Loki's Renard

Arc 4 Chapter 2 - Healing and Greed

Merry Christmas everyone! Striker777 here with another chapter of Loki's Renard. Just a short chapter today, but the next one will be packed full of adventure and fun. But for now, onto the story.

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Akihide rubbed the top of his head after delivering the message from Shakti to Finn. Riveria had been beside him, and when she heard that he had decided to simply go after Evilus rather than get them to reinforce them, she decided to test her new level 6 strength against him by bonking him on the head. "What were you thinking?" she asked, looking down at the boy, her fist raised.

"Save the workers in the factory..." he muttered.

"And if any of the Evilus executives had been there?" she pressingly asked.

"Then I would have been killed..." muttered Akihide in shame, not believing it for a moment himself since he had {skill name} to boost him to level 6 as well, higher than any of the executives to date, who were all level 5 or lower. But Riveria would probably bonk him again if he said that, so he wisely kept his mouth shut.

Riveria nodded. "Yes, you'd be dead. Not only do they have over a decade of experience on you, but they all have powerful skills and magic that make them very tough adversaries. Not even Finn, Gareth or I are 100% confident we can take them all out, even as level 6 adventurers."

"I'm sorry..." muttered Akihide, looking at the ground.

Riveria sighed. "You're okay. At the end of the day, that's what matters most." she said, before flicking his forehead. "That being said, next time you try something like that, you'll be a full time supporter for the next 3 expeditions into the Dungeon."

Akihide sighed. "Yes, mama." he said, before wrapping her in a hug.

Riveria sighed and hugged him back. "Honestly... not even a full 3 days since our last expedition, and you're out there fighting again. What am I going to do with you." she asked, before pulling him off. "Now, I am ordering you to rest today. No patrolling the city, no training, and especially no Dungeon. You need to rest, and I won't be taking no for an answer."

Akihide nodded, knowing it was best to listen to Riveria, especially whenever she told him what to do. But just as he finished that thought, another popped into his head. "What about helping out at Tuatha Medicus?" he asked, remembering vividly the absolute mess the poor girl had been before he left. She had been slaving away, creating potions and using her magic on patients, it looked like the poor girl was going to drop over on the ground, completely exhausted at any moment. "With all the injuries from last night, they'll need all the help they can get, and it's kind of my fault that we didn't prevent more injuries last night." he said, fluttering his eyes to look as cute as possible, hoping it would help and get Riveria to cave.

Riveria sighed. "I doubt I could stop you, even if I wanted to." she said, before staring at the boy. "You will not go actively looking for trouble, you will stay within the hospital, and you will listen to whatever Airmid tells you, even if you spend the whole day cleaning for them."

"Yes mama!" responded Akihide, before turning around. "I'll go get some dinner. See you later!" he called out, making his way towards the door and down the hallway towards the dining room.

Riveria sighed again. "I swear... we always get the problem kids."

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Airmid looked like a zombie. She felt like one too. Having spent essentially every waking moment over the last few weeks alternating between creating potions, performing surgeries and healing others with her magic, she was on the brink of exhaustion. Evilus had been stepping up their attacks over the last few weeks, and whilst there were a lot fewer casualties thanks to Ganesha, Astrea, Loki and Freya Familia, the number of injured was still increasing with each passing day.