Everyone was saying Hephaestus, join Hephaestus, it's obviously Hephaestus right?
Well let's just say that the obvious choice is the least interesting choice when it comes to the overall impact of the future of Orario including the end of Zeus/Hera and the following Great Feud from their Downfall.
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Orario, the dungeon city and the center of the world, I was a rather fascinated by the city as a whole, it was divided into 8 separate sections that made the city as a whole with 8 entrances as well while surrounded by large walls at least 4 stories tall.
After asking Artemis for that favor I stayed in the Farming village for another day for the message to reach its destination, giving that familia a heads up of my arrival as I didn't know if they would accept me without giving them time otherwise.
So when the next day came, members of the Demeter familia let me hop on and ride a carriage already heading back to Orario and so I did just that.
It was a slow ride but by the time noon came we were finally upon the gates leading into the city, it was also the good fortune for us that they needed to pass by that familia's residence so after roughly 20 to 30 minutes of passing through the gates the carriage arrived at the familia residence.
It was a small manor in size, though it appeared that it was going to be expanded as construction of what appears to be the base of a tower was being built up.
Excalibur hopped out with me on his back before thanking the driver and walking over to the small manor before us as I looked up through my visor at the flag flying above.
A flag with a jester plastered on it, the symbol of the newly rising Loki Familia that had only settled down in Orario three years ago but even so they have made a name for themselves, even if they are under the shadow of the Hera and Zeus Familia's, but even though I didn't really ever watch the show I at least know that they exist in the future.
They rose to power after the Zeus and Hera Familias fall, I don't have a clue what was the cause but it must have been massive as they own this city in its entirety as they were the ones standing on top.
But something did happen and they fell apart and disappeared as a result leading to Loki and the Freya familia's from what I can recall coming to become the most powerful of all.
So while Excalibur carried me towards the gate though their was one Adventurer standing guard at the gate as he stood between me and the gate
"Hold it, what business do you have with the Loki Familia stranger?" He decided to ask although he was waiting for two people he didn't know what they looked like besides the name of one of them.
"Oh sorry, I should introduce myself, Arthur James Nightingale, a letter from Lady Artemis should have said of mine and my friends arrival." Excalibur said to the guard who raised his brows a bit in surprise as he looked us over.
"Huh, I wasn't expecting one of you to be…. Armored to say the least." He said seeming confused about Excaliburs looks as it looks like armor but it was very strange looking compared to most armor he has seen before.
I wasn't going to explain Excalibur's looks to him, but soon he shook his head, "Alright, while Loki wasn't exactly close with Lady Artemis from what she mentioned, she does take her recommendation seriously enough to give you a chance, though if you were women it would be…. Different to say the least." He said not mentioning that the familia at the moment was two thirds women and all of them at least cute and or beautiful at that.
After he says that he leads us both into the manor, it wasn't an overly large sprawling manor or anything like that but it was big and as I saw before it was slowly beginning to expand in size overall, but soon enough we were lead into what appeared to be a parlor.
"You can wait here for now, I will report of your arrival." The guard said leaving us in the room as we waited for whoever would come.
I didn't assume Loki herself would come right to me, not because she is the superior type but in all likelihood she would either want to see me prove my worth to her and the rest.
Though about 10 to 15 minutes later the door opened up as a woman walked in through the door, but this wasn't just a normal woman, it was an Elf which was surprising to see as so far on my journey here I had only seen humans, dwarves, pallums and a few demi-humans with cat or wolf ears, but not a single elf which means either they race is rather small or possibly they are the isolated types with few venturing out from their forests.
She looked at us before blinking her eyes and scrutinizing our form, "Your armor really is strange as he said, but interesting as well, is it enchanted with magic because I can feel a bit of energy flowing off of you but it feels…. Strange, like a magical flow I've never experienced or felt before…." She said looking Excalibur over before turning to me as her eyes widened.
"This energy is the same, but it's even stronger coming off of you, but where are my manners, I am Riveria, Riveria Ljos Alf, a Level 4 Mage, and I am to see if your worthy of becoming apart of our familia, personally I'm already quite interested in this power you both have but that would get plenty of push back from my mentor along with my Captain and the other higher ups, so I'm to bring both of you to the training grounds to prove yourselves and show off your skills." She goes onto explain as I scratched my head while looking at her.
"Well that will be…. Problematic as I'm currently crippled and can't walk, however my powers doesn't require me to fight directly as I- you know what it's faster just to show you." I said deciding that actions spoke louder than words.
*Woosh!*
Under the stunned look of Riviera I faded out of existence and into Excalibur who, with me fully piloting, got up and rolled his shoulders to which my voice now spoke through him instead of the voice I was using for his voice originally.
"Now then, how about I prove myself to your familia and let me tell you that they won't regret giving me this chance." I said before clasping my hands together and watched Riviera's jaw drop as she saw me materialize a sword in my hand that shimmered with a glowing blue light as I rested on my shoulder.
"Well then, shall we begin the test?"
(MC Looks)
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