Chapter 51 - The Event(1/?)

While the Loki Familia was arriving at their destination, the Colosseum was filling up with people.

Even before the start of the event, people were eager to see this special Monster Feria.

"What do you think about it? For me, he'll finally make his relationship official, but what do you think he'll do?

Smiling, someone else said

"Who cares about it? I'm here to enjoy the show"

Understanding, other people in the crowd had the same idea

'It's not that important, we'll know anyway...'

Changing topic, someone else said

"They said we'll see a lot of Variants but it's barely a week that Variants became common occurrence in the Dungeon, this means they captured the monsters some day ago. Isn't it interesting to see if the tamers will be able to tame them?"

Nodding, everyone continued to talk about the show.

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"Loki-sama, in 20 minutes we'll be at the Colosseum, do you think they're already there?"

Saying this, Finn looked towards the Colosseum while Loki had a mischievous smile

"I think they'll be careful not to be late"

With this, Tione sighed while Tiona was still thinking about what Ethan will do against everyone else. She never saw him fight but, the power he used in the Hostess of Fertility picked her interest.

'I wonder if he'll use that strange power... I can't wait!'

"Is everything okay, Ais?"

Hearing these words, Ais looked towards the owner of the voice

"I saw his powers...everything will be okay"

Sighing, Tione looked at Finn

'I think I understand a bit..how she feels. The certainty that everything will be okay, because the person we're trusting is strong..'

Thinking this, she held her hand on her c.h.e.s.t

'Love...'

Seeing Tione look towards Finn, Loki ignored her while she looked at the Colosseum with a grin.

'The reputation of my familia will go up as well. I have never seen him fight, but from the words of Ais, Riveria and Lefiya, he'll surely do well. I wonder if this event will lead him to choose his new Alias'

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"Do you have any plan?"

Hearing Riveria's question, Ethan thought about it

"Mmh, to be honest I thought about a plan whenever I had the time, but I planned to enter and then see what happens because there may be too many variables I'm not sure of"

With a nod, Lefiya replied

"I.. I'm sure you'll make it...somehow!!"

Looking at the Colosseum, Ethan had a determined expression.

'I think it's better to think about it when I'll need to act.'

Smiling, He looked at Lefiya

Hearing this, she was another time in 'tears' but, before she could say something, Riveria said

"I think it will be an opportunity to show not just everyone, even to your own members how strong you are. It will be good for the expedition because we'll know where to assign you knowing your limits"

Surprised by her words, he made another smile while Lefiya looked at Riveria and Ethan's faces.

"D-Don't ignore me!!"

Staring at her, he replied

"I'm not ignoring you"

Looking away, she had a blush on her face.

"Oh, we're finally here"

Now at the entrance of the Colosseum, he saw the captain of the Ganesha Familia, Shakti. Staring at her for some moments, Ethan immediately looked away.

Before they could continue to talk, Ethan saw the Loki familia's emblem from the distance. Raising his hand to be recognized by them, Ethan made a serious mistake.

"This boy... Oh! Wait, isn't he Ethan?"

Hearing someone said this while pointing in a precise place, everyone's eyes moved to look at the point. Recognizing the boy, everyone immediately started to ask questions.

"How you'll present yourself to us later!?"

"I want to know! Is your relationship with Ais true?"

Feeling everyone's gazes on him, he was slightly confused

'Ah, did I mess up?'

Without knowing what to answer or do, he remained near Riveria and Lefiya.

"Ooh! There's the Thousand Elf and..."

"Even the Nine Hell...impossible.. Is she in love with Ethan too?"

Hearing this, Riveria clenched her jaw. Glaring at the owner of the voice, she didn't say anything while, nobody wanted to say anything more.

The owner of the voice instead, was so scared that he immediately ran away.

Ethan, with this scene playing out in front of him, was somehow scared.

'Riveria...is scary'

Turning his head towards Lefiya, he saw that she was scared too. With a chuckle, he stared at her for some moments.

'At least I'm not the only one..who thinks so'

Without uttering a word, the crowd made space for them to reunite with their familia. With a smirk, Loki approached Riveria before saying

"Did that man say something so bad, Riveria?"

"Ethan is Ais' lover, I want to make everyone respects that while I'm nearby"

With her eyes widen, she understood she had a point. Deciding to stop trying to tease her, she approached Lefiya while Ethan went to Ais.

Although the crowd was still there, nobody wanted to make the Nine Hell angry again. Seeing they could enter the Colosseum, they went in while Shakti said

"Welcome, Loki-sama, this way..."

Pointing towards her right with a hand, she looked at the members of the Loki familia.

"I'm Shakti Varma, the Captain of the Ganesha Familia, for the Loki Familia we reserved the places at the top."

