A new chapter is up.
Come in, get comfortable, and let’s see what kind of trouble waits this time ❤️ ✦ Through Nolan’s patient explanations, Hestia finally learned how to use some of the appliances in his home.
The first thing she learned was the phone.
She ate the delivery food that arrived and watched the DanMachi story Nolan cast onto the television.
She watched with great interest.
“I have to admit, this child really is impressive.” “Of course, the homewrecker angle is cranked all the way up from the start.” She praised Bell Cranel’s excellence while cheerfully watching another goddess make a play for the hero who should have belonged to her Familia.
It was as if she were not watching herself at all.
“You can accept this?” Nolan sat beside her, picked up a piece of grilled sausage with his chopsticks, and put it into his mouth.
Hearing Hestia say something so outrageous, he wondered whether this goddess’s mind had short-circuited.
How could she watch a plot like this without getting angry, and even accept it with a cheerful smile?
“What is there to not accept?
It makes me angry, but anger does not solve anything.” “If Freya’s help lets that child grow, then sometimes gaining something means losing something.” Hestia did not feel humiliated by watching another goddess seduce away what should have been hers.
Yes, she could be petty.
But when it came to raising her Familia, Hestia had already prepared herself mentally.
If something could help her child, and if it did not cross a fundamental line, she truly would not care that much.
At most, when another woman moved in on one of her children, she would get jealous.
“Of course, if we were talking about this world, that would be different.” “I am here now, and my divine power is fully available.” “If I can use my full power and still let another woman steal my man right in front of me, then what kind of god am I?” Hestia emphasized that point.
In Nolan’s world, she, Hestia, would never let another woman steal her man right in front of her.
If anyone dared touch it, she would flare up immediately.
With her divine power unrestricted, she already stood near the peak of this world.
If she still let someone take her man, then she might as well stop calling herself a god.
“Where did you learn to talk like that?” Nolan tasted the tone of her words and felt a faint trace of online nonsense in them.
“From here.” Hestia held up Nolan’s phone and opened a chat window.
The account belonged to Nolan himself.
“These people really do speak strangely.” “All kinds of odd people show up here.” “Humans in this world are really something.” For a god, chatting with these absurd internet users was eye-opening.
It almost made her feel as if she were evolving from a god into an even stranger god.
“Do not learn that stuff.” “You are going to ruin yourself.” Nolan had not expected Hestia to adapt to a chat interface so quickly.
As expected of a god.
When she found something interesting, her ability to adapt was terrifying.
“Do not say that.” The moment Hestia heard him talk about ruining herself, she turned into a drifting cloud and collapsed onto the sofa, hugging a cushion.
“That is exactly what worries me.” “Nolan, why is this world so convenient?” “One little phone can order food, play games, and chat with people.” “Outside, there are cars and electric scooters.” “And there is every kind of food.” “Ah, I cannot take it.” When Hestia thought about returning to Orario and living that inconvenient life again, she felt miserable.
After suddenly enjoying such comfort, going back to a life that felt almost like a medieval punishment was painful.
On top of that, she did not even have a place to live in Orario.
Once she returned, she would be living in poverty.
“Nolan, can we come back every day?” Hestia truly did not want to give up this life.
Nolan looked at his goddess expressionlessly.
‘That was fast.
Modern life ruined a god on the spot?’ ‘It has only been a few hours.’ In such a short time, a god who had been living a medieval life had been turned into a useless homebody in just a few moves.
Modern civilization was terrifying.
“Fine.” Nolan thought about it and decided that modern society really was convenient.
Rather than force themselves to live a medieval life, they might as well enjoy modern civilization when they could.
“Yes!” Hestia raised both hands.
This was exactly the life she wanted.
Convenient, fast, and comfortable.
Still, after celebrating, she suddenly remembered something.
“By the way, Nolan, what did you come back to do this time?” After returning, Nolan had started writing and drawing things, as if he were preparing something.
“I am preparing to buy a batch of weapons.” “I also want to test my magic.” “In Orario, I have only just registered as an adventurer.” “If I suddenly reveal powerful magic there, I will probably draw the eyes of the gods.” “And I still do not know exactly how Healing Flame works.” “I need at least a general idea.” Since he had gained these abilities after contracting with Hestia, Nolan needed a place to test them.
He lacked experience in this area.
“I see.” “Our Familia only has you right now.
Who would be willing to help us?” Hestia thought seriously about her Familia’s problem.
She might be a ruined goddess when resting, but when it was time to work, she had to act like a proper patron.
Magic: Healing Flame.
The three resistance skills were another matter.
One had already shown a very obvious effect, while the other two remained mostly unknown.
Spatial Storage also had terrifying growth potential.
If used well, it could become an extremely powerful ability.
The World Gate was outside that calculation.
At its simplest, that ability was travel.
“There is someone.” Nolan had already thought it through.
Originally, he had planned to return to this world alone and conduct the tests himself.
But considering that Hestia would have been left alone on the other side, he had brought her with him.
Now that a god was beside him, especially one whose divine power was fully available, her combat strength was terrifying.
Why not use this chance to lower the difficulty of any negotiation?
“You will know tomorrow.”
CREATORS’ THOUGHTS AuroraVale Thank you for reading.
I hope this chapter pulled you a little deeper into the story.
Stay close, because things are only getting more interesting.