Chapter 768: The Stupid, Dull Girl Who Can't Remember Too Many Sad Things

"Lady Loki, just who was that little girl's deity?"

"Kali, Tione and Tiona's former master."

"But, shouldn't one be happy to meet their former Main God? Why does Tione still look so downcast?"

The gloom on Tione's face was plain for anyone to see; ever since arriving at this side of the inn, she had said she wanted to be alone and shut herself in her room.

As her younger sister, Tiona ran over to keep her company; Ais and the others were worried about her state, but it wasn't appropriate to disturb them, so they could only ask Loki, who looked like she might know something.

"I only know the gist of Tione's matter, and as the person involved she doesn't want to talk more about it, so I can't say more either."

"But, Miss Tione's condition is already somewhat off."

"Lefiya, I know you're worried about your Familia companion Tione, but everyone has things they don't want others to know; I hope you can understand."

Riveria evidently also knew some of the details here, but her stance was perfectly aligned with Loki's — concerning private matters Tione didn't want touched by others, without Tione's own consent, they would not speak further.

Ais and the others were helpless; they could only go knock on the door, but received the cold shoulder from the Amazon girl.

However, Tiona did come running out.

She reported to Loki that the underwater seal was intact, and that they had seen a Man-eating Flower Monster in the sea.

Only now did Ais and the others learn that, besides being brought out to relax, their coming to Harbor Melen this side was also to incidentally investigate the Man-eating Flower Monster matter.

"The underwater water outlet seal has no issue; then the problem might be with the above-water water outlets. Later, one group will go investigate the various above-water water outlets, one group will visit the local Guild's Branch Head, and also the master of this harbor town."

Loki made the arrangements; because Tione had developed an issue, she also slotted Broly and the other non-Loki Familia members into the plan.

"What 'come play and relax together' — turns out it's press-ganging us into doing work?!"

Hestia complained directly.

"Broly's swimsuit, did you look at it?"

Loki then leaned in, hooked her arm around the Loli Goddess's neck, and asked in a low voice.

"I looked. So what?"

"After the investigation is done, I'll prepare a few even more explosive ones for you."

The Clown Goddess's words were like a demon's whisper.

Hestia fell silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice: "How explosive?"

"Front-opening."

"Deal!"

Broly: "..."

Helping is helping, why use me as a bargaining chip?

Besides, Lady Hestia, you've seen me stark naked with your own eyes.

Why would you get excited just because someone offers a pair of swimming trunks with a front opening?

There are always some unsolved mysteries in this world.

Broly was grouped with Ais, Lefiya, and Tiona to go investigate the above-water water outlets.

The others were tasked with guarding the Goddess, going to the Guild to see the Branch Head here, and visiting the master of this harbor town at the town center.

As for Tione, she truly became a person staying quietly alone in the inn room.

"Tiona, you should know what's up with Tione, right?"

After changing back into their original clothes, while investigating the above-water water outlets, Ais asked the Amazon girl ahead who looked no different from usual, still seemingly an optimist.

"What are you referring to?"

"The reason she's unhappy."

"That I know."

"Then can you tell us the reason? Both I and Miss Ais are somewhat worried about Miss Tione's situation."

Lefiya pressed the question; Broly kept silent at the side.

Tione was merely an acquaintance to him — neither a Capture target acknowledged by the Crystal Palace, nor like Tiona, someone he'd gotten familiar with, developed a favorable impression of, and subsequently spent ten thousand Happiness Points to invite as an External Wife into the Crystal Palace with her non-objection. If not for Ais and the others caring about her, whatever state the other party was in, Broly actually didn't care.

"Mhm, this is related to the country we originate from..."

Tiona didn't mean to be cryptic; she answered directly.

She and her sister were born in a southeastern peninsula nation extremely far from Orario; that country was called Dun Country by the outside world.

Its citizens were only Amazons; males were prohibited from entry; and Dun Country's citizens basically spent every day in the arena fighting captured monsters, or other Amazons, to the death.

