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Chapter 264: Helping my Company’s Members. [Release Version]
🕑 Added 2022-01-05 06:34:33 +0000 UTC“What the hell is going on here?! My training room!” I cried out in horror, despite knowing the room itself couldn’t be destroyed. Outside of some belongings and benches to rest on, there was nothing substantial inside which was worth stressing out for if they were broken.
The reason why I was acting so melodramatic was ‘cause of the two idiots rampaging around at this very second.
“Inferno Blast!” A searing hot fireball exploded on the floor, barely missing a wolfkin-looking person.
“Shit! You insane bastard, are you actually trying to kill me here?!” The wolfkin roared with Tatsuya’s voice. “I just asked you a simple question and you start shooting your damn fire at me?! Are you crazy?!”
“SHUT UP! Petal Flames! Flame Spear! Flame Spear!”
The Tatsuya-sounding wolfkin kept on the defensive, using his higher Agility to dodge the spells. Still, despite this advantage, he couldn’t actually get close to Daichi, who was using his spells to slow him down.
“Oh, Sir Elrick!” Haruka exclaimed, running off towards Asaka crouching next to a wounded Elrick, healing him with spells.
“Oh, Haruka-chan, you came back! Did you bring somebody back with you?” Asaka asked before Haruka pointed at me. “Hold on, was Segawa so busy that you had to bring the head honcho into the mix?”
She’s still calling Saori by her last name, huh?
“Yes, Sensei was cooking up a storm in the kitchen. The lower city restaurant is full again and Tamae-chan needed the extra hand,” Haruka explained. “What happened to Sir Elrick?! Why is Kyouya trying to stop them now?”
Haruka’s question led me to look over at the two idiots duking it out with each other, where I saw Kyouya tag teaming with Tatsuya to get closer to Dacihi. Still, seeing as I could currently feel an immense amount of mana exploding from his direction, they probably will have a hard time doing so.
So that is Daichi’s [Kamikaze] skill, huh?
All the students had a unique skill after they transferred over to Peolynca, probably given to them by the demonkins or something. I mean, since Aurena didn’t give it to them, this was the only logical conclusion, right?
Daichi’s [Kamikaze] skill gave him incredible firepower for a short time in exchange for crippling his Vitality and Wisdom growth. In addition, while he was using the skill, he also wouldn’t be affected by [Arcane Fever] from all the accumulated arcane corruption, only after it ended.
Pretty useful skill, but it seemed a bit unstable to me. Too many disadvantages for the gains. That could be said about some of the other students also, like Tatsuya’s [Rush Hour]. Some just got decent or good skills, but none of them were completely overpowered or something. When I pointed that out last week, we all concluded the demonkins probably planned it that way.
Honestly, what are the demonkins trying to do with these guys?
“So, what happened?” I asked.
“Jeez, you seem pretty calm despite the situation, Hestia-san…” Asaka looked at me weirdly but I just shrugged.
“It might seem dangerous, but I don’t think Daichi-san is trying to kill them. His aim is off. Even with Tatsuya being fast enough to avoid those spells, Daichi-san is focusing on causing more explosions instead of hurting him. I think he’s just venting,” I gave them my analysis on the fight, prompting Asaka and Haruka to blink at me and look over at the three fighting.
None of them were hurt in the slightest, but I guess Kyouya has been doing his best to block the fire spells.
“But, they are causing a ruckus inside here, so maybe it’s best if I stop them now. Unheilige Engel.”
Wings of purple ooze materialized from a magic circle before I shot them forward and had them wrap themselves around Daichi and Tatsuya. As they struggled to free themselves, I cooled the slime down until it was obsidian. Now, it was too solid for them to make another move.
“Oi, oi! What the fuck! Why was I captured, too?!” Tatsuya shouted his complaints at me.
I shrugged.
“Tailwind.”
I lifted both of them up with [Unheilige Engel] and used [Tailwind] to carry them over to me, as if I had telekinesis. Kyouya let out a sigh as he followed them over to me and the others before bowing to ask for my forgiveness.
“Sorry about this, Hestia-san,” he apologized. “We shouldn’t have caused you so much trouble that you had to stop your own training.”
