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章節 489: The Legendary Spear

"This legendary spear can only be freed by the chosen one, who will be blessed by the very Goddess of Purity!" Hermes explained.

"Not only that! He or she will also be invited to a grand trip around the world! A trip officially approved by the Guild!" Hermes added.

"Yaaa!!!" The crowd cheered after hearing about the price. And since the Guild approved of it, they can be sure that this wasn't a scam.

"Each person can only have a single try which costs 5,000 Valis! Now Heroes, come and challenge this legendary spear!" Hermes ended his speech.

"What is he up to? Some sort of trick again?" Hestia muttered as she walked up to Kisuke and Yoruichi, "But it sounds interesting. Want to give it a try, Kisuke-kun?"

"Let's watch the liveliness for a while~," Kisuke replied.

"Let's try it too, Ais-san!" Lefiya proposed to Ais.

Ais nodded at her and said, "Okay. Let's do it." She then faced Kisuke and said, "I won't lose." Before going away along with Lefiya who was confused at her sudden declaration.

"Why is she so strangely competitive against you, nya?" Kuroka asked in confusion.

Kisuke shrugged, "Beats me." He then faced Riveria, "What about you? Are you going to try it?"

Riveria looked at the spear for a while before shaking her head, "That spear gives me a weird feeling. I don't think I'll be able to pull it out."

Kisuke and co chose to stand by and watch how the people tried to pull out the spear from its ice encasing but to no avail. Adventurers after Adventurers, they couldn't even crack the ice casing. Ranging from Level 2 to 4, no one was able to do it.

A few moments later, Lefiya finally decided to take her chance and went up to the stage. However, like everyone else, she failed to even shake the spear, "Owww... No, it doesn't move an inch..." Lefiya fell on her knees after trying to exert herself.

"Ouch~! Isn't that too fast to give up now, Lefiya-chan?" Hermes announced before looking around, "Now, the next challenger? Who is it?"

Before anyone else could say anything, Ais walked up to the stage.

"Oh, that's...! Renowned Sword Princess! A Level 6! Ais Wallenstein is on stage!" With Hermes' words, the crowd started cheering and clapping loudly as the challenger is now someone strong and from a very prominent Familia.

"Oh? She already leveled up?" Kisuke asked.

"It seems that you're really busy if you're unaware of that. She leveled up right after the expedition along with Tione, Tiona, and Bete." Riveria answered.

"Congratulations~!"

"They also let out an intention to challenge you," Riveria smirked at him.

"Now that's strange~. I'm just a miserable Level 2 and a humble store owner! I can't have top Adventurers challenging me or else I won't be able to make a living!" Kisuke protested.

Riveria could only twitch her mouth at his shamelessness, 'After wiping the floor off with three of our top Adventurers?' However, she chose not to speak out since she had a feeling that she would only garner more headaches. Even then, she still hadn't given up her goal of whacking Kisuke's head with her staff, 'I can only bide my time. Wait until I can get hold of your weakness! I'll be sure to use it well. Hehehe.'

Little did she know that her thoughts were spilling to her expression in the form of a bad grin and suppressed giggling, "What's wrong with her?" Kisuke whispered to his companions.

"Who knows~?" Yoruichi whispered to him.

"It's 100% your fault, nya." Kuroka also added.

"You broke an Elf, master," Medusa also commented.

"Kisuke-kun, it's about time for you to learn how to handle people with care. In your hands, people are just little fragile things." Hestia ended it with a reminder.

Hearing their replies, Kisuke chose to not dwell on it and just watched Ais trying to pull the spear out.

"Now! Witness the strength of the Sword Princess!" Hermes stated.

"You can do it, Ais-san!" Lefiya cheered from the side.

But even with her immense strength, she failed to make it even budge. A few seconds later, Ais let go of the spear and said, "No... I can't..."

The crowd became less excited after seeing Ais fail, "...No way... Even Ais, who's a Level 6 Adventurer couldn't do it?" Lefiya muttered.

