( Haruhime's POV )
Hearing the honest and correct evaluation of Yuuki, by the woman Ryuu that she was able to form after seeing him only once, I knew that she was someone who could be trusted, and the others could see that too, we shared a look and decided to work with this girl.
Lilith: Yuuki wouldn't care if you returned this money, but if you're so determined to part ways with this, we can help you if you do us a small favor.
The girl Ryuu didn't show much change in her expression but I could sense some healthy caution from her.
Haruhime: Don't worry, this isn't bad at all, but we should talk about it in a private place.
Lilith: We don't have a house here yet, but as soon as we're settled, we'd like to invite you there, only if you're interested.
Ryuu: ...very well, I can hear what you have to say.
Lilith: Thank you, much appreciated.
The girl Ryuu thought about our proposal for a moment and when we received a positive response from her, all of us gave her a small smile and got up from the table to leave the place.
We returned to the guild to see how our accommodation situation was going, they had not found a place for us so we have to stayed that night in an inn
We paid for the largest room available, while the others were settling in I looked out the window with very little nostalgia, the night sky had fallen over the city and I looked at the only place familiar to me, the red light district, And for a moment I thought about who I would be right now if I hadn't left that place with Yuuki.
Miyabi: Haruhime, are you okay?
Miyabi approached me, noticing my somewhat low mood, but I quickly returned to normal.
Haruhime: It's nothing, just reminiscing. We should discuss what we're going to do tomorrow.
We gathered in the middle of the room and discussed our goals for tomorrow, first Rei said she wanted to continue hitting the dungeon and Yasaka and Kunou said they was going to join her, Yukikaze said that she was going to do some spy work around the city, the rest of us were going to continue watching the situation of our accommodation, that was the only thing that needed our attention but before finishing Miyabi threw another task into the mix.
Miyabi: Haruhime, you didn't say you had a friend you wanted to visit, you should take the opportunity tomorrow.
Haruhime: That's a personal matter. I don't want to derail our mission because of it.
Lilith: Our serious movements haven't even begun, I don't see the problem with that.
Haruhime: ...well if you insist.
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First thing the next day a member of the guild came to tell us that our new accommodation was ready, we went out to do our tasks and Miyabi accompanied me on my personal visit.
The Takemikazuchi family was not a very powerful or large one but finding their base was not difficult, the architecture was different from the rest of the city, it was of an oriental style.
We approached the entrance and from there I saw a girl sweeping the waves from the patio, I immediately recognized the girl as my friend Mikoto, I stared at her and when she raised her head she stared back at me without saying anything.
Mikoto: Haruhime!
It seemed like she couldn't believe I was standing in front of her but when she recovered from her surprise she ran towards me shouting my name, she went for a tight hug and at that moment I realized that we had a lot to talk about.
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( Lilith POV )
The place the guild had found for us fit our specifications like a glove, there was no one casually walking along the dirt roads, There were many abandoned buildings, the only noise around was the birds singing and the only decent place was the place that was going to be our new base, this place needed some work but nothing our drones couldn't fix in minutes.
Lilith: Perfect, I couldn't ask for a better location.
Barghest: You're sure of that.
Lilith: For our mission, I'm sure.
???: Bell-kun~ Good luck today, and be careful in the dungeon.
???: Thank you, Kami-sama.
Although the place seemed deserted there were some people living around here,, in front of what looked like an abandoned church there were a couple of people, one was a young adventurer who was about to go to the dungeon and the other was a short woman with black hair tied in pigtails, they were an adventurer and a goddess who served as the symbol of a family.
' He asked me what was the point of a church when gods of different pantheons lived among the inhabitants of this world.'
The adventurer boy was running lies looking back at his goddess, he was too distracted to notice that we were in his way and he crashed into Barghest which would have been like crashing into a wall, The boy fell to the ground with a red nose and Barghest reached out to help him but the boy reacted strongly, his face turned red and he ran away while screaming.
Lilith: ...that was rude.
Barghest is one of the most caring and protective people I know but she can be a bit scary so I understand the boy a little, After that the little goddess sized us all up and then she gave us a growl that wasn't very intimidating and then she walked back into the church.
Lilith: ... Barghest, I think you should go call Ryuu.
Barghest: Yeah, sure.
After our unusual encounter with our new neighbors we were speechless for a moment and I broke the silence when I gave Barghest a task, this place is full of interesting characters.