The Flash (Danmachi x OC)

Season 4 Chapter 72 A Song of Despair

No one's POV

Lemia: Irregular, huh?

Lemia spoke with uncertainty that something awful is happening while she was away. Astrea stood there beside here with her eyes pleading.

Astrea: Please Lemia. If there's a chance that Ryuu is in danger, I want you to please and go assist, Sora.

Lemia: I was wondering why he left us during that assault in Knossos, but I guessed now I know why.

Lemia smile ruefully, then looked at Astrea with eyes full of determination.

Lemia: Leave it to me, Astrea.

Then she looked at the rest of her Familia whom had joined her and Astrea to Orario. Bella, Sumela, Susora, Balda, Mejila, Milo, Melo, and Raquelta. The 8 of  them all nodded at Lemia telling her that they too will join.

Lemia: Then, let's go!

Astrea Familia: Understood!

(Elsewhere)

Crash! A cup slid off the table with a clatter.

Lunoire: Hey, Syr! Are you okay?

Syr:...

The waitress Lunoire rushed to the girl with the blue-gray hair, who was surrounded by ceramic fragments. The item that had fallen did not belong to the bar; it was instead the favorite cup of one of their coworkers. It belonged to the elf who was no longer there with them. Syr shifted her gaze from the smashed pieces of pottery to her hand. Drops of red blood were seeping from her slender fingers.

Syr:...I'm sorry everyone. I'm going to step out for a minute.

Anya: Syr! Where are you going~nya?!

Syr ran out the back door, ignoring the words of the catgirl Anya. She and the other waitresses were left behind in the quiet bar, which hadn't opened yet.

Chloe: Think she went to look for Lyu~nya?

The catgirl Chloe asked as she turned over a piece of the cup in her hand.

Lunoire: Can't think of what else she'd be doing...even though we have no idea where that girl could be.

Lunoire, the only human of the three, frowned as she answered. Her words were devoid of conviction. The same went for the kitchen workers. But Mia, the owner of The Hostess of Fertility, did no more than watch and sigh as her employees went about their work completely distracted.

Anya: Meow...It's all Ryuu's fault, meow! The fact that Syr's acting strange and also Mia and the others being so worried, not to mention the gloomy mood around here—it's all her fault!

Anya shrieked her words at the ceiling. Before Ryuu up and vanished, she had been tense for days on end, and her fellow waitresses suspected she had gotten wrapped up in something bad. It was only a hunch, but one based on a long friendship. They couldn't explain it, but they all felt it in their bones.

Hestia: Excuse me, is anyone in there?!

Just then, as if trading places with Syr, someone else arrived.

Anya: Meeeow?

Lunoire: A goddess? A customer?

Chloe: No, it's the Hero's patron deity...Lady Hestia~nya.

The goddess, who could easily have been mistaken for a regular girl, was standing in the doorway of the bar. Judging by her panting and how hard her black pigtails were bouncing, she must have run there. Without stopping to properly catch her breath, she rushed up to Anya, Lunoire, and Chloe.