After last nights' events happened, The two Hestians went back home. Bell was already knocked out cold by the reckless usage of his new magic, So he had been asleep in the dungeon till morning rise.
The next day came as we see the Hestia Familia awoken from their sleep.
"Ugh, my head..." Bell said as he held his head, feeling the headache. "Huh? Wasn't I in the dungeon?"
"Yes. You're back home now." A booming voice says alerting the rabbit. "In fact, I was the who carried you back, brat."
Bell then looked towards the root of the voice. He turns his head as he see, it is no other than his captain, Aurelius.
"Huh? You carried me back?" Bell ask, confused with the information given. "What do you mean by that mister?"
"It's as what I said." Aurelius said answering the rabbit. "You passed out in the dungeon last night."
".....EH?!" Uttered Bell as he was shocked by the revelation. "I passed out? How did I passed out?"
"You had a mind down kid. You used your new magic last night until you dried your mana reserves." Aurelius said.
"O-Oh, really?" Bell said, now realizing what transpires in the dungeon last night. "I need to be careful not to overuse it then."
*sigh* "Yeah, not just about your magic kid, your awareness as well. Imagine what will happen if I'm not there to help you when you passed out like that?" Aurelius said, a stern voice used to make the rabbit realize.
"Hehehe, understood captain." Bell said as he awkwardly scratches his head from embarrassment.
"Luckily goddess Hestia here didn't know that we went off towards the dungeon last night." Aurelius said, relief upon the sleeping goddess' ignorance. "But at some point, she'll know through updating our status."
"Well, at least we know how powerful my new magic is." Bell said, a bit happy upon the results from last nights' reckless, sudden dungeon dive. "Do you think that it's stronger than your magic mister?"
"...."
"HAHAHAHA!" Aurelius laughs haughtily towards the rabbits foolish remarks. "No. If compared with my Taunt skill, than maybe yes. Compared to my Rulers Authority? Not in a million years kid."
"Go figure." Bell said a little saddened by the answer. "At least I can use a magic now rather than not having one."
"No need to feel down kid. You're stronger than majority of level 1's out there. Dare I say all of them." Aurelius said, comforting the rabbit.
"Yeah I know that, but compared to you, might as well not be worth it." Bell said, giving out a gloomy presence.
"How many times already that I have to tell you? Don't compare yourself with me. Heck, anybody." Says Aurelius, giving advise towards the rabbit. "What matters is your previous self and the current you. compare those two and see if you made progress from them."
Upon hearing this, Bell starts to feel a bit happy.
"Yeah, you're right!" Bell said, now completely out of his depressed state.
"Atta boy. Now let's get up and ready. We're going to the dungeon today." Aurelius said.
"Actually, can I stay home for today." Bell said.
"Huh? Why?" Ask Aurelius by the sudden permission of the rabbit.
"My body feels a bit sore for today." Answered Bell towards the question the titan ask. "Maybe I should've not go overboard yesterday."
"Alright, fine." Said Aurelius. "But make sure to tell the goddess what we did last night."
"Okay! Will do captain!" Bell said as he then starts to salute towards the titan.
"I'll be off now." Aurelius said as he then left the room.
"Be safe mister!" Bell said as he shouts towards the titan.
Aurelius left the building and went towards the dungeon. Before he went towards the dungeon, he first goes towards the fountain near the tower. Reason being is that he is meeting the Lili first before he went into the dungeon.
However, she was not present.
"Lili's not here? Usually she's the first one to appear." Aurelius said, confuse towards the absence of the prum girl. "Oh well, I guess I'm going alone then. I think I'll go towards the 10th floor today, and maybe below that as well."
Aurelius then went off into the dungeon as he starts to go down the stairs towards the first floor.
"Alright, Let's go." Aurelius said as he starts to go hunt for monsters.
He went through the first floor without any difficulty, his presence alone scared the goblins away without any resistance. He then proceeds towards the the second floor and the same thing happened while he was hunting the monsters. He continues to do this until he reaches the ninth floor.
"Ninth floor cleared enough. Now, onto the tenth floor." Aurelius said as he heads towards the tenth floor.
As he arrived, He saw that the environment is not the same as the ones before from above.