Parents did not exist; children born would be raised collectively, and from birth they would be trained in the direction of warriors.

"In the process of becoming warriors, we have to face killing roommates we grew up with, even facing the situation of killing our own sisters."

Tiona's tone was very calm, calm as if narrating something unrelated to herself, yet the content of her words let Ais and Lefiya feel the cruelty of the country she was born in — Dun Country 【Telskyura】.

Of course, compared to Saiyans who can directly throw unsatisfied-year-old children onto a perilous monster planet to do conquest work, Telskyura's Amazons count as relatively having human touch.

At least, Telskyura's Amazons will raise children to a certain degree before letting them kill each other.

While Saiyans will directly stuff infants into single-person spaceships and send them off.

"Sister killed a sister who was also a roommate, who had taken good care of her in the past; from that time on, whenever Telskyura is mentioned, whenever Lady Kali is mentioned, she becomes very unhappy."

"To kill a sister who ate, lived, and slept together with oneself, almost no different from family, who had cared for oneself since childhood with no blood relation — if one could be happy about that, that would truly be seeing a ghost.

No, rather, I should ask: Miss Tiona, just how are you able to maintain your current optimistic and cheerful personality in that kind of environment?"

"Uh, probably because I'm comparatively stupid and dull, unable to feel the degree of sadness that some things hold for others."

Tiona answered, then jumped up from the pipe opening.

"This place's water outlet is fine; the iron bars are all intact and undamaged."

"Being stupid and dull has this kind of benefit too?"

"Of course, more importantly, I still have my sister; as long as my sister is here, I feel I have no problem."

"Then, Tiona, do you also hate Dun Country, hate that Lady Kali?"

While heading to check the next water outlet, Broly suddenly asked the Amazoness girl.

And with Tiona already being the Crystal Palace's external wife, this was a question that could cost one's life.

"Achoo~"

Kali sneezed violently, then looked with some dissatisfaction at the Goddess who had walked into the tent.

"Ishtar, what did you smear on yourself? It's so pungent."

In the room carpeted with velvet carpet, the owner of Pleasure Street received the guest from Dun Country here.

"Pungent? This is top-tier perfume."

"This concubine cannot appreciate such things; the blood scent of the strong is what's worth savoring carefully."

"Then the fresh blood of Freya Familia's Lv. 7 Adventurer will definitely suit your taste."

Ishtar sat opposite Kali, who was reclining on the velvet blanket, not caring in the slightest that upon sitting down, the silk scarf at her chest fell open, completely exposing her upper body's towering peaks.

"The fresh blood of an Lv. 7 Adventurer is indeed worth anticipating. However, Freya Familia's strength, this concubine has also heard of in the outside world. Even if this concubine has confidence in her own children's strength, she is not arrogant to the degree of being able to defeat Freya Familia. Although this concubine came at your invitation, if you are just someone who overestimates their capabilities, then this concubine will not accompany you in doing reckless things."

"That goes without saying. In order to deal with that bitch Freya, this side has also prepared sufficient trump cards."

As Ishtar spoke, she turned her head to look at the figure behind her who had followed in, whose figure and appearance were mostly concealed by a cloak.

"A Fox Person girl. She is the trump card you spoke of?"

"Mhm."

"What kind of trump card?"

"A trump card is, of course, something to be revealed at the critical moment."

Ishtar did not state it explicitly.

"Fine then."

Kali merely looked at her for a while, and did not pursue the question further.

"However, before fulfilling the contract with you and jointly dealing with Freya Familia, I need to collect a certain reward first."

"What do you want? Gold, silver, and jewelry, or high-quality men?"

"I want none of those. I want your children, these battle courtesans, to do me a favor."

"What favor?"

"Help me raid Loki Familia."

"Ah, are you crazy?"

Hearing this, Ishtar stood up directly.

"I want to kill Freya, which is already preparing for war with one of Orario's top-tier Familias. To then go raid Loki Familia, dragging the other top-tier Familia of Orario in to be hostile with me — Kali, are you joking with me?"

