7 banquet of gods

author: im just here to say thank you, so so so much for reading my fanfic, I never would have imagined an idea I had stuck in my mind for months get this much attention, just from 6 chapters

your comments and likes made me hyped up to make another chapter, I'll try my best to be as original from the source material and timeline as possible(i.e bell suddenly gaining powers, or event that doesn't line up, etc.) while trying not to feel your just reading a danmanchi light novel

anyway, you probably won't care about this corner and want to read the chapter right? So enjoy this chap

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-3rd pov-

Inside a spacious ballroom, many gods and goddesses gathered and talked to each other while some drank wine.

"Welcome and thank you for coming to this party. I am Ganesha, and it's great to see you all gathered here," a man wearing an elephant mask announced.

"That guy with the kimono, isn't he Takemikazuchi?" one god asks.

"Hermes is there too, trying to bother Takemikazuchi," they looked over to the blond god interrupting Takemikazuchi from eating.

"So, he is back from his journey, huh?" the group said.

"Huh? Ah, there she is, the goddess of beauty." All of their attention turned toward the goddess with silver hair, Freya.

Freya looked around while greeting all the guests until her attention landed on one particular goddess.

"Good evening, Hestia," Freya approached Hestia, who was crouching on the ground.

"Ah, Freya, good evening," Hestia said plainly.

"Was I interrupting something?"

"No, I just don't like dealing with you."

"Haha, I always liked that honesty of yours," Freya giggled.

"Well, you are better than a certain someone." Hestia looked over to a red-haired goddess approaching them.

"Freya, good evening. Ah, Shimp, you're here too," Loki looked at the both of them.

"Good evening, Loki," Freya greeted Loki.

"Go-good evening, Loki," Hestia begrudgingly greeted Loki.

"My, it's quite rare to see you being at the banquet of gods," Freya said.

"You always said alcohol and your dear Ais are more important," Freya added.

"Ah, I heard this shrimp was joining the banquet of gods, so I quickly dressed up and came to laugh at her, who can't even afford a dress," Loki looked at Hestia with a mocking smile.

"Heh, at least I came here for a useful reason, unlike you, coming here with your utterly sad flat chest." Hestia poked one of Loki's sore spots.

"AGH!" Loki took immense emotional damage as she fell onto the ground.

"At least my party member is not weak enough to be outmatched by a blind girl." Loki retaliated with news she heard not so long ago while coming here.

Freya's eyes jumped for a second but came back to being normal without anyone noticing.

'Xian again,' Freya thought about a certain blind girl who joined the Hostess of Fertility not too long ago.

'Who is she? Why could she control souls like me?' Freya wondered who she really was, thinking about the possibility of her being a goddess in disguise like her.

'Maybe one of the death goddesses.'

"What are you two even doing?" Hephaestus looked at the two goddesses.

"AH Hephaestus, I'm glad you came. I want to ask you for a favo-"

"No," Hephaestus quickly shut down Hestia's mouth.

"Hahahaha," Loki laughed at Hephaestu's immediate rejection.

"Whaaaat, I didn't even get the chance to say it," Hestia pouted.

"Well, you always ask for favors but never pay for them back," Hephaestus explained and voiced out her list.

"You freeload off of my familia for 2 years."

"You didn't even try to find a job."

"And when we kicked you out, you came back complaining about having no home, no food, and no job." Hephaestus crossed her arms, looking at the defeated Hestia.

"We-Well, things are different now. I have a familia member." Hestia confidently said.

"Oh right, Bell was it? The human with white hair and red eyes."

'White hair and red eyes, just like her. Are they related somehow?' Freya thought while looking back at her memory.

-Flashback-

"Xian, two fruit liquors, please," one adventurer shouted, and Xian dutifully grabbed two cups of fruit liquor. While walking to the table, one adventurer drunkenly tried to leave the pub but stumbled on a chair. Instinctively, the drunkard tried to hang on to something and grabbed the back of Xian's blindfold, revealing her dull red eyes. The whole pub went into an uproar upon Xian's eyes being revealed.

"Hooo, so our Xian's eyes were beautiful," one adventurer complimented.

"Xian, why did you cover your eyes? It's so gorgeous," another adventurer added. After that, the pub was more rowdy than usual.

-End of Flashback-

"Goddess Freya, this is the information we managed to gather about Xian Yǎ," one of Freya's servants handed her a stack of papers. Reading through most of it, Freya tried to find where her origin came from.

"Came from the west of the city gates alone and the same day joined the Hostess of Fertility and managed to attract customers by her attractive and unusual look."

"One night, she went out of the pub looking sick and went in the direction of the dungeon but was followed by two adventurers. She had a fight at Orario's gate."

"Adventurer Bell Cranel noticed them as he was running and decided to interrupt."

"Bell Cranel was beaten badly but was stopped by Xian Yǎ by pulling a sword out of her chest (still investigating the storage magic of this) and quickly killing the two adventurers."

"Oh, Bell, even when you are against the biggest boulder, you still tried to overcome them," Freya said adoringly. But she noticed there was a note at the bottom.

"Note: the sword Xian Yǎ appeared to be a living creature of sorts as it drank the dead adventurers' blood. We cannot determine

 who made this sword as the material of the surface matches none of the materials ever used in making blades."

"Current conclusion: self-made, and no brand can be spotted on the sword, leaving the Hephaestus familia out of the suspect." Freya opened her eyes at this information.

"How interesting, a blade that feeds on blood. I need to talk to Hephaestus if there is any metal that absorbs blood," Freya continued reading through the note.

"Extra note: after the blade consumed the two bodies, Xian Yǎ's health seems to return back to normal, concluding that the blade and her health are tied."

"Current conclusion: her blade needs daily consumption of blood, and if not fed properly, it will affect the physical strength of the user."

"Hmmm, what an enigma. Now I need to know who made this blade," Freya continued to wonder who Xian Yǎ's true identity really was.

-Meanwhile in Hostess of Fertility-

"Acho!"

"Are you okay, Xian? You've been sneezing a lot, nya," Chloe asks.

"Don't worry about it. Maybe someone is just talking about me behind my back," Xian replied.

"Eh, sneezing means someone is talking about you, nya?"

"It's just a common phrase coming from my old town," Xian wiped her nose and continued cleaning the table.