CONGRATULATIONS?
“Hmm? What’s up, Aiz?”
Tiona noticed Aiz brooding in the reception room of their home and called out to her.
“Hmm, thinking about how Bell won the War Game and grew his familia…”
“Oh! You want to get Argonaut a gift to congratulate him?” Tiona quickly picked up on what the taciturn girl struggled to say. “Good idea,” she said, smiling. “It’s all thanks to our training that he won, so we should do something to celebrate! Oh, but what would be good? He’s an adventurer, so a weapon? Or maybe something tasty?”
Tiona stood next to Aiz and tried to come up with something. Both girls were first-tier adventurers, but neither had ever bought somebody a celebratory gift before.
“Hmm? What’s eatin’ you two?”
“Oh, Loki!” said Tiona, lifting her face as her goddess entered the room. She explained the situation, and Loki immediately got a fierce look in her eyes. She didn’t much like the idea of sending a gift to anyone—let alone Hestia, her sworn enemy. But just as she opened her mouth to tell the two girls to forget all about it, a crafty, malicious grin spread across her lips.
“Listen here, Aiz. You know what you gotta buy somebody a time like this…”
“Flowers? W-wow, Ms. Aiz, you shouldn’t have!”
The next day, Bell found Aiz on his doorstep, presenting a wonderful bouquet of flowers to him. They were white, the same color as the boy’s hair.
“Well done in the War Game,” Aiz said, “and on getting more members, too. I’m really happy for you.”
Seeing the girl’s gentle smile, Bell could only bow his head repeatedly to hide his burning cheeks. Aiz said her farewells and returned home, and Bell merrily carried the bouquet into the living room.
“Come and look at this, everyone!” he squealed with joy. “Ms. Aiz stopped by, and she brought us these beautiful—”
But as soon as Hestia laid eyes on the offering, sheer panic gripped her voice.
“B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Bell?! Are those…snowdrops?!”
“In the language of flowers, they mean ‘wishing for your death,’” added Welf. “Did the Sword Princess really bring us these?”
“This is effectively…a declaration of war from Loki Familia!!” screamed Mikoto.
“What are we going to do?! We’re all dead!!” cried Lilly.
“Whaaaaaaaaaaat?!”
The white flowers, symbols of the grim reaper, fell from Bell’s hands and onto the floor.
The next day, after finding out what had happened from the terrified Bell, Aiz went to her goddess in tears and soundly beat her to a pulp.
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