"From what I learned, the layout of the floor from 10th to 12th are the same as the 8th to 9th. Though, As I'm seeing right now, the environment of the floor is different than the floors before. It has this morning mist like feeling with how the light comes down from above in this floor."
"And I'm guessing that goes for the 11th and 12th floors as well." Aurelius said as he starts to head down towards the field present through the stairs.
However, before he got to descent towards the field of the floor shown, he feels a nudge from behind. He then was pushed of the stairs, falling on to the ground below.
*THUD*
A loud sound was heard when he landed on the ground. Aurelius then looks up towards the perpetrator of his sudden fall onto the ground.
What he saw was a man, wearing a red jacket with his hair tied in a ponytail.
"HAHAHA! Look! He falls just like that guys!" He said as there were several laughing voices coming from behind them.
They then reveal themselves. Upon their appearance, the people behind the man who pushed off the titan on to the ground was none other than the people who attacked Lili yesterday.
"HAHAHA Yeah! He looks tough but he's a rookie after all!" The demi-human said. "Let's see how long you can survive this."
The demi-human then took out an item form his pouch. The item looks to be round and has grey spots on them as its base is red colored.
He then threw it below on the ground. Upon closer inspection from the titan, he noticed what the items are.
"Monster lures?!" Aurelius said, alerted towards the item that has landed in front of them.
"HAHAHA! We're gonna enjoy seeing you suffer a bit!" The red jacket said with a maniacal laugh. "After you're dead, that shield is going to be ours! We'll be rich! All the soma wine is going to be ours!"
The other three laughed with him, joining in the sadistic and evil action.
Monsters then started to appear from the mist. More specifically, orcs and infant dragons.
"..."
"What's the matter big guy? Speechless on what to say before you die?" The red jacket said with a crazy smile on his face.
"Me? Dying?" Aurelius said as he started to smile. He then laughs haughtily "HAHAHA! This is nothing!"
Aurelius then charges towards the monsters ahead of them.
"Has he lost his reasoning to live? I guess any adventurers are bound to go mad when facing doom" The red jacket said with a mocking smile. The other three as well joined in the mockery.
However, what they saw afterwards was something that wasn't expected from the three.
*CRACK*
They then saw an orc laying down on the ground, his head now 180 degrees from where its original position is. The orc then turned to dust upon its death and left its core as its prize.
"What?!" The red jacket said, shocked upon the event that happened in front of him "How did you do that?! You're just a level 1 rookie!"
Aurelius then looked towards the red jacket and his lackeys. He then proceeded to smile arrogantly as he said, "A level 1? Me? It seems like you dumbasses are just to addicted towards the wine that you can't even noticed what's going on around you."
Then, three orcs came from behind him. The swung their giant clubs down to strike the human titan.
However, their strike was halted inches away from the human.
In fact, an invisible force that emits a gold color aura was stopping it.
*?!*
The orcs alerted on the sudden stop. They then felt their bodies stiffened.
"Hmph. Don't you know not to interrupt me when I have a conversation?" Aurelius said as he clenches his into a fist.
"[RULERS AUTHORITY]"
The orcs then started to get crushed by the magic that Aurelius lets out, getting squashed in an unrecognizable shape with a hint of a hand squeezing them.
Aurelius then lets his hands go and the orcs fell down onto the ground. The orcs turned to dust afterwards.
"As I was saying, Do you honestly think that a couple of orcs and infant dragons could stop me?" Aurelius said with a raised eyebrow, along with a mocking tone. "These folks are nothing for me. Though a good little challenge for me, but, nothing special."
"So, want to join me, you four shitheads?" Aurelius looked them in the eyes, a mocking smile splatter on him. "Or are ya scared? Bunch of pussies."
"Tch." The red jacket uttered as he starts to turn around. "Let's go boys, He can get tired by his own."
The four then left the titan alone to his struggles. However as they turned, A shout was heard through the alleyway.
"You DAMN BASTARDS!" A female voice said, rageful towards the four.
The female then blurred towards the four and pushed them all four of the ledge of the stairs.
They then landed on the ground. The red jacket then looked towards the person who pushed them off.
