Is It Wrong For A Gamer To Be In The Dungeon? Familia Myth Of Zetta

The same night after Denatus was held

Inside the Artemis Familia's [Antares Mansion]

A mix Bathroom has made from the bas.e.m.e.nt before the mansion. And because of this room that Zetta's workshop alone has been created in this very same floor—Though he never even once bathed in this place as theres a shower room in different area of their mansion, adding the fact that he always prefer being alone—he forget the idea of coming in here.

And at this said Bathroom, gathers all of the Artemis Familia ladies other than their Goddess herself as she was inside Zetta's residence above floors and who know what they were talking at this time.

SPLASH——

"Ahhh~ I'd never thought our Familia would made it this far—so refreshing" Lante, who jokingly stated, lean her back from the corner as she happily feel this relief for the first time in a while.

Catana who recently obtain an alias [Gun-nya], the race of a Werecat; half-werewolf and half-catpeople—look at her with soft smile and followed "Uhm, its all thanks to Artemis-sama, and our dearest captain-nya"

Hearing her naturally joyous words, other girls twitched in surprise other than the lady with a body like that of a rock—the dwarf Vjara who silently wash her body not far from them.

"Nya, did I said a wrong name-nya? Are you all afraid of our captain-nya?" with tilting head,Catana is perplexed by her co-members reactions.

But it was their vice-captain Rethusa who responded with shaking head "no, you are partially wrong. . ."

Tilting to another side, Catana ask through gesture as she don't know what her vice captain meant.

". . .it was thanks for Kami-sama, yes we are very grateful of her. But our achievement thus far. It was all thanks to our captain, I'm sure you all know even if I didn't said it aloud. It was because of him why we are happy and live with our hearts content right at this moment" with such speech, Rethusa continues

"You all know, outside the Orario, we are like a living war machine, raiding monsters from here to there until we exhaust our fighting power for saving others, though I don't hate what we were doing. I'm so glad at this very moment, I'm very glad that I owe him my life for saving us from that place. Reaching out his hands towards us from that almost never-ending slaughter place. It was all thanks to him why our Goddess change her views in life, she change a lot—in a good way, I say. She smiles a lot, she cry a lot, blush a lot; genuinely and madly in love. But all of them strengthen her and change her, and change our fate as a whole. All because of influence of a single person"

She then lowers her head and a curve smile exited out of her lips, enough to entrance others because of its purity; she then look towards the girls and follows "Forgetting the past before he arrive on our Familia and I only remember is a debt, a debt that could never repay even if I use this flimsy life of mine. . . You girls didn't said it aloud but deep down inside your heart. I too knows, how you fond of him, how much you think you owe him. I know it, because we all shares life and death together alongside each other from ever since when" in her face, theres not a single glimps of jealousy or any other emotions other than happiness and empathy.

This is the first time she open up her feelings towards her Familia as she is the type who solitarily handle the troubles and/or problems alone, a reticent one. Because that is what she believes as a former captain of Artemis Familia. But now she's dependent to that said person.

And of course, this is what her answer from the last time her captain, Zetta told her so, that she has friends that could open up her problems here. Her Family—The Artemis Familia. Althought she's at lost why she said such thing but she is sure of one thing—what she said just now, is what she currently feels.

"He he, vice-leader knows us very well. I agree, Afterall, captain is a very unique individual" Long Ran who was listening, commented as she dip her whole skin through the warmth bath. The rest nodded their head and chuckles

The blood elf continues, "At first, I really don't like him, especially when he grip your face hard and then your cold relationship started, you distance yourself from him since then. But alas, what you hold is only a pride, a pride that you think you could solve the problem on your own, on our own. Its funny but, Lante here, told me it was you who cry for his help that is why he lend us a hand raiding the monster from Elsius Forest the next day. And whats even more hilarious is, it was him who said the word 'Sorry' in front of us. For you"

Her word struck Rethusa, their former captain hard. But she lightly smile and couldn't retort as that was all but truth.

"Our current captain, although full of mystery, he never shows his back against us, he always help us even if he resorted by lingers in the shadow while overseeing us" she said with a small wink

Because Long Ran has the highest of the five senses amongst them, she realize that her captain is watching over them during their expedition with Godhood Alliance, or if they venture to much lower floor for the first time for who knows how many times now

Hearing her, Meowsui, their support yelp in surprise "Ahh!" And look at Catana the [Gun-nya], "So the one who snipe the monster out of nowhere, for us to have a room to breath isn't you afterall!?"

