Chapter 692

"My apologies, Lady Freya. I failed to consider things thoroughly."

Ottar lowered his head.

"Lady Freya, Broly is not a Pallum, but a Saiyan."

Beside her, Helen corrected the Goddess's statement.

"Huh?!"

Freya looked over in puzzlement, and after the attendant girl's explanation, she came to understand that the boy she had seen was not yet at his most alluring, but would continue to grow — a person not yet fully grown.

"No, I must protect that child's chastity from Hestia's hands!"

A sense of mission, or rather a more flourishing desire to possess, drove Freya to speak those words.

Slogan-like words are easy to say, but how exactly should the operation be carried out?

"Lady Freya..."

Just as the Goddess was thinking, the attendant girl spoke again. Helen told her about Hestia inviting her to go to the other Familia to work as a cook.

This included the fact that she had discovered someone else might lay hands on the boy the Goddess had her eye on, so she personally did the cooking to solidify the attraction of the identity "Xier" toward the boy.

"Helen, you did a good job, child!"

After hearing the reason, Freya couldn't help but praise her own attendant girl.

"So, do we actually go do this cook job?"

Helen asked.

"Do it, of course we'll do it. With the cook job, Xier can have more contact with that child!"

Freya also understands the principle of 'near the water, the pavilion gets the moon first'. If they can't even see each other's faces normally, then what talk is there of a so-called chance encounter?

"But if Xier does the cook job, she'll have to frequently face the Goddess Hestia at close range. When you are being Xier, Lady Freya, won't you be seen through by the Goddess Hestia?"

Helen gave a reminder.

"Ugh, if you don't say it, I really would have forgotten."

Freya became somewhat troubled, but she soon thought of an idea.

"In that case, this matter can only be done by you, Helen!"

The beautiful Goddess spoke thus.

"Eh, I go do it?"

Helen's eyes widened slightly, seeming a bit surprised.

"Only if you go will Xier's real identity not be exposed.

After all, my own cooking skill isn't as good as yours."

Freya said with a sigh.

"Uh..."

This point was irrefutable. Helen recalled the food Freya-sama had once made — something that even a mighty one like Ottar, eating it down, might be moved by, and could even potentially stimulate a Development Ability like Abnormal Resistance.

"But, Lady Freya, if I go do the cook job, who will handle your daily affairs?"

Helen asked, and the "you" she spoke of referred to Freya. This Goddess attendant girl would normally, when the Goddess ran off to play role-playing games, transform into the Goddess's likeness to help handle the Goddess's daily affairs.

If they didn't do this, and people discovered the Goddess had vanished, it would be a massive deal for the Freya Familia members, every one of whom adored the Goddess.

It might even cause a riot in Orario triggered by Goddess admirers, just like two months ago when Freya-sama snuck out of Orario and nearly caused such a situation.

"This is indeed a problem."

Freya nodded. She didn't want her own God-given freedom to be trapped by tedious daily affairs.

"Since that's the case, Helen, you use not wanting to quit the tavern job and leave familiar friends as the reason, accept only the Hestia Familia's cook job as a side gig, don't go work at the Hestia Familia headquarters, but instead have the Hestia Familia's boy come at a fixed time and place every day to the Abundance Mistress's place to pick up three meals a day."

Freya thought for a moment and came up with a good idea, and she obviously didn't know the intel that the Saiyan boy, upon discovering a capture target in the tavern, would definitely go to the Abundance Mistress tavern every day until the capture target explicitly refused.

"This way, as long as Hestia doesn't come pick up the food, I can take the food you made and have more contact with that child Broly!"

Freya, picturing a scene of chatting and laughing with the boy every day, revealed a somewhat expectant smile, and she didn't much care for this somewhat cheating behavior of proxy cooking.

"So, besides needing to play you, Lady Freya, every day, I've also gained the tedious task of preparing three meals a day for the Hestia Familia members?"

Helen's tone was calm with little change, but Freya could hear that her own attendant girl had some dissatisfaction and grievance.

As her personal maid, Helen's work was to serve her, but now because of her somewhat willful idea, she had to go serve someone else.

"That's not quite so, my Helen. The cooking, you can completely have the Familia's chefs do it~"

Freya cupped the girl's face and stroked it as she spoke.

"Thank you for your consideration, Lady Freya~"

The somewhat dead-fish-eyed girl, her cheeks slightly red from the Goddess's touch, hurriedly replied.

"You, child, don't worry. From now on, only when Hestia comes to pick up the food will I have you sub for me."

The girl was gently embraced by the Goddess. The beautiful Goddess drew close to her ear and whispered, "I can't bear to let you, this child, work too hard."

"Lady Freya, the Sword Princess is on the boy's side. It might be a bit difficult to tail him. The Sword Princess is Level 5. To go undiscovered, we'd probably need to dispatch someone stronger and skilled at concealing their presence, but our Familia has no such talent."

