"Sorry..."
"Next time, definitely..."
Ais said to Tiona with a blank expression. If Tiona didn't know this was just how she was, she would have thought Ais didn't care about it at all.
"Hmph! I'll remember this! If you don't treat me, I'm going to be angry!"
Tiona snorted lightly, crossing her arms in front of her chest in a classic 'tsundere' pose.
....
On the top floor of the high tower.
In a luxurious room sat a goddess, wearing an extremely risqué outfit, full of lace trim. Standing beside her was the Freya Familia's strongest member, and also Orario's current strongest, the Lv.7 Ottar.
"Is that the new god?"
Freya leaned back in her sumptuously decorated chair, swirling a wine glass in one hand.
"Yes! Lady Freya!"
Ottar stood beside Freya like a lighthouse, his heart not wavering in the slightest in the face of such temptation.
"Those three girls... their souls are purer than the average person's. They are quite good..."
"Lady Freya! Do you need me to..."
"No need. It's still early. Let's wait and see."
Ottar had just been about to take on the task but was refused by Freya. Forcibly snatching such a wonderful thing would spoil it.
Also... that male god looks quite interesting. Seeing Lin Feng, Freya felt this new Familia was very interesting. It seemed the coming days wouldn't be so boring.
Ottar heard Lady Freya refuse his proposal without a flicker of emotion. Guarding her was his mission. No matter what Lady Freya did, or needed him to do, he would forge ahead without hesitation.
"Master! You haven't claimed your reward yet!"
Lin Feng, who was preparing to leave the plaza in front of the dungeon, heard the little system's reminder and slapped his forehead, finally remembering. He had been so busy since morning that he'd forgotten.
"Claim mission reward!"
"Congratulations, Master, for obtaining one Space Magic Bag!"
A Space Magic Bag?
"How big is it?"
"The size of the Space Magic Bag Master received... is probably about as big as a small soccer field!"
??? That's way too much space! If I give it to Hayasaka Ai and the others, it should be useful in the dungeon.
With nothing else to do, Lin Feng headed towards the Hephaestus Familia's location. It was mostly blacksmiths over there. The equipment they forged was considered high-quality, so the prices were a bit higher compared to others. His main purpose in coming was to see if that blue-ribbon goddess was here. If not, was she perhaps working? After all, having not established a Familia, if she doesn't work, she doesn't eat!
"Hephaestus! Don't!! Don't do this! I'll never do it again, I promise!"
He heard a crying voice from far away, sounding particularly wronged. Getting closer, he saw it was indeed the blue-ribbon goddess. It was just... this appearance of her hugging a thigh and crying was really too hard to watch. How humiliating!!! If she just put in a little effort, she wouldn't be in this state!
Hephaestus was only kicking her out because she saw Hestia being lazy and gluttonous every day... otherwise... she could have put up with it for much longer.
"No! You lazy god!! You must go out and find a job today, and don't you dare come here tonight!"
The current Hephaestus appeared very imposing and decisive, her tone of voice leaving no room for resistance. Facing her friend, who was streaming tears and snot, she didn't waver in the slightest. Because she knew, if she kept supporting her like this, this Hestia would really become a useless god! A freeloader!
Hephaestus usually wore an eyepatch, a white shirt, and her red hair looked unkempt. Her personality was rather generous and easygoing. The side hidden by the eyepatch was rumored to be terrifying... in Tenkai, only Hestia didn't care about it and frequently associated with her. Otherwise, if they just had a normal relationship, how could she have tolerated a freeloader staying in her house for three months. In the end, she really couldn't stand watching it anymore and decided to be the bad guy, personally kicking Hestia out.
"For the sake of our many years together! Let me stay for just one more month! No... half a month is fine!!"
Hestia still clung to the corner of Hephaestus's clothes, burying her small face hard into her thigh. In just a short while, Hephaestus could feel that spot had been soaked by Hestia's tears!
"Let go!! If you don't let go! I won't ever speak to you again when you come looking for me!"
Hephaestus delivered another harsh threat. This time, Hestia should let go. Hearing her say this, Hestia's movements and crying stopped immediately. She stared blankly up at Hephaestus's face, unable to believe her friend would say such words.
Lin Feng saw the scene had become... a bit quiet, and wanted to step in.
"Excuse me! Let me through!" Lin Feng used a good deal of effort to squeeze through the crowd.