Jobless Reincarnation of The Magic God

((Welcome home Oberon-sama.))

"I am home... Everyone welcome to my safe underground home, where exactly is a secret, and those two girls were the heads of maids that clean and maintain this place; their names were Hilda and Siv."

Hilda and Siv then bowed gracefully toward the guest, who was still confused by the situation they were in.

"Em, Hilda Please bring this to Flora; she would be happy with a new specimen to be researched."

"As your command, master."

She bowed to me and then to the guest and headed to the third level below ground, where the research and study rooms are. Since the day I summoned Orstrid, I have summoned other servants to help build this underground base. I also summoned those who helped me with researching my past projects that are yet to be perfected, like Moving Doll, Magic Armor, and some dragon tribe research that I found in my past life journey.

Hilda was one of the head maids who maintained the home that Oberon built in secret without his family knowing about it. Hilda had dark, long hair and deep red eyes. She was summoned one year ago, and at the same time, I summoned Siv to do the same and help me maintain this home.

They both had the same dark hair; the only difference was their eye color. Siv was wearing glasses that I gave her as a present, the same as Hilda, but she received a red ribbon that they both loved to wear all the time.

"Siv, was the altar room ready?"

"It's ready when you are a master."

Then I looked at Riveria and others once again, who were still mesmerized by what they were looking at. It makes me feel a bit odd after all; I did design each floor, and I most often spend my time designing the main hall.

"Everyone, we will head directly to the second floor underground with the elevator; just follow me. Oh, I forgot to ask Siv, Did Kuro and Yami tell you where they are right now?"

"Last time they sent a message, they were planning to explore the Beol Mountains."

Beol Mountains, if I am not mistaken, are located far north of Orario, and they are west of Alv Mountain. That place is being called a danger zone because no one dares venture into that mountain range because many dangerous monsters are living there.

'I hope they are both not too reckless.'

"Oberon, who are they? Your mother never mentions this place or those maids."

Oberon knows that Riveria and others had plenty of questions in their heads and expected Loki to be the one first asking about this place, but she had Hepaeustus silent, which made him uncomfortable a bit.

"This place I built with the help of the spirit I summoned, because if I built it myself, it would take more time to do so, and the reason my mother did not mention this place is because I did not tell them."

"If so, why did you build this place?"

"I built it for a reason, in case something bad happens on the surface, and this place was a good hideout for my research from the outside world."

"*sigh* I understand. Then how about the spirit you summon? I thought summoning a spirit was an impossible task that no one was currently able to do. It makes you the first ever elf that I know of to manage to do the impossible, Oberon."

'It looks like Riveria has not yet reached the page explaining the summoning spirit.'

"I will explain a bit of it that others could understand. Spirits, as you know, already existed and walked around us. They had their own specialty and traits that made them special, but there was a spirit that was around us that only the elf could feel. Because of that, we are the only ones who could harness their power, of course, with the help of mana, but I will not rule out that the other race could do the same as we did."

Riveria understood that most of what Oberon told was already being thought to by many elven mages in the forest: that there was a spirit that was assuming a humanoid form and the one that only existed in natural energy that only the spirit and elves could feel and harness its power.

"Most of the things you learned were right to some extent, but I still have many things we do not fully understand about them like the book precisely saying that spirits and gods can't bear a child, and yet Ai's mother was a spirit... Did Ais's mother have a spirit? If so, how did she manage to give birth to Ais?"

Oberon started to murmur something and forgot to explain more about his summoning magic. Loki and Hephaestus can't help but giggle a bit because of how funny it is when I can easily consume my thoughts. Seeing her mastery of behavior, Siv can't help but sigh.

"I will continue what Oberon-sama left. We may look like humans to you all, but it's not; we are all spirit beings that were summoned in raw form, and then with a technique that Master used, we are granted a vessel to take our form in whatever we pleased."

"So all of you are spirits?"

"Not everyone Riveria-sama The maid with white hair was not exactly like us; they are master genius creations. Oberon-sama called them the 'Automaton'; they are humanoid dolls fused with mindless spirits. Oberon-sama gave them an order and purpose so they could serve him."

Hearing that, Riveria and others are amazed at how deeply Oberon understands every magic, and yet he is not shunned to share it with her. In Elven culture, to manage to summon or make a contract with a spirit, an elf is already looked at in high regard because to manage to make a contract with a spirit was an impossible task.