“Don’t worry about it. It wasn’t your fault so you don’t need to ask for forgiveness,” I waved my hand in dismissal. “After all, the ones causing the problem should be the ones explaining what the hell happened.”
I looked over to a dejected Daichi biting his lips and a disgruntled Tatsuya, looking at me as if I got the wrong guy. He wasn’t done complaining.
“I wasn’t the one who began this fight! It was this fucker Daichi, so why am I being caught like I’m a criminal?!”
I frowned at what Tatsuya had to say, turning over to Daichi to see if he had something to say. Sadly, he was entirely quiet and continued keeping everything within him, allowing his dissatisfaction to boil more and more.
“So, can anybody explain how all of this happened?”
Kyouya came forward and began giving me a summary of what occurred. To keep it simple, the reason why all of this happened was due to Tatsuya asking Daichi what he was gonna do now that I was around, seeing as Daichi fully focused on being a fire mage.
This struck a nerve and prompted Daichi to lash out at him, starting a quarrel between them. It escalated to the point of name-calling and insults and then the fight happened. Kyouya and Asaka tried to stop them at first, but their efforts were fruitless. As such, Haruka was sent out to get Elrick from outside the RV, meaning the wagon was being driven by the garms alone.
When Elrick couldn’t do anything either, they had to rely on somebody else to stop. That’s where Haruka went over to me since Saori was busy.
“And Elrick got hurt after taking a hit from Daichi’s spells. Jeez, I know you’re lagging behind in levels compared to us, Elrick, but you shouldn’t have been that careless,” Asaka scolded the now healed Elrick. “Damn, you do look paler than yesterday. Are you actually eating enough or did you ignore me when I said that yesterday?!”
“I beg for your forgiveness, Lady Asaka. It seems I have been neglecting my training. Once we reach Ullistar, I am sure I will feel better.”
“More like, you’re under the weather. Then again, you can’t be sick. [Cure] should have done something if you were ill. Hestia-san, what do you think?”
I looked at Elrick at Asaka’s request but couldn’t say much else except that he was paler than usual. I told Asaka that he might have an ailment the body believes is “normal,” like albinism or something. Also, since the holy healing spells only helped the body regenerate and recover faster, it couldn’t do anything against cancer.
After giving her something to think about, I then turned to the two idiots. “So, I think I understand the situation, kinda. As such, I’ll release you two, but don’t begin killing each other again, otherwise I’ll make sure you won’t get dinner or something.”
Tatsuya frowned but that is what a leader should do, right? In any case, he agreed to my words and undid his druidification, turning himself back into a human. I released the obsidian bondings and let both free.
“Okay, now, while I am new with your party’s whole dynamic, I can’t say that this will work out if you two fight all the time,” I stated.
“We argue, we don’t fight to the point we’re trying to kill each other!” Tatsuya bellowed back outraged. “But this is Daichi, Hestia-san. This is what you should probably expect from him in the future since his personality is shit and he blows up at everything for whatever reason! An egomaniac who has—”
“You are calling me the asshole here?!” However, trying to place all the blame on Daichi caused him to squawk up a counter. “Then what the fuck are you supposed to be, huh? Don’t try to place everything on me when you were the one asking that damn question! What the hell am I supposed to say, huh?! Fuck you!”
Oh boy…
I turned to Asaka, giving her an “I fucked up” face but she simply shook her head. She pointed at the two arguing young men then twirled her finger next to her head, gesturing they were both crazy and at fault here. She then stood up and clapped her hands.
“Alright, alright. Shut the fuck up, both of you!” Asaka shouted as loud as she could to garner the boys’ attention. “Daichi, you’re 20, and Tatsuya, you’re 19. And the both of you are acting like children in front of a 16-year-old. She was also the one to stop you. Awesome work.”
She clapped sarcastically.
“Kyouya, take Tatsuya and speak with him. Haruka, help me bring Elrick to the kitchen. He needs to eat something filling.”
“W-Wait, Lady Asaka, I’m actually perfec— Ah! Ah! Arck!” Elrick wanted to complain but Asaka stopped him from saying another word by pressing her index finger at his forehead repeatedly.