Catana then grumbled "I told you that wasn't me for who knows how many times already! my Gun always produced an earpiercing sound everytime I was pulling the trigger! Didn't I already tell you all about that already!?" Catana splash the waters in tantrum as she is always defeated in every argument; which in the first place is because she always don't know how to reason out.

Realizing it this late, Long Ran chuckles in return as if she's the victor 'hehe, the girls don't know one bit from that time at all' and think about it funny.

Amarui who silently listening, wash her tanned Amazonian skin and only glance back and forth. She's only copying Vjara's unexpressive face as this Amazoness is always blank when it comes to this kind of 'talk' because all she know and/or could only concentrate is when inside the battlefield. She's like an unmoving rock when it comes to this. So, all she could do is to listen and not commenting.

Meanwhile from the same Mansion

"Achoo—!" At Zetta's room above floor, Artemis who was silently hugging her captain's lower body, awakened from her deep sleep after hearing his sneeze and was now rubbing his reddened nose

"Is something the matter? Did you really catch a cold?" She ask and look at him. Zetta already told her that his whole body is changing unlike the past, so she genuinely worried that he might actually caught a cold this time.

"Ah, no? There's a saying from my past world, when you sneeze, someone is talking something behind your back. . . Grrr, its chilly" he then rub his hand towards his goddess' frail arm as the cold breeze enter through his room from his open window. Artemis at the same time, turned red as the heat enters through her skin touching his.

But then, she didn't forget to reply "Fufufu, is it the girls you met so far? Who was it, I wonder, the elf of Moa's tavern?. . .Or maybe. . .it was the girls from below? Fufufu afterall, you were popular even amongst their group" with a simple grin, she explained

"Huh? Why would they talk behind my back? —On the second thought, are they cursing me or something? Is that why I felt chill?" He then narrow his brow.

But Artemis said an unexpected words "He he he, you really are naive"

"Huh?" Oblivious, he released a high pitch voice

"Did you really think they have an indignation towards you? And do you really think, for them you were just their 'mere' captain?"

With her question, Zetta blink for a couple of times, no matter how many times he knock inside his brain, he couldn't understand what his Goddess meant.

"Did you know? After meeting you, all of them didn't even bother looking for another man? Maybe because they are comparing you with them? Hmm, that so like it" Artemis then poke her lips with her index finger, thinking.

Zetta didn't try to reason out or to answer, rather, he couldn't answer, afterall, his Goddess isn't even asking him and instead Artemis stood half of her body up and look at him straight.

"Are you afraid?" She said

"????" Then again, he's at lost from that simple question

"Are you afraid you cannot reciprocate or return their fondness towards you?"

With that, he finally release a word "What are you talking about? They're just my Family, for me all of you are my Family, is it normal to return kindness with kindness within the Family? Afterall that is the essence of it. And I don't think romantic feelings are in question here"

"Then, what if that is the case? What if what they think of you is not just a Family? What if they think of you as a potential partner, as an opposite s.e.x? What would you do?"

"...."

Noticing his blank expression, she lightly smile, "You were afraid, afterall. . . Well, it was me who's talking here and don't know what they felt. It is for you to decide but make sure what happens here is only between us, kay?~ I don't want you to change your treatment towards them just because you realize they like you not because you are their captain and sole male member of my Familia, but because they really like you from the bottom of their heart"

After that, she pretend to yawn "Huaam~ I'm going back on my room then. Nighty~ Zetta-kun<3"

Not noticing her jealous reaction with bitting lower lips, Zetta silently close his eyes and straightened his body.

With big and heavy warm of breath out of his mouth, he started to feel like losing his conciousness and knew that sleep is knocking behind his door. He let it overcome him and thanks to that. He partially forgot what happen tonight.

At the same time, the girls are still conversing below and still inside the Bathroom. . .

Long Ran didn't have an ill-meaning of what she meant from the last time towards Rethusa. So after their talk about their captain, the topic slide a bit after an angel arrive for a couple of minutes

This time, Straight, the naughty pallum look at the raven colored long ponytailrf hair who has the flattest c.h.e.s.t within their group, Lante.

