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Chapter 43

Talk to Hestia Familia about getting all of Freya properties.

I didn't look forward to telling Hestia and my friends about what happened with Freya, and that we were getting all of the Freya property and wealth. It's not that us getting all of those things is bad, it's just having to explain everything to them and trying to get them to understand. That is what will be the hard part.

I thought about how I was going to explain everything as Taima, and I walked from Folkvangr to Hearthstone Manor. The only way to do this was to come out and tell Hestia and my Familia the whole truth with no hemming or hawing. Or as close to the whole truth as possible. I really didn't want to lie to them.

We finally arrived back home at the Hearthstone Manor. Inside I found Mikoto, Bell and Hestia sitting in the living room talking. I walked over the Hestia. "Lady Hestia, we need to have a Familia meeting." I told Hestia with a serious look on my face.

Hestia looked at me and saw my expression. "What's the matter? What's wrong?" She asked me worried.

"I'd like to tell it to everyone at the same time. I don't want to tell the same story over and over again." I told Hestia. Then I turned to Bell and Mikoto. "Bell could you find Welf and have him meet us in the dining room." Then I turned to Mikoto. "And Mikoto, would you go find Haruhime and Lili and ask them to come to the dining room for a Familia meeting, please." I asked them.

I turned to Taima. "Would you go tell Wiene, Iris, Cindy and Kimmy to come to the dining room as well?" I asked her. "Sky and Fia should be with my Team so you can ask them if they will join us as well."

Taima nodded her head in agreement and left to get everyone.

After Mikoto and Bell left, I held out my hand to Hestia. Hestia took my hand and stood up. Still holding Hestia's hand I escorted her into the dining room and to her usual chair at the dining table.

"Why Wiene, Sky and Fia?" Hestia asked me.

"They are not official members of the Familia, but they are close friends, and they deserve to know what's going on as well." I replied.

"We still need to find out if I can give them a Falna." Hestia told me with a smile on her face.

"Thank you, lady Hestia. Maybe we can do that in the next day or two." I replied with a slight bow. "Or I can see if I can give them a Falna." I said shrugging my shoulders.

"This must be serious, Eilwyn. I've never seen you so serious and propper before." Hestia told me.

I smiled at Hestia. "Well, it depends on how you look at it. It can be very serious or it can be very funny." I told Hestia. "I'll get everyone something to drink." I told Hestia and headed into the kitchen.

Hestia stood up from her chair at the table. "Let me help you." She said as she followed me into the kitchen.

I pulled several glasses out of the cabinet while Hestia went to the magic stone refrigerator and pulled out two pitchers. One of tea and the other of juice. I found a tray and put the glasses and pitchers on it and carried it into the dining room. "Thank you, lady Hestia." I said as I sat the tray on the table.

Hestia smiled at me. "I like to help out when I can." Hestia told me.

I couldn't stop myself. Rather I didn't want to stop myself. "That's not what Hephaistos says." I replied with a grin.

"I've changed since then!" Hestia almost yelled.

"Hahahahaha! I got ch'ya!" I exclaimed. Then in my normal voice. "I know you've changed. That's one reason I wanted to join your Familia." I told Hestia and I walked over to her and gave her a hug.

Hestia returned the hug. "I'm so happy you and your friends decided to join my little Familia. Even though I still don't understand how you do all the things you can do." Hestia told me.

I chuckled and broke the hug and stepped back. "I don't understand how I can do all the things I can do, myself." I admitted. "I can just do them, and I've stopped trying to figure it out." I said.

Once everyone was seated and had a drink. "I've gathered you all together to tell you who the murderer is." I started. My Team was giggling because they knew the reference. But everyone else was staring at me like I was crazy. "Sorry, that's the typical ending chapter of a murder mystery story. There has been no murder." I told everyone as I looked around the table.

"Get to why you wanted to talk to all of use about." Hestia told me.

"Yes, sorry. As some of you know I can see part of the future and I acted on what I've seen. What was going to happen was Freya had an obsession with Bell and she wanted him for herself." I started.

"That conniving witch!" Hestia exclaimed slapping her hands on the tabletop.

"There's more to it, then just that. Freya was going to charm the whole city of Orario just so she could get Bell. Since she can't charm Bell, she would try to convince him, he had been cursed in an attempt to make him believe he is a member of the Freya Familia instead of the Hestia Familia. And that's just the beginning of what she was going to do." I continued.

"That's crazy!" Welf called. "That's horrible!" Mikoto said.

"Yes, it is. But since I know what would have happened. I went to Freya and thwarted her plans and while I was at it, I forced Freya to disband her Familia and I made sure she would never cause us any problems again. Because of that, I now own Folkvangr and I have all of her Familia's money, properties and possesions." I informed them.

"Wha-wha-what do you mean y-you own everything the Freya Familia owned!?" Hestia exclaimed. "What happened to lady Freya!?" Mikoto asked. "Freya's not interested in Bell anymore?" Welf asked. "Is that a lot?" Wiene asked. Sky and Fia looked slightly confused because they didn't know who Freya is.

I held up my hands to get everyone to stop asking questions at the same time. "Settle down!" I raised my voice.

I looked at Hestia. "If things had gone as I had seen. Freya would have charmed the whole city of Orario. But because Bell can't be charmed." I looked at everyone at the table. "That goes no farther than this room." I told everyone. "Freya would have tried to convence Bell that he had been put under a curse to try to make him believe he was really a member of the Freya Familia and not a member of the Hestia Familia. Freya is a sick and twisted person. But because Hestia is one of the few virgin goddesses she's not affected by Freya's charm as well. After a month or so Uranus would set a plan into action so Hestia could lift Freya's charm and free everyone. And that would push Freya to have a war game with the Hestia Familia, but Freya would allow Hestia to use anyone from any Familia to help her in the war game. And in the end the Hestia Familia would win the war game." I told my Familia.

"Wow! That's a lot to take in." Welf said. "Are you sure that would have really happened?" Mikoto asked.

Hestia started to say something, but I cut her off. They were all starting to ask questions at the same time again.

"One at a time, please." I told them and I looked at Mikoto.

Mikoto looked around the table and saw everyone looking at her. She blushed at receiving all the attention, but she asked her question anyway. "Are you sure of all that happening?" Mikoto asked me.

I nodded my head, yes. "Absolutely positive. Freya is the person that set all the monsters free during Monsterphilia and she sent the silverback after Hestia, just so she could watch Bell cry and run in fear. She didn't even care if the monster killed Hestia or Bell." I informed Mikoto and the others.

Hestia stood up abruptly and slammed the palms of her hand on the table again. "She's the one that set that monster after us!?" Hestia demanded.

I nodded my head in agreement. "Yes, she did. And Freya's the reason Bell had to fight the minotaur on the nineth floor. Again, Freya wanted to see Bell cry and scared. She also wanted to see if Bell could kill the minotaur and get over his fear of them, but it was all funny to her." I told Hestia. "And… Freya is the one that sent those adventurers after Ais and Bell when you were in the back streets after Bell's training session with Ais. The five people that went after Ais and the four that went after Bell, if you remember."

"Freya did that too!?" Hestia exclaimed. "I'll kill her!"

"Lady Freya sent those people after us? Why?" Bell asked.

"Do you remember feeling like you were being watched after the fight?" I asked Bell.

Bell nodded his head, yes. "I remember that. I've felt like I'm being watched several times."

"That was Freya watching you. She can see people's auras and she uses a 'Magic Mirror' so she has been watching you almost since you joined Hestia's Familia. And that fight was kind of a test to see how well you can fight. Although there is one good thing that has come from her watching you so much. It's that you can now feel when people are looking at you. Like when you were fighting Mord on the 18th floor. He was wearing a magic item that allowed him to turn invisible. Yet you were able to feel his eyes on you and know where he was so you could counter his attacks." I explained.

