Although there was a plan, Levi did not intend to implement the summoning of 'Silence' immediately.
For one, the hair from the 'catalyst' was temporarily unobtainable.
Secondly, compared to strengthening others, he obviously preferred to improve himself.
After lunch, Levi, Hestia, and Hephaestus returned to the station.
Hephaestus stretched her waist and returned to her workshop through the small door specially opened between her and her friend's Familia station.
Hestia, on the other hand, prepared to spend the afternoon reading.
However, before leaving, the twin-tailed goddess reminded him again: "Don't forget what we agreed on earlier."
Levi made an OK gesture, and in front of his lover, summoned the Spirit Clone named 'Slúthr'. After activating the 'Swan Dress' and 'Cognitive Obstruction', the clone flew out of the station.
"Hehe~ I knew you were the best, mua~"
Unlike the Orario in the anime, which fell into turmoil due to Freya's reckless actions, this Monsterphilia was obviously much more stable.
Aside from a Silverback that was accidentally released when the Ganesha Familia was transporting monsters, the citizens, adventurers, and other guests who came to travel in Orario fully enjoyed the festive atmosphere during the rest of the time.
However, Demeter, returning from the street, looked at the empty station in front of her and couldn't help but sigh.
In the next second.
"Lady Demeter, you crossed the line a bit today."
A figure wearing a mask and a black cloak appeared behind the goddess.
Him, or her? Because of the magic item disguise, one couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.
But Demeter actually had seen this guy's true face.
Hearing this, she glared at the other party grumpily: "What, I talk a few sentences with my friends from Tenkai, and you want to manage that too?"
The masked person was silent for a few seconds. "Who you communicate with is your freedom, Lady Demeter. But just as my Lord said, please stay away from the Hestia Familia—hm, and now the Hephaestus Familia as well."
"If you can't do that, then those children of yours might never return."
"You!"
As a deity, to be threatened by a Lower World human.
Even Demeter, who was usually steady and gentle, couldn't help but show an angry expression at this moment.
But thinking that her children were all controlled by the other side, no matter how unwilling she was, she could only grit her teeth and swallow it.
Exhaling a breath of turbid air, the goddess with long orange hair said slowly, "...I understand. For the coming period, except for necessary social engagements, I will not go out again."
Hearing the satisfactory answer, the masked person nodded their head slightly. "It is best that you do so."
After saying that, the entire person vanished from the spot.
"..."
Demeter didn't know if the masked person had left, so she said nothing.
But in her heart, she didn't know how many times envy, and even a sliver of jealousy, toward Hestia had risen.
'If only the first one to meet the [Hero King] and issue an invitation had been me, would all of this happening now not have occurred?'
'Ha, sure enough, when it comes to luck, none of us can compare to you, Hestia.'
Demeter lamented to herself within the station.
Because the children under her command were controlled and she herself was being monitored, she could neither report the intelligence she knew to the Guild nor straightforwardly seek help from her friends.
She could only continue to fall toward the abyss.
However, her exchange with the masked person just now happened to fall within the field of vision of Slúthr, who had activated the 'Byakugan'.
Although due to the distance, she couldn't know exactly what the two said, through Demeter's expression and the Byakugan's innate 'X-ray vision' function, Levi, who was in the station, easily guessed what had happened.
'No one... Station... Banshee... Fil... Chest... Magic Stone...'
'I see.'
'Goddess Demeter is being threatened by God Dionysus... no, by Dionysus, using her children.'
In his previous life, Levi had only watched the main series and spin-off anime of "DanMachi". Regarding the subsequent plot, one could say he was practically clueless.
But he wasn't a stupid person. With enough clues, he could completely deduce what was happening in the dark in Orario.
In "Sword Oratoria", the 'White Priestess' Filvis Challia—who received a lot of screen time because she became friends with Lefiya, though other adventurers usually call her 'Banshee'—her true identity is astonishingly a 'Creature' situated between human and monster.
The so-called Creature is a special existence that possesses both the potential to be an adventurer and the ability of monsters to devour Magic Stones to evolve.
In the anime, there were two Creatures who appeared directly. One was a red-haired, green-eyed woman, with strength roughly around Level 6.
The second was one of the masterminds who planned the '27th Floor Nightmare' incident—'White-haired Ghost' Olivias Act.
These two, if Levi wasn't mistaken, should belong to the Corrupted Spirit in the depths of the Dungeon.
As for Filvis.
Since her surface identity is the Captain of the Dionysus Familia, Dionysus naturally cannot be unaware of her Creature identity.
Even the fact that Filvis turned from a mere Elf into a Creature might be related to this God of Wine.
Inside the hall of the Hestia Familia stronghold villa, Levi sat on the sofa with arms crossed, fingers twitching slightly as he constantly tapped his arm.
If Demeter had no relation to Hestia and Hephaestus, he certainly wouldn't mind reporting the intelligence he knew directly to the Guild.
Because of the Magic Stone in their chests, Creatures cannot hide their identities at all.
In other words, whatever idea Dionysus originally had, the moment Filvis's Creature identity was discovered, it would all go down the drain. He, as a god, would likely be sent back to Tenkai.
But, if Levi really did that...
The members of the Demeter Familia—if not all, then at least a small part—would be silenced.
Levi admitted he had a bit of a perfectionist complex. Since he promised Hestia to help Demeter, he naturally wanted to hand in an answer sheet that satisfied everyone.
And the first thing to do was none other than rescuing the Demeter Familia members imprisoned by Dionysus.
As for the method, it was nothing more than one word.
—Surveillance.
"...That's roughly what happened. The Dionysus Familia—of course, it might just be Dionysus and Filvis—seem to be plotting something in the dark, and have even kidnapped members of the Demeter Familia for this purpose. I need you to keep an eye on those two guys for me, and record all the locations they visit in the coming period."
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