Is there something wrong with playing Genshin Impact in the dungeon?

Of course, it would be even better if Ling Shu were willing to order more of their signature dishes and also support the restaurant's business.

"Speaking of which, Lady Frigga..."

"You have to call me 'Seele'~"

At the dinner table, the gray-haired girl smiled and emphasized, "I prefer this name."

"..."

Lily was speechless.

Fine, you're the supreme deity, so you're in charge.

“Lady Seele, although it seems a bit late to ask now, but…”

The little girl looked at Ling Shu and asked, "Why was there only one member in the clan before we joined?"

"The guild leader is a level 3 adventurer and a powerful mage. He shouldn't be so 'short of people,' right?"

Upon hearing this question, Bell, who was eating noodles, looked over.

Seeing this...

"That's all because Brother Ling Shu was so lazy before~"

Seele smiled slyly, "Since he came to Orario, he has never fulfilled his duties as 'guild leader' and has never recruited anyone."

"So much so that I have to go out to work to help support my family... Waaaaah~"

Seeing her deliberately affected expression, and even wiping away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, Ling Shu was utterly speechless.

Is this the kind of line a real rich goddess, who's ranked in the top three of the 'Orario Rich List,' should say?

However, he cannot reveal the 'truth'.

"Cough~"

Ling Shu felt it was necessary to salvage his authority as the leader of the clan, so he coughed and, after Bell and Lily looked at him, explained, "It's not that I didn't plan to recruit people, it's just that I haven't found any suitable candidates yet."

"Different clans have different standards for recruiting members."

"My approach is to prioritize quality over quantity, and the quality I value most is trustworthiness."

Ling Shu looked at Lily Luca and said, "Speaking of which, I had planned to recruit you into the group back then, but unfortunately... you didn't 'qualify' the first time."

"Hmm~"

Lily also felt very guilty about this.

She subconsciously glanced at the ten black mithril rings on Ling Shu's hands... Back then, in order to save up enough money to leave the Somo Familia, she set her sights on the then 'rich' adventurer, namely Ling Shu.

Looking back now...

"What happened back then was Lily's fault. I'm so sorry, Captain."

Lily knew that Ling Shu had already disappointed her once before.

But this very person, who had hurt himself, has now pulled himself out of the mire.

Now, although the road ahead is still uncertain, at least I have a new 'home'.

Therefore, we shouldn't disappoint them a second time, no matter what.

at the moment……

"Don't dwell on the past. I said back then that I would let bygones be bygones."

"As for now..."

Ling Shu's expression was strange. "If possible, Lily, please try to call me by my name directly."

"I personally don't feel comfortable with the title of 'regimental commander'."

"...I have a feeling that the art style is about to change drastically and become 'Kachi Totsuta' at any moment."

Ling Shu silently grumbled about the last sentence in his heart.

Upon hearing this…

"Yes, Lord Ling Shu."

The little girl, who was very good at reading people, didn't say many polite words.

She knows what kind of interaction will make it easier to get closer to each other.

However, compared to her previous deliberate actions when she was a 'thief', she now possesses a rare and precious 'sincerity'.

"By the way, Lord Ling Shu, Lily has been wanting to ask before, where exactly is our clan's base located..."

"Meow~"

The little girl's casual conversation was only halfway through when the cat-girl Anya's meowing voice came from the tavern entrance.

"The guests who had reservations for tonight have already arrived, meow~"

With her interruption like that...

"..."

Ling Shu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his liver.

You should know that before he transmigrated, when he was playing the mobile game "DanMachi: Memoria Freese" on his home planet Earth, that line he just heard was the announcement he would hear every time he drew cards.

I remember he once saved up more than 10,000 crystals in the Chinese server to celebrate the '3rd Anniversary Celebration', but then the server shut down without warning.

"And on the day the servers were shut down, they actually let me play the 'real-life version'? That's pretty cool."

"Shutting down servers and time travel stuff? I'm not Ainz Ooal Gown."

Sweat~

at the moment……

"Huh? It's Brother Solomon!"

Familiar voices reached my ears.

Ling Shu looked in the direction of the sound and, sure enough, saw Tiona who had just entered the tavern.

He was certain that the latter had just been greeting him.

only……

"Solomon? What the heck is that?"

Chapter 239 Loki: Back in the day, when I was in Heaven...

Ling Shu knew that Tiona, who came from the Amazonian kingdom of 'Tirskula', had loved reading all kinds of 'heroic tales' since she was a child. Moreover, when she was once in a low point in her life, she was inspired by those stories. So this clever girl... cough cough, when she met people whose 'life experiences and biographical plots were very similar', she would subconsciously call them by the corresponding nicknames.

They might even forget the person's real name because they are so deeply impressed by the nickname.

The most obvious example of this is that in the original future trajectory of the current world, Tiona has always referred to the rabbit boy by the nickname 'Little Hero of Argonauts'.

The latter's real name was mistakenly remembered by her as 'Cron Bernie'.

Based on this...

"I hope she didn't mistakenly remember my real name as 'Ling Dongfangshu'."

"Otherwise, if I add one more word, I could even be a cameo for a certain Chinese-made tea drink."

At this moment, Ling Shu was secretly wondering to himself.

Speaking of which, he had gone to the 'Goblin Library' earlier today to borrow biographical books about 'The Legend of the Magic King'.

Unfortunately, that work had too much artistic embellishment and was almost worthless as a reference.

Therefore, Ling Shu is prepared to wait until the current welcome banquet is over and everyone returns to their residence tonight before asking Bell about the contents of the 'Original Text'.

He pondered this in his heart.

It was during this gap that...

"Over here, over here."

As Tiona approached with an air of familiarity, several more familiar figures appeared at the tavern entrance.

It was Finn, Riveria, Grace, and other core members, as well as Alicia, Anachiti, Raul, and other Lv.4 members, namely the 'Loki Familia Second Army'.

Oh, and there's Lefia... At this moment, this Yamabuki-colored elf girl is being pestered by a 'flat-chested' squinty-eyed man.

"Loki, this is a public place. You should at least know how to behave yourself. What will other people think if they see this?"

"Yes, yes, I understand, Mom."

"Who's your mother?"

As expected of the highly respected "Mama-san" within the clan, only Rivera can stop the perverted behavior of a certain red-haired, flat-chested goddess.

At this time...

"Oh my, oh my?"

Loki, who had already 'obeyed his mother's orders' and released Lefia, saw Ling Shu, Seele, and others in the direction Tiona was standing.

She slightly opened her eyes, which she usually kept squinting, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. She quickly walked over.

"Hey~ it's been a long time, Frigga."

The red-haired, flat-chested goddess walked directly to Seele's side. "Should I say this is our first 'official meeting'?"

"That's true, Loki."

Seele (Frigga) smiled as always, "Since you enjoy killing gods so much in the heavens, I dare not get too close."

"After all, tens of millions of years ago, Odin, Thor, and the others all died at your hands."

It's really rare to hear gods talking about 'past events'.

And the topics they always talk about are so terrifying.

Currently...

"You're not bad either."

Loki spoke casually, seemingly unconcerned about the outrageous and absurd things she had done in the past.