Chapter 7: Mayari
"So, how are you planning to pay for the food you ate?" Mia was currently looking at him and had her arms akimbo while Azrael was doing the dishwashing.
Yes, he was put to that task instantly. There was no room to wiggle out of it.
"As I said, I will go into the dungeon tomorrow and get the money.", replied Azrael.
"And what insurance do I get that you don't just run away and hide your sorry ass?"
"Hey, I got some pride as well. If I say I am going to pay back then I will do so." Azrael slightly got triggered now.
"Huh!? Do you mean the pride that lets you order and eat meals without even having a single valis? Mus be extremely cheap, your pride, that is."
Azrael couldn't say anything to that and stayed silent while his scrubbing of the dishes became quicker.
"Thought so. Well, you won't be leaving this city so easily anymore. You will return here every night to do the dishes until I see my money."
Mia then sighed. "With your strength, it will take a long time until you pay up. But don't haste your way into the dungeon just because of that. I don't want to hear rumors about me having sent some brat into danger after he couldn't pay his meal."
Mia looked at him and a frown surfaced on her face. "Did you understand?"
"Yes, ma'am...", replied Azrael.
Later the catgirl named Anya appeared again and smiled while he did his work.
"How did you manage it, nya?", she asked him without context.
"Manage what?", asked Azrael back with a raised brow.
"Of course I mean how you could eat that much, nya?"
"I was hungry."
"Starving, nya?"
"No, just hungry...", repeated Azrael and frowned a little.
Anya giggled. "That means you can always eat that much, nya? Doesn't that get you in a lot of trouble, nya?"
"Well, normally I would have hunted my own food. It's just not possible in the city..."
Azrael really had to think about this more because he would hate to starve at some point.
"Alright, I am done..." He added those words because he was finally finished with dishwashing.
"Nyaha, good work, nya. Then you can leave. See you the next day, nya~."
Azrael just sighed and left the Hostess of Fertility. Looking back at the building he could not stop and think about why it was actually called like that.
'Sounds like a damn brothel to me...' Azrael just vented some stress with insulting the choice of the name.
At that exact moment, Mia sneezed. "Hmm? Why do I feel the urge to punish that brat?"
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Azrael tried to find his way through the alleys he was in. Since it was already dark after he finished washing away his debt, it was rather hard to make out the right path.
Bur at some point he found the house he was looking for and breathed in relief.
"This kinda looks shabby..." He was actually not impressed with the home bur he didn't care about it all that much.
It at least beats sleeping on the street for all he cared.
Knockin on the door he waited but no one opened up.
That somehow annoyed him because he could see the light flash on the second floor of the house.
So he knocked again and harder as well to increase the sound.
When he did it once more the door did open and a woman looked in annoyance towards him.
"What the hell do you want!?", she asked. Her voice was raspy.
Azrael looked at the woman and was a little bit surprised. She looked very beautiful bur he guessed that was a normal feature of Gods and Goddesses.
He saw her long hair that had many shades of blue in them (Star Guardian Zoe's hair from LoL) and there seemed to be little specks of sparkly white in them.
But maybe it was just his imagination. Her light mahogany-colored skin could likely be the reason for this illusion.
What he also noticed is that her deep violet eyes stared at him with impatience and soon changed to anger.
"Stop staring! What is it you want!?", she asked again.
This brought Azrael back to his senses.
"Right...are you perhaps the Goddess Mayari?", asked Azrael.
The woman frowned now. "I am not recruiting..." She seemed to have guessed his purpose and was already closing the door.
Azrael put his right foot to stop that. "Argh! Wait, don't just ignore me, please."
"Kid, if you put that foot there again don't blame me for crippling you. I already said I don't recruit. Get lost."
"But Eren Jaeger recommended you..." While saying those words Azrael kinda had a deja vu. It felt like he heard the old men´s name from somewhere. 'Huh?'
And just before he drifted into his thoughts again the woman opened the door up.
She seemed to look at his eyes and see if he was lying.
"How does he look like?", she asked.
"Hmm? Well, he is old and has a little bit of white on his head. But I guess you want to hear that he has medium-long brown hair and green eyes. Oh right, I think I did notice a scar on the backside of his right hand in the shape of a bird? And he has a damaged leg."
"Enough, you already convinced me with the scar..." Then she completely let go of the door and went inside. "Come in."
Being invited Azrael smiled and entered the house.
Walking with her towards what seemed the living room she sat down and gestured Azrael to do the same.
"So Eren sent you to me. I haven't seen him for a long time. How has he been?", asked the woman and bow smiled a little.
"So you are Mayari?"
"That's Goddess Mayari for you.", she sighed.
"Well, we only met shortly but from his happy attitude and lively granddaughter I would assume he is doing great?"
"That's good to hear." A very warm expression surfaced on Mayari's face.
Then the realisation hit Azrael. "Right, did a girl named Anya come to you?" Short white hair and blue eyes? Rather tomboyish?"
"No, you are the only visitor I had for quite a while..."
"I see. Well, she will probably manage..." Azrael kinda felt guilty right now. After all, he did make a deal with the old man.
"So are you here to join my Familia?", asked Mayari now with a straightforward look.
"Yes, please."
"Then I have to disappoint you that you would be the only one in it. I have already disbanded this Familia some time ago and would have kept it that way. But for the sake of an old friend I will give you a chance."
"Huh? What happened that.."
"First rule, no questions about that." Mayari immediately interrupted him.
"Alright, undress." Mayari was rather nonchalant about it an Azrael kinda blushed hearing her command.
It was one thing seeing stuff like that but being near such beauty and hearing such words was another.
Mayari saw that and smirked "What? Getting embarrassed now?"
Azrael gulped down and got his upper body undressed and actually proceeded to the lower part.
"Whoa there, the upper part is enough." Mayari actually chuckled seeing that and pointed to a couch. "Lay there on your stomach and be quiet."
Azrael only nodded with an even greater blush and followed her instruction. In the moment of the heat, he completely forgot that it was not sex that he would be doing.
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