Astrea Family

"Let's go Kaguya, how much longer are you going to take!?" A blonde-haired, blue-eyed elf yelled at the woman with black hair and wine-colored eyes.

"Shut up Ryu! Before we get to the Rozzo house, I have to properly prepare my sword," Kaguya, who was sitting in a lotus position with her sword on her thighs, yelled back at Ryu.

"Oh my God, we were supposed to arrive early at 6 o'clock, it's already 6:30!" Ryu held her head in frustration.

Seeing that Kaguya would not be coming down soon, Ryu sighed helplessly and then went down the stairs to the living room.

Upon reaching the living room and seeing the other leaders of the family comfortably seated with their Goddess, Ryu complained.

"Kami-Sama, can you please hurry Kaguya up!?" Ryu looked with pleading eyes at her Goddess.

Astrea only smiled gently and remained silent, clearly not interested in getting involved in her daughters' conflicts.

Alice, who had her head in the lap of her Goddess, said to Ryu, "Isn't it all your fault? Did you have to tell Kaguya that Eris-san's sword is better than hers?"

Ryu, hearing Alice's words, lowered her head in shame.

Indeed, it was originally her fault. In a conversation with Kaguya, she inadvertently brought up the topic of meeting a great swordswoman.

When Kaguya asked how good she was, Ryu, an honest and strict elf by nature, naturally told the truth. She said she believed Eris was a much better swordswoman than Kaguya.

Kaguya, upon hearing this, instead of being offended or questioning Ryu, got excited about comparing her sword with the woman Ryu spoke of and has been preparing for the duel ever since.

"Is that okay? To arrive at the doorstep of another family's house and propose a sword duel? Won't they beat us up and hang us from the ceiling?" Lyra doesn't quite understand swordsmen; to her, someone who simply walks down the street and starts a fight just because, would be considered a lunatic.

"Swordsmen are people who have followed a difficult path; cultivating the sword is not something simple. So, sharing or fighting with another swordsman is the best way to broaden your knowledge about the sword," The Goddess Astrea answered her little daughter's doubts.

"That's right, Lyra. If Eris truly follows the path of the sword, then she will not refuse any challenge from another swordsman," Alice believes there's no problem with a friendly duel.

"I see," Lyra nodded, although she still thinks swordsmen have problems in their heads, at least now she understands them.

As the family waited for Kaguya, they sat with their Goddess and casually talked about many topics.

After a while, a noise from the stairs showed that Kaguya had finally come down.

"It's about time, Kaguya!" Ryu, seeing Kaguya come down, immediately walked towards the door.

"I'm completely prepared," Kaguya said with serious eyes; today, she would probably face a great swordswoman, so she prepared meticulously.

"Then let's go!" Alice nodded with a smile and got up from the thighs of her Goddess and walked towards the door.

Astrea and Lyra also followed behind; soon, all the leaders of the Astrea family set off towards the Rozzo house.

...

Today, as always, the door of the Rozzo family is being guarded by the Superd tribe.

Two level 3 Superds are ensuring the security of the family's door.

"It's getting quite hot, huh?" The Superd with green hair in a ponytail said to his Superd brother.

"Stop complaining, working during the day is much easier than doing it at night," the other Superd, with half a shaved head, replied to his ponytailed friend.

"True... I heard they have to deal with several crazy bastards from the dark faction trying to blow themselves up against the house," the ponytailed Superd said with a displeased expression.

The other Superd with the shaved head nodded. Since the destruction of the Apate family, the madness of the dark faction has reached another level.

Now, it's normal to hear explosions every night, and the food and weapon production zones have suffered great losses.

"Hey, look! A group of girls is heading this way," the ponytailed Superd alerted his companion, then looked vigilantly at the approaching women.

The Superd with the shaved head quickly glanced at the group, recognizing who they were, he reassured his companion, "Don't worry, I've seen them before; they're the Astrea family, a family belonging to the alliance."

"Is that so?" The ponytailed Superd relaxed a bit, but still didn't let his guard down completely.

After a while, the Astrea family group stood in front of the door.

The Superd with the shaved head stepped forward to greet them courteously, "Welcome to the Rozzo family. It's a pleasure to see the famous Astrea family. I wonder if you desire something from our family?"

Alice, with a big smile, said, "Thank you very much for the welcome. A few days ago, we received an invitation from Riveria-sama. We're here to greet."

The Superd with the shaved head quickly responded, "I see, Miss Alice. Please, give me a moment to inform of your arrival."

"Don't worry, take your time," Alice said with a friendly smile.

Trotting quickly, the Superd walked to a small booth where there was a blue crystal. Pouring some mana into it, the Superd communicated.

