Chapter 18 - Loki Familia(1/4)

The day Ethan had to meet Loki arrived quickly while he was in Hestia's bed, embracing her and stroking her back. This situation was the same as always, but this time Ethan didn't go to train.

He had to stay in meditation to adapt the mana in his body and try to master the 4th ball. This 'breakthrough' actually didn't happen yet because even the skill itself was still at B Rank.

He decided to put the matter in the back of his mind because he had to plan what to actually say to Loki.

His thoughts didn't last long before Hestia started to wake up while she cutely put her head on his c.h.e.s.t.

"Today you have the appointment with Loki?"

This was the first sentence Hestia said before she started to yawn loudly.

At this display, Ethan laughed as he nodded with a smile on his face.

This made Hestia blush a little, but she didn't try to escape his embrace because he never tried to make a move on her and Hestia was glad but worried about his mentality, she expected him to be more like a child from the first time she saw him, but she didn't expect this much.

Hestia's behavior didn't impress Ethan in the slightest because she was exactly the same with Bell. At times bashful, other times bold, she didn't even try to leave his embrace or tell him he had other things to do.

He decided to enjoy her company a little more because it was 2 PM, and he could reach the guild in 20 minutes. Asking Light to wake him up at 3:20 PM, Ethan approached Hestia's hair with his hand, touching them before he said in an amused tone

"I will stay with you for a little more, I want to be as lazy as you right now ~"

His words made Hestia laugh before she went to sleep. This caused a silent laugh from Ethan while he lightly kissed her forehead before starting to get sleepy himself.

[Ethan, it's 3:20 PM, wake up]

Light decided it was for the best if she tried with words first, something that surprisingly worked because Ethan opened his eyes seconds later before muttering

"I wanted to sleep more".

With this statement, Ethan gently moved Hestia to the bed before kissing her nose and leaving the Church. At this action, Hestia smiled while still sleeping, the action clearly seen by Ethan, but he decided to not make Loki wait for him, because if he wanted the negotiations to be smooth, he would have to give her proper respect.

He took it slow but, at 3:50 PM, he was at the Guild entrance. He entered it and, at the same moment, locked his eyes with Eina before going to her.

Eina wasn't that impressed by Ethan's presence in advance but, the fact his gaze was rather intense, made Eina's previous statements to Misha doubtful. She immediately greeted him before she said

"Loki will come at any moment, i will take you to an appropriate room"

This actually was an advisor's room, but instead was dedicated to conversations between Mortals and Gods.

After 15 minutes, a girl with light red hair and eyes, accompanied by a very beautiful girl with gold eyes and golden hair entered the guild without a care in the world.

"Look, isn't she Loki-sama?"

"Yes, it's her! Why is she here?"

"You, Baka! Don't you see that the Sword Princess is with her?"

"Huh!? You called me Baka? Asshole, come here!"

These were most of the conversation at the entry of the two beauties that stunned most guys like nothing but, the most surprised was actually Ethan because he now understood that, although separated by a monitor she was still beautiful, Ais' beauty was absolutely on another level.

His lack of control didn't even last seconds before he resumed his semi-formal state, something he actually decided to copy from Eina.

All of Ethan's reaction weren't missed by Loki. She wanted to immediately put pressure on the bold level 1 boy that called her here like nothing but, she saw that his lack of a formal attitude lasted not even a second and, if she wanted to argue something like this, she would be at fault.

Seeing the 'trickster' expression on Loki's face, Ethan sent her a 'knowing' smile like the one he had when Syr was trying to see through him.

Loki, seeing that he also understood the situation, grinned a little before she sat on the sofa with the same smile as before.

Ethan, from his perspective, actually knew that she would be gaining a lot if she behaved with him. But he was more focused at the moment on Ais because, the latter was wearing her famous one piece dress with a blue lining on the extremes.

This, along with the fact that she was Ais herself wearing this, made Ethan's mind a little unstable but, he ordered his mind to not look at her before his smile dissipated as the semi-formal attitude as before returned in a flash. He greeted them before he started their conversation saying

"I will get directely to the point of the conversation because I feel that if I don't state why I made you come here instantly, you would never allow me to speak another word. I have a rare type of magic that can be a huge boost to your familia."

At his words, Loki's eyes actually opened while she looked more clearly at the boy that was speaking so easily of a 'rare magic' like nothing. She actually believed it wasn't that rare of a magic at first but, seeing the serious gaze he was sending her, Loki decided to see if she could gain something from this conversation.

"You can use some type of magic, but are you sure that will be useful to my familia?"

At her words, Loki was trying to search in her mind what type of Magic could boost an entire familia but, before she could understand, Ethan took out few items from thin air like nothing.

This action made her eyes open so wide that you could clearly see her stupor written on her face. But this stupor quickly dissolved while she said

"You can use space magic? Well, you are right about the fact that it would be a huge boost on my familia but, what are your terms?"

