Heroes of Hestia Raising Together!

"Here, the Hestia Knife!" Hestia presented the black knife to Bell.

"That looks amazing! Where did you get it, Goddess Hestia?" Leina asked as her eyes are fixed on Bell's new weapon.

"Never mind about where I got it, just know this is the key to victory." Hestia said looking determined at Bell.

"Just go with it, have faith in me, Bell." Hestia said.

"Yes." Bell said crying tears of joy.

"Okay, we first need to do a little ritual to connect the knife to Bell's very being so when he grows stronger, so will the knife." Hestia explained.

"Oh, so the knife kind of alive in a way." Leina said.

"I guess you could say that, but we need a little time for the ritual to complete." Hestia hoped the Silverback won't find them soon.

"Don't worry, I'll distract it." Leina volunteered to be the decoy.

"Leina, are you sure you can take on that monster by yourself?" Bell asked worry.

"I promise I'll be fine, I won't really be fighting it, just keeping it distracted long enough until you enter into battle." Leina explained.

"Let have faith in her too, Bell. Leina has grown quite strong in the short amount of time thanks to her skills: Maiden Heart!" Hestia mentioned.

"Maiden Heart? I don't think you told me about that." Leina wondered what special about this skill.

"Well, to put it simply: the Maiden Heart can help you level up faster than most kinda like Bell in a way, and it ties to your strong will and desire to become strong not for yourself, but for others you become closest to." Hestia explained.

"I see, it's no wonder I felt stronger all the sudden during our time in the Dungeon." Leina amazed.

"But remember not to let it go to your head, skills like that doesn't make you stronger. It is your own willpower and heart that gives you strength." Hestia stated.

"Right." Leina nodded, understanding her Goddess.

They hear the roar of the Silverback as the gorilla monster is growing impatient to find the prey it was sent out to hunt.

"Okay, I'm going." Leina said as she stands up, then Bell grab her hand.

"Leina, be careful." Bell said.

"I will." Leina smiled.

Leina ran through the an alleyway and exit in the street seeing the Silverback is sniffing the air trying to pick up on Hestia's scent, she look around to find something that can get that beast's to follow her and spotted a barrel thinking it might do the trick. She picks up the barrel with one hand feeling it that its empty and threw it at the Silverback on the right side of its face, it hurt the monster but it did got its attention on Leina.

"Hey, you overgrown ape, remember me how I cut your shoulder?" Leina asked rhetorically, pointing her sword at the monster.

The Silverback roars in rage as it seems to remember the small woman giving it that cut, it pounds its chest and charge at her as she quickly turns around and run.

"(I need to get into an open space area.)" Leina thought suggested.

She runs through the streets while dodging the Silverback's giant hands from being grabbed whole and even slash at the fingers a little, then she manages to lure it into an open space area.

"Okay, this place should do." Leina nodded and reacted in time to dodge the Silverback's palm slams into the ground.

The Silverback swing its other arm at Leina who quickly block it with her shield though the force still pushed her back crashing her back against a wall, then she notices some cracks on her shield.

"My shield, guess it'll only take on probably a few more of its punches." Leina said, thinking she will try to use evasion from now on.

She saw the Silverback throwing a punch as she quickly dodges it and run around to the side, jump up about fifteen feet slashing on the right side making the Silverback roar in anger again as the attacks are getting annoying and painful. The gorilla monster kept swinging and punching the ground with its fists trying to hit Leina as she kept dodging them the best she could, another large punch was thrown and she jumps over it while slashing the arm to the elbow though this time the Silverback threw one punch fast while Leina was in the air no way to dodge it. Acting on instinct Leina's arm raised the shield in front of her to block the punch that sent her into a wall and fell face-first to the ground.

Leina gets up on her knees and look at her shield seeing more cracks and a little bigger too.

"Damn it, I'm not sure it'll be able to hold it off any longer." Leina panted, but then she remembers Bell and Hestia's smiles.

"No, I can't give up. No matter how hard this monster hits, I'll keep getting back up to protect the ones I love for I am Leina Vance, the Adventurer of the Hestia Familia!" Leina declared and her sword glows in a golden aura.

The Silverback throws another strong punch, but Leina suddenly move too fast for it to see she is in the air behind it and have already made her attack when the entire right arm including the shoulder is cut off.