"Huh?" What he saw was a little prum girl with brown hair and brown eyes. "You!"
The person in question was Liliruca Arde.
"Hey there dumbass!" Lili said towards the four hooligans. "Nice seeing you fall on the ground like that!"
"Why you pipsqueak!" The red jacket said.
He then was about to go up towards the prum with his four lackeys. However, a golden aura envelops them, stilling them in their spot.
"Where do you think you're going shitheads?" Aurelius said as he held out his hand that glows golden aura. "You decided to join me, don't you? Then, HAVE AT IT!"
Aurelius then throws them towards the mobs in front of them.
After landing in front of the mobs, the monsters proceeded to attack them, intent to kill.
*ROOAARR*
The monsters scream as they attacked the hooligans.
"NOOO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
The red jacket screamed along with the other four wailing.
To no avail.
*ROOAARR*
*SQUASH*
The monsters relentlessly attacked the four, killing them in the process.
"Sheesh, that's brutal." Aurelius said as he looked at the horde of monsters attacking them. "That's what you get trying to assassinate me."
The monsters then looked towards the titan. They start to change their targets and strikes him.
"Sir Aurelius!" Lili shouts as she jumps down to join in the fight.
"I'll join you too!"
Aurelius looked towards the prum and smirked. He then proceeded to say, "You're one crazy prum. Alright don't die now little girl!"
"Yes sir!"
Aurelius then went ahead and charge towards the monsters as the prum was following behind him.
As they were in front of them, Aurelius then whips out his taunting skill towards all the monsters present.
"[TAUNT]"
As he did that, the monsters then targeted solely towards the titan. However, the monsters were hold in places, unable to move an inch.
"Heh." Aurelius said as he gave a smug smile.
"[RULERS AUTHORITY]" The monsters were stuck there, against their will as they try to struggle and attack the human titan.
"Now little girl! Kill as much as you can!" Aurelius shouts, giving the prum a chance to strike.
Lili then proceeds to attack the monsters, taking down as much as she can.
"RAAAAGGGHHH" She screams as she relentlessly attacks the monsters.
Bit by bit the monsters are reducing as she was getting tired upon the effort to skill the monsters that are not meant for level 1's as her.
Seeing this, Aurelius then calls for her to stop. "Okay little girl! You can stop now. I'll finish them off."
Lili then back off from the monsters. Aurelius then starts to clench his hands.
*CRACK*
The monsters bones started to shatter as the titan closes his hands, ever so closely to fully close it. He then fully closed his hands.
*SQUASH*
The monsters was squeezed until they are unrecognizable, with hand prints shaping the squeezed parts. They then turned to dust.
"Haaaahhh. That was brutal sir." Lili said as she comments on the way the titan killed the monsters.....and the four hooligans.
"You got to do what you got to do to survive or get stronger, even if it mean killing shitheads like them."
"Language sir Aurelius" Lili said.
"HA! Like you earlier weren't cursing." Aurelius said, scoffing the remarks of the prum.
As they were bantering with each other, more monsters came they're way.
"Seems like we got more company, little girl." Aurelius said as he got ready to blast through all the monsters. "You ready for some more actions?"
"Heh, was born ready sir." Lili said as they attacked the horde of monsters.
They then continued to strike the mobs together as majority was killed by the titan using his impeccable strength.
After a while, the many that they were fighting monsters are eliminated. With the titan now a little exhausted, they then went towards the ninth floor to flee.
Upon arriving, they went ahead and search for a safe zone. After they found one, they took a rest. Lili a bit bruised and battered, was the first one to take such action.
"Oof, that was fun, isn't little girl?" Aurelius said.
"Yeah *huff* *huff* it is." Lili said, panting from the constant fighting she did earlier. "At least we got to rest a bit."
"Uh-huh."
They then stayed silent for a bit, taking a breather from the intensity that has been with them in the tenth floor.
Lili then starts to say something towards the titan beside her.
"Sir Aurelius..." Lili said as she starts to loose consciousness from exhaustion.
"Yeah? What is it girl?" Aurelius said, looking at the tiny girl beside him.
"Can you help me change familias?" Lili said, gaining the attention of surprise from the titan. "Specifically.....yours."
