Anime Crossover: I, the Shadow King, slaughter my way through DanMachi!

"Good evening, Miss Ais, you look beautiful today."

Ying Ping gave a gentlemanly bow, his gaze falling on her pale gold dress as he smiled and said, "This dress suits you very well."

Ais's face flushed instantly, and her fingers unconsciously twisted the hem of her skirt. "Th-thank you... Mother Riveria helped me choose this..."

Yingping joked, "If Miss Riveria hears you call her 'Mom' again, she'll definitely get angry again..."

"Hey! Aistan! Wait for me!"

Just then, Loki, lifting her skirt, hurriedly caught up, complaining angrily, "Why are you running so fast, you child! You didn't even wait for me!"

She turned her head and saw Hestia, immediately narrowing her eyes and saying sourly, "Oh, little dwarf, your clan really stole the show this time!"

"Hmph! Of course!"

Hestia proudly puffed out her chest and said smugly, "Who can blame me when my child is a hero who saved the world? Everyone calls him the Savior!"

"Hero? Savior?"

"Well, although I'm a little unwilling, what you said makes sense, but he's still far inferior to my Ais."

Loki nodded, glanced at Ying Ping, and said in a very irritating way.

"What...what did you say?!"

"My son, Ying Pingjun, is far superior to your child!"

Hestia immediately glared at Loki.

"Oh, really? But he doesn't even have a title."

Loki raised an eyebrow, pretending not to care, but was suddenly drawn to the radiant Artemis.

Her squinty eyes widened instantly, shining brightly, and she exclaimed, "Artemis! It's been so long!"

She opened her arms, ready to rush towards him: "I missed you so much~ Let me hug you~"

Artemis nimbly hid behind Ying Ping.

She only peeked out with half her head, looking disgusted, and said, "Loki... why are you still the same? You know I would never allow something like this..."

"Tsk~ stingy~"

Loki curled his lip, then narrowed his eyes to examine Ying Ping in front of him: "Hey, kid, it's been a while, and you've become so unfathomable that even I can't see through you."

"That Hestia, I really don't know what kind of luck he had to find a treasure like you~"

"Hey, why didn't you come to my Loki Familia back then?"

Faced with Loki's flippant attitude, Yingping simply smiled calmly.

He said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I'm sorry, Lord Loki, but this is the guidance of fate."

"It seems that I've used up all the good luck I've accumulated just to meet Hestia."

"My courage, my belief in moving forward, and my sword are all gifts from Hestia, so my loyalty will always belong to Hestia."

"Lord Loki, please watch your words in the future. I will never allow anyone to hurt or insult my beloved goddess with such a frivolous attitude again."

Yingping placed his hand on his chest, looked at Hestia with deep affection, and gave Loki a righteous and earnest admonition.

What did you say?

Loki's eyes snapped open, his expression freezing instantly, as if he hadn't expected Ying Ping to have the audacity to say such a thing.

"Yingping-jun, I've definitely done my best to pamper you all this time..."

Hestia was immediately moved, and her clear blue eyes instantly became watery.

"Master is so manly. I wish he could say that to me someday..."

Kokoro cupped her face in her hands and immediately began to dream.

Everyone present was amused, except for Loki, who was furious.

"Hmph, well, you really are a fine lad!"

"You think you're all grown up now, huh? Do you even know who you're talking to?"

"Fine, considering your unwavering loyalty to the dwarf and your contribution in saving the lower realm, I'll let it go this time!"

"Aistan, let's go!"

Loki was furious at what he heard, but he knew he was in the wrong.

After all, she often deliberately bullied Hestia for fun, so it's reasonable for her to say what she did.

"I am so sorry, Mr. Yingping, Lady Hestia."

Ais bowed slightly, her long golden hair falling down: "I sincerely apologize for what happened to Loki..."

"Aistan! Why are you apologizing to them?!"

Loki jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Ais tilted her head, looking completely innocent: "Because...Lord Loki did something wrong, and you seem to have been making Lady Hestia angry all along..."

"Huh?! Gen... there's absolutely no such thing!"

Loki stomped his feet in anger and gritted his teeth as he asked, "Whose side are you on, you wretched brat?!"

Before Ais could answer, she grabbed Ais's wrist: "Let's go, let's go! Stop embarrassing yourself here!"

"and many more..."

Ais looked back at Yingping reluctantly, but Loki forcibly dragged her away.

Before leaving, Loki turned back and threw out a harsh threat: "You little dwarf, I'll remember this. You just wait!"

"Hehehe, who's afraid of who!"

Hestia chased after him, hands on her hips, shouting, "My Yingping is stronger than your entire clan combined!"

"Hmph! Anyone can brag!"

Loki jumped up in anger from a distance and continued shouting.

Seeing the two part on bad terms, the surrounding gods and adventurers all smiled knowingly.

"It's the same old story again~"

"However, the Hestia Familia is not what it used to be, because this captain is suspected to have at least LV5 strength."

"Hey, is it true?"

