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章節 298: An Invitation

Hestia and Kisuke did it for another five times but they also failed five times. Each time Hestia and Kisuke fail, Kisuke would use a longer time to contemplate. After the fifth time, Kisuke spent an hour in deep contemplation.

Kisuke sighed and looked towards Hestia, "Hestia-sama, let's postpone this for now."

Hestia nodded in agreement, "Alright. I'm pretty tired too..."

"I just have one request to make."

"What is it?"

"May I have a bit of your blood?"

Hestia frowned and asked, "Where are you going to use it?"

"To help me accept your Falna," Kisuke answered.

Hestia sighed in relief after hearing him say the truth. She has to be careful where her blood goes as there are not good uses for it like the Status Thief, "Here, take some." Hestia gave her hand which already flowing with some blood after poking a needle to it.

"Thanks, ~." Kisuke took out a pipette and used it to grab some of her blood and put it on a small bottle before sealing it, "Well then. I don't know when I'll come out, but for now, enjoy yourselves." He then started walking towards his laboratory to start his research.

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Kisuke only came out the morning after a week went by and he noticed that no one is around. In the duration of a week, Kisuke already returned to his original attire, green-themed shihakushou, white and green stripe bucket hat, wooden sandals, and to complete it, his cane with a hidden blade, 'Whichever world am I, this is the most comfortable attire for me. But wearing this again makes me want to set up my candy store...'

Since everyone is out, he decided to go out too to get some fresh air. Once he got out, he immediately noticed the mark Yoruichi left that is only detectable by him and would expire after a month has passed. Kisuke can tell how long has the mark been sitting so he choose to follow the most recent one.

Following the mark slowly, he enjoyed the scenery and bought some snacks for himself. And since he's already running low on funds, he went and gathered some from 'kind souls'.

After an hour of wandering around, he finally caught up with Yoruichi, but it's only Hestia who's with her and the short but bombastic Goddess is currently arguing with a tall but aerodynamic Goddess.

Such contrasting attributes made Kisuke stopped his steps for a moment.

"Chibi! Are you eating properly? I got a bit worried when I heard that Hephaestus kicked out the freeloading Goddess~!" The flat Goddess grinned at her.

Hestia only smirked at her and made her comeback, "Why are you worrying about me, Loki? Shouldn't I be the one asking you that? Are you eating properly? You haven't grown at all! I can see that they're still as desolated as ever!"

"What was that!?" Loki snapped. Then they started their brawl that looks so childish. Kisuke is amazed that despite rolling on the ground, they're not getting any dirt on them, 'I see... So this what they mean when they said that the Divines are pure.'

Yoruichi and Loki's companions has to grab both of them to stop their fight, "Ais-tan, unhand me! I have to teach this poor Goddess a lesson!"

"Yoruichi-kun, release me! I have to give this flat Goddess some pounding!"

"Who are you calling flat!?"

"Who are you calling poor!?"

The two of them still went on despite being held back. Kisuke then decided to approach Yoruichi and Hestia's side, "What's going on?"

Yoruichi already knew that Kisuke is around due to the smell that only she could detect and said, "They bumped into each other and started arguing."

"So they're good friends..." Kisuke commented.

"They're good friends..." Yoruichi agreed.

" "Who're good friends!?" " The two Goddesses stopped and shouted towards Yoruichi and Kisuke in protest.

"Now, now. Calm down. If you don't, it'll look like you two are getting along."

" "We're not getting along!" " Both of them shouted at Kisuke again.

"See?"

" "Ugh!" " And they reacted the same. Noticing that, they both glared at each other before doing the same thing, looking away and snorting, "Hmmph!"

Two of Loki's companions wanted to laugh at this scene but tried their best to stop. Contrary to that, however, Yoruichi didn't stop herself from giggling.

"Yoruichi-kun!? This isn't funny!" Hestia protested.

"Tione, Tiona! I dare you to laugh!" Loki also did the same.

Loki tapped the golden-haired girl's arm which is holding her and she was released. Looking back to Hestia, she gave her another snort and ignored her to inspect the two people who're with her.

Looking towards Yoruichi, Loki was a bit surprised that Hestia was able to invite an Amazoness. It's known that the only place where an Amazoness could come from is Telskyura and all those who left their country are at least Level 2s.