Bell sat staring at me with wide eyes. "That's why I could do that?"

"Yes, it is." I told Bell. Then I looked at Wiene. "Yes Wiene, that is a huge amount of money and valuables." I was finally able to answer her question.

"What has happened to Lady Freya?" Haruhime asked me.

I nodded my head at Haruhime's question. "If everyone doesn't mind, that is one question I'm not going to totally answer. I'll answer it in part but not fully. Freya is human now. She will die of old age and when she dies, she will not go back to the upper world. I offered her a couple options and that is the option she took, to be human. Freya already played at being a human before this, so I permanently made her the human she had pretended to be." I told them.

"Wait, wait, wait… What do you mean, YOU made her permanently human!?" Bell inquired.

I chuckled. "You know I can do a lot of things, correct?" I asked and looked around the table. Everyone nodded their heads, yes. "One of the things I can do is nullify people's or 'god's' abilities, powers and even their immortality." I told them. "So, I nullified Freya's immortality and all of her abilities and powers. Then I changed her into the physical form of the person she was pretending to be, 'and' I altered her mind to make her believe she has always been that person so she will never believe she is Freya again." I continued. "And before you ask, I have NEVER altered the minds of anyone in the Hestia Familia. And I promise I will never alter the minds of anyone here at this table unless their lives depend on it."

Welf, Mikoto and Hestia were looking at me with awe and some fear on their faces. Bell looked confused and Haruhime looked surprised. While Wiene, Fia and Sky just looked at me.

Hestia stood up and looked into my eyes. "As your goddess, you swear to me that you will never use any of those things on your Familia or your goddess!" She said almost a demand.

"I already did that, but I'll do it again if it will make you believe me." I raised my hand as if I was giving an oath. "I Eilwen Tengee swear to my patron and my fellow Familia members that I will never use any mind control on my Patron or my Fellow Familia members unless their lives depend on it." I told them and put my hand down.

"Okay, I will accept that." Hestia said and sat down. "Our children can't lie in the presence of a god." She added. I'm not sure if she was trying to reassure the others or trying to reassure herself. "Please continue what you were telling us."

Although the truth is, I can lie in front of these 'gods'. Their power or ability to make their 'children' tell the truth around them does not affect me. I wasn't going to tell Hestia or any of the other 'gods' that. But what I had told them about not using mind control on them is true.

"To continue… We now have to go through Freya's apartment in Babel Tower and move all of the things from there to here. Then we have to hire guards for Folkvangr the Freya Familia's home so no one will break in and steal anything while we go through all of the things there and move what we want to keep to the Hearthstone Manor or preferably to a warehouse. I figured we could donate some of the things to the orphanage and what we don't want we can either sell to a secondhand shop or open our own secondhand shop to sell those things ourselves." I suggested.

"That's going to take a lot of work. It'll take away from the time we can spend in the dungeon." Mikoto said.

"She's right. That's going to take a lot of work." Welf agreed.

I nodded my head in agreement. "That's true, but… we can make it easier by going through everything to see what we want to keep and what we want to donate. Figuring everything else is going to be sold. We can mark what's going to be kept with one color, what is going to be donated with another color and what is to be sold does not get marked. Then we can hire someone to move everything for us. That will save us time and trouble. And before I forget about it." I reached out my hand and four books appeared in my hand. "Freya had four grimoire that we now own. These should be locked up or I can keep them in my closet PD for safe keeping." I added.

"Four grimoire!?" Hestia exclaimed.

"Those could come in handy." Welf said.

I nodded my head in agreement. "Yes, they can, or we can sell them. As you know I can give any or all of your abilities to help you out in the dungeon, and the abilities I give you don't use 'mind' so you don't have to worry about going mind down when you use them to much." I reminded them.

"That's true, that's true." Welf agrees. "We could sell them for at least 200 million to 400 million valis each, I'm sure. We could do a lot with that kind of money." He added.

I nodded my head in agreement. "Probably more." I added and continued my thoughts. "We can hire the Take' Familia along with Daphnie and Cassandra of the Miach Familia to guard Folkvangr. For the moment Ottar is guarding it. But he'll leave it up to us in two days." I suggested. "And we need to go through Freya's apartment in Babel Tower as well. There's not a lot of things in her apartment, but what there is, is worth a lot of valis."

"And speaking of Freya's apartment. How would y'all like to go see it, and while we're there, we can check out the furnishings." I suggested. Then I turned to Hestia. "And there's a library there as well." I told her.

"We already have a good-sized library. Although we can always use more books." Hestia said with a big smile on her face.

I chuckled. "We can go through all the books and keep what we want and give away or sell the rest." I offered.

"That's a good idea." Mikoto said. "Do all of us get to go to Babel tower?" She asked.

"I don't see why not. It'll be about the only time any of us will be able to see what it's like in one of those apartments and what it's like looking out over the city from up that high." I replied. "But if we're going, we need to leave right away." I added.

"Everyone that wants to go to Freya's apartment get ready and be in the living room in ten minutes." Hestia told everyone. She then looked at me. "Will we need a cart or something to haul the furniture and books back here in?" Hestia asked me.

I shook my head in the negative. "No, we won't. Remember the pocket plain we lived in until we moved in here?" I asked.

Hestia nodded her head, yes. "Yah, I do." She answered.

"We can put everything into the pocked plain. Then when we get back home, I can open the pocket plain and we can move everything to the manor." I told Hestia.

Hestia's eyes got big and bright, and a big smile spread across her face. "Yah, that will make it a lot easier. Won't it." Hestia stated.

I nodded my head, yes and grinned at Hestia.

Ten minutes later everyone in the Hestia Familia was walking along Southwest Main Street towards Babel Tower. We were a fairly large group with Hestia, Bell, Welf, Mikoto, Cindy, Iris, Kimmy, Lili, Rosni, Wiene in her demi-human form, Sky and Fia in their demi-human forms, me 'and' all of our Companions. Wiene was holding one of my hands and Sky was holding my other hand, as we walked.

"This is going to cost us a lot of valis. Will we be able to afford it?" Welf asked as we walked.

I chuckled. "Yah, that. I forgot to tell you something. First Freya gave me all of her Familia's money, so our Familia is rich as of today. Second, I went to Folkvangr and 'punished' some of the Freya Familia members. Part of that punishment includes them paying us damages. The total we will receive is between 10 million and 15 million valis every month for the next couple of years." I told Welf and the others.

Everyone stopped and stared at me with shock and surprise on their faces. "Ten to fifteen million valis a MONTH!?" Welf exclaimed.

I nodded my head in agreement. "And that does not include what the Freya Familia has in cash on hand and in the 'bank'." I told them.

Hestia jumped up and down in excitement. "We're RICH!" She yelled.

"Please keep it down lady Hestia. We don't want everyone in the city knowing we have all that money." I told her.

"Sorry, I'm just so excited. I can quit my job at the potato popper stand, now." She said.

I nodded my head in understanding and agreement. "You sure can." I agreed.

Horn had told me what to do to get to Freya's apartment. If she hadn't, I would have had to port everyone to the apartment. Although it would have been a lot quicker if I had ported everyone instead of using the magic stone elevators.

Not surprising, once we entered the apartment everyone spent several minutes looking out the large window that overlooks the city. I tried to find and point out the old church we had lived in before the war game. Lili found Hearthstone Manor. Bell found the Benevolent Mistress. Bell was also able to find the Blue Pharmacy.

I was standing behind Wiene with my arms around her holding Wiene, as we looked out over the city.

"It's pretty." Wiene said with wonder in her voice.

I hugged Wiene to me. "Yes, it is, but wait until you see the countryside. There's miles and miles of open land. It will take your breath away." I told Wiene.

"Is it better than the PD?" Wiene asked.

