Danmachi SI-The Silence's Heir

Part 4

Chapter 4

GODDESS LOKI

It had been two years since the defeat of Evilus, and though the people of Orario thought the great evil of Evilus was gone, the truth couldn't be further from that. The reality was that the evil named Evilus persisted to this day, it had only gone into hiding, burying itself deep into the cloak of anonymity as it had in the days of Hera and Zeus.

And neither her nor Freya's familia had the time to root it out in absolution, for could one even truly eradicate evil from this world. And so, they all continued in their way of life, keeping a lid on the evil hidden in the shadows, though there were a few that still clung to the idea of absolute peace.

Astraea and her girls had yet to give up where she and Freya had, and they fought Evilus to this day and were reasonably successful at it. Ganesha familia did the same in their efforts to get revenge and maintain peace in the city.

Though Loki cared little for these things, she was much more concerned with the girl lying down beneath her. Her little Ais-chan had begun to truly blossom ever since that time, and was on ehr way at becoming the youngest level 5 this city had ever seen.

"Get away from me," the little golden child whispered as she looked at her.

"Stupid goddess, she threatened, and Loki knew better than to get on the bedside of the little Princess as she backed off.

"Hahahaa, you have made quite an improvement, Ais-chan," she said as she passed him along her stat sheet. The girl went over the numbers, her face impassive as ever.

Had it been any other Adventurer, they would be jumping out for joy right now at the progress they had made, and yet she was not bothered at all. Perhaps this was what made her 'Kenki' the 'Sword Princess.' And to think there were more monsters like her in her era.

"Good. I got strong. I need to get even more strong," she said, nodding so very adorably as she threw the page into the fire, melting her heart.

"What will you do to poor old me, Aiz-cha..."

"LOKI-SAMA! LOKI-SAMA!" suddenly, the door to her chambers was stuck open, and she perked up as she saw an out-of-breath Riveria entering her office.

Riveria Ljos Alf was one of the aces of Loki familia, a high elf whose street lay in healing and area of effect magic. In many ways, she, along with Fiene, formed the backbone of her familia.

And there were only a few things in this world that could unsettle the green-haired elf.

And so, in an instant, the jolly Loki was gone, and the Goddess Loki took her place. She stood tall, looked the elf in the eye, and asked.

"What happened?" she asked, her heart racing as Aiz-chan perked up as well; she was, after all, rather close to Riveria as well.

"We have a problem," Riveria began as she stood tall and looked her in the eye.

"Lady Astraea's familia went into the dungeon, to the 30th floor to deal with Rudra familia, a member of..."

"Evilus," she finished, having already heard about the campaign. Astraea had offered them a chance to collaborate, but she was done with Evilus and did not want to lose any more of her children to that damned cult.

"But they walked into a trap," and she clicked her tongue. Had this been the reason why Astrea had called for Riveria earlier? And so, if she was here, the...

"And in order to save her children, she sought his aide," and the way Riveria looked at Aiz at the mention of 'his,' she knew just who she was referring to. And her eyes widened as she saw Aiz click the dots.