Chapter 720: Date Incident, Monster Attack!

Last night, after learning that Broly was going on a date with the Sword Princess girl tomorrow, Lady Freya took an exceptional interest in the matter.

Because the Goddess Hestia would also be going along, Freya could not come personally, but she still had Helen, who could likewise play the role of Xier, to come as her face.

"If it's a group date, I absolutely can't let Xier be outdone by anyone else!"

Those were Lady Freya's exact words; Helen was dragged up early in the morning by the Goddess, transformed into Xier's appearance, and meticulously dressed up by the Goddess.

At the scene, she was the most stunning, repeatedly drawing the gazes of surrounding passersby, but with that charm-radiating posture, aside from receiving a single sentence of praise from Broly at their first meeting calling her very pretty, she garnered no further attention.

If not for the need to maintain Xier's persona, Helen would have wanted to grab the boy by the collar and ask: Do you really intend to pursue the Miss Xier played by Lady Freya?

At this moment, it was instead the Loki Familia's elf girl who asked a similar question on her behalf.

"Is there a problem with that?"

Broly looked at Lefiya in puzzlement.

"Are there a bit too many people on this date?"

Lefiya knew she had misspoken, but still asked it.

"Eight people is indeed not few, but what does that matter?"

Broly was somewhat confused.

"Miss Ais would mind, right!"

Lefiya said.

"No, I don't mind."

Hearing this, the Sword Princess girl directly dismantled the premise.

Riveria had only told her that wanting to repay the boy more, a date would suffice, but didn't say there was any limit on the number of people in such a date.

"You see, Miss Lefiya, Miss Ais doesn't seem to mind."

Due to having many wives, Broly was accustomed to group dates.

"Ugh..."

Since even the initiator of the date said so, the elf girl who was merely invited to come along on the date had no way to say anything further.

【Still, in any case, with this many people, there's indeed no need to worry about a situation where Miss Ais and Mr. Broly suddenly develop super-friendly feelings.】

Lefiya comforted herself like this.

"Miss Ais, where should we go first?"

Seeing the elf girl fall silent, Broly turned his head to look at the Sword Princess girl and asked.

"Go do things that make us feel happy together."

Ais recalled Riveria's private guidance from the day before yesterday and answered this question without hesitation.

"Do things that make everyone happy?"

Broly raised his hand to stroke his chin, showing a contemplative look.

"Everyone, any opinions?"

He couldn't think of anything that would make all present happy, so he put the question to all the girls present on the date.

"Lili, as long as I'm with Broly-san, I'm already very happy."

The Pallum girl was the first to voice her opinion; as she spoke she leaned against the boy, and her height was the best match for the current Broly, directly intimately linking her arm through the Saiyan boy's wrist, her soft chest pressing against it, smiling as she looked at the other rivals who weren't quite rivals.

The "not rivals" in front was because she wouldn't hinder Broly-san from encountering these people, while the "rivals" behind were because they were also future women of Broly-san, and the degree to which they were pampered by Broly-san should also be ranked high and low.

Liliruca felt that the current her, aside from Lady Hestia, was the one leading by far, with a feeling like a main wife looking at other prospective concubines waiting to enter the household.

"Then what about Miss Xier?"

Broly did not stop Liliruca's intimate action toward him in front of everyone, but instead asked the tavern quest board girl with an unchanged expression.

"Hmm, for me, it's the same as Miss Lili."

Helen mentally disparaged the Pallum girl's action of linking the Saiyan boy's arm as if declaring sovereignty.

On the surface she walked over, actively took the boy's hand, and used an interlocked-fingers grip to answer Broly's question — she also only needed to stay by the boy's side.

Increasing others' goodwill through female rivalry, she could do that too; or rather, as a member of the Freya Familia, she was the professional at it.

"Then what about you, Miss Liu?"

Broly was a bit helpless, and could only ask the elf girl beside Xier.

"Do happy things... then probably only upholding justice."

Liu said in a small voice.

"Eh, uphold justice?"

Broly voiced his puzzlement; the elf girl's voice was quiet, but his hearing was better.

"No, you don't need to put that in mind, I'll just follow Xier's lead."

Alright, another one who just drifts along.

Broly's gaze looked at Hestia, and the Loli Goddess was much more reliable.

"A date, mainly it's eating, drinking, and playing; eating and drinking come first, so we have to go eat first, everyone report what food they like to eat, note, not a proper meal, but snacks, desserts, and such."