"Why is that?" Aurelius ask.
"Well, I think....I wanted to change my destiny." Lili said as she taking breaths. "You know....mine is just....holding me back."
Aurelius looked towards the prum laying down beside him. A smirk then lay upon his face.
"Heh" Aurelius utters. He then proceeds to ask the prum. "When do you want it?"
"As soon as possible." Lili said, answering the prum. "If it's not too much that is.....mister."
"Aye. I can do that." Aurelius said. "You'll be in our familia before you wake up from your sleep. I promise."
"That's.....good to here." Lili said as she closes her eyes to sleep and rest.
*sigh* "I guess I need to go towards the Soma Familia after I get back."
Aurelius then rest for a few more minutes before he went towards the surface.
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Lili's Narrative.
Hero.
That one word was always uttered from my mouth when I was a kid.
"Mama, Papa, I want to be a hero just like in the stories!"
"Oh dear~. You will become one when you're all grown up."
I was always enthusiastic about it.
"What did I hear? Does my princess want to be a hero?"
"Yes, Papa! I want to be a hero so that I can save peoples lives and gave hope to people!"
Always dreaming, always striving.
"Then how about I'll show what a villain first before becoming a hero" The man says then he came towards the little child, acting as a bad guy. "Raagghh, I'm going to defeat you Hero!"
"Hah! I will stop you in the name of myself!"
I was always very determined to become someone great, having to give people hope to strive on becoming great as well.
"HAHAHA! I got you Hero!"
"AAAHHH! You will not defeat me!" The girl was picked up from the ground and lifted up high by the man.
My two loved ones....they was always there to help me. Support me for everything I wanted to achieve.
"Papa! Put me down!"
"HAHAHA! That's not the kind of hero that the people need! AHAHAHA"
They were the ones that lit the fire bright when I was sparked the fire within me.
"HAHAHAHA! Okay okay. I'll put you down now."
"Hmph!" The little girl uttered while pouting.
They were what I needed for me to get going in my journey ahead.
"Hihihi~ Honey. You're a bit rough on her."
"Haha! If she wanted to be so, then I needed to aid her the best I could." The man said as he starts to tease to his little girl. "Besides, a princess shouldn't be rough~"
"No! I wanted to be! rough and noble! Just like her!"
I needed them. I wanted them to be with when I'm there at the top.
So that they can be proud of me.
Be happy with me
Be at peace all the time knowing that I was there for them.
"But honey, I wanted to know, who's she that you wanted to become so much?"
"Oh! I'll show you!"
The little girl then scurries off towards, seemingly, inside her house. A couple of moments later, she comes out with a book in hand.
She then gave it towards her parents.
"I wanted to be like the hero in this story!"
The parents then looked at the book. They then have a soft look, seemingly proud towards the little girl.
"Then you can become like her, Lili" The man said, revealing the identity of the little girl.
"Really?!" Lili said, excitement shown within her youthful face.
"Yeah really! If you work hard, then you'll become like her." The man said.
"Yaaayyy! I promise you two that I'll become like her just like the story is!"
"HAHAHA! Yes you will my dear princess!"
"Don't call me a princess!"
""HAHAHAHA / Hihihi~""
I thought I was set to get in on my journey to become as great as the one in the story that read often.
I thought I could reach greatness.....
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Until one day, reality struck me hard down to earth.
"what do you mean that Papa and Mama is gone?"
"I mean what I said brat. Your parents are dead."
"N-No, you're lying....You're lying!"
"Shut up brat!" A middle aged looking man said as she slaps the face of the little prum.
"Ah!" Young Lili uttered as she falls to the ground.
"From now on you're on your brat." The man said as he had a mischievous smile on his face. "You'll some uses brat. Hehehe."
From after my parents death, my path to become what I wanted, blurs from my sight.
People were using me for their own benefits. Not letting me achieve what I wanted.
It's as if, I was chained.
"Hurry up brat! You're moving too slow. Freaking useless."
The man said as he throws a rock towards the prum.
"Hehehe, look at her. So weak that she can't even stand anymore."
"""HAHAHA!"""
They were belittling me, looking down on me, saying things such as "a weakling" or "supporter".