"The PD is a special place. It's really nice but it's not real. The countryside outside of Orario is the real deal." I told Wiene, although I had to bite my tongue, because Orario and all the land around it wasn't real. Well, it wasn't real until I had opened a portal to come here.

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As we look out over the city. "It's almost like flying." Sky said in awe of how high up we are.

"Why don't you." I said.

"Why don't I what?" Sky asked me.

I chuckled. "Why don't you fly."

I can't, not here" Sky protested.

"Yes, you can. You can shift to your natural form and fly. Only we can see you up here, and we all know you're a siren." I told Sky. "Plus because of Junah you can fly by extending your bird wings or you can just fly. With Junah's flying ability you can fly without wings." I inform her "It won't be quite the same, but you can fly around the room, and It'll be almost like you're flying out there over the city."

"Really?" Sky and Fia said almost in unison.

I kissed Wiene on the top of her head. "Do you want to help me show them how to fly, Wiene?" I asked her.

"What can I do?" Wiene replied.

I tightened my arms around Wiene. "Just hold on tight." I told her. I also used telekinesis to help hold Wiene up so she would not sag down as we fly into the air.

Wiene grabbed my arms with her hands.

The next thing anyone knew, Wiene and I were flying up into the air. "Look Ma, no wings." I said and laughed. "Ha-ha-ha-ha."

"I'm flying! Look, I'm flying!" Wiene exclaimed.

Linna flew up beside us. "I told you that you can fly." She told Wiene.

Wiene blushed. "I remember you telling me. But I never had a reason to fly before." Wiene told Linna.

"That's true. Now you can fly in the PD when you want to." Linna suggested to Wiene.

Wiene giggled. "I'll have to do that, now."

"Fia, Sky, why don't you join us." I invited Sky and Fia.

Sky and Fia looked at each other and grinned.

The next think I know both Fia and Sky are flying beside me. Both of them have ear to ear grins on their faces.

"You're right. It's almost like being outside with this huge window here." Fia admitted.

"Can we fly in the PD too?" Sky asked me.

"That's part of the reason we're using it. So, the Xenos and anyone else can fly and be in their natural form." I told Sky.

I created a digital camera and took several pictures of the city. Later I'll print them out. We can sell them in the hearth and home shop, once it is up and running.

Wiene and I landed back on the floor of the apartment. "Okay we need to get to work." I shooed everyone away from the window.

"Come on down girls." I called to Sky and Fia.

They both looked disappointed, but they did as I asked and landed.

I created several wooden crates and put them by the bookcases. "Start putting the books into the boxes." I said.

"Wow! That's a lot of books. Will we have enough room at the manor to put them?" Welf asked looking at the bookcases.

I chuckled. "As I said, we can give some to the orphanage and we can sell what we don't want. Plus, we can always put shelves up in another room and make a second library."

Welf, Bell and I moved what little furnishings Freya had into the PD.

Freya had a huge bed. It's about half as big as the bed in the Master bedroom on Pern. Cindy had been casting glances at it while she packed up the books. "We could use that in our bedroom." Cindy said pointing to Freya's bed.

I started laughing. "You would Cindy, you would."

Cindy looked over at me, grinned, did a little curtsy and winked at me. Then she went back to putting books into the crates.

The rest of the evening we finished boxing up the books and putting them into one of my Pocket Dimensions (PD). As well as moving the furniture into the PD.

On the way home to the Hearthstone Manor we took a detour and stopped by the Miach Familia's business and home to see if we could hire Cassandra and Daphne to help guard Folkvangr. Although here they call it, a quest.

Even though Hestia and all the other members of the Hestia Familia were with me. Hestia allowed me to do all the negotiations for the quest. I will make the offer of 10,000 valis per person per day, with a bonus that they can go through everything from Folkvangr that we will be selling and take what they want equaling 100,000 valis in value. I also thought of adding a Companion for each of them as a bonus as well.

When we arrived at the Blue Pharmacy, we all entered. I asked Nahza if Miach was free so I could talk to him about something important.

"Freya gave you Folkvangr?" Miach asked me.

I chuckled and nodded my head, yes. "Yes, she did. She gave me Folkvangr along with all of her Familia's money, properties and belongings." I told Miach.

"Why would she give you all of that?" Miach asked, confused.

"She gave it to me and the Hestia Familia for damages she has caused us." I told Miach.

Miach looked confused. "What damages?"

"Freya sent the Silverback after Hestia so Bell would have to fight it. She wanted to see Bell cry and to see him scared. Later Freya sent the minotaur after bell on the nineth floor, again to see him cry and to see him scared. She didn't care if he was killed or not, she just thought it was funny seeing him suffer. And that is just the tip of the iceberg of what she was doing behind the scenes." I told Miach.

I heard Hestia huff behind me. She is still angry about what Freya had done, and I don't blame her one bit.

Miach shook his head in confusion. "I still don't understand why lady Freya would give you Folkvangr and all of her Familia's money."

I shrugged my shoulders. "You don't have to understand why she did it. You just have to believe she did. Besides Freya's assistant, Horn was there as well. So, she can verify that Freya gave everything to me and the Hestia Familia right after she disbanded her Familia." I informed Miach. "And that's why I need Daphne and Casandra to guard Folkvangr for a few days or until we can get everything sorted out." I said. "I'm going to ask Take' if Ouka, Chigusa and Asuka will work to guard it as well."

Miach nodded his head in understanding. "Well, I would say Daphne and Cassandra will take the quest, but I will leave it up to them to say yes or no." Miach told me.

"That's understandable. Are they available so I can ask then?" I asked.

Miach looked out the window for a moment. "They should be arriving shortly. This is about the time they come in and report how they did in the dungeon." He told me.

"I'll wait for them, if you don't mind." I said.

"I don't mind at all. It is a pleasure to have all of you here." Miach replied.

"Since I am going to offer Takemikazuchi's Familia the same quest. I would like to invite them here, so I don't have to go through all this, two times." I told Miach.

"I understand. Takemikazuchi's children are always welcome here." Miach told me.

I turned to Cindy and Iris. "Cindy, would you and Iris go to the Take' Familia's house and ask them if they would join us here, please." I asked them.

"We'll go ask them. We'll be back shortly." Cindy replied. Cindy and Iris stood up and left the Blue Pharmacy.

I turned back to Miach. "No matter what Daphne and Cassandra choose to do. I would like you to have this. I'm sure it will help you and your Familia out." I said and pulled out one of the grimoire and hand it to Miach.

Miach took the book and looked at it. After a moment or two he looked at me with total confusion and surprise on his face. "Is this what I think it is?"

I just nodded my head, yes.

With eyes bugging out. "W-why w-would you give s-something like this to me?" He asked me in shock.

Hestia giggled at Miach's reaction to being given the grimoire. I turned and gave her a dirty look, which didn't help any because Hestia just giggled more.

I chuckled. "It's one of the grimoires I got from Freya. I'm not losing any money giving it to you. And you can sell it for somewhere between two hundred million Valis to four hundred million valis. That will pay off your loan for Nahza's arm and you'll have plenty left over for things your Familia needs and wants. You could even buy a shop closer to one of the Main streets." I told him.

"Or, we can go in together and buy a fairly large building close to one of the main streets. We are going to sell all the excess inventory from Folkvangr so we will need a shop to sell out of. Plus, I believe Welf is going to make weapons and armor and I was thinking of selling furnishings for the fireplace and home since Hestia is a 'goddess' of the hearth and home. If we went in together, we can get a bigger building that will cost each of us less, and it will give you a bigger place to live as well." I added.

Miach couldn't seem to take his eyes off the grimoire. "Thank you, Eilwyn. I'm in your debt. I don't know how to repay you." He told me.

I laughed. "You don't have to repay me. It is a gift from the Hestia Familia to the Miach Familia." I told Miach.