She wanted to make sure he hadn't asked for anything too out of ordinary, because his interest in Ais seemed even more than normal, something that Loki would never have allowed him to do in front of her without doing anything in her power to stop.

At her words, Ethan sent another one of his 'knowing' smile before he said

"Well, i don't want too many 'rewards' for my services. The only things I ask are that you will need to make a vow to not disclose or ask any information towards me, because I will never allow to be the plaything of anyone, the second is that I will help with the expeditions but i won't act as a supporter, I want to be a core member of the Familia. That's all from my part, I will gladly listen to yours now"

"Well, You will need to take Vows that will work as a 10-year period of obligation towards the familia, and to never disclose information about the familia with others. The third thing will be expeditions, you are too weak to act as a core member."

This was actually true but Ethan's pride acted on his behalf because he said

"You won't need to worry, I will go to the dungeon alone and, when the expeditions will come, I will stay behind fighting the monsters before others will need me."

This sounded extremely wrong to Loki but, she didn't want to oppose him right now. Instead, she decided it was better to go home and give him the blessing.

"Kiddo, What is your name?"

"My name is Ethan"

Ais, upon hearing his previous words, decided to speak on her own

"Are you…strong?"

At this display, Ethan wanted to say a lot of things, but he looked at her with a kind smile on his face before he said

"From your perspective, I'm nothing more than an ant, but just you wait, I will surpass you one day"

His words made Ais 'smile' before Loki sent a glare to him before she said

"Okay, now that we have an agreement, I would like to take the vows right now".

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After these words, Ethan and Loki took their respective vows and, leaving the guild, they immediately went to the Twilight Manor.

Entering the Manor, Loki immediately brought him to the area he clearly saw in the anime, something that caused an amused smile to form on his face.

After having Ais wait in the room, Loki brought him to one of the rooms she used for sleep before saying

"Take off your shirt, i will start the process. Now that you may feel pain for a bit"

At her words, Ethan simply replied

"Well, that's okay."

When Loki started the process, a window on Ethan's vision appeared immediately.

[Analysing the blessing...]

[Time estimated before completion: 30 minutes]

The 30 minutes quickly passed before the backlash immediately arrived in his body. He was trying to not show pain in his body, even if it was hard.

Loki immediately understood something was wrong with him but, seeing he didn't utter a word, she couldn't go her vow and 'ask' him what was happening, but the vow didn't say she couldn't 'worry' about him.

"Are you okay, Ethan?"

At her words, Ethan wanted to facepalm because he was seen through immediately but there wasn't anything he could do to change the situation.

"Well, yes. You don't need to worry about me".

Loki wanted to say that he was a member of her familia now so it was natural for her to be worried about her future upgrade on her expeditions but, decided to not tease him, at least for now.

Eventually she managed to see his status and, she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

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Name: Ethan

Age: 15

Race: Human

Lv 1(+)

Pow: 682C

End: 999S

Dex: 523D

Agi: 598D

Mag: 999S

Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS], [Mana Control:B]

Magic: [Sagitta Magica:D]

Development Ability: -

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"Wh-What? How?"

The stupor in her eyes actually made Ethan laugh a little before he said

"Come on, you took the Vow ~"

At his words, Loki's mouth completely shut before she gave him the paper with the Status on it before saying

"..I could make you level up"

"I know, but i won't level up yet, I need to develop my other stats first"

He wanted to say she didn't know that he was even more overpowered than she thought but, instead of making her upset while he decided to tell her some truths in the future.

With this, Loki made an exasperated sigh before showing him his room. Ethan immediately closed the door behind him and gritting his teeth in pain.

After his 20 minutes finally passed, Ethan immediately checked his new [Status Board] and was shocked by what he saw

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Name: Ethan

Age: 15

Race: Human

Lv 1(+)

Pow: 682C→ 692C

End: 999S → 1257SS

Dex: 523D → 531D

Agi: 598D → 615C

Mag: 999S → 1341SSS

Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS], [Mana Control:B]

Magic: [Sagitta Magica:D]

Development Ability: [(FeatherFoot:(Sealed)], [Spirit Healing(Sealed)]

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[Blessing Analysed successfully, [Falna] integrated and flaws corrected at a 20% completion..]

[Time estimated to completely remove flaws: 2 hours]

'Well, i thought it was more difficult'

He didn't know that in reality, the completion was so difficult that Light, a being that could literally do thousands of calculations in an instant needed 2 hours to complete.

But Light never said anything about that as she proceeded another tens of thousands of informations.

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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 but I advise you to read the story further before seeing them otherwise you'll get spoilers!)

(Alternate Titles: "Loki thought Ethan was a stupid, and she is right!", "I will reach you..Ais...[Liaris Freeze] obtained.", "What kind of 'services' Ethan was talking about?!?")