"Calm down! Relax, Hestia. This adventurer has quite a few issues."
Lin Feng quickly tried to calm the overexcited Hestia. He wasn't sure he could handle her constantly bouncing around.
After a lot of comforting from Lin Feng, Hestia slowly settled down. She wasn't stupid; she had simply forgotten herself in a moment of pure excitement.
"This adventurer is named Liliruca Erde. She is a member of the Soma Familia. Because Soma saw that his Familia members were obsessed with the divine wine he brews..."
Lin Feng spent ten minutes explaining the general situation of Lili and her Familia to Hestia. Of course, some of this information was not learned from Lili herself. Since they weren't that close yet, Lili wouldn't have told him everything, but Lin Feng was certain she hadn't lied.
"I see."
Hestia supported her chin and nodded repeatedly as Lin Feng explained Lili's situation. She looked like she understood something.
Lin Feng knew Soma. He didn't hate the adventurers in his Familia, but they had disappointed him; they were just a group of incapable people obsessed with the desires fueled by the divine wine. But was the allure of that wine so easy to break? Although made with mortal ingredients, almost all Gods loved Soma's wine, going so far as to spend heavily to buy new batches from him.
"Give me a chance! Let me help her!"
After contemplating for a few minutes, Hestia finally made the decision. She wanted to transfer this adventurer girl away from Soma.
"Alright, wait for my news. I'll find an opportunity to introduce Lili to you. Of course, if you need any help from me, you can ask. My kids have grown quite a bit—they're getting closer to Level 2~!"
Seeing Hestia's unwavering gaze and posture, Lin Feng naturally wouldn't discourage her. Furthermore, Lili had long wanted to leave the Soma Familia but hadn't had the opportunity, and no God wanted to risk offending Soma, Orario's great financier, for a low-power character.
"What?! No way! I thought you only just arrived in Orario, Junior-kun."
Hestia's eyes widened instantly, her face full of disbelief, as if what he said were a preposterous fantasy. After all, the fastest adventurer in Orario to reach Level 2 was the Sword Princess of the Loki Familia, which took her a full year.
Yet, how long had Lin Feng been here? Half a month? Definitely less than a month, and he already had Familia members about to reach Level 2? It sounded like he had more than one. That was terrifying! If they truly succeeded in leveling up, Lin Feng's Familia would achieve a legendary feat that Orario's Familias might never break: Level 2 in twenty days.
"Hehe, quiet down! It's crowded here, so don't casually spread this around, or my kids will run into a lot of trouble."
Lin Feng, seeing Hestia's shocked expression, quickly pulled her close. What if someone hears your loud voice? It was a minor inconvenience for Lin Feng, but if some Gods tried ruthlessly to steal them, what then? After all, they were still Level 1, which was a huge difference compared to Level 3.
Since Status was just the foundation, leveling up significantly increased one's power. Therefore, having powerful Skills or Magic, combined with high Proficiency, still gave one a chance to defeat an adventurer one level higher than oneself, but defeating an adventurer two levels higher was difficult. That is unless Lin Feng could draw powerful weapons, equipment, Skills, or Magic—or powerful female characters—from the lottery.
For example, if I randomly summoned Natsuki-chan from Strike the Blood, or Jibril from No Game No Life, they could easily dominate all of Orario. But this Follower summoning system was too weak! The strongest summons he had gotten so far were from the first wave, Tsuyuri Kanae, who came with Hayasaka Ai and Megumi Katou. Kanae's strength was good, but fighting adventurers two levels higher was a definite losing proposition.
"Mmhmm! I know, I know. This is our little secret."
Lin Feng's actions and words made Hestia instantly realize her mistake. She nodded repeatedly. She didn't want to bring significant trouble to Junior-kun, who had helped her so much, just because of her moment of excitement.
"Junior-kun's kids are truly amazing! I wish I could have Familia members like that someday!"
Hestia said, her eyes twinkling with envy. Junior-kun arrived later than I did, yet his luck is so good!Is this the difference between the lucky (Emperor) and the unlucky (African)? The gap was too huge! The lucky and unlucky people she knew at least had cards to draw, but she had none in all her time here! Meanwhile, his lucky Draw was about to overflow with SSRs!
"You... you will."
Lin Feng didn't know what to say at that moment. If she had that little rabbit (female?) with her, Hestia wouldn't keep focusing on Little Ai and the others.
"Don't fool me, Junior-kun! I, Hestia, am not that easy to fool. Where can you find genius adventurers like the ones in your Familia? I feel like they can't be found anywhere else in the mortal world."
Hestia didn't feel any jealousy because he was her Junior-kun, not an outsider. Goodness, who does this Hestia think Lin Feng is? Someone to rely on (Confirmed)?
"By the way, Hestia, where are you living now? Give me your address. I'll give you mine too, so we can find each other easily."
Lin Feng suddenly realized he still didn't know where Hestia lived. He knew it was a dilapidated church, but Orario was huge, and there were probably many dilapidated churches. Given the number of Gods and Familias, many must have disappeared from Orario over the years, leaving behind old churches and buildings.
"Um... I, I'm currently living in the basement of that dilapidated church. The location is... five minutes east of West Street."
When the topic of housing came up, Hestia struggled to speak. Being kicked out of a comfortable environment by her friend Hephaistos and moving to a dirty, cramped living space made her feel ashamed as a Goddess.