(THUD!)

"Looks like we are arriving."

When the door opened, we were welcomed by two Automatoms carrying clothes in their hands.

"Hephaestus, the procedure will cleanse every unnatural thing in your body, including your clothes, so I advise you to wear the clothes that I prepared for you. I will wait inside the room."

"Sure, Oberon."

Riveria and Loki were followed behind me while Tsubaki and others stayed to help Hephaestus change their clothes. The altar room where I could cast God's magic level of detoxification had a circular design, and in the center of it was an altar where Hephaestus should lay.

"Oberon, could you later explain how to summon a spirit for me?"

"Sure, Riveria, I will teach everything that I know. I believe tomorrow I will have plenty of free time, right, goddess Loki?"

"Hm, I am not sure about that, but you still had many things, like explaining in the report what you find in the dungeon and including this place. Kukukuku, you had good taste in women, Oberon; it makes me a bit jealous of you surrounded by beauty."

"Yes, it is a bit concerning... You don't do anything that I think was it, Oberon?"

"Of course, I am not!"

'If I do that soon or later, Mother will know it; just imagine her disgusted gaze toward me; it is already a great deterrent to limit my past behavior.'

Riveria then looks at the goddess Loki to confirm that I am not lying, and it looks like I have indeed told them the truth.

"Still, you had to explain why you made that human doll in such detail."

While Riveria wanted to interrogate Oberon more, she caught something that interested her: the line that covered all the room walls and the ground.

"This line, hm, it was not a line; it was some kind of writing?"

When Riveri looked around the wall, the ceiling and the ground filled with it, and all the lines were heading to the center of the altar room. The language used as chanting was not a language that Riveria knew because the language Oberon used was the language of the Dragon Tribe that he learned on his journey.

"It was chanting words that I had written. It took me a month to finish it."

Riveria and Loki may not know this, but under the room, there is another floor that has the same chanted word written on the ground. This stacked magic circle chanted was invented by Mad Dragon King 'Chaos' and perfected by Nanahoshi, Cliff, Zanoba, and me. With this technique, the magic becomes more effective and can become more complex, increasing its effectiveness.

After checking everything in order, I ordered Riveria and Loki to wait on the outside of the circle that surrounded the altar where Hephaestus should lay. Oberon still had that feeling of what would happen if he failed to cure her. He just used this magic once, even though he was too late. It was useless, and so much security he made that day for the sake of nothing.

Riveria is aware that lately Oberon has been working hard nonstop, and now she knows why his mother always worries about him. With all of this project and other work he had to do, it was a miracle that he was not broken because of it or that he already was.

"It's okay, Oberon. You can do it, goddess Loki, and I trust you can cure her. You are special to what your mother told me; it is the same as my father's opinion of you."

She knew that the only thing she could do to help was to reassure him and make him less stressed. Then she showed me her warm smile, and an instant memory of my past flashed into my sight.

["You can do it, Rudy."]

 "Syl-… yes, you are right. Thank you, Riveria."

'Is it okay for me from all the people...'

Every single time Oberon felt a bit of happiness, he couldn't help but ask the same question to himself. Is he worthy to receive all of these blessings? At the same time, fear lingered in his mind as he imagined that people close to him knew his past life. Since his death, none—not even Shylph, Roxy, and Eris—know his secret, but this time is different. If the god could read his memory, he feared that it would be doomed and shunned by people close to him.

Just imagine the possibility that Oberon could help, but his old wound reappeared. Loki is not aware of what is clouding his mind; she can only read Oberon's expression; she is well aware he showed the same expression two days ago. Then Loki touched his shoulder and said,

"Just pay attention to cure her, okay?"

"I understand."

It did not take long before Hephaestus went into the room while walking beside her, and Siv followed from behind.

"Everyone, please stand here; let Oberon-sama and Lady Hephaestus on the altar."

Hephaestus then went to the altar; she was wearing a white dress that I had prepared in case I needed to use this room. When our eyes met this time, she was not wearing his eye patch, and I could see her right eye, but this time I did not feel the same strong fear as the last time I saw her right eye.

"Should I lay here?"

"Yes, just lay here; I will take care of the rest... I saw you keep silent along the way. Is something bothering you?"

"I just wonder why you did all of this for me... For what end is it only for you to learn blacksmithing? I think it is not the real point at all. You had power, talent, influence, everything that mortals could dream of, and because of that, I don't know what exact reason you are helping me."