I was between a rock and a hard place since my parents died. Living alone in this world.
A world full of despair.
I loathed this world for being what it is. Every second, anger seeping through me as if I wanted to tear it apart piece-by-piece.
However, apart of me tells me that the world doesn't need my violence, for it has shining lights that eclipse any darkness that it emits.
So, I held off on my emotions.
I had lived like this for a while, started to do things that goes against my rules.
stealing.
lying to people.
and begrudgingly, hate to admit it, betraying some as well.
"HAHAHA, What a useless little prick! HAHAHA"
"Just look at her. Looks like a corpse!"
"""BUAHAHAHAHA"""
They then left the prum, on the ground, bruised and a bit bloodied.
Lili then looked up from the ground, looking towards the people who harrassed her.
"Another day, another torture." Lili said as she stood up in a sitting position. "I guess it couldn't get any worse than this."
Lili stood up, although reeling in the pain, she force through it. She then starts walking away from the place she was in, off to who knows where.
Although, I really didn't want this happen, but.....what really can I do?
Change my destiny? What a joke.
No matter how hard I try, it's as if I'm locked into a certain path....a script if you will.
Lili then continued to walk towards the unknown, not knowing where to head of to with her condition.
While walking blindly, she bumped into someone that's twice his size.
*THUD*
"Ow!"
Lili then looked up towards the figure.
Until I met him.
"Hmm?"
He was....intimidating. Absolutely.
"I-I'm sorry sir. I didn't look where I was going."
"Oh, it's fine. There's no need to apologize."
"T-Thank you sir."
"It's nothing"
"Well, I'll be on my way now."
He was, kind.
Not fitting how he looks.
And what do you know, I even tried stealing from him....but...
"I-I'm sorry, I'll give it back to you sir."
"Nah, take it."
"Eh?"
"I said take it. You probably needed it more than I do."
"Just make sure that you don't do any stealing again. It's not a pretty act for any girl really."
Lili was silent upon the kind gesture of the giant man.
She then looked at the pouch in her hands, wondering why he did such a thing.
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Like that, he just let me go with his money in my hand.
Afterwards, I was curious about him, about what kind of familia
he's in, what kind of people he's with....
Luckily, I got myself the chance to do so.
and it was possibly my life changing decision.
"Hello there! You two! The big guy and the rabbit looking one!"
"I heard that you two were looking for a supporter to be in your team. I can be one for you!"
I was thankful that I took that chance.
I was thankful to have myself be involved with them.
Never have I been feeling so free when I was with them....Even if it's just a week.
The experience that felt.
The feeling of getting strong.
The feeling of....
....of having my dreams re-awaken.
I was very happy that I had to get involved with their life.
Even if it's just a week in with them.
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Who am I kidding.
I want to join them.
I want to be with them.
I want to be apart of their family.
Please, if there's anyone out there....If you can here me...
Please, Grant me this wish. Grant me the miracle of wanting to
become someone that I have been dreaming to become since childhood....with them.
I wanted to become a hero just like in the stories that I read.
I wanted to make my parents see that I am reaching that life goal even without them assisting me.
I want them to see that I have comrades to fight with me, becoming heroes along side each other.
It's a naive and foolish wish...but...I really hope, from the bottom of my heart, wanting to achieve that.
Please, I want to become like her!
I want to become...
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...like Fianna.
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Lili suddenly opens her eyes, as she look towards what looks like to be a ceiling.
"Ugh where am I?" Lili said, asking upon her current location.
She then sit up from her soft cover underneath her.
"A bed?" Lili said as with a confuse expression. "Wasn't I in the dungeon?"
"Yeah, you did." A booming voice said, replying to the prum.
She then turned towards the direction of the voice. What she saw is no other than the titan himself.
"Sir Aurelius?" Lili said, confused somewhat upon seeing the titan.
"Yup, it's your friendly neighborhood titan here." Aurelius said as he gave the prum a little salute. "And as for where you are, you're at my place. My familias' home."
Lili then looked around the place. She then saw two people that was looking at her.
Those two people was none other then Bell and Hestia.
"Your finally awake, Lili" Bell said as he had a soft look on his face. "We were worried about you not waking up."
