Chapter 719: The More People on This Date the Better, But Is This Person

"If there's a chance later, I'll introduce my child to you."

Hestia hesitated for a moment, and feeling no ill intent from Freya, she spoke.

"Hestia!"

At this time, two more deities walked over; among them, the goddess wearing a white dress with gold-trimmed ribbon enthusiastically greeted the Loli Goddess.

"You'd better thank me properly, I'm the one who played matchmaker between you and that Broly kid~"

The goddess who came over was Demeter; when she saw Hestia on the day Broly arrived in Orario, she provided the Saiyan boy with all sorts of information about the Loli Goddess.

Although even without Demeter, Broly would have sought out Hestia on his own, from Hestia's perspective, she indeed ought to thank this Agricultural Goddess before her who played the role of a matchmaker.

"Demeter, I'll definitely treat you to drinks later, but that'll have to wait until the Soma Familia delivers the Divine Wine my Familia ordered."

"Ho ho, then I'll hold you to that drink, but before that, why not sample the wine the Ganesha Familia prepared for tonight? It was brewed from grapes my Familia grew a few years ago, aged over three years, with an exquisite texture."

The buxom Demeter said with a laugh.

"Hestia, congratulations on encountering an excellent child — a boy who can instruct the Loki Familia's Sword Princess in swordsmanship, and a strategist who could outwit his way into a Familia Captain's position for his companions; one would think at the upcoming Gods' Conference, your child should receive a resounding title — truly enviable!"

On the other side, the blond male god standing at Demeter's left side spoke with a smiling squint.

"Mm, I'll take your auspicious words, Dionysus."

Hestia wasn't very familiar with the other party, but they had met several times in Heaven and counted as acquaintances, so she thanked him for the flattery.

"If there's a chance later, I'd like my child to get to know your child too; I figure knowing more excellent children would make my child become excellent as well — wonder if that's alright?"

Dionysus narrowed his eyes, asking with a smiling squint.

"Uh, that's not impossible."

Broly was destined to encounter certain girls, and building relationships with other Familias wasn't a problem; Hestia merely pondered a bit before agreeing.

"Then many thanks."

Dionysus gave his thanks.

"Speaking of which, this banquet is truly sumptuous."

Taking advantage of the conversation here, Loki somehow brought over a plate of grilled meat and ate it with relish, treating it as a snack for the wine.

"That's probably because the Monster Festival is being held tomorrow; if they don't properly entertain the deities of each Familia, communicate with everyone, and gain the support of numerous gods, even Ganesha and the Guild wouldn't be able to pull off bringing monsters out of the Dungeon for such a banquet."

Having said this, Dionysus paused slightly, then asked the surrounding deities.

"Everyone, what do you think of the Monster Festival?"

"I just came to the Lower World not long ago, haven't experienced such a festival yet……"

Hestia shook her head, indicating she wasn't clear on it.

"The Monster Festival is quite lively, the kids enjoy themselves too; if there's no danger, it's pretty good, isn't it?"

Demeter was the second to express her view.

"I agree with Demeter; if not for this festival, I wouldn't be drinking such good wine tonight, would I?"

After answering, Loki downed the wine in her hand in big gulps and ran off to get more; it was all free anyway, and tonight she intended to drink to her heart's content.

"What about Hephaestus?"

"Ah, I, don't have any thoughts……"

The God of Forge was still troubled thinking about some things, and not having listened properly, she perfunctorily replied.

"Safety is fine, but what I personally worry about is that such a festival might bring dangerous incidents~"

Dionysus sighed out this line, then left with a worried look; clearly this deity didn't quite agree with holding the Monster Festival, but with the collective will of Orario's gods being hard to defy, he had a distinct feeling of solitary path.

"Dionysus, so he's actually such a responsible deity?"

Hestia was a bit curious.

"He's changed a lot compared to his Heaven days, but many deities who don't change after descending get changed by the Lower World, so such a change isn't impossible.

However, one of his children has a bad reputation; if you plan to let your child get to know Dionysus's child, you'd best be careful."

"What do you mean?"

"The cursed Adventurer, the Banshee Filvis — have you heard of her?"

"No."

"They say, not a single Adventurer who teamed up with that child returned alive."

Hestia: "Huh?!"

A banquet — what it felt like for other gods, Hestia didn't know.

But for her, it counted as satisfying.

"Hestia, wait, I have something to tell you."

And just as the Loli Goddess was preparing to leave, the God of Forge called out to her.

"Eh, Hephaestus, what do you want to tell me? Just say it directly, why'd you drag me to a place like this?"

Dragged by her friend to a corner of the Ganesha Familia Base's front yard, Hestia looked at Hephaestus in confusion.

"I'm sorry, Hestia, I have to apologize to you first."

Hephaestus opened with a bow of apology.

"What exactly happened, why do you need to apologize to me?"

Hestia was at a complete loss.

"It's Tsubaki she……"

Hephaestus immediately told her about her own Captain, or perhaps the matter of her being bullied.

"This matter you speak of, I know about it!"

