by volume 1
are the group of adventurers, but in reality, this is not the case.
To be blunt about it, Because a God’s Familia is only for a God-sama to earn money, so it does not matter what activities it takes.
The way the
Just……No matter what they say, quarrels will break out between Familia of the same faction, without having strong core members in the Familia, the
After all, Orario is a labyrinth city, plus there are many people who wish to become an Adventurer, so in this aspect, there is a tendency of becoming stronger.
As for me, I was suitable to be an Adventurer that is able to quickly earn money (As I have longed to have an encounter as an Adventurer), plus I also have no other special skills for other occupations.
In the forward direction of my left, there is a weapon shop that was placed on the end of the Main Street, I stared at it, and imagined my appearance of becoming a Blacksmith, it was too disproportional, so I exposed a wry smile.
“……”
Once I could clearly see the equipment related shops bundled together, the figures of Adventurers wearing heavy armor also significantly went up, I walked pass the front of a shop and stopped.
This shop was a weapon shop that was twice the size of the ones next to it.
It was painted in a bright red color that was like flames, and in this street where it was lined up, it was particularly eye-catching.
The heavy door was decorated with a billboard,and there were strange letters written on it <Ήφαιστος>
Although I cannot interpret the text that were like the
I was concerned about catching the attention of my surroundings while I, as usual, approached the display window.
Separated from the outside by a glass, it was filled with various swords that even outsiders could tell were precious. The emerald blades from the two swords that were placed in a cross, were an great sword that boast a frightening long reach, and a light sword embroidered with gold decorations.
I stared blankly at the sharpness of the sharp swords, then my eyes were attracted by another dagger.
It was a pure white blade that could reflect the light coming from the Magic Stone Lamp, it was diagonally mounted at the center of the treasure box, the dagger that pierced the treasure box, exuded a bright light as if it was the true appearance of the treasure box. The blade that was grinded from a monster’s teeth was not only beautiful, it can also be seen that it was a dagger that was not inferior to the surrounding weapons.
I secretly took a glance at the price tag, there were none that were not extremely expensive.
(Looks like it is still a dream to have it……)
I had my face planted onto the display window, this has almost become a habit. Every time I head back from the guild, once I have free time, I will take the opportunity to visit here.
As if it was designed specially for the top-class adventurers, the best weapons.
Although I understood that it was a treasure that would not match with me, who was still wearing the equipment given by the guild.
But I still wish to use it once.
……Really want it.
If this thought was heard by the other adventurers, they will all be muttering something like go train for another hundred years.
If I really wanted to desperately chase after Wallenstein-san’s figure, then will there be one day where I will touch such an amazing weapon?
I foolishly imagined myself skillfully wielding those weapons.
I continued to stare at the pure white dagger within the glass, as if I wanted to pierce through the glass with my stare.
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“……You, how long do you plan to do that until?”
“……”
The moment while Bell was peering into a certain store’s window display and was anxiously hoping to drill himself inside.
Inside that certain store, a red-haired crimson eyed goddess Hephaestus issued out a sound that seemed to be terrifying and tired at the same time.
She was wearing her
This was
Inside the office of the famous blacksmithing shop with 3 floors, flowed an chaotic atmosphere.
“Don’t look at me like this, I am also very busy.”
“……”
“Even if you are not noisy, curled up into a ball like a bug, my drive will be greatly lessened and my work efficiency will decrease. Understood?”
“……”
“Hey, Hestia?”
“……”
“……Ah.”
Her tiny friend continued to keep silent and remained at the same posture, Hephaestus sighed.
The entire day.
This was the amount of time that Hestia had remained at the posture of bowing down to Hephaestus.
On the day the
It was not because Hephaestus was narcissistic, but the products created by high-class blacksmiths that belong in the
Selling it cheap due to their friendship was already unreasonable. For Hephaestus, as the position of the leader of the
If she wished to order, then at least save some money, this was what Hephaestus had said——This also implies that she should also clearly look at her own abilities——Hephaestus did not tolerate it one bit and refused her.
However, Hestia, who had request refused, began to bow numerously after the Banquet had begun towards Hephaestus. No matter how many times she wanted to get rid of her, she would still annoyingly cling onto her, this made it difficult instead for Hephaestus.