Miach finally took his eyes off the grimoire, and he looked first at me then to Hestia. "Is Eilwyn serious? He is giving the grimoire to me expecting nothing in return?" He asked still in shock.

Hestia giggled again. Her twin ponytails were swinging back and forth with her excitement. "It's true Miach, Eilwyn wants to help you out. The grimoire was given to him so it's his to do with as he wishes. Although he was given three more grimoires from Freya. So, we're not losing anything by giving you one to help you out." Hestia tried to reassure Miach.

Miach stood up and bowed so far over it almost looked like his nose was going to touch the floor. "Thank you again Eilwyn. I can never thank you enough for such a gift." He humbly told me.

"Please sit down Miach. You're embarrassing me." I told Miach.

Miach sat down although he still had a look of surprise and awe on his face. "This is more than enough payment for Daphne and Cassandra to guard Folkvangr for you." He stated.

I shook my head in frustration. "You don't understand Miach. They will be paid for their work. The grimoire is a 'gift' to both a personal friend and a friend of my Familia." I told him.

Daphne and Cassandra walked into the shop at that time. "Hello goddess Hestia, hello everyone." Daphne said.

"Hi." Cassandra said shyly and gave a smile and a wave to everyone.

"Eilwyn and the Hestia Familia has a quest for you if you want to take it." Miach told Daphne and Cassandra. "Although he wants to offer the same quest to Takemikazuchi's children. So, we should wait until they arrive."

"The quest isn't for you or Takemikazuchi's Familia. We need all of you, so the quest is for both Familia's. That is why I want to wait until they arrive, so I don't have to tell you then go through the whole thing again for them." I explained.

"Ok, we'll wait for them to arrive." Daphne said.

We made small talk for a little while as we waited for Take' and his Familia to arrive. And for Cindy and Iris to return.

Fifteen minutes passed when they all walked into the Blue Pharmacy.

"Cindy and Iris said Eilwyn wanted to talk to me and my children about a quest." Take' said as he took a seat.

I nodded my head in agreement. "True, I want to offer a quest to Ouka, Chigusa and Asuka as well as offer Daphne and Cassandra the same quest." I told Take'.

Daphne looked at me. "What is the quest?" She asked.

"We need all of you to help guard Folkvangr for the next week or two. We'll pay you 20,000 valis a day, plus you get to pick through what we are going to sell and take what you want of items worth up to 100,000 valis per person." I told her and Cassandra.

Daphne looked skeptical. "We can make a lot more than that in the Dungeon." She told me.

I nodded my head in agreement. "Yes, you can, but this quest has little to no danger involved to it. Plus, you can pick out up to 100,000 valis worth of items we will be selling. And if you take the quest, I will throw in a bonus of a Companion for each of you." I offered.

Daphne's expression softened. "100,000 valis worth of items from Folkvangr doesn't sound too bad. Although why do you need us to guard Folkvangr. That place belongs to the Freya Familia." She said.

"That is what everyone will receive?" Ouka asked.

I nodded my head, yes. "Each person that accepts the quest will receive the same amount." I told him.

I turned to Daphne and grinned. "Freya disbanded her Familia and she gave everything to me and the Hestia Familia. I'm not going to go through why that happened. Miach knows enough, so he can tell y'all about that later." I told her.

"What is a Companion?" Cassandra plucked up enough courage to ask as she half hid behind Daphne.

"Have you seen the animals my Team and Bell's battle party have?" I asked Cassandra.

Cassandra nodded her head yes but didn't say anything.

"Mikoto has a Companion, doesn't she?" Ouka asked.

"Yes, she does." I replied.

"I've seen those animals. I've wondered about them." Daphne said.

"Those 'animals' are Companions, and they are a lot more than just animals. For instance, any ability they have, you also receive. That means if they are extra strong, that extra strength is applied to you as well. So, if your Companion has level one strength, they are three times stronger than a normal animal of their size and kind. Thus, you become three times stronger than normal. That translates to, if your strength is rank I-0 your strength will go up to about rank D-600 to D-650. If they have level two in strength, they are three times stronger than level one. Again, that means if you have I-0 in strength you will go up to around A-950 to S-1001. Possibly higher." I explained.

Cassandra and Daphne's eyes were bugging out. "That's crazy. Animals can't make your status go up." Daphne stated.

I chuckled. "They are 'not' animals, they are Companions." I replied. "[Taima, would you please come here. Small cat form, please.]" I said to those in the room, and I sent to Taima. All of our Companions were outside because the shop is too small for all of the Companions even if they were all in their small animal form. Plus, I didn't think Miach would appreciate it if we had walked in with several animals with us.

Taima ported into the room to my side. She is in her small Snow Leopard form. "This is my Companion. Her name is Taima. Taima say hello to everyone." I said.

Taima looked at Miach, Cassandra, Daphne, Take', Ouka, Chigusa and Asuka. "Hello, it is nice to meet you." She told them. Although Taima had already met Miach.

"Hello Taima." Miach said.

Daphne and Cassandra were having a difficult time figuring out if they wanted to stare at Taima or Miach.

Take', Ouka, Chigusa and Asuka had seen and been around Mikoto and Jioni, so they had an idea of what a Companion is and what they can do. So, they weren't surprised at Taima porting into the room and talking.

Daphne points her finger at Taima as she looks at me. Her eyes are bugging out and her mouth is opening and closing as if she wants to say something, yet no words are coming out.

I chuckled and even Miach has a grin on his face. "I told you; Companions are not just animals." I said. "Your Companions will stay with you almost all the time. Depending on their intelligence level, they can be as smart as a 24-year-old human." I told them then explained the benefits of having a Companion.

"And if you take the quest and since I trust all of you, I'll give you, your Companions before you start guarding Folkvangr. That way you'll have company while you're guarding the place." I informed them.

Cassandra turned to me. "I dreamed about our home being full of animals, but I couldn't figure out where they came from or why they were there." She told me shyly.

"Now you know why." I told Cassandra with a smile.

I turned to Nahza. "You are included in the offer. If you want to take a few days off of working in the shop. You can help guard Folkvangr, get 20,000 valis a day, 100,000 worth of items from Folkvangr and a Companion. And that is 100,000 valis worth of items per person." I told Nahza.

Before Nahza could say anything, I used Restore Mind on her to remove her trauma of being attacked by monsters that ate off her arms and legs. By doing that I removed her fear of monsters and the Dungeon.

Nahza blinked her eyes several times right after I had used Restore Mind on her. "Lord Miach will need me to help out at the pharmacy. So, I won't be able to help guard Folkvangr." She told me.

Miach looked at Nahza. "I am sure I can made do without you for a few days if you would like to help Eilwyn and the Hestia Familia." Miach assured Nahza.

"But who will make the double potions?" She asked.

Before Miach could reply. "Do you have an empty potion rack and a sample or vile of each type of potions you sell that I could see?" I asked Nahza.

"Why would y…" Nahza started but Miach cut her off.

"Yes, we do. Nahza if you would be so kind as to get what Eilwyn requested." Miach told Nahza.

Nahza gave Miach a dirty look as she stood up and walked behind the counter. A short time later she returned with what I had asked for and handed the items to me.

"Why haven't you or any of your battle party been in to buy potions? Are you going to…?" Nahza started.

I stopped her before she could finish her question or accusation. "If we needed healing potions, we would definitely buy them from you, but we don't need any healing potions. So, we don't need to buy any." I told Nahza as I was taking the stoppers out of each vile. I would turn a vile upside down then turn it right side up again, then take the stopper out of a vile and touch the stopper with a small amount of potion to a finger. I did this with each different kind of potion vile.

As Nahza and Miach watched me open each vile and touch the stopper, Nahza continued. "Everyone needs healing potions. There's no way you can go into the dungeon without needing a healing potion or a Mind Restore potion, at some time if they use any magic."