Hearing this, Ais immediately called out "Fried Potato Balls", Liliruca said "Donut", Tiona shouted "Grilled Squid Skewer", the Amazon girl was still somewhat more carnivorous.

After that, one after another came the others' foods: Lefiya's Crepe, Xier's Soft Serve Ice Cream, Liu also chose this following Xier.

"Then what about you, Broly?"

Hestia asked her own boy.

"The things they said, I like them all."

Broly answered honestly.

"Like that, it's simple, you want all of them."

Hestia nodded, then raised her hand pointing toward the Snack Street direction.

"Then, let's head over there and start the first stop of our date!"

Everyone responded in unison and followed Hestia, and every time they passed a stall selling the snacks everyone had mentioned wanting to eat, Hestia would stop and buy them directly.

However, after buying them, she did not distribute them to the people who wanted the food; according to Hestia, it was only good if everyone ate together after everyone had food.

Regarding this, neither Ais's side nor Xier's side had any objections, and everyone strolled through Snack Street together; the things in Hestia's hands grew more and more, and Broly wanted to help carry them, but was directly refused by Hestia.

"Broly, you just enjoy the date properly today; I'll handle the other things."

The Loli Goddess looked at the Saiyan boy with Liliruca on his left and Xier Jiejie on his right, and said just that.

With a look of absolute confidence, it wasn't until everything was bought and they went to the public rest area to eat together that Broly discovered his own Goddess-sama hadn't bought a portion of food for herself at all.

"Hestia-sama, is there none for me?"

The Saiyan boy who hadn't gotten any food felt a degree of disappointment in his heart.

"Yours, of course there is."

To this, Hestia gave a quite definite answer.

"But, where is it?"

Broly looked over in confusion; he now only saw that everyone else's hands had things, only he didn't.

"Isn't it right here?"

Hestia pointed at the food in her own hands and in everyone else's hands and said.

"Eh, but aren't these yours?"

"That's right, they're ours, but can't they still be yours?"

"Eh?"

Everyone looked toward Hestia.

"What did we come out to do?"

Hestia then asked the people beside her.

"A date……"

Ais answered.

"That's right, a date; then, in a date, if you eat yours and I eat mine, does that still count as a date?"

"Uh……"

"A real date should be you eat mine, I eat yours, sharing the beautiful things we each feel together."

Hestia didn't wait for others to answer, but as if defining the correct answer, gave the answer.

"So, the correct way to do it should be like this, Broly, ah……"

The Loli Goddess handed over the Grilled Meat Wrap in her hand, making Broly open his mouth.

After the boy obediently opened his mouth and took a bite, she took back the Grilled Meat Wrap in her hand and took a bite herself.

Then, she handed it over again.

Demonstrating to everyone what is called sharing food via Indirect Kiss.

"Mine's almost finished, what are you all still waiting for?"

One wrap eaten by two people, it was mostly eliminated very quickly, and Hestia looked at the others and urged them.

"Broly-san, try a taste of Lili's Donut."

The Pallum girl was the first to respond to the Loli Goddess's words with actual action, thinking in her heart that Hestia-sama's methods were brilliant, opening with an Indirect Kiss style food sharing; no wonder she had also bought many drinks of different flavors in between, and only seven bottles.

"Share food, huh, that's good; Ais, give me a bite of your Fried Potato Balls."

Just as the Elf girl was conflicted about sharing food via Indirect Kiss with the Saiyan boy, she heard the Amazon girl beside her say such words.

Turning her head to look, Tiona had already leaned close in front of Ais Xiaojie, and was being hand-fed Fried Potato Balls by Ais Xiaojie.

"Huh?!"

Lefiya's eyes widened instantly; she had already reacted — this time, everyone on the date was an object for sharing food.

She originally felt this way of sharing food was hard to accept, but now the Elf girl only felt this proposal was simply too wonderful.

Praise Hestia-sama, she is simply a god who has mastered date techniques!

"Ais Xiaojie, please try a taste of my Crepe!"

Lefiya hurriedly leaned over, face full of attentiveness, handing the large Crepe in her hand to the Sword Princess girl.

"Mm, thanks."

Ais didn't refuse, took a bite, and the bitten Crepe was hurriedly taken back; Lefiya bit the missing corner.

"So delicious!"