But before Ais went off the stage, she looked towards Kisuke and asked, "...Won't you try it now?"

The audience looked towards Kisuke's direction and saw him being surrounded by beautiful women, "It's the Gigolo Master!" One of the onlookers shouted.

"It really is the Gigolo Master!"

"Damn! He really has too many women, while I'm just drowning in my own tears at night!"

"Look! Even Nine Hells is beside him! What's their relationship!?"

"That bastard! How did he trick them!?"

"Wait, didn't the Sword Princess just call out to him!? What about the rumor that both of them have something special going on!?"

"What!? Even the Sword Princess!? Just how long are his claws!!?"

"This is ridiculous! How can it be that he's been left alone until now!?"

Yoruichi grinned at Kisuke and said, "It's tough to be popular, ain't it?"

But with a bad grin, Kisuke replied, "I've memorized their faces." He then started to walk towards the stage.

Off to the side, Kuroka and Medusa noticed that Riveria was making a slightly weird expression with a very subtle blush on her cheeks, "Riveria-san?" Kuroka called out to her which also caught Yoruichi's attention.

Riveria was startled and immediately answered, "W-what is it?"

"Is something wrong?"

Calming herself down, Riveria feigned a cough, "Ehem... There's nothing."

Kuroka, Medusa, and Yoruichi looked at her with narrowed eyes, which made Riveria panic, "I-I was just surprised that those people would associate me with that womanizer!"

The three then looked at each other and communicated through their eyes, 'It's a bud, right?' Kuroka asked the two.

'It's a bud...' Medusa confirmed.

'And it's potential to bloom is big.' Yoruichi added.

'What should we do, nya? Snuff it out?' Kuroka asked again.

Medusa only looked towards Yoruichi for her decision.

But instead of saying yes or no, she instead asked them, 'Are you fine with that?'

Medusa and Kuroka looked at each other and thought for a moment before they simultaneously communicated, 'Let's not!'

It was thanks to Yoruichi's leniency that they were able to get close to Kisuke. For them, it didn't feel right to stop others' feelings from developing, even if it was the right thing to do.

Yoruichi smiled, 'Then let's see how this goes~. Besides, it still isn't set in stone.'

Kuroka and Medusa nodded, increasing their respect for her, 'As expected of the main wife.'

Riveria and Hestia, on the other hand, were a bit bothered at their silent communication, "Please don't leave me out!" Hestia protested.

"You need to develop a bit of womanly instinct first before you can join." Yoruichi mercilessly cut Hestia down.

"W-womanly instinct!? Am I not a woman!?" Hestia muttered in shock.

Kisuke reached the stage and he could see Hestia complaining about something, 'What are they doing?' However, he couldn't give them his full attention, as he already started to inspect the spear while also ignoring half of the audience's gritting teeth.

"Oho~! Looks like our next challenger is the infamous, Gigo---!!" But before he could finish his words, Hermes shivered as Kisuke faced him with a big grin. His instinct was telling him not to step on this land mine, "Ehem, the newly arising Green Crusader!"

Satisfied, Kisuke turned his attention back to the spear while also ignoring the booing in the background, 'Hmm... So is this really a Divine item? The quality of this equipment is way beyond what I've seen in this world...'

'Though I haven't seen much of it, I already saw the equipment of every top Adventurer in Orario and I can safely say that this spear is several tiers above those. Even higher quality when compared to the initial state of the Artificial Sacred Gears that we made.'

'And is this even a spear? The shaft is a bit short and the head is too big, it's more like a giant arrow for bows.' Kisuke was roused from his deep contemplation thanks to Hermes' call, "Uhmm... Kisuke-kun? Are you going to do it?"

"Ah, sorry about that. I'll try it now." Without further ado, Kisuke touched the shaft of the spear, but before he could exert any effort, a voice entered his mind, 'I found you?'

