Chapter 781

Just as Broly and the others were meeting with Chunji, a guest also arrived at the top floor of the Ishtar Familia residence.

The Hermes Familia Main God, who had once provided Broly with some Soma Familia intelligence, was now being entertained as a guest by the Goddess Ishtar.

This promiscuous intelligence Male God had delivered a special Tool to the Night Queen of the Pleasure Street, yet was currently asking Ishtar what he intended to do with the Tool named 【Killing Stone】 that he had helped transport over.

"Have you seen the contents inside?"

"I just happened to catch a glance; don't look at me with such a terrifying gaze, I guarantee I won't tell anyone."

"Fine then, before long, I'll show you something interesting, and make that guy who calls himself a Queen prostrate on all fours before me."

"A Goddess's jealousy sure is terrifying~"

The intelligence Male God on the sofa remarked with some emotion.

"Hermes, don't you have any intelligence that might interest me? For example, that woman's Weakness or something?"

"If I knew, I would've told you long ago; I don't dare lie in front of the Goddess of Beauty."

"Then how much do you know about that child of Hestia Familia?"

"Huh, which one are you talking about?"

The topic shifted too fast, and Hermes didn't React in time.

"The one who participated in the War Game a few days ago."

"Uh, the other party once commissioned my children to do some things, so I have some understanding of that person, just don't know why you suddenly brought them up, could it be you've also taken an interest in that child like Apollo?"

Hermes looked somewhat doubtful, an inscrutable glint flashing in his eyes as he probed with the question.

"I merely heard that the Freya Familia has been paying rather close attention to that child of Hestia Familia recently, so I got a bit curious. Hermes, tell me honestly, has Freya taken an interest in that child?"

Ishtar approached, pressing the Male God on the sofa for answers; as the saying goes 【Those who understand you will forever be your Enemies】, Ishtar, who regards Freya as a Great Enemy, had obviously Discovered some clues from the Freya Familia's actions.

"This... I'm not too sure..."

The swaying Goddess Mountain Peak before him made Hermes swallow his Saliva.

"However, given Freya's personality, this possibility isn't excluded. If you need it, I can help you Investigate."

"That would be best."

"Wait, what are you doing?"

The silk Weishen fell, and Hermes cried out in Surprise.

"Why, paying you an Advance Payment of gratitude, of course~"

Ishtar said as a matter of course.

"N-no need to be so polite; if possible, I'd prefer you pay with Valis..."

Hermes's resistance was useless; the lights on the top floor soon dimmed, and the Male God's somewhat unbearable sounds came from within.

The Night Queen Ishtar, the Goddess who controls lust, truly can drain a person dry; even some promiscuous Male Gods find it hard to Resist her edge.

"However, if you insist on me telling the truth of the matter here, that's not impossible either."

In the room, Aisha changed the subject.

"But, you must answer me first: to what extent are you willing to go for your friend, for Chunji's sake?"

She said.

"What do you mean?"

Broly was somewhat Confused by her Attitude change.

"The meaning is: do you just want to spend money to help your friend, or can you go so far as to wage all-out war with our Ishtar Familia for your friend?"

Aisha asked directly without beating around the bush, for she knew Chunji was being used by their Main God as a trump card against the Freya Familia.

Once the Opportunity arrived, the Main God would Decisively Sacrifice this Fox Person girl, turning her into a Disposable Item that temporarily boosts Level by multiple ranks.

Honestly, Aisha couldn't bear to see this Fox Person little sister she had raised from childhood be Sacrificed into a cold Tool like this, but she lacked the Capability to stop it.

Once before, she had stopped it once, feigning a mistake to Break the 【Killing Stone】 Ishtar-sama had prepared as the key Sacrificial Tool, and the result was she was brutally Tortured by that Furini guy, then dragged to Bed by Ishtar-sama and intensely charmed, nearly broken.

And now, Chunji's old friend had come; of course, if only Yamato Matt and Chigusa had come, Aisha would definitely not have engaged in the current dialogue, but behind these two was an additional Broly.