"Eh, you know?"

"Of course, that kid Broly told me directly about this matter the very night after his encounter with Tsubaki."

"Ah, then you didn't object?"

"Why would I object?"

Hestia retorted.

"That kid Tsubaki has taken very good care of me ever since I descended to the Lower World, and besides, Broly's skill requires him to encounter more girls..."

Hestia paused for a moment, feeling there was no need to hide it from Hephaestus, so she revealed the situation regarding the skill 【You Are All My Wings】.

"So, for the sake of that kid Broly's future, I won't stop him from encountering other girls. As for you, Hephaestus, you can update Tsubaki's status when you get back. That kid obtained Broly's encounter, so she definitely also obtained the temporary skill effect of 【Invisible Wings】."

Hestia left after saying that.

Returning to the Familia residence, Hephaestus had already put her mind at ease. The confession went even easier to resolve than imagined; Hestia didn't have the feeling of her boy being stolen away, or rather, she had directly made the psychological preparation to share the boy with more people.

【However, that kid Broly's skill is truly absurd. Being a stat monster himself is one thing, but he can actually turn others into stat monsters too, and that strange space ability...】

"Forget it, I don't want to think so much. I'll just go up and tell Tsubaki this good news~"

Hephaestus went upstairs and directly found Tsubaki in the forge room. Just as she was about to tell Tsubaki the good news, her own One-Eyed Craftsman Regiment Commander spoke up a step ahead.

"Lady Hephaestus, I have a piece of good news to tell you!"

Tsubaki said excitedly to the returning Goddess.

"Huh? You have good news too?"

Hephaestus was a bit surprised.

"What do you mean 【You have good news too】?"

Tsubaki also looked at her in astonishment.

"Because I also have a piece of good news to tell you, but forget it, you go first, Tsubaki."

Hephaestus waved her hand.

She understood Tsubaki; the other party, who was devoted to forging technique, perhaps wanted to share with her that her forging technique had made progress again.

Things like this had happened often before, and the other party always had this exact expression every time.

"Mhm, then Lady Hephaestus, I'll speak first..."

Tsubaki immediately told her about the Saiyan boy coming over tonight, and how she helped ask the boy if he was willing to encounter their own Main God.

"Ah, no, Tsubaki, you actually went and asked him that kind of question for me?!"

After hearing it, Hephaestus's whole godly self was dazed. If Broly went back and told Hestia, what would that make her? One face to the world, another behind the scenes?

"Yeah, I asked directly, and Broly answered directly too.

He said he doesn't dislike you, Lady Hephaestus. If you are willing, he is willing to encounter you.

Also, I told him about the injury on your face, and Broly said this stone called the Horse Talisman should be able to heal the scar under your eye patch, Lady Hephaestus."

As she spoke, Tsubaki produced a stone out of thin air and handed it before her own Goddess.

"The scar on my face was caused by Divine Authority; it is a top-tier curse in this world. Even I, who possessed Divine Power back in Heaven, couldn't resolve it. How could it possibly..."

Hephaestus's words suddenly halted, only because she, having taken the Horse Talisman, suddenly felt a mild itching sensation on her face.

Although the feeling was extremely slight, she was a God after all, and could still detect changes occurring on her own body. It was a feeling similar to drinking a healing potion after being injured.

【Ah, it actually has a healing effect. But how does a single stone do this?】

Hephaestus couldn't quite understand, shocked by the Horse Talisman from the Adventure Chronicle World that cures all illnesses.

But immediately after, the Red-haired Goddess reacted. If it can be healed, then after it's healed, how should she repay this favor?

She thought of the Wings skill matter, thought of Hestia's stance of not stopping the boy from encountering more women for his sake.

For a moment, the God of Forge's heart was a bit messy. Could it be she really has to pull a 【Great kindness cannot be repaid, so I can only offer my body】 drama?

Perhaps in the future she would even lie on the same bed with Hestia and Tsubaki, playing a stacking game with that kid Broly.

Thinking of that scene, Hephaestus, also wearing a black dress tonight, couldn't help but clamp her legs together.

But immediately after, a look of bewilderment, shock, and disbelief surfaced on this Goddess's face, as if she had fallen into self-doubt.

Because she suddenly realized she had actually produced some physiological sensations towards the imagined scene.

This is... either admitting she's a shotacon, or admitting she's a lesbian?!

"Then what about you, Tsubaki? You don't need it?"

Hephaestus shook her head, looking at her own Regiment Commander and asking.

Tsubaki's eye under the eye patch was also injured.

At the time of the injury, because too much time was delayed, even drinking healing potions couldn't cure it.

In the end, she still lost her vision.

"Uh, this..."

Tsubaki scratched her cheek.

"It feels itchy, a bit obstructive to my forging equipment, so..."

"So you just didn't use it?"

"Anyway, I've gotten used to wearing an eye patch and having only one field of vision.

Of course, it's not that I won't use it, just delaying it, using it slowly.

After the equipment is finished forging, and after you've used it, Lady Hephaestus, I'll use it then!"