Take' leaned forward. "Would it be okay with you if we went outside and talked about your offer, Eilwyn?" He asked me.

I nodded my head, yes. "That would be fine with me." I told Take'.

Take', Ouka, Chigusa and Asuka stood up and walked out of the Blue Pharmacy.

I turned back to Nahza and chuckled. "We've all been down to the 20th floor. And we've never used or needed any healing potions." I reiterated. "Unfortunately for you and anyone else that sells healing potion, we all have Regeneration." I told Nahza.

Nahza looked puzzled and confused. "Re-regener-ation? What is that?" She asked.

"Self-healing. If we get hurt, we heal without the need for potions." I explained. "I can regrow a lost arm or leg in minutes."

Nahza unconsciously started rubbing her right arm with her left hand. Nahza's right arm in an artificial arm.

"Regrow an arm in minutes." Nahza whispered to herself.

As I was telling Nahza about our regeneration ability, I created copies of the healing potions Nahza had handed me. I made enough of each potion to fill all of the slots in the case on my lap. When I was finished, I handed the full case back to Nahza. "Is that enough potions for you to take two or three days off of work? Or do you need twice that many potions?" I asked her.

Nahza stared at the case full of potions. She looked over at Miach with a questioning look on her face. Then she turned back to me. "Are these real?" Nahza asked me.

"Check them out for yourself." I suggested.

Nahza pulled out one of the vials and opened it. She raises the vile up to her nose and took a sniff. Then she took a small sip of the healing potion. Nahza's eyes lit up. "I-it's real!" She cried out. Nahza stared at me. "H-how are you able to make potions out of nothing!?" She almost demanded of me.

I chuckled. "Anything I touch I can make copies of. Anything non-living that is." I told Nahza. And to prove what I had claimed I could do. I reached over and touched a bowl that is sitting on a self. I turned back to Nahza, Miach and the others. I bent over to the floor and started making copies of the bowl until there were ten copies of the bowl on the floor.

"I can make as many copies I want of any item I touch, and they will be permanent, unless 'I' deiced to dissolve them and then they will disappear." I explained. "And each copy will be as good as the original." I explained.

A light lit up in Nahza's eyes. "Could you make double that amount? We usually sell more than this." She said lifting up the case indicating how many they sell.

"Get another case and I'll fill it. Although I would appreciate it if the Hestia Familia received ten percent of what you sell of them. That's a small amount for all the profits you'll make from selling those potions." I told Nahza.

Nahza opened her mouth to say something, but Miach spoke up before Nahza could say anything. "That sounds quite acceptable, considering it didn't cost us anything to make them."

I nodded my head in agreement. Then I looked at Nahza. "Does that mean you'll take up the quest?" I asked her.

Nahza looked at Miach, who nodded his head, yes. She turned back to me and nodded her head, yes as well. "Yes, I'll take the quest."

I grinned at Nahza. "Would you open the door, please?" I asked her.

Nahza looked confused. "Open, the door?"

I nodded my head in agreement. "You need to get another potion case so I can put more potions in it. So, while you are up, I need you to open the door." I told Nahza.

"O-okay." Nahza said as she stood up, went to the door and opened it up.

When the door to the Blue Pharmacy was open, a small winged Manticore walked through the open door and looked up at Nahza.

"Nahza I would like to introduce you to Jemin. Jemin this is Nahza." I introduce them to each other.

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Name: Jemin/F (Beautiful, tiny dove) Mythical (Winged Manticore) (Hawk, Clouded Leopard, Scorpion) Intelligent L2 Strength L1 Agility L2 Speed L1 Durability L2 Regeneration L2 Teleportation L1 Sustenance L2 Elemental Blast L1 (Fire) Size L2 Magical L1 (Dancing Lights, Servant, Cleaning) Flight Shapeshift L1 (Winged Manticore, Clouded leopard, Hawk, Scorpion, Ferret, Rottweiler) Venom L1 (Tail stinger, Poison-paralysis)

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"And Nahza get used to having Jemin in your head most of the time. Companions and their partners can talk to each other mind to mind." I informed her.

I looked at Cassandra and Daphne. "What about the two of you?" I asked.

Cassandra nodded her head, yes. "I'll take the quest." She said softly.

I turned to Daphne. "And you?"

"I'll do it. It's easy money." Daphne said.

Since Nahza had not closed the door yet. Two more winged manticore walked through the door, one walked over to Cassandra and the other walked over to Daphne.

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Cassandera's Companion: Automation Name: Bronya (A woman who gives protection) Mythical (Winged Manticore) (Hawk, Snow Leopard, Scorpion) Intelligent L2 Strength L1 Agility L2 Durability L2 Regeneration L2 Teleportation L1 Sustenance L2 Elemental Blast L1 (Electricity) Size L2 Magical L2 (Healing, Dancing Lights, Telekinesis, Missile) Flight Shapeshift L1 (Winged Manticore, Snow leopard, Hawk, Scorpion, Ferret, Chow Chow) Venom L1 (Tail stinger, Poison-paralysis)

Daphnie: Automation Name: Gael/F (An unknown person or visitor) Mythical (Winged Manticore) (Hawk, Lynx, Scorpion) Intelligent L2 Strength L2 Agility L2 Durability L2 Regeneration L2 Teleportation L1 Sustenance L2 Elemental Blast L1 (Ice) Size L2 Magical L1 (Telekinesis, Missile, Invisibility) Flight Shapeshift L1 (Winged Manticore, lynx, Hawk, Scorpion, Ferret, Irish Wolfhound) Venom L1 (Tail stinger, Poison-paralysis)

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"Your Companions can tell you everything they can do, which means you can do those same things as well. But if you have any questions feel free to ask me or my Team and we'll gladly answer your questions." I offered.

Take' and his 'children' walked back into the Blue Pharmacy. "We'll take the quest." Ouka told me as he walked through the door.

"Thank you. And as I told Cassandra, Daphny and Nahza. The 100,000 valis in items is per person, so you each get to pick out 100,00 worth of items after we figure out what we want to keep. And now if you would open the door again for a few moments." I told them.

Chigusa turned and opened up the door again. Three Far Eastern Dragons walked through the open door. Each walked up to their new partner.

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Chigusa's Companion: Automation Name: Lady/F Mythical (Eastern Dragon) (Lizard, Owl) Intelligent L2 Strength L2 Agility L1 Speed L1 Durability L2 Regeneration L2 Teleportation L1 Sustenance L2 Elemental Blast L1 (lightning) Size L2 Magical L1 (Dancing Lights, Telekinesis, Missile) Flight Shapeshift L1 (Eastern Dragon, Lizard, Owl, Akita Ino (Dog), Snow Leopard) Venom L1 (Front claws, poison-paralysis)

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Ouka's Companion: Automation Name: Vikal/M Mythical (Eastern Dragon) (Lizard, Owl) Intelligent L2 Strength L2 Agility L1 Speed L1 Durability L2 Regeneration L2 Teleportation L1 Sustenance L2 Elemental Blast L1 (fire) Size L2 Magical L1 (Dancing Lights, Telekinesis, Missile) Flight Shapeshift L1 (Eastern Dragon, Lizard, Owl, Akita Ino (Dog), Grizzly Bear) Venom L1 (Front claws, poison-Paralysis)

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Asuka's Companion: Automation Name: Odda/F (One who is complete in every aspect.) Mythical (Eastern Dragon) (Hawk, lizard) Intelligent L2 Strength L2 Agility L1 Speed L1 Durability L2 Regeneration L2 Teleportation L1 Sustenance L2 Elemental Blast L1 (Ice) Size L2 Magical L1 (Mending, Dancing Lights, Telekinesis) Flight Shapeshift L1 (Eastern Dragon, Lizard, Owl, Puma, Entlebucher Mountain Dog) Venom L1 (Front claws, poison-paralysis)

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"Your Companions can talk to you either out loud like we talk to each other or telepathically that is mind to mind. So, get used to hearing them in your heads most of the time. And as I told the others, your Companion can tell you everything they can do, which means you can do those same things. But if you have any questions feel free to ask me or my Team and we'll gladly answer your questions when we can." I repeated my offered.