The Saiyan youth's strength displayed in the War Game, though the Limit couldn't be seen due to the Opponent Not Strong, definitely had a baseline of Lv. 5, Plus the youth was rumored to maintain good relations with the Loki Familia's Sword Princess, and the God Loki had Cooperated with Hestia in the Apollo Familia incident this time, winning big at the Gold Casino...

The youth's strength Plus top-tier Familia connections let Aisha see the possibility of him saving Chunji, but right now she still needed to Consider just how far the youth before her could go for a friend.

And if the other party lacked the Awareness to go to war with their Ishtar Familia, then there was no need to speak of matters concerning Chunji.

After all, giving a Despairing person hope only to plunge them back into Despair would only bring greater Pain; better to just Accept the Fate of being Sacrificed from the start.

"All-out war? Miss Aisha, you mean if I want to redeem Miss Chunji, I have to fight a war with your Ishtar Familia?"

Broly asked Curiously.

"War isn't necessarily inevitable, but you must be prepared for war, because aside from war, it's very difficult to redeem this child Chunji through peaceful means."

Aisha corrected.

"Then, Miss Chunji, are you willing for me to help redeem you?"

Broly asked the Fox Person girl.

"Ah, this..."

Hearing this, the Fox Person girl Hesitated; she first glanced at Aisha beside her, then at Matt and Chigusa opposite, and finally looked at Broly.

"Sir, today is our first meeting; may I ask why you are willing to redeem a Stranger like me?

Hmm, if it's just out of friendship for Matt and them wanting to redeem me, then I must also, for the sake of friendship with Matt and them, refuse your kindness."

Chunji, who likewise knew what future Fate she faced, didn't want to Involve her childhood friends' companions in her affairs; even if the other party wanted to redeem her, save her from the Tragic Fate of being Sacrificed, it was the same.

Sanjouno Chunji is not a selfish Fox Person girl; when others consider her, she also considers others.

"Uh, redeeming you isn't entirely out of friendship for Matt and them; does Miss Chunji believe in Fateful encounters existing in This World?"

"Eh?!"

"The moment I first laid eyes on you, I knew you were one of the people I wanted to encounter in this world. Redeeming you was partly for their sake, but also partly out of my own personal desire to encounter you."

Broly spoke the honest truth.

Hearing this, the gazes of all the women in the room toward him turned somewhat astonished.

The pure-hearted fox girl's face directly turned into a red apple.

The heroic tales she had read in childhood, after learning her future fate was to be sacrificed, she had always hoped a hero would fall from the sky to save her. She never expected one would actually appear in reality.

"Of course, redemption is redemption, encounter is encounter. Even if you don't want to encounter me, I don't mind helping you redeem yourself all the same."

The fox girl's tail swayed left and right; neither her face nor the Crystal Palace Panel showed any sign that she didn't want to encounter him.

Such was the reality. After Broly asked the girl again if she was willing to be redeemed by him, Chunji directly knelt down.

"This body of mine is already a withered flower and fallen willow. If Sir does not dislike it, then I am willing to be redeemed by Sir, to serve Sir as an ox and horse, warm the bed, and be Sir's Personal Maid (attached maidservant)."

The fox girl declared her stance; an attitude of absolutely never forgetting kindness or betraying loyalty overflowed from her words.

"Miss Aisha..."

Broly looked toward the Amazoness woman beside her.

"Since you have the awareness to go to all-out war with our Familia, then..."

Aisha took a deep breath and laid out everything about her own Main God wanting to sacrifice the fox girl, in full detail.

Sanjouno Chunji possesses a miraculous Magic called 【Uchide no Kozuchi】, whose effect is to temporarily raise the Level of the person granted this Magic, greatly boosting their overall capabilities. However, with Chunji's ability, the target of this Magic can only be one person.

To allow this Magic to comprehensively and temporarily boost the entire Familia's strength, Ishtar found an extremely special Tool — the Killing Stone.

Similar to the Killing Stone of the Food Spirit World, both have some relation to souls. But this world's Killing Stone functions to, in weapons crafted from it, on the Full Moon Night sacrifice Chunji and directly seal her soul to extract the Uchide no Kozuchi Magic.

Then, by shattering the Killing Stone, this Magic that could only be cast on a single target becomes usable on a group, at the cost of consuming the life of this fox girl, including her soul.