Just as Hephaestus laid her body down, I made sure she was in a comfortable position to ease the process.

"The reason I gave was indeed the truth, but it's not the only one."

"Is there a connection with the story you told us?"

I just smiled, and then I started to put my hand on the altar.

"To be honest, Hephaestus, I don't want to tell anyone that story because it had a bad ending, not like other stories that had a happy ending."

"Hm, I sense a lie in your word, Oberon... I never heard a story of yours, but if that story were true, my friend would go down to the mortal realm just to help his family."

Hephaustus giggled a bit, and I did realize that she was trying to ease my tension.

"I did hear from the Oracle that in a few years, she will descend to Gekai. You will love to meet her in person; she never makes you feel bored or alone. She was the only person that I called my friend."

When I flow my mana, the room starts to glow golden-bright. Hephaestus then just stared at me with her kind smile, then closed her eyes and left everything in my care.

((THUD!))

"If I may know the goddess name?"

"Her name was Hestia."

"Hestia it was a beautiful name… now than Hephaestus close your eyes and try to relax."

I Could feel a large amount of my mana get sucked into the altar because of the connection I made. 

Power of the Divine

Healing the body of the soul

The radiant of the body divine soul….

Hephaestus's body started to get radiant gold only her right eye did not show any laminated light like the other parts of her body. 

Song of the Soul

Cleansing the corrupted soul….

["Rudy… it's too late."]

'I know I always had a lack of power to save anyone, but when I did have the power, I lost everyone to protect.'

More and more my mana was depleted, and at the same time, the golden light started to get brighter.

Devine gives to the impure

Healed the flows of the soul

Open the heart of the sifting soul…

["*Slap* It stupid of me to trust you!"]

'Family, friends, and my loved ones are all gone because of my stupidity.'

The mural covering the room starts to glow more brightly and starts to leave the ground and start flying like fireflies, brightening the room. 

"So beautiful and it feels so warmth is it really magic?"

"I never see any elven magic this beautiful and warmth…. Oberon."

Filled the holes in heart and mind with warmth

Embodyment of highest Devine…

["Hahaha, so easy to manipulate an idiot like you."]

'I know I am just an idiot with a stupid power and luck, but still…'

All the light starts to get absorbed into Oberon's body; he can feel the burn sensation in his stomach, which starts to spread all over his body.

A being of light, pure, and whole

For she is the angel of a cleansing soul…

["I am glad you are born in our family."]

'I want to answer their wish even if it a selfish of mine.'

Oberon starts leaving his hand on the altar and starts touching Hephaestus's right eye. Her red hair reminds him of Eris, who is always faithful toward me, even in all things that happen.

With wings of white and eyes of gold, A sight to see, a sight to behold

Her grace was given by the divine…

"What is that?"

A figure appeared behind Oberon with beautiful butterfly wings; no one could see its face; it was just a woman figure covered with a golden light. 

"Siv did that part of the magic?"

"No, Lady Loki. I think it was master who summoned her or it came by itself."

"So what is it?"

Siv replied to goddess Loki's question with a shake of her head, then struck in Loki's mind that it was probably a skill that Oberon just received, but to what effect she still didn't know exactly. The golden figure tries to reach Oberon's right hand and starts to disappear like she got absorbed into Oberon's right hand. 

"Hey, did she look at me?"

Riveria could see the woman's figure staring at her before she started disappearing and getting absorbed by Oberon. 

"It's finally the last chanted words."

{Deus Engil}

When Oberon chanted the last words, all the light concentrated into his finger and it changed into a golden liquid. Oberon then dropped the liquid into the dark part of Hephaestus's brightened body, and when the liquid dropped, all the light on Hephaestus's body started to dissipate. It's the sign for Oberon that the god-level detoxification magic is finished. 

"Hephaestus you can open both of your eyes."

At the same time, Oberon creates a clear ice as a mirror for her.

"Hmmm…"

When Hephaestus starts to open her eyes, she starts noticing something different from her sight. To make sure it was not an illusion, Hephaestus started to look at her right arm and fingers; the sight she had was different from before, and then when she touched her right eye, the sensation she felt was completely different. Then she wakes her body and looks at the mirror in front of her and her face and eyes more clearly, she realizes that her right eye is completely healed and looks the same as her left eye. 

