"Hello, God Ouranos. What is, that you want to talk about?" I asked, the stoic God in front of me.
Currently I was in pretty big room below the guild. For some reason Guild head didn't accompany me here, instead just lead me to the path at the back of the guild building.
This room was wholly made out of stones with a big stone altar and a stone throne in the middle. The room was dimly lit by a few traditional timber torches, instead of mana lamps. Everything looks very old and there were also some runes or something like that on the stone walls and altar, serving some unknown functions.
All in all, everything here screams that, this place is hundreds if not thousands of years old.
Then, there was this stoic faces God in a old fashion black cloak, sitting on the stone throne above the altar. The vary definition of old itself....
Back to conversation....
"Have you ever heard of word 'Xenos' or do you know what they are?" he asked, in return of my previous question.
His sudden question about Xenos caught me off guard, which cause my face to go stiff for a movement and it didn't go unnoticed by his keen eyes.
"So you do know about them. I won't ask, how you know but would like to know till what extant you know about them." he asked me, not going too deep in the matter of how I know about them. Which I was thankful for.
"Muuu, nothing much. Just that they are intelligent and not much different form other social humanoid species on the surface." I said after thinking how much and how should I answer the question.
"Humm" Ouranos hummed and give a slight nod before speaking "That make things easier to explain than. Xenos, as you said are intelligent beings and are no different than us except their appearance. But their existence is still a mystery to us. I have been trying to stabilize a friendly relation between them and adventurers so they can also walk freely with us on the surface and help each other, which you must already know is very hard to achieve. Its one of the reason we organized a monster festival but it failed because of some unforeseen accidents."
After giving a short speech about his deeds, he paused, giving me some time to digest all the new information before continuing.
"The reason I called you here is not because of your deal with the guild or that short pulse of unknown energy from your house, but to ask your help bring them, Xenos on surface and help them gain trust of the people here. And there is no denying that, this 'Escape stone' and other unique props of yours will give you a special, unreplaceable position in the adventurer community, making your words and actions carry a weight different from guild or any Familia out there." he said, coming to the reason why he called me here.
After my so-called escape stones are launched in the market it will undoubtably go hit, as they will be the life saving ticket to safety in dangerous moments and most important, it comes in a reasonable price. And I the creator and the monopolizer of them can just say 'fuck you' to anyone who stand in my way or question me, giving me a high political standing.
As for if someone somehow find out the recall runes and try to copy them, they still will be fucked up badly. As my runes are infused by the power of guide, giving them logic of Minecraft and Terraria, different from logic and rules of this world...
Anyway back to Ouranos's deal again...
"Humm.. That will be troublesome, you know that right? First I have to register them as tamed monsters under my tamer name in the guild and then there is Ganesha Familia for their stamp of approval. Andddd.... the most important questions, how many are they and what will I get for my unnecessary trouble?" I asked, listing my trouble and questions about this deal.
"Yes, your questions are valid and to answer them, you can leave the guild and Ganesha part to us. Ganesha Familia already know about them, or at least the upper rank member knows, so they will even help you in this, if needed." he said, revealing another shocking piece of news and continue speaking. "As for how many of Xenos are out there we don't have a correct count, but around hundred is what we estimated. And for your last question, you can ask three requests from me or guild in return for your efforts. As long the requests are within our boundaries and don't cause unnecessary harm, we will fulfill them."
"Humm, That's good than. By the way, if Ganesha Familia already knows about them, even if only the upper level members, why don't you ask them to bring these Xenos as tamed monsters themselves? Hundred is a lot if you ask me." I asked still thinking about the shocking news I heard.
"There are three big reasons for not giving Ganesha Familia this task. First of all they are a massive group, an organization, whose primary goal is to keep Orario safe from internal dangers mostly and Xenos are a external factor which are normally dealt by exploration Familia (Zeus's party were the one handling Xenos before)."
"Second as a group it consist of many individuals each with different thoughts and and different ways of seeing the world. Giving this task to them will cause friction to occur and results will be less than ideal. Unlike you who is a individual and can work more effectively without the need of explaining your motives to others."
"Third and most important reason. You have already came in contact of them, that war shadow and knows how to handle this matter." he said, explaining his thought process on this matter.
"Okey. I understand, what I have to do. Is there anything else or should I leave? I have a lot of work to finish before this month is over." I said.
"One last warning before you leave. Don't send that blue haired girl to the dungeon. As you might already know there is something dangerous related to the spirits deep in the dungeon. And you should also be careful specially after you get a blessing and grow stronger. Currently your presence of spirit aura is to low to be detected by any. Even I, 'without' my arcanum sealed can barely feel it, so you are unbothered by them. But as you grow stronger they will come after you as well." he warned me about the danger luking in the dungeon and why I didn't had any direct clash with them despite being in their hit list. After all if you can't see your target how can you go after them.
"One more thing. Some gods have already detected, that girl is a spirit because of how close gods and spirits are. But they are keeping it low for now, so be careful of them as well." he said, giving me yet another crucial information.
"Thanks for the warning. I will tell Crystal to stay away from dungeon and be more careful. As for myself, I will be searching for some presence suppressing techniques, after getting a blessing that is." I said, while my brain already thinking what to do next about this matter.
"You can ask Royman to notify me when you feel like you are ready to meet them and if possible bring one or two on surface. I will send you their location. You can leave now." he said, completing our conservation.
"I will." saying that, I gave him a light bow and left the room.
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Author here- So this is how it is. Gods and fairies are very, very closely linked with each other (I don't know how, but they are. 'Danmachi volume 4, page around 150-200 somewhere cruzzo arc, original') and spirits are one of the most powerful fairy race members. Spirits are also called most beloved children of gods in danmachi for that reason.
So when Crystal was touring the city, she come too close to some gods and they detect her spirit aura simple. Right? Find more Info in next chapters.....