Chapter 740

When we left the Dungeon and returned to the surface, it was already Dusk.

"Mr. Broly, I apologize for my rudeness yesterday morning."

Before parting, Filvis bowed to the Saiyan boy and apologized.

"Also, thank you for helping me get revenge."

She paused, then thanked him again.

"Think nothing of it, it was merely a trivial effort."

Broly waved his hand.

"I will remember your kindness in my heart; if there is ever a need, I will surely repay it."

Filvis said seriously.

"A need, is it? Well, there is one."

Broly said.

"What is it?"

"Your Parallel Chanting technique is not bad; if possible, I'd like to ask you to help guide Lefiya in training her Parallel Chanting ability."

"Eh, Mr. Broly, this is your favor, how can it be used on me?"

Beside them, the elf girl who heard this hurriedly waved her hands.

"If Lefiya has need, I can guide her in training Parallel Chanting technique, and this is voluntary on my part, and cannot count as repayment to you."

Filvis looked at the elf girl beside her, then turned back to look at the Saiyan boy and shook her head.

Doing something she herself was willing to do, in Filvis's view, did not count as repayment.

"But aside from this, it seems I don't have anything else I need you to repay me for."

Filvis was not a Capture target; Broly had no demands of her.

"However, if Miss Filvis insists on repaying me, then please, just live a little happier from now on."

Broly thought carefully, then turned to the serious-looking female elf and said.

"Eh?!"

Filvis looked over with some surprise.

"Of course, after being happy, I hope you can share a portion of that happiness with Lefiya, so she can also feel happy because of your happiness."

The White Shrine Maiden looked like she would become friends with Lefiya; Broly had no need of Filvis, but if the other party could help make Lefiya happy, that was Another Matter.

"Ah, I'll try my best..."

Faced with the request to share happiness, Filvis's expression was somewhat dazed, but she still barely gave her response.

After agreeing with Lefiya that she could come to the Dionysus Familia anytime to ask for guidance on Parallel Chanting, this White Shrine Maiden then bid farewell and left.

"Miss Filvis seems a bit distracted."

Watching the White Shrine Maiden's back weaving a curve on the street ahead, Lefiya was somewhat worried about her state.

"Probably because no one has ever asked her to be happy, and her experiences might make it so she can't think of happy things for a while."

Tiona said from the side; though her guess wasn't entirely accurate, the general Direction was right.

【Weirdo? Happy? Me?】

Filvis walked toward the Dionysus Familia in a daze, her heart churning with such Complex thoughts.

"No happy things, huh..."

Lefiya only felt Tiona's speculative words were truly a bit Sad; the sentimental elf girl made up her mind — if that was really the case, she planned to help Miss Filvis afterward, to create some happy memories together.

"Then we'll take our leave as well."

The Omnipotent Asfi led the Hermes Familia members away; just as the Loki Familia was also preparing to part with Broly, the Saiyan boy called out to the Sword Princess who was preparing to leave.

"Miss Ais..."

"What is it, Mr. Broly?"

"I'm very sorry, I didn't catch the other guy."

"Hm?"

Ais tilted her head, seemingly not understanding why the boy would apologize for that.

"I heard from that Fels about matters concerning you; Miss Ais, the reason you were willing to go on the Investigation Mission to the 24th floor of the Labyrinth should be to investigate clues related to your mother, right?"

Broly had also suddenly thought of this matter.

"Uh..."

The Sword Princess girl froze for a moment, then nodded.

"If I could have caught the other guy, perhaps you could have learned some clues about your mother from him."

"Miss Ais's mother?"

Lefiya and Tiona both looked over curiously; they joined the Loki Familia later than Ais, so they didn't know Ais's background.

"That white-haired ghost was caught by you and confessed nothing; I expect even if that monster woman named Revis was caught by you, she wouldn't have told us anything either, Mr. Broly, you don't need to mind it."

Ais shook her head.

"And, I didn't come away empty-handed either; at least, I learned that behind those two monsters is the Dungeon's Fairy Spirit."

Benefiting from the white-haired ghost's rambling Commentary, Ais learned that the Existence behind the two was the Dungeon's Fairy Spirit.

Although it's Unclear why there would be an existence like a Fairy Spirit in the depths of the Dungeon, it's not surprising those two knew her mother's name.

In Ancient times, most Fairy Spirits knew Each Other.

