Chapter 40 - Solution

Now in his room, Ethan felt extremely conflicted.

'Although I said I should clear the misunderstanding myself, how should I do it?'

The few ideas he had in mind seemed to work but, nothing seemed capable of ending the gossip on his relationship.

With his wandering thoughts, he didn't hear the knocks on his door.

"E-Ethan, are you there?"

Hearing Lefiya's voice, he came out of his thoughts before saying

"The door is open"

Seeing Lefiya and Ais enter the room, he wanted to ask why they were here but, before he could, Lefiya said

"You need to talk for yourself, but nobody said we c-can't help you.."

Nodding slowly, he saw Ais approach him. Without say anything, she embraced him.

"Everything is alright..."

Feeling her warmth, all his thoughts on how to 'clear' his image slowly faded before he embraced her back.

"Lefiya..told me to do this. I did well?"

Looking towards Lefiya, Ethan felt extremely grateful to her. Deciding to express his gratitude later, he answered

"You shouldn't ask me such a thing. Having you close to me is enough to make me feel really happy, you know? I would have liked this action even if I wasn't stressed out"

With a 'smile', she didn't say anything while Lefiya was still thinking about how cute Ethan and Ais were together.

Having the mind a little clearer than before, Ethan looked directly in Ais' eyes.

"We should tell the others that you're my fiancée, is that fine for you?"

Without hesitation, she replied

"...Why?"

Thinking the ring is clearly visible in her ring finger, Ethan thought

'Ahh, I shouldn't have asked such a stupid thing. The problem didn't even arise in her mind.'

Placing his forehead against hers, he smiled before closing his eyes.

"You are right. There are no problems"

Remembering Lefiya was still in the room, He distanced a little from Ais before looking towards Lefiya.

Looking away, Lefiya waited for Ethan to start talking.

"I guess I'll still need Loki to make the thing public, can you go and inform her for me, Lefiya?"

"I-I'll go to Loki explain the situation i-immediately!"

Deciding to add something more, he said

"Please tell her all the details of my proposal. Loki can surely use the information in the best ways I can't even think of right now"

She nodded before Ethan saw her disappear from the room.

'I wonder if it's really the best decision... I have to train. I will probably fight against the crowd of people who will say that I'm not strong enough to be with her..'

Without losing willpower, Ethan said

"I need to do an intensive training"

With a nod, Ais said

"I will help you..while Lefiya is talking with Loki..."

Understanding she wanted to help him, Ethan bought another [Phantom's Cloak]. Having 2 cloaks appear in front of them, she had a confused expression on her face before Ethan replied

"It will be difficult to get there without being seen by others. This is the cloak I used to sneak in before you detected me, remember?"

Having her doubts cleared, the two wore the [Phantom's cloak] before exiting the room.

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Running towards Loki's room, Lefiya arrived at her destination in a few minutes. Rushing in without even knock, she saw Loki on the bed.

"E-Excuse me if I rushed in without even knocking, Loki-sama, I-I have a message for you!!"

Smiling mischievously, she replied

"So he couldn't find an alternative himself. I had already predicted it. A messenger is already heading towards the Ganesha Familia, I'll tell you all the details"

Surprised for a moment, Lefiya understood from the first moments when she saw her Goddess that she wasn't simple but, to predict the situation like this, she felt that she had started to underestimate her with time.

Lowering her head, Lefiya asked

"Loki-sama, w-will the situation get worse?"

Laughing, Loki replied

"It depends heavily on how Ethan will handle the situation. I just prepared a trampoline that he can jump on. I saw his determination, so I decided to help him this way"

Before Lefiya could even ask something about her plan, She added

"About what Ethan needs to do..."

Hearing her explanation, Lefiya was shocked.

"L-L-Loki-sama!! Will the situation really improve in this way !?"

Laughing, she answered

"As I said, It will depend on Ethan. I'm curious to see if he can get out of it--"

Without giving her time to add something more, She replied

"Isn't it too risky !? What if he can't? He will be in an even worse situation.."

Sighing, Loki looked at her blushing face.

"I said it 2 times already, he has the determination, we will see if he can overcome this difficulty alone. If he can, other members will also start to see him as a core member, he will gain, I will gain, Ganesha will gain. Even if it isn't my style to bet everything on other people, I'm too curious to see. I won't lose anything personally, so I don't care"

Seeing her grin, Lefiya clenched her fists

'I can't do anything to help him...Loki-sama helped him but if he can't handle the situation... I'm so useless...'

Without losing the moment, Loki added

"Trust him and stop blaming yourself, you can't do anything to help him and if he sees you so worried about him, he will feel sad. Is this what you want?"

Shaking her head, Lefiya tried to reorganize her thoughts

'I need to trust him... As Loki-sama said, I can't have him feel sad ab--'

Thinking back on what she was thinking, She felt shocked

'the real question is why the situation is so close to my heart ... perhaps for Ais' well-being...yes, that must be the reason'

Giving this excuse to herself, she asked

"A-And..when will E-Ethan implement this plan?"