Seeing everyone else in his familia nod, he followed their movements while staring at Shakti for some seconds.

Looking away, Ethan and other members arrived where they should sit.

While everyone was taking a place, he was intercepted by Shakti. having her in front of him, he decided to introduce himself first.

"It's a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e to meet you, Varma-san. I'm Ethan...but I think you already know it.."

Seeing her nod, he understood she had to tell him something. Before he could ask, Shakti replied

"I already knew about you, but it's a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e to meet you, Ethan. I wanted to tell you that we'll probably finish in 3 hours. After that it'll be your turn. Can you at least tell me what you'll do?"

Understanding they had to somehow know what the audience was going to see to present it, he answered

"I'll probably go with the flow of the events.. but, I have a plan..."

After some minutes that he told her the most important things, Shakti was shocked.

'This kid..is he insane?'

Without showing these emotions on her face, she took a sheet and a paper to type what he wanted to do.

"Are you sure there is no other way?..."

Nodding, he had a determined expression on his face.

"I don't know if there's a way to solve this, but surely proving myself is the only thing I can do in front of so many people"

Sighing, she waved her hand without replying about it. Understanding he had to return to his familia, Ethan smiled

"Thanks for your help, Varma-san"

With this, he returned to them while Shakti was speechless.

'Truly, Orario is so lively these times..'

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"The Captain of the Ganesha familia had something interesting to say?"

Hearing Tiona's question, he shook his head, replying

"No, she wanted to ask me what I'll do later because Ganesha will probably present me before I start"

Seeing Ganesha entering the Colosseum, he was prepared to hear him.

'He will start to shout, right?'

While thinking this, he heard the shout he expected.

"Welcome to today's special event. I'm GANEEESHA, today I'll be your presenter as always!"

With a small smile, everyone had the same thought.

'We all know who you are...'

Continuing his speech, he added

"Today, as you know, we'll see Variants monsters be tamed by our younger members"

Waiting for some seconds for the crowd to understand his words, Ganesha looked towards the Loki Familia's members

"I know you all want to ask. Is it possible to tame Variants? Shouldn't it be difficult? Well, our familia is specialized in taming, so the fact that the monster is a Variant doesn't mean anything!"

While talking, the crowd saw a member of the Ganesha Familia enter the stage. Looking at his surroundings, he had a smile on his face.

"I'm Ryan, an adventurer that joined the Ganesha Familia 7 months ago"

After his words, a cage was brought in the middle of the arena. With everyone able to see the content, someone was shocked.

"I-It's an Orc Variant? I never saw something like this!"

Seeing a Variant Orc hitting towards the cage, Ethan tried to boost his vision to see better.

'I don't know if it works...'

Trying to do it, he saw his view as zoomed on the Orc.

'Oh... I can clearly see its skin. It's so yellow...'

Feeling a difference in Ethan's eyes, Riveria stared at him for some seconds before saying

"Your eyes..."

Hearing this, he made a 'Mm?' while everyone, except Bete, looked at his eyes. Turning his head towards Riveria, he reduced the boost to see her better.

Lefiya, without hesitation, added

"Oh.. The colour changed"

While they were discussing it, Ryan was still trying to tame the Orc.

'It's strange..why the monster is so mad? I know that normally it should be like it, but this is abnormal'

Being an ex adventurer at level 3 from an exploration-type familia, Ryan wasn't risking anything. Mainly the reason why they decided to let him try to tame a Variant.

'I can do it...'

He wanted to make it lose the will to fight and, seeing the monster's anger strangely lowering, he was confident to be able to tame it.

"Oh, the colour now is normal"

With an awkward laugh, Ethan said

"It's a perk of my magic"

Although Riveria was sure he had doubts about this strange event, she was thinking about possible reasons for him to lye

'Maybe it's another mutation of his magic...? I wonder if he awakened some abilities we don't even know right now..I guess I'll ask him later..'

With this, they continued to watch the show while Ethan was in his own world.

'I just tried to boost my eyes, why the colour of them changed? Maybe a new skill?'

He was so anxious to just try and train this that he didn't notice that, the moment he stared at the monster, it had something similar to a [Taunt] effect.

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(I have a discord server. discord.gg/cpVr5X8 If you enter it, you can choose one of Ethan's future powers from the pool I created, but that's not all! On the server, you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things like the [Twin's Digimon] and [The Devoted Heart].)

(A/N: Can you guess why Ethan's eyes changed in color? It's more a scientific reason then a magic one. By the way, it's finally started guys!)

(Alternate Titles: "When Riveria is angry, nobody is safe.", "Lefiya is useless...or not", "Shakti is wondering if Ethan is a m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t")