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"There are two people in the world I respect, the captain and Hestia-sama. One for their endless supply of kindness, the other for their madness, now guess which is which" - Edward Moriarty [Future]
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"So, after training with Edward-kun, you went to meet with Hephaestus, made a deal with her and decided to take a detour through the entertainment district, spent the night there and now you have five women following you wanting to join our Familia?"
Hestia spoke calmly as she stared at Ryuta with a serious look on her face, meanwhile, Ryuta rubbed the back of his neck as he let out a forced smile while answering-
"That's about it"
Seeing the look on Ryuta's face, Hestia let out a sigh, she then turned to the five women. She looked at their worn looks, the obvious sign of malnutrition could be seen on their bodies.
"Fine"
She said but as she was about to lead the five women to a room to get their Falna, Ryuta blocked her with a smile on his face as he spoke.
"Sorry Hestia-sama, since you are willing to take them in, I first need to take care of a few thing with them"
Hearing his words, Hestia saw the emotions that were hidden behind Ryuta's bright smile but she could not say no.
Not out of fear but out of understanding.
"Don't go too far"
Is what she said before turning her back.
Seeing Hestia turn away, Ryuta thanked her in his mind as he came up to the five women.
"All of you, Hestia-sama has accepted you but as for me, you have passed my first test, but you will need to take one final test before I accept you."
The five women sneaked a glance at Ryuta's face and saw the familiar look of distrust on his eyes. They knew what he wanted, but four of them kept silent as they left the answering to Selena, the leader of their group and the one to respond to Ryuta.
"We've experienced a lot of things… if loyalty is what you wish us to prove then please… just we ask for mercy… my sisters and I can't handle anything too extreme"
They did not know what Ryuta wanted them to do but all they could do was nod and accept.
It was a terrifying situation but- the benefits presented to them were far too appealing.
"Good, what I will now imprint on you is a curse, if any of you dare to attack Hestia-sama, before and after you receive your Falna, this curse would immediately activate, taking your life. Once this curse is placed on you, it will never be removed, even when you leave the familia in the future, it will still be active. I'll give you a chance, turn back now if you don't want this curse placed on you."
After he finished his words, none of the five women left, they stared at him with eyes filled with resolve.
"Good, then bear with it for a moment"
As he finished his words, Ryuta manifested his crimson katana, he cut his wrist allowing blood to flow, as it landed on the ground, it didn't sink in and instead formed a magic circle. After a complete magic circle had been formed, the wound was quickly enveloped by a cyan glow as it healed at a visible rate.
Once the wound had healed, the magic circle drawn with blood below Ryuta's feet glowed with a deep crimson light.
The five women watched in awe, this was the first time they had seen such magic but their awe quickly disappeared when five bolts of crimson light shot towards them.
As the crimson lights entered their bodies, a deep pain quickly overcame their senses. They screamed in pure agony prompting Hestia to turn and shout-
"STOP IT!"
But Ryuta ignored her as he could not end the spell now. This curse was not a normal curse, it was created using his [Brand]. What Ryuta was doing is imprinting the spell on the women, a spell that activates based on a certain trigger.
This trigger was the act of harming Hestia, thoughts were not considered harmful but once the actions were initiated the brand would issue a warning through a shocking spell. If they still persisted despite the shock, they would immediately be killed.
Explanations of the conditions for the spell need not be explained to the women as it would be imprinted on their mind, a very ingenious method of applying magecraft theories, courtesy of James Barthomeloi (A/N: an OC from one of my other Fics).
Soon, as the imprinting was completed, the five women now found that a crimson magic circle imprinted on the top of their hands.
[IMAGE]
After completing the curse, Ryuta then turned to Hestia who was already fuming.
The two started a heated argument, Hestia lecturing Ryuta about how to properly treat women while Ryuta silently nodded his head.
It did not look a Goddess and her familia member talking but more like-
'A mother scolding her son'
Edward who was silently watching from afar thought, his eyes glancing at the duo before turning back to the five women.
'Two werewolves and three elves… damn… they look worse for wear but they are hot as hell… they were prostitutes before… will they- no, if I did that Hestia-sama would get mad and Ryuta… even if he didn't really care for these girls, he would still punish me if Hestia-sama gets mad'
The blonde man sighed internally but as he did he caught sight of a stupid scene-
'Are those girls?'
He may not be experienced in love personally but he had seen many of his colleagues, classmates and friends fall in love, get into relationships and all that shit.
'No way… the dude put them through what could only be described as torture… you wouldn't scream like that if it was tiny pinch, they were going through hell a while ago and now…'
Looking at the type of gaze the five women were directing towards Ryuta, Edward felt an inexplicable feeling of- jealousy.
'Are they masochists? They're masochists aren't they!'
He cursed internally as he watched the five women clench their fist staring at Ryuta.
"Fuck my life"
He silently cursed under his breath as he quietly left the church, unable to bear looking at the scene of an MC getting his harem.
Edward leaving did not cause much noise- until he closed the church doors which caused Edward and Hestia to turn back towards the source of the sound and realize that the five women were still there waiting.
Hestia quickly straightened herself as she showed off her dignity as a Goddess and led the five women to a separate room.
Ryuta on the other moved to leave the church, a small incident where Selena said something along the lines of-
"We don't mind if he sees"
A comment which received positive affirmation from the other four women but one that Hestia heavily chastised.
"You're girls! From now on you are members of my Familia! I won't ask you to act like a Virgin Goddess but I want you to have common decency!"
After lecturing the women, Hestia turned to Ryuta as she ordered him-
"Ryuta-kun! As punishment, you will buy them clothes!"
Her orders caused the five women to smile, one of them commenting-
"If it's Ryuta-sama's chosen clothes…"
It was a comment that did not go unheard by Ryuta but Hestia was, unfortunately, unable to hear her words.
But Ryuta did not say anything about her comment, instead he simply accepted Hestia's orders with a smile as he left the church.
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