80) She is here

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3rd Pov

To Aiz Wallenstein it felt as if her entire world broke and fixed itself. He was back; he hadn't died. The relief she felt was simply- Overwhelming. Thus, ignoring everything, she left with, just wanting to hug him and make sure he doesn't leave her...again.

" Aiz, let me introduce you to someone", suddenly Arthur said garnering her attention, they were outside the Arthur's house," Miss Ray, you can come out."

No one was nearby due to the Chaos that Aiz had just caused, Ray had been following him since he left that place and revealed herself with slight hesitation.

" A Monster?", she frowned, immediately grabbing her sword only to be stopped by Arthur. " Miss Ray, you come inside quickly, as well as rest of you", he said and Norn and Aisha nodded, despite her skepticism, she followed Arthur inside his home. Inside the house, Ray couldn't help but feel worried about the stare Aiz was giving to her, it was of a hunter looking at its prey.

" Norn, Aisha prepare some snacks for the guests", he said, and they nodded albeit with reluctance in their eyes. They didn't like when their Daddy spoiled another woman in front of them, it was fine if it was one of their Mommy's but Aiz who was younger than them and hasn't married Arthur, wasn't their mommy! On top of that, it was supposed to be their alone time with Daddy away from their mothers.

Once they left, Arthur said," Let me introduce you to her... She is Ray, and the person who saved me in the dungeon", hearing her words Aiz stared at the Siren. " Indeed, I am the one who saved Sir Arthur back in the dungeon, and my name is Ray", she replied quickly seeing Aiz staring at her.

" You... can talk? A monster that can talk?", Aiz reacted, surprised by the revelation. Ray smiled and said," Yes, we are known as Xenos. The anomalies born in dungeon, intelligent monsters that have wisdom and emotions like you humans", her words were filled with nervousness.

" Emotions? Monster hurt people", she snickered, and Arthur took her into his lap and said," Aiz, your friend, a proud Elf, one known for their wisdom tried to kill me alongside that wolf. While despite being a monster, she saved me despite knowing the repercussions of her actions, you should understand that", his words were ironic, making Aiz think of her actions.

She didn't want to accept it, monsters hurt people... They kill people, they took her family, but now while someone she perceived as good tried to hurt her family while a monster saved her family, it was a hard pill to swallow.

" Aiz, just like how there are good people and bad people, there are simply unintelligent bad monsters, and good monsters like Miss Ray. A person isn't defined by their race but actions, for example Xenos too are hunted by other monsters, and they don't harm people unless they are in danger", he said, explaining her.

She took a deep breath, it made sense to her, and she nodded, finally accepting the fact. She stood up and bowed," I want to thank you... For saving my beloved", she said, and Ray was surprised. A human was thanking her... it felt surreal. She could almost feel the situation of Xenos changing, will they able to live on surface without being disgusted by others? She felt hope.

" Miss Aiz... To think there will be a human that will be willing to accept us... despite the history between monsters and mankind. That is more than enough", she said feeling a little overwhelmed. Aiz nodded and returned to Arthur's lap, snuggling on his chest. Everything that happened was too much for her, she just wanted to be with Arthur and forget everything for now.

" Miss Ray... for now you should stay within my house. Later on, we will find a way to send you back to dungeon", Arthur said looking at her and she replied," Thank you for having me, then", she knew she was a monster, while many had saw her earlier due to the Chaos they had ignored her. But now, if they were to see her again many questions will be raised, the situation wasn't that good that others will be willing to accept a monster like her.

...

The next day, Denatus was held. Yesterday's matter was too serious to be ignored, so God had to call for a meeting. Many familia lost their property and some even lost their members when Aiz got berserk the previous day. Majority of Orario's Gods were gathered in this meeting, showing how serious the topic was.

" Loki! What yesterday happened was too serious, how can Aiz Wallenstein lose control over herself, do you know two buildings of my familia were destroyed by her!", a God raised his voice, his concern laid on the fact that the property of his familia was damaged than the injured members. As Gods came in Tenkai for entertainment, to them money and assets mattered more than their so-called children.

" Indeed Loki, we need answers... If not for Ottar, then Orario would have been destroyed", said Hephaestus clearly annoyed. Yesterday one of her members died in the aftermath of the battle between Aiz Wallenstein and Ottar. She considered her familia members more seriously than other Gods, even if it was just a lower string member of her, she didn't like the fact at all that one of her children died.

Loki sweated seeing Goibniu and Hephaestus staring at her, last thing she wanted was to offend these two Gods of Forging and Blacksmithing. A god wearing an Elephant mask stood up and said," I am Ganesha! And I need answers!", he started posing showing his well sculpted muscular body. " Didn't Shakti arrest Lefiya yesterday? Don't you already know?", she asked him.