【Eh, this involves me too. No, that bitch Ishtar actually dares to scheme against me in secret!】

Through the Amulet, another Beauty Goddess secretly watching the Saiyan youth on the soft bed in the room late at night raised her beautiful eyebrows.

Yamato Matt and Chigusa listened with palpitating hearts, also furious: "The Goddess Ishtar, just what does she treat people as, treat Chunji-sama's life as?!"

"A disposable tool to please herself and achieve her own goals. As long as they are those overly selfish gods, most view their own children this way."

Aisha laughed lightly, speaking a rather cruel truth. Gods who once stood high in Heaven might empathize with mortal children of the Lower World; she doesn't deny such gods exist. But clearly, her own Lady Ishtar is not among them. The other party sometimes even snatches men her children found, to supply her own amusement.

"Miss Aisha, you're from the Ishtar Familia, right? Telling us these things, aren't you afraid of being punished by your own Main God?"

"Afraid, of course I'm afraid. But your answer just now made me choose to tell the truth. Because you are the chance for this child Chunji to possibly be saved."

Aisha replied.

"Please rest assured, we absolutely will not reveal this matter."

Yamato Matt immediately gave his guarantee.

"Useless. Whether you reveal it or not, once Chunji is taken away by you, Lady Ishtar will eventually find out it was me who brought you over here to find Chunji."

"Ah, then I'm leaving. What about you, Sister Aisha?"

Chunji looked at Aisha with some worry.

"Rest easy. After you leave with them, I'll pack up and run too. I won't be that stupid to stay here and be punished by Lady Ishtar."

Aisha rubbed the fox girl's head. She had helped this little sister once before, nearly dying herself. And Main God Ishtar had said if there was a next time, she would absolutely be done for. But she has legs; she's not unable to run.

Though she doesn't know where to run to, the world is so big, surely there must be a place for her to stay?

"Uh, so, Miss Aisha, you mean for us to secretly take Chunji away?"

"Right. The redemption route is impossible. Only if you secretly take Chunji away, then hide her in your Familia Residence, then contact the Loki Familia for help. Even my Main God, as long as there's no concrete evidence, will be wary of your side's strength and connections.

With war against the Freya Familia imminent, she probably wouldn't dare drag the Loki Familia into it too. Oh right, last time we attacked Loki Familia people at the Harbor, you can use that to tell the Loki Familia."

"Uh, actually, the Loki Familia side knew long ago. They just didn't catch you guys at the time."

"Haha, true. With that Furini's fat figure, it'd be strange if she didn't get exposed."

Aisha laughed.

Just as Chunji was worried about her situation, unwilling to run off alone with others.

Broly raised his hand: "Speaking of which, why do we need to sneakily take Chunji away?"

"Was what I said not clear enough?"

Aisha looked over with some puzzlement.

"No, you were very clear. What I mean is, since we can't redeem Chunji through normal means, I'll just declare war on your Ishtar Familia directly. Like how the Apollo Familia tried to take our Bell, I'll have a War Game with your Familia too, and directly seize Chunji. Wouldn't that work?"

"Uh, first, a War Game requires both sides' agreement."

Aisha reminded him.

"I know."

Broly nodded.

"But I know even better how the Apollo Familia extorted our Hestia Familia."

"Eh? Then Little Brother Broly, what do you mean?"

"Tomorrow, I'll have my Bell come here as a customer to do business with Miss Chunji. Then, Miss Chunji you beat up my Bell. After that, I'll use my Bell being beaten severely as grounds to demand an explanation from your Ishtar Familia..."

Broly laid out his perfect redemption plan. After hearing it, Aisha, Yamato Matt, and Chigusa only had one thought in their hearts: This works too?

And Broly was on the path of doubting Apollo, understanding Apollo, becoming Apollo — mastering the art of riding.

He is a Saiyan who silently learns opponents' techniques, then transforms others' things into his own. Although this is an extortion technique, who asked for it to be just usable right now.

Whether means are dirty or not mainly depends on the person using them, the purpose they want to achieve, not on the means themselves.

(Chapter End)