I woke up to what appeared to be a sleeping hestia drooling up a lake on my chest. she was half laying on me half laying on the bed and the blankets had been kicked off somewhere else, such horrible sleeping posture. I started pinching her cheeks.She started to stir and looked at me in a daze before climbing fully on top of me and going right back to sleep.
"ugh lazy G.o.ddess." I tried to move her off to the side so I could get up but she wasn"t having any of it apparently. so I just used my inventory to swap out shirts and proceeded to carry her like a sack of potatoes over my shoulder down to the kitchen.
I just plopped her down on top of the kitchen table where she continued to sleep and started making some breakfast the most important meal of the day kids. I made some bacon some sausages, some b.u.t.tered toast, a few eggs, some bacon, a few hash browns and some bacon. I turned around to put it all on the table only to see an eager and drooling hestia holding a knife and fork staring at the food with shimmering eyes.
The food was gone so fast I had wondered if I even made it I was barely even able to get any bacon. But judging by the little G.o.ddesses bulging belly and toast crumbs covering her face I did indeed make food.
lifting up the little glutton we made our way to the living room and I turned on the TV popping on some Rick and Morty. Ignoring the G.o.ddess just staring at me with puffed up cheeks. "So are you going to explain everything that happened yesterday?" she asked with a frustrated look. "Magic." I replied
"Magic? I"ve never seen magic like that what kind is it?" she asked.
"The magical kind of magic." I replied with a serious face.
..... I felt a soft hand karate chop my head. It was like being hit by a slow moving gust of wind.
"Fueeee!" her glare intensified and she puffed out her cheeks only for me to poke them cause they looked soft and squishy. She let out a pfffbbbtttt noise.
"Yep I mean it"s magic can you explain magic in any other way besides magical?" I asked.
She opened her mouth to respond then closed it and then opened it again. "But magic doesn"t work like that!" she said. "Why?" I asked
She looked confused "It just doesn"t there are magic circles and chants and glowing lights."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because it"s always been like that." She said confidently.
"But I just showed you magic doesn"t have to be like that, who decided magic could only be used in 1 specific way?"
She finally remembered that I did something that wasn"t done. She gaped like a fish for a while and I just snickered and continued to watch Pickle Rick.
After a while It was time for me to get down to business and that business was getting my gear set up. I was going to use basic steel gear not my phantasms. Where would be the fun if I just go through the dungeon with super op gear? I mean we don"t need to bust out balmung or excalibur for simple goblins do we? That"s just wasteful.
I decided on a simple setup. Greaves to protect my feet up to my knees. Basic throwing knives on the left thigh in a pouch. Not kunai those things are s.h.i.t for throwing. Ninja use them as a multi-use tool for chopping, cutting, stabbing, and throwing.
They aren"t meant for throwing they should only be used for stabbing. Throwing knives and shuriken are ment for throwing I prefer knives nice flat balanced ones.
On our chest is our usual half plate to protect the heart front and back with out usual hood. I have a dislike for helmets they block your ears and narrow your vision and make it harder to turn your head.
A regular ninjato over the shoulder strapped to my back plate firmly we don"t want it falling off. A dagger behind the back strapped to the waist.
For my main weapon it"s just fingerless gloves with metal plating over the knuckles. Fingerless for better grip and ease of use with grappling enemy limbs and weapons and for better accuracy when throwing things. Metal covered knuckles for that satisfying noise it makes against enemy teeth and noses. *Crunch* Can also be used as an impromptu shield if fast enough mostly to backhand away blades and thrown objects like stones. Other than that I have an identical backup trunk on my necklace for ease of returning home or sleeping in the dungeon if so needed. Always be prepared. It"s connected to the one upstairs.
I double check to make sure it"s working by setting it up and showing hestia how it works and coming out of the one upstairs. she is confused til I tell her I can use it in the dungeon and she can visit without having to worry about being caught in the dungeon or in danger. I made them unbreakable and undetectable for a high price. dunno if they could stand up to being thrown in the sun or something but they should be good for the dungeon.
Everything is in my blue and golden signature colors with my house crests on it. Lightning surrounding a nice zinogre motif.
Hestia looks at all my nice gear and even helps me strap everything in. "Why are you only using regular steel gear why not magical weapons? I"m sure we could find you some nice ones if I ask hephaestus she could make you one." She asked.
"If you become too reliant on magical gear and things like that you don"t increase your own strength your just relying on tools. My teacher beat this into me using a wooden stick to prove her point." I replied. It was true I had started to rely on the chains and the gate too much and she said it was a bad habit and I agreed. I remember what happened to Gilgamesh he got his a.s.s whooped cause all he did was stand around and shoot things at people for years from the gate. no no no sir. We can"t become like that.