Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 784 Universal Love Hedging
"Seduction?"

Broly shook his head.

"I don't have any strange feelings."

"Aha, I knew it! How could my child be so easily seduced by other goddesses!"

Hestia puffed out her chest and said to Hephaestus beside her.

"No, he was bewitched."

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than a voice came from the side.

Freya approached, accompanied by Ota, who was guarding her.

"Huh?!"

Hestia was puzzled and looked at Freya.

“Hestia, as a virgin goddess, your authority is different from that of a goddess like me. I can clearly see the abnormality in your child’s soul right now.”

Freya's light purple eyes shone with the light of a divine eye, but the Saiyan boy's soul that she saw had an unusual hue.

It's like an unfinished oil painting with some different, raised layers of paint applied.

“But I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my child. If Ishtar really bewitched him, how could he have beaten that guy Ishtar so badly that he was forced to use his divine power and was sent back to the heavens?”

That's what I also want to know...

Freya thought to herself, but asked the question directly on her face.

"Does this child possess the ability to resist charm?"

"Uh……"

Hestia thought about it carefully and actually came up with a skill.

"It seems there really is one..."

Upon hearing this, Freya was about to ask further questions when Hestia continued speaking.

"However, I'm not entirely sure if it's the effect of that skill."

Hestia thought of the skill "You are all my wings".

The primary effect of this skill is universal love for a specific individual.

"How about we first confirm whether Broly has been bewitched?"

Hephaestus proposed.

"Okay, but Ishtar has already ascended to heaven, how can we be sure?"

Hestia nodded, but then frowned.

"It's very simple..."

Freya took the initiative to continue the conversation.

"Our goddess of beauty's power of charm is to make others feel favorably toward us out of thin air."

So now all we need to do is ask him...

Broly, do you like Ishtar?

Freya turned her head and asked the boy next to her directly.

"like."

As Freya expected, Broly gave an affirmative answer that surprised everyone else.

“Listen, the answer is obvious, and your child probably didn’t have much interaction with Ishtar before this, did he?”

"Ah, Broly, you still say you weren't bewitched?"

"So, was I really bewitched?"

Broly frowned; he too sensed something was wrong.

"It's no use. Our goddess of beauty's allure is so powerful that people can't tell whether they're being bewitched or simply captivated by her charm."

Freya then helped explain.

Just as she couldn't distinguish whether other people's love for her stemmed from the true love she was pursuing.

Or were they simply drawn in by the allure of their own authority?

"However, what I'm curious about is, Broly, since you were bewitched and developed false feelings of affection for that Ishtar girl, why did you still hit her?"

Freya looked at him curiously.

"Because she won't let Miss Chunji go."

Broly answered matter-of-factly.

"But in that situation, shouldn't you have given in to the other person?"

This is the normal behavior one would do after being charmed.

"I don't mind accommodating people I like, but if such accommodation causes another destined encounter to suffer injustice or even death, that's a different story."

“Okay, I think I can confirm it now. This is a skill of the child that has created resistance to Ishtar’s charm.”

If Ishtar's charm makes people devoted and obedient, then Broly's wing skill's benevolent effect negates this devotion effect.

Broly does consume Charm, but only a portion of it.

The allure of the goddess Ishtar could only elevate her status in the hearts of Saiyan boys to a level similar to that of their own.

This attraction is so strong because it's based on seduction, like a castle in the air. It lacks any real shared experience and is less important than a chance encounter with someone you have a shared experience with, a wife in an external position, or even a close same-sex friend.

Of course, if there are no other relationship positions to offset it, Broly will definitely obey Ishtar's orders, but once a relationship position offset occurs, Broly will only act according to his own ideas.

As for his own people, Broly's thinking has always been relatively simple: either persuade them with words or with fists.

If Paragus, Broly's father, were here, he would definitely stand up and prove that his son was right.

After all, he had been beaten like that before; between Saiyan fathers and sons, fists are always more effective than words in communication.

"In other words, if Ishtar doesn't bewitch you, you'll most likely just use the Blissful Finger to force her to change her mind, right?"

"Yes."