The Mighty One Ottar reminded his own Goddess.

"I'll think of something for Broly's side. No need to have anyone watch him.

Instead, dispatch someone to watch over Hestia. Don't let the other party suddenly run over to the tavern and ambush us."

Freya already had a plan.

But there's a saying: plans can't keep up with changes.

"How did things turn out like this?!"

Early the next morning, Lefiya looked at the other Familia members going out the door with them, and her cute face was filled with lingering regret.

"If you have complaints, go find Loki and complain to her."

Werewolf Bert had been in a foul mood ever since he learned last night that he would be babysitting today, his entire face looking sour.

"Well, this is also for Lefiya and Eis."

Beside them, Finn spoke up; unlike the others who didn't know why they were mobilized today, Finn, as the Regiment Leader of the Loki Familia, was aware of the temporary skill "Invisible Wings."

"After all, it involves that child's privacy, and the ability to grant temporary skills to others is too precious. If too many people knew, it would easily expose that child's situation. Although I want you all to obtain the effects of that skill, what should be kept secret for the other party must still be kept secret."

These were Loki's original words.

And besides him, Gareth, and Riveria knowing the true reason for today's mobilization.

The other Loki Familia members who came along were completely unaware.

Of course, Eis and Lefiya were exceptions.

The Loki Familia's First String mobilized, drawing sideways glances along the road.

When an acquaintance asked Werewolf Bert if the Loki Familia was going on another expedition, he received a somewhat impatient answer from the werewolf youth: "Not an expedition, but to be a teacher and babysitter for some Lv. 1 little ghosts."

"That's how it is, Mr. Broly. You helped guide Eis and Lefiya, and our Loki Familia cannot fail to show our appreciation."

"So, we will also do our best to guide your companion's way of fighting. At the same time, we will be responsible for Lefiya's desensitization training to avoid nervousness, so that you can better guide Eis."

After meeting at the Central Square, the Hero Finn smiled and told the Saiyan boy the reason why this large group had followed them.

"Eh, you Loki Familia are really polite!"

Broly believed him without doubt. However, teaming up with this group of Loki Familia adventurers above Lv. 3 to clear the Upper Floors of the Dungeon gave him somewhat the feeling of using a cannon to swat a mosquito.

"Courtesy demands reciprocity. Our two factions guide each other and improve each other. So, today, please give us your guidance!"

Broly shook hands with Finn, and under the stunned gazes of the other adventurers, he entered the Dungeon together with the members of the Loki Familia.

Since there were a large number of safety instructors around him, Broly directly chose to descend to the Middle Floors to train Lili and Bell.

This was no problem for the Loki Familia, whose levels were all above Lv. 3, but for Bell and Lili, facing Lv. 2 monsters was immense pressure.

Even though they knew a group of high-level adventurers were watching over them and their safety could be guaranteed, in battles before encountering true danger, they still had to fight on their own.

"Steps, steps, white-haired brat, did you hear me? Your steps are a mess......"

Although Werewolf Bert had a sour face all the way, he was not vague at all when instructing, it was just that his tone was harsh, and Bell was shouted into a clumsy weakling with disordered steps.

"Miss Liliruca, please pay attention to your breathing rhythm. We small folk are at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength and need to master the allocation of our own physical strength."

Finn and the others' combat techniques might not match Broly's, but as adventurers, they had accumulated some useful techniques belonging to non-numerical monsters.

Everyone sharing a bit of their useful experience and techniques was, for Bell and Liliruca who were only Lv. 1, very important knowledge worth humbly learning.

"Lefiya, we are going to let go now."

The Amazoness Sisters were doing desensitization training dodging wooden sticks for the elf girl, but Tiona was a bit mischievous and did not let go of the wooden stick in her hand at all.

The elf girl, with her vision blinded by a black cloth, started dodging movements while shaking her head and body in place after she shouted start.

Needless to say, after having her forehead and back of the head smashed all day yesterday, Lefiya's dodging movements were long since perfected, it was just that she encountered someone not kind.

When the Amazoness Sisters were proud that the elf girl had dodged so many wooden sticks for herself, Tione gave her younger sister a look with her eyes.

Tiona understood and directly released the wooden stick tied by vines. Only hearing an "aiya," Lefiya's forehead was struck.

"Lefiya, you dodged very well, it's just a pity that you didn't completely dodge it."

Tiona said somewhat regretfully while holding back a laugh.

"It's fine, it doesn't hurt, let's do it again."

The elf girl cheered herself on and continued with renewed vigor.

Broly watched the whole time from the side, feeling that such training had more unpredictability and was beneficial for correcting the elf girl's bad habit of being easily nervous.

Plus, those two were just playing pranks on their companion and did not truly harm the elf girl, so he didn't say anything more.

"What I taught you yesterday was the Sword God style training method. Today I will teach you the Water God style training method. Hold your sword well, defend or dodge all my attacks!"

