"We have to keep getting stronger! This isn't just for ourselves. Lord Lin Feng is the god who gave us this hope!"
Hayasaka Ai didn't want to dwell on this heavy topic, so she quickly changed the subject.
"Mn!"
×2 Katou Megumi and Tsuyuri Kanao both nodded heavily. Lin Feng had given them the hope to become strong and the right to fulfill their wishes. Moreover, they had the chance to return to their original worlds, and those worlds were in a static state after they left. This was the real reason they could stay here and fight without worry. Otherwise, what would be the point of spending time getting stronger? If they returned only to find that ages had passed and the people they knew had long since turned to dust, what then? So, Lin Feng's words had given them a pill of reassurance, allowing them to fight and grow stronger without any worries. After resting for about ten minutes, they got up and continued to search for spawning monsters on this floor.
......
On the surface, Lin Feng was currently at the fried potato ball stand, helping Hestia. This lazy god was a shut-in back in Tenkai, and she was the same here. Lin Feng had been passing by and saw her fumbling, almost causing trouble for the customers. So he went up and told the stand owner he would help. Only after the owner agreed did Lin Feng step in. He was even getting paid. Although it was a low wage, it was better than nothing. The owner had originally only wanted to hire one person. Paying an extra salary meant increasing her costs.
"Wuuu-ah!!"
"Thank you for your help, Kohai-kun! I... I almost made a huge mistake!"
After the busiest time had passed, Hestia threw herself at Lin Feng, hugging him tightly. Her round, fair little face rubbed back and forth on his chest. After managing to push her off, Lin Feng felt his chest. It was wet. He looked at Hestia's face. She really had been crying. This idiot Hestia. Isn't the owner of the stand right here watching? If you really couldn't handle it, the owner would have stepped in.
"Alright, what's there to cry about? Didn't I come to help?"
Seeing Hestia's pitiful expression, he couldn't help but reach out and gently rub her little head. It was as if he was the senior, and Hestia was the junior.
"Thank you, Kohai-kun!"
Under Lin Feng's comfort, Hestia's tears quickly turned into a smile.
"Oh, right! Kohai-kun, you're supposed to introduce your Familia's children to me tonight!"
"Mn, no problem."
Lin Feng had already agreed to Hestia's proposal yesterday.
"Hehe! I really want to know what your Familia's children are like, Kohai-kun! Guhehe!"
Hestia suddenly fell into a fantasy, as if Lin Feng's Familia members were her own.
"Hey! Senpai Hestia!"
After Lin Feng called her name several times, Hestia finally snapped out of her fantasy. Is she that obsessed with having a Familia? She can zone out like this while working at a street stand in broad daylight? There can't be many gods like her.
"Not here!"
"Let's go check over there!"
Suddenly, panicked voices came from nearby. Lin Feng and Hestia looked in the direction of the sound. It was the same group from this morning, adventurers from the Loki Familia. It's almost noon, why are they still rushing around the streets? The Loki Familia's actions had also caused a lot of panic in Orario. Especially some Familias that operated in the shadows. They thought the Loki Familia was about to make a move on them and scrambled to gather their adventurers. But they soon discovered... that didn't seem to be the case, and they quickly dispersed.
"Kohai-kun! That Loki is a big meanie! You mustn't casually get involved with her."
Hestia suddenly seemed to remember something, and she immediately jumped in front of Lin Feng, looking up at him and warning him loudly.
"Mhm..."
Lin Feng, of course, knew about the
"grudge"
between Hestia and Loki. It was like a childish spat. But both of them knew their limits, so nothing world-shaking had ever happened back in Tenkai.
"Hmph... Kohai-kun! You're just placating me!"
Hestia pouted, complaining.
"I know, I know, Senpai Hestia!"
Lin Feng reached out with both hands, placed them on Hestia's small, round face, and rubbed gently as he spoke.
"L-let go! We're on the street!"
Hestia's face turned red, and she forcefully pushed Lin Feng's sinful hands away. She immediately leaped back three steps, as if Lin Feng was emitting some evil aura. But very quickly, Hestia realized that the surrounding sounds seemed to have stopped. It turned out that everyone, including some adventurers, was looking at the two of them with congratulatory expressions. Although gods were billions of years old, in the eyes of these people, the two gods, Lin Feng and Hestia, were like children in the throes of a first, innocent love! It was just too cute!