Hearing she changed the subject, Loki felt Lefiya was really helpless. With another sigh, she replied

"In 3 days"

Nodding, Lefiya quickly left the room, running towards Ethan's.

"Even Lefiya.... I hope he won't end up taking all the girls in my familia at this point.."

With this, Loki went towards the main room to deal with other things.

Arrived in front of his room, she didn't even bother to knock. Opening the door, she saw that Ais and Ethan weren't there.

'Where are those two now!?'

Trying to think about it, the only option she had was their previous training location.

'Don't tell me...'

Running towards the exit, she looked towards North-West.

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Meanwhile, Ethan and Ais were in the middle of what you can call an intensive training. Although only half an hour passed, They arrived in their training location in only 10 minutes.

In their training, Ais started attacking instead of using counterattacks. Although he was hit by the wooden sword more than a hundred times already, Ethan felt really motivated.

'if the situation worsens, I will fight against enemies all the time. Although it's difficult, I need to use the time while she attacks without relying on my magic....'

Thinking about magic for a moment, Ethan remembered about his [Mana Control Manual]

'Although my mana is increasing day by day with my split focus, I need to restart meditate when I can'

In deciding this, he immediately returned his attention to Ais

"Don't lose focus..!"

Nodding, he was hit another time by the wooden sword. Getting up after a second, he tried and tried to hit her.

Parrying her sword, he tried to counterattack. Failing in this action, he was sent away again. Before he could try to approach her another time, she heard a familiar voice.

"Ais... Ethan...!"

Panting, Lefiya finally saw the two

"Why...did you..."

Looking towards her, he said

"I'm training for the possibility of being attacked once it is known that I'm Ais' fiancée, She is helping me"

With a nod, Ais went near Ethan, saying

"Is everything okay..Lefiya?"

Without answering her question, She said

"Loki found... a solution but..."

Surprised by her words, he replied

"Rest for a moment, there is no hurry...right?"

Nodding, she inhaled and exhaled for a few times. Although her AGI was even lower than the average adventurer, she was still a level 3. Recovering the ability to talk freely, she added

"Loki-sama contacted the Ganesha Familia....you w-will use the colosseum to state what you want to everyone that will come... Although they have yet to accept, Loki-sama said Ganesha-sama will surely accept her request..."

Hearing her words, he was shocked

'She did all of this...for me?'

For a moment he believed Loki truly cared about him.

"She added that everyone will gain something..that's the reason she did it..."

'I also thought she was really worried about me. I should stop underestimate Goddesses and their Divinities...'

Identifying an inconsistency, he asked

"Isn't it risky to bet everything on me? I don't know if I can handle the situation..."

Without hesitation, she said

"I-I...Loki-sama said you can do it..."

Sighing, Ethan looked at Ais

"Can I ask your help again...?"

Seeing her nodding, he felt happy.

"Even if I'm not sure, I will do my best to face anyone who wants to intrude between us"

Their interactions made Lefiya blush before she said

"a-ano..I forgot to tell you...the fact is scheduled for 3 days from now..."

He felt he had 72hrs to train now but, without having it showed on his face, he said

"I understand...for now, let's continue the training"

Although she wanted to say something, the atmosphere between the two was so passionate that she felt left out.

But, this didn't last long before Ais hit Ethan with her sword.

"You were defenceless..."

Seeing how fast things changed, she was conflicted but, she understood the two were serious about the training.

'from looking so intimate to being hit with a sword..'

With this, their training continued for the whole day.

"Let's stop for now.."

After he said this, the two looked at Lefiya.

"Why are you still here? We would have returned for the night anyway..."

Although he said this, she didn't believe him.

'With you two everything is unpredictable...'

"I didn't want to return alone.."

Understanding, Ethan tried to make her feel better.

"Thanks for waiting for us..we should return now.."

Without replying, the group headed towards the Twilight Manor. Although he bought another [Phantom's Cloak] for Lefiya, for the moment he didn't care about his SP.

Entering the manor, The three went to their own room.

In his room, Ethan started to think about the 'event' of which he will be the protagonist

'In 3 days...I will prepare a schedule of things I will talk. For now, let's start with the introduction...'

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(I have a discord server. discord.gg/cpVr5X8 If you enter it, you can choose one of Ethan's future powers from the pool I created, but that's not all! On the server, you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things like the [Twin's Digimon] and [The Devoted Heart].)

(A/N: Sorry if today's chapter came out late. I had things to do. By the way, you should absolutely enter my discord server. We need help to find Danmachi girls to complete the harem. For now we have Haruhime, Aisha and Kali...More info in the discord.)

(Another A/N: Did you notice the new cover? What do you think about it?)

(Alternate Titles: "Poor Lefiya, running right and left throughout the whole chapter","Ais and Ethan, truly made for each other","the MC here is Lefiya now","Loki, you are so incredibbble")