Broly nodded in agreement. Although the fox-girl was a new target, their personal relationship wasn't close enough to provoke excessive anger in Broly. Without anger, he wouldn't go too far.

"So, did Ishtar end up shooting himself in the foot?"

Hephaestus was both amused and exasperated.

Who would have thought that after getting along well with the Saiyan boy, Broly would end up getting beaten up when their opinions clashed?
"But, despite all that beating him up, Broly, you didn't actually intend to kill Ishtar back then, did you?"

Chun asked.

"Yes, of course."

Broly nodded in agreement.

He still feels a strange emptiness in his heart because of Ishtar's disappearance.

It's like saying goodbye to friends from other worlds; there's a sense of loss.

“That idiot Ishtar is gone, but the allure she left behind remains. Hestia, aren’t you going to deal with it?”

Freya noticed that these people didn't seem to take the charm seriously, so she gave them a reminder.

"Ah, of course this needs to be dealt with. Do you have any firewood?"

Hestia asked.

Is this okay?

At Freya's prompting, Ota immediately ran off to dismantle the wooden fence outside Pleasure Street, grabbed a piece of broken wood, and returned.

"Uh, sure, can I borrow a light too?" Hestia dripped her divine blood onto the wood and then lit it.

Just as the goddess of beauty possesses the power of allure, she, as the goddess of virginity, also has her own power.

"Purifying Flames, scorching away foreign objects~"

As the azure flames swept across Broly's body, the abnormal color on the Saiyan boy's soul, visible through Freya's divine eye, was burned away.

This is also why Freya respects Hestia in the Celestial Realm. As a virgin goddess who controls the flames of purification, Hestia is not someone who can be seduced by her.

To be honest, if someone who couldn't be charmed came to pursue Freya, she might actually see them as the true love she had been pursuing all along.

The Saiyan boy, now free from the charm effect, had a somewhat gloomy expression. Although he was in a state of extreme training, he never expected that there really was someone—no, a god—who could make him develop a strange fondness for them without him even realizing it.

"Lord Hestia, do you know how to get to the Celestial Realm?"

"Uh, Broly, why are you asking this?"

"How dare the goddess Ishtar toy with my feelings! I'm going to the heavens to destroy her!"

The surrounding crowd: "..."

Ota: You've already brought the gods back, and you still want to chase after them to the heavens and kill them?

“Broly, you still have such a temper, but besides the gods, only the souls of deceased children can go to the heavens.”

Hephaestus explained with a hint of helplessness.

“Hephaestus is right. Not only are you angry about this seduction, but I am too. But we can’t just choose to die on the spot because we’re angry.”

"So, let's wait until Hephaestus and I return to the heavens, then we'll give Ishtar a good beating, enough to keep her asleep for at least a hundred thousand years."

Hestia said.

"Hey, isn't it supposed to be about taking them out?"

Broly asked, somewhat surprised.

"Gods are immortal. Even if they die, they will be resurrected someday in the future after a long period of time."

The loli goddess explains that in the distant past, the bored gods in the heavens engaged in chaotic battles with each other, but none of them actually died. They simply slept for thousands or tens of thousands of years, and then suddenly woke up somewhere in the heavens one day.

"Hey, Broly, I didn't expect you could actually take on the entire Ishtar Familia all by yourself..."

At this moment, Aisha walked over with the fox-girl, and her pants had been changed to a different pair than those in the war game.

Aisha had no idea that the boy in front of her could actually defeat the entire Ishtar Familia by himself, nor had she expected that the way he defeated the Ishtar Familia would be such a strange and unorthodox method.

However, one thing is undeniable: the Saiyan boy in front of them saved the fox-girl who was supposed to be sacrificed as a ritual offering.

"You have won, but Lady Ishtar is gone. I am here on behalf of the Ishtar Familia to present you with the prize you won in this war game."

As Aisha said this, she pulled out the fox-girl behind her.

"Now, I entrust Chunji to you, and I hope you will treat her well in the future."

Aisha placed the fox-girl's hand into the Saiyan boy's hand.

"Of course."

Broly nodded seriously. Although he wasn't actually very familiar with the other person, that's how all encounters start.