"Hmm?" Kisuke immediately inspected his mind and his surroundings for any hostile actions or intent. In the same second, however, inscriptions emerged from the spear's shaft, lighting it up. Hurriedly inspecting what's going on, Kisuke felt how the spear scanned his soul but didn't do anything to stop it.

Although his soul was scanned deeper than Freya did, it didn't reach the important parts and he couldn't see anything else it does aside from gathering information. Thanks to his curiosity, he let it go through him.

A second later, the ice encasing the head of the spear suddenly bursts into pieces, freeing the weapon.

Hermes frowned after seeing this since he was expecting someone else to pull out that spear, 'So he also has what it takes... Just who are you?'

Yoruichi ran up to the stage and gave him a hug, "As expected of my hubby~!"

And as expected, it only garnered a jealous crowd. Of course, this was on purpose and Kuroka and Medusa didn't want to let go of this chance to mess with him as the two of them also ran out and jumped on him both shouting, "As expected of hubby~!" "As expected of Master!"

More fiery gazes of men landed on Kisuke, wishing that they were in his position right now.

Seeing that the situation was becoming volatile, Hermes continued, "C-congratulations, Kisuke-kun! You've just won a trip! Now let me introduce you to the sponsor that made this world trip possible!"

Yoruichi, Kuroka, and Medusa separated from Kisuke and looked towards where Hermes was pointing. Hestia, who lost her chance to join the fun, also looked back and saw a very familiar person standing at the back. In delight, Hestia shouted, "Artemis!? Is that you, Artemis!?"

Artemis who Hestia was referring to, had green eyes and long blue hair with two long bangs, two strands on the sides, and a partly braided tail in the back. She wore a white and pale blue outfit, long brown boots with a light brown design, a belt which she kept a piece of white cloth and a dagger in, gold bracelets, and various gold hair accessories.

"Do you know each other, nya?" Kuroka asked.

Hestia faced Kuroka and excitedly explained, "We were friends in Heaven! My best friend!"

Artemis smiled and started running towards the group. In response, Hestia also excitedly ran towards her to give her a big hug.

However, just as Hestia was about to catch Artemis, Artemis actually veered off from her and continued running towards the stage, more specifically, to Kisuke, "Huh?"

"I found you, my Orion!", shouted Artemis as she jumped towards Kisuke with open arms, which made the spectators drop their jaws as another beauty went to Kisuke's arms and this time, it's a Goddess.

Seeing this, Yoruichi and Kuroka took some distance from Kisuke while Medusa went behind him.

Kisuke, all this while, was focusing on inspecting the intriguing spear. So focused that he didn't really care about what was happening around him. If it was one of his girls jumping on him, he would gladly accept it. But if it was someone unknown, like Artemis, jumping on him while he was in his own little world, there was only one result.

The moment Artemis was about to collide with Kisuke, within a split second, he grabbed her hand and used his strength to toss her without mercy, "Wha!?" Artemis panicked and started flailing in midair, but fortunately for her, Medusa positioned herself to the spot where she would be landing and successfully caught the shocked Goddess.

"Are you alright?" Medusa asked.

"Y-yes, thank you." Artemis blankly answered.

It was at this moment that Kisuke finally woke up from his daydreaming, "What? What happened?"

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Editors

Alexander: Uhhh, I can already see the thief group descending again. But more importantly, poor Hestia, always being left out of the important stuff.

28th00: So, Yoruichi and Co have developed a terrifying level of eye language, that Hestia is not womanly enough to join in, for she is too pure for this world! Hestia is on a rollercoaster of feelings right now, I really feel kinda bad for the girl… Welp, time for them to save a Goddess. That's one way to repay Hestia, saving her best friend!


章節 490: The Quest

"What were you thinking, Artemis!?" Hestia shouted and waved her arms around at her best friend who was currently kneeling at a table. Although Hestia was exaggerating her movements, she wasn't angry at Artemis's actions. It was just that she was in too much shock as the Artemis she knew would never jump on a man, aside from when she was about to beat him up real good.

