7 Freya, Past, Bond.

Narrator POV:

Orario, before the afternoon. Some time before the meeting between Hestia and Mikhael.

On the uppermost floor of Babel, inside the residence of a certain goddess.

You could see a beautiful goddess with silver hair, watching Orario. As she always used to do.

She was using her ability to see souls to discover talented mortals or those with special qualities.

From the soul, she could understand the very essence of mortals and even read them at a level so terrifying as to decipher their personalities at a few glances.

Thanks to that, she was able to discover all kinds of talents and charm them with her power so that they easily obeyed her orders. Thus forming one of the two strongest Familia in Orario.

She was Freya, the Goddess of love, beauty, fertility and war. A proud leader with gigantic influence in the world.

In the past, before his descent to the lower world, she began searching for her Odr (lover). Thanks to the guidance of a certain "friend".

"So Freya, go and find your partner."

A kind goddess told her.

She, who was already tired of the false love that she could easily obtain through her charm.

which easily turned gods into slaves with feelings forced by her power.

Generating a void in her heart and tying her to the yoke she had as the goddess of beauty with a capacity for charm more powerful than any other goddess, being incapable of finding sincerity.

Then, following the advice of the little goddess. She set out to search with her ability to observe souls for someone who would truly love her without being under the effect of her charm.

One day, after searching all over the heavens, she realized with slight despair that his Odr was not among the gods of the upper world.

Therefore, when the descent of the gods began, she went down to the lower world. In search of a true romance in which she could give herself.

One day, in the tower of Babel, the bored and numb goddess was looking for new interesting souls to collect. As a hobby so as not to go crazy with boredom in the lower world.

She saw him, a young man dressed strangely, he was wearing a tunic with a hood that hid his entire upper part. Red pants, and brown shoes, all with an obvious delay in fashion.

But that was not the important thing, the important thing was his soul. Which she could see clearly, leaving her stunned by what was in her field of vision.

The young man's soul was red, with a brilliance superior to even the brilliance of the golden soul of the famous sword princess.

While that was surprising, the next thing was even more so. The center of his soul was actually a stunning pure white, with a star-like brilliance. Not at all like a mortal's soul.

Near the left-hand area of his soul, he had a blue cross-shaped mark. As if it were the representation of some power engraved in his soul.

That same special soul was actually not a pure soul.

it was a soul full of Greed, Lust, Pride, Anger, Possessiveness, Sadness, Desire.

But it also had Kindness, Charity, Diligence, Generosity. And impressive willpower with which he controlled himself and avoided drowning in that desire.

That was the soul of a contradictory person, a lustful man who possesses wit and courage but at the same time.

Had a fear of losing loved ones and disgust towards his own weakness. The last two hidden deep within his being.

The goddess began to feel vague hope along with great expectations after seeing that young man. Which made her want to share her joy.

"Ottar, maybe I found a suitable candidate to be my Odr."

The happy and excited goddess said to the captain of her family and bodyguard. Who was standing a few meters from the goddess, always on guard.

He was a tall, muscular man, with rust-colored hair and eyes along with a pair of boar ears and a stoic expression.

"Do you want me to bring him to you, goddess?"

Ottar said although surprised by the new contender. He still faithfully waited for his goddess's orders.

"Normally it would be like that, but my divine intuition tells me to let him grow on its own. Otherwise I might miss an important opportunity."

The goddess said after contemplating the decision for a few seconds.

While she looked with burning interest and desire at the figure wrapped in a robe, who met many of her requirements.

Only lacking for now known if he is able to resist her charm.

"Be careful, ottar, that young man is weak now but he has one of the highest potentials I have seen in my long life, if not the highest."

"That young man already has an overwhelming advantage over you all in the competition, huhuhu~"

While lightly shaking a glass of wine in circles, the goddess said to the tall man.

"As long as the goddess is happy, it doesn't matter who she end with. Although it will still be necessary to confirm if that candidate is worthy of you..."

The Boaz said sincerely to his benefactor while thinking about the fact that he was different from most other members of the Freya Familia

He was putting the feelings and happiness of Freya, who saved him and provided material support, before his mere feelings.

(hahahah, I want to confirm it, if you are the one who could love me sincerely~)

The goddess thought as she began to think of plans to meet him, know everything about him, and test him.

