Danmachi SI-The Silence's Heir

Part 12

Chapter 12

GODDESS LOKI

Her little search in the underground sewers of the city had proven itself to be rather fruitful as she faced many of those aberrant monsters from the attack on Monsterphilia. Those plant-like monsters had made somewhat of a nest in the underground part of the city, and had she not brought her dear Bete-chan with her, she might have just become monster food.

This discovery of her had answered some of the questions budding in her mind, absolving Freya of any involvement in the ordeal, and yet it opened a whole new can of worms. And just thinking about the new mystery made her whole being tremble in excitement.

"Things are about to get far more excited Bete-kun?" she chuckled as she played with the little stone they had extracted out of those monsters. She hoped that her precious Ais-tan would have returned from her little venture in the dungeon though it was rather unlikely, and as her mind was ost imagining her own adventure with her precious Ais-tan, her wolf child suddenly stopped making her bump into his back.

"Ouch," she winced as she rubbed her nose and complained petulantly.

"Bete-chan!" she winced and yet as she saw the expression on her child's face she stopped.

"That scent," he began as his eyes narrowed on the two people that had just come out of the corner, one of whom she easily recognised as a fellow god.

"It's from the sewers," and that made her eyes narrow as she looked the blonde diety in the eye.

"Ohh, isn't that interesting," she said as she pushed forth, eyes narrowing at the expression of the god infront of her.

"Now tell me, Dionysus. What were you doing down in the sewers?" things just kept on getting more and more interesting.

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In the end, they decide to talk this out in detail. On the surface Dinoysus was a rather charming and lovable God. His familia had suffered a heavy blow seven years ago during the 27th floor incident and had not recovered since.

"Truth is, I was investigating this," he began his explanation as he took out a magic stone and put it on the table. Loki was surprised as she saw how it was similar to the stone she had harvested from those aberrant monsters herself.

"Ohh. And how did you get your hands on something like this, moreover why is a God like you so interested in this?" she asked.

And she saw him hesitate for a second, before he finally added.

"I gathered it during the recent attack on Monsterphilia as for the reason behind my interest," and she saw him lower his eyes as he continued.

"It's because I believe that this is connected to the death of my children. A few days ago, I found three of my children dead in the alley and I found this with them and since that day I have been trying to look into just what it is to find the culprit behind their murder?" as a Goddess she could tell that he was telling the truth, and the sheer pain and raw emotion on his face told her that he really cared for his children.

"I am sorry for your loss," their children may not share their blood but they were their children nonetheless, and except the few all gods and goddesses cared for their children wishing for them the best.

"And what have you figured out?" she asked, hoping to add upon the intel she herself had gathered.

"Not much, but there is something wrong here," Dinoysus added.