14 Luck, Alliance, Impending Storm.

Narrator POV:

"Please, sit down"

Once in the private room, a calmer Eina offered the young man and the God. While she took a seat on one of the sofas.

"So, Mikhael, I guess you came to exchange the magic stones you got in the dungeon, but...

Eina said with slight resentment, as she passed her gaze over the young man. Who, upon noticing her attention, gave her a weak smile of apology for what had happened.

"And you, Miach-sama?"

Looking away from him to the God sitting on another couch next to the young man. She was curious about the reason for Miach's visit.

"Ah, actually I only came to the guild at Michael's request after meeting him by chance on one of the main streets."

"Is that so? Then with your permission, I will proceed with whatever Mikhael requires."

Turning her gaze back towards the young man, Eina was intrigued about the contents of the backpack clearly full. Placed next to the young man.

Rising from the sofa under the half-elf's inquisitive gaze. Mikhael simply grabbed the object in question and spilled its contents onto the table.

""What?!..""

Both the woman and the God were stunned by the large number of objects that almost filled the table.

Not only because of the amount of magic stones, but because there were also several items dropped from monsters.

"Kobold nails, goblin fangs, war Shadow's blades..."

Eina named the different types of items placed on the table one by one with a trembling voice.

By the last item, she had already realized how far the young man had come in his journey to the dungeon.

"And..."

She suppressed her growing sense of disbelief at the fact that her new adventurer had reached the 6th floor in a day, no, in just a few hours.

Being that even some of the most talented adventurers used to take at least a few days to reach that floor.

She looked at the last type of object, which looked like a golden egg. Which along with the color and shine, exuded a luxurious air.

"Jack Bird's Golden Egg"

The drop item of a rare monster from floor 1. Although it was not aggressive, was incredibly fast and elusive.

Same monster that upon death, drops an item worth 1,000,000 Valis each one.

"Well, I tend to have good luck in matters of probability."

Lightly passing his hand through his hair. The young man showed an uncomfortable smile at the strange look of the female employee and the slightly envious eyes of the God.

After all, managing to get a golden egg from Jack Bird was already a symbol of good luck. But there were 8 of them on the table.

(This can no longer be called luck, this already falls into the category of divine protection.) Miach thought as a drop of sweat fell on her forehead, wondering what kind of monster Hestia had.

(With this kind of luck it shouldn't be a problem to support a family...)

Eina somehow thought unconsciously before blushing at the implications of that idea.

Shaking her head slightly, she composed herself and looked at the young man with the deadliest look she could get.

"But Mikhael, if I remember right, didn't we agree that you would only go Higher than the 1st or 2nd floor?"

"I'm sorry Eina, but..."

Looking at the woman sitting in front of him, Mikhael met her gaze with as much sincerity as he could show. While the God at the side simply watched the spectacle.

"I have goals that I have to achieve at all costs, therefore, I must become stronger"

Looking into those blue eyes that conveyed a steeled resolve, which was inappropriate and strange for a novice adventurer.

Eina could not help but feel concerned about the lengths to which the young man could go to gain power. As well as a curiosity that grew in her heart.

Who was this young man? Where did he come from?.

Why did he want power with a desire that seemed to border on obsession?.

And why did he seem to hold his own life in such low regard?.

"Of course, I won't throw my life away either, now I have people waiting for me to come back after all."

Looking at the young man's soft smile. Which seemed to appear when thinking about someone and felt much more real than the one he normally wore.

Eina couldn't help but be surprised by the small envy and curiosity she felt towards the person that smile was directed at.

After all, it seemed that the reckless young man had someone important enough to not drown in his desire for power.

Maybe her goddess or a relative of him. Eina didn't know, but she mentally thanked whoever was for helping the young man in front of her.

"So, I'm sorry, and thank you, for the problems I caused and that I will surely cause in the future"

Still with that soft smile that now was a bit shameless. The young man extended his hand to the woman in front of him.

Coming out of her thoughts and looking into those blue eyes that at this moment only reflected her image.

Eina's only response as she shook the firm hand extended to her, which unexpectedly gave her a sense of security, was:

"It's okay, but please try not to scare me so much, it's bad for my heart." The half-elf joked as a smile appeared on her face, causing both of them to share a laugh.

'Cough'

Separating, the two saw the God sitting to the side. While he watched the scene with clear amusement.

"Well, I'll go exchange your loot for magic stones, I'll be right back."

Eina said after quickly placing everything in the backpack again and leaving the room towards the exchange area as if she were running away.

"She is a good girl, you should treat her well"

The god said kindly after a few seconds of silence after they were left alone in the private room.

"I know"

The young man responded with a faint smile as he sat down looking at the God. Once he was seated, his expression became serious.

"I have a deal that might interest you, Miach-sama."

"Oh? And what would that deal be?." The God asked, curious about what had to offer this strange son of Hestia.

"I can completely heal your's Familia member missing arm with a certain skill of mine, without any side effects."

"..."

The atmosphere stagnated, while the God's face turned serious. And looked at the young man, already knowing that he told the truth.

After all, mortals could not lie in front of a god. Since their lies would immediately be seen through divine intuition.

"I was going to get her the best prosthesis possible with all the money we could get over the years."

With a much more dignified demeanor. The God who saw a brighter hope for his daughter than just a prosthesis, asked the adventurer.

"But since you can recover her arm. it is better to choose you, young man, what do you want in return?"

"What do I want?, That is simple, an equal alliance between Hestia Familia and Miach Familia."

"Alliance?"