In this case, she could only just ignore her until she was willing to give up, Hephaestus intended to ultimately leave her aside and ignore her. Hephaestus had thought, once she was hungry, she would help back home.
Thus, two days later had come after Ganesha’s Banquet.
Hestia continued to sincerely request towards Hephaestus.
(What exactly made you so insistent……)
Hephaestus clutched her eyes, while making a gloomy face.
Even when she had dozed off, she would still maintain a similar bowing posture, Hephaestus was almost unable to understand her friend’s feelings. Although it was beside the point, Hephaestus was startled when she woke up, and almost fell down from the bed.
Although up to this point, she had requested various things from Hephaestus, but this time the condition was not the same as before.
How do I put it, stubborn, or perhaps her expression of desire showed a strong will.
“Anyways, what exactly have you been doing since yesterday? What kind of posture is that?”
“……Dogeza”
“Dogeza?”
“It is
the ultimate secret technique that no matter what you do, as long as do dogeza, you would be forgiven, and no matter what you request, you will be able to get it……I heard this from Take”
“Take……?”
“Takemikazuchinokami.”
Ahah……Hephaestus recalled the face of the god she had an intimate friendship with, then at the same time, she scolded Takemikazuchinokami for instilling this troubling idea into her.
It was already enough, Hephaestus sighed, she could not concentrate on her work. She placed the quill onto the corner of the table, leaving the remaining work that needed to be signed.
The light exuded from the sunset shone inside the house, it was very weak, this means that it was approaching evening.
Hephaestus stared outside the window once, then she suddenly took up a serious attitude with a straightened posture, and glanced at Hestia. Hestia was currently revealing the back of her head.
“……Please tell me Hestia, why are you willing to do this up to this point.”
Hephaestus used her fingers to cover the right half of her face, including the right-eyed eye-patch, while asking straightforwardly.
“……I want to become that child’s strength!”
Hestia did not change from the dogeza posture and vented out a response.
“Right now that child is about to change! Bell has found a target and he is about to embark on a dangerous trip! The path for the trip is extremely dangerous, so I wanted to have the power to help that child! I want to be able to give a weapon that will open up a path for him!”
She stared at the floor, did not look at Hephaestus and continued to talk.
The act of requesting between gods was to expose all of your true feelings out without concealing them, this is also a ceremony to allow the other to see the other’s feelings. If these thoughts did not moved the gods, it means that they had not revealed the truth.
“I have always been helped by that child! It can be said that he had been feeding me one-sidedly! I am obviously that child’s goddess, but I have not done anything worthy of being his goddess!”
When Hestia wanted to wring out her final thoughts, her body became more rigid.
“……I hate that I can’t do anything for him……”
Although the phrase was weak to the extent where it was feeble, but it was enough to move Hephaestus.
At that moment, she accepted the feelings, that could not be fake, of Hestia.
“……I understand, I will help make a weapon for your child.”
Hestia suddenly raised her head and stared directly. Hephaestus shrugged and looked at her.
“If I do not agree, you will continue to stay there forever like a crowbar right.”
“……Yes! Thank you, Hephaestus.”
Hestia wanted to stand up ——Was it the recoil from the long period of Dogeza, she immediately stumbled and fell down ——Seeing her friend’s red and laughing face, Hestia pretended to sigh.
Although she also felt that she was overly spoiled, but to the current Hestia, she felt that even if she had to help the other, it was not too mean either.
Compared to her stuffing herself within the house, currently she was able to at least reveal a slight smile.
“——Let me make it clear to you, you will have to pay for the price. Even if it takes decades or hundreds of years, you will absolutely repay the debt.”
But, it should still be best to make a clear distinction between public and private affairs.
It cannot only be created just because it was based on the world-renown
If she had this sort of resolve, then it would be best to destroy it. Hephaestus stood up from her chair, walked over staggeringly and used her thin fingers to poke at Hestia’s nose.
“I…I understand. I will also do what I have to do, don’t look at me like that, okay, I will use my body to prove to Hephaestus that my love to Bell-kun is real.”
“Yes yes, I will delightfully wait.”
