Danmachi SI-The Silence's Heir

Part 14

Chapter 14

A young Ais Wallenstein fought a hoard of kobolds after having snuck out of the Loki familia mansion without any supervision, and in her hubris had ventured into the initial middle floors, and now she huffed as she bled through the various wounds covering her body, as she faced a throng of ogres.

She stood defiant, yet utterly outnumbered, and at that moment where she stood there fuelled only by her hatred for monsters and her desire to get stronger, her body began to falter, unable to keep up with her indomitable will.

"Aer..." and as her vision spun, as ogre attacked her.

And yet, before the attack could land, a voice that would soon become a rather permanent fixture in her life erupted from above.

"Astaraxis!" and a silverish hue covered her body as a sole figure not much larger than her jumped infront of her.

"Gospel!" and with a single shout sent decimated the ogres surrounding her before turning towards her.

"What are you doing down here all alone, Princess?" and in that moment, the darkness enveloping her being lessened as she saw him extend his hand towards her.

INUMAKI-The Silent

Aiz Wallenstein needed friends. She needed a family. Her mother's abduction had left her a gaping hole in her heart, one that she had filled with hatred for monsters. And in the absence of any kind of love, she turned to that desperation and that hate for power, which, given her unique heritage, interfered with her mind and magic.

So, Aiz Wallenstein needed many things.

Yet what she did not need was a hero, despite what she may believe. Inumaki could never be that hero, despite what the girl may think. What he could be was a friend, one she could rely on, and turn to in her desperate times.

"I thought you would hate me," she said as the three of them made their way back to the surface after defeating Udaeus, and he shook his head.

"Why would I?" he replied. They were both young and being played around by adults and deities around them. Both part of sinister plots that neither had an inkling about.

"We were children," he said, and she looked down in embarrassment as Riveria-san led them through the dungeon.

"But I am still ashamed of my actions from that day. About how I publically blamed you for thing..."

"It is fine," he cut in, for he was in no mood to remember those troubling times. There were good times to remember as well.

"How have you been all those years?" she asked him with a smile, and he shrugged.

"Fine, the outside world was far bigger than I realized. Getting out of the city, traveling, and seeing the world outside helped me mature quite a bit," and it truly had. For all his life since his birth, he had been burdened by the legacy of his mother, something that he had let cloud his judgment.

He was not troubled by it, and yet, in a way, the grandeur of the task had blinded him to the usual aspects of life. Getting away from the city had helped him in that regard and more.

"Plus, I was able to find out about the sheer extent and reach of the evil that plagues this city," he finished as Ais nodded.

"You think this is them?" she asked gravely and he could see Riveria-san listening in as he replied.

"Yes, this is most definitely them. The monsters, the plant-like creatures that we are being faced with, I saw them out there as well," and he had. However, it had taken him some time to connect the dots.