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blessing.
    Everything you have accomplished, both the quality and amount, shows up in excelia.
    The gods can see what you have done, your life story. Kind of like a big sign that says, “Has completed such difficult feats as: slaying a monster, etc.” Seems like something the ancients would do, if you ask me.
    Gods update the hieroglyphs on their
Familia
’s members’ backs to match that person’s excelia. To put it another way: level up!
    Gods and goddesses use this power to make their “children” stronger.
    “And anyway, Aiz Wallenstein, was it? If she really is that pretty and insanely powerful, other men won’t leave her alone. She’s bound to have a few favorites by now.”
    “Do you really think so…?”
    “Yep. Listen up, Bell. This is a crush; you’ll get over it. You should move on and focus more on the girls around you. I am a hundred percent sure that there is a beautiful lady who will accept, hold, and support you in your life right now.”
    Great, now I’m tearing up again. I don’t want to think about it. And she’s bashing Ms. Wallenstein. Why is she in such a bad mood? Did I step on a mine or something?
    She keeps saying “someone closer to you,” but there aren’t any women other than her and Eina in my life right now. Eina is myboss. Like hell she’d be interested in me. And then the goddess… Yeah, right. We’ve known each other for two weeks! And she’s a
goddess.
    Goddess, life is not that easy. Eina told me that, too.
    “Besides, the girl Ms. Wallensomething is in
Loki Familia
. You couldn’t marry her anyway.”
    “……”
    The final blow, right through the heart.
    People almost always marry someone of the opposite gender who’s either in the same
Familia
or not in one at all. If two people from different
Familias
marry, which group do the kids belong to?
    There are other reasons, too, but the important thing is that so many issues get in the way that people avoid inter-
Familia
relationships. Then there are the gods themselves. They may have come here for entertainment, but they take their
Familias
very seriously.
    Also, not all of the gods are friends. If two of them are fighting, members of their
Familias
are instantly enemies. Members of each
Familia
don’t want to put their allies in danger.
    Eina said it first. It would be difficult for me, the only member of
Hestia Familia
, to have a relationship with Ms. Wallenstein, a member of
Loki Familia
.
    “All done! And just forget about that girl and keep your eyes open. You will find someone as long as you keep looking closer to home!”
    “You’re cruel, Goddess…”
    No, I’m not giving up. I can’t give up without even trying!
    We just met. There’s no telling what will happen.
    I get out of the bed and pull on some normal clothes while trying to rebuild my confidence. The goddess reaches for a piece of paper to write down my new status. I can’t read the hieroglyphs myself; no one can. So the gods learned a bit of our written language to help us out.
    Even if I could read their hieroglyphs, they’re on my back. Who could read something written there?
    “Here, your new status.”
    I take the paper from her lightly outstretched hand.
    Bell Cranell
    Level One
    Strength: I-77 → I-82 Defense: I-13 Utility: I-93 → I-96
    Agility: H-148 → H-172 Magic: I-0
    Magic
    ( )
    Skills
    ( )
    This is the Falna on my back, my status.
    There are five basic abilities: strength, defense, utility, agility, and magic. Each ability has one of ten ranks—S, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I—within each level. S is the strongest.
    And
I
is the weakest… The number next to the rank shows our exact ability level: 0 to 99 is the
I
range, 100 to 199 is
H
, and so on. 999 is the absolute maximum. It gets harder to get points as we get stronger, or so I am told.
    Level is the most important statistic in a status. Every one of the basic abilities gets a major boost when the level goes up. It wouldn’t be that much of a stretch to say a