"Will you still join me?"
This question resounded within Liliruca's mind.
She had just been exposed to a secret so great if the other gods knew about it the person before her would surely be captured and probably interrogated/tortured without hesitation.
And yet he was willing to trust her so much after knowing each other for so little time.
Though the idea of having a familia without a god also appealed to her greatly.
Afterall the familia she had been born into… the soma familia her ideas on other familia's were a bit skewed, always being critical of their gods and goddesses for being similar to her previous god soma.
If anything Lili even believed as bad as it was, that God Soma even deserved his grim fate.
So when posed the question before her to join up a godless familia, she found this far more agreeable than being brought into any other familia.
So with resolve she worded her approval with a nod of her head.
Seeing this Neme was thankful, mostly because he would feel bad if by accepting her into his familia something happened turning her into a true godless person, devoid of ever receiving the blessing of the gods ever again.
Unlike with traditional familia's where you could switch familia's with the agreement between your current and future gods with only a delay of one year each familia swap.
So he couldn't help but raise the question once again.
"Are you really sure?"
"Yes. I used to belong to another familia but that one was… well not the best, and it was all because of the god running it. So… A familia without a god actually sounds perfect to me!"
Hearing her consent provided Neme mentally accepted the prompt in front of him.
Then quite unlike with normal gods and familia, a new screen appeared before him, this one looked like a kind of paint program allowing him to draw anything with his mind.
With a caption being that his would be the familia crest.
His mind instantly flitted to the known crests such as Hestia, Loki, Demeter, Astrea, Hephaestus.
Each one embodiying the powers, or goals of the gods and goddesses who created them.
But for himself, if this was his familia what crest would he choose to craft?
For Lili sitting across from him, she dared not move, she could visibly see a black sort of fog being emanated from neme that was connected to herself.
This was no doubt the ritual of granting falna but completely different from the one where a god drips their divine blood upon a mortals back.
Back with Neme himself unable to think of anything grand for a design as this was sprung on him so quickly he instead dragged out a symbol from another anime he enjoyed watching back on earth.
At first he considered Momonga's very own crest the outline of a smiling skull, though decided against it since the sight of such a crest would lead someone to believe you served Thanatos, Hades or any of the gods of death, and destruction.
But as his mind wandered to and pulled up each of the 42 supreme beings crests each one felt to alien or just not right considering the direction this familia would progress.
At least until he reached the last symbol, the crest of the great guild itself.
The Crest of Ainz Ooal Gown.
Still slightly ominious looking compared to the more free natured falna designs of the gods.
The single blade in the center, flanked by two human? Faces looking down, with two sets of concentric rings of defence filling in the bottom of the design.
It was perfect in his mind.
The sword representing Damocles the sword perched above even the gods heads waiting to descend and end their existance.
The two faces of himself, the simple Neme thirsting for power, and the malevolent Nemesis whose blades thirst for divine blood.
Deciding to make only a few simple artistic modifications to the design Neme finally approved its final form.
Having the screen before him vanish and once more the face of Liliruca appear before him.
The look she gave off was intense Shock.
Though he did catch a few faint whisps of the dark fog as it disappeared seeping into her very clothes.
For Lili on the other hand.
Her intense shock came from what appeared before her face.
Just like for Neme, what she saw was an overview of her status, only… aside from when they transcribed it onto parchment mortals almost never got to see the divine script screen before them and yet here it was showing her status for her to see.
[Status]
Name: Liliruca Arde
Level: 1
Strength: H106
Endurance: H 189
Dexterity: G 298
Agility: E 468
Magic: D 500
Development Ability:
Skill: Artel Assist | Great Strength
Magic: Cinder Ella
Curses:
Unused Stat Points: 0
Her stats were lain plain before her eyes, and just from that she was once more reminded of just how far away she was from reaching Level 2.
She had already tried being an adventurer only to find she was to weak for the role, becoming a supporter instead.
But as a supporter her chance to earn Excellia and boost her stats was pitiful, she after so many years had only reached the halfway point with some of her attributes.
Though as she was beginning to despair at her current situation her eyes caught onto something… different.
Though she had only ever updated her status a few time with her god Soma, she had never before seen this line [Unused stat points] before.
Thinking this was a perk or secret of the godless familia Lili raised her head up to meet Neme's gaze, who was patiently waiting in front of her to come to terms with her situation or lash out at him for having done what he did.
What he didn't expect however was what came out of her mouth next.
"What are unused stat points?"