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By the time they left the book store behind and Caelan had gotten a look at his progress-
He'd gained a massive smile that looked like it could light up the dungeon itself, and didn't look as if it would be going away anytime soon.
Well, not that Hestia could blame him, what he saw reflected back at him, told him that he made every other adventurer that came before him and their progress, look like chumps.
He had a right to be proud.
And yet despite herself, Hestia couldn't keep the massive blinding smile off of her face just the same.
It was partly from his growth. She was excited for how much stronger he could get, and his absurd growth made her remember the very first day she descended from Tenkai.
…And the first person she knew that she ran into, was that flat chested trickery goddess Loki.
'She said I'd never be able to get a good familia and I'd never get any children worth anything, heh, who's laughing now flat chest!' Hestia laughed internally.
She thought she was so tough and cool because her familia was one of the best in the city. Not for long, her precious Caelan would boot her off her little throne in short order! None of her children could hope to compare to Caelan!
And not only that, practically skipping at her child's side, one of his arms around her shoulder holding her flush against his side, made it look as if they were really on a proper date! They didn't look any different from any of the other couples roaming the streets.
'And he likes to spoil me.' her eyes flickered to Caelan's hand opposite, where he casually held a huge bag that she probably even wouldn't be able to lift.
Filled with books.
He'd spent a whole absurd ten thousand valis on her before leaving the book store, just buying her new reading material! There was over fifty books in that big bag!
"You seem happy." Caelan looked down at her, smile not wavering in the least.
"Like you're one to talk," Hestia snorted and leaned against him a bit more, enjoying his warmth, as she did, though she noted an odd scent that tickled her nose. Not a bad one, pleasant actually, masculine, but with a bit of a soft, sweet after taster that tickled the inside of her nostrils, she blinked, "…Are you using one of your new skills already?" she asked.
Because the smell was coming from Caelan.
"Yup," his smile got wider, "One of the abilities I got today was perfect to use for a date. What you can smell right now is the scent of my favourite deodorant, lynx chocolate."
"Deodorant?" Hestia blinked, she'd never heard that term before, "And lynx, as in the animal? And chocolate the sweet?"
"Basically, a male version of perfume, for guys," he explained, "And the lynx name was just the brand name, but yeah the scent took some of the sweetness from chocolate."
"So this is what chocolate smells like, huh?" Hestia mused. "A bit different than I thought it would be, I've not been able to afford any since I came down here, but it's kinda nice."
Chocolate was one of the most expensive food items there was here in the lower realm. Even a small bar of it cost ten thousand valis.
And it told her some interesting things about Caelan's life before she met him. He must have came from some serious money for him to talk about such a thing so casually.
"Only a bit like it, chocolate smells way better food wise," Caelan replied, and paused, forcing her to stop with him, "Alright, new plan, let's pick out some clothes and then we'll go get you some chocolate."
"Eh?" Hestia blinked, before her eyes widened massively, "Eh!? No, I can't let you buy me chocolate, it's way to expensive to waste the money you work hard to get on!"
She was lazy and a free loader at times with her friends, but she wasn't going to leech off of her precious c-
Caelan squeezed her shoulder gently, pulling her into his side a bit more, "What if I want to spoil you though?" he pointed out, silencing her protests, "I can always make more money out of my skills and in the dungeon and I've got tons of plans to make loads of valis, then I can spoil you even more."
Hestia couldn't stop the sniffle that escaped her, "Uwaa!" she cried, and burrowed into his side, nuzzling her face against him, her emotions getting the better of her, "You're such a good boy Caelan!"
He stiffened for a moment before relaxing, a laugh leaving his throat, "Nope, I'm a bad boy," he replied, "After all, a little good boy wouldn't admit enjoying having you pressed up against them like this and wanting you to spoil them right back."
"Hm?" Hestia blinked, stopping her abrupt bawling and looked up at Caelan to see his massive smile had turned into a satisfied smirk. She followed his eyes to see he was glancing at where her chest was pressing up against him. "Naughty boy." she said, but unable to contain her own grin.
After all, while she didn't have access to her godly powers, her arcanum while in the lower realm, there were still traits innate to her as a divine being that she had not lost. Such as being able to tell when a mortal was lying, and getting a feel for their character from just a conversation.
Caelan's interest in her breasts had been apparent to her from the very first night she met him.
He hadn't at all been lying when he told her when they first met, that her being the goddess of the hearth, home and family was a big reason why he wanted to join her familia.
He just hadn't told the full truth.
Caelan was still a teenage boy after all, despite how impressive he was.
"Guilty." he laughed lightly, not hiding it now he was caught.
Letting go of his side, Hestia latched onto his arm wholly and pulled him along, "Let's go finish up that clothes shopping then." her grin widening.
She bet there was an ulterior motive to him wanting to buy her lots of clothes. And she had a good guess as to what.
'I'll need to pick out stuff that show plenty of cleavage.' she nodded to herself.