"When you think through it. Ever since then, I'd never seen Lante talk to other guy or even try to converse with them, how's that? Eh? Lante-chan?"

The pallum, slowly slither her body towards the poor little Lante but she grab the former small face before she arrives.

"Yes! Ever since Kami-sama—ever since she change, I too wanna be like her, why she change like that or whatnot, thats why I was curious about our captain ever since then! Looking up to him and realize he's different with the other guy, Happy!?" Though she's an airhead, Lante announce an unexpected word which made the listener glance at her resolute face.

Is she mean it? Is she joking? The girls, for the first time ask themselves if this little girl is serious at this time.

"Well, if its about differences, isn't captain of Lady Hestia is also different? He too has an out of this world charm, though not much if you compare to our captain" the blood elf Ran then stated

"He's just a little 'naive-boy' compare to our captain who is a 'man', happy?" Again, Lante chimed as if she's been possess by an intelligent being with one arm placing atop of her waist.

Others might not know or realize by now but Rethusa knows Lante; when it comes to this kind of topic is a genius and knowd fully well how the latter could even write many volumes of books when its about love or how it works to even how ones feel, as if she's a [Love Sage].

—And different from her familia who didn't know or experience that kind of bliss, one could say that this little-looking girl is indeed a genius in this topic. Thats why just hearing her word, others felt like she's indeed a prominent being.

But alas at this point, Lante really did changed, so much to the point where she always look at her Goddess' conversation with her dearest captain and solely chuckle with them flirting or creating their own world.

Is she curious? Or jealous? Who knows.

At the same time, Lante open up another topic but still closely the same "I will ask you girls then, if you were die tomorrow, who would or what kind of confession did you make?"

With her words alone, silent the whole room. For them who don't know such thing, how would they answer?

"You, are you raising a deathflag? Huh!?" Rethusa look at her in a bit angry, although they don't know what that is the moment they hear the word. Their captain explains it and sometimes used for himself whenever he made a quarrel with their goddess everytime he's entering the dungeon. Vice captain whose glare piercing at the little raven girl Lante frowned, but the latter wouldn't mind. Afterall, its just a simple question.

But then surprisingly, the blood elf Ran speaks her thought with beaming smile "well as for me? I am happy. . .as long as I die embracing the person I truly love, he he" she said so with scratching cheek.

"I told you, don't answer such thing! You are raising a deathflag here!" Rethusa yelp out in slighty anger tone

"Well, we're ditto then, I too wanted to die embracing the man I like" but Lante follows the blood elf.

"thats the most romantic way of saying the right word in the right time, so count me in~"

"Alright, plus one here"

Catana, and the pallum Straight, followed up. After that, the laugh resounded in which made Rethusa turning in red. . .not mocking her but teasing her.

Meanwhile

Before they know it. Their Goddess, walk in with only a piece of towel covering her upper and lower private part; As she then dip her delicate looking skin towards the warm bath, the steam of it and luminous light coming from the perverted moon lightened her glamourous body as if it was peaking at her otherworldy beauty.

Although uncompare to Goddess of beauty herself, others couldn't be rival to this Goddess of the hunt meticulous soft and gentle skin.

Noticing the sudden tranquility, the Goddess couldn't help but curl up her lips unnotice to others but before she could let out a word—

"Oh its time for our Goddess to bath then? Welp I'm done here afterall. Ahh~ that was refreshing" Vjara, the first one who speak a word, stand up from her seat and walk out of the room.

Others also follows. . .and bow towards their Goddess as they exited

After a couple of minutes, Artemis are now alone and look at the exit of the bath, in daze. . .she was now alone in this big warm room.

She then mutters, "Did. . .I get dump?"

Actually, she hears a tiny bit of her children's conversation thats why she entered rushly and want to strike a conversation with them but then again, in the end she only find herself alone. She couldn't selfishly told them to stay in the end as they too are going to be a bit busy starting tomorrow. right?

—But the reality she didn't know is, her children is a bit embarrassed to have a 'love' talk with her after they realize she's rushing in from the outside.

"Ahh~ I'm now curious" Artemis then upped her chin with closed eyes while saying so and remember her conversation with her captain.

'Family, huh' after that single thought, she endulge herself in this tranquility, devoid of any sound other than the whistle of a calm wind and the ripple from the warm water she's been with.