"Is this a dream?"

Tried to erase this sad atmosphere I tried to pinch Hephaestus's cheek making her surprised a bit.

"See you could feel that it's not a dream."

I thought she would get angry, but I could see a single drop of tears on her cheek. After those tears started to stream down relentlessly, In reflex I hugged her and tried to comfort her, but it only made her cry much hard. 

'She must have lost all the hope she had to cure her right eye… I hope somebody did the same… no Eris should be my hope I just threw it away.'

I just pet her head while everyone heard and watched Hephaestus's cry echoing all over the room.

"Riveria, can I ask you something?"

"Eh, sure."

"What is your relationship with Oberon? Is it only as Familia members?"

Hearing that question out of nowhere from Tsubaki, she could say that Oberon was for her that surgent son because she had a good relationship with his mother, but whenever Riveria walked talk with him, she couldn't sense any immature or childish behavior that she expected from him. It makes her feel like she is walking and talking with someone who could be the same age as her; it makes Riveria couldn't answer Tsubaki's questions.

"I- I don't know… I"

"Ehem! Let's leave that conversation. Tsubaki it's a private matter between her and Oberon I hope you do not get into it."

"Haa, I think you're right goddess Loki, I will not interfere with his private life, but goddess Loki you already predicted what would happen afterward right?"

"Yes, I know. At first, I was not a hundred percent sure Oberon could cure her, but now... I did think to take advantage of his kindness after all I don't want to be hated by my child because of it."

Loki already knew what type of person Oberon was from the report she had from his first dungeon dive and the rumor that she heard about him. He most likely will not be pleased if Loki takes advantage of his kindness, but she knows that Oberon already has something he wants from Hephaestus.

After an hour of crying, Hephaestus was exhausted emotionally and physically, so Oberon asked one of her maids to take her to one of the guest bedrooms to let her rest. 

"Oberon, I couldn't thank you enough for curing my goddess. Is there anything you need just say the words Hephaestus Familia will forever in grateful toward you."

"I think I would like you to see one of my projects and hear your opinion."

"Sure! Lead the way."

When I tried to walk, I felt my legs weaken and make me almost fall, but thankfully, Riveria by my side just caught me in time.

"Oberon, you are tired; please take some rest."

'I feel like my mana still had plenty left. Did I miscalculate or is it the side effect of the magic?'

"Haaaa. Stop thinking for a moment. Your body may be strong, but your mind is not the same!"

Then Tsubaki took my left side, carrying my weight with her shoulder, to help Riveria.

(Growl)

"That bit embarrassing. I think I need to eat something after all."

Everyone had their giggle it made the atmosphere much less depressed.

"Oberon-sama, everyone I will lead you to dinner room."

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(Hephaestus POV)

"Hmmm"

When opening my eyes, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling and a very comfy bed. Then she tried to wake up and reassess her memory. When she remembered that her eyes were cured by Oberon, Hephaestus tried to make sure it was not a dream and tried to touch her right eye; it had indeed been cured.

'So it's not a dream.'

Oberon, a mortal, managed to cure her cursed right eye after she had already given up on ever finding anyone who could cure her, and yet he managed to achieve such feet that none even the god could, and in the room, she was sleeping in, even without a window, the lighting, the white tile, and the wall made of white marble make everything not feel like you are deep underground.

'The bad is I don't know what's inside, but it's like sleeping on a cloud.'

"Hephaestus-sama."

She doesn't notice the present Oberon Aoutomatom maid that Siv mentions that Oberon created. She was dumbfounded that they were not humans because, at first sight, it was identical to human anatomy, the hair, the clothes—the only thing that looked off was her blindfold—but Oberon must have had a reason for covering her eyes.

"I am sorry to ask, but how long did I fall asleep?"

"It has been 43 minutes and 25 seconds since Hephaestus-sama fell asleep. Oberon-sama ordered me that when Hephaestus-sama wakes up, I should help her with clothing and guide her to a dining room."

'Now she mentioned I did feel a bit hungry.'

The maid already prepared the clothes that I wore when I came here, and they had already been cleaned and had a pleasant smell. After wearing her clothes, Hephaestus looks in the mirror once again and sees her right eye and the eye patch she has always worn for almost her entire life. It makes her feel weird not wearing it anymore.

'I don't know how to repay him...'