"Then, Miss Ais, is there anything you need my help with?"

"What?"

"For example, like with Miss Filvis, helping get revenge or something."

Ais fell silent.

"Actually, while I'm not a professional at things like revenge, if I were to do it, I'm quite handy at it. I wonder, would you be willing?"

"I've never thought about something like this……"

Ais had experienced just how powerful the Black Dragon was. Her father, the Ancient Hero, and her mother, the Fairy Spirit, had no confidence they could protect her, so they chose to seal her away, letting her pass through a long period of unconscious darkness. If not for having no other choice, Ais didn't believe her parents would have done such a thing.

And when her time began to flow again, a thousand years had already passed in the world. Her parents had vanished, leaving only her alone in this world. The only channel to understand her parents was through the fairy tale of the Ancient Hero Albert repelling the Black Dragon.

However, her father Albert left behind only a grave, buried in Orario, becoming an Ancient Hero revered by all.

Her mother didn't even leave a name. Among the Six Great Immortals who repelled the Black Dragon, there was absolutely no mention of her mother's name, as if she had been forgotten by the ages.

The Sword Princess girl attributed her ordeal to the Black Dragon, viewing the other party, viewing monsters, as her mortal enemy. But in the process of gradually growing up, she also came to understand the strength of the mortal enemy she had to face. This was also the reason she pursued power.

Just, now, when someone suddenly said they could help her take revenge, it instead gave Ais a sense of unreality.

Her mortal enemy was the legendary Black Dragon, an existence that even a hero like her father had to pay with his life just to repel……

And Mr. Broly being able to ask about her mother's matter showed he might already understand her situation, which should include the fact that her mortal enemy was the Black Dragon.

【Should I agree? To involve the other party in my private vendetta?】

Ais thought like this.

【Mr. Broly is very strong, much stronger than me. If he's with me, the possibility of my revenge succeeding……】

"I want to kill my enemy with my own hands, with my own strength."

While her thoughts swayed back and forth, the Sword Princess girl gave her answer.

Of course, the Sword Princess girl didn't disbelieve Broly's strength. It's just that challenging the Black Dragon is dangerous. Even the Zeus and Hera Familias, once the strongest in Orario, far stronger than the current Loki Familia and Freya Familia, met with failure and ruin in the matter of challenging the Black Dragon.

Ais felt that this kind of extremely dangerous thing should be done by herself, rather than involving the Saiyan boy who had shown her kindness to take the risk.

"Want to kill your enemy with your own hands, huh……"

Hearing the Sword Princess girl give this answer, Broly didn't make a big show of it or arbitrarily decide to help her take revenge.

"Then alright, Miss Ais, I'll help you from the side."

Helping every Reserve Wife do what they want is the most effective way to raise Happiness Value. This is Broly's words from experience, so he respected the girl's wish to take revenge personally.

Sure enough, after hearing his words, the Sword Princess girl's Happiness Value rose a little again.

"Thank you."

Ais offered sincere thanks.

"Want to go eat at the Hostess of Fertility tonight?"

"Okay."

"Lefiya, you guys coming too?"

Broly looked at the three elf girls on the side.

"You don't drink anyway, so I'm not going."

"Eh, you can just drink by yourself."

"Drinking alone with no one to share the cup is worse than drinking solo. Besides, I have no interest in being a Magic Stone Lamp."

The Werewolf Bert waved his hand and left directly.

"I don't care if I drink or not, juice actually tastes better."

Tiona indicated she wanted to go, and Lefiya had no objections either.

However, they had to return to their Faction Residence first to report to Loki on the situation of this trip into the Dungeon to carry out the Investigation Quest.

"A Fairy Spirit in the Dungeon, huh. Didn't expect that kind of thing to still exist."

After hearing the report from Ais and the others who had returned, Loki couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

"If the other party's main body is in the Deep Floors, the Unknown Region, then as we keep exploring deeper into the Dungeon, we're bound to run into them sooner or later."

Finn touched his chin and said.

"Mm, you're all tired too, Ais. Go rest after bathing. Annoying things like this, leave to me and Finn to handle.

As for that Mage's commission, the Hermes Familia kids should settle accounts with the other party.

I'll go find that old man Uranus tonight and directly demand intelligence from him."

In the evening, when Broly, together with the Pallum girl and Loli Goddess from home, gathered with Ais's group of three to eat at the Hostess of Fertility, a conversation between a Main God and child was also taking place in the Dionysus Familia's underground wine cellar.