“Shut it. It’s lunchtime anyway. Segawa is probably too busy to cook lunch so I’ll have to make something for you. Be honored.”
“Hold on, Asaka! What am I supposed to do?!” Daichi called out.
“Hmm? Well, what do you think? I’m pretty sure Hestia-san wants to have a word and you have a lot on your chest. You can’t cause this kinda shit all the time Daichi. It ain’t cool.” And with that, Asaka left with Haruka and Elrick. Kyouya told me he would bring Elrick to take a bath, leaving Daichi with me alone in the training room.
I sighed.
“Uhm, want to have a seat, first?” I scratched my head, not knowing what else to say to break the ice.
“… Sure, Hestia-sama.”
We sat down. I sighed. Being alone with him was making me feel awkward.
“Sooooo… I heard about it from Asaka-san. And then what happened before… I guess you aren’t taking it too kindly that I’m around, huh?” I hinted at how he felt insecure about his magic abilities with me around.
“N-No, no! Not at all, it’s just that—”
“Stop it, please, Daichi-san. Asaka-san already told me that you like to overplay or downplay stuff, so let’s just be honest. You really have no reason to act like a sycophant with me,” I told him bluntly. “As the leader of this company, I have to make sure that we can actually work together for the future. Arguing is normal, but what isn’t is trying to blast others with spells to vent off stress and anger.”
“… Y-You realized that?” He looked at me in bafflement, eyes so wide they looked like a fish’s.
“I’m a fire mage myself, don’t forget. If you wanted to kill somebody, then you could have followed up on [Inferno Blast]’s explosion with [Petal Flames]. The damage isn’t much from one or two, but it forces them to avoid or tank it. If you can get them with two or three fire petals, you create an opening, which is perfect for a fast and damaging spell like [Flame Spear].”
“True!” he exclaimed, eyes shining this time. “Tatsuya might be faster in his druid form, but he still has his quirks. [Petal Flames] is quite effective on him since he’s trying to imitate Dame Yorshka by barely dodging attacks to conserve stamina. When I warded Kyouya and Tatsuya off, I targeted Tatsuya’s legs since he doesn’t have [Air Walk] yet.”
“Oh, nice observation. If you had [Blazing Twister], that would create a proper distraction if you use it to surprise them at the very last second. Lead them into a spot with [Flame Spear]s and [Petal Flames] and then create a flaming twister. [Flame Explosion] is also good, and very effective if you fight against earth mages.”
“Ah!” He shook his head in disappointment. “I already used up all the SP I got on mana, magic, and my growth skills. Since I don’t have much Vitality and Wisdom, I’ve been investing in more Mana and Agility skills.”
I wanted to give him some tips on conserving SP here, but before I could say anything, he continued speaking faster and faster, to the point it was a bit hard to follow. My Japanese was good, but I had to think twice about some of the harder Japanese words.
“In an MMO, min-maxing to become a glass cannon is viable since you can just respawn if you die, but not in this world. I can do a lot of minor modifications to maximize my casting speed and position, but it is hard to adapt for every confrontation and enemy! I mean, fire should be all-powerful, right?! I should be able to dominate everything and live an easy life after so much effort, but I can’t count how many times I’ve nearly died at this point!”
And his venting didn’t seem to end.
“Then there are all the times I tried to butter up the church people to get some better connections but then I learned that the damn pope is a demonkin prince of sin?! What the fuck! Why did they summon us to this world and why are they trying to sic us on the demonkin king?! It makes no sense!”
At this point, he was just holding a monologue.
“And then all the effort I put into fire magic is soon to be worthless. Asaka and Tatsuya getting two possible power-ups, while I’m still stuck with fire magic. Do you know how the fire mage who trained me advertised this magic to me? That it is the element with the strongest magic that will be able to give you everything you want! Ultimate firepower so you can win! It should have been an easy way forward for some glory, but all we’ve been doing are subjugation quests and some goon work from the church.”
Okay, this guy sounds overly spoiled as hell.
As he was shaking his head in disappointment, I took this chance to ask him about something. “I’ve only met two other fire mages aside from you. Both were… ‘interesting.’ How did your fire magic teacher act?”
