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Come in, get comfortable, and let’s see what kind of trouble waits this time ❤️ ✦ Hephaestus suddenly thought of something.
“Nolan, that ability just now.” That ability should not have been mistaken.
Spatial Storage.
It had not been recorded on his Status panel.
“It is a unique ability derived from my world-crossing power.” “Spatial Storage.” “Aside from living things, it can store almost any item.” Nolan showed them the ability.
With a lift of his hand, he could release items.
With another motion, he could take them back in.
“In other words, it can carry living things too?” After hearing Nolan explain it, Hephaestus was inwardly shocked.
This was a strategic ability made for theft, travel, expeditions, and adventure all at once.
“It can, if I use some kind of container or put a person inside a device first, then place that device into Spatial Storage.
That would let me carry them over long distances.” Nolan understood very well that Spatial Storage was one of the abilities best suited to him.
In most settings, storage spaces could not hold living things.
In practice, however, if a living creature was placed inside a device first, then the device was placed into the storage space, the stored object was no longer a living being.
It was the device.
As long as the device contained the energy, oxygen, or other conditions needed to keep the living creature asleep and alive, everything could function normally except consciousness, which would be effectively frozen.
“You even noticed that.
Impressive.” Hephaestus had not expected Nolan’s imagination to go that far.
Spatial Storage could not directly store living things, but if he used a device to contain them, he could bypass the obvious restriction.
“A unique ability?” This was the first time Hestia had heard that term.
“I think of it as an ability that is not connected to the Falna.” “For example, if I learn a completely new ability in the future, that ability may not be known to the current Falna.
It would not be recorded on the panel.” Nolan gave an example.
What he meant was simple.
In the future, if he learned certain abilities, they might not appear on the mechanics panel and would only count as abilities unique to him.
“That is good.
It means you have your own trump cards.” Hestia did not look disappointed that the ability was not recorded.
Instead, she nodded again and again, clearly pleased.
“After all, you may eventually meet enemies who can read or bypass the Falna.
If that happens, your recorded abilities would be exposed.” “In battle, one of the most dangerous things is a sudden information gap between opponents.” “If you have special abilities that do not show up in the records, you can spring a complete surprise.” “Then you can catch your enemy off guard and finish them.” Hestia crossed her arms and spoke with the air of someone experienced.
It was like saying: you may know the abilities I have exposed, but you never expected me to have something outside them.
That kind of information advantage could decide a fight.
Hestia strongly supported Nolan having abilities no one else knew about.
She was also moved that he was willing to tell her.
“Uu, my Nolan really is too good.” Without warning, Hestia threw herself onto him again.
She felt that accepting this honest child had truly been the right choice.
That was one thing.
Hephaestus had another concern.
“Nolan, from now on, your public identity is a Supporter.
That will not be good for your reputation.” “Can you accept that?” Hephaestus’s perspective was different.
Rumors could genuinely kill people sometimes.
After the scene Nolan had just created, announcing him publicly as a Supporter would leave the Hestia Familia’s reputation open to ridicule.
“Do not worry.
I am not a teenager.” “Back home, we had a saying: let the work speak, and eventually others will make the case for you.” “It means caring too much about other people’s judgments is useless.
What matters is doing what I should do.” “The future can answer for itself.” Nolan did not care if his reputation grew worse.
As long as he did his own work properly, once he reached a certain point, people would naturally defend him.
At that time, as long as he did not make repeated serious mistakes, his reputation would only improve.
“Hehe.
As expected of my child.” “That is exactly how I think.” Hestia also felt that Nolan was right.
She did not care about her own reputation either.
Once Nolan became outstanding enough, the gods outside would only realize they had been tricked all along.
After making a fuss for so long, they would discover they were the clowns.
Just imagining how much regret they would feel after being fooled by her innocent act made Hestia deeply satisfied.
Hephaestus looked at Hestia, who was clearly playing harmless while hiding something dangerous.
How could she not understand what was happening?
This goddess was quietly setting up a future reversal.
When the reveal finally came, the scene would be spectacular.
Hestia would get to act smug all over again.
“Forget it.” A small smile slipped onto Hephaestus’s face.
In any case, she would not be the goddess suffering when that day came.
She could simply watch the show.
“By the way, I feel as if Freya had no interest in you at all.” Hephaestus thought about it and still felt something was strange.
At first meeting, the one most likely to be drawn in by curiosity should have been Freya, the goddess of beauty.
Why had Freya shown no real interest after meeting Nolan?
“Probably because of my soul.” “If I remember the setting correctly, Freya has divine eyes that can see the essence of a soul.” “What she enjoys looking at most is that essence.” “In my world, I was an ordinary person.
My soul should be ordinary too.
Compared with heroes, I am nothing special.” Nolan explained Freya’s ability.
“Sneaky.” Neither Hestia nor Hephaestus had expected Freya to still use that ability after descending to the Lower World.
Damn it.
That was too sneaky.
No wonder the members of the Freya Familia could become the rulers of this city.
Aside from being relentless strivers, their souls were probably purer and stronger than those of ordinary adventurers.
Both goddesses were fiercely envious of that.
“Precisely because she can see the essence of souls, the Freya Familia is full of frightening people.” At that point, Nolan thought of the original protagonist.
“Speaking of which, according to the setting, the god-made hero was probably targeted by Freya the moment he arrived in this city.”
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