Chapter Size: 1854 Words.]Third Person POVOrario, Apollo's Mansion.

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  ...The ba tinued, and while Lucius was drinking alone, he spotted Bell in a er outside the hall. Determined, he headed towards the Little Rookie.On the way, he passed one of the tables and picked up two gsses of drink to apany them and tinued his way. He calmly walked up to the official ander of his family, as Lucius was never entirely ied in f a team or taking on that responsibility. He always believed that Bell would have that role with the family, while he pursued his dives practically alone, adopting more of a lone wolf style.The first thiiced when he left the hall for the baly was the starry sky. This world always intrigued him, despite being in the busiest city on the phere were many parts with breathtaking views of the Genkai."I see you're here alone..." Lucius said, putting a smile on his face as he approached the solitary Bell on the mansion's baly."Lord Lucius?! You're here too..." Bell ented."I came when I spotted you. Why are you here alone? I thought you might want to talk to the young Aiz... since we're at a social gathering," the older man teased."What?! Of course not! I mean, yes, no, not really!" Bell stumbled over his words as his face turned redder with embarrassment."Take this drink, it will help you deal with it." Lucius handed ara gss to Bell.Bell, who was so nervous and didn't know how to hide his face after that question and his current embarrassment, quickly took Lucius's gss and drank without realizing the tents.When he realized he was drinking whiskey, his face turned green from the strong drink, and he spit out everything in his mouth quickly."WHAT THE DEVIL IS THIS!" Bell cursed."Hey, that's a good drink, don't spit it out like that!" Lucius scolded."But I don't even drink!!" The small adventurer protested."I think you're right... Listen, Bell, don't tell this to the goddess Hestia, uood?" Lucius quickly said, not wanting to hear that loli reprimanding him fiving alcoholic drinks to Bell."Hm? Why?""Just don't tell her, under any circumstances!" Lucius almost threatened him with an intense look."Yes, sir!" He said quickly, and Lucius smiled amusedly right after."Hm?! Look there, Bell, our friend." Lucius ged the subject as soon as he saw Hyakinthos meeting Soma in the garden as in the anime, but he wao make a show here."That..." Bell let slip."Hey, Bell, don't be like that. Isn't he a great friend?""Huh???!!!""Listen... HEY, HYAKINTHOS!!!" The sudden shout made Bell quickly cover his ears, while both Hyakinthos and Soma looked quickly to the baly at the sudden shout. There, they saw Lucius on the baly, which made the captain of the Apollo family look at him with hatred. Since he saw Lucius in the hall, his first instinct was to make him pay for all that humiliation he suffered a few days ago, but he held back following Apollo-Sama's pns."LONG TIME NO SEE, HOW ARE YOU? THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU LOOKED LIKE A STRAY DOG IN A DIRTY ALLEY, YOUR FACE SEEMED UGLIER THAN A RIEKLING, WHICH IS A GOBLIN, NOT TO MENTION YOUR PATHETIC SHOW OF STRENGTH THAT...""SHUT UP!!!! SAY ONE MORE THING AND I'LL KICK YOU OUT OF HERE BY FORCE!" Hyakinthos, uo bear it any longer as his name along with these insults were heard throughout the mansion's courtyard. Perhaps ihe party, it could be drowned out with the bards' band, but all the gods and adventurers who were outdoors heard it and began to whisper and ugh at those words, w who that man on the baly was talking like that to the host's ba captain.Even with the threat and the tone of hatred, the other party seemed to ig and tio mock."DON'T TALK LIKE THAT, WE'RE FRIENDS NOW. WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR FUN TIME A FEW DAYS AGO. WE PLAYED THAT QUITE EAINING GAME, WHILE YOU WERE THE STRAY DOG AND I WAS YOUR OWNER WHO LEFT YOU IN THE ALLEY!" The voice echoed again through the mansiorance, making many look stunned while others covered their mouths to avoid ughing out loud.

  "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS, I'M TELLING YOU, I SWEAR YOU WILL REGRET THIS, DAMN YOU!!!" Hyakinthos shouted with fury and stormed out, ign Soma and the others' stares.

  "Hey, what the hell was that?!" Bell eunned, not believing what he had just done.

  "Didn't I say we were friends? That's how friends are! Maybe I teach you how to make friends too, since I'm the older brother here," Lucius said, smiling, making Bell sweat at that statement. He didn't think he would learn anything good or anything that matched his character from Lucius.

  "He clearly isn't your friend!" Bell excimed, uo bear that absurdity any longer.

  "You're too young to uand, d. When you grow up, you'll learn," Lucius said as if he were a wise man, but Bell didn't seem to believe him.

