More than an hour later, the titles of over thirty newly promoted adventurers were officially rewritten.
Freya stood at the host's position, her expression somewhat stiff as she announced, "The meeting is adjourned."
However, she did not leave immediately. Instead, she headed straight for Ishtar's location.
Upon arriving at the spot, she directly raised her hand and demanded aloud, "Ishtar, what do you want?!"
The Goddess with black fox-like hair and an upturned nose glanced at her old rival, a smile that wasn't quite a smile playing on her lips. "What do you think?!"
Freya was the Goddess of Beauty; usually, she looked quite charming and lovely. She was the polar opposite of Ishtar, whose carnal desire made one want to devour flesh.
But right now, she wasn't much different from most other goddesses. If not for the fact that Ishtar, also a Goddess of Beauty, wanted to absorb her power, she would have had to simply point the way and let her go.
She could only express herself directly with words: "Levi is mine! Mine!"
"Oh?!" Ishtar folded her arms, rolling her eyes at her. For the first time, she felt a sense of victory in her struggle against Freya. "You say Levi is yours, but did the Hero King agree? Did his lover Hestia agree to give him to you?!"
The male gods watching nearby fell silent: "..."
Then, a sound of "Pfft—" was heard from a certain god who enjoyed a good joke.
Freya glared at that person in dissatisfaction but had no mind to fuss over it, simply refocusing her attention on Ishtar.
"Levi not liking me is a matter between him and me. There is no need for an outsider to interfere."
"An outsider?!" Ishtar couldn't help but sound peculiar. "But I don't feel like one. You are the outsider who wants the Hero King to leave, aren't you?"
Squelch—
A fresh barb was plunged into the chest of the rebellious Goddess.
Those words were blunt; the truth was the blade.
Possessing the highest authority in Orario, was Freya truly unaware that Levi disliked her?
No, she certainly understood.
Moreover, she would not allow Levi to be forcibly taken away through such means.
It was just that the speed of his progress was too rapid, causing all of Freya's originally formulated plans to drift away like water.
Seeing the object of her long-standing jealousy having her secrets seen through and exposed, Ishtar's face couldn't help but flush red. At the same time, the fire in her heart for the "Hero King," Levi Bright, gradually increased.
"You can't even seduce a sixteen-year-old child?! Freya, as a fellow Goddess of Beauty, I am truly embarrassed for you."
Freya: "You!"
She stared fiercely at Ishtar, the fullness of her chest heaving rapidly.
The Goddess with black fox-like hair had fought with her for decades—actually, it was mostly one-sided.
But eventually, she knew how to make the opponent before her feel disheartened and crushed.
"Forget it, I will only teach you this once."
Freya was no fool; naturally, she could hear Ishtar's subtext.
Yet she simply didn't believe the other party could capture Levi. "You won't succeed."
Answering her was Ishtar's laughter: "Heh."
"Freya, your power in Orario is indeed not small, but the majority of that power comes from your family's 'parents.' They hold possessive thoughts toward you and wish they could eliminate all competitors."
"In other words, it's different for me. I manage the Pleasure Quarter, which contributes the greatest wealth to Orario. I have a vast number of Amazons, Elves, Humans, and Pallum girls."
"To put it bluntly, I don't even need to act personally, and the Hero King will become Ishtar's possession."
A guest within the curtains.
Freya: "..."
For a split second, she truly felt her emotions waver.
She could actually see through most of it.
Freya, needless to say.
But precisely because of this, if Ishtar really went the route of providing for him in Orario...
Just as this was passing...
A faint sound suddenly rang in the ears of the two, as well as the gods watching the drama nearby.
"Cough, cough. Just a reminder: Levi is Hestia's boyfriend. You two are going a bit too far."
Hephaestus actually hadn't planned to get involved in the confrontation between Freya and Ishtar at the start.
But the topic between the two Goddesses of Beauty became increasingly off-kilter. She wanted to take Levi away to the Pleasure Quarter and then control him with beauty?
Could this be tolerated?!
Of course not!
I haven't even eaten him yet! What gives those little wenches the right?!
Of course, what she thought in her heart was one thing; on the surface, Hephaestus maintained a calm expression, making it look to others as if she were merely speaking up for her good friend.
Reminded like this, Freya and Ishtar, who had previously been acting as if no one else was around, also realized the presence of this other goddess.
They exchanged a couple more harsh words before leaving the scene one after another.
The pile of amusement-seeking gods left behind couldn't help but whisper to one another:
"I didn't expect that after Freya, Ishtar would also set her sights on the Hero King."
"She's just silly, and she can disgust Freya while she's at it."
"True. Back in Tenkai, Ishtar played around much more wildly than Freya."
"Aren't all Goddesses of Beauty like that?"
"Though, Hephaestus... I didn't expect her to be so loyal. Hestia obviously isn't here, yet she was willing to speak up for her."
Hearing everyone's exchange, Demeter and Astrea, who had interacted quite a bit with Hephaestus in Tenkai, couldn't help but look at each other.
"What do you think?"
"I originally thought it was just a fuss, but I didn't expect it to be a double-ended plug. I wonder if Hestia knows about this matter."
"Given the relationship between the two of them, Hestia most likely figured it out long ago."
"Eh? Is that so? That child really is easy to talk to."
While speaking, a flash of surprise crossed Demeter's face, along with an imperceptible trace of envy.
Just as Hestia and Hephaestus were best friends, Demeter and Astrea also frequently played together when they were in Tenkai.
If it were anyone else, perhaps they wouldn't have seen the true thoughts of that Goddess, but Astrea, who wore her brown hair down to her waist, saw her expression change abruptly.
"You..."
Demeter raised her right hand, placing her index finger before her lips in a shushing motion.
"I am just... a little envious."
...
On the other side, Levi, who was currently controlling a Wyvern to fly toward the end of the continent, actually knew that Orario would be deciding his title today.
Yet from beginning to end, he didn't take this matter to heart.
Even during dinner, after hearing Liliruca's question about "what kind of title Lord Levi wants," he merely shrugged, indicating that he didn't care.
Then, just like in the previous days, he activated the Class Card in his hand to enter the Heroic Spirit Possession state. Utilizing the speed of consuming nearly 60 sheets of "100-day portion Proficiency Increase Tickets" per minute, he practiced the "Primordial Rune"—a skill that currently only he mastered in the DanMachi world.
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