endless path infinite cosmos Pt. 2

chapter 202

Since there was now a much larger group of people that would be eating breakfast, Vahn had decided to use his system shop to substitute actual cooking and purchased a variety of baked goods for everyone to enjoy while Naaza, Lili, and Anubis prepared tea for the entire group. Everyone made somewhat casual conversation and talked about various matters while Loki kept goading people on about Vahn's 'obsession' with butts. It seemed as though, since she didn't have anything in the breast department, Loki was especially happy by the 'revelation'. Vahn wanted to say he didn't really have a preference but recalled that he had been fixated on them quite a bit in the past so kept the matter to himself. He felt like he just liked the bodies of girls in general, but it was hard to explain since everyone present, other than himself, was a female.

Though the mood had become much lighter because of his earlier actions and everyone was now eating breakfast happily, Vahn knew there was a serious discussion going to take place soon. He wasn't the only to have noticed either, as Vahn was able to see the aura's of everyone in the room fluctuate and droop slightly. The only exception was Loki, who seemed to have a tinge of red to her aura which reminded Vahn of her earlier anger.

Once breakfast had ended, Anubis had the children leave the dining room before turning to Vahn and bowing low for several seconds. He could see she was heavily affected by what was going to be discussed, so Vahn affectionately pet her ears and hair. Reaching up to the collar around her neck, Anubis said in a sad-sounding tone, "I'll always follow you, Master." Vahn nodded his head before hugging her and whispering, "I know, thank you Anubis."

The mood had quickly begun to deteriorate as the only people left in the room were Vahn, Hephaestus, Loki, Tsubaki, Lili, and Naaza. Tsubaki had tried to leave with Lili and Naaza, but they adamantly refused to leave before they heard what was going to be discussed. The matter likely pertained to Vahn, and they didn't want to be left out of the loop since everyone was acting in a solemn mood. Nanu had wanted to stay behind, but Anubis had her leave with the other children as she followed behind to explain the situation they would be in from now on.

Once everyone from the Anubis Familia had left the room, Loki started off by saying, "Last night, there were several matters that took place that you need to be made aware of. First off, there was an Alliance created between the Hephaestus, Takemikazuchi, Miach, Anubis, and my Familias. Secondly, we, as an Alliance, went to negotiate directly with Ouranos, the premier god, and leader of the Guild. He is the highest authority within the City, and it would have fallen to him to uphold any punishments."

Vahn nodded his head and asked, "You're speaking in regards to the death of Laverna?" Loki's expression froze a little before she continued, "That's correct. Everyone can tell you know the identity of the killer, and we also knew there was no way you would divulge it yourself. To prevent the situation from getting out of hand, we went to Ouranos directly and forced a compromise."

At this point, Hephaestus had a somewhat sad look on her face as she said, "You will be forced to leave my Familia and have been prevented from joining any of the Familia within the Alliance for the duration of one year." Her words caused Naaza to frown while Lili slammed her hands onto the table and shouted, "That isn't fair! It was the stupid goddess that caused this situation to happen! Vahn shouldn't have to suffer just because a criminal was brought to justice!"

As she had been sitting next to him, Vahn grabbed Lili's tail which caused her to help and sit back down with her hands on her butt. She looked at him in confusion as Vahn smiled and said, "Please, continue. There is more, isn't there?" Lili seemed like she wanted to say something, but Vahn kept her quiet by gently stroking her hair. The main reason she was upset was due to the fact that, since she had just changed Familia recently, Lili wouldn't be able to join the same Familia as Vahn for more than 11 months.