"Filvis, seems you didn't listen to me."

Dionysus looked at the White Shrine Maiden with a scrutinizing gaze and asked.

"My apologies, Lord Dionysus, but there was a reason for it."

Filvis explained somewhat panickedly.

"There was a reason, good. Then let me hear what the reason is."

The blond Male God smiled as he watched his own elf.

"The Sword Princess's strength is formidable, Mr. Broly's strength is even more terrifying……"

"Mr. Broly?"

"Ah, what I mean is, the Hestia Familia's Regiment Commander. He went along too."

The White Shrine Maiden hurriedly explained, focusing heavily on the Saiyan boy's formidable strength displayed in eliminating the Man-Eating Flower Legion on the 24th Floor created by the White-Haired Ghost.

"Hearing you put it that way, that is indeed understandable. However, you addressing him like that, could it be that after he caught the White-Haired Ghost and helped you avenge your killing, you started developing some favorable feelings toward that person?"

"Ah, this……"

Filvis tried to defend herself, but was interrupted.

"This child of yours really doesn't know how to lie. Just tell me your true feelings directly. Am I that strict a Main God?"

Dionysus's words made Filvis lower her head and reply dully with a "Yes," but she had developed favorable feelings not only toward Broly, but also toward everyone else who had shown her kindness.

"Those people's attitudes toward me are different, especially an elven girl named Lefiya — she doesn't think I'm a filthy existence."

The White Shrine Maiden spoke excitedly to her own God, as if sharing something that brought her joy with an important parent.

"Filvis, it sounds like you've indeed encountered a group of kind, good children. However, it's not that I, as your Main God, want to pour cold water on you.

I just want to remind you: the reason those people are friendly to you is only because you're still the White Shrine Maiden. But if your true face — your identity as a monster — were discovered, would they still be friendly to you?"

"Ah, this..."

"Of course, I don't rule out the possibility that they'd still be friendly to you, but that probability is truly very small — so small that at that time, I'd be afraid you'd suffer new harm.

So, Filvis, my good child, before verifying this point, could you please restrain the feelings in your heart that want to respond to others' kindness toward you?"

"Lord Dionysus..."

The White Shrine Maiden's gaze was complex, containing unwillingness and pleading.

"Of course, you can still stay by those people's side — perfectly positioned as a hidden sleeper agent among them to gather sufficient intelligence for me.

Until the day Orario's existing order is overturned, and the 'abnormality' on a child like you becomes this world's 'normal.'"

"If they're willing to accept the result of this world changing, I imagine you could then become true friends, without the situation arising where they become hostile toward you because of your abnormality."

"Filvis, do you think what I said is correct?"

Dionysus narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Correct."

After a long silence, Filvis finally gave a difficult answer.

"Then you just get along properly with that group of people."

【One imagines, when the time comes for me to have you personally betray those people, the struggle and pain this child reveals will only bring me greater pleasure~】

The blond Male God thought with some twistedness — he was a god hiding among Orario's normal gods, whose heart revered madness and twisted chaos.

Children's happiness would not bring him pleasure; on the contrary, the wails children emit because of suffering are the beautiful melody he enjoys.

Of course, this mad side of his could not be revealed publicly, so he has always played the role of a kind god.

Merely scheming in private to potentially disrupt Orario's order, and conducting unsavory cooperation with some other gods who are openly Dark Faction.

Until, six years ago, the Nightmare Event occurred — one of the children in his Familia was turned into a monster, returned to the Familia, confessed everything, and asked him to help end her life in that twisted form. He soothed the other party with comforting words and accepted the one who had become a monster.

Of course, the reason he made this choice wasn't because he was good — Dionysus simply saw a genuine possibility to overturn Orario.

That's right — the filthy Fairy Spirit that turned Filvis into a monster. As long as he borrowed that one's power, he might be able to destroy the current Orario, this city he found extremely an eyesore.

【Hmm, tomorrow I'll go find Loki, and it'd be best to drag that guy Hermes into it too, guide those two to gradually detect the existence of the Artificial Labyrinth...】

While sipping wine, Dionysus pondered how to advance the scheme he had long been brewing in his heart — the one to overturn the World Capital.

Of course, before the scheme's implementation, tonight's Orario was still peaceful.

(Chapter End)