“Like a goddamn fanatic. It’s absolutely incredible how much he kept repeating the same religious sermon like a gospel. The church of Danterno’s bible is forbidden from being brought into the holy capital, but that didn’t stop him from spewing the same ‘fire consumes fire’ bullshit. I ignored it all.”
At least he isn’t a Danterno follower. Then again, with how he acted, he certainly seems like a flamboyant fire mage.
“I see… Sorry that I took away your specialty, Daichi-san,” I apologized, just to appease him.
“No, why are you asking for forgiveness? Don’t you know how absolutely awesome it is that you were reborn as a fire dragon? That’s the isekai fantasy, you know? I want to be a dragon, too!” he exclaimed in excitement before falling back into meekness. “It certainly would have been better than being me…”
“Huh? What do you mean by that?” I inquired, now curious where his self-esteem went.
“W-What?! N-No, forget about it. Sorry, I shouldn’t be acting this way. I’m just mumbling all the time. I shouldn’t act so much like a whiner. Nobody likes that.” He stood up. “Thanks for listening. I guess I needed to vent on somebody who isn’t just another person I know. Sorry, could you keep this for yourself?”
I nodded, however, as he was leaving, I grabbed his arm.
“We’re not done yet.”
“What do you mean?”
“I haven’t made sure if there will be a repeat of today or not. Complaining about things won’t solve anything, but at least you got it out of your system for now. What about next time? Are you thinking of making me listen to your ramblings all the time?”
“W-Well, no, that would be rude considering how you accepted us into the company.”
“That’s right. As such, I need to ask you the same question Tatsuya posed you — ‘What are you gonna do now that I am around?’” I looked him directly in the eye, telling him to be serious about it.
He pulled his arm away from my hand before answering, “Like what I told him, ‘I’ll think about it.’”
“Daichi-san, you should be aware that, even if I am around, you shouldn’t be ashamed of training your fire magic. Danterno is a shit god with a shitty religion and followers, from what I’ve witnessed, but his system spells are actually very useful. They are focused purely on power and damage, which means you can best enemies far superior to you if you play it smart.”
I was the best example. I managed to survive my Belzac forest days as a pure glass cannon with healing tank abilities. I’ve cut it closed quite a few times but being an underdog with firepower meant that I was a big threat if I landed a hit. It’s what Daichi wanted to be.
“But fire magic isn’t popular on Peolynca. There is barely any use for it in everyday life, which is where the average mage earns most of their cash.”
“Which I find completely stupid and you should too, since we came from Earth. Although I don’t think like Danterno’s whole religion, I can agree when they say that fire is the source of life and that progress will be created from the ashes they make. Don’t forget, the Blacksmith god was once part of Danterno’s pantheon before he turned to Crustacia. The church of Danterno’s biggest enemy is themselves. They shoot themselves in the foot with their religion’s doctrines.”
My ability to make grenades, how I could create artificial hot springs, or how Saori and Tasianna would use me as a rice cooker. In an industry setting, people use fire for metalwork, glass making, or making adhesives, to give examples. With fire magic, Peolynca has so much potential to accelerate certain aspects if only their fire mages were more cooperative instead of destructive.
“Daichi-san, if you want to find something you can do, why don't you start by telling me what you like to do as a hobby. I can give suggestions.”
“My only hobby is otaku culture. If my parents weren’t forcing me to do well in school to get into a proper university — otherwise, they would have kicked me out of the house — I would have become a NEET. I hate interacting with other people in person and prefer it on the internet. It’s safer there.”
“Hold on, you hate socializing? Then why are you buttering people up and acting like a yes-man?” Now I was confused about what his real personality was.
“My parents told me that, without any connections, you will just wither and die in today’s society. Education is important, sure, but you can’t get a good job or work if you don’t know people. They give you the real opportunities, not your grades. You want to get into high-ranking schools and universities where the upper-class study because our collective is ruled by nepotism.”