Even Ishtar did not have the confidence to simultaneously fight against two top-tier Familias, Freya and Loki.

"Don't rush. This concubine's purpose is merely to find her two former children in Loki Familia, Tione and Tiona, and has no intention of all-out war with Loki Familia. Your battle courtesans only need to restrain the others, prevent them from coming to disturb my children, and their battle."

Kali corrected her wording, but this request still made Ishtar want to refuse. Bullshit restraint — with Loki's temper, if she touched her children, that guy whose mind's eye is absolutely not much bigger than her chest, would definitely hold a grudge and retaliate later.

"Lady Ishtar, I think fighting Loki Familia a bit is actually quite good."

However, before the words of refusal could be spoken, the burly female with a toad-like appearance behind her spoke up.

"As long as we disguise our identities, pretend to be Kali Familia people and raid Loki Familia, this can also lower Freya Familia's vigilance toward Kali Familia."

Furini's words made Ishtar fall into contemplation. Orario is still very vigilant against the approach of powerful Familias.

The news of Kali Familia's arrival absolutely cannot be concealed from Freya; that bitch will probably receive this information very soon.

Although a plan for Kali Familia to infiltrate Orario and launch a surprise attack on Freya Familia afterwards had already been formulated, if Freya Familia's vigilance could be lowered before that, it would also be good.

The only issue that needs consideration is moderation.

"Kali, I can agree to you, let my battle courtesans go help.

However, you must also promise me that you cannot let your children kill Loki Familia's children."

No deaths, just battle — that won't make Loki turn completely hostile.

"Good."

Kali agreed directly. She merely wanted to witness the current situation of that pair of sisters after they chose different paths. As for killing them or leaving them in one piece, to her as their former master, there was actually no difference — both are matters that can decide a winner.

"Additionally, if the situation looks bad, my people will also withdraw."

Ishtar added another sentence, because Kali Familia might not necessarily be able to beat Loki Familia, even if it's only a small portion of members who came to Melen this side.

"I don't really like Dun Country, but I don't dislike little Kali."

Tiona answered the Saiyan's question.

"Eh, why?"

Lefiya was somewhat surprised.

"I can understand not liking Dun Country. After all, that kind of country's social environment is indeed very terrible. But not disliking the mastermind God who caused that terrible social environment in Dun Country — that I cannot understand."

Ais looked at her doubtfully, voicing the elf girl's inner doubt.

"Mhm. Although Dun Country's environment was indeed caused by little Kali, little Kali is actually a very easy-to-talk-to God."

"Eh?"

"Back then, when it was almost time for me and my sister to kill each other, I just said one sentence to her — that I didn't want to fight my sister — and she agreed."

"Ah, that works too?"

"Of course. Not only that, later when I proposed wanting to leave Telskyura and go see the outside world, little Kali agreed too, and even gave me and my sister a lot of travel expenses as our startup funds for the journey. It was also because of those travel expenses that me and my sister were able to smoothly reach Orario all the way."

The God who caused a country's social environment to be cruel sounds unexpectedly easy to talk to from Tiona's mouth.

And thus, Ais, Lefiya, and Broly also came to understand the origins of the Tione and Tiona sisters with Dun Country, and with the God Kali.

"Miss Tiona, what does your former Main God intend to do by coming over to Melen's side?"

Lefiya asked the key question.

"Little Kali said it was sightseeing, but Sister thinks she definitely has another purpose, so I don't know either."

"Hmm, whatever the purpose, as long as it doesn't affect us, it shouldn't have much to do with us."

After learning the reason for Tione's bad mood, the Sword Princess girl instead relaxed.

"Let's quickly check all the water outlets; once we finish investigating the man-eating flowers existing on this side, we can return to Orario, and Tione will surely recover soon."

Because seeing someone she dislikes puts her in a bad mood, then once she can't see that person anymore, her mood will surely improve.

The Sword Princess thought so.

(Chapter End)