Having a quick and simple meal at the Hostess of Fertility Nero quickly noticed that Syr was nowhere to be seen, most likely due to not wanting to be seen by Aurathia as she probably would have no qualms about revealing who she was in front of everyone and so probably left the moment she heard that Aurathia was heading her way
"This is a nice pub" praised Aurathia "It has a good atmosphere, great food and the girls here seem to have good training, especially the one who is making the food"
"That's Mia, otherwise know as mama Mia, she was apparently once part of Ferya's familia but now works here for some reason, some people say she is only partially a member now" Nero explained
"Looks like although Freya never liked to attend my training sessions she still uses one of my more brutal ones on her Familia from what I can tell from the kind of body that dwarf has" Aurathia noted, her eyes narrowing as Mia
Feeling Aurathia's eyes on her Mia looked up and directly at her, putting down her laddle for a second and coming over "can I help ya" she asked loudly
"Not really, but if you see Freya could you tell her for me to stop using those barbaric training sessions to make her people stronger, if you're anything to go by she's making people fight all day and then getting them healed before making them do it again the next day" Aurathia sighed
"How do you know about Freya's training?" Mia asked, half in shock half in wonder
"Because it's one of my training methods, one of the ones that gets the best results but only for those who can handle it, only a woman like Freya could get enough people to do it with the willpower to continue doing it day after day without their minds giving out" Aurathia sighed
"I've tried to get her to stop doing it in the past, if she doesn't want to listen then she won't listen" Mia said agreeing with Aurathia's opinion "anything else I can tell her from you?" she questioned with a smile
"Yeah, tell her that she should really do more exercise than fucking everything that enters her eyesight" Aurathia grinned
"Hahaha, I like a goddess like you, plus that kid you got with ya looks like the kind of kid who will get far with the right trainin' he's got that air about him" Mia laughed
"I'll have to make sure that I train him well then won't I" Aurathia chuckled back
"Alright I'll pass on your message, in the meantime I've got to get back to cooking, hopefully I'll see you around, both of you" Mia waved as she went back to the stove
"Woah, you hit it off with Mama Mia" commented Chloe as she brought the food over
"She's like me, straight as an arrow and not one to mince words, tell the truth and you'll be on their good side, lie and she'll kick the crap out of you" smiled Aurathia as she dug into the food
"That's true" Chloe laughed awkwardly
"Thanks for the food" Nero said flicking her a coin tip
"You're welcome, we always accept well tipping customers here" Chloe smiled as she caught the coin
"Chloe! back to work, we've got orders" barked Mia
"Yes Mama Mia" Chloe responded
After Nero and Aurathia finished to meal and paid for it they made their way outside
"You're dad could learn a thing or 2 from Mia, from the food I could see in the trash when I took the bins out this morning the scraps that they sell here would sell better if he picked them out of the bin and served them" Aurathia stated as she patted her belly
"That's truer than you would think" Nero chuckled "there was a time when I found him rumaging through the bins of other retaurants to see if he could find old recipes, when he got to the Hostess of Fertility he ended up gettig beaten up and sent home with a note on him saying if he did it again he would get worse"
"With that Mia in charge I can imagine" laughed Aurathia
"Geh, Aura" exclaimed a voice from in front of them, turning to see a small woman with large breasts and a twintail hairstyle
"Hestia, one of the people I wanted to see" Aurathia stated with a smile that didn't reach her eyes
"W-Why would you want to see me?" Hestia asked guiltily
"Because I heard the main reason that you came down here is so that you could escape from my training sessions you Hikikomori" Aurathia said grabbing Hestia's shoulders in her strong grip
"But I'm the goddess of the hearth and home, I shouldn't be made to go outside and run around under the sun" complained Hestia as she tried to escape
"I gave you training exercises that you could do in the house" Aurathia continued
"But they were too hard" Hestia moaned
"It was basic stretches and a few push ups and sit ups" Aurathia remarked
"It was too many" Hestia mumbled
"You do do alot of push-ups, maybe it was to many for her to do" Nero mentioned, trying to give Hestia a way out
"See, even your child agrees" Hestia asserted, gaining confidence from having support
"It was 5 of each" Aurathia declared
"Ok I can't defend you if it was only that many" Nero retracted his statement
"I have been abandoned" Hestia gasped "betrayed, decieved, let down been sold out" Hestia complained
"Oi Hestia, you forgot this at work" came a voice from behind Hestia
"Hephaestus save me, I'm about to be made to do exercises" Hestia whined
"Aura, I had heard that you had descended, never thought I'd run into you like this" Hephaestus remarked "it's good to see you" she said holding her hand out
"Good to see you too" responded Aurathia taking Hephaestus's hand "seems like you've been keeping up with your training" she noted, able to tell just from her grip
"Well due to not being in heaven anymore I can't rely on my divine power to wield my hammer so I always make sure to keep training the way you taught me, it makes it so much easier to wield my hammer when I train the right muscle groups" Hephaestus smiled
"Good to hear it, you always were one of the best people I trained, unlike some other people" Aurathia stated, her hand latching onto the back of Hestia's head who was trying to sneak away
"Aura you've got to let me go, I have work that I need to get to" Hestia yelled
"I've heard that excuse before" Aurathia said not believing her
"She actually does so could you let her go" Hephaestus chimed in
"Ok you get to go this time" Aurathia told Hestia letting her go but not before giving her a piece of parchment "but make sure you at least do these back and shoulder exercises, you'll thank me"
"I will if I have time bye" Hestia answered before zooming off
"You know she's not going to do them don't you" Hephaestus commented
"Probably not, but if she doesn't those boobs of hers are going to end up breaking her back and make her shoulder want to fall of so it's her own fault if that happens" Aurathia shrugged
"I suppose you're right" chuckled Hephaestus before turning to Nero "so, this your kid?"
"Yep, just started today, one of these days he'll be one of the strongest adventurers out there" Aurathia declared proudly slapping his shoulder
"Nice to meet you Hephaestus-sama, the names Nero" he stated while rubbing his shoulder
"Seems like a good kid, and with you training him I have no doubt I'll be hearing his name sometime soon" Hephaestus smiled "see you around" she waved
"Well that was all the people I wanted to see except Freya and I managed to find a way to get a message to her so next on the list is somewhere to train" Aurathia declared
"Then I have the perfect place in mind of where to go next" Nero declared, leading the way with Aurathia following behind him.