Orario__
A thousand years ago the gods from the upper world called Tekkai came down to the mortal world of Gekkai to help the people fight the monsters and created a system where the gods give a blessing called falna to unlock a mortal soul's potential and take them as their children forming groups called familia. Orario has one of the unexplored regions, which is the dungeon. One of the first gods to come to the mortal world sealed the dungeon with his arcanum and made some kind of deal with the dungeon.
The gods also have made it a necessity for themselves to descend to the mortal world, they have to seal their arcanum and take an oath not to harm mortals with their arcanum, as gods can't be killed by mortals and usage of arcanum to fight in the mortal world could be disastrous. As immortal beings who were bored, many gods came to the mortal world to form familia and get enjoyment from watching interesting mortals.
As the falna needs mysterious energy called excelia to make the mortals stronger, and killing monsters is one of the easiest ways to get it. Orario became the center of the world with many familia and high-level adventurers.
Present__
Aahan__
I was standing with my father to enter the city in a long line. after some time we came in front of the person who was handling the entry procedures. My father took out a paper of identification and also paid the entrance fee. Then we were let in, we had many tasks to do, such as going to Hephaestus familia weapon shop to sell weapons made by Uncle Drake and Father, buying some ores, and then going to Dian Cecht familia shop to sell potions made by Mom and also buy some materials for potion making. We would also have to buy clothes and some household items.
As we entered the city from the north gate we were brought into a scene of street of hustle and bustle with people of varying races walking around. There were many adventurers, who were easy to recognize as they carried weapons and wore armor. We decided to go to the weapon shop, adventurer's guild, and potion shop, and then find lodging in a restaurant in order and go shopping tomorrow.
Hephaestus familia shop__
We were standing in front of a shop from which many adventurers were going in and out. We went in and as we were regular sellers my father had an acquaintance, his name was Darwin and he was also a dwarf."Ah, Dunan, and this must be little Aahan" said the dwarf hugging my father and then looking at me with a smile." "Here to sell the weapons are ya," asked the dwarf looking back at my father."Yes, Drake and my works and Aahan's first acceptable dagger." my father replied taking out the dagger I made with some pride o his face. " You are saying that this dagger was made by Aahan" shouted the dwarf in surprise. "Yes, haha" laughed my father with a smug look.
At that moment the door to the office was removed and a woman with red hair, an eye patch on one eye, and in men's clothing came out with a man behind her, the man looked very strong and was wearing black armor, he had black hair and brown eyes. The moment I looked at her I knew she was different and a word came to my mind 'goddess'. I couldn't help but look at her and see what was the difference between gods and mortals. She was also looking at me as even in this world with different races people with golden eyes would be rare. As I was wearing a hood over my head she couldn't see my hair.
"Lady Hephaestus, I am sorry for disturbing you," said Darwin bowing to Hephaestus. " It's okay, did anything happen," she asked back. "Lady Hephaestus, I just found a genius blacksmith," said Darwin showing the dagger I had made to the goddess. "It was done by this boy," he said pointing at me. She took a look at me and then examined the dagger. She then walked towards me, and with a smile, she asked, "Child, do you want to join my familia." As she said that all of us had astonishment on our faces as taking in a familia member was usually done after great consideration.
To me respecting a being of higher status was important, it was kind of a reminder that the being is better than me at something, and can be set as a goal, so I respected Hephaestus very much as she was one of the greatest gods of craftsman and I enjoyed crafting as much as magic and combat. I had an impulse to say yes quickly but I controlled the impulse and looked at my father. "You can decide," said my father casting a respectful glance toward Hephaestus. " Lady Hephaestus, I had thought of joining your familia when I was a little older, but as you have given me this opportunity now I would be honored to join your familia." I said with respect.
"Well, then you can go home today and come back after saying goodbye after joining you will be staying in the familia. And you will be put under an experienced familia member to take care of you. I will give you my falna when you come back" she said.
"Thank you very much, Goddess," I said.
"Alright then," she said and started leaving. The man behind her gave me a look of curiosity before leaving with his goddess.