Meeting with the Goddess

Forewarning!

"Yo!" means someone is talking

*Yo!* means someone is thinking

That is the last time I do this, it honestly should be pretty self-explanatory.

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Stella had made it to the surface, and it was a sight to behold. Babel was the tallest structure she had ever seen, even the towers in the tainted city weren't this tall. Stella stared at orario with awe; she had never seen so many people in one place, peasants were not allowed into the capital where she was from.

Stella was led by the Loki familia to their home the Twilight Manor which was a huge sprawling castle. Supposedly the familia members had to meet with their goddess to relay the information about the failed expedition, Stella was worried about meeting a goddess and wondered what they were like.

As the party made it close to Twilight Manor Stella heard a loud yelling followed by a crash as someone had just tried to tackle Ais, but she had managed to dodge it leading the woman to crash into Lefiya.

"Uh who's the pervert?"Stella asked, confused why this lady was here.

"That pervert is our goddess Loki." Riviera stated

"HUH? OH, I'm so sorry then."Stella bowed wondering why a goddess would be so vulgar.

"What's with the kid?"Loki was wondering why a kid had followed her familia back.

"My name is Stella goddess Loki, it is a pleasure to meet you."Stella said

"We found the kid on the 50th floor of the dungeon without a falna, she helped carry supplies back so we helped get her out of the dungeon."Finn stated

"Why and how did you get to the 50th floor without a falna?"Loki was a mix of worried and curious

"I don't know why I was put there."She said

"Loki, please allow Stella to stay here while we discuss what happened on the expedition."Finn really wanted to get Stella to join the familia.

"Ok ok, fine. where are the supplies though?"Loki was curious about how none of the supporters were carrying supplies.

Stella proceeded to pull all of the supplies out of the magic pouch, once again surprising the Loki familia and stunning Loki herself. After the supplies were unloaded the executives of the familia went to have a meeting leaving Stella to talk to Lefiya.

"So do you mind explaining what happened on the expedition for you to come back so early?"Loki asked

"When we got to the 50th floor we encountered some issues, some monsters had forced us to retreat due to a bad matchup."

"During the retreat, a large monster forced our hand, I sent Ais to go and deal with it."Finn explained

"When I killed the monster a portal appeared, and a hand that looked to be made of the night sky put Stella down in front of me."Ais explained

"So what about the magic bag then?"Loki asked, she had never heard of a monster or god like that.

"She said it was common where she came from."Finn said

"OH when we let the minotaurs escape she did something crazy!"Tione forgot to tell the rest of the members about what she did on the 17th floor.

"Huh, what did she do?"The rest of the room collectively asked

"She killed a minotaur on floor 17 with Finn's broken spear in a single hit! "Tione quickly yelled

"She doesn't even have falna!"Riviera stated

"There's no way that weakling did that."Bete grumbled

"You can ask the other members! It was crazy one moment she was about to get hit the next the spear was up the minotaurs ass!"Tione said with no shame in her voice

"Well if what you are saying is true, then maybe I should get her to join the familia, with the combination of that magic bag, the crazy hidden strength, and her less than normal origins it might be a good idea to rope her in before someone like Freya tries too."Loki explained "Call her in we might as well try right now."

Stella saw Ais approach her and told her that Loki would like to meet her; she accepted because she might be able to learn more about this world and how gods work.

As she entered the meeting room all eyes were on her, and she was kinda nervous she was wondering why Loki wanted to meet with her.

"I was told some things about you, but I'd like to hear it from you myself."Loki asked, "Do you mind telling me?"

"No I don't, ask whatever you need I will answer to the best of my abilities so long as it doesn't get too personal."She was a little nervous about what they would ask.

"Then the first question is where did you come from?" the goddess started her interrogation lightly.

"I'm not really sure how to answer that question. The place I was at before coming here didn't really have a name."

"Everyone just sorta referred to the place outside of the taint as the civil lands, and the land that had been taken by the taint as the tainted lands."Stella left out the part about the voice and the origin of magic.

"Taint? What is taint?"Loki was wondering what Stella meant, while the rest of the executives were wondering exactly what it was.

"The taint is a man-made infection created by the thaumaturges of old, it is a living disease that corrupts all life that it infects."Stella didn't know the true origin of the taint, but that was the story that was passed down by everyone she knew.

"What does this taint look like?"Loki had never heard of something like this before; she was really curious about where the girl in front of her came from.

"The taint normally manifests as a dramatic purple discoloration, it kills and corrupts all life that it comes in contact with."Stella showed her discolored hand as proof, shocking most of the members there.

"There is only one method to my knowledge to fight the taint, and that is a tree known as the Silverwood tree."Stella proceeded to pull the small potted plant that contained a small silver tree with radiant blue leaves.

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Word Count: 1025

Even if you can't tell that my writing got more consistent, I sure can the first few chapters required quite the editing. I am always open for advice and your power stones!