After hearing this, Hephaestus was somewhat speechless. Compared to recovering the vision in her other eye, forging was actually more important. Her own Regiment Commander's love for forging seemed to almost surpass her, a genuine God of Forge.

"Alright then, after I'm done using it, you have to remember to use it too."

Hephaestus said a sentence.

"So, Lady Hephaestus, you agreed to encounter that kid Broly?"

Chun's eyes brightened, and she asked.

"Ah, anyway no one wants to have an encounter with me, if that child is willing to have an encounter with me, me having him as my first encounter partner also counts as not bad."

Good friend Hestia doesn't mind sharing the boy, if I truly get the wound under the eye patch healed, that is also owing a huge debt of gratitude.

Thinking like this, going with the flow and having an encounter, there's also nothing wrong with it anymore.

"Hmm……"

Chun pondered for a moment, thought of a junior (Welf) in the Familia who wants to have an encounter with the Goddess, but anyway that brat also hasn't directly expressed his feelings to Lord Hephaestus, so in the situation where Lord Hephaestus doesn't refuse an encounter with that child Broly, naturally it's first come first served, slow hand gets nothing.

This One-Eyed Craftsman didn't say a single word.

"Ais, tomorrow is the Monster Festival, you still want to go to the Dungeon with Broly?"

Twilight Manor, inside the Familia cafeteria, Tiona eating a late-night snack, suddenly asked the Sword Princess opposite her.

"Tomorrow not going to the Dungeon."

Ais slurping noodles, shook her head and answered the Amazon girl's question.

"Then let's go out and play together～"

Tiona decisively invited.

"But I already made an appointment with Mr. Broly, tomorrow we're going out on a date together."

Ais said, the expression on her face when saying this was a bit too calm, instead making people unable to see the difficulty. (Actually it is difficult, companion invitation)

"Eh, so there was an appointment ah."

Tiona was a bit disappointed.

"Ara, Ais, didn't expect you this child, chasing boys is actually quite proactive!"

Tione instead teased a sentence, gave the Sword Princess girl's proactive invitation behavior a high evaluation.

"That child Broly is very close to you, you definitely can easily get him.

Sigh, not like me, the Regiment Commander recently always perfunctory with me……"

Not even three sentences, Tione mentioned her beloved Regiment Commander, face showing a resentful look.

"Wuu～"

Ais a bit dazedly looked at her, doesn't understand shouldn't it be repayment, why would it be getting Broly.

However, the naturally airheaded girl also didn't think much, she turned her head and invited the disappointed Amazon flat girl: "Tiona, if you don't mind, tomorrow you can also go on a date with us."

"Eh, but Ais, didn't you invite Broly?"

"Hmm."

"Then you still invite me?"

"Like this, not okay?"

Sword Princess girl puzzled looked at her.

"A two-person date, I'd very easily become an eyesore Magic Stone Lamp."

Tiona a bit helplessly explained.

"Not two people……"

Ais said.

"Hmm?"

Tiona puzzled looked over.

"Also Lefiya, tomorrow will also go on a date with us together."

Ais supplemented.

"Eh, so it's not that kind of date, but this kind of date?"

Tiona thought a bit, then suddenly realized.

"Dates still have types?"

"Of course, but if it's this kind of group date, then count me in too～"

"Okay."

"Big sister, you want to go together?"

"No, I'll stay behind to accompany the Regiment Commander."

"Love brain, then I'll go on a date with Ais and them together."

【Although it's a three-person date, but tomorrow I must make Ais-san's attention, all stay on me!】

In the room, Lefiya is earnestly selecting tomorrow's clothing to wear.

Next day, when the elf girl dressed up prettily, prepared to depart together with the Sword Princess girl, she saw the Amazon girl dressed no different from usual, also followed along.

And after inquiring, Lefiya only then knew, Tiona originally was also going to attend today's date together.

Three-person date turned into four-person date, Lefiya first was a bit jealous, but on second thought, this isn't her and Ais-san's one-on-one date, rather from the start it was Ais-san and Mr. Broly's one-on-one date.

"What's wrong, Lefiya, you have any objections to me going on a date with you guys?"

Tiona's intuition is very good, the elf girl's jealousy only showed for an instant, she detected it.

"No, none, I feel dates this kind of thing, should be the more people the better."

Elf girl hurriedly waved hand, denied saying.

"No, I mean I said dates more people the better, but today this date, the people coming is really too many?!"

But when arrived at the agreed meeting place, saw the four females following beside the Saiyan boy who arrived one step earlier than them, Lefiya became a bit stunned.

On their side they only brought Tiona along, but Broly's side directly added four: Liliruca, Lady Hestia, Miss Liu from the Hostess of Fertility, and Miss Xier.

Aside from Miss Liu, who as a fellow elf dressed comparatively plainly, the other three were a spectrum of slender and curvaceous, each outfit more exquisite and beautiful than the last.

"Mr. Broly, are you seriously here for a date?"

Lefiya couldn't help but ask, and this was likewise Helen's inner voice.

(Chapter End)