I looked over at Miach. "I believe you'll need to get the other case for the potions. I believe Nahza is a little preoccupied right now. Heeh heeh heeh." I told Miach and chuckled.

Miach stood up and found another case for healing potions. He walked back over and handed it to me. I filled up the case with the different healing potions that I created. Then I handed the filled case back to Miach.

"We will meet Daphne and Cassandra at Folkvangr in the morning. They can take first watch. Chigusa and Nahza can take second watch and Ouka and Asuka third watch. If you show up early or stay late, you can go through Folkvangr and take a look around if you want to." I told them. "That will also give you time to get to know your Companions and to learn what they can do. And you can check out what is there that you might want for your 100,000 valis bonus. Until morning."

I turned to Takemikazuchi. "I want to donate 2.5 percent of what I make in the dungeon to help the children at your shrine in the far east." I told him.

Take' looked shocked. "You do not need to do that. It is not part of your Familia." He told me.

I smiled at Take'. "I know they are not part of my Familia. But helping children is more important no matter what Familia they belong to or even if they don't belong to a Familia." I said.

"I'll put in 2.5 percent of my earnings as well." Cindy put in.

That was followed by Iris and Kimmy. "I'll put that in as well." "Me too."

Take' was shaking his head. "It is not for you to do this. They are not of your Familia."

"Takemikazuchi!" I started with some heat. "I do NOT care if they are from a different Familia. I give my Familia part of my earnings. After that what I have left is up to me to do with as I see fit. And helping orphans is part of helping others. And before you say anything, we are already going to help an orphanage here in Orario. We are giving them things they need from Folkvangr plus we are giving them a percentage of what we get from selling everything in Folkvangr. So, we are helping children here and we want to help the children that are living at the shrine back at your village." I insisted.

Take' bowed his head. "Thank you, Eilwyn. I'm sure the children will appreciate what help you proved them." He said giving in.

"When someone is willing to help orphans or anyone in need. Don't argue with them. Needing help has no Familia, and giving help has no Familia." I finished and stood up.

"It's time for us to head home. We have an early start in the morning." I said and headed to the door.

#DanMachi #Hestia #Freya #Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon #Bell #Babel Tower #Welf #Minoto #Haruhime #Wiene

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Chapter 41

Ending the Freya Familia and Freya

I decided to wait until the Ikelos Familia, who were capturing some of the Xenos and selling them on the black market, had been taken care of. With the Familia being disbanded and the members arrested and delt with one way or another, before I take care of Freya.

Freya had the ability to turn herself into Syr. While Freya is being Syr, Horn, Freya's assistant, would turn herself into Freya, so no one would know Freya had gone missing. That had stopped happening when I Nullified Freya's powers and abilities on the night the Freya Familia attacked the Ishtar Familia. I also Nullified Horn's ability to turn into Freya and Syr as well. Because of that, Syr has not been seen at the Benevolent Mistress or anywhere else, for over two weeks.

I had thought about going to the Guild, but I could not prove what Freya would do in the future if she was not stopped. Not that the Guild would have done much of anything to the Freya Familia anyway. So that would do no good. I was going to have to go deal with Freya myself, face to face.

I went to Babel Tower. If I understood correctly Freya's apartment is on the top floor. I decided to us invisibility and slowly fly up. I know her apartment overlooks the west entrance to the Dungeon, so I know which side of the tower to look in on. That is the direction Bell walks from and to Babel Tower to the Guild Hall. I took Taima with me. She is in her small cat form so I can hold her in my arms as I fly.

It did not take very long for me to find Freya. It didn't hurt that she was sitting on a chair looking out over Orario in her apartment as I reached the floor her apartment is on.

There is a giant window overlooking the City of Orario. I ported into the room and dropped the invisibility. Freya started. "Who, how, how did you get in here!?" Freya demanded of me. Then she called over her shoulder. "Ottar!"

I chuckled at Freya. "I'm here to meet out your punishment for crimes against humanity." I told Freya as I scratched Taima between her ears.

Freya's face started turning red from anger. "I have not committed any crimes!" Freya told me.

"That's what you say, but then the 'gods' never believe anything they do no matter how evil, vile or harmful, are crimes." I stated.

Ottar walked up behind Freya. "What do you need goddess?" Ottar asked Freya.

"Remove this… person." Freya ordered Ottar.

Ottar looked at me. "You will come with me. Now!" Ottar commanded.

I chuckled then grinned at Ottar. "Not going to happen." I told Ottar. Then I looked at Freya. "Why hasn't Syr been to the Benevolent Mistress in the past two weeks?" I asked Freya.

"Then I will remove you." Ottar stated.

"Hahahahaha." I laughed at Ottar's statement. "You can try, but you won't succeed." I told Ottar, never taking my eyes off Freya.

"What's wrong Freya? Can't you explain why Syr hasn't been to work in two weeks?" I asked Freya.

Ottar started towards me. I tossed Taima into the air. "Go outside while I take care of this, please." I told Taima.

Taima hovered in the air after I tossed her into the air. Then she flew towards the window and disappeared. A moment later Taima appeared in the open air beyond the window about one hundred feet from the window. She turned and floated looking back at Freya, Ottar and myself.

By this time Ottar was close enough to me for him to try to grab me. As Ottar reached out I blocked his hand and knocked it away from me. "I would suggest you leave right now or you will not like what happens next." I told Ottar. I turned to look at Freya. "And you haven't been able to 'watch' anyone while you play your little games either." I added.

"You will leave Lady Freya's residence immediately." Ottar told me.

Again, I laughed at Ottar. "I'm still waiting for you to remove me." I taunted Ottar.

Ottar growled and stepped closer to me. As he reached out again to grab me, I balled up my fist and hit Ottar in the solar plexus. Ottar flew twenty feet backwards until he hit a wall and slid to the floor. "I would suggest you stop while you're ahead." I told Ottar, then I turned to Freya again.

"You have a real problem answering questions. I've asked you several times and you haven't answered yet." I stated.

Freya was looking at where Ottar had hit the wall, then she looked at me with concern or worry on her face. "I don't have to answer your questions!" She snapped at me.

Ottar is so strong even if a Minotaur hits him, he would not move and I just punched Ottar, and he was sent flying twenty feet into a wall.

I chuckled. "No, you don't, but that doesn't mean I can't get the answers to my questions from you." I replied.

Ottar shook off being hit and slammed into the wall and headed towards me again.

"This is getting tedious." I said to no one in particular. "Isolation." I said and Ottar slumped to the floor. I turned back to Freya. "Now that he's been delt with… It's your turn." I told Freya.

Freya stood up and her eyes glowed as she looked at me. "Hahahahahaha." I laughed at Freya's attempt to charm me. "Your tricks don't work on me." I told Freya. Then I continued. "You have two choices. You can either disband your Familia and go back to the upper world, or you can disband your Familia and spend the rest of your life as Syr not knowing you were ever Freya. Either way I get all of your Familia's properties, money, belongings and wealth." I informed Freya. Then I gave Freya an evil grin. "If I have to make the decision, you'll end up like Ishtar." I told her.

"You don't have the authority or the power to make me do anything!" Freya exclaimed with fear starting to show on her face.

"Oh, I have the authority and I have the power. If you remember what happened to Ishtar. I made sure she didn't go back up to the upper world, and at the moment if something happens to you, you won't go back to the upper world either. They'll just bury your body and that will be the end of you. Then in a few years no one will remember who… you… were." Then I reminded Freya of what happened to Ishtar and what could happen to her.

