8 CHAPTER 8: Loki Familia
Seeing Loki and Riveria, Rose got up and led them to our table. Loki and Riveria came to the table and immediately sat opposite Aiden and then Rose sat next to Aiden.
"So you're the kid who wants to join the familia." Loki said.
'I've heard that these gods look different to mortals, but not to me. Of course they have a different aura, but I don't have a feeling that makes me want to respect them etc. It's strange, maybe it's the system.' Aiden thought.
"Yeah it's me. I am Aiden Kurogane and I want to join your familia."
"Hm... So what kind of skill do you have? I heard from Rose that you have a very useful skill and you've never had a familia." Riveria said.
"Yes I have some kind of dimensional storage magic. I can put whatever I want in there and take it out whenever I want, but it doesn't work for live things. And it's true, I've never been to a familia before." Aiden said.
"Can you use it now? That magic." Loki asked.
"Yep." After Aiden said that, he took out the manticore gaunlets from his inventory. Suddenly, small blue electricity surrounded Aiden's arms and as the electricity disappeared, the gauntlets appeared on his hands.
"So that's how you do. And how big is this thing?" Riveria asked.
"It's actually quite big and I still haven't filled it up." Then Aiden started taking things out to show how big his inventory was. Lunch, some clothes, water, etc.
"All right, kid, welcome to Familia. To Loki Familia." Loki said.
"By the way, I have a few requests." Aiden said.
"What are those?" Loki asked curiously.
"Ahem! First of all, I want to continue to do dungeon exploration on my own, so I will participate in large-scale dungeon exploration as long as you need my help, but I will also do dungeon exploration on my own."
"Okay, next."
"I also want to learn things like potion making and blacksmithing and I ask for your help."
"We'll look into it."
"And I want you to teach me how to fight and teach me weapons. Right now I use fists because I don't have an instructor for any weapon and I don't know how to use it, but I want to learn every weapon if possible."
"All right, just ask the familia. Everyone in Familia uses a weapon in some way, so ask them to teach you, except for the healers. Is that all?"
"Yes."
"I thought your requests would be difficult. Of course, they're easy to do, so it's fine." Loki said with a smile.
Then, after greetings and handshakes, Loki and Riveria took Aiden to Twilight Manor.
Loki took Aiden to a bedroom upstairs so that Loki could give Aidena Falna first thing.
"All right, take off your shirt and let's get started." Loki said and Aiden took of his shirt.
Aiden then took off his shirt in accordance with Loki's instructions and placed the chair in front of the bed with his back to Loki and sat on the chair with his back to Loki.
Loki then made a small cut on her hand with the help of a small knife on the side and then rubbed her blood on Aiden's back and then started to use her divine power and a blue light started to emerge from Aiden's back while the system windows started to open in front of Aiden.
[Notice!]
[Falna processing detected.]
[Falna wants to read your stats, do you accept?]
[Y] / [N]
'Yes.'
[Is there a system function you would like to have processed in your Falna?]
'Yes! That what I was waiting for!'
[Select a system function to process in your Falna.]
[Inventory]
[Store]
'I choose Inventory.'
[Are you sure you want to add the inventory function to your Falna?}
[Price: 50 Unused Stat Points]
'Expensive! But I don't have a choice.' Aiden thought and accepted.
[Thanks for your purchase]
[Falna wants to read your skills, do you accept?]
[Y] / [N]
'Yes.'
Then the blue light started to fade and Loki took a piece of paper and put it on Aiden's back and then she ran her finger over the paper and Aiden's falna status appeared on the paper.
"Okay, it's over, but I have to say that I've never seen a status like yours and you better explain it." Loki said while pointing a stat on the paper.
[Aiden Kurogane]
[Level: 1]
[Power: S 930]
[Dex: B 790]
[Mag: A 850]
[Magic:
– Spatial Storage]
[Passive Skills:
– Tenacity: G
– Inspiration: I
[Active skills:
– Dash
– Hour Of The Genius
]
(Author's Note: I adjust the stats in a special way for myself, so don't bother with calculations or anything, just enjoy it.)
"When a normal person gets falna, they have 1 or 2 skills, but you have 2 passive, 2 active and 1 magic, and you don't have Strength, Agility and Vitality stats, instead you have a stat called Power, which is not normal no matter how you look at it! Explain."