With a guilty face, Artemis answered, "I'm sorry. I became just really glad when I saw him."

"Glad!? You're glad!?" Hestia retorted before muttering, "This is ridiculous! That Artemis!? To a man!?" She then suddenly turned to Kisuke, who was still inspecting the spear with great fervor, "And you, Kisuke-kun! How can you flip a lady just like that!?"

Kisuke was startled when he was suddenly called out. "Hmm? Ah... Well, I'm pro gender equality. Man or woman, if they suddenly jump on me like that, I won't just stay in place.", he explained.

Hestia couldn't really say anything back to that.

Currently, the group in addition to Hermes and Artemis were meeting inside the abandoned church, just above their hideout. Ais, Riveria, and Lefiya chose to go home since they knew that this would be a Hestia Familia affair and they didn't want to step into it without any good reason.

Hestia then noticed that Artemis was giving Kisuke puppy eyes and couldn't take it anymore, so she asked Hermes who was fiddling with his feather hat, "Hermes! Is that the Artemis that I know!? She's weird!"

"Well, I guess Artemis decided to blend with the other people in this Lower World.", replied Hermes after putting on his hat again, as if it wasn't his business.

"S-she can't possibly..." While Hestia was questioning reality, Yoruichi suddenly interrupted, "So? How was she before?"

Hestia calmed herself down and sighed, "Artemis is one of Heaven's three virginal Goddesses. She is sworn to purity and cherishing virtue. Simply put, she's absolutely anti-romance." Smiling wryly, Hestia looked towards Artemis who was still giving Kisuke a puppy look, "One of the most anti-romantic people I've ever known."

"Anti-romance, you say? Can't see it, nya..." Kuroka muttered.

Scratching her head fiercely, Hestia shouted, "How did she end up like this!?"

"And? How come the anti-romance Goddess ended up sponsoring the event?" Yoruichi continued asking.

Now that they are on the main topic, Hermes' expression became serious, "Actually, a monster appeared outside of Orario."

With just those words, Kisuke, Yoruichi, Kuroka, and Medusa got a general idea of what 'trip around the world' really meant. However, they didn't say anything and just continued listening.

Hermes waited for their reaction, but he was surprised that they only looked at him. He smiled wryly and continued speaking, "The Artemis Familia found it and it's giving them a hard time. So she came to Orario to ask for help."

"In other words, this grand trip is just a monster quest Artemis-sama issued?" Yoruichi asked to confirm.

With a smile, Hermes replied, "As expected~! You have good intuition!"

"I knew that this was too good to be true...", muttered Medusa while sighing.

"You know that's called 'fraud', nya," Kuroka added.

"Hehe, relax now." Hermes was about to convince them to accept the quest, but Artemis suddenly moved and walked towards Kisuke until she stopped in front of him.

"I've been looking for you, Orion," Artemis said.

"The name is Kisuke Urahara, Artemis-sama," Kisuke answered. At this point, he could already see a bit of connection between the Artemis in front of him and the spear, '...What is this?'

"No. You are Orion." Artemis strongly refuted, "My hope."

"If I may ask, why me? There are stronger Adventurers out there, like the people of the Loki Familia. With enough compensation, I think they'll accept it."

Artemis touched the spear in Kisuke's hand and replied, "It's not the strength that the spear has chosen you for... It's your pure soul."

Yoruichi turned to Hermes, "Hermes-sama... This spear..."

He proudly proclaimed, "I told you, this is a legendary spear! Even Hephaestus swears on its quality~!" Although he didn't explain anything, Yoruichi already figured out that he won't be telling anything about it right now.

Hermes then pointed towards Kisuke and shouted, "You're chosen by this spear, Kisuke-kun!"

Kisuke then once again put his gaze on the spear while muttering, "Chosen, huh..."

Artemis then suddenly put her hand on Kisuke's cheek and said with a gentle smile, "I want you to come with me, Orion, pure soul and all..."

