Danmachi my way: Volume 1

Ova: Haruhime's Backstory

For as long as she could remember, she wondered who her mother was, her father told her she was an unrivaled beauty who loved them both dearly but due to circumstances of her past, had to leave them in order to keep them safe.

Haruhime would wonder if her mother did care, but every year, she got a cake made from her mother, it was awful beyond words even though the cake looked fine on the outside, which betrayed all forms of logic and reason for how awful it tasted, but she would still eat it all knowing her mother tried and put her love in it, though she would get a Dunamis to help her, one reason she had "Degradation Immunity" at EX rank when she got a Dunamis, and scary enough, eating one whole cake raised it from "I" to "E" in one sitting, and with that, Haruhime would also max her Mana Parameter since the use of skills and development abilities also increases one's Mana.

(and yes, this is why everyone's Mana can get to D rank even if they don't have magic)

however, when she was 11, her family was attacked by a rival Familia and she was sold into slavery, fr 6 months, she would be beaten, abused, and almost raped too many times for her to count as she fought and struggled to protect her chastity with all her might as she didn't want to have it taken like this, if not for her not leveling up and getting her Parameters higher by the day, and the fact not many of the slaves had a Dunamis or were past level 1, she was lucky, and while she was starved where her ribs and bones were basically visible, dehydrated where she would have a nasty and frequent cough with some of them having blood in her coughs at times, and tired as she needed to stay awake to protect herself, bearly getting sleep at all, she was desperate, dying, and hurt, crying, and begging from under her breath to be saved, then, she arrived.

Ishtar:" (terrified and scared) Haruhime"

she looked up to find the most beautiful woman she has ever seen, and a hint of familiarity as unbeknownst to her, her body relaxed upon seeing this woman in front of her as she muttered under her breath.

Haruhime:" (weak and tiredly)... mo... mmy"

and as Haruhime passed out, she then woke up in a medical tent as she was being given food slowly as it was warm porridge and beef broth to help her get her strength back as she was then given the highest quality medicine as well, Haruhime could have sworn she saw dozens of doctors and maids at her beck and call, and for the next week, her body would just about fully heal as her condition was so bad, even a Dunamis's advanced healing took so long to heal her, he started to walk and then her savior, the woman she saw before she passed out then asked about her health, frantic about her condition, checking her entire body to make sure she was alright, and while she was told that haruhime was healthy, the woman hugged Haruhime, and Haruhime felt a comforting warmth from the woman, she didn't know her really, but she felt warmth she hadn't felt in a long time.

Haruhime's Thought's:" this warm feeling... it's like with mama... I missed this warm feeling, her love"

Haruhime then hugged back, making the woman hugging her cry as they then talked properly.

Ishtar:" excuse my behavior, I am the goddess Ishtar, the patron goddess of the Ishtar Familia"

Haruhime:" oh, nice to meet you goddess"

Haruhime tried to bow her head but due to her recent recovery, she somewhat stumbled on her feet as Ishtar panicked a bit because of this.

Ishtar:" please dear, you're not well, please, take it easy for a bit longer, please, no formalities"

Haruhime then sat as she felt her neck and noticed the salve collar was gone as well.

Ishtar:" don't worry dear, I removed that thing the second I saw it... so... if you can, could you tell me what happened"