Since she arrived here, she always thought the best way to repay Oberon was if he could cure her right eye, but she still couldn't find anything to repay him other than herself.

'Maybe I should ask other goddesses how to approach him.'

After a long time of being single, Hephaestus doesn't know exactly how to approach a man, and what makes it more complicated is Oberon's bloodline as Elven's noble family.

"Please, Hephaestus-sama, follow me."

While I followed the maid, I tried to observe her way of walking, and I could see that she was not fully perfected yet because there was some hurtling in her step. After minutes of walking in the long hall made of marble, I knew that we were close to the dining room when I heard Loki laugh not so far away because she always laughed that way when she was completely drunk. When the maid opened the door, her laugh was far clearer.

"BRING MORE! HAHAHAHA."

While Hephaestus sees her laugh uncontrolled close to her side, the other maid is poring to fill up her glass, Riveria looks so ashamed because of her goddess's conduct, and Oberon is busy talking and eating with Tsubaki.

"Hephaestus-sama I am glad you are waking up."

Hephaestus can't help but blush a bit to remember the time she hugged Oberon after he curled her, and only glancing at him made her heart rate increase. She tried her best to make the atmosphere awkward, but with Loki's behavior, she probably doesn't need to worry about that.

"I am sorry to make you all wait. What conversation did you have with him, Tsubaki?"

Then Tsubaki put a weird black ore that was refined, and when she picked it up, she realized it was not a material that she had ever worked with because the weight was twice the iron at the same size.

"It's so dark and sturdy. Did this material you mention when we passed that gate, Oberon?"

"Yes, I use the same material. You can't find that material anywhere on Gekai because it was created by my magic. I name it 'Aurorium' because if you put light on it, it could shine other colors on its surface."

Hephaestus knows that Oberon told her the truth; it was indeed a sturdy material, but the downside is that the weight was twice as much as iron.

"I know that Hephaestus-sama thought it was heavy, but according to Oberon, the weight will be decreased if the user fuses their mana into it."

"It's true that if you fuse the material with mana, it will decrease its weight and increase its strength. For an average elven mage, it will take them probably 2-4 hours of use before they are running out of magic or mana."

'Hm, if what Oberon said was correct for an adventurer with low magic, it's stupid for them to use a weapon or item with this material.'

"So, Oberon, did you find a way to fix that downside? Or are you asking me to help find a way to get around it?"

Before Oberon could give me the answer, Loki, who was already drunk, walked toward Hephaestus and hugged her from behind.

"*Hick* Muuu, enough talking. *hick* It's time to celebrate, you know. *hick * Maid-san, please give this woman a glass of wine, please."

Just as Loki called, the maid prepared a glass in front of her and filled it with alcohol. It had a dark red color, and the smell was unfamiliar to her, but it was pleasant. When I drank it, I immediately knew that this alcohol was not alcohol that she could find in any fancy restaurant or merchant in Orario.

"This is amazing. Does this drink come from your hometown, Oberon?"

"Yes, it is made of red berries, which were plentiful in my hometown. I tried to ferment it and make it a delicious alcoholic drink. The reason you can't find it anywhere is because my maid Siv brews it herself.

Hering her master praising Siv can't hide her happiness with those stoic expressions that she keeps putting on in front of the guest.

"Kukukuku, I am so lucky to have had such amazing children! *hick* haaa *Thud!*"

Loki just dropped with a smiley face on her face and passed out from drinking too much. Riveroia looked at her and couldn't help but feel embarrassed by her goddess.

"*sigh* That's why I warn you not to give her alcohol, Oberon."

"Hahaha, I am sorry, Riveria-san. I just want her to give her opinion about the drink. Maid, please bring her to bed, and now that Hephaestus is here, Siv, please prepare her some dinner."

Siv then questioned me about what kind of food I would like, so I chose meat-based food. Siv then suggested chicken soup, one of her master Oberon's favorite foods. It did not take long for them to prepare the food.

'Hm, the smell is appetizing, and there is some kind of spaghetti inside the soup? Maybe it was Oberon's hometown recipes.'

When I taste the broth, I can't stop eating whatever food I don't even know the name of. It does not take long to finish the food because of how delicious it is.

"It's really delicious... I would like another one."

Siv just smiled and then went back to the cooking room to bring me another one. Tsubaki was a bit surprised that her goddess ate more than one plate, but she felt more glad and happy, and well, she could understand the amazing food that Oberon's servant Siv cooked for the guests.