" Of course, but I want to hear it from your mouth", he said as he stopped making poses and looked at her seriously. He was God of Masses; he considered the entire Orario's citizens as his own children. If someone was offended the most from previous day's events, it was him. " Indeed, Loki why don't you tell us about why one of the most powerful adventurers in the world went berserk?", asked Hermes with a sly smile.

Loki looked at him, and the two sly Gods stared at each other. Loki sighed in defeat, she could have lied it about how Aiz was cursed if not for the fact, that Aiz Wallenstein had fought for a man wasn't exposed. " Well, I will say it once! So, ya all better listen carefully! Yesterday two members of my familia, Bete and Lefiya plotted to kill the lover of Aiz Wallenstein, and once Aiz realized it, all that happened", she said.

" C'mon Loki! At least tell us the whole story!", said a Goddess," Aiz Wallenstein got a lover? Now that's news", said another God. Soon everyone started whispering to each other. Hearing the reason behind Aiz's rampage they were grinning instead of being angry. The news of a beauty like Aiz going on a revenge rampage for her dead lover... was exciting!

They wanted to hear the full tale and enjoy. Such were Gods, not bothered at all about the lives of people, to them a spicy news mattered more than some lives in their eyes." Who is that lucky guy? He should be a low-level adventurer considering how Bete and Lefiya wanted him dead", asked a God. Loki frowned, when she was about to say something, Dionysius stood up from his seat garnering everyone's attention.

" Ladies and Gentlemen, I know who he is, the name of the man with whom Aiz Wallenstein has fallen in love with is Arthur Nava, a non-adventurer and father of two daughters whose mothers belong to Minerva familia", said Dionysius, his words made many gasps. " Aiz is going for a father of two daughters. Damn, didn't expect she liked older men."

Someone whistled," She is a homewrecker! Impressive She is truly Loki's child!", Loki's eyebrows twitched hearing the words. While she silently looked at Dionysius,' He investigated Arthur? ', she didn't like how Dionysius investigated about her Familia's secrets, it just made him more suspicious in her eyes.

Just as the discussion was ongoing, suddenly the gate of Denatus room opened,' A new God join'?! ', Loki's eyes widened as she looked who entered. Her beauty surpassed the supposedly embodiment of beauty herself, Freya, however she lacked the bewitching aura which made her less attractive than Freya.

She had striking blue hair, cascading down her back. Her eyes were like blue pearls glistening in light, her body figure... Every god gulped, that figure was more explosive than anyone they have seen in their lives. Her face was beautiful beyond any boundaries, however her face stood emotionless, devoid of any expression, however they could feel she was annoyed by the stares she received. 

Despite her beauty, she wore conservative clothes, as everyone admiring her, a cold voice came out of her mouth," Are you all finished with your perverted stares?", her voice was chilling, sending shiver to everyone's spine. " Who you might be?", asked Loki with a raised brow, wondering if she was who she guessed.

" I am Minerva, and this is my first time visiting Denatus", her words made everyone surprised, many Gods quickly stopped their rash behaviour in fear of angering her. She led a top Adventurer Familia, if any of them got in their bad eyes, she might hold a war game against them. Other than Ganesha, Loki and Freya familia, no one had power to go against her familia.

" Oh, why don't you take a seat?", said Loki with a smile posing a gentleman, if others didn't know about her behaviour, they might have mistaken her for a gentleman*ahem*. However, Loki didn't try any perverted antics and Minerva took a seat," We were talking about your familia right now... particularly Arthur", said Hephaestus.

Suddenly her face melted, and she said," Oh... About my dear?", her change caught everyone off guard, and immediatedly they understood,' No way... He even wooed her ', Loki thought in shock, Freya meanwhile looked at her with a calm gaze, however only she knew how nervous she was. " No way... That boy wooed a Goddess. Or she is just that loose?", a God muttered out loud and Freya froze.

Minerva's expression turned emotionless as she looked at the God who had insulted her," Uh... I didn't mean to insult you Goddess, it is just that I am surprised you are in love with a mortal", he quickly said trying to diffuse the situation. Gods wanted entertainment, so insults and jokes were a common place in Denatus, and most didn't take it to heart.

" Oh really? ", she crossed her legs," Then what do you think about my Arthur?", her tone chilly, the God felt in a pinch, however answered truthfully," I guess he is a lucky bastard, to be father of two children, your lover and now Aiz... ", suddenly he stood up in a hurry and his body solidified, turning into stone, Gods gasped in shock and quickly moved away.

" What the-?"

" How the heck he turned into stone?!"

" Are we attacked?!"

" Guards! Guards! Come here!"

Meanwhile Minerva chuckled, and said," Nothing to worry about it, I am just giving him a light punishment for insulting my dear", everyone was stunned and looked at the frozen figure of the God. " How?! Our divinities are sealed! When did she use her arcanum?!", Dionysius exclaimed as everyone looked at her with accusing stares.

