After Freya had teased Bell for a while, she left, not looking at Drake and Stella at all during the entire process.
However, Drake's intuition told him that that goddess's attention was partly focused on this side.
And just then, the host of this banquet walked down from the stairs.
Apollo was wearing a white swallowtail coat, the bright red cape swaying as he walked.
An olive branch wreath was hanging on his golden hair. It had to be said that he had the look of a sun god.
It was just that that face... was a bit hard to describe.
Logically speaking, if you were just talking about appearance, Apollo definitely didn't lack the handsomeness that was standard for gods.
Unfortunately, even the most handsome face became unbearable when it was hung with an expression that was insidious mixed with lewdness.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your presence tonight!"
Apollo stood in front of the dance floor, saying loudly. With the host's appearance, everyone also looked over.
However, Drake was paying more attention to the two people behind Apollo.
Daphne Lauros and Cassandra Ilion.
The former had been forced to join the Apollo Familia, being taken a fancy to by Apollo was enough to show her qualifications.
After all, her prototype was a goddess from a famous myth, a talent who possessed one magic and two skills.
But Drake was paying more attention to the other girl with long hair draped over her shoulders, looking somewhat gloomy.
Cassandra was called the last pillar of the three cheats of Orario by the readers.
Her skill, [Princess Singing of a Tragic World], was a cheat skill that couldn't be analyzed with sacred characters, just like Drake's world magic.
After she had joined the Miach Familia, Miach could only use "it's probably this" to explain her ability.
Obtaining information about the future through dreams, the form being poetry with blurry images attached. But its content was absolutely accurate.
That was predicting the future, a high-level skill that involved fate. If it didn't have the curse of "not being able to make others believe," it would definitely be the most terrifying ability.
Speaking of which, Cassandra's character prototype was very clear. She was a character who had appeared in the biggest war in Greek mythology.
The Trojan War, that was a war in which a large number of mythological heroes had been involved.
Demigods had appeared, and even gods had come down to fight, jointly forging a mythological legend.
And Cassandra was a character who had appeared in the story. She was Apollo's priestess, possessing the ability to predict the future.
But she had been cursed to have her predictions not be trusted because she had resisted Apollo.
So no matter whether it was her prediction in the early stages of the war that the beautiful Helen would bring disaster to Troy, or her later advice not to accept the wooden horse left by the allied forces, she hadn't been believed.
In the end, Troy was destroyed by war as she had predicted.
And this time, Cassandra had also predicted the scene of a white rabbit swallowing the sun. But even her close friend Daphne hadn't believed her.
Drake shook his head. That was why Cassandra's ability was called cheating. If the Apollo Familia had believed her predictions, they might not have ended up in that situation.
While Drake was observing Cassandra, Apollo said, This time, because of my personal thoughts, I changed the form of the God's Banquet.
But isn't it great to put on the most gorgeous formal dress and participate in the banquet with your most outstanding children!
There were echoing voices from below the stage. The gods were like this, liking anything that gave them a new experience.
In the end, Apollo said this, "There may be wonderful encounters tonight. I have that feeling!"
But before Drake could think too much, the music sounded. Stella took Drake into the dance floor, and the two began to dance together.
Although Stella was usually hot-tempered, she was a princess of a country after all. Ballroom dancing was naturally an essential skill.
Although Drake wasn't good at this aspect, he was a dancer who had complete control over his body.
With Stella's guidance, he was also quite decent. By the end, his level was able to keep up with Stella's.
Stella was wearing a red formal dress, like a passionate flame as she danced. And Drake's movements were also light and graceful, like a handsome spirit in the flames.
Although many gods and adventurers had entered the dance floor, the two had undoubtedly become the center.
"Hey, who are those two children?"
"Don't you recognize them? That boy is Dragon Furnace, one of the pillars of the Hephaestus Familia. As for the girl, she should be a newly joined member!"
"It's really enviable. Where did Hephaestus find such excellent children?"
"I want those two. If they were my children..."
Hephaestus sighed, but her face was full of smiles. The gods were probably addicted to the Familia game because of times like this!
Hephaestus wasn't someone who liked to show off, but she now understood what those people were thinking. It had to be said that this feeling was really good.
Drake didn't pay attention to the pure-hearted Bell on the other side being instigated by Hermes to invite Ais to dance.
He was just wholeheartedly accompanying Stella to complete this dance.
As the music ended, the two bowed to each other, and applause also sounded around them.
Just then, the lights suddenly dimmed, with only a beam of light shining on Bell and Hestia.
"The main show is starting!" This was what everyone who knew the inside story was thinking.
Except for a few gods who had a good relationship with Hestia, like Hephaestus and Miach, who revealed worried expressions, the other gods had expectant expressions on their faces, their troublemaker nature being exposed.
Apollo walked step by step before the two, saying, "My child has really been taken care of by you before!"
Hestia said somewhat guiltily, "It's the same on my side!"
Drake had known long ago that Apollo wouldn't let Bell go.
On the day that the conflict had occurred at the Hostess of Fertility, after Bell and the others had separated from Drake, Hyacinth had taken people to find Bell again.
Drake hadn't expected them to be so persistent, so he had only received news afterward that the Little Rookie and the Apollo Familia had fought in the street.
If Drake hadn't guessed wrong, Bell should have been beaten up by Hyacinth. Bell was the one who had suffered.
Although Bell was close to leveling up, and had even grown with ability values that had broken through the limit, Hyacinth was a genuine LV3.
It was normal for him not to be a match.
However, Apollo only wanted a reason to start a war, naturally using despicable means of framing.
Arguing with Hestia, Apollo pointed to a small person behind him who was covered in bandages, leaning on a cane, and shouting "it hurts" in his mouth.
"Can you still say that you have no responsibility after seeing this?"
Drake couldn't help but shake his head. Apollo was really going too far. Although there weren't many pedestrians on the street at the time, the two sides had fought in the street.
Pretending like this, everyone knew that he was deliberately looking for trouble.
However, Hestia said hesitantly, "Hey, Bell, did you really do that?"
Drake covered his face. He was wrong.
There were really people who would believe it. Bell was really working hard with a god like this.
Of course, Bell denied it, saying in a panic, "I didn't do it!"
Apollo revealed a lewd smile of success, the handsomeness of the god completely disappearing.
"Since you insist to this extent, there's no choice but to start a War Game!"
"Oh!!!!"
As soon as Apollo said this, the entire venue erupted in an uproar, then there was cheering.
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