From the moment they met, the fox-girl didn't seem like the kind of person who was difficult to get along with or win over. Broly was confident that he could get along well with her and take good care of her.

"That's good."

"Sister Aisha, where are you going?"

Just as she was about to leave, the fox-girl called out to her.

"With Lord Ishtar gone, the Ishtar Familia and the entertainment district will certainly not be able to survive. I'm going to look for another job."

"Miss Aisha, would you like to join our Hestia Familia?"

Broly extended the invitation.

Aisha's eyes widened, seemingly surprised that she had been invited.

After thinking for a moment, she shook her head: "No, I'm not going. Your Hestia Familia is clearly dominated by women, and I can't stand a life without men."

Of course, if you say you want to be my man, that's a different story. But I must warn you, I'm a fickle Amazonian, and if you want to be my man, you have to accept that I might go after other men.

Broly: "..."

He had no intention of becoming her man, nor did he accept his girl dating other men.

"Ha, I knew a guy like you wouldn't accept a woman with a rotten crotch like me."

Freya: "..."

Even though she stood there silently, she felt as if a dozen invisible swords were piercing her back.

"That's not what I meant, it's just..."

Broly was about to explain that he only wanted to provide the other party with a place to stay before finding a new home when Aisha interrupted him.

"You don't need to explain anything to me. Aren't you men's minds easy to guess? Oh, right, I forgot to tell you something. Haruhime is actually a virgin."

"Huh?"

"This girl is so useless. Every time she sees a customer's collarbone, she faints. I always have to clean up her messes and go and serve the customers who patronize her."

So, although this girl frequented the pleasure quarters and was taught some ways to serve men, she was actually a virgin with no real-world experience.

Broly, your technique is so amazing. When you're working on Haruhime, remember to be gentle and give this child the best experience of losing her virginity.

Alright, I'm going to take advantage of the fact that Happy Street hasn't closed down yet, open a few more stores tonight, and find a few more good men. I won't chat with you here anymore.

Oh, by the way, if you want to sleep with me, feel free to contact me anytime. And some other guys asked me to tell you they're open to sleeping with you too.

Aisha finished speaking and left, but in the direction she went, on the other side of the pleasure district, there were quite a few fighting prostitutes who were posing and flirting with Broly.

They did not mourn for a moment the return of their own god; their minds were filled with the lingering memories of being struck by the Blissful Finger, which was also the warning Aisha had given them.

Otherwise, they might have pounced on the Saiyan boy's essence long ago, just like those Amazons from the Kali Familia.

With the matter of the Ishtar Familia settled, Broly approached Bell, intending to help the young man who had done his bidding to heal the injuries he sustained while causing trouble, only to be politely refused by the white-haired boy.

"Hey, Bell, do you really have a masochistic streak and want to stay injured?"

"Ah, that's not it, Brother Broly. It's just that if I'm still injured, Miss Anna said she would come and take care of me."

The boy blushed and explained why he didn't want to recover from his injuries too quickly.

Broly frowned at first, then sniffed the air, and then looked enlightened.

"You've done it?"

Bell was taken aback at first, but when he realized what Broly meant by "did," the boy's face immediately turned red.

She wanted to refute it, but when she thought of the Saiyan boy sniffing his nose earlier, she couldn't bring herself to say it.

In the end, Bell only mumbled a reply: "Not yet, Miss Anna just helped me with her hands."

After listening, Broly simply reached out and patted his younger brother's uninjured shoulder: "Bell, you've done a great job winning over Miss Anna, and since she helped you, you need to repay her. How about this, I'll teach you two useful Ecstasy Finger Techniques, and you'd better memorize them..."

"Oh, is this how it's done?"

"Yes, like this."

"Brother Broly, wouldn't that be too presumptuous?"

"It would be presumptuous to do this with someone you don't know, but if it's a girl you know who likes you, this is a way to advance your relationship with her."

Broly is teaching Bell special strategies and techniques, which he has summarized from his own experience.

If Bell had a strategy system, he would probably receive a notification: [Ding! You have received strategy tips from the Lord of the Crystal Palace. Your strategy experience +1000...]

(End of this chapter)