The use of Arcanum was banned in Lower World, any God that were to use it surpassing a certain limit, will be sent back to Heavens. " I am a Goddess of Magic and Swords, to me commanding the Mana of the World to perform something is a Child's play", she said nonchantly, she was saying the truth. She had used Magic King Hecate to command the Mana of the World, to curse the God.

Gods meanwhile froze in terror, even Loki got scared,' S-She is... A Supreme Deity?! ', Loki thought and so did others. The act of bending the laws of the world to their will without even using Arcanum was Supreme Deities' domain. They were so stupidly powerful, that their mere whims could result in destruction of worlds like Genkai several times over.

Gods felt confused, terrified, and bewildered. They in fact have never heard of a Goddess known as Minerva ever! That was explainable as there were millions of Gods back in Heaven, majority of being Minor Gods. They formed their pantheons equivalent to Genkai's nations, ruled and administered by their respective God-Kings and Council of High Gods.

Many of Pantheons also had Primordial or Supreme Deities residing over them. Thus, even if it made sense to have never heard of Minerva ever in their million years of life, it didn't made sense for them to not know about a Supreme Deity! They were well known among Gods even if many didn't meet them in their lifetime.

Freya meanwhile clapped laughing, making many wonders if she went insane again. " Amusing, truly a fitting end for a God like him", she said, though nervous inside. Minerva glanced at her, and she froze, only returning to normal once Minerva withdrew her focus from her. " So, any of you have anything to say about my Arthur and my familia members?", Minerva asked in a sly tone.

Gods didn't like her actions at all, Lower world was a playground for Gods however everyone had a fair chance here, even a Gods like Freya and Loki were able to overthrow the God-King and God-queen of Greek Pantheon, while back in Tenkai they could never win against them. What Minerva did was abusing her Divine Authority as a Supreme Goddess and breaking the rules.

Gods wanted to complain but fearing the consequences didn't," Lady Minerva, are you threatening us that if we don't play according to your rules, you would punish us?", suddenly Hephaestus said, out of all Gods here she was the most daring here. " Nothing sort of that, Arthur had said making everyone play according to our rules is too taxing, as long as you all don't insult my Arthur or my familia members, I won't do anything", Minerva replied.

' Hephaestus you are truly daring, you don't know the might of the entity you are in front of ', Freya thought amused, out of everyone here, only she knew they were in presence of entity surpassing a Primordial God, she even suspected she came from beyond their world, from another world or another Universe. 

Gods back in Tenkai have come up with Multiversal Theory, and there was even hype among Gods when this theory came out, many Gods of different Pantheons gathered together, led by Vishnu God of Cosmos, and Ouranos God of Order and tried to find a way to go to another universe, alas they can't even reach the edge of their Universe, much less another universe, which even made they doubt the theory of Multi-Universes.

However, Freya was more inclined to believe Minerva was from other Universe, and as a being capable of transversing through Universes, she was naturally stronger than any Supreme Deity that existed, and her current prowess which stood at pinnacle among Primordial Gods only strengthened her resolve in this idea.

" Fine, no one will overstep their boundaries again, we all know that some Gods among us... are more conservative and hence they must be treated different", Hephaestus said, as she supported what Minerva did. After all that God recklessly insulted her, and she could understand Minerva's actions as a former victim herself, even if she had gotten used to insults, she knows how it feels.

She remembers clearly how when she had just arrived in Genkai, many Gods used to insult her due to her disfigured eye, however once her familia rose in power, they all stopped insulting her lest they anger her, and she bans their adventurers from purchasing her familia's equipment. She remained silent," Oh by the way- Just to show you how my curse was, let me free him", she said calmly and the God fell on the floor.

"Arghhhhhhh!!!", a bone-chilling scream came out of him, the God started breathing hazardly and slowly calmed down," I-I am free", his eyes became moist as realization hit her, and he started crying like a child with happiness. " W-what was the curse?", a God asked, and Minerva said with smile," Nothing, just all of his senses were nullified, and he experienced a pain that doubled every minute, while the time he felt was six years."

Everyone was horrified, such a curse could break any God, and seeing how the God cried and seeing on Minerva looked absolutely terrified with snot coming out of his nose," I-I apologize, Forgive me! I will never do it again!", he said in fear and quickly ran away from the Denatus. The Denatus ended soon thereafter, while Gods were caught in a frenzy, discussing how to treat Goddess Minerva, terrified of her actions.

A terrified Loki had to escort Minerva to twin Manor,' God! Please save me! ', Loki cried in her mind, though her face stoic as she guided her to her familia home, as for why? Minerva requested it, and she complied not have guts to refuse, last thing she wanted to make this scary Goddess angry, Loki couldn't help but want the beating my Aiz, she would prefer beatings from Mommy Riveria and Aiz over, staying with Minerva anytime!

(Note: F for Loki)

To be continued...