“…” I was speechless. This guy could be quite eloquent. “… Well, I have to agree with that. The entertainment industry is all about connections. Still, playing games all day isn’t exactly useful around here. Uhm, all you guys from Shirako High School have either rich or influential parents, right? What do yours do?”
“Correction, most of us fall into that category. You can also get in with a scholarship if you have high grades,” he corrected me. “But, yes, my parents do fall in the former part. They own a tech company.”
My eyes widened and I jumped up from my seat. “Wait, you’re good with tech! Why didn’t you say so before? Do you know how to record music?! Make albums?”
“Wh-What?!”
I grabbed Daichi’s shoulders, pushing him back onto the bench. I once again asked him the same questions, eagerly waiting for him to answer.
“Y-You do know that ‘tech company’ doesn't mean we make everything, right? Tech companies have specialization and focus on that solely to deliver the best product possible to sell to customers.”
“Then what is your parent’s company?”
“… Uhm… Part of a conglomerate.”
I smirked. “And?”
“Mostly entertainment electronic products like TVs, karaoke stations, and computer parts. My parents not only own one of the companies in the conglomerate, but they also possess a large amount of shares in the latter. They have a very loud voice on the board of directors. I am supposed to be their heir, so they trained me in economics and the tech they sell.”
“Hiehiehie~” I giggled mischievously, causing Daichi to twitch a bit. “Come with me, I know two people who could use your help. Your magic and fire training will really benefit your new job.”
“H-Hold on, wa— Yarrrgk!”
I grabbed Daichi’s arm and pulled him outside the training room and into Grimnir’s smithy, where I saw Ellaine celebrating as Grimnir held up his shiny, brand new blasthammer.
“Lass! Gahahahaha! We did it! We did it! My second mana gun! Gahahahaha!” Grimnir joyfully came over to push his hammer into my face, “Look at this sweet darling Ellaine and I made. The parts were all crafted by me but Ellaine did all the wiring to connect the different pieces. Your halberd really gave us the training to finish this thing up.”
“O-Oh, that’s great— Wait, my halberd was just a prototype for you?! No, wait, that isn’t what I came here for—” But before I could speak, Ellaine interjected herself.
“No, no, don’t worry! Once I get better, we’ll make sure to rework it, don’t worry, Hestia! Master Grimnir also told me he had plans to reforge it once you’re done with your shedding and core repairs.”
My shedding schedule was still important. Mother told me I needed to do it two more times every four days and then we can transition into once per week and eventually every month. At that point, my scales would glimmer and seem healthy — perfect material for my weapons.
“Oh, that’s great and so on, but I wa—” Once again, I was interrupted, but this time it was Grimnir who grabbed my arm and began dragging me away.
“No time to speak, we need to test this baby out! Come!”
And just as I left the smithy, Grimnir brought me back to the training room. He held his blasthammer high, showing off its metallic design made from eoriant and a few pieces he managed to salvage from the geisenlarg king. It wasn’t the best quality and Grimnir barely got enough for the sides of the hammerheads.
With one swift motion of his arms, the hammer quickly transformed into its gun form, now looking less than a shotgun and more like a rifle. Grimnir laughed once more, kissing his new weapon with complete affection.
“This is the very moment I love the most! Ellaine! Watch our darling shoot out her first shot!” Grimnir roared out in excitement.
“Do it, Master Grimnir!”
“Yes!” he announced before tapping a red rune on the side of one of the hammerheads. “Fire!”
And, literally, flames came out of his blasthammer like a flamethrower, searing the empty training field right before him. As the flames died down, Grimnir clicked something on his rifle which turned into blasts of flames, similar to how his previous blasthammer worked. However, unlike how he could only use it only once last time, he only had something like a ten seconds delay until he could shoot another one.
“The mana battery is still not optimal, so he probably can’t overuse it during a fight. We still need a proper mana battery or catalyst to fuel the whole weapon. If only we had another volchark heart or something similar,” Ellaine informed me.
I took out my catalyst, looking at it before looking down at my chest. I wondered if my broken sun core could be turned into a catalyst? Tasianna has been keeping up with her alchemy practice and Krymdar taught her all she needed to make more.
