Longswords, katanas, daggers, short swords, cleavers, spears, executioner's blades, and gauntlets.
Takatsuki arranged all the weapons he owned on the floor and said to Bell, "Come on, Bell, choose, choose the weapon you like."
"Eh…"
Bell looked at the row of weapons in front of him, caught in a dilemma.
"Can I… try them?"
Bell tentatively asked Takatsuki.
"Of course, I brought them out for you to try. Just find what feels right. If you don't know how to use them, don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to train you."
Takatsuki spread his hands, indicating that Bell could try them freely, then looked at Hestia: "God Hestia, I want to talk to you."
"I've been waiting, Bell. You take your time choosing, Takatsuki and I are going to discuss some matters."
Hestia immediately stood up from her chair and instructed Bell.
"Okay!"
Bell, who was holding a katana and gesturing with it, responded to Hestia and then continued to pick up another weapon to compare.
Meanwhile, Takatsuki followed Hestia into the house.
"God Hestia knew I was going to look for you today?"
"Hmph, don't underestimate the wisdom of a god. You sent them out because you wanted to know this, didn't you?"
Hestia pulled out a piece of paper from under the bed, which contained Kiana's Divine Favor data.
The few of them had already seen each other's abilities yesterday, and there was no lack of admiration and envy for Fu Hua. At the same time, Takatsuki also noticed that Kiana only had two skills, which should be what she accomplished after he mentioned it to Hestia earlier.
Takatsuki looked at one skill, a manifestation of the Herrscher of the Void's authority, and another skill, a manifestation of Sirin's personality, and sighed: "Perhaps because of this, Kiana had nightmares."
Hestia heard Takatsuki's words and asked doubtfully, "Are Kiana's nightmares related to this?"
Takatsuki showed Kiana's data to Hestia: "You see that these two skills are unusable, right? It's because another personality within Kiana controls this power. Theoretically, the other party shouldn't be able to appear without Honkai Energy, but it seems to have become active due to divine power."
"She probably wants to use dreams to increase Kiana's negative emotions, thereby strengthening herself and gaining control of Kiana's body."
"Then what should we do? Although they are all children of my Familia, I don't want to see my child become someone who constantly thinks about destruction."
Hestia knew yesterday that there was a destructive consciousness within Kiana, which was why she agreed to Takatsuki's request to conceal Kiana's ability values.
"Don't worry, as long as we push Kiana's other skill before that."
By building bonds with the current Kiana, giving her more hope, strengthening Kiana's own spirit, and allowing her to accept her own existence, the other consciousness will not be able to compete with her for control over the Herrscher's authority.
The only reason Kiana currently has no control over the Herrscher of the Void's authority is that she doesn't believe she is Sirin, and in fact, she doesn't even know about it.
Herrscher, or rather, Honkai's power, is somewhat too idealistic.
"I'll trouble god Hestia to take more care of Kiana and the others."
Hestia patted her chest: "Leave it to me! They are all my family!"
"And you! Takatsuki!"
With that, Hestia suddenly pointed at Takatsuki.
"Me?"
"That's right." She nodded vigorously: "You shouldn't bear too much alone either. Yesterday, you even said that Fu Hua bore too many things. In reality, you don't bear any less than them. However, go ahead and do it! As your main god, I will always be your backing! Even if I'm sent back, I will protect you!"
"That's truly reliable, god Hestia."
"Of course!"
When the two left the room, they saw Bell holding two weapons, looking left and right, very hesitant.
"Bell, have you chosen?"
Bell immediately looked up when he heard Takatsuki's voice: "Big Takatsuki! That…"
He scratched his head a little awkwardly: "Can I choose two weapons at the same time?"
"Of course, but choosing two means you'll have to put in more effort, are you sure?"
"Of course!"
Bell immediately stood straight and assured Takatsuki: "I want a short sword, which is more convenient for fighting ordinary monsters, and this knife, which will be very suitable for dealing with large monsters, because the short sword's length may not be enough to penetrate the monster's vital points."
Takatsuki nodded: "No problem, you can use this greatsword directly. It's called the Executioner's Blade. Although it's quite ordinary in all aspects, it's a self-regenerating weapon."
"Self-regenerating?"
Takatsuki nodded: "When you use it to cut people, it will automatically absorb the iron elements in their blood, so even if this blade is worn, chipped, or even broken, it can automatically recover."
"As for the short sword, I'll find a suitable one for you, wait a moment."
Takatsuki said as he began to rummage through his backpack. Because the backpack had ample slots and consumables would automatically stack, Takatsuki didn't throw away many things, only some useless materials and plain, common iron weapons.
Weapons of B-rank or higher were already considered good quality, but Takatsuki noticed that there were actually two A-rank short swords in the backpack.
"Oh, you're lucky, I have two A-rank short swords here. This one is called Azure Moon, and it has frost abilities. This one is called Cinnabar, and it has burning flame abilities. Which one do you want?"
Takatsuki took out two short swords from his backpack. Takatsuki couldn't remember which world they came from; they were both weapons that Flamescion had drawn last time, and he had thrown them into a corner because he didn't need them.
Azure Moon Sword (A)
Effect: Attacks come with a frost effect
Description: I gaze afar, above the moon, how many dreams fly freely…
Cinnabar Sword (A)
Effect: Attacks come with a flame effect
Description: A short sword ranked among the top of the world's greatest blacksmith competition for 'Best Weapon'
There were no other effects, but an A-rank weapon shouldn't be bad.
"Ice and fire!? Are they magic swords!?"
In this world, there are weapons called magic swords. Unlike magic tools, magic swords are consumable items that can cast magic, and they break after a few uses.
"They are not magic swords; they just have special effects."
"Even if they're not magic swords, they're too precious! I just need ordinary weapons."
Bell, who considered himself a rookie, was a bit overwhelmed to receive such powerful weapons.
"Just take them. We are companions of the same Familia; you don't need to worry about these things."
Hestia stood with her hands on her hips: "That's right, Bell! If you feel undeserving, then work hard to become stronger! You can repay us when you become strong!"
"Yes! Hestia!"