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After dinner, Oberon brought me and others toward the room that he said he wanted me and Tsubaki to see. According to Oberon, we will head to an elevator that is only connected to the room where he kept his project.

"I am sorry to ask this Oberon why did you put a blindfold on the maid with white hair?"

"Yes, now that Hephaestus-sama mentioned it, it makes me a bit curious."

"Ah, I did expect one of you to ask that. I still have not yet managed to find the way to make the eye more like a human than a doll, but I am getting close to it."

"Hm, I see you are still not perfecting her yet."

"It's true that I am not yet a perfectly crafted doll. I am right now aiming for quantity over quality because I need many maids to maintain and help build another room or floor. *Thud!* It looks like we are arriving."

When the elevator was open, I was welcomed with a room full of human-size dolls and swords pinned on the wall, but my attention was captured by 3-meter-high human-like armor. Because of how big it was, it would be impossible to wear it or even move it around.

"Does it look amazing!?"

Oberon looks so excited like her children when they show the proudest item they created, which somehow makes her realize that after all that happened, he is just a child of his age.

"Yes, but if it is a decoration, I think it should have white pain instead of black Oberon."

It indeed looked like a decoration because it was too big and heavy to be worn by anyone; even Ottar still couldn't match the height of the armor, but my instinct told me it was not a decoration.

"Is it really a decoration? It was too big for humans to wear it."

Oberon touches one of the back sides of the armor, and then it starts to open its hatch.

"Step back a bit, everyone; it would be dangerous if you were all too close."

Just like he said, I did step back to watch what Oberon this time tried to do. After the hatch closed, the crystal on the leg, chest, shoulder, and eye started glowing blue.

((THUD!))

The first step from that gigantic armor is so heavy that, with just a step, it shook the ground like an earthquake. Then it started moving its arm and finger; it indeed was a moving giant, seeing that Riveria, Tsubaki, and I were speechless at how Oberon managed to build such a thing, but to think this is possible to be made.

Since I arrived here, he has never stopped surprising all of us. It can't warp my head how he thinks all of this, but she already made the promise to Loki to not dig too deep into how Oberon managed to do and think all of this.

"Amazing, how did you manage to move that armor from inside Oberon?"

"You know that prosthesis arm that adventurers use when they lose their arm? It had the same principle as that."

'I see. That makes it easier to understand how he managed to move that armor, but I know it was not that simple."

"But *THUD* phew… It was still a prototype because it consumed a lot of mana. I could feel that if kept inside much longer, I would suffer mind zero."

"Hmm, Oberon, what could this armor do? Don't tell me that it only makes you look much bigger to your enemy."

"Of course not, Tsubaki; this armor could amplify the user's strength more than four times. Well, there is a drawback that I already mentioned, and because Skelton still uses the same material that is not refined, I believe it gives it some drawbacks. I will give you both my prototype blueprints. I want you both to see if there is something I have to change, of course, with the condition that you both keep this all a secret from the public, including this place."

"So I will hand half of my Auronium to you both so you can make anything you want with it because I still find it hard to find a good melting point because I lack knowledge and experience about forging, so... Hm, I felt so dizzy."

When Oberon tried to take a single step, he lost consciousness and fell right into Hephaestus's chest.

"W-what, Oberon?"

I just closed my eyes and froze in lace because I didn't know what to do in this situation. I tried to call him again, but there was no response when I opened my eyes. Oberon does not move at all.

"Hm, just like I thought he was passing out of mental exhaustion."

One of the maids and Riveria carried Oberon's unconscious body.

"Oberon had been working really hard lately; he deserves his rest."

Looking at Oberon in that sleep, I knew that he had been pushing himself too much lately, and it made her feel strong guilt toward him.

"I think I should come back to Orario. Oberon deserves to take a rest. How about you and Loki?"

"I will stay here and watch over him, at least until he wakes up."

'Riveria must really care for him; oh, I did remember that Riveria was well acquainted with the Oberon family. Maybe I should ask her about his family later.'

"Then Siv, please guide us to return, and Riveria tells Loki I will help her with the incoming Denatus, as I promise."

"I understand; thank you, Hephaestus-sama."

'I had much work to prepare for incoming Denatus....*sigh* I still don't know what I should do to repay him.'