Hestia suddenly raised her hand at this moment, patting her lover's head. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, revealing a pair of cute dimples: "Levi, you really are a gentle child."
Levi: "???"
"Why are you bringing up this topic again? Also, no matter how you think about it, the word 'gentle' shouldn't be applied to me."
The twin-tailed goddess, however, clearly had her own opinion: "The fact that you would say such a thing already proves my point."
"Or perhaps, you want to hear the internal logic behind your actions during the day from my mouth?"
Levi fell silent for two seconds upon hearing this.
Then, with a swish, he pinned Hestia beneath him.
"It seems you have already forgotten how you begged me to let you off before we left Orario."
"Eh?" The Blue Ribbon was also the type to forget the pain once the wound had healed. clearly not Levi's match, yet she always liked to tease him.
Now she had done it; she sought benevolence and got benevolence.
"Wait! I was joking!"
"Don't! Artemis and the others' tent is right next to us!"
"Woooo~~~~"
"At least, at least turn off the Magic Stone Lamp."
"Bad, bad guy~"
The next day, Levi walked out of the tent feeling refreshed and energized. He began crafting some Rune items that might be used during the challenge against Antares tomorrow.
In stark contrast, Hestia, whose face was written with despair, was currently spread out on the blanket in the shape of the character 'Big'.
The Blue Ribbon, deeply feeling that she could no longer fight alone, did not show it on her face, but in her heart, she had already made up her mind to drag her close friend Hephaestus down into the water as soon as possible.
Anyway, that guy was also craving Levi's body to no end.
Hmph~ consider it her lucky break.
Just as she was thinking this, the door curtain of her own tent was suddenly pulled open.
Following that, the voice of her close friend Artemis rang in her ears: "Hestia, I have words to... Ugh!"
Ever since the blue-haired goddess heard from Hestia yesterday that Levi could summon Artemis's Arrow, she had been tossing and turning at night, unable to sleep at all.
She was consistently unwilling to believe that her destined lover, 'Orion', would be a bastard who used dangerous magic and held strong hostility toward others.
But if Levi Bright was truly such a person, then Artemis felt that she perhaps ought to think of a way to correct his personality.
This was also out of consideration for Hestia—well, everyone can just pretend to believe that.
However, this Virgin Goddess never expected that after pulling open her friend's tent curtain, the first thing to enter her view would actually be her close friend posing in a rather erotic posture.
Immediately after, a thick, strange smell violently rushed into her nasal cavity.
Although Artemis had never engaged in real combat with live ammunition, having stayed in Tenkai for so long, how could she not be clear about what her friend had done last night?
But precisely because of this, she actually didn't know how to speak up for a moment.
Scold the other party for being shameless? But Levi and Hestia were lovers to begin with.
Say that outdoor play is inappropriate? That is the romantic interest of a young couple; where is there room for her to question it?
Shouldn't expose it in front of her? But if she hadn't walked into the tent without greeting them beforehand, she wouldn't have seen the shocking scene before her eyes.
Moreover, although it didn't show on her face, in Artemis's heart at this moment, a trace of imperceptible envy, and even jealousy, actually rose up.
Orion, my Orion has been defiled~
And by her own close friend, no less!
On the other side, seeing Artemis frozen in place, Hestia couldn't help but feel her cheeks turn slightly red.
She had changed from a maiden into a wife, but she hadn't yet become thick-skinned enough to remain composed after being discovered in the aftermath.
Hurriedly struggling to sit up, she then let out an "Ouch" and clutched her old waist.
"Um, Artemis, c-could you give me a hand?"
When speaking, Hestia's volume was so soft it was almost negligible.
Her entire face was as red as a thoroughly ripened persimmon.
The blue-haired goddess walked forward expressionlessly and helped her close friend up with somewhat stiff movements.
Then, she subconsciously asked a question: "Does it hurt very much?"
As soon as the words fell, she realized what she said and looked away with a slightly flushed face.
Hestia went "Oh~~~" in her heart, but on the surface, she pretended not to have noticed anything.
"Rather than saying it hurts, it's better to say it was comfortable. It's just that my Levi is too amazing; I can't handle him alone."
"If only there was someone to share the burden for me, that would be great."
"W-What are you saying?!" Artemis suddenly raised her head, reprimanding with flushed cheeks, "Have you forgotten your duties as a Virgin Goddess?"
Then, she was stunned into silence by her friend's rebuttal.
"But I am no longer one of the Three Virgin Goddesses now~"
"Ugh—"
"Anyway, impure heterosexual relationships are prohibited!" The blue-haired goddess raised both hands to form an 'X'. After hesitating for a moment, she added slightly,
"At least, while I am here, please control yourselves."
"Don't worry." Hestia waved her hand. "I accidentally poked my child's sore spot while chatting last night, which is why he found an opportunity to retaliate. For the better part of the month before this, we didn't do anything at all."
"What's more, barring any accidents, we will set off to return tomorrow afternoon. By the time we meet again, it should already be within Orario."
Hearing her friend's answer, Artemis fell silent for a long while.
At this time, she also realized that the Hestia Familia had accepted The Guild's mandatory quest to kill the Scorpion Antares, which was why they had run all the way to the Great Tree Sea.
They had even rented Wyvern mounts raised by the Ganesha Familia for this purpose.
But precisely because of this, the blue-haired goddess became increasingly perplexed. Since, in Hestia's mouth, Levi was a [Vessel of a Hero] who could contend with Ottar and even defeat him...
Why didn't the other party solve the mission objective immediately after reaching the destination, instead dragging it out for half a month?
Hearing her friend's confusion, Hestia didn't hide it either—mainly because it had already been exposed to the populace of Orario through the War Game broadcast earlier, so she couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.
"The 'Black Grail' domain you saw yesterday, as well as the Artemis's Arrow that Levi summoned, are all things he temporarily obtained through some unique armaments."
"He himself is currently still a Level 4, though with the help of his awakened magic, he can unleash combat power comparable to a Level 6."
Artemis was no idiot; she almost immediately heard her friend's subtext:
"He wants to obtain the Feat of leveling up to Level 5 by killing Antares?!"
"Exactly. And, it's under the condition of not using his trump cards." Hestia admitted frankly,
"Otherwise, that wouldn't be a Feat."
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