***

"Before I go to the guild to make my joining your Familia official. There are a few things I want you to keep in mind, Hestia."

Mikhael said with seriousness in his face and voice to Hestia. who was sitting across from him on the other side of the table in the living room.

And had already become serious, listening carefully to what her new son would tell her.

"Maybe it would be better if i don't say it, but I want if I have a relationship with you, it to be based on mutual trust"

"So I will make things clear, my main objective in coming to Orario, besides women, money, and fame like any other adventurer. Is to strengthen myself to hunt and kill the dragon."

Michael said to Hestia as he blatantly admitted his greed and lust.

"By dragon you mean one of the dragons that live in the dungeon, right?"

Hestia asked, although not surprised by the desires of the children of the lower world. But worried about what that skill to hunt dragons and what her new son was telling her seemed to imply.

"No, is just what you seem to have understood. My main goal is to become strong enough to kill the black dragon."

Black dragon, was one of the 3 great monsters and the last one that was still active, that and two other extremely powerful monsters.

Escaped from within the dungeon, causing terror throughout the world. the world then gave Orario The three great quests ,which consisted of eliminating those monsters.

1000 years ago, a legendary hero fought against that black dragon. But he only managed to remove one of its eyes and drive it away to a certain area in the north of the continent and dying in the fight against the monster.

And a couple of decades ago, the Hera and Zeus families.

Who were the most powerful families in Orario even more than the current ones.

Completed the elimination of two of those monsters, the Behemoth and the Leviathan.

But when they faced the black dragon, they were brutally massacred by the monster.

Leaving only a few survivors. Thus the dragon proved that it was a threat on a higher level than the other two great quests.

"BUT THAT'S JUST IMPOS-"

Hestia shouted, worried at her son's goal. Before remembering the absurd potential of him.

And getting an inexplicable intuition that perhaps it was not impossible for him.

"It's going to be incredibly difficult, I know. However for certain reasons I'd rather not say, I must kill that dragon, hestia."

The young man said to the goddess. Full of a conviction that showed that he would not take a step back from his decision.

"But you don't need to worry, I am not a fool, to achieve my goal, I will strengthen myselfand get powerful equipment and make useful allies for myself"

"I will not call out of nowhere the future Familia members to help me in the battle because of my selfish desire. But hestia, I sincerely ask you to support me as a goddess. "

Mikhael said sincerely with a calm expression, sitting in front of Hestia. Who was already a nervous mess.

"Can you at least tell me the reason? I don't feel that you have hatred or any kind of personal feeling against that monster."

"just pure indifference along with a firm determination to kill it. I can't agree to see my only son throw away his life for no apparent reason"

hestia said pleadingly with a complicated expression made up of worry, hesitation, and nerves.

Mikhael upon hearing that reasonable request, showed contemplation for a few seconds.

Then as if he had made a certain kind of decision, from hestia's point of view, he suddenly took out from nowhere a kind of card the size of a normal human palm.

he held it for a few seconds and then handed it to hestia.

who in turn was completely dumbfounded at her son's clearly unknown ability.

"Hestia, if you want to know that you must hold this card, but you must know that after that you will be absolutely tied to my ship, you can still retract it"

"Although the one-year period after changing families can be annoying. It's not that I can't wait, I also don't expect you to fully trust someone you met in a single day, so the decision is yours."

The young man said even more seriously, with the hand holding the card extended towards Hestia, who did not hesitate for a second to take it.

Taking Mikhael by complete surprise, who was already expecting a rejection of his clearly irrational demands.

(Common sense of the earth...common sense of Little Garden...Kurma...Binding vow...method of the abyss...reincarnation...all of his abilities...offering from a being known as will of the world...)

After taking the card, a certain amount of information was instilled in Hestia's mind.

Although it was clearly incomplete information and with some things held back.

Hestia began to understand her son's goal and who him really was. then some final information entered. In his mind, it was two memories...

***

"MOTHER, MOTHER! WAIT, I'LL GET YOU OUT OF THERE!

It was about a rainy, dark and stormy day.

Suddenly there was a traffic accident on a certain street. Which was already wet due to the heavy rain.

a survivor of the accident, more precisely, a little boy of about 11 years old, with some minor injuries.

