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Come in, get comfortable, and let’s see what kind of trouble waits this time ❤️ ✦ “He is my child.” “A Supporter.” Hestia seemed to have a flash of inspiration.
With pride written all over her face, she announced her child’s public role.
Whether the gods believed that or not was another matter.
The bigger question was why she could say the word Supporter with such a proud expression, as if she had just announced something glorious.
Fooling herself was one thing.
Trying to fool everyone else was another.
“Do you think we are blind?” “That light, that unprecedented scene, and you are telling us he is a Supporter?” Loki felt as if her intelligence were being dragged across the floor by her old rival.
Even if Hestia said it out loud, Loki did not believe a word.
“Come on, Nolan.
Show everyone.” Hestia’s idea was simple.
Let Nolan play the role of a Supporter and cover up the rest.
Nolan could not quite understand what was going through his goddess’s head, but he did not mind showing the new ability he had obtained.
He raised a hand.
His fingers touched the backpack he had brought with him.
The backpack turned almost illusory and was drawn straight into a separate space.
“Hm!” Loki, Freya, and the other gods froze.
“Hm?” Hestia and Hephaestus widened their eyes in disbelief.
If they remembered correctly, Nolan’s mechanics panel had not recorded this ability.
“A spatial ability?” “He really is a Supporter.” Loki was stunned.
“Shorty, you made that huge scene just to produce this?” The earlier phenomenon had been massive.
Did Hestia really have no sense of scale?
If something like that had happened in Loki’s Familia, it would have been enough to create a hero.
And here it had produced a Supporter.
“Is that so?” Hestia put on an expression that said she did not really understand these things.
She did not understand.
After all, Nolan was an otherworlder.
His Status had no ordinary attribute values, only specific mechanics.
Even Spatial Storage had not appeared on the skill panel.
That meant his potential was enormous.
It was enough that she and Hephaestus understood that.
Hestia’s innocent act did not convince Loki.
She still wanted to dig deeper.
Freya, however, accepted it.
The goddess of beauty had been studying Nolan carefully, but after a long look, the ordinary quality of his soul drained away her interest.
Freya finally spoke.
She turned her gaze to Hestia.
“Congratulations, Hestia.
You have finally begun building your Familia.” Freya sounded completely uninterested.
There was none of the gods’ usual curiosity, only polite words offered after her interest had faded.
The moment Freya said that, Loki’s desire to investigate changed as well.
Her curiosity disappeared almost completely.
If even Freya had lost interest, that meant Nolan, this foreign child, probably had not attracted her.
“Oh, no, no.
It is only my first time.” Hestia smiled cheerfully.
‘Huh.
Everyone suddenly lost interest.’ ‘Did Freya losing interest make Loki lose interest too?’ ‘Really?’ ‘Excellent.’ Just as planned.
Originally, Hestia had only meant to play dumb and bait the gods a little, but once Freya seemed to lose interest, everyone else followed.
Everything was going according to her plan.
The male gods beside them saw the situation and understood that they did not need to say much.
After all that commotion, the result was someone with a support ability.
There was not much more to discuss.
Though, to be fair, the ability was genuinely useful.
Spatial Storage.
For any team exploring deep into the Dungeon, that kind of ability could be incredibly valuable.
Hephaestus watched the whole exchange.
She had not expected Hestia’s innocent act to actually fool them.
Still, this was better.
If everyone was willing to step down, she would take the opening.
The less people knew about Nolan’s real abilities, the better.
The language barrier did not matter.
They could simply say he had come from outside Orario.
Hephaestus decided this was the right moment to assert her presence.
“By the way, this is Royman Mardeel, head of the Guild.” “Since he is already here, Hestia, register him now.” Hephaestus noticed Royman Mardeel, who had been watching quietly, and pushed him forward first so Nolan could be officially registered as a member of Hestia’s Familia.
As long as Nolan avoided truly suspicious places, he would be able to walk openly through the streets.
Royman Mardeel understood that Hephaestus had just handed the matter to him, so he stepped forward to record the information.
Compared with the gods’ attitude toward Nolan, Royman, as an elf, found himself studying him carefully and committing his appearance to memory.
“This child is Nolan Ward.” “He comes from a city outside Orario.
The language he speaks is not ours.
It is a distinct foreign language.” Hestia knew Nolan could not speak this world’s language, so she personally handled the registration details for him.
Royman quickly took a quill and paper from his pocket and began recording Nolan’s information.
The registration was basic.
As for the rest, if Nolan had passed through the city properly, they would only need to verify his entry record with the Ganesha Familia.
“Thank you very much for your assistance, Lady Hestia.” At the very least, this was not some major disaster.
It was only the scene caused by an ability awakening.
Compared with the gods, Royman actually had a good impression of Nolan’s ability.
He had only just joined a Familia as a Supporter and already possessed Spatial Storage and resistance to divine charm.
With talent like that, he was outstanding even compared with ordinary adventurers.
Hestia glanced at several familiar male gods.
There was Takemikazuchi, whom she knew.
There was Miach.
There were also a few male gods acquainted with Loki and Freya.
Hephaestus had allowed them in precisely because they were familiar faces.
With these gods as witnesses, everyone would understand the cause of the incident.
The reputation that followed, however, might not be pleasant.
Such a huge phenomenon had ended with a Supporter.
For gods who loved gossip, that was practically a humiliation wrapped in another humiliation.
Hestia was honestly pleased that her innocent act had worked.
So what if her reputation suffered?
She did not live off a good reputation.
If she had one, she would have developed a Familia long ago.
Adventurers were practical people.
If a Familia was not strong, they would not join.
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