But my contemplation didn’t last any longer when Grimnir suddenly began shooting out ice from his weapon. Similar to when he shot our flames, the ice could be used as a flamethrower or blasts.
“Wow, can it also shoot out the other elements?!” I asked Ellaine.
“Sadly, no,” she shook her head. “The reason why we had Tasianna help Master Grimnir make runes was to act as a coolant for the flames. The flames and ice work in tandem to keep the weapon from freezing or overheating. The whole steampunk idea you gave us? We tried it but we couldn’t get it to work properly, so we adopted the cooling idea and used it to transform the runes inside to do what we want.”
In manatech, the wiring of the mana paths from the mana battery to the cogs and working parts was the most important part of the construction. Proper techniques were needed to connect it properly to prevent waste of mana and inefficiency.
This was even more important if the wiring also activated the runes inside the item and controlled different functions. It could get to Earth’s levels of progress if this technology were to be more developed.
“A blast of pure mana would drain the battery, so instead we decided to use runes for the shots. The mana in turns creates the flames and ice and then shoots it out. Less mana used, less stress on the battery,” Ellaine explained. This was probably why they asked me a week ago to help them with a fire rune. “However, since we can use these runes to shoot things out, we could also—”
“Use it like a runeslayer’s weapon!” Grimnir shouted before transforming the rifle into the blasthammer and cladding it in fire. “Hrk!”
With a single swing, Grimnir shot out a wave of fire to the distance while slamming the weapon on the ground created an explosion of fire. Compared to Saori’s and my personal weapon, Grimnir’s blasthammer wasn’t there to synergize with his innate abilities, but to allow him more options to fight.
But most importantly—
“This will be the future of manatech! Gaze upon my work, Bleidla! Gaze upon it and become envious! I dedicate this weapon to Goddess Crustacia and Goddess Chihiro! Praise the benevolent Goddess of Ingenuity! Curse the scornful God of Blacksmithing!”
This will be another step towards Grimnir’s goals and the future of Peolynca’s technology.
“Shiiiishooooooo! (Maaaaasteeeer!)” Daichi rushed towards the chortling Grimnir, prostrating before him with his head smacked against the ground. “Please, make me your apprentice! I wish to make such glorious works with you!”
“… Who the hell are you?” Grimnir frowned in confusion.
W-Wait, does he not know Daichi?! They’ve been together for over a month now!
“My name is Daichi Mikami! I am a nobody who has lost his way! I am a worthless little pawn, unable to think by himself! But, looking at you right here, has awakened something in my heart! My desire to create! So, please, teach me! I will do anything to learn from you! Teach me how to love creating again!”
“Bladdarg!” Grimnir suddenly smacked him on the head before pulling him up. “I am not here to teach you how to love to craft! I am here to teach you how to put your love of craft in action! To show you how to love it even more! I don’t take in milk drinkers who cannot make that distinction!”
“I apologize from the depths of my soul! You have helped me reacquire my love to create! I want to allow it back into my life. So, please, teach me! Whether it's strenuous or not, please, teach me!” Tears were flowing down Daichi’s face as he continued begging, and, seemingly, it seemed to have affected Grimnir.
Grimnir placed his thick, calloused hand on Daichi’s shoulder. “Then we begin tomorrow. You will observe Ellaine and me work together. Being late is inexcusable. You understand, akong?”
“Yes, thank you very much, Shiiiishoooooooo!”
“…”
“…”
Ellaine and I were silent, letting boys act like boys.
“… I guess I have a fellow apprentice now?”
I nodded. All’s well that ends well.
After possibly solving Daichi’s self-esteem problem, I let our three artisans handle their own business before returning to Mother’s cave, where Kramps told me that I should take a break for today and that we will continue this training after my concert.
“Until next time, think about what makes you slothful, Hestia. Good memories, reasons to make your life easier, and ways to calm you down in the direst times. Oh, and bring that demon with you next time. I believe it would be best if you learned what the actual meaning of the sins is to allow you to meditate better.”
In other words, I had homework.
When lunch came, I also took this chance to give the Misfits the chance to receive [Hestia’s Retainer] titles to allow them to level up faster, which they all agreed to immediately. Daichi especially, acting even more like a yes-man after I introduced him to Grimnir.