Yoruichi noticed Loki's inquisitive gaze and understood what she's thinking. After all, by going around the town, she kept being mistaken as an Amazoness due to her skin color, "I'm not an Amazoness, Goddess-sama."

Loki was surprised along with the other two Amazoness.

"I came from a clan that has this skin color. It's an elusive clan so we kept being mistaken as Amazoness despite having male members in our family." Yoruichi explained.

"I see..." Loki couldn't detect any lie from her and believed her, "Either way, so you're this chibi's new Familia members..."

"Yoruichi Shihouin. Nice to meet you." Yoruichi introduced herself.

Still, Loki couldn't settle down when she looks at her. She has a feeling that there is something else about her, 'The chibi got lucky and got someone interesting...' She then transferred her attention to the new person in eastern clothing. However, the moment she laid her eyes on him, her eyes shown and said, "You, I don't know what this chibi offered you, but I'll triple it! Join my Familia!"

When Loki looked into Kisuke's eyes, she felt like she found a comrade and decided to invite him. Her companions became shocked when she suddenly invited an unknown man. It would be more understandable if she invited a cute girl due to her interest, but to invite a man instead and not going through an interview or background check, it's an impossibility if they were to base it on their understanding of Loki.

"Hah!? What did you say!? Are you actually poaching my members in front of me!? Yoruichi-kun, release me! I'll end her!" Hestia immediately protested. Deep inside her, she's panicking that Kisuke might actually accept her offer.

Loki ignored Hestia and just stared at Kisuke's eyes.

Kisuke was also surprised by this but he just smiled and took out his fan to cover half of his face, "I'm really flattered by your invitation, Loki-sama, but I already promised Hestia-sama and I'm not very keen on breaking my promises."

Loki sighed and started to walk away, "Well, that's a shame then. However, if you change your mind, I can accept you anytime~." The three people with her then followed her in a hurry.

"Thank you~.", Just as Kisuke about to leave with Yoruichi and Hestia, he suddenly felt someone staring at him and looked towards the source of that gaze. He then saw a golden-haired girl intensely staring at him. Just as he's wondering what's up, Kisuke thought that Loki's companions seem familiar and a second later, he finally remembered, 'Aren't they the group where I tossed one of them?... Did she recognized me?'

Kisuke then signalled Yoruichi to walk towards the opposite without minding her, 'I can always deny it.'

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"Loki, why did you suddenly invited him?" Tione asked curiously. She and the others still couldn't think of any reason she would invite him.

"I just felt that he could be a good general in the future," Loki answered. However, they still couldn't understand her reasoning and she didn't have to explain it further. She then noticed Ais in deep thought and asked, "What's wrong, Ais-tan?"

Staring forward, she answered after a few seconds of thinking, "It feels like I've seen him before... But I couldn't tell where..."


創作者的想法
Goyya Goyya

Just one for today~.

章節 299: Gods, Falna, and Adventurers

"Where are the rest?" Kisuke asked as they walk back to the abandoned church.

"Kuroka, Koneko, and Aika are going around gathering information about the daily life here in Orario while Sona and Medusa are gathering information on cuisines available here," Yoruichi answered.

"...Hey... Kisuke-kun..." Hestia then suddenly called out to Kisuke after staying quiet for the good half of the trip.

"Hmm?"

"Are you sure not accepting Loki's offer? I think she can give you more than me who has nothing to offer aside from my Falna..."

Kisuke looked at her for a few seconds before looking forward again, "If we join a top group just like that, we'll attract more attention than we wanted. We wanted to adapt and gaining everyone's gaze isn't good. Another thing is a lot of people would know our secrets. In big groups like that, there are bound to be one or two spies for other Familias and even if there's actually none, I still wouldn't be able to believe it. And most important of all, just like what I said to her, I already promised you."

Hestia stared at Kisuke for a few seconds before painting her face with a big smile, "Is that so~? You're a better guy than I thought~! Ehehehe."

Kisuke only chuckled in response to that. A few minutes later, they reached the abandoned church and Kisuke and Yoruichi checked their surroundings first before entering their underground hideout. Instead of going to the Japanese mansion, they immediately went to the center of the hideout and set the barriers again for Hestia to grant Kisuke her Falna again.

But before they actually started, Kisuke faced Yoruichi and asked, "Did you do your own investigation?"