Fear was showing on Freya's face when I reminded her of Ishtar dying and not going to the upper world. "Y-you did that? It didn't l-look l-like you." Freya stuttered.

"I can change what I look like. I didn't want you to know who it was that took away 'your' immortality and powers. The fact is, you still don't know what I really look like." I told Freya and grinned.

"Now you need to choose what is going to happen to you." I reminded Freya.

"What!?" Freya startled at what could happen to her.

"Whatever happens you disband your Familia. After that you either go back to the upper world or you live the rest of your life as Syr not knowing you were Freya and with none of Freya's powers or abilities.

I could almost see Freya thinking about her options and if what I had told her was true or not. I could see she was trying to figure a way out of her predicament.

I looked over at Ottar laying of the floor. I dropped the 'Isolation'. Ottar jerked then looked around. Seeing me Ottar stood up and started walking towards me.

I grinned. "Do you really think you will make it all the way to me?" I asked Ottar. "[Be a good little puppet and sit down.]" I told him and pushed into his mind.

Ottar stopped walking, stared at me a moment then sat on the floor since there were no chairs close to him.

Freya looked at Ottar in shock as he sat on the floor. Then she turned to look at me. "H-he obeyed y-you!"

I grinned at Freya. "Ottar, go get Horn, Freya's attendant and bring her here. Just tell Horn she is needed at Freya's apartment. You do nothing else, just go to Horn, deliver the message and bring Horn back here. Once you have arrived back here in Freya's apartment you will resume sitting and do nothing else. You will not talk to anyone else, and you will not try to inform anyone in any way what is happening here with myself and Freya." I told Ottar and pushed it into his mind so he would do exactly what I told him. "Now, do as you were told." I finished.

Freya stared at Ottar as he stood up and left the room. Again, she turned back to me with surprise and fear on her face. "H-he obeyed you a-again. How is that possible. Ottar is only loyal to me." Freya asked me.

I laughed at Freya. "You think you are the only one that can 'charm' people?" I asked Freya. "You need to pick what happens to you by the time Horn and Ottar get back here. If you don't, I will choose what happens to you." I reminded Freya.

Freya stared off into space with a mixture of emotions crossing her face.

[May I come in now?] Taima sent to me.

I looked out to where Taima was floating. "[Sure, you can. I just didn't want anyone trying to use you against me.]" I told Taima.

Taima ported into the room, landing on the floor, and walked over to me nodding her head in understanding.

"Human form please." I told Taima. She shifted to her diminutive human form.

"We're going to get a ton of money." Taima said to me smiling from ear to ear.

I grinned at Taima. "More or less, yes. But I plan on giving the Familia about a quarter of what I get." I told Taima.

Taima put on a pouty face. Then she stuck her tongue out at me. I knew she was playing.

"Part of what I keep for myself, I'm going to use to open the furniture shop, a restaurant and maybe a weapon shop. Although they can all be in one building." I told Taima.

Taima nodded her head in understanding. "You've talked about that before. It's good you can open them up with this money." She told me.

I put an arm around Taima's shoulders, pulled her to me and kissed her on the top of her head. "Yes, it is." I said and sighed.

We stood looking out the giant window overlooking Central Park and Orario, as we waited for Ottar to return. I kept a mental 'eye' on Freya so if she thought about doing something to me or leaving, I would know.

Freya got the nerve to ask me a question as we waited for Ottar and Horn. "W-why don't you have an au-aura?"

"I do have an aura. You and the other 'gods' just can't see it. I don't show up in any scrying, mental searches or prophesies." I told Freya.

"That's not possible. The gods can see anyone they want to." Freya tried to explain as if I didn't know anything.

"It is possible. I'm invisible to anyone and everyone, unless I allow them to see me." I informed Freya. "If it's not true then why can't you see my aura?" I questioned Freya.

Before Freya could say anything else. Ottar opened the door to Freya's apartment.

As Horn and Ottar enter Freya's apartment, I was looking out over the city of Orario with Taima by my side. "Horn, there is no reason for you to hate Bell Cranel. He did nothing to cause you to hate him. The cause of your hate is Freya. She changed because of her obsession for Bell. As I told Freya before she does not love Bell, she is obsessed with him. If she loved Bell she would 'not' put him in situations where he could be killed, she would 'not' LIE to him almost constantly and she would 'not' try to take him away from Hestia. Those are NOT acts of love. Those are acts of someone that is obsessed, self-centered and narcissistic. Thus, your hate for Bell Cranel is unfounded." As I finished talking, I turned to look at Horn.

Horn's mouth was hanging open with shock and surprise. She just stood looking at me not knowing what to say or do.

Still looking at Horn. "Freya what have you decided?" I asked Freya.

Freya looked at the floor. "I-I'll be S-Syr." She replied.

I nodded my head in understanding. "Not really surprising. You think if you are Syr you'll be able to find a way to get out of your punishment and possibly even get even with me." I chuckled. "Not going to happen. First disband your Familia." I told Freya.

"How-how did you know!?" Freya asked.

I grinned and tapped my temple with my index finger. "I can read your mind." I told her and grinned.

Freya's eyes widened is shock as she gasped, but she didn't say anything.

Still looking at the floor, Freya nodded her head in agreement and/or surrender. Freya did what was needed to disband her Familia. "There is no longer a Freya Familia. Everyone that was in my Familia is free to convert to any other Familia they want to join and will take them." Freya told me.

"Thank you, Freya." I said then I looked over at Horn "Now Horn." Horn had been watching our interaction, not knowing what to do since Freya was not putting up a fight or trying to stop what I was doing. "Since Freya has disbanded her Familia, she has allowed that I get everything that belonged to her Familia. Money, property, belongings, weapons, everything. If you would be so kind as to help me get everything, put in my name." I said to Horn.

Horn looked at me still shocked. "I-I won't do that. That would be a be trail to goddess Freya." Horn told me.

"That's understandable and loyal on your part, but there is no goddess Freya anymore and there is no longer a Freya Familia." I informed Horn.

I turned to Freya and changed her physical form to that of Syr. I gave 'Syr' a few different characteristics. I changed the color of her hair to be a little more blue than gray. I made her eyes a little greener. I also gave her a little darker skin tone. I made all the changes to make her a new or a slightly different Syr. "[Once you leave this room you will be Syr Flovar. You will have no memory of Freya other than she was a goddess. You will not believe you were ever Freya or anyone else other than Syr Flovar. You will never try or even think of trying to be Freya at any time or for any reason. The thought of you once being Freya is an absurd, Ludacris and insane idea as far as you are concerned so you won't even think of Freya in anyway other than she was a goddess that is no longer in Orario. As Syr you will think of Bell Cranel as a little brother and nothing more. As a big sister you can make lunches for him, if your cooking gets better, if you want to but it is not necessary. You will always think of Bell as an adopted little brother and 'nothing' more. Bell was never an interest to you other than being your adopted little brother and as someone you want to help out. You will also be a good worker, not slacking off like you used to do. You will keep ten percent of your ability to see what people are thinking and feeling and you will still feel empathy for people. But you will only use it to help people, like when you helped Ryu.]" I started telling Freya, now Syr Flovar how she would be and act. I took a few more minutes going over everything I could think of so she would not try to get out of her new life as Syr Flovar. I pushed everything deep into her mind so she would think that she had been Syr Flovar her whole life and everyone she has known were friends and/or acquaintances from work. I also put in her mind that she would still help the orphanage when she can.