Broly said this to the Sword Princess girl, then grabbed a handful of stones picked up from the side and began throwing them at the Sword Princess girl who had taken a defensive stance over there.

"Don't hard-block the stones I throw. Feel the attack trajectories. Imagine yourself as floating grass in the water, swaying your body with the current......"

Riveria and Gareth watched from the side, but they looked very interested in this kind of agile dodging and blocking training.

"Mr. Broly, can this kind of training really improve Eis's strength?"

Riveria, who was often jokingly called by Loki Eis's Guardian Mom, watched for a while and then asked.

"Of course. As long as she gets used to various attack rhythms, she can reduce flaws in her own movements and improve her ability to predict enemy attacks."

Although what Broly threw were pebbles, they were not thrown randomly, but with a rhythm and frequency, representing the vast majority of combat rhythms one could encounter in normal combat.

This is like mathematical formulas. As long as you understand and master the secrets within, you can handle any enemy (math word problems that can be dealt with using formulas) with ease.

In the instant you see the enemy's move (problem), you can produce the corresponding response formula in your mind and have a rough idea of how to resolve the enemy's offensive (problem-solving approach).

Of course, to achieve this, the Sword Princess girl still needs long-term, targeted sea-of-questions training.

Fortunately, Broly is an expert in this area. He can see which attack methods (question types) the girl handles with ease and which she lacks, and formulate training (question setting) for the parts she lacks.

"Although I focus on defense and don't dodge enemy attacks much, I can see that Eis is getting stronger."

The Loki Familia's Number One Main Tank, Gareth, after watching from the side for a while, told the Nine Magic Princess beside him his opinion.

The young man of Hestia over there truly has real substance. At least as a combat technique mentor, Gareth has never seen one this good.

Regarding this, the Nine Magic Princess Riveria nodded. Although she is a rear-line mage and differs from close-combat professions, she could also sense some of the tricks in the boy's combat rhythm training for the girl.

For low-level adventurers, they might not see anything, but for high-level adventurers, Broly's combat rhythm training for the girl could give them a faint realization.

This caused the others of the Loki Familia to gradually have their attention drawn to the Saiyan boy's special training for the Sword Princess girl. Many people had the thought: 【If I were Miss Eis being trained, how should I respond to that kind of rhythm attack?】

One day passed quickly. Bell and Liliruca received high-intensity practical training, as did Eis. The others of the Loki Familia gained some insights into combat rhythm while observing Eis's training, and Broly obtained the gradually rising Happiness Value on the Crystal Palace Panel as the girls improved through their own progress.

"Thank you, Mr. Broly."

Among them, Lefiya was the most miserable. She was the only injured person in the party, her forehead smashed multiple times by wooden sticks, red and swollen. When being healed by the boy's healing magic, she still had to thank him properly, completely unaware of the Amazoness Sisters' teasing of her and the tacit approval of others including Eis.

But fortunately, she was not without gain. When returning to the Faction Residence Twilight Manor, facing the God of the Underworld's pounce again, the elf girl took a big jumping step back and dodged Loki's pouncing figure, avoiding the fate of having her breasts rubbed by the Main God again.

"My my, it's only been two days of training, and this kid Lefiya, you unexpectedly managed to dodge my Embrace of Love?!"

The Clown God took a bit of a blow.

"What do you mean Embrace of Love, that's obviously just harassment!"

Lefiya was somewhat dissatisfied, but regarding the fact that she had dodged the Main God's attack, she still felt joy, because this proved she had made progress, and wasn't stagnating.

"Sigh, Lefiya has grown up too, who will comfort these hands of mine with nowhere to go from now on?!"

As Loki spoke thus, the hand she tried to place on the Sword Princess girl's body was nimbly sidestepped by the girl.

"Fine, you two, both of you have forgotten the goodness this Main God has shown you~"

The Clown God complained.

"Loki, if you don't mind, this old man's chest is available for you to touch."

Loki: "..."

"Forget it Gareth, I like the soft, smooth bodies of beautiful girls, not the hard, stiff frames of dwarf old beards."

At this, Gareth shrugged his shoulders.

"Finn, come to my room later."

"Eh, Lady Loki, even if you are the Main God, you can't make a move on the Captain."

Hearing this, Tione instantly became alert, blocking protectively in front of the Pallum Captain like guarding food.

"What are you thinking, I have no interest in the bodies of Pallum males, I'm just going to update Finn's Status Board, and you all have to update yours later too."

"Eh, is that how it is?"

"But, today we only had Activities in the Dungeon Middle Levels, is it necessary to update the Status?"

Tiona looked somewhat confused, like adventurers of their Level generally had to go deep into the Dungeon and fight monsters to see improvement.

"Well, once it's updated, you'll know."

Loki said with a smile, she already couldn't wait to see the new Temporary Skills that would appear on everyone.

(Chapter End)