Looking at the stone I thought about eating it and fusing it with drake but 'would that make drake take a more humanoid/snake form? I don't want that, I want a fucking Dragon!'
So, I'm going to store it for now.
Putting the stone in my pocket close to Gram making sure not to lose it until I get my own safe.
"Familia! Let me see your bounty!" I heard Hestia probably screaming at the top of her lungs.
I went down to the living room and there was everyone with different accessories, weapons and artifacts.
"I see that you all found interesting things" Hestia said pointing at us.
She had a crown and a cape, and she was holding some sort of staff with a gem in the tip.
"Now, give me all the money that you found and well sell everything that it isn't money" she said holding the staff in the air.
'I really need Kala to teach Hestia some economics'.
"Can we eat something before that? It's getting late" Bell said looking out the window at the orange sky.
"Ah! Excellent idea Bell lets order a banquet!" Hestia said.
After ordering the food and eating until everyone was full, we chose a room and went to sleep, I chose one that was close to the study where I found the red stone.
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Waking up the next day to a lot of noise I got up from the bed and looked out the window.
I saw a LOT of people in the front yard while Hestia was saying something about bell.
"No way... I she going to recruit all this people?" I speak.
Suddenly Mikoto comes from the door showing Hestia a paper.
The paper had the Hephaestus Familia Logo on it and I couldn't see what was written from here but it made everyone leave.
'What the hell? Is it dark magic or something?'
Later Hestia called us for a meeting where she said that the paper was a debt that she had gotten when she begged Hephaestus to make Bell a knife.
'It just a knife! Why is it so expensive?' looking at Bell's knife I remember that time where it was getting stronger just like bell.
'Well, if your weapon gets stronger with you, I guess it's worth the money'
She also said if we could help her pay the debt which everyone agreed on as I don't really need money except to 'buy' women (Bent).
After that I went to train some of my skills and level my body.
[+1 to all body stats]
[Superior Constitution level 4!]
[Meditation level 7]
[Beli ma level 16! +1Sta]
[Bent Manipulation level 5!
Chose an ability:
Bent Sense:
Completely Feel the bent around you, this can give you a vague image of your surroundings and feel the bent inside Living creatures.
Sliding scale: 1Bent
Remove a percent from the duration or weight limit of a skill and add it to the effect or power of the skill.
Bent reclamation:
Dispelled abilities have a 5%/level chance to return 1 bent.
Touch to Believe: 1,2,3,4,5 Bent
You can dispel 'Magic' touching it. the cost may vary on the strength of the spell.
^ From 'Magic'.
Mutations:
Bent condensation: 5 Bent
Can condense 5 Bent into 500 gm of liquid bent, it can be consumed to gain those 5 bent back or used in alchemy.
Bent Hardening:
Can 'harden' the bent inside of [Beli ma] making the area hardened turn black and solid. It can also improve the strength of the part that is being hardened.
It can be used on the whole body with training.
^ From Beli ma and 'Magic'
(Basically Armament haki, i didnt actually want to make it so similar but Bent just so happens to be black so...)
Bent manifestation: 5 Bent
Can use 5 Bent to create a Black mist of bent that the user can control the properties of. Great for illusions and escapes
^ From 'Magic']
"I chose [Bent hardening]" looking at the options I was tempted to take [Sliding scale] or [Touch to Believe] but it think that my attacks are strong enough and I can just avoid magic being launched at me.
Using it on my arm I could feel it getting stronger by a small margin, a black transparent hue appeared around it, touching it with my other arm it felt like touching metal but it was as strong a plain iron so I have to train it.
Deactivating [Eye of the tige] and sensing my body, I could feel that 'block' the made my body level slower was lifted completely 'Great, not to max everything before leveling up to level 3'.
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Going for a bath as my training left be very sweaty, I sense that the whole group is already there.
'A hot spring, I've only used one of these twice before'
I think while washing myself.
Finishing up I put a towel around my hip and open the door to the hot spring itself.
"Sup, what are you guys talking about?" I say to Welf and Bell while sitting beside them.
"About what we did before joining the Familia" Welf answered.
"Oh yeah? And what did you do?" I ask Welf.
"I was an unknown blacksmith of the Hephaestus Familia, my only redeeming quality was that I was a Crozzo, I t was hard to make a living as no one wanted to buy my stuff until... Bell here bought my armor and offered me to join the Familia"
"Ooh so, hard life, eh? And you bell what did you do before" I ask Bell.
"I was living with my grandpa on a village outside Orario he always told me how there were adventurers that go to the dungeon and that I could be a hero one day". He said with a melancholic tone.
"And what did you do before?" Bell asks me.
'Should I tell them? I mean it's pointless as there is nothing there anymore... I guess it doesn't hurt to tell them a little bit of my life'
"I... was a... hmm a prince, my mom was the Quenn of a now forgotten kingdom, the kingdom was destroyed and only me and my sister... well only I remain, meaning that I can be a King if I wish to be so". I say remembering that time Karmen talked about my real Mom.
"A King? Really? I thought you were just a traveler from outside that came because of the dungeon". Welf say surprised.
"Whoa! Really? Is that why you are so strong? You were trained by masters and lived in a castle?" Bell said with enthusiasm.
"No, I wasn't trained by masters nor raised like a prince or liven in a castle, my mom was already dead as long as I remember and the kingdom had fallen long ago before my birth, the one who trained me was my Foster mother probably the Best swordman in the world, completely unbeatable in her prime".
"Ooh so an unbeatable master, you truly had the best teacher!" Bell said.
'Only if you knew, beating someone up every day isn't really "Teaching"'
"Then some invaders came, destroyed everything and I'm the only one that survived" I say skipping most of the story.
"Hmm, I see" Welf said looking down.
"Sorry for your loss, don't worry as you can consider us your new Family, Right guys?" Bell said looking at the wall that separated the Women's bath from the Men's bath.
"Yes! Don't worry Calvin, you can hug me all you want, I see that you never had a real mother by your side *Sniff* such a tragedy *sniff* he lost his mother 2 times! *Waaaaaa *" Hestia Said from the other side of the wall.
"Even If we don't know each other too well I hope that our company is pleasing" Mikoto said.
"Yeah!" Lili said.
"...Thanks guys, I will invite you to my kingdom once I rebuild it hahaha"
'These guys are a really nice company, their presence is nice, not like before, everyone had the 'aura' of a swamp full of lies and deception, while as here I can actually feel that their intention is honest'
'now I just need to bring Kala and Ella back and this place might not be so bad to live in'
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And that's the chapter.
Also did you like the new Windows 11? I personally think that its more suited for the 'Surface Book 3' than a desktop, it's still cool but I don't feel like it should be THE 'Windows 11'
That's all see you next chapter :P