As soon as Noin sent the boy back and came back and sat on the sofa, the girls of the Astraea Familia immediately surrounded her, firing one question after another.
Alize, "Is that boy your boyfriend? I have to say, he is handsome."
Lyra, "How long is he your friend for? Why I haven't seen him before?"
Kaguya, "How far have you gone with him, kissing?, slept with him?"
Leon nearby hearing Kaguya question, became lost in thought for a moment, her face rapidly turning red, then she glared at black haired girl, "Kaguya, how can you just ask that, a-about w-whether they kissed or slept together."
"Oh, did our pure elf think about some naughty things just now? Don't tell me you can't even handle that much, should I go in more detail?" came the reply from Kaguya, who had suddenly produced a hand fan and was hiding half her face behind it and staring at the elf.
"You.. you.." all Leon could do was stutter in reply while elicited a small laugh from Kaguya.
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Noin hearing her captain's question, took a minute to calm her red face and replied, "Captain, he's not my boy- boyfriend or anything, just a childhood friend, and I think you also know him but not directly, after all his big sister is....
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[Light - POV]
After leaving the Stardust Garden and roaming around Orario, stocking up on a few potions and having my weapon polished once more, it was nearly 3 30 pm now.
I made my way to the 'best' restaurant in Orario 'at least according to me', the Hostess of Fertility, me and my sister used to frequent it before I moved out to Altena and started frequented it once again after returning to Orario a month back.
At the restaurant's door, I was welcomed by a cat girl, Anya Fromel, a waitress at the restaurant, she had brown hair and brown eyes, with cat ears and a tail of the same color and was wearing the standard uniform of the Hostess of Fertility, a green above-the-knee dress with long puffed sleeves and a white collar, a white apron over the dress with a white head band, a orange bow under the collar, a pair of black leggings and finally a set of short, brown ankle boots.
I had met Anya a year before, when I visited here and had become good friends with her.
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"Welcome to the Hostess of, ah, it's you Light, nya, come in, nya"
Anya who looked up and saw that it was Light, immediately skipped her welcome greeting and after taking a peek inside the tavern through the door behind her, grabbed his hand dragging him inside towards a specific table in one corner while speaking
"I'll take you to your usual corner table, nya, it's empty, not many people are there nya"
I could only follow her and try to keep up with her pace, after all I had given up trying to get free from her grasp after many failed tries during my previous visits here.
As soon as I sat down, she started informing me about the day's special, today's special was a new type of pasta dish created by Mia, the owner of the establishment.
I ordered the dish along with a glass of fruit juice.
After Anya took my order and left, I was able to look around and noted that the restaurant was quite empty today as Anya had said before, with one or two people.
As usual, the owner Mia, a dwarf, but unusually tall for a dwarf, was standing behind the bar counter cleaning something, I gave a small nod to her as she looked at me, making and turned around trying to look for the other waitress here, Syr, a silver haired but slightly odd girl.
But unusually the silver haired girl who would often be fluttering about the restaurant was not there.
After waiting a dozen more minutes, my order was ready, it was a large portion enough to fill a fully grown adult.
Anya after bringing my dish, Anya did not leave instead sat down opposite me saying that the restaurant was not busy and she was taking a small break, prompting me to look towards Mia, who showed no reaction.
After finishing the entire plate in 10 mins, I sat back and started chatting with Anya, and the first question was where was Syr. "Ah, Syr, I think she went to the orphanage to distribute food nya." was the reply.
I asked a few more questions about the restaurant, then she started asking about me.
"How about you nya, anything new nya?"
"Nothing much, I just became an adventur.."
"Sssh" before I could continue, the cat girl placed her hand on my lips, turned to look at the half dwarf, seeing she was still cleaning, spoke in a low voice, "Ah it's safe, Mia-san didn't hear it nya, don't you know that we charge more for adventurers nya? So don't speak loudly about something like that,"
"Nyaaa" As soon as she finished speaking, a ladle hit the back of her head, making her groan and plant her face on the table, along with Mia's voice, "You dumb cat, did you forget that you're an employee here? Seriously, what are you even thinking?"
"And boy, congratulations on being an adventurer and don't forget, the price for the dishes will be increased from the next time." I looked at her who congratulated me, and informed me about the increase in price and went back to polishing some other utensil from behind the counter.
"Anya, you okay??" I shot a concerned look towards the cat girl who had a red face and was holding the back of her head.
"Ah, no problem nya, the ladle wasn't thrown with too much strength, I'll be okay in a while nya" she replied while rubbing the back of her head.
Anya then got up and went towards Mia, saying she was sorry while bowing her head, to which she got another small hit to her head and comment to not to do it from the next time.
After they finished speaking, I too got up and went towards Mia, paid the bill for my food, said goodbye to Anya and left the establishment making my way back home.
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While on my way home, I overheard some people discussing about the upcoming expedition of the Loki Familia.
That reminded me of the notice I had read at the guild the other day, the Loki Familia, the Astraea Familia, the Hephaestus Familia and a few more would be going on a joint expedition to the deeper floors to see if there were any changes in the dungeon.
After all, a god from the Evilus Faction had unleashed their arcanum in the deep floors summoning the dungeon boss monster, so they needed to make sure whether the conditions in the dungeon were the same before the arcanum release or if anything had changed due to release of the Arcanum in the Dungeon.
But the unusual part about this expedition was that the Ganesha Familia, and in large numbers, with most of their high level adventurers taking part in this expedition, and handing over the duties of the Watch and the security of the Orario to the Hermes Familia.
But it seems that the Ganesha Familia were thinking of withdrawing from the expedition due to signs of Evilus acting up once more, because if it was truly the Evilus acting up once again, it would be very bad for Orario, which was still recovering from the effects of the Seven Days of Death and loss of the huge number of older experienced adventurers who had given up their lives to stop the flow of monsters and allow Ottar to fight against Zald, a Level 7 from the Zeus Familia.
The reason behind me knowing such detailed information about the evens that happened during the Seven Days of Death / Great Feud was thanks to my sister, who had also participated in the conflict and had given me a brief overview about it after my return to Orario. According to her, if one wanted to become a successful adventurer, they must know about any major events which have already occurred, the factions in power and their movements all the time.
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A/N: Is Mia called Mamma Mia in the novel? Not according to other Fan Fic's.
A/N: Everyone, how do you like the story till here? Please let me know your thoughts!!!