Bang Bang Bang!
Morning.
"Who is it? Knocking so early, like you're summoning spirits or something!" A rapid knocking woke Ryoji up. He grumbled impatiently, then got out of bed and opened the door.
Standing outside was the chief god of his Familia, a male-presenting goddess with a bright crimson ponytail, Loki. She looked serious as she stared at Ryoji. Without waiting for him to say anything after opening the door, she walked straight into his room and casually shut the door behind her.
"Finally lost your mind, huh?"
"…Come on, be serious. We're not here to sleep with you." Loki twitched the corner of her mouth.
'Good grief. You do realize why we came looking for you, don't you? Some self-awareness, huh!'
"Tell me the truth. Did you kill Phryne?"
"What?" Ryoji's face instantly showed shock upon hearing this.
"Phryne's dead? Awesome! Time to celebrate! I've never liked her anyway!"
"You didn't kill her?" Seeing Ryoji's look of taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune, Loki squinted her eyes like a sly fox.
"I heard quite a few people in the Ishtar Familia seem to be under some kind of charm effect, and they are still not fully awake."
As soon as Loki learned this from Raul this morning, she suspected Ryoji was the killer, plus he hadn't appeared in the cafeteria all morning, so the timing matched perfectly.
"I went into the dungeon last night."
"Is that so?"
"Of course."
"Hmm…"
Loki wasn't sure if she understood or not, shaking her head for a while before smiling and speaking again.
"You went into the dungeon after you went to Ishtar Familia, right?"
Ryoji: →_→
"Hey, don't look away! Don't try to lie in front of a god!"
Right, that passive ability again. Well then, no problem.
"…Fine, I killed her." Ryoji looked unwilling.
"Damn it, I prepared so well last night, threw away all my clothes, took several showers, even made a special trip to the dungeon… The gods' passives are really unfair!"
If you want to target Phryne, you have to do it by assassination. A fair fight was impossible.
But lately, she hadn't gone into the dungeon at all, not even leaving the Familia base. That's why he had to "sneak" into the Ishtar Familia. After all, he had already shaken into the new world and planned to leave this one; he really didn't want to waste time on a toad woman body.
"Oh! So you really killed her?" Loki couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.
Although she had suspected before, the fact that he upgraded to Lv.4 and actually managed to kill a Lv.5 head-on was still unbelievable.
"Others don't know it was you, right?" Ryoji asked Loki quietly.
"Don't worry, no one knows you have that dammed charm ability." Loki patted his shoulder with an expression saying 'how could they?'
"Those who know the details from last night suspect Freya now. No one will suspect you. Finn and Raul have also dismissed their doubts about you."
Only Loki immediately thought it was Ryoji and came to confirm.
"You didn't leave any evidence, right?"
"Shouldn't be." Ryoji shook his head. He hadn't brought anything that could identify him last night, no chance to leave evidence. Then he couldn't help but ask, "You're not mad at me?"
After knowing the truth, Loki didn't blame him for acting rashly. Instead, she worried if he had been exposed. Is there really such a biased goddess in the world?
'I like it!'
"If you're not exposed, then it'll be alright." Loki waved her hand carelessly, then deliberately made a dangerous expression, her eyes curving sharply upward at the corners. "You think our Familia hasn't offended a lot of people while rising?"
That's true.
Anyone who rises to become a powerhouse in their own right inevitably walks a bloody path, sometimes their own blood, sometimes their enemies'.
"To be honest, the last time that toad woman had her eyes on you, I really wanted to take her out. But you and Finn decided to make peace, and I was glad you were willing to consider the Familia's interests. Still, Loki Familia never stirs up trouble, but we also never back down from it, that's our policy."
Whoever dares to make a move against her, do they even know the weight of an Evil God?
It was only because Ishtar wasn't involved in that incident, and the toad woman acted on her own, combined with Ishtar's good attitude admitting fault, that Loki's anger simmered down; otherwise, she would have gone full berserk.
Most importantly, "That toad woman once beat up our Ais Tan!" Loki bit her teeth and spat out those words, her face full of deep loathing.
So Ryoji's action this time fit perfectly with what she wanted.
Her only complaint was that Ryoji hadn't informed her beforehand, otherwise, she would have prepared a big feast to celebrate.
Moreover, with Phryne dead, the girls in the Familia were beyond happy, one by one shouting "serves her right," calling her reckless for making a move against our Prince Sama.
When Finn found out, he only asked briefly and then dropped it.
Of course, this all assumed the killer wasn't someone from Loki Familia. Otherwise, if any evidence was left that led Ishtar to come knocking, it would be a huge mess.
Loki came here to confirm that.
Ryoji: So touched
"Oh, by the way, you said everyone's now suspecting Freya?"
"That's right. After all, only I know you have charm, but it's common knowledge that Freya uses charm. Hmm, she's going to have a lot of trouble this time."
"And Ishtar has often provoked Freya. Before, Freya never took her seriously. But everyone thinks this time she got fed up and personally came to Ishtar Familia to kill her captain…"
Loki turned with a cheerful expression and left Ryoji's room.
She didn't see the terrified look on Ryoji's face behind her.
"FUUUCK! What if Freya outs me?"
Very few people know he has charm. Loki only witnessed it when he leveled up, but Freya personally sparred with him, okay!
…
"You still came to find me?"
Tower of Babel.
Led by a catman youth exuding subtle hostility, Ryoji arrived at the top floor of the Tower of Babel and saw the goddess lazily lying on a sofa.
"This time I took a huge fall. Don't you have anything to say?" Freya half-leaned, crossing her slender legs and turning her head to look at Ryoji, a mischievous smirk playing on her face.
"Eh, how about I owe you a favor, huh?"
"You caused me all this trouble for no reason, and yet you won't join my Familia and make it up to me?"
"You can also make it up to me in other ways."
Hearing this, the catman youth standing by the door first frowned in confusion, then snapped back to reality and shot Ryoji a murderous glare that made him feel like needles were stabbing his back.
"Allen, you can leave now."
"...Yes."
After the catman youth respectfully left, Freya rose, her silver hair cascading over her lush, enticing body.
Ryoji suddenly felt his mouth dry.
"Well, it's not impossible."
Freya stepped closer, hanging her arms around his neck, gazing infatuatedly at the face beneath his cloak.
It's this little man.
Despite his countless bodily flaws, she couldn't help but be captivated.
"I want to be on top." She leaned close to his ear; her breath was scented with orchid fragrance.
Is that for real?
"Fine, then I'll take the loss!" Ryoji looked unwilling.
Soon, soft singing filled the room, stirring passionate excitement.
(End of chapter)
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