said in a happy and cheerful tone.

"G-goddess?! What about the banquet?" Bell was surprised by his goddess appearance, he thought that she would stay there longer, maybe till dawn.

"Geez, why are you so surprised that I'm here? Anyway, I went there for some business yeah.. also Aria-chan mind if we talk privately?" She asked her timidly.

Aria was confused as to why her Mommy Hestia was acting timidly, but regardless she nodded. "Okay."

After that Bell went inside the abandoned church and both Hestia and Aria stayed outside to talk privately about something.

"Aria-chan, first of all, I'm sorry!" Hestia was about to bow her head toward Aria, however before she could Aria stopped her attempt.

"Mommy Hestia, although I have no idea what happened, please don't ever lower your head to anyone because it's something a goddess like you should do, you're a goddess act with dignity!" Aria said sternly.

"But!"

Aria cut her off once again.

"No buts!" She won't take no as the answer.

After being stared at sternly by Aria, Hestia gave up resisting.

"A-alright!"

Aria nodded in satisfaction, then asked. "So, what's the problem, Mommy Hestia?"

"Well… it's like this.."

Hestia started explaining what happened between her and Hephaestus in Ganesha's banquet, both of them made a deal about making a weapon for Bell.

Aria continued to listen till the end of Hestia's explanation, after hearing it all. Aria nodded.

"I see, Otou-sama did need a durable weapon for himself since he broke his a while ago... Mommy Hestia, no problem! I'll take care of whatever the cost is, depending on the price. It would take a while for me to pay for it."

"Really?! Aria-chan! You're the best!" Hestia quickly hugs her, and for the second time, she says that this child is way too good for her!

"You don't have to thank me. I was thinking of buying Otou-sama a better weapon anyway, and the weapon that Hephaestus-sama will make is perfect for Otou-sama!" To Aria, there was no better blacksmith than Hephaestus herself except for one person that she's related to, so whatever she's going to make will be bound to be high quality.

After they talk this out, both of them finally went inside their temporary shelter.

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(Present time)

Riveria, Tiona with addition of Tione who found out about the rumored twin of their beloved Ais went along with them.

On their way to Hestia's abandoned church, Tione couldn't help but doubt the news that the guild announced.

"Hey, do you really believe the news that the guild announced?"

"I doubt that the guild would post false news, making false news would only ruin their reputation," Riveria replied, she actually doesn't fully believe it herself and that's why she's here to confirm it.

While they doubt the news, Tiona never did. She was excited to meet this Ais-looking person, she also wondered if her personality is the same as their Ais, either way, she already decided to befriend this person.

The three of them arrived at the abandoned church, seeing this absolutely terrible shelter, Tione couldn't help but say.

"I can't imagine a level 7 living in this kind of place...is this even a home?"

It wasn't that she's mocking the people who lived here, it's just she's telling the truth about the condition of the place because this place couldn't be called a 'proper' house.

Riveria didn't say anything, and was about to knock on the door of the abandoned church, however before she could know Tiona had already did the act and she failed to control her strength, making the wooden door crack!

"Ah! It looks like I broke the door! Teehee!" Tiona said with a childish expression.

"We can see that obviously!" Tione scolded her twin sister for her mistake.

Riveria facepalms, she knew that it was a bad idea to bring Tiona with her!

Hopefully that this new level 7 isn't someone who gets easily offended, or else it would be a pain in the ass to deal with, it was known to everyone that the higher the rank of the adventurer is the prideful they are, and it also applies to her.

She hopes that this Ais-looking level 7 adventurer is reasonable enough for a proper conversation.

A moment after Tiona broke the wooden door, they heard footsteps approaching their location, then the person who was responsible for the footsteps arrived and their expression was in shock as they saw the broken door, then the person glared at them.

"You people! Do you hold a grudge over my door?! Was it necessary to break it?!"

Riveria recognized this person, then she respectfully said. "Hestia-sama, please forgive us for this, Tiona here failed to control her strength as she knocked on your door."

"Hehehe, my bad!" Tiona gave Hestia a cheeky smile.

Hestia glared at them for a moment, before sighing. "If you didn't do it on purpose, then I suppose it can't be helped...so? What are the children of Loki doing in my humble place?"

"Actually...we're-"

Before Riveria could finish her sentence, she was cut off by Tiona.

"Where is for Ais looking, person!" Tiona said cheerfully.

Riveria glared at Tiona for interrupting her sentence, then she looks back at Hestia with an apologetic expression.

"Sorry about her Hestia-sama, Tiona is a bit childish sometimes, but as she says we are indeed here for Aria, the new member of your familia."

Tiona wanted to retort about Riveria's comment toward her, however, she stopped after Riveria gave her a glare that sent shivers down her spine.