"Captain, this is the gate security speaking. The Astrea family came to greet by invitation from Riveria-sama. Can you confirm, please?" After sending the message, the Superd looked satisfied at this little crystal, which made his job much easier.

This crystal was made by Riveria-sama in her world. Its function is to connect two places, thus allowing messages to be conveyed more easily.

In fact, the family has many of them, and originally wanted to sell them at a good price in Orario, but considering the war with the dark faction, the Rozzo family preferred to wait for now.

After a short while, a voice came from the communicator, "Confirmed, the invitation is genuine. Let them pass."

"Understood," cutting the connection with the stone, the Superd quickly trotted back to the family's gate.

Arriving in front of Alice, he quickly said, "Miss Alice, you may pass. If you walk 100 meters forward, you'll find someone to guide you."

Opening the door and pointing the way to the back, the Superd gave directions.

"Thank you very much for your help!" Alice nodded and walked inside the Rozzo house with her family.

"Thank you for your assistance," Astrea, who was coming behind, also thanked with a soft voice.

"It's an honor, Astrea-sama," both bowed slightly, greeting Astrea.

Nodding, Astrea walked towards the Rozzo house.

While the guards closed the door and returned to their security post.

...

"Hey Alice, how do you feel about the fact that the Rozzo family guard is as strong as us?" Lyra asked with a mocking expression. (The current Astrea family has all its leaders at level 3, except Lyra who is at level 2. It wasn't until the fight with Alfia that they managed to advance to level 4.)

Alice shook her head with a bitter smile. The fact that the Rozzo family guard was almost as strong as them made Alice feel even more aware of her gap with the true giants of Orario.

"Haha, then we need to work harder, girls!" That situation didn't dampen Alice's spirits in the slightest; instead, it only fueled her desire to work harder.

All the Astrea family members smiled at Alice's words; her great optimism and perseverance are some of the reasons why Alice is respected by everyone as the family captain.

After walking about 80 meters, the Astrea family spotted a small girl with blue hair and blue eyes in the distance.

The girl, who also saw them, approached and greeted them, "Nice to meet you, my name is Roxy Migurdia. I'll guide you to Captain Riveria's office."

Lyra, seeing the small Roxy, approached with a smile and said, "Nice to meet you, I'm Lyra. I didn't know the Rozzo family had a Pallum as strong as you."

Upon hearing Lyra's words, Roxy's face darkened, her teeth slightly clenched as she replied to Lyra, "I'm not a Pallum; I'm just a short human."

Indeed, Roxy wanted to say she was from the Migurd tribe, but that race doesn't exist in Genkai, so Riveria and Kami-sama instructed her to pass as a slightly small human.

Seeing Roxy's darkened face and Lyra's flushed face, Alice covered her head and mentally cursed, 'Damn it, Lyra, there goes our first impression!'

"Uh, sorry about that!" Lyra apologized sincerely, with an expression of embarrassment. Only short people know how difficult it is for short people, even though Roxy isn't a Pallum, she's still small.

"It's okay, I don't blame you for that," Roxy didn't take it too seriously; after all, it's not the first time she's been mistaken for a Pallum.

"Let's go; I'll take you to Captain Riveria." Leading the way, Roxy headed towards Riveria's office.

The Astrea family nodded and followed Roxy.

As they walked, they all looked attentively at the mansion and were surprised by its enormous size and how well it was built.

Walking along a long hallway next to a long wall, suddenly the Astrea family heard the clash of swords coming from the other side of the wall.

METALLIC CLASH

Kaguya, who heard the constant clashing of swords, asked Roxy, who was leading the way, "Is this your training ground? It sounds like there's a combat on the other side of the wall?"

Roxy momentarily stopped upon hearing Kaguya's question and replied, "Yes, on the other side of the wall are our training grounds. They're usually very busy at this time."

"Oh, that's really interesting," Kaguya's eyes lit up with eagerness as she looked longingly at the door leading to the other side of the wall.

"Hey Kaguya, let's greet Riveria-sama first, then you can ask," Alice, seeing Kaguya's eyes, warned her; it's rude to keep your host waiting.

Roxy, seeing the issue, said with a smile, "Hehe, there's no need for all of you to come and see Riveria-sama; some of you can stay here and watch the training ground. Besides, Riveria-sama planned to invite you for lunch anyway."

"Well..." Alice rubbed her head embarrassedly, not knowing what to say.

Luckily for her, her Goddess came to save her, "Then we'll take your offer, Miss Roxy. My captain Alice and I will go greet Riveria-san; the rest of my girls will stay in the training ground."