"Of course it's true. The Hestia Familia has risen to prominence now, and it's definitely inappropriate for Loki to continue treating the Hestia with the same attitude as before."

“Loki is used to being arrogant and domineering in Orario. No one can control her except Freya. Now he’s finally met his match.”

The gods were abuzz with discussion, and the Hestia Familia became the center of attention.

At this time, gods and adventurers kept coming to congratulate the Hestia Familia and to inquire about Artemis.

As the leader of the group, Yingping maintained a polite smile throughout, dealing with the situation together with Hestia and Artemis.

Occasionally, they would encounter gods who wanted to harass Elena and her companions.

Yingping also didn't hold back in embarrassing the other party in public, and he didn't hesitate to take action, showing no fear of offending anyone.

"Sigh, anyone's heart would race when faced with a genius beauty with gray hair and blue eyes~"

"It seems that being too beautiful can sometimes be a sin."

Elena, holding her wine glass, shook her head and said narcissistically with a flushed face.

"Yes, I agree. You are a deeply sinful woman."

"If those foolish gods hadn't at least known when to back down, I probably would have killed them several times for your sake."

Upon hearing this, Ying Ping immediately retorted sarcastically.

"Oh my, really? My master loves me so much that he's willing to kill a god for me?"

Elena opened her bright eyes wide and asked with a look that seemed to thrive on chaos.

"Kill you my foot! Why do you look so eager to try?"

"You must have been deliberately seducing them so I would do something! You despicable witch!"

Yingping finally realized what was happening, so he directly tapped Elena on the head.

“Ciallo～(?)”

After Elena's plan was exposed, she simply made a peace sign and acted cute.

Chizuka and Takina chuckled to themselves, while Kokkoro diligently recorded the names and information of each visitor.

Artemis gently touched Yingping's arm: "Orion, look over there."

Following her gaze, Yingping saw Loki pulling Ais aside and saying something, while Ais kept glancing in their direction.

"It seems that Miss Sword Maiden is quite interested in you as well, even her own god can't stop her."

Artemis joked.

Yingping shook his head helplessly: "Oh dear, she's just an unstoppable young lady."

Just then, the banquet hall doors opened again, and a rich rose fragrance instantly filled the entire venue.

All conversation abruptly ceased, and everyone's attention was involuntarily drawn to it—

The goddess Freya, dressed in a pure white floor-length evening gown, gracefully arrived, her long, silvery-white hair cascading down like moonlight.

She took the arm of Orario's strongest adventurer, LV7 Mighty Ota, and walked gracefully to Yingping.

"Hestia, Artemis, it's been a long time~"

Freya's voice sounded both composed and superior as she gracefully nodded to the two goddesses.

"Ah."

Artemis turned her face away indifferently.

As the moon goddess who governs chastity, she has always looked down on promiscuous women like Freya.

"Ah, Freya..."

Hestia instinctively responded, then suddenly realized what she was doing and immediately jumped in front of Yingping, covering his eyes: "Hey! Lord Yingping, you're not allowed to look at her! Otherwise, you'll be bewitched by her!"

Yingping gently pulled Hestia's hand down and said calmly, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

He looked around and found that, apart from himself, Hestia, and Artemis, almost all the gods and adventurers wore expressions of fascination—

Regardless of gender, even the warrior gods Takemikazuchi and Asi blushed, completely captivated by it.

The only thing that brought Yingping some comfort was...

His servants, including Kokoro, Elena, and Chizuka, were completely unaffected by Freya because of the power of the contract.

"Is this the natural charm of the goddess of beauty...?"

Yingping was secretly alarmed, even though Freya hadn't actively used her charm.

If she were to unleash her full power, it's no wonder she could charm the entire Orario; she's truly terrifying.

Freya looked at Yingping with great interest, then suddenly reached out her slender hand to touch his cheek: "Your soul is becoming more and more delicious. Now it's as cold as ice. What a special child you are~"

Yingping took a half step back, subtly avoiding the touch: "Excuse me, Goddess Freya, I'm not used to being touched so casually."

Instead of getting angry at being rejected in public, Freya laughed, her bright red tongue lightly licking her lips: "I never thought a human would reject a goddess of beauty. I'm starting to take an interest in you~"

She turned to Hestia and said insincerely, "Be careful, Hestia~ Your adorable child might get kidnapped one day~"

Hestia protectively placed her hands in front of Yingping, and said firmly, "You don't need to remind me of this, Freya. I advise you to give up that idea!"

"Hehehe."

Freya smiled nonchalantly, then gracefully departed with Ota, who remained expressionless.

It wasn't until Freya's figure disappeared at the other end of the banquet hall that everyone snapped out of their daze.

Takemikazuchi looked somewhat embarrassed.

It's a bit hard to believe that even a warrior with such a resolute character could be so easily seduced by the goddess of beauty.

Hestia tugged at Yingping's sleeve angrily, her little face stern, and said, "Yingping-kun, you must stay away from that woman no matter what! She loves to steal other people's children!"

"Hestia is right. A good man like you will definitely be completely devoured by her!"