Chapter 182: Four Goddesses!
Goddess of Beauty, Freya.
Moon Goddess, Artemis.
At this moment, under everyone's eyes, the two goddesses began their first clash.
In the air, sparks seemed to flash between them. Their presence rose at the same time, leaving the people around them stunned.
"Artemis, I truly didn't expect to meet you here."
"I didn't expect to meet you here either, Freya."
Both goddesses had smiles on their faces, but the atmosphere had become extremely tense. Even Ganesha could not help taking a few steps back.
Neither of these goddesses was easy to deal with. If possible, Ganesha would rather stay out of it.
This was a prime golden seat Ganesha had prepared specially for Freya. After all, she belonged to Orario's strongest Familia, so she deserved proper respect.
That itself was not a problem.
The trouble was that Artemis had now arrived too.
Should he prepare a seat for her or not?
If he prepared one and it was not suitable, that would be troublesome. But if he did not prepare one, she had already come, so it would not be right either.
The two goddesses stared at each other. With this atmosphere, anyone who approached them would probably suffer bad luck.
Ethan also felt helpless.
A beauty's favor was already hard to bear, let alone the favor of two goddesses.
For an ordinary person, receiving one goddess's favor would already mean their ancestors' graves were smoking with fortune. But in Ethan's case, there were two plumes.
No, to be exact, there were more than two.
"Ethan? You're here too?"
"Hm?"
In this situation, someone was actually calling him. Ethan could not help looking over.
Then, a blue-ribboned, baby-faced, busty goddess entered his sight. Beside her was another goddess wearing an eyepatch.
"Goddess Hestia! Goddess Hephaestus!"
Two more goddesses.
Now Ganesha's gaze toward Ethan began to change.
Young man, you are truly impressive.
"Huh? Artemis, what are you doing there?"
"Hestia?"
Hestia's appearance directly broke the deadlock between Freya and Artemis. It had to be said, this blue-ribboned goddess was sometimes truly amazing.
"It really has been some time, Hestia."
Freya also smiled slightly at Hestia. When dealing with others in public, Freya had always been proper.
"Freya…"
Facing Freya, Hestia felt a little upset.
After all, the child she had taken a liking to belonged to Freya. Even trying to take him away was basically impossible.
The kindhearted Hestia would not have any dark thoughts because of that, but she still felt emotional. With her personality, those feelings were easy to read.
Although she was a goddess, Hestia had very little cunning.
"Hestia, you—"
Hephaestus followed after her and looked at this close friend of hers with real helplessness.
You really don't read the situation at all. Can't you see the atmosphere here is wrong? Yet you still ran over so happily. Are you not afraid of getting burned too?
"Hephaestus!"
"Hephaestus, you came too."
Facing the greetings of the two goddesses, Hephaestus nodded. Unlike Hestia, she could clearly see the confrontation between Freya and Artemis.
And just like that, four goddesses had gathered here at once.
Seeing this scene, many people nearby had their eyes light up. Four goddesses appearing together truly formed a beautiful sight.
"The show is about to start, so I'll head back first."
After leaving those words, Ganesha turned and left. This place of trouble absolutely could not be stayed in for long.
No one noticed Ganesha's departure.
"All right, sit down and watch the show."
Ethan stepped forward. This was outside, after all. If they really clashed here, people would only enjoy watching the drama.
Freya and Artemis clearly understood that too. They glanced at each other, then pulled Ethan down to sit.
Freya occupied Ethan's left side, while Artemis took his right.
This made many people watching from nearby feel endless envy. In all of Orario, there probably was not a second person favored by two goddesses like this.
"I—"
Hestia had just opened her mouth when Hephaestus directly covered it.
Those two were already troublesome enough. You still want to get involved? Can you not read the situation?
Clack, clack.
At that moment, below them, a beast tamer holding a whip entered the stage.
At the same time, the gate on the other side slowly opened. Then a huge Battle Boar appeared, a type of monster found in the middle and lower floors.
It had a huge body, tough fur, and when it attacked, it charged with fierce force. If someone was hit by it, they would be injured very easily.
Snap!
The whip cracked through the air with a sharp sound.
Then the beast tamer began the "performance match" of taming the monster. This was also one of the programs of the Monster Feria.
It allowed everyone to come into close contact with monsters and see humans and monsters coexisting peacefully through "taming."
Behind all of this was Ganesha's effort for the sake of the Xenos.
For many years, Ganesha had held the Monster Feria every year for this purpose. Although it looked rather unserious, when it came to proper matters, Ganesha was still very trustworthy.
After a series of "flashy" performances, the Battle Boar was "tamed" just like that.
The beast tamer placed one hand on the Battle Boar's head, and the monster made no movement to attack. For a moment, the scene looked very beautiful.
"A beast tamer, huh? To be honest, sometimes I want to put a collar on you too, just so you won't keep running around."
"Huh?"
At that moment, Freya suddenly said something out of nowhere.
Ethan was completely stunned by her words. My goddess, when did you pick up the interests of a sadistic queen? You even want to put a collar on me?
"Ethan, don't mind her. What's so good about following her? You might as well come to my side."
"From now on, my Familia will only have the two of us. No one will disturb our world together."
"Oh my, my. The sky isn't even dark yet, and someone is already dreaming."
"Hmph. I know your Familia is full of your crazed admirers. Ethan is practically a target for everyone there."
"As long as I'm there, Ethan is the safest."
Under Artemis's provocation, Freya said this calmly.
Indeed, the inside of the Freya Familia was very chaotic. But as long as Freya was there, that Familia was the most united and strongest Familia.
Because that Familia existed for Freya's sake.
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