Crying and screaming desperately, while with his small and weak hands he tried to help his mother, who had been trapped between the front parts of the car.

"M-mikhael...it's useless...a wound like that is...fatal...move away of the car...and wait for someone to come...here..."

The little boy's mother said weakly, even being in such a deplorable state. Resigned to surviving while trying to make sure her son was safe from a possible explosion due to the collision of the cars.

"DON'T SPEAK NONSENSE I'LL GET YOU OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW, JUST WAIT, PLEASE WAIT, AHHHH WHY IS THIS DAMN SCRAP NOT MOVING?!"

The boy said desperately as he tried to move the parts that imprisoned his mother praying for some kind of miracle.

"Mikhael...you must grow up healthy and strong...get a big family...and...live a happy life..."

***

In an expensive hospital room.

"Master...I...enjoyed...these years at your side"

A young woman of about 19 years old on a hospital bed said weakly to a young man of about 18 years old who was next to her. Who was holding her hands, with their fingers intertwined.

"I-I did too, I really enjoyed every one of those moments we spent together"

The young man said, forcing a fake happy smile on her face to comfort the young woman but his eyes that were becoming increasingly red and tearful betrayed what he was feeling.

"Master...no...Mikhael...please...live a happy...life"

***

"Hestia, this is all the sincerity I can give right now, it is the reason for my object and who I am. Please help me as a goddess, I do not ask for anything more"

(The only thing I didn't tell her and omitted was about the system, I won't tell anyone about it no matter who it is)

( it's a big risk and I don't know what kind of intentions the system really has or its origin. Tell someone else about it it would be dangerous for both)

Mikhael thought as he bowed slightly to show his sincerity in his request.

Hestia heard Mikhael say as she slowly came back to her senses and saw Mikhael who had bowed slightly, asking her to at least help him update the falna.

"That child...and that young man...was it you, wasn't it?"

Said Hestia, who had her head tilted enough so that her expression could not be seen carefully thanks to the poor light of the place.

Mikhael stood up from his bowed pose, surprised by the unexpected question.

He expected questions about Little Garden, a place with unlimited entertainment.

After all, the gods of this world were bored to the point of going crazy, so they went down to the lower world.

"Yes, it was me, it was what I experienced during my life before meeting Kurma"

Mikhael said with a bittersweet feeling as he remembered the happy times he spent with his mother and maid, along with how sad when they left him.

Even going so far as to wonder how the happy life was that they told him to pursue was.

but that didn't matter, now he had a chance to change what happened and he was no longer the powerless him from before.

When suddenly, while he was thinking. Hestia throw herself at him, lefting them both on the ground.

"Hestia?"

Mikahel asked in bewilderment at the goddess's sudden action, as he turned to look at the goddess.

"Fool! Fool! Fool!,Why do you need to deliberately distance yourself from me by only asking me for something so basic?"

Hestia said agitatedly as she hit him with punches that didn't really hurt. And Mikhael finally saw the goddess's current state, freezing him completely at that moment.

"Aren't we a Familia?!, Isn't it just a black dragon? I'll help you kill 5 if necessary!"

The little goddess said clearly irrationally and without thinking.

But Mikhael, who heard Hestia say that, completely ignored the goddess's brag.

because she only had one phrase left in his mind that impacted him.

'Aren't we a familia?!'

(Ah, it seems that i was just uselessly overthinking. I didn't pay attention to an important point, this is goddess... she is undoubtedly an extremely kind woman towards her children)

Mikhael thought as he saw Hestia wiping her face.

"Then from now on, I will be in your care, my son, no, Mikhael."

The goddess happily told the young man with a sunny smile that for some reason felt too warm to Mikhael.

"Yes, and i will be in yours, Hestia."

Mikhael told her, while for the first time in a long time. he had a sincere smile that was extremely beautiful on his face as his eyes were filled with the figure of the small, silly but kind goddess.

At that time, it was the true beginning of the Hestia Familia

And in that moment their bond was forged.

***

"So, what is your dream, Mika?"

"Mika?"

"It's just a nickname, just answer my question."

"Well actually it may seem simple and even naive but my dream is to have a big happy family."

"Oh?,well,maybe i can try to help with that~."

'Cough cough cough'

That was the sound of Mikhael choking on the water he was drinking. Completely unprepared for the unexpected direct attack.