  "Hey, what was that shouting? It even drowned out the bards' musiside the hall!" A new character arrived, and unsurprisingly, it was Hermes again, while scratg one of his ears with his pinky finger, feigning pain, at the same time he approached us.

  "Well..." Bell was about to give an excuse, but Hermes silenced him before he could say anything.

  "First of all, young Bell, aren't you going to dance?" Hermes said with a mischievous smile.

  "I... I've ried." Bell said timidly, a bit lost with the suddeion.

  "You're at a party, a pce full of beautiful women; you have a ce to get to know them."

  "But..."

  "If you're not going to dance, I will!" Hermes said, stunning the young man in front of him, as he began to move away from Bell and Lucius.

  Lucius looked amused at this, despite knowing the maniputive side of this god, he knew Hermes had a good sense of humor in the end.

  Bell was stunned when Hermes stopped in front of Aiz, who was alone in a er hem. Riveria should have been with her, but she was trying to get Loki aia to stop fighting, as another otion started agaihey bumped into each other at the ba.

  As in the show, Hermes made up an excuse and asked Bell to dah the sword princess, while the boy was too nervous to speak to Aiz. Hermes pushed him to face the sword princess auro Lucius's side.

  "They make a beautiful couple, don't you think?" He asked, trying to start a versation.

  "They remind me of the story of the Argonauts..." Lucius couldn't help but ent.

  "Hm? A hero, his princess, and a minotaur in...?" Hermes seemed to like the idea as he put his hand on his , enting.

  "But what about you, Lucius-kun? I don't think you're so shy about asking a certaio join you on the dance floor." Hermes insinuated with a mischievous smile.

  "I could try, but elves already have aversions to physical tact. Imagine a high elf with royal status; I doubt she would agree. It would only end up being an undignified ay part..." Lucius said calmly.

  "She doesn't seem to be averse to you, from what I could see." He said with amusement and tinued.

  "Anyway, I have to take care of two goddesses so they don't disrupt the dances of the younger ones... This will also free up your elf, giving you a ow, whether you'll take advantage of it or not, that's up to you..." He said smiling as he walked to intercept the two loud goddesses as soon as they noticed Aiz and Bell dang.

  Lucius remained silent as Hermes walked away. After a while, while Bell danced with Aiz, the young mage of Hestia saw the result of Hermes's maations.

  "This guy is a maniputor, but sometimes he gives you great opportunities, I 't deny that," Lucius thought as he looked at Asfi holdiia and Loki in each of her arms around her waist, while Riveria stood slightly lost on the side. Lucius sighed and, after gathering some ce, finally took the initiative to approach her. He noticed that the hall was even more crowded than before, but he kept his eyes fixed on the emerald elf, no longer g about the people around him.

  "Hello, I see you've been quite busy," Lucius ented as he reached the side of the elf and looked at the goddesses being held by Asfi, who seemed to ighe protests of the divine beings in her arms while giving a disapproving look to her own god, Hermes, who had asked her to perform this quite embarrassing task.

  "It's true, it's not easy when the goddess Loki and the goddess Hestia are together... it's always like this," she calmly ented, but seemed frustrated with the immature personalities of those goddesses.

  "Now that the situation is under trol, why don't we enjoy a dance?" Lucius, wasting no more time, smiled with his best smile at those words. He went straight to the point since if she questioned him again about the reended books, she would bee an imperable ice wall in teacher mode, where Lucius would have less than zero ces of flirting or invitio dance. Even now, he didn't have much hope that she would accept.

  "Do you want to dah me after what happened on the eighteenth floor?" She asked in a questioning tone, narrowing her eyes.

  "e on, it wasn't that bad. I never hid my iions, and I don't regret anything that happened," Lucius grinned shamelessly at the elf. Riveria blushed and stared at Lucius for a while, thinking about how bold this human was, but deep down, she liked his presence, and he had proven himself intelligent and diligent with the task she assigned him.

  "Okay, but just one dance!" She finally said, which pleasantly surprised Lucius.

  "That's good," Lucius smiled radiantly and k before his dy, making a cssic gesture of an invitation to dance.

  "Would you give me the honor of this dance, midy?" He gave a pyful look to the elf as he extended his hand to her, waiting for Riveria to take it. With a touch of blush on her face, Riveria extended her fingers and delicately touched his hand in response.

  "I would be fttered," she said with a shy tone. Feeling the dy's hand, Lucius slowly stood up and led her to the ter of the hall. Ohey reached a good spot, he turned gently to face the dy in the emerald dress, matg her natural colors. Lucius admired her beauty for a few seds before raising the hand ected with hers o their bodies, while slowly pg his free hand on her waist, ready to start their dance.

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