Miach repeated, surprised at the young man's request. Who in return only nodded in response to the deity's doubt.

An alliance is a group formed by several Families that cooperate for the same objective, interest, or desires.

It was not unusual to see alliances between Families, the most famous being the alliance between the Zeus and Hera families. whose shared objective was to complete the three great quests.

"I will do everything possible to improve the power of the Hestia Familia in the shortest time possible."

Bowing slightly, the young man rested his arms on his knees and crossed his fingers.

"And forming equal alliances with Families with great power or potential is one of the ways that occurred to me"

"It just so happens that your Miach Familia is a medicinal type of Familia with great potential, right? After all, you were once a middle ranking Familia, you just have to go up again"

Looking at the ambitious young man in front of him. Miach considered his proposal, finding no disadvantage and getting help for his only daughter.

"I agree"

"Well, tomorrow at noon you can come with your daughter to the current headquarters of my Familia to discuss the matter in question."

"Okay, tomorrow we will be there without fail." said the god, already knowing the location of the Hestia Familia residence.

At that moment, along with the sound of the door opening. Eina returned with a bag that made slight metal noises as she advanced toward the table on her slim legs.

While she adjusted her glasses, the half-elf reported the exact number he earned in a day.

"A total of 8,250,000 Valis"

***

"See you soon, Eina"

"Bye bye"

Said the young man and the God, as they said goodbye to the half-elf.

After Mikhael gave Miach what he owed and they chatted a little about some irrelevant things. The god and the human set out on their way.

"See you soon, and Mikhael, don't forget that we will start private tutoring soon"

Looking at the figure of Eina who stood for a few moments watching the figure of the young man leave through the guild and disappear from her sight.

"She can't even notice that she started to fall for that boy, right?" A guild employee whispered to a pink-haired woman.

"Well, that boy must be between 17 and 18 years old, right?

"I think so?"

"And Eina is going to turn 20 soon"

"Yeah?..."

"Then it's no wonder"

"After all, that boy is just the type of men that Eina likes. Someone unreliable and reckless that she can take care of but at the same time works hard at what he does while getting better at it."

"Adding to that his good appearance. And to the contrast that he must have given her with his first impression of being trustworthy and how he came back all battered now"

Misha responded while she was already thinking about different jokes along with the ones she had previously thought of.

"Ah?, So she just likes young people full of problems who awakens her maternal instinct?

"Well, everyone in this city has their own peculiarity."

Leaving the female employee behind, Misha advanced towards the half-elf who was on her way to her stand.

"Eina, you can do it!"

Waving her hand, the pink-haired woman encouraged her friend. Who in turn returned a confused look.

***

"They already left the guild, right?"

"Yes, that rookie and that god has probably already exchanged the loot for Valis"

"But are you sure we can do it?"

"Did you not hear that elf warning him in the morning not to go beyond the second floor?"

"Hahaha, as expected, it's much easier to steal from rookies on the first two floors than to go beyond the 4th floor."

A group of shadows headed towards their objectives. Not knowing that on their way to seek profits they would encounter a monster in human shape.

***

"Hey, did you hear that rumor?"

"The one about the adventurer whose beauty is equal to the gods, the supposed male version of Aiz Wallenstein?"

"Yes, yes, I am curious if he will also have a talent equal to the sword princess or if he will just be a toy of some goddess, hahaha"

Two veteran LV1 adventurers were chatting in a certain bar in the sixth district about a rumor that spread in the morning in a small part of Orario.

"Hey, you two fools, what was that young man like according to the rumor?"

"Ha?, Who do you think you ar-" one of the adventurers tried to say as he turned around to see who it was that insulted them. Only for his response to die in his throat.

In front of him were three beautiful women, one short and two tall.

The two tall had tanned skin that gave away that they were Amazons. both with black hair and well-proportioned bodies.

The last one was a Pallum. with a small but well-formed body, and chestnut-colored hair and eyes.

The three wore different blue and white clothing, with a symbol of a pure blue precious stone on their chest. Which precisely served to reveal the identity of the three women.

After all, only the elite members of a certain merchant alliance wore that style of clothing and symbol. And based on their appearances, they managed to recognize who the women in front of them were.

"Well, could you please answer my question?"

While showing an artificial faint smile, the Pallum pressed them to answer what she wanted.

"O-of course, according to the rumor, he is a young man with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes who has an appearance that rivals that of the gods."

One of the adventurers responded shakily as he watched beautiful smiles bloom on the women's faces the longer they listened.

"Is him"

"Yes, it's him."

The two Amazons with almost identical looks, probably twins said almost simultaneously, as their faces turned red with excitement.

"Okay, have this as a thank you for the good news."

The Pallum left a bag full of Valis on the table where the two adventurers were and then turned around and spoke to the two excited twins.

"Let's go"

""Yeah!""

They said as the three began to move toward what they were looking for. Leaving behind two dumbfounded adventurers.

"Oi, these are who I think they are, right?"

As he shakily took a coin from the bag. which probably had at least a million Valis, the older one asked his companion.

"Yes..."

Looking at the backs of the three women, the youngest answered the questions.

"Alias:Dioscuri, two Amazons in LV 4 and..."

While he looked at the famous Pallum that had rejected dozens of wooers while saying that she was waiting for the return of a certain person.

"Alias: Penelope, the leader of the famous lazuli merchant alliance and an LV 3...

(Ahhh, it's been so long, but I'll finally be able to meet Mikhael-sama again."

The young woman thought happily behind the mask of her faint smile. Thile her heart danced with happiness at the thought of meeting her beloved savior.

...Liliruca Arde"