But before Kisuke could respond, from the corner of his eyes, he saw Hestia launching herself towards Artemis while shouting, "Stop!!!" And then she headbutted her. Although Kisuke could have stopped it, he thought that it was amusing and just let her do what she wanted. Besides, if Artemis didn't move her hand away, Kisuke would have given her a painful flick on the forehead.

With a loud thud, Hestia and Artemis both crouched down and nursed their heads. With a bit of tears on the corner of her eyes, Artemis complained, "Ughhh... That hurts, Hestia."

"That hurt me too!" Hestia complained back.

And Artemis's expression became worried as she touched Hestia's forehead, "Are you alright?"

Due to her gesture, Hestia grinned happily, "T-thanks..." She then realized what they were doing, "Wait! That's not it!" She hurriedly stood up and faced Kisuke.

But before she could say anything else, Kisuke declared, "Artemis-sama, we'll accept your quest."

Hestia's eyes widened, "Kisuke-kun..." She knew that he's been busy with something lately and she knew that it was very important for their group. But she couldn't leave her best friend, who needed help, alone so she intended to ask him for his assistance. Never did she expect that he would beat her to it.

Kisuke patted and ruffled her hair while answering the confused goddess with a grin, "It's Hestia-sama's precious best friend. So if she needs help, it's our duty to assist."

If not for Hestia, Kisuke's group wouldn't be able to find themselves in such a favorable situation. Aside from that, Hestia accepted them unconditionally despite their very sketchy origins. And although Hestia looked and acted childish and very lazy with everything, she acted as their senior in life when it was needed, especially for Aika, Koneko, and Sona.

There were times when even Kisuke or Yoruichi couldn't give good advice or console the three of them as the extent of their experiences only spanned around the battlefield. In those cases, Hestia, a fresh breath of 'normality' was a big help for them to the point that Kisuke, Yoruichi, Kuroka, and Medusa, who all had a not so peaceful past, learned some things from her and were able to relax more often.

With that, Hestia became an essential part of their group and not just a provider of cover and Falna. Helping her best friend was the least that they could do.

But Kisuke being Kisuke, he couldn't just settle with helping someone who was basically a stranger for them without any compensation. Kisuke faced Artemis and said, "However, I have a condition."

Artemis nodded seriously and replied, "Tell me."

"I want this spear as compensation."

Artemis was a bit shocked, but she instantly recovered and nodded her head, "Alright." Deep inside her, however, she was feeling a little bit guilty since she was deceiving Hestia's children. If her and Hermes' plan were to succeed, the 'spear' might even cease to exist. Even if it were to maintain its existence, it would at least lose all of its hidden power.

"Now that this has been decided, let's prepare to set off~!" Kisuke declared.

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Editors and Author: (A bit of context: This is all happening when I'm about to post the chapter here on Patreon. Me and my boys were still editing.)

Goyya: What..? You guys are still here? Hehehe

Alexander: Well, I am sorry. I took some time off to finish Ghost of Tsushima. Good game, by the way.

Goyya: No, I mean, you're still editing. I thought you'll be taking some time off. Thanks for the effort~.

28th00: I was editing the chapter when YOU STARTED TO POST IT! No. NO MORE! WE SHALL SAVE BESTIA'S BEST FRIEND!

Goyya: Lel. I'm done with that, btw~. Kisuke carrying Artemis outside of the ruin. Exactly chapter 500.

28th00: You're telling me that I'm 6 chapters behind the current? Wot. I'm supposed to be 6 chapters ahead so I can edit them!

Goyya: Nope. The latest one I sent out is just Chapter 494, if I recall it correctly. I'm just finishing the 500th Chapter. The last Chapter for this volume.

28th00: You're too smug at getting it a nice and even 500…

Goyya: Yep~. Hahaha. Writing longer Chapters paid off. And I won't be writing for a day or two to re-read DxD. I need to plan out properly first before starting the new arc.


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