I turned to Ottar who was still sitting on the floor. "[Ottar, go to the Folkvangr and tell everyone they have two hours to pack all their personal belongings and move out. They are to NOT take anything that is not theirs. If I find out anyone has taken anything that does not belong to them. They will find themselves on the thirty-seventh floor of the dungeon in the colosseum with a paring knife as their only weapon." I told Ottar. "Then when that is done you can pack up your own personal belongings and move out also. After that, you will be on friendly teams with me and everyone in the Hestia Familia. You do not have to be friends with any of us, just friendly when you see us and do nothing behind our backs to harm any of us in any way. If you want to be friends with anyone in my Familia that is good, but that is your choice. Also, you will not say or communicate in anyway what happened here in this room today to anyone. If anyone asks what happened, your only response will be, 'Freya gave up her godhood and gave everything away'. Nothing more and nothing less. Next, you are to tell Allen Fromel, The Gulliver Brothers, Hedin and Vanir to stay in the main living room, and that I will be there shortly to talk to them. Inform them if I have to hunt them down, they will also find themselves on the thirty-seventh floor in the colosseum with only a paring knife. And one last thing. Please stay at and guard Folkvangr for a couple days until we, the Hestia Familia, can arrange to have it guarded ourselves. You can stay at Folkvangr while you are guarding it. Thank you.]" I informed Ottar. "You may leave now." I dismissed Ottar, then I turned to Horn.

"I'll guard Folkvangr from everyone except the Hestia Familia for two days, sir." Ottar said giving me a small bow, turned towards the door and walked out of the room.

I looked at Horn for a few seconds. "Now, you were saying?" I asked Horn.

Horn still has the shocked look on her face. "H-how are you able to do that?" Horn asked me.

I chuckled. "Long story and one I'm not going to tell you. At least not now." I replied. "Again, I want you to go through putting everything in my name and handing everything over to me. All of the money and properties the Freya Familia has." I told Horn again.

Horn looked over at Freya-Syr. "Freya, are you really going to let this person do this?" Horn asked almost demanding of Freya.

"It has already been done. You will do as he asks. I am Syr Flovar not Freya. I've always been Syr Flovar." She told Horn.

Horn looked at Syr in shock. "It-it's n-not possible." Horn said staring at Syr.

"It is possible. I'll ask you one more time. Will you do as I asked or not?" I asked Horn again. I was trying to be patient with Horn because of what all was happening, but my patience was running out.

While I was waiting for Horn to make up her mind. "Syr, gather all of the grimoire, Freya has in this room and put them on the table" I told Syr. Even though she had said she was Syr Flover, she is still Freya until she leaves this room. Although with what I had put into her mind she was already starting to think of herself as Syr.

Syr-Freya nodded her head in agreement and walked over to the bookcase. After a short time Syr-Freya had picked out four more Grimoire and put them on the side table.

"Thank you, Syr. Those will come in handy for my Familia." I said, picked up the books and put them into my closet PD for safe keeping.

Horn looking at the floor and finally gave me her answer. "I'll do it." She said barely above a whisper.

"Thank you, Horn. Will you need Freya to do anything?" I asked Horn.

Horn shook her head, no. "I'm able to do everything that needs to be done." Horn told me.

"That's good." I said then turned to Syr. "You may go now. I would suggest you go to the Benevolent Mistress and tell Mia that you are sorry for missing so much work and that someone from the Hestia Familia will be there tomorrow, to explain why you were absent for so long." I told Syr.

"Yes sir." Syr said and headed out of the room.

It took several hours for Horn to get everything put into my name. After that the hard part would start. That is, moving everything from Freya's apartment to the Hearthstone Manor and moving everything from Folkvangr, the Freya Familia's home, to the Hearthstone Manor. Then figuring out what we were going to do with Folkvangr. Although the Xenos might be moving into it.

There was a lot of things we would donate to the orphanage and the poor because there was just too much for us to deal with. Other items we would sell either ourselves or to a secondhand store.

The really hard part for me, will be explaining to Hestia, Welf, Bell, Mikoto, Haruhime and Lili what happened and why we now have a very large amount of money, Folkvangr and everything in Folkvangr along with Freya's apartment.

I was debating whether to sell the four grimoire or let four of my friends in my Familia use them. Although I can teach all of them how to use magic that won't mentally tire them out. Or I can just give them magic if I want to. Although if I teach them magic, it will take two to six months for them to be able to use the magic I can teach them. So, selling the grimoires would give us a large amount of money as well.

Before I dismissed Horn. "[Once you leave this room, you will be friendly with everyone in the Hestia, Miach and Takemikazuchi Familia's, and that includes me. You do not have to be friends with any of us, but you will always be friendly with all of us. If you decided, you want to be friends with any of us that is all well and good. You will also never try to stab any of us in the back or hurt us in any way. As for Freya-Syr, you will believe she was always Syr Flovar. You will treat Syr about the same way you treat the members of the Hestia Familia. You no longer have the ability to turn into Freya or Syr. From now on you will always be Horn. As far as Bell Cranel is concerned you will treat him like any other member of the Hestia Familia. You never hated Bell Cranel and you never loved him. To you, Bell Cranel is just someone Freya had a mild interest in and nothing more.]" I told Horn and pushed into her mind to lock it in. I also put images of the members of the Hestia Familia Take' Familia and the Miach Familia into her mind so she would know who we are when she sees us. And to help her out, I used to "Mind Restore" on Horn to remove the 'charm' Freya had put on her.

While I was at it. I searched out all the ex-Freya Familia members and used "Mind Restore" on all of them as well.

"Horn, you can leave now, if you want to." I told Horn.

Horn looked around the room for a few moments with a worried and sad look on her face, then she started walking towards the door. Once Horn had walked through the door to the apartment I called to her. "Horn!" I called.

Horn stopped and looked back into the apartment at me with a look of curiosity on her face. The worry and sad expression was no longer to be seen. "Yes?" Horn asked as she looked at me.

"Thank you for everything you did to help me out, and I'm sure Hestia would be happy if you decided to join our Familia." I told her.

Horn smiled. "You're welcome, Mister Eilwyn. It was my pleasure that I was able to help you. I-I'll think about joining the Hestia Familia. Thank you, again." Horn said, then she turned and walked away with a smile on her face.

I walked around the apartment again. Then I walked over to the giant window that overlooks the city so I could look out.

I heaved a big sigh. "I enjoy helping out and changing the time lines of these shows and books. But sometimes it gets to be more work than I thought it would." I said to the room in general.

"You can always reset everything to before you came here and let it go as it normally would." Taima suggested.

I smiled as I kept looking out over the city. "That's true. But then I'd lose all the friends I've made here. Lili, Welf, Bell, Mikoto, Haruhime, Wiene and even Hestia, Miach, Take', Fia and Sky. As well as all the others that live in Orario that I've become friends with." I told Taima. "It's just that it sometimes gets to be more work than I expected. Plus, I don't like using 'Mind Control' on people, even if they aren't considered real."

"They're real to us and I don't want to lose any of them as friends either." Taima said as she walked over to me and looked out the window. "It's a wonderous view." Taima said as she put an arm around my waist and laid her head on my shoulder.

"Yes, it is, my-heart, yes, it is." I said and put an arm around Taima and hugged her. I kissed Taima on the top of her head. "I'm amazed at you being with me, of how much you've changed my life for the better." I heaved another sigh, but this time at having to leave this comfortable situation.

"We need to stop by Folkvangr before we head back home to the Manor and tell Hestia and the others about what has happened." I said.

Taima and I didn't need to talk out loud since she is my Companion, and we can talk to each other telepathically. Although we do that, there are times it feels more comfortable if we talk out loud, and this was one of those times.

I kept my arm around Taima as I turned towards the door to the apartment, and we start towards Folkvangr.

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Just a side note:

I've lived in many places, so as the saying goes, home is where you hang your hat. But since I've received these powers and abilities. Pern and Orario are the places that feel the most like home to me. So, when I'm on Pern, my Hold/house there is home, and it feels like home. And when I'm in Orario the Hearthstone Manor feels like home. In both places I have friends, family and people that I love and that love me.

#Freya #orario #Babel Tower #DanMachi #Monsters #Dungeon #Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon

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