Danmachi: The Magic Grandmaster

"My name is Sion."

Sion pointed to himself and said, "Sion."

"Si... on."

Unlike Meteria's voice, although the language was different, he spoke fluently.

After all, this was not the first foreign language he had learned.

In addition, Sion was smart and had an excellent learning ability, he memorized Meteria's name and pronunciation after hearing it only once.

But Meteria was different. Putting aside how much a delicate medieval lady could learn, her learning ability might not be that strong.

"That's right, it's Sion."

Hearing the girl's awkward pronunciation, Sion smiled and nodded in response.

Although the pronunciation was complex, it was also concise enough to extract Sion's name from a complete sentence.

Meteria was deeply surprised to encounter an unknown traveler like Sion during this special period.

Despite being unable to communicate, the atmosphere between the two was very pleasant.

"Speaking of which, are you the only one here?"

Sion glanced around and asked curiously.

He pointed around, then pointed to Meteria.

She was clever and soon understood what Sion meant.

"Yes, my sisters have gone to war. I don't have the talent of an adventurer, so I cannot help them. I can only pray here."

Meteria made a gesture, then clasped her hands together and made a prayerful motion toward the front of the church.

Perhaps it was the novelty of this way of communicating that made her burst out laughing.

"Pray for your Familia?"

Sion blinked and roughly understood what she meant.

'So, you dare to open the door for me even when you are all alone?'

Sion suddenly felt a sense of worry.

It was not that Sion was worried about Meteria, he was worried about himself.

This girl looked very delicate, but he had to remember that this was another world.

Despite being physically weak, she dared to open the door for Sion all by herself, which meant she must possess some kind of ability to kill him.

Either she was a spoiled young lady who did not understand the wickedness of human nature.

Another possibility was that Meteria appeared gentle and kind on the surface, but was actually similar to Aria, that freaky from Akame ga Kill who specifically targeted people from the countryside.

Although it was rude to think that way, if he were not careful, it was perfectly normal to die at any time in this unknown alien world.

'Fear ...'

Lacking strength and arriving in this unknown world alone, he truly felt uneasy.

Perhaps sensing this, Meteria took his hand, gave him a gentle smile, and said something as if to comfort him.

'You are so gentle to hold my hand and comfort me like this?'

Although her hands were soft, the thought that those hands might pick up a scalpel and chop out his body made Sion's expression stiffen even more.

Since ancient times, there has been an underground secret place known as the Dungeon in the lower world.

The secret place would breed monsters, which would emerge on the surface and continue to kill.

The gods, taking pity on their people, sent down spirits known as the avatars of the gods to the lower world as the first of their kind to help humanity.

After the gods numerous interventions yielded disastrous results, they decided to no longer directly interfere with humanity.

The gods sealed their arcanum, descended to the lower world, and constructed a system that allows humanity to surpass its limits, the Falna.

Using divine blood as a catalyst, a container is created for humanity that has reached its limits, thereby accommodating more and stronger power.

This is the myth of the Familia.

The city is called Orario, known as the center of the world, built over the Dungeon.

The world's strongest adventurers, along with various humans, demi humans, elves, and fairies, live here.

Meteria is a member of the Hera Familia, the strongest Familia in the world.

As a member of the strongest Familia, she should be strong. Even if she looked weak, she should have the strength to uproot a willow tree.

Unfortunately, Meteria did not have the talent to become an adventurer, and she also developed a rare skill that inflicted negative status effects after receiving her Falna.

It was like she was losing health every second, and the negative effects of the skill grew stronger over time. Even magic items could not completely suppress the effects of these negative skills, resulting in her being extremely weak.

"Cough, cough..."

As Meteria was speaking, she suddenly coughed.

Seeing her weak appearance, Sion was at a loss.

"It's okay, I am used to it."

Meteria gave a gentle smile.

It was only then that Sion noticed the unhealthy pallor on her face.

This was what people commonly called a sickly young lady... She was clearly in a lot of pain, but she still tried to comfort him.

Thinking about this, Sion felt ashamed of himself for misinterpreting Meteria.

"More importantly, can I know where you are from?"

Meteria made gestures with great interest, and it took Sion a long time to understand the meaning of the sentence.

'How should I answer this?'

Sion pondered for a moment, then pointed to the sky.

"Could you be from Tenkai?"

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