Chapter 18: Chapter 18: Danmachi! Shocked Hestia!
Looking at the unconscious goddess under him, Lioro came to three conclusions.
First, he traveled to the world of danmachi.
Second, he was butt naked.
Third he just teabagged Hestia.
After he was done assessing the situation, Lioro stood up and met the eyes of the stunned passersby.
Seeing all of them looking straight at him, Lioro took in a deep breath and said silently.
"Phantom Veil."
In the next moment, he along with Hestia vanished from the spot.
"He just vanished!...."
"Where did he go?"
"Damn, I wanted to see more....."
The crowd gave a weird look to the Amazonian who just spoke.
"Who was that anyway?"
"I don't know, but his appearance was quite striking....."
Fortunately, there weren't many people around and those who saw the entire scene could be counted on one hand.
As the crowd was dispersing, Lioro carrying the unconscious Hestia, under the effect of Phantom Veil made his way to a secluded alley.
After taking out a pair of clothes from his prop box and wearing it, Lioro canceled Phantom Veil and looked at the unconscious Hestia.
It seems she injured the back of her head during the fall.
Lioro raised his palm towards Hestia.
"Heavy Recover."
The soft healing light emitter by the tier 3 spell surrounded Hestia and quickly started healing the injury on the back of her head.
In no time the injury was gone.
Hestia's eyelids trembled for a moment before slowly opening up.
Suddenly a sharp pain hit her making her grab her head in pain.
"It hurts! It hurts!"
"It's your imagination, I just healed you."
"W-who!?"
Hearing the unfamiliar voice Hestia suddenly jumped on her feet and looked at the white-haired boy in front of her.
As soon as their eyes met, Hestia was stunned.
Looking at that pair of beautiful blue eyes, she completely forgot whatever she was about to say.
They were beautiful, yes, but she was even more attracted by their specialness.
Indeed she could tell, there must be something unique about those eyes.
'A special ability? Natural talent?'
Hestia's mind moved at lightning speed, she quickly moved her eyes and scanned Lioro's face.
'Kya! He's handsome--no wait! Focus!'
Hestia placed a hand on her chin and carefully examined Lioro.
Seeing Hestia's serious expression, Lioro blinked in confusion.
Hestia suddenly started circling around him with an ambiguous look on her face, making Lioro barely suppress the urge to hit her head.
Still, Lioro stayed put and didn't stop her, after all, she was one of his favorite characters from one of his favorite animes.
The Virgin goddess, Hestia.
While Hestia was observing Lioro, he too was observing her.
Lioro's height was about the same as Bell's meaning he was a head taller than Hestia.
His eyes focused on Hestia's ponytails which kept moving as if alive.
Just when he was thinking about grabbing it, Hestia suddenly went behind him and raised his shirt, seeing the clean back she exclaimed in a loud voice.
"I knew it! I knew I didn't sense God's blessings from you!"
With excitement filling her eyes Hestia came in front of Lioro and said in a hurry.
"You! Boy with beautiful eyes! Join my familia."
"Well, we can think about it....."
"There's nothing to think about! Quickly join my familia!"
Hestia hurriedly raised her arms and lunged at Lioro asked if trying g to catch a unique prey.
Lioro raised his hand and grabbed her head, stopping her in place.
Still hestia didn't relent and stretched her arms towards Lioro, making a grabbing motion.
Lioro gave her a blank look, then his gaze suddenly focused on her chest.
He had to say.
Even though Hestia was petite, her chest was quite nice.
Suddenly Lioro stopped, a thought appeared in his mind.
'Did I just stop Hestia from hugging me?'
His gaze moved towards Hestia who was still trying to push her way forward, only to be stopped by his hand holding her head.
After thinking for a moment, Lioro retracted his hand and turned off infinity.
"Mine!"
Along with an excited shout, Hestia jumped at Lioro and hugged him like a koala.
Feeling the softness pressing against his body, Lioro couldn't help but look down.
His and Hestia's gaze collided.
"I have marked you! Join my familia!"
'Marked?....'
Lioro scratched his nose and said.
"How about you get down first? Let's talk things through..."
"I won't! I won't get down unless you agree!"
That.....didn't really seem like a bad deal?
Lioro blinked his eyes, then hugged Hestia's waits.
"You....."
A blush instantly appeared on Hestia's face.
Seeing the ambiguous look on Lioro's face she instantly understood that her plan seemed to have backfired.
Suddenly a light bulb lit up inside Hestia's mind.
"If you join my familiar, then I will hug you all you want!"
Hestia declared with a proud look on her face.
Lioro gave her a weird look.
"Are you dumb or are you smart?"
"I'm smart! I'm Hestia!"
'Definitely dumb.'
Using his hands, Lioro grabbed her waist and placed her down.
Hestia didn't try to intervene, simply looking at Lioro with hopeful eyes.
"Tell me about falna first."
It will be good to check if the settings were the same as in the anime.
"Falna? Hm it's simply a blessing us gods give to the children of the lower world."
"Tell me what happens when you use Falna to upgrade status."
Hestia tilted her head in confusion before replying.
"The child's power will get upgraded, increasing their strength--"
"Do gods see the memory of the children when upgrading status?"
"Yes since experience is converted to power..."
'That's an issue.'
Lioro narrowed his eyes, he didn't know how much memories the gods could see, he had too many secreats which simply cannot be disclosed.
He really couldn't imagine how Hestia will react after knowing this whole world was fiction.
The risk of joining a familiar were too high.
Seeing Lioro's changing expression, a bad premonition hit Hestia.
Quickly remembering what they just talked about, she instantly understood the problem.
'He doesn't want his memories seen?'
Did this child suffer from a terrible past?
Suppressing her growing curiosity, Hestia said in a hurry.
"If you want then I won't look at your memories!"
Lioro stopped and turned towards her.
"You can do that?"
"Of course! I'll simply convert your experience without looking!"
Placing a hand on her chest, Hestia said in a serious voice.
"I vow in my name to never look at your memories without your permission."
"Well....."
Lioro scrunted his eyebrows.
There were still too many risks.
Only Hestia knew how credible her vows were.
Though knowing her personality she definitely wouldn't lie about these type of things.
But still.
Risks were too great.
Just when Lioro was about to turn around, Hestia suddenly jumped and grabbed his legs, saying in a loud voice.
"Also you shoved that thing on my face before! So you have to join!"
'Oh so she didn't forget.....'
It seems the petite goddess was quite smart.
Shrugging his shoulders, Lioro grabbed Hestia's neck and pulled her up from the ground.
Looking at her clear blue eyes he smiled.
"As I said, let's discuss more."
"Just join my familia already!"