Rethusa rolled her eyes "Of course that would be your answer. If you eventually die from following that gut of yours know that I told you so." she said jokingly.

  I chuckled "Then i just o make sure I die for some other inane reason, oh what about finding the one eyed bck dragon and taking a leak on it? That sounds like it would make an iing story don't you think?" I asked with a cheeky smirk.

  "A good death." Ariande said with a wide smile and a thumbs up.

  A few moments ter Rose returned a down a small ledger that was rather thin all things sidered.

  "You are in luck as the list was just updated this m and as such has the best sele you could ask for and what they are looking for if anything at all." Rose said as she set the ledger down on the ter.

  "May I?" I asked and she o give the go ahead so I picked up the thin book and ope.

  (Apollo)

  size: medium

  Type: exploration

  wanted: Mage

  (Apophis)

  Size: medium

  type: exploration

  Wanted: Warrior

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  (Hestia)

  size: No members

  Type: N/A

  Wanted: No specifications given

  The list was fairly simple in design but it gave most of the information someone applying for a familia might look for. I iionally ignored all the familia looking for a specific type of adventurer since I wasn't quite sure what I would end up as after my cursed teique got usable. That sadly limited the list down to only three options. The Hestia familia that was clearly just starting out si was listed as having no members. The Loki familia that only had talent as a requirement fusingly enough. Like how would most people even know if they were talented or not before receiving their falna?-

  I was a bit of an exception since I knew right away that my cursed teique alone made me sidered talented but for everyone else it was an unusual and frankly unreasonable requirement to try and match. The final option was the Miach familia but Artemis directly told me I wasn't allowed to join that one on at of the god Miach being a gigolo or something like that. it was hard to tell since she muttered it under her breath while gring at the name.

  "In that case the Hestia familia is the only option that fits for me sihe Loki familia is well known for their expeditions and teams." I said setting the book down again.

  "She be a bit of a handful but Hestia is a good choice." Artemis said with an agreeable nod.

  "If that is your choice I will arrao have a meetiween you both. Please che regurly for an update." Rose said calmly while taking the ledger back.

  We left after that and unlike what I had expected the Artemis familia didn't actually have a house that they operated out of but rather just booked aire small inn to themselves when they were in town. Suspiciously though the inn iion was called {The moon and bow} and had no other ers at all. The reason for that arently the owner who was a beastkin woman named Irene used to be a member of the Artemis familia but left to pursue romance as it was forbidden to do so while in the familia.-

  She and her husband had bought a broken down building at the es of the city that was basically abandoned and thus cheap and ran it as an inn for newbie adventurers and when they were in town the woman's old familia. It was rather funny to see how the familia and the woman got along as many of those in the familia were clearly jealous of Irene fetting hitched. Just because romance was forbidden while in the familia didn't mean those in it didn't wish for it, only that that longing was out weighed by their desire to remain.-

  It was also why I got unfortable inally when the amazons of the familia first met me. The gazes they had were those of someone judging if I was a worthy didate to be their mate, I failed in case it wasn't obvious. Amazons as a race had a "type" that they wanted as a husband, strong. That was it, that single word was their only real requirement in most cases. I am not ashamed to admit that I am definitely not strong at all, hell I never o be until I died and came to this world.-

  Earth ce where physical fitness was basically pointless if you weren't an athlete of some sort or enjoyed exerg. You simply didn't need above average strength unless you fell into those categories. Why would I go out of my way to workout a healthy when all it aplished was determine whether or not I lived a slightly longer miserable existence? So I simply lived my life day by day as I saw no point in g beyond that.-

  Here though? Godhood was an actual possibility, ohat a bonafide goddess had firmed ossible but unlikely. Regardless of how unlikely it was I wao chase that possibility with everything I had. Suffering was insequential in front of such a lofty goal and I k. But like ahling will tell you that was a long term goal but in the short term I o set more reasonable goals. My current goal is to work on my fitness and join a familia to get a falna.-

  After that I will spend however long and however much effort it takes to hone my skills and power to perfe. The best part is that I am actually fairly certain that if I expand my cursed teique enough I also earn a fortune by creating ons and armor unlike anything this world has ever seen before. I khis because I had taken a look at the ons and armor of the Artemis familia and got a rather curious piece of information from my teiques instinctual uanding, they were made of parts taken from a living thing.-

  "Drops" they are called, pieces of a mohat remain even after the rest of the body turns to smoke from the magic stone being damaged or removed. Smiths in this world could apparently turn these drops if they were the correct sort into ons or armors. These equipment were also much more resilient and powerful than normal metal ons usually. In fact almost any gear for an adventurer beyond a certain level of power required these drops to be made.-

  My cursed teique as a result made me uniquely suited for the smith profession but that would be a cop out on my part. While there was no shame in sitting in a fe all day and crafting things like literally every other smith in this world that was not a path to godhood. Far too many had traveled it for that to be true, no I o go beyond the normal and into the realm of the extraordinary to even have a sliver of a ce at reag my goal.