Desire

At her desk in the Guild, Eina noticed that it had begun raining. At that moment, her coworker Misha appeared, carrying a pile of papers, complaining about both the rain and the massive amount of work. She then noticed that Eina was working on the introduction papers for Bell, shifting the topic to him, and was surprised that it had only taken him half a month to reach the 5th Floor. Noticing that the Half Elf was being overprotective, she called her out on it, teasing her about the boy. As her coworker left, Eina wondered what Bell was doing.

Filled with disappointment and frustration, Bell fought monsters to release his stress. While there he unknowingly made his way to the 6th floor and encountered two War Shadows. War Shadows were known to be dangerous though with his new stats he was able to fight them equally.

Bell eventually returned to Hestia early next morning and promised that he would become stronger. Later that day, he returned to the Hostess of Fertility to pay the money he owed. Once Anya recognized him, she began insulting him for supposedly dumping Syr, however Ryuu Lion silenced her. Syr herself also arrived. He apologized, offering to pay more than required, nonetheless she declined his offer, instead giving him lunch. Mia appeared and dismissed the others to work. Back in the kitchen, Ryuu wondered why Syr would give Bell her lunch, and Chloe Rollo explained that he was precious to Syr, something which Syr denied. Mia informed Bell that he would've been at the bottom of a lake if Syr hadn't supported him, revealing that after Syr came back depressed that she didn't catch up to Bell, Ryuu tried to go after him with a sword. Mia gave Bell advice and sent him off to the dungeon.

Remembering Bell's desire to become stronger, Hestia decided to attend the God's Banquet to see Hephaestus. The God's Banquet was hosted by Ganesha and held at the Ganesha Familia home which was a giant statue of himself. As Hestia gathered food to take home, Hephaestus approached her. Hestia was happy to see her, but Hephaestus reminded her that she wouldn't lend any more money, and Freya also joined them. Hestia wondered why she was there, causing Hephaestus to tell her that they had been walking around together. Soon after, Loki also arrived, annoying Hestia greatly. She asked Loki about Ais, learning that Loki had no intention of giving her to any man. Hephaestus then noticed Loki's dress and Loki explained that it was so that she could make fun of Hestia, though Hestia retaliated by comparing their ****** sizes, leading to a fight between the two Goddesses.

The fight ended shortly after due to Loki being unable to take the sight of Hestia's moving breasts. Freya remarked how Loki had changed while Hestia moved the conversation to their children. Hephaestus recalled that Hestia now had a Familia, describing what Bell looked like. At that point Freya left, and both Goddesses watched her leave. After she left, Hephaestus asked Hestia on what she was going to do. Hestia remembered what she came to do and asked Hephaestus to make Bell a weapon while prostrating.

While Hestia was at the God's Banquet, Bell was in the dungeon training. He left after spending some time in the dungeon, and as he did so he walked past some boxes with monsters inside of them, learning about the Monster Feria held by the Ganesha Familia. Bell decided to pass time walking around since Hestia wasn't home. As he walked around, he met Miach, receiving two potions from the God. Miach asked for Bell to stop by his shop and left. Bell decided to pass more time, ending up in front a Hephaestus Familia store. He admired the weapons through the window and wished that he could own one himself.

At the same time that Bell was looking into the Hephaestus Familia store window, inside of the same shop Hestia was still prostrating to Hephaestus. Hephaestus had rejected Hestia's request at the God's Banquet but she still continued to prostrate herself. Hephaestus wondered what Hestia was doing, causing her to explain that it was something known as dogeza which she learned from Takemikazuchi. Hephaestus ultimately gave in to Hestia's persistence and asked her why she went to these lengths. Hestia explained that she wanted to help Bell with his desire to become stronger. Hephaestus was satisfied with her answer and agreed to smith the weapon for her.

Three days after Hestia left for the God's Banquet, Bell was on his way to the dungeon when he was stopped by Anya. Anya gave him Syr's wallet and told him to give it to her. Ryuu appeared to follow up on what Anya said, using Anya's explanation to properly explain to Bell what she meant. He understood their request but wondered what the Monster Feria was. Anya explained that the Monster Feria was a festival where members of the Ganesha Familia tamed monsters in front of a large crowd while Ryuu explained a little about taming. Bell thanked them for their explanation and headed off to find Syr.

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