<5 humans have become your followers>
<Total follower count updated. Total follower of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]: 7191>
<[Human, Tatsuya Nagata] [Human, Kyouya Ishigami] [Human, Asaka Hanazawa] [Human, Haruka Sakamoto] [Human, Daichi Mikami] have received the title [Hestia’s Retainer]>
<You have usurped the [Saint Candidate] title from your retainer [Human, Asaka Hanazawa]>
…
“… My [Saint Candidate] title just changed. Would you like to guess what exactly happened to it, Hestia-san?”
I smiled wryly. I didn’t think what I told Kramps today would create a jinx. Imagine usurping the control from a demonkin’s blessing, huh?
For now, I had no idea what the skill actually did and Kramps couldn’t exactly tell me about it either. Outside of designating Asaka as a “saint candidate” and giving her the ability to clad her weapons in holy element, it was just a generic higher holy proficiency gain and lowered dark gain. He presumed Aurena most likely knew about it but she currently wasn’t available to say.
“What is Goddess Aurena doing right now that she isn’t speaking?”
<Hmm. I think I can probably tell you this since she would have told you if she wasn’t so busy right now. Hestia, the Origin Gods have decided to personally add a new system to the Divine System soon. The Goddess has decided to contribute to its creation, which I presume is to take her mind off the recent tragedies.>
“Oh… So, she is mourning for Eshe in her own way…”
Considering how much Aurena cared for her religion, she must love her blessed or at least like them enough to choose them. It made me humanize Aurena a bit more.
<There have been other occurrences but… I will not tell you about them now. The news will spread soon, and you will learn about it then. Just know that Goddess Aurena will not be able to respond until she finishes the System. Afterward, we might ask her what your human friend’s title does.>
Well, that sounded ominous… but I guess it is how Kramps is showing consideration for me. After all, if I worried too much, I wouldt just think too much about it. After all, I had a concert to prepare.
After two more days, we finally made it to Ullistar. One week left until the festival, and I could already see that this city required a way to get their minds off the recent events. This city needed a reason to smile.
It needed an idol.
Comments
Diego Rossi
And thanks for those notices. I generally check them to see what has changed.
Diddyz7
No, no, it is okay, just used to you also posting a new chapter when you edit the previous chapters, so was just like: "any time now" 🤔
Hestia about to steal everybody's champions and saints.
Yeah, sorry about that. Since the patreon chapters are still drafts, I treat them as such, so changes will be made if I feel like it. Since I would sometimes change large portions or some important points, or even add more info, I usually send a notice to everybody and explain what was changed. To keep everybody up to date, after all.
What I wanted to say was that Daichi's parents own a company, which was merged into a conglomerate. In this conglo, they have a high amount of shares.
Diddyz7
Felt teased yesterday when I got notified of chapters, only to be edits, but got a chapter today at least 😁
Will C
She needs to try and usur..recruit other gods blessed as retainers to bump her battle rages power.
Alphafenrir401
You know it be cool if Asaka ended up with a Idol candidate and had to learn under Hestia
[Saint Candidate] part is more a joke sequence. The only change to it is that it probably has something like “usurped by Hestia” attached to it. You know, how Hestia mentioned usurping random titles and blessings to Kramps. Asaka guessed Hestia received a notification on her end, so asked her a rhetorical question. Sarcasm.
Diego Rossi
“… My [Saint Candidate] title just changed. Would you like to guess what exactly it was, Hestia-san?” The answer will be in the next chapter? I mean, what is Asaka new title? Daichi character now is clearer, and he become more agreeable. So far we had seen him only through Tatsuya point of view, "a bit" biased.
Diego Rossi
Thank for the chapter. My parents actually own one of the companies in the conglomerate but possess a large amount of the shares for it - Maybe you wanted to say "My parents actually don't own one ..." as it seem to follow better what he is saying. Maybe "My parents actually aren't the owners of the companies in the conglomerate but possess a large amount of the shares for it" if they own shares in the conglomerate, or "My parents actually possess a large amount of the shares of one of the companies in the conglomerate ... the sins wasto -> was to