Hephaestus closed her eyes and straighten up, while she listened to Hestia’s words, she headed over to the shelves mounted onto the wall.
The slim shelf displayed various translucent small hammers.
“What weapon does your child specialize in?”
“Ah……A…A knife.”
While muttering, Hephaestus picked up a crimson hammer. This hammer did not have any excess decorations and place great importance to its functions, Hephaestus placed it onto the pouch that she often wore at her waist.
Then, she headed to the transparent crystal box and opened the lock. Inside the box were various types of metal pieces —— She selected a
This creation work of this metal was lighter and harder than iron, and it was also far more easier than iron to forge.
Even if it was the slender hands of a women, and did not have any special abilities as a female blacksmith, it would also be able for her to use this metal easily, as expected as the finest metals.
“H…Hephaestus, could it be……You will be the one to forge the weapon?”
“Yes, of course it is. This is an entirely private matter between me and you, I cannot mix my
In order to perform Blacksmith work, this building had one floor prepared as a small-sized
Do you have any complaints? Hepheastus said, she used the left eye without an eye-patch to fiercely stare at Hestia.
“How could there be any complaints! You have been praised as a Goddess of Blacksmith in heavens, if you are the one to forge it, then I will be extremely happy about it!”
“Did you forget? This is not heaven, so I cannot use any
Based on the rules agreed between the gods, they were not allowed to use any
Although Hephaestus was a
“I don’t care! You forging a weapon will make me most happy!”
“……”
She did not doubt Hephaestus’s abilities. Hestia’s unconditional acceptance of herself made Hephaestus frown.
“……Then for the work that is coming up, please come and help. From now on, you will have to work hard.”
“Ahah, leave it to me!”
In order to conceal her embarrassment and her freezing up, Hephaestus issued some commands, after hearing those words, she turned away.
While heading towards the door, behind her, Hestia seemed to be bouncing happily and chased after her.
(……Ah, a request that I will not able to accept for my customers.)
Hepheastus’s mood suddenly heated up, she changed her consciousness from the leader of the
Hestia’s desired weapon.
A blade that will open up the road for an adventurer.
Have to create a unparalleled weapon that will not shame the name of
(……Although saying this)
From her memory, she recalled the data about the user of the weapon.
Bell Cranel, human race, 14 year old children.
He is the only member of her friend’s
(A fledgling Adventurer holding the strongest equipment)
Strictly speaking, this was a request that had gone too far.
The weapon’s strength being too powerful will make the Adventurers decline, the act of relying on the weapon will hinder the growth of the user, and will not allow him to use it more skillfully than before. Also, it will not match the identity of the user, this sente
nce was also important.
But even if she said this, if she created a weapon that will match the identity of the user, it will only shame the name of
Compared to the identity of the god, Hephaestus feels that she was more of a blacksmith. This natural disposition was rooted with the craftsman’s efforts, and had not stopped her from creating weapons with her own hands, because this will counter her own principles. So if she had to make, she would use all her strength to create the most outstanding work.
Thus, she was in a dilemma.
(So, How should I do it?)
Referencing to her created works up till now, she was deep in thought.
Her goddess friend had brought a tricky request, while glancing at Hestia, who was happily following beside her, Hephaestus could only mutter in her heart.
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On the morning of the third day, Kami-sama still did not come back.
I was inside the hidden room in the empty church, eating breakfast by myself, feeling slightly lonely. Then I began to prepare for today’s dungeon raid.
Even if Kami-sama isn’t here, the things I have to do still doesn’t change, it would be better to say that when she comes back, I could make her happy by saying
I equipped a pouch that carried potions on my leg, placed my dagger at my waist and lastly carried a backpack on top of my defensive gear. After wearing my equipment, I said
(The injury to my leg has been completely healed, today I can dive down onto the 5th floor……)
A few days ago, I went on berserk and broke into the depths of the dungeon, as a result, I suffered great injuries and escaped, today I planned on getting my revenge. Although I have not confirmed it, but my
I summed up today’s plan while I left from the basement. After leaving the church that was like a ruin, the early morning’s fresh air surrounded me. I entered a small alley and skillfully took a few turns, leaving the West Main Street. I accelerated causing the scenery and the morning overlapped.