"Oh Bell. Stop it." Hestia says as he smacks the shoulder of the rabbit. "Don't make her worry more than she is now."
"Hehe, I'm sorry." Bell said.
Lili then looked towards the three of them. she then have herself bowed towards the three of them.
"Thank you for the consideration, sir Bell, sir Aurelius and...umm.."
"Hestia, goddess Hestia." Hestia answered her uncertain words.
"Ah! My apologies! I didn't recognize a god in here!" Lili said, frantically apologizing towards the little goddess.
"It's fine child. There's no need for you to be scared. Be at ease." Hestia said, comforting and calming down the prum.
Lili then stood up from her bow and proceeded to say towards the three.
"It is an honor to have me stay at your place for a moment while I'm unconscious. However, I need to get back towards my familia." Lili said as she went ahead and got up from the bed.
The three then just looked at her as she was getting ready to leave. Her clothes was already on, so she just packed her things up.
She then bowed and proceeded to leave.
However, Aurelius then calls out to her.
"Where do you think you're going little girl." Aurelius ask upon the sudden leave of the prum.
"Huh?" Lili uttered, confused by the gesture. She then suddenly realized her actions and said, "O-Oh! right. I'm sorry. You must want compensation, isn't it?"
"What? What the heck are you talking about little girl?" Aurelius ask once more.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Lili said as she was confused towards the intentions of the titan.
"I'm just saying. Why is it that a member of our familia suddenly wants to go to another?" Aurelius ask. "Plus, She's worried too that her formal familia would get mad at her?"
"Eh? I don't understand?" Lili said, not having a clue what the titan is saying.
Aurelius then chuckles. He then brought the mirror in their towards her.
"See it for yourself. Your falna." Aurelius said.
Lili followed the orders of the titan as she went ahead and lift her shirt to see her backside.
What she saw was not what she was expecting.
"What?!" Lili said as she was baffled by different symbol of her falna. "How is this possible?"
"Well, remember when you said in the dungeon that you wanted to change familias?" Aurelius said, remembering back the
instance that happened yesterday at the dungeon. "Here you go. Wish came true."
Lili then looked towards the titan and then the other two who were sitting in the sofa.
"But how?" Lili ask, genuinely confused and curious on how they pulled this off.
"It's a long story...." Aurelius then proceeds to tell the instance that happened after she passed out. From the first time they barged into the Soma Familia, bulldozing through all the members, going to Soma himself, gets interrupted by their captain, Vanis, convince Soma to change falna of Lili to Hestias' by having Aurelius drinking the wine and not get absolutely addicted to it and acquiring the prum.
"...and that's basically much it." Aurelius said. "But man the wine is god damn good. No wonder the Somas' are batshit crazy on just having a sip of it."
*SMACK*
"OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Aurelius said as he complained towards the perpetrator of the slap to the head.
"No! No mentioning of drinking in this household young man!" Hestia said, warning the titan.
"I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S GOOD! NOT LIKE I'M BATSHIT CRAZY LIKE THOSE MOFOS." Said Aurelius, frustrated by the little goddess' antics.
Lili however had something to ask more.
"Why?" Lili ask.
All three of them looked towards the prum.
"Why did you go through all that just to get me?"
Hestia hearing this, puts on a smile as she then answered the prum. "Isn't it obvious? It's because we want you in our family Lili."
Lili then looked towards the little goddess.
"You have a heart of gold, child. It would be a waste for you to stay in such an environment." Hestia said.
"Besides, don't you have a goal to reach?"
Lili hearing this, widened her eyes. Afterwards, she starts to tear up from the words spoken by Hestia.
"Welcome to our familia, LIli....No...."
Hestia then smiled softly towards the crying child.
"Liliruca Arde"
Lili then starts to cry. Finally having her path paved and her destiny change.
*sob* *sob* "T-Thank *sob* you."
Hestia seeing the kneeling, crying prum, decided to confront the prum and hugged her. The other two just smiled, watching the wholesome moment unfold.
'Thank you for granting my wish.' Lili thought as she was wailing from the pent up emotions she kept all these years. 'I promise that I'll achieve what I want to reach.'
The night then went on as they bask in the happy moment.