The Elf girl praised with a red face, though it's unknown if she was praising the Crepe being delicious, or the Crepe bitten by the Sword Princess girl being delicious, or perhaps both.

"Miss Liu, Xier Jiejie, you two eat your Soft Serve Ice Cream quickly too, otherwise it'll all melt in a bit."

Xier and Liu looked at each other, but still obediently started eating; however, after only licking two mouthfuls, Hestia said to them: "Ah, Broly also wants to eat Soft Serve Ice Cream, which one of you will come share a bit?"

Liu, Helen: "……"

Is this asking to eat Soft Serve Ice Cream? This is asking to eat the Soft Serve Ice Cream they've already eaten, right?

But the one saying this wasn't Broly, but the God Hestia, so they couldn't really say anything.

"How about, I give him all of mine?"

Liu offered proactively.

"Hah, how can that do; since we all came out on a date, we have to have the look of a date, good things are shared together, not yielded or monopolized!"

"Mm, Hestia-sama is right; Broly, you also come try a taste of my Grilled Squid Skewer."

Tiona generously handed over the large skewer she had taken a bite of.

"Miss Liu, you also try a taste of my Donut."

The atmosphere was heated up by the three of them — Hestia, Liliruca, and Tiona — two of them intentionally, one unintentionally.

Everyone had more or less exchanged the food and drinks in their hands, except Broly, who was eating seven households' worth of rice and drinking seven households' worth of beverages.

After the feeding and being fed was completed, everyone had also more or less shared an indirect kiss, though in reality there wasn't much feeling to it, but their relationships had indeed grown a bit closer.

"After eating well, next comes entertainment, and if there's anything worth playing at the Monster Festival, it's naturally the Monster Arena event hosted by the Ganesha Familia."

Hestia led everyone to the arena, and after buying tickets and entering, they found an empty spot in the front and back rows and sat down.

The Ganesha Familia's beast tamers waved whips in the arena, making the monsters brought out from the Dungeon perform all kinds of funny, comical acts.

The audience's laughter rang out continuously, as if the monsters that would normally instill fear in people were today merely playing the role of clowns to amuse the crowds.

Broly didn't know what fun there was in teasing monsters like this, but seeing Tiona and the others watching with great relish, he likewise quietly watched the circus-like performance below.

From time to time he would also ask the women beside him for a sip of the drinks in their hands.

"Ah, I didn't expect monsters could actually perform so many acts!"

After coming out from watching a show, Tiona said with lingering interest.

"So, is this a rare thing?"

Broly asked curiously.

"Honestly, if it weren't for the Monster Festival hosted by the Ganesha Familia, I would have always thought monsters are just a bunch of creatures that only know destruction and slaughter."

Tiona said.

"That's only natural, after all, the monsters adventurers face are all the type that rush over and attack upon seeing people; one rarely sees the kind that were collared and tamed in the arena just now."

Ryu said a line.

"Besides attacking, there are actually ones that run away too."

Lefiya subconsciously added a line, and what she referred to was the incident some time ago triggered by their Familia, where a group of Minotaurs on the Middle Floors fled en masse toward the Upper Floors.

"Monsters, no matter the kind, are best off dead."

Ais said dully, and she was also the only person besides Broly who had zero interest in the beast tamers' monster performance hosted by the Ganesha Familia.

"Where are we going next?"

Tiona clasped both hands behind her head, looking forward to the next team-building activity with some anticipation.

"Today's date where everyone came out together is a day very worth commemorating; let's go buy some things only available during the Monster Festival period to serve as mementos of our date together!"

Hestia proposed the next course of action, intending to deepen the impression of today's date.

One thinks that in the future, just seeing the mementos will remind them of the days they spent together today.

So-called beautiful memories are left behind in just this way.

If it's a man and a woman, after having such shared memories, deepening their feelings should also become easier.

Just as everyone was selecting suitable mementos, the square selling various festival goods suddenly produced a violent vibration.

"Is this an earthquake?"

Hestia subconsciously asked, and the ground not far from the square then showed cracks.

"Creak—"

Thick vines burst through the hard ground and emerged.

"No, not an earthquake, it's a monster!"

Ais frowned, her gaze fixed dead on the plant-type monster that had suddenly appeared.

Her hand subconsciously reached for her waist, but after grasping empty air she reacted — today she hadn't brought a weapon out at all.

(Chapter End)