Instead of answering him, Yoruichi just passed him a small notebook from her pocket. Kisuke looked through it and it's the information on adventurers that even the Guild doesn't have. Yoruichi got all of this by infiltrating the small Familias and copied their records regarding their members. This is a piece of important information for Kisuke as this can confirm some of his hypotheses regarding the nature of Falna and the Gods in general, "I see... So that's really how it works..."

"What did you found out?" Yoruichi asked curiously and Hestia also looked towards him to hear what he's going to say.

But before he answered, Kisuke first reminded Hestia, "Hestia-sama. What you're about to hear is just a rumbling of a mad man so you don't have to take me seriously. However, I would like to ask you something later and do something about it. I would also like for you to keep what you'll be hearing a secret."

'Rambling of a mad man? Yet you want me to keep it secret?' Despite her doubts, Hestia nodded her head in agreement.

"First of all, based on the result of my short research... Let's see... To explain it easier, Tenkai could be likened to a Cloud Service while the Gods serve as the Servers... Well, that's not the whole story but that's the closes analogy I could think of."

"Cloud Service? Servers?" Hestia asked in confusion. However, Kisuke didn't entertain her question as he continued his explanation to Yoruichi, "The Tenkai that hosts and links all the Gods and the Gods that manages all the data. Then the children of the Lower World who receive their blessing or Falna are the End Users."

"Which means, the Falna serves as the connection between the Serves and End Users." Yoruichi understood what Kisuke is trying to say, "How does that strengthen the Adventurers?"

"Hmm... Just think of it as actions like fighting, crafting, and many more as gathering data for the Servers and the Servers will reward them the processed data which will be embedded to the Adventurer's soul and body. However, this is only effective if a Server or a God is connected to an Adventurer. Once they lost that connection, their status will become dormant, although this can be reactivated if the Adventurer manages to get his connection back to the Cloud, in other words, receive a Falna again."

Yoruichi furrowed her brows and asked, "Why would it need to become dormant if you already have it?"

"I'm not really sure... But if I would have to guess, it's because the Gods themselves are the one processing the Adventurer's abilities."

"What do you mean?"

Instead of answering Yoruichi, Kisuke asked, "What do you think about the information that you just gave me?"

Yoruichi contemplated for a minute before giving her answer, "Magic... Skill... Developmental Abilities... They're too limited... And the way it's learned, it's too easy. As if this is an RPG where you can get a new spell by just leveling up."

Kisuke smiled, "Exactly~."

"Wait! I haven't been able to follow what you two are talking about, but skill acquisition, isn't it normal this way?" Hestia suddenly interjected.

Kisuke then faced Hestia, "Remembered my magic last time?"

"...Y-yeah... More than three magics and all at the same time... Isn't that a unique skill?" Hestia replied and that's what she firmly believes even after introducing to her a unique race and inability to receive Falna. She thought that the God who gave him Falna before did something special.

"Nope~. I learned all of that by myself... And by the way, I never received a Falna in my whole life."

"What!? That's impossible!" This gave Hestia another shock.

"From the place where we came from, nobody did..."

"...You're kidding..." Hestia then started staring into the distance.

"Nope~."

Hestia held her head and pulled her hair a little bit as she shouted in frustration, "What the hell!? Did you guys came from another world or something!?"

Kisuke and Yoruichi immediately looked at each other and seamlessly resumed their conversation to avoid answering that question, "Ehem... In other words, if you severed your connection with God, as an Adventurer, you'll lose someone processing your abilities."

"I see..." Yoruichi muttered, 'If this is the case, then it's understandable that people of this world would be very dependent on God's Falna instead of developing their own technology and magic. Due to this world's Mana's volatility, they have no choice but to focus on Falna to fight monsters that threaten to kill them...'

Kisuke knew that Yoruichi came up with her own conclusion and didn't further elaborate. He instead looked towards Hestia, who is muttering to herself about the world she knew, "Hestia-sama, about the thing I wanted to know..."

"...Yes?"

"Is Falna always have been this way? From a thousand years ago..."

Hestia was forcefully forced out of her self questioning to think about his answer, "A thousand years ago... Right, I heard that there is a different version of Falna a thousand years ago... However, almost all of those who received it failed to learn any magic or skill."

'Bingo~.'


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Goyya Goyya

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