Future Plans

It was now the day after the night I bonded and drank with the members of the Loki Familia. Apparently, someone carried my drunken-self back to my room and set me down on my bed. I sat up straight on my bed as I recalled the memories of last night. I subconsciously let out are heartfelt smile as I thought about it but slowly, that smile faded away and was replaced by a serious and grave expression.

'If Loki were to be a part of the Gods that planned for the downfall of the wardens back then, Finn, Gareth, Bete, Ais, all of the members of the familia, would most likely turn against me as well when I finally wage war on the Gods... Come to think of it, how should I go about warring with the Gods in the first place?'

After a while of thinking, I shook off the thought of having a war with the Gods as I was too weak at the moment to actually do anything. As I had no immediate concerns at the moment, I decided to familiarize myself with my room as I would probably be living here for quite a while. However, just as I was about to do so, someone knocked on my door which made me furrow my brows.

'It's still so early in the morning right now, who could it be at this time? Finn? Gareth? Or maybe even Bete?'

I thought to myself as I got off of my bed and went to answer the door. Whom was on the other side of the door, however, was someone that I didn't expect at all. The person at the door was Ais, who was already equipped with armor and weapon as she looked like she was about to go dungeon diving.

"Uh, goodmorning, Ais... Do you need anything?"

She nodded in response and said in a soft voice that was filled with strong determination.

"Fight me!"

As she looked so serious and sounded so serious, I decided to oblige with her request.

"Sure... When should we have it held?"

"Right now!"

She then took and led me by the hand towards one of the combat areas of the manor without even asking my consent. Although I was a bit discontented by her actions at first, I then decided to let things be and allowed her to do as she pleased.

After we arrived at one of the combat areas, she finally let go off my hand which disappointed me a little and backed off to give some space between us. She then got into a battle stance while waiting for me to prepare. I sighed as I saw that she was hell-bent on really battling and equipped Ambrosia along with my armor as I got into a upper-guard stance.

As I was now ready, I stared straight into her beautiful into her gold-like eyes and gave her a nod.

As soon as I did so, she launched towards me with amazing speed and attacked. Following her actions, I activated my [Phantom] ability and swiftly disappeared from her view and attacked her from behind.

[Pierce]

As how I usually battled with monsters, I aimed for her neck to swiftly subdue her movements. However, as expected from one of the strongest of the familia, she barely dodged it and quickly backed off. However, I wasn't about to let her easily do that.

[Bloodlust]

I activated and directed my [Bloodlust] ability towards her which made her freeze her movements for a moment as I seized her hand and knocked away her sword. As I was about to just let go of her, my mind was excited by her body which made me want to tease her a bit. I wrapped one of my arm near her waist and pulled her body towards me. I then looked her deeply in her gold-like eyes and put my free hand on her cheek while I spoke softly.

"I'm the winner this time, Ais."

In response to my actions, she faintly blushed and pushed me away afterwards. As I got the usually emotionless Ais flustered, I laughed and allowed myself to be pushed away by her as what I got from this battle was more than enough for me. Then, a voice came from the side which seemed to exude anger and jealousy.

"Taking liberties with my dear Ais now, aren't you Reza?"

I slowly looked over towards the direction of the voice and witnessed Loki whose face was currently distorted with anger which quickly changed to something lecherous as she ran towards Ais.

"ONLY I CAN TAKE LIBERTIES WITH AIS! ISN'T THAT RIGHT, DEAR!?"

She shouted as she went to go cop a feel of Ais' butt. Before she could do so, however, Ais swiftly dodged away which made Loki sigh in disappointment.

"Hahaha..."

The sight made me laugh which caused Loki to stare at me in anger. She then immediately looked away from me as she pouted at the fact that I was able to take advantage of Ais while she wasn't able to. After a moment, she quickly got over her anger as she the nlook towards Ais.

"My dear Ais~, would you please accompany your dear goddess to the Ganesh family's festival? There'll be plenty of food to eat there you know~."

During the first part of her sentence, Ais didn't appear to be interested nor inclined to accompany Loki to the festival. However, as Loki mentioned the food part, her eyes glistened as she nodded her head with a serious look.

At this moment, I merely smiled at the sight of the two and was about to go back to my room. However, before I was able to leave, a cheeky voice sounded out from behind me.

"Reza, would you perhaps like to accompany me too?"

I was about to reject as I wasn't interested but something suddenly came to mind which made me change my mind.

'Isn't this the festival wherein Freya let loose some monsters for Bell to fight against? If that's the case...'

"I would be honored, my dear goddess."

I formally spoke as I turned towards her and bowed.

"Yikes, what's with the sudden change of attitude? You're creeping me out Reza..."

I paid her words no heed and silently accompanied the two towards the Ganesha familia's festival. While Loki was happily and excitedly looking for food along with Ais, I was deep in my thoughts as I let out a small smile.

'Perhaps I would be able to use Bell to kickstart my war against the Gods... No matter. For now, I shall observe the situation myself to get a better grasp on things which would allow me to properly plan for the future.'