"My sword, is this also the power of my Maiden Heart skill?" Leina wondered.

The reality of the served right arm sink into the monster's head and roars in pain as blood gushes out and look at the woman with anger beyond its limit, moving its right leg to grab Leina and jump a little to slam her hard on the ground causing her to gasp in pain with a little mouth out of her mouth.

The Silverback roars at Leina and reel its left fist back to deliver the final blow, and just when it was about to throw the punch it screams in pain again. The scene reveals Bell stabbing the beast's back with his new knife as Hestia has just finish the ritual and in time to save Leina from certain doom, he drags the Hestia Knife down making a big cut causing the Silverback to move away from Leina.

"Leina, are you okay?" Bell asked.

"Bell, you certainly took your sweet time." Leina said chuckling a little.

"Yeah, sorry about that. But I promise it's worth the wait." Bell smiled holding up his knife.

"I'm sure it would." Leina smiled.

"Why don't you let me help her while you deal with the stupid ape." A woman offered floating down to the two young adventurers.

She has ear length light blue hair and green eyes. She wears a white camisole with a skirt, polka-dots panties, two large pink hairclips, and steel plate leggings with little wings. She also wears a steel gauntlet on her right arm and a long dueling glove on her left. Her wings on her back are different sizes to each other as the left wing is big while the right wing is small. Breasts sizes: E-cup.

"Uh, who are you? Are you an angel?" Bell guessed.

"I'll tell you about it later, right now you got a big monkey to deal with." The angel girl pointed at the Silverback pounding its chest with its one fist.

"I think we can trust her, Bell. Go and get that dirty ape." Leina encouraged.

"Right, I will beat it!" Bell determined.

The young angel woman carries Leina to hide behind a small stone wall where Hestia is.

"Whoa, Nanael! What are you doing here?" Hestia asked shock.

"Wait, you know this girl?" Leina surprised.

"Glad to see you too, Hestia. Now let see how your little white rabbit will fair against it." Nanael said looking over to see Bell battling the Silverback.

Bell dodges the punch and sliced the mask off while also leaving a cut under the left eye. He started feeling his body is moving better, stronger and faster as he remember the words from his Goddess of believing in her, the knife, Leina, and in himself. Moving around faster than the Silverback could barely keep up and jump high grabbing a laundry line to slingshot himself down to slash the armor chest-plate off and running around again making the Silverback struggle to grab him even with the chains.

Bell decided to finish this fight and jump at the certain chest of the beast stabbing his new knife which caused a little shockwave through the body and the Silverback stop its movements before it fell face first to the ground dead then its body disappeared leaving behind a big purple crystal.

"Did I… do that?" Bell asked, finding it hard to believe that he just defeated a monster with only one strike.

"You did it!" Hestia cheered.

"That was incredible, Bell!" Leina smiled widely.

Soon, everyone in the distract came out of hiding and cheers for Bell as he defeated the monster telling him that he is the hero today for saving their lives and are amazes that a young boy like him took down a tough monster.

"Hmm, but still… how exactly did some of the monsters got lose from their prison?" Nanael wondered, then she looks up at the sky as she could've sworn, she felt like someone else was here.

And that someone was actually Freya the Goddess of Beauty, walking through the streets hiding her appearance in a cloak and smiling after witnessing Bell's success in defeating the Silverback all by himself.

"I may have put Hestia in danger, but I got to see Bell's amazing growth. I'm sure we'll play again sometime soon." Freya said to herself and then she thought of another.

"That girl, Leina Vance I believe, she was strong too. Having a powerful will like that, maybe I'll think about adding her along with Bell." Freya smiled innocent and sinisterly at the same time.

(Later)

"Thank you again for letting our Goddess sleep here for the night after what she's been through." Leina thanked Syr.

"It's no problem, you should be thanking Mamma Mia since this is her restaurant." Syr stated.

"Still, I'm really sorry. If I hand't forgotten my purse, then none of you would have gone through such an ordeal." Syr apologized.

"I'm sure we would've been chased by a monster either way. I'm just glad that nobody else got hurt." Bell smiled.

"Speak for yourself, I had to pull more weights in battling that monster while you and Goddess Hestia were having your sweet time." Leina complained.

"No, no, no, that's not what we were doing at all!" Bell stuttered.