Hearing the reason why they are here. Hestia wasn't a bit surprised, honestly she expect this. "I see, so you are looking for Aria-chan, too bad my children aren't here, they just left a little while ago."

"Aww! I thought I could see this Ais-looking person right now! Bad timing!" Tiona was disappointed, she was really looking forward to meeting this Aria person.

Tione was equally disappointed as her twin, since she isn't here there is nothing they could do.

"I see...then do you know where they are now?" Riveria asked respectfully.

"I think they are in the babel looking for a new weapon for Bell," Hestia said.

"Then, thank you for the information..also allow me to pay for the damage that Tiona did to your door." Riveria did give Hestia a small bag of valis but, she rejected it.

If this was yesterday she would do doubt accept this 'compensation' but right now, she won't.

After that Riveria and the amazon, twins left the abandoned church.

"So, Riveria are we going to the babel to find them?" Tiona asked.

"No," Riveria replied flatly.

"Eh?! But why?" Tiona didn't understand why won't they look for them!

She thought, 'If we aren't going to look for them they why ask about their location?'

"Tiona, you're seriously an idiot! Even if we go look for them in the babel, we have a little chance of finding them there! It would only be a waste of time, so we should wait till after and go back to Hestia's familia 'home'." Tione replied to her twin dumb question.

Riveria nodded at Tione's explanation. "Exactly, the babel is a huge place filled with people, so it's hard for us to find them, so it's better to wait for them to go back to their home."

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Aria and Bell just finished buying a new dagger and a piece of armor on the 8th floor of babel, it cost all of Bell's fortune to buy everything he needs but it was worth it, especially the white armor that he found.

(A/N: Anyone know the name of the armor Welf made? Kinda forgot it. Pretty sure it started with pyon or something.)

It was like it was made solely for him. It was a perfect fit, the armor was made by someone named Welf Crozzo, he would like to meet him in the future.

Inside the dungeon. Aria is lecturing her father as he fights an Orc, as she lectures him she could see in real-time his improvement was really amazing, everything she throws at him, he would suck them like a sponge.

She wondered if this had to do with her father's first skill, she knows about it naturally, it was an improvement skill that is broken.

Bell stabs his dagger into the Orc's chest and died.

"Well done Otou-sama! You're getting better!" Aria is really happy with her father's fast progression.

Bell smiled sheepishly at his daughter's praise. "Thank you! But I wouldn't improve this match if it wasn't for you teaching me."

Aria shook her head and replied. "While I did teach, your progress is solely on you, so don't give me too much credit, you only improved this much because it's you, even if I lecture another person with the same amount as I did to you, it would unlikely that they would improve as much as you are."

This was the truth, not everyone could improve as much as Bell just by lectures alone, it's because they don't have what it takes, especially his skill. They don't have the same broken ability.

After that their lecture continued and it was stopped an hour later, this time Aria didn't accompany her father toward the surface since she's confident that nothing would happen to her father, he was already strong enough to solo 1 to 12 floors by himself.

Then Aria went toward the deeper floor to earn valis, she was hopeful that the monster rex of the 17th floor would spawn today, to other adventurers it would take a party of level 2 and 3 to defeat Goliath and it would be suicide for a single Second Class adventurer to solo it.

But to Aria, such a thing was simply walking money.

It didn't take her long to arrive on the 17th floor, since she just ignored every monster she encounters.

On the 17th floor, her expression turned bright as it could be, she didn't know what happened but to think a Black Goliath spawned! This was her lucky day!

If the other adventurer were to know what she was thinking, they would surely think she's crazy, after all, who would consider meeting a Black Goliath lucky?!

This monster rex is equivalent to a level 5!

"I should kill this before anyone could." Aria took a deep breath and said.

"Tempest!"

A green wind covered her entire body, after that her figure blurred and appeared at the Black Goliath arm!

Aria summoned her sword, and beheaded the Black Goliath in a single slash! She knows that it wasn't enough to kill this monster, she continued cutting the Black Goliath's limbs.

The poor monster couldn't even regenerate, as Aria slashed its torso in half and immediately killed it.

Black Goliath's started to fade, leaving its huge magic stone.

Aria was completely satisfied with her haul today! She was really lucky to encounter an enchanted monster!

"It seems I'm going home early today!" She happily put the magic stone inside her bracelet.

All of sudden, she hears someone talk behind her.

"You...how did you become so strong?"

Aria shifted her attention toward the speaker, and her body froze and so did the person in front of her.

She never expect that they would meet this way.

"Mother…"

Ais Wallenstein! It was her mother who was currently in front of her!

(End-)

A long-short story my laptop broke that's why I couldn't update.