Transdim: Interlude: Hestia

Transdim: Interlude: Hestia

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Commissioned by Althero

Wordcount: 1000

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“Bwaaaahhhh! I’m such a useless goddess, Miaccchhhh!”

“Now, Hestia, you know that isn’t true.” 

“But it is! It super is! All I can do is sit around and look pretty, while my Familia does everything for me!”

“Heh, shouldn’t you be bragging about that instead of crying, Hestia?”

“No!” 

Apollo’s personal room is so big that my words echo around it, bouncing off velvet drapes, antique furniture, and the bed that I still didn’t like to sleep in after I replaced its mattress. Miach and I were having our little get together in the little corner of the room that I’d claim for myself, while I gathered the willpower and energy to slowly take the rest of the room ever.

Willpower and energy that I didn’t have, because once again I’m being a useless goddess!

“They do everything for me, except update their status, and all everyone wants to do is pamper me, make me happy, and make sure everything is perfect.” I feel really bad talking about it, but I’m with a friend, and he understands. “You know how it feels, right? Your cute Familia member does everything for you… and it’s awful!”

“N-now… Naaza doesn’t do everything for me, H-Hestia!” Miach is a terrible liar. He’s probably the worst liar. One look at him, over the plate of tea sandwiches lovingly prepared by my cute Amazons who’ll never have to touch anyone they don’t want to, made my friend slump. “I still make potions every now and again. T-the discount ones… the ones that Hikigaya-kun nicely buys up and gives away for free to newbies... please, don’t make me think about it, Hestia. I’ll cry.”

I knew it.

His Familia is too strong too.

Without a doubt, we both had the problem of being incapable of saying no to our lovely Children, as they pampered us, cared for us, and did everything for us.

“It feels like we’re back in Heaven… like we never left that boring place where nothing ever changes and everything is handed to us!” Miach hesitated for a second, but he soon nodded along with my words. Without hesitation, I took the lovely tea Samira brewed just for me, and took an appreciative sip of it. Ah, she really makes the best tea, and needs to be lots more careful about her new relationships. She’s very strong and cute, so she can play around, but if she’s not careful she’ll have her heart broken. I tell her after thanking her for sure. “Well, it’s not that bad, our Children are working very hard, and they’re doing nothing wrong… but the two of us need to get our acts together!”

“Y-yeah, that’s right. Even though they’re doing nothing wrong, we still need to do things that make us feel fulfilled! Things… things that they can’t just give to use when we mention it!” Miach’s eyes looked a little hollow at those words. Naaza-chan has trained under Hikigaya-kun longer than Bell-kun, and she’s a very cute, proper girl who takes care of those she cares for. With the achievements and money that comes along with being Hikigaya-kun’s student for many years… I could barely imagine how stifled he must have felt. “Hestia… I think we need to stand up for ourselves, and work together to find something that we can do ourselves, which can support our Familias significantly!”

Yes! That’s it!

“Miach, you’re a genius!” Here I am, just sitting around just chatting with my adorable Amazons and listening to their problems, when I can be going out and working again! While I don’t need to sell potatoes again, I can still look into another business. One that will definitely be helpful to my dear children! I can’t just sit around cooking for them, listening to them, and having fun with them all the time, I need to do more for my lovely Familia! “What’s your idea? What can we do to help our children?”

I hoped to get an answer from my senior, my friend, and my partner-in-crime… only for his enthusiasm to fade into worry, then into dark despair.

“I… I can’t think of anything, Hestia!” Miach shook. Thankfully, he didn’t spill any of Samira’s tea, but he almost knocked over the slices of cake that Lena baked for us. I moved them away from Miach’s righteous waving of his arms, so that I can properly eat my slice, and maybe Miach’s slice too, to make her happy. I can’t have her thinking that we didn’t like her food, after all. “Why can’t I think of anything that I can give to my Nazza-chan, especially when she’s so nice, amazing, and gives me everything I want!? So, please, start first?”

I felt Miach’s pain. I truly understood his plight as a fellow Kami-sama who has extremely capable Familia members.

But… but… is he implying that Nazza-chan being perfect and better than my darlings!?

Well, he’s totally wrong!

“I can’t think of anything either though, Miach!” That’s right, Miach. My Familia is so good, and my Children are so amazing, that no matter how hard I try I can’t of a way to help them! In fact, they’re doing so well that all I do is wait at home for them, so that I can pamper them, and spend time with them after they return from their amazing adventures. Tomorrow, I’m helping my Amazons personalize their rooms, and give them the privacy that Ishtar never gave them, because they do such a good job all of the time! “Boohoo-hoo! I can’t believe that I can’t think of anything, because my Familia’s too good to me!”

At my words, my dear friend Miach’s gaze sharpened and met my own. 

I could feel it coming. 

This… this is no longer a conversation between two friends, but the point where the two of us will show off who’s Children are more amazing!

While it’s certainly true that I need to find a hobby, preferably one that can let me help my darlings, my Familia is doing nothing wrong!

And, I’ll never let anyone say otherwise!