Um, is Ma'at and his lawyering something that shows up in canon at some point? Cause he seems to have popped out of nowhere in this story. There's been no hint of a complex codified set of laws before this. It's all been might makes right and the war games as the only defined way for familias to settle disputes.
Also I don't remember the legality of the potential Friend bodyguard service being a concern before. It was always thought about in terms of public perception, revealing secrets, and the like. Not whether it was legal or not.
Pretty much. Laws in Oratorio only matter as much as other Familias want to inflict them and as much as the accused want to listen.
Hestia isn't strong enough to just ignore the laws yet.
Most Familias keep each other in check for the most part by being the people to enforce the laws(well the ones they want to enforce) on others.

Tdlr laws are known to exist but only as much as you can force them to. And with Astria gone thats not far.
 
"No, no, trust me! I'll behave, I'll make you proud, I'll make my sisters proud, and there won't be anything Soma can object to without looking even worse!"

"Dreamer."

Dreamer starts with a loud sigh.

"I am sorry so many have chosen to take offense at my actions. This was a heated social interaction moment, and I didn't live up to the high expectations of patience and mercy I set for myself. And for that, I accept full accountability to the extent that does not come with any reparations."
 
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I'm guessing he's made of oak. And he's protecting their house. Shielding it, one might say. A subtle and awful pun.

That said, as Durinn was the second dwarf created and the co-creator of Tyrfing along with Dvalinn, I think it also fits the bill to be an Alias for a blacksmith. Tolkien derived a fair number of character names from Norse and Germanic mythology.
There are taxes and infrastructure. Those alone necessitate supporting laws, especially since not everyone is part of a Familia. Proper enforcement of laws against e.g. theft might be variable, but things in Orario would be far worse without any.

This story interprets any mismatch as "Nearly all laws are just agreements among gods that never expired, what few weak courts that exist are for peons, the compiled laws are such an utter mess that you can say anything with it, etc."
Honestly, Orario as portrayed needs a fairly massive support structure we never see. Plumbers, masons, architects, engineers, and a whole lot of artists and other craftspeople, assuming the Gods don't import all of their luxuries. Supposedly, leaving Orario's a fairly major pain-in-the-ass*(yet another case where laws and bureaucracy must exist) though it's easy to enter the city, so I'd imagine trade goods are more expensive as a result. Luckily, I'd imagine that a lot of the necessary materials can be found in the Dungeon. Even the stone needed for masonry could potentially be taken from the Dungeon, given how strong Adventurers are. And there are plenty of trees.

Also, if you're wondering why there are so many typos showing up, that's because Alivaril posted without beta-reader feedback. He did ask for it, admittedly. I probably should have mentioned to him that I was too trashed from Monster Hunting** to read it last night. That's my bad.


*: Getting this from Volume 6 of the LN, as it comes up when Bell leaves for the War Game.
**: Though, honestly, I think the repeated attempts and failures to acquire one particularly annoyingly placed collectible left me more tired than killing monsters did. Rise is awesome, but I suck at the platforming parts.
 
"That's no fun at a–" Dreamer paused. "No, wait. I can still work with this. Presentation is key."

Yeah, Dreamer is going to go all-in with Presentation. There is no way it does not become the type of thing that majorly embarrasses Soma and his familia.



So many ways she could attack things and thus entertain the rest of the Gods.
 
The cooing intensified. Lili wanted nothing more than to sink into Lady Sable's fur and vanish—okay, she also wanted to strangle the horrible adventurers who suddenly chose now to care, but that wasn't anviaboe option. Lili supposed it cojld a little nice to have people view her with something other than disdain, but did they need to act so embarrassing...?
a viable? could?
 
Fixed a few typos which made Lili look like she might be having a stroke in response to one of her first exposures to positive public attention.
That is strangely specific and I'm suddenly curious how it happens. I'll also note that it sounds kinda plausible for all that it was unintentional!
The cooing intensified. Lili wanted nothing more than to sink into Lady Sable's fur and vanish—okay, she also wanted to strangle the horrible adventurers who suddenly chose nowto care, but that wasn't anviaboe option. Lili supposed it cojld a little nice to have people view her with something other than disdain, but did they need to act so embarrassing...?
a viable? could?
@goku90504 appears to have accidentally immortalized the typos you were wondering about, @LostArchivist. :p
 
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I'm guessing he's made of oak. And he's protecting their house. Shielding it, one might say. A subtle and awful pun.
The Oakenshield, who led the party of dwarves (and a hobbit, and occasionally a maiar) to reclaim the Lonely Mountain, was THORIN the second, son of Thrain the Second, son of King Thror of the Lonely Mountain, not Durin. He was of the LINE OF DURIN, the ruling line descended from the dwarf that "woke alone" and founded Moria, also called the Dwarrowdelf, and the line in which Durin was reincarnated with his ancient name.

The Durin most recently incarnated during the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain was Durin the Sixth, who died over a thousand years before the quest. He, as well as his son Nain the First, died facing the Balrog, leaving his grandson Thrain the First to flee with the remaining Durin's Folk tribe of Dwarves and found the Dwarf Kingdom of the Lonely Mountain. Durin the Seventh would not be born until the fourth era, though the exact year is unknown. Durin VII would retake the Dwarrowdelf nearly three centuries after the events of the Hobbit, one hundred and seventy one years after the final death of Sauron and the end of the Third Age.
 
Oh look, the god of rules and rules lawyering. I think I hate him more than Ishtar. Now I'm getting flashbacks to Pact, where half of every chapter was some sort of meta 'let's do things because of rules'.
 
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I have a feeling this behavior is going to continue EVEN after getting much larger.
Like a dog that hasn't realized they're not puppy size any more...

Well I'm pretty sure priority 1A is keeping Liz safe and unharmed, so probably not? Although given that Liz is such a high level, it's entirely possible that getting gently tackled wouldn't harm her in the sightest. Probably wouldn't improve her mood as much as being nuzzled by a cute littel kitteh though...
 
Well I'm pretty sure priority 1A is keeping Liz safe and unharmed, so probably not? Although given that Liz is such a high level, it's entirely possible that getting gently tackled wouldn't harm her in the sightest. Probably wouldn't improve her mood as much as being nuzzled by a cute littel kitteh though...
Counteridea: She continues doing it even when she's twice Aiz's size and neither of them see anything wrong with this at all.
 
Wasn't she supposed to learn that lesson from Glenn? In canon, I mean. How did she get infected with his madness if she never interacted with him?
 
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