Chương 50: Hestia, Your Divine Weapons Are Ready

"Lord Takemikazuchi? Could that be the god Takemikazuchi?" Mortals did not know gods by sight, but once they saw a god, they knew he was one. Combined with a familiar name, everyone looked at Takemikazuchi and Miach in shock.

"Oh? Clothing from the Far East. You all came from that region, didn't you?" Takemikazuchi looked at the group from the Demon Slayer world, paused for a moment, and smiled kindly.

"Children from the Far East are rare in Orario."

"Yes, Lord Takemikazuchi. Seeing you with my own eyes is an honor beyond words." Rengoku spoke loudly with deep respect.

"We greet you, Lord Takemikazuchi." Everyone bowed with sincere reverence and shouted loudly enough to make ears ring. Cael scratched his temple with a dry smile. This Takemikazuchi had nothing to do with the Demon Slayer world, and there were no gods in that world, but the island nation where Demon Slayer took place was also called the Far East by Western missionaries. A coincidence inside a coincidence.

In their world, the god Takemikazuchi could be considered one of the most famous gods, alongside Amaterasu and Inari as one of the three most widely worshiped.

"Children, there is no need for so much ceremony. No need." Takemikazuchi froze for an instant under their force, then hurriedly smiled. Children from the Far East always respected him deeply.

"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"Lord Takemikazuchi, they are children of Hestia Familia. Please do not poach my goddess's members." Cael was sweating a little as he leaned close and whispered into Takemikazuchi's ear. This scene looked like fans meeting an idol. Takemikazuchi was kind, helpful, and friendly. He probably would not do that, right?

"Heh. Do not worry. They may be children from the Far East, but I will not do something like that. Children from that region simply respect me more." Takemikazuchi smiled kindly.

"What brings all of you to Miach's shop?"

"Lord Miach, we came to ask you to examine Mr. Ubuyashiki." Cael looked toward Kagaya as he spoke.

"I see." Miach smiled. His impression of Hestia's child was still clear. What happened last time felt as if it had happened only yesterday. Then he looked toward Ubuyashiki, and his expression grew serious.

"This is... a curse. A bloodline curse. Can you tell me how it happened?"

"Lord Miach, the situation is like this..." The author's narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Kagaya described the matter respectfully. No matter how calm he usually was, he could not remain composed now. After listening, Miach nodded.

"I understand. A bloodline curse born from your family's original sin. Lifting this kind of curse is not difficult. Unfortunately, I do not currently have the materials to make a curse-removal potion."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let us hurry and gather the materials. Then Master can fully recover." Sanemi hurried to speak, clearly impatient.

"What materials are needed, Lord Miach?" Rengoku asked politely.

"A Unicorn Horn, Poison Moth Scales, a Sea Monster Tentacle, a Firebird Feather, a Hellhound Fang, a Blade Wing Poison Stinger, and an Earthman Bone." Miach thought for a moment and listed a pile of Drop Items, all from the Middle Floors and below. The corner of Cael's mouth twitched. These things were not easy to obtain. He had fought monsters on the Upper Floors for a long time and barely obtained a few Drop Items. The drop rate was painfully low.

And Unicorns were in the Deep Floors, around the thirty-seventh floor if he remembered right. Who would dare go there before Lv. 3?

"Then let us go bring them back."

"We should leave at once."

"No problem."

"Move out."

"Hey, hey, all of you, come back. Do you even know where to find them? And with your current strength, you cannot bring them back anyway." Cael quickly stopped the excited Hashira.

"Where do we find them?" the Hashira asked.

"So none of you were even planning to ask?" Cael's eyes widened. Had they gotten so excited that they threw thinking aside? After that, under Miss Naaza's murderous gaze, Miach gave Kagaya an Elixir worth more than five hundred thousand valis. After drinking it, Ubuyashiki's body recovered instantly. However, as long as the curse remained, his condition would gradually worsen again over time. An Elixir was the highest grade of potion, capable of healing all negative effects on the body.

However, it could not eliminate things like curses. Kagaya knelt on the spot and wept as if he were dreaming. More than twenty years. Who knew how he had endured those twenty-plus years? Gratitude toward the god of medicine and Cael filled his heart. Cael thanked Miach with great respect, but the god of medicine only said that if Cael met his children in the Dungeon later, helping them would be enough. As expected of a god famous for kindness. Still, a Familia with a god like that must have rough finances.

Had he not seen Miss Naaza's shadowed, murderous gaze? The next time he bought anything here, she would definitely charge him hard.

"Hestia's children are full of spirit." Takemikazuchi looked at the energetic group and spoke.

"Indeed. Congratulations to Hestia," Miach said with a nod. After bidding farewell to the gods of medicine and war, Cael explained the Dungeon to everyone in detail.

"In other words, to obtain those materials, we need to reach at least Lv. 2."

"That may take too long. Can Master's illness wait?"

"Strength does not grow that quickly." The Hashira fell silent.

"Heh. It is all right, everyone. You still do not understand your own strength clearly. Your talent and potential are among the very top handful of people in Orario." Cael rubbed his chin while looking at the silent group, wearing the expression of someone considering a very big idea.

"You should only need to earn enough Excelia from a major great feat to level up. After everyone receives Falna, I will take you." Common sense said Lv. 1 adventurers absolutely could not defeat Lv. 2 opponents. But the Hashira were all walking exceptions, and not ordinary ones. Even at Lv. 1, they might be able to enter the Middle Floors as a group. Maybe they could even team up to take down Goliath, a floor boss above Lv. 3. If they defeated a Lv. 3 or higher Goliath at Lv.

1, a group Level Up would absolutely be possible. Now they only had to wait for Lady Hestia to return. He wondered how long she would need. Still, it seemed the Hashira's impression of him was quite good. They all respected and acknowledged him. Meanwhile, on Northeast Main Street, at Hephaestus Familia's home. The sound of hammering rang out without pause inside a high-grade forge. Two pure black longswords were lifted from the forging table.

Sacred characters covered the blades, glowing under the flow of Magic like a pair of holy swords.

"Hestia, the swords you wanted are finished. I put everything I had into them. You could call them the two best swords I have ever forged." The beautiful woman in masculine clothing, with short curled red hair and an eyepatch over her right eye, set down her forging hammer and handed the two swords to Hestia.

"Wow. You are the best, Hephaestus." Hestia was beside herself with happiness.

"Do not start. You still owe every valis you are supposed to pay. And I only charged you for the materials."

"That aside, you really do like that child. You insisted on giving him the best. You would not even accept the highest-quality pieces I already had here."