"If you're talking about the Power stat, that's right, I knew I had that stat, and more precisely, I was the one who combined the three stats and got that stat. If you ask how I did it, I used an item but the item destroyed so I can't show it." Aiden answered.
'Good thing I learned from Rose and Ryuu that gods can detect lies.' Aiden thought.
"I've never seen such a thing. What's the name of the item? And where did you get it?"
"It's name is Dongbangsak's Brush. I don't know where the item came from."
'Well, I got it from the system, but I don't know where the system came from. I don't even know why I came into this world.' Aiden thought.
"Hmm... Fine. By the way, let me tell you another strange thing about you: you can level up even now. Normally you can't collect excelia without Falna, but since you've already collected it somehow, tell me, will you level up or not?" Loki said.
"Right now leveling up would bring me unnecessary attention and I want to increase my stats as much as possible, I want to see my limits." Aiden said.
"Okay that's your decision."
"Loki-sama, my falna has one more skill." Aiden said.
"Oh yeah let me explain that skill." Loki placed her hand over the skill on the paper and after a small glow in the writing, she began to speak again.
"This skill is actually a very powerful skill. You can slow down time to the point of stopping it for 5 minutes, but there is a drawback: this skill relies on the user's health, not magic or mental power. You can use it twice a day, but remember that trying to use it too much or in the wrong place will get you killed. Also, once you use it once, the skill continues for 5 minutes, so there is no stopping it." Loki explained.
"Wow. what about other skill? The passive one."
"You mean Inspiration? Hmm. This skill is passive, meaning you cannot use it at will. Do you know the sixth sense? Also known as intuition or third eye. Yours has reached its maximum capacity and has evolved. It calms your mental state, prevents excessive stress, improves your mental skills and makes it easier for you to come up with ideas and strategies, and finally, if you follow your senses occasionally, you can find things that will benefit you. This skill is really powerful, you have 2 skills and 1 spell that should normally be top class, you are really interesting. If you have these skills at level 1, I wonder what you will achieve in the next levels." Loki explained.
"Wow, that's great. By the way, I'm wondering what I'm going to gain in the next levels."
"Anyway, it's late now, let's send you to your room and tomorrow you can talk to Finn and the other vice-captains. We also need to keep your status secret, we only need to tell the guild the level." Loki said.
Aiden then put on his shirt and left the room with Loki and was taken to the dormitories.
"Raul-kun!" Loki called out to a black-haired man as he passed through the corridor.
"Oh Loki-sama. Do you need me for something?" Raul named man answered.
"Yes, this boy joined the familia today."
"Aiden Kurogane nice to meet you."
"Oh nice to meet you too I'm Raul Nord a level 4."
"Raul, I need you to show Aiden to his dorm."
"Leave it to me Loki-sama."
So Aiden was taken to his room by Raul, while Raul was teaching Aiden about the rules of Loki familia.
"Aiden-san, no matter what, never go to the girls' side of the dorms. The first squad and Loki-sama stay in single rooms. The second squad, the squad I'm in, varies between 2-4 people, and finally the lowest ranked ones, including you, stay in rooms for 6 people."
"I get it thanks."
"Also don't mess with Bete Loga no matter what."
"Hm? Bete Loga?"
"Bete Loga is level 5 and is in the first squad. He is a bit hard to get along with."
"Why, is he a bad guy?"
"I wouldn't say that exactly, but he has a bit of hatred and aggression towards the weaker ones. But still, he is not very arrogant, that is, he doesn't put himself down, he rather sees the weak ones as inferior and he doesn't like to see the weak ones. But he is definitely not a bad person. Everyone is close to each other in this familia, so if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask. You can ask me, I'm the captain of the second squad." Raul said.
'If it is only against the weak, I can make a guess, but it is better to wait.' Aiden thought.
"Um by the way Raul-san where were you going just now?" Aiden asked.
"I was hungry so I went to the kitchen for a snack."
"Oh I have some snacks want some?"
"Oh that would be great!"
Then Raul took Aiden to his room. There were six beds in Aiden's room, but none of them looked occupied.
Aiden's room was new, so there were actually more rooms than there were members, but because the number of people increased over time, the rooms were occupied in the multiples. Aiden's room was newly opened because there was no room, so Aiden would stay alone in a room for 6 people until 5 more people joined.
Aiden took out food and drink from his inventory and ate it with Raul while they chatted, becoming friends in the process.
After eating and drinking and chatting for a long time, Raul went back to his room and Aiden went to bed.
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