Upon hearing her Goddess's words, Ryu and Lyra's faces lit up. Going to see the strength of the Rozzo family sounds much better than a boring introduction.

"Then let's do it like that. Wait a moment; I'll call someone to guide you properly." Walking towards the training ground, Roxy entered through the door and then closed it.

Moments later, Roxy emerged with a chubby blonde girl.

"Allow me to introduce her; she's Miku, she'll guide you through the field and answer your questions," Roxy introduced Miku, who looked towards the group with a warm smile. (I remind you, Miku is the miko of the church of Mushoku, Miku is the name I gave to Kaylon)

"Nice to meet you," the Astrea family girls greeted the sweet girl kindly.

"Hehe, let's go; I'll show you the training grounds," Miku greeted and pointed the way.

"Girls, don't cause a ruckus; we'll be back with Astrea-sama later," Alice, who had to leave with Astrea and Roxy, reminded her companions.

"Don't worry, Alice; we'll keep them in check," Ryu assured seriously.

Nodding, Alice and Astrea left following Roxy.

Kaguya, Ryu, and Lyra, on the other hand, followed Miku into the training room. Upon entering, the girls found themselves faced with three huge training fields.

"Here are the training fields; there are three in total, with many weapons of all kinds to use, a space for fights over 500 meters, and other different facilities," Miku continued presenting the enormous training fields to the Astrea family girls.

"Wow, it's huge," Lyra looked amazed at the enormous field, which was about ten times larger than their own family's.

Meanwhile, Kaguya and Ryu were not focused on that, but on the people training inside the fields.

In the first of the three fields, there was a brown-haired man with green eyes competing with a young man with brown hair and green eyes.

One used his sword with great technique, and the other defended himself with a shield and constantly used magic that hindered the swordman.

By their speed and strength, the girls recognized that both were level 4 adventurers.

"Oh, you're curious about them. One is Paul Grayrat, an executive of the adventurer family, level 4 adventurer, and the other is a mage named Rudeus Grayrat, level 5 adventurer," Miku, who read some of their thoughts, introduced the men fighting in the ring.

"A mage!?" Ryu, who heard that the young boy was a mage, was surprised. She thought he was level 4 due to his speed and strength, but now she understood that his strength and speed were lower because he was actually a mage, and not just any mage, but a level 5 one.

"However, when he uses his spells, I didn't hear any incantation? Is he capable of using spells without incantation?" Kaguya, who saw Rudeus using multiple spells without chanting, asked.

...

On the other hand, unlike the tense atmosphere in the training field, a pleasant conversation is now taking place in Riveria's divine office.

"It's really incredible how well-ordered your Astrea family is," Riveria, who was seated at a table along with Alice, Astrea, and Roxy, smiled and sincerely praised the functioning of the Astrea family.

Alice, hearing Riveria's compliments, blushed a bit and said, "Hehe, Riveria-sama, you flatter me too much. The order of your Rozzo family is much better than mine."

Riveria stood out at Alice's praise but added again: "It's different, the Astrea family works as a police force, so their work is much greater than ours. You do truly noble work. I admire the family you have formed. , Astrea-sama and Alice-san."

Riveria truly has a very good impression of the Astrea family; to her, a family dedicated to justice is truly something admirable.

Roxy, at the side of the table, also nodded and added, "A noble spirit is needed to protect people's lives by risking your own, especially in these dark times."

Astrea, who was comfortably seated in the chair sipping some tea, spoke, "In dark times, people will always appear to fight evil, this time I, as the Goddess of Justice, join the battle, like many other families."

Riveria and Roxy nodded with respect towards this Goddess; their Kami-sama had told them about the kind of God Astrea is, so they both know that Astrea is being honest.

Riveria, looking at Astrea and Alice, said with a satisfied smile, "Then I will be delighted to begin our alliance."

For a while, Riveria, Astrea, and Alice had been talking about an alliance between their families, in which Riveria showed optimism.

Although the current Astrea family may not be very strong at the moment, still, by their God's words, the Astrea family is full of talents.

Alice, hearing Riveria's words, smiled excitedly; however, then thinking about something, Alice asked a question, "I would also be delighted to achieve our alliance, Riveria-sama, but before confirming it, may I ask you something?"

Riveria, a bit confused by the sudden question, still nodded, "Miss Alice can ask whatever she wants, as long as it's within my power to answer."

"Don't worry, Riveria-sama, this won't be too complicated. It's just that this is a very important question for me and the Astrea family..." Alice reassured Riveria, then after a moment of silence, Alice asked.

"Riveria-sama, what is your justice?"

Alice and Astrea looked expectantly at Riveria.