"I'm kidding, Bell, and I don't regret fighting that monster either. That experience made me renew my determination to become stronger!" Leina said with confident.

"Hey, you two." Nanael floated next to them.

"Just wanted to let you guys know that Hestia has just woken up, so you two can see her now." Nanael informed.

Bell and Leina quickly ran up the stairs and into the room Hestia is in almost bursting in tears giving her a death hug until she asks them to let go for her to breath.

"I'm sorry about worrying you two, I guess I was more exhausted than I thought." Hestia apologized as she sits on the bed on the upper floor of Mama Mia's restaurant.

"I'm just glad you're okay." Leina said.

"Hey, Goddess, about this knife. Does this really say Hephaestus?" Bell asked looking at the name on the knife sheath.

"Hephaestus, is that someone important?" Leina asked.

"Of course, silly. Hephaestus the Goddess of Blacksmith, she is one of, if not THE best blacksmith you could ever meet." Nanael bragged.

"Yeah, I notice that way you always got your faces all squish up at one of her shop windows." Hesita mentioned.

"Oh yeah, now that you mention it. Bell did look at some of the weapons at the shop we were walking past toward the Dungeon." Leina remembered.

"Now, I know it may not be just of what you wanted, but this knife is the only one of its kind in the entire world. Meaning it's pretty awesome." Hestia said.

"I have to say, Hestia, you certainly have matured more than I thought you would since we last saw each other a century ago." Nanael commented.

"Well, when you start having children into your home, the feeling of family has a strong change in you, in a good way." Hestia smiled and look back at Bell.

"Listen, I don't wanna sit and watch. I never liked being taken care of, you know." Hestia stated.

"How'd you get this? Hephaestus Familia weapons are extremely expensive." Bell asked.

"It's all been taken care of!" Hestia answered simply.

"That's not exactly an answer." Leina sweatdropped.

"Look, Bell, you want to get stronger and I want to help you. I know it's not much, but please let me do this, okay?" Hestia asked for Bell to accept this gift.

Then Bell started crying.

"I want to be the source of your strength, there's nothing I want more than that. I love you with all my heart, always!" Hestia confessed.

"And that goes for you too, Leina. Even though you are new, I'm gratefully that you have become part of this Familia." Hestia smiled.

Now Leina has started crying feeling the emotional moment happening here and the two hug their Goddess feeling thankful for taking them and all.

"Please, you two, put your faith in me forever." Hestia hugged them back.

"Well, I think it's about time I get going." Nanael said.

"Hey Nanael, if you want to hang out like old times, I'm always free." Hestia offered.

"Sure, I would like that." Nanael nodded and flies out through a window.

"Wow, so that was a real-life Angel. I never seen one in person before." Bell impressed.

"Yeah, not a lot of Angels would come down as they all have their duties back in Heaven, but to some who have come down can join a Familia too though they can't start one of their own." Hestia explained.

"Do you think we'll see her again?" Leina asked.

"I'm sure we will, Nanael has always been the one to be drawn to danger, whether she wants to or not." Hestia chuckled.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you, Hestia." Nanael suddenly flew back in scaring them a little.

"Well, that was fast." Bell commented.

"The church you're living in is going to have a new Priest." Nanael announced.

"Wait, really? Since when?" Hestia asked.

"Well, I heard you and your kids are living in the old abandoned church, so I called in someone who can help watch over the place with ya." Nanael explained.

"Really, that's actually thoughtful of you, Nanael." Hestia surprised.

"You're welcome. She'll be arriving in a few days, so be sure to welcome her." Nanael said before flying out the window leaving for good this time.

(Within the Dungeon)

"Hey, kid! Let's go!" A man called out.

As little girl with a giant backpack catches up to them after picking up the purple crystals.

"Damn it, I don't know why I wasted my time with this little shit." The man complained.

"Sir, I believe I made myself clear to not be disrespectful to her while I'm around." The long red hair woman said.

"Shut up, it's not like your part of the Soma Familia. You're just a hired mercenary." The man pointed out.

"Men like him are no fun." The woman said while the little girl stays close behind her.

KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

Bell and Leina have really shown great bravery when they took on the Silverback monster saving more lives than they thought and got to meet the Angel girl, Nanael who has brought someone to help with the church. The last scene shows about the opening of the next adventure of the Duo Hestia children, they will be meeting some new friends soon and perhaps new members too.

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