Riveria, hearing the question, put on a thoughtful face and after a while, responded with a sincere smile, "For me, my justice is to protect my family and the people I love."

Astrea, hearing Riveria's justice, smiled, knowing as a goddess that what Riveria says is true.

Alice also smiled and said, "Riveria-sama, your justice is very pure. I admire it greatly."

Roxy also smiled happily, again understanding how important this family is to Riveria.

Riveria, a bit red-faced from the compliments, stood up from her chair and approaching Alice and Astrea, said, "Then our alliance is confirmed, Astrea-sama, Alice-san."

Astrea, who also stood up putting on a gentle smile, said, "Our family will be delighted."

Alice also nodded deeply.

"Then it's perfect, it's getting a bit late. Maybe we should pick up the girls from the training field and head to the dining room for lunch," Riveria, getting ready to leave, suggested to Astrea and Alice.

"Whenever you wish, Miss Riveria," Astrea nodded with a smile and walked behind Riveria.

Nodding, they all left the office and headed toward the training field.

"By the way, Miss Riveria, I haven't seen Kaylon-sama all day, will he be coming to lunch?" on the way to the training field, Astrea asked Riveria.

"Oh, my Kami-sama went out this morning with my vice-captain to the guild, as you may know, two days ago our family made some noise, and the guild summoned my God today," Riveria told Astrea with some embarrassment.

"Oh, I see, Miss Riveria, that day your family really surprised Orario," Astrea said with a bitter smile.

For Orario, the next day, when it was known that the Apate family, one of the heads of the dark faction, was eliminated overnight, it was indeed a huge surprise.

It was even more so when it was learned that twelve level 5s were eliminated in the process, now thanks to that, the prestige of the Rozzo family is as high as never before.

"Yes... It was a lightning operation by our family, that's why we didn't have time to notify," Riveria said with an apologetic expression.

"Haha, you don't have to worry, Riveria-sama, thanks to you, a big fish from the dark faction has fallen. You should be proud," Alice said with a smile.

Riveria nodded with a smile and said no more.

After a while, they finally arrived at the training field.

"Well, let's pick up the rest of the girls and go to lunch. Lilia-san must have had lunch ready a while ago," Riveria said as she walked toward the training field gate.

Astrea, Alice, and Roxy entered behind her.

However, as soon as they entered, the first thing they saw was a Kaguya full of bruises and cuts lying on the floor, with Ryu and Miku beside her healing her.

"Kaguya!" Alice, seeing Kaguya on the floor, ran toward her anxiously.

Astrea, after a quick glance and seeing that they were only superficial cuts, breathed a sigh of relief, then helplessly put a hand on her head; she had already guessed what happened.

"Kaguya, are you okay!?" Alice took Kaguya by the head and asked with an anxious voice.

"Hehe, Alice, don't you see I got beaten up? How could you think I'm okay, idiot?" Kaguya, with a painful smile, told her idiot captain.

"Haha, damn brat, even injured, you still have such a foul mouth," Alice, realizing that Kaguya's injuries were not severe, relaxed a lot and even started to joke with Kaguya.

While Kaguya and Alice were arguing, Riveria called Miku and asked about the situation.

"Riveria-sama, Kaguya challenged Eris to a sword duel, then Eris gave her a beating without a chance to defend herself," Miku spoke honestly.

Kaguya, who was on the floor and heard Miku's words, felt like spitting blood.

Riveria, somewhat stunned, looked at Astrea with some apology.

"You don't have to worry, Riveria, it was Kaguya who asked for the combat, besides the injuries are superficial, and if you look closely, Kaguya's mood now is quite good," Astrea reassured Riveria, and then said while looking at Kaguya, who had a painful smile.

In fact, although Kaguya was injured and in pain, she is now quite happy. After all, she gained a lot in this "fight," and her sword cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.

"Here are the elixirs !" Eris, who entered the training field with several elixirs, approached Kaguya.

Alice quickly handed the Elixir to Kaguya.

After assuming the Elixir, all of Kaguya's wounds disappeared, leaving only a bright smile on her face.

"Thank you very much for the sparring, Eris-san. I benefited a lot," Kaguya gave Eris a grateful look.

"It's alright, you have great potential on the path of the sword. You can come train with me whenever you want," Eris told Kaguya.

Although the current Kaguya may be weak, her talent remains top-notch.

"Haha, I'd be delighted, Eris-san."

Riveria, seeing that the situation was good, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, since we're all here, let's head to the dining room and have lunch," Riveria said as she headed towards the exit.

The Astrea family, Eris, Miku, and Roxy followed Riveria to the dining room.

Today, the Rozzo family officially signed an alliance with the prosperous Astrea family.

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