I'm tied to Athena.

"However, as Athena said, I can't provide you with weapons for free, so you still have to pay. No matter how many decades or hundreds of years it takes, you have to pay off this debt." Hephaestus reminded Hestia.

Public and private matters must be clearly distinguished. It is impossible for the world-famous Hephaestus family to work for others for free.

If Hestia really has that kind of resolution, then I'll break myself into pieces and show her.

"Okay, you can get up."

"No!" Hestia took a deep breath and her body began to stiffen. The next god she had to convince would not be so easy...

"Athena...I would like to ask your child to help train my child!" He lowered his head and gritted his teeth. Perhaps he could not convince Athena, but if he did not try, wouldn't his persistence seem ridiculous?

"Why must it be my own child?"

"Because...the person Bell admires, the person Bell wants to catch up with, is your child!"

"..." Hephaestus' eyes began to widen. The child of Hestia's family... yearns for the child of Athena's family?

"After returning that day, Bell told me about this incident. A black-haired adventurer saved him. When he was about to be killed by the Minotaur...it was your child. It was Li Yunjun who saved him."

"It was he who calmed Belle's nervous and frightened heart. It was he who cut off Belle's fear. He is very gentle and has a heart that tolerates everything... When Belle saw Li Yunjun, he knew that he had seen a hero! Belle... wants to be that kind of hero!"

"...Hero...?" Athena felt it was a little unbelievable when she heard what Hestia said. Li Yun was called a hero.

A hero must have lofty ideals that ordinary people do not have, must have heroic spirit that ordinary people do not have, and must have the broad-mindedness that ordinary people do not have.

That child... Both Athena and Li Yun knew very well that they (Li Yun) could not become a hero. He was just an ordinary person, an ordinary person with power. That's all.

But...Hestia's words did make Athena laugh, "This is the first time I've heard someone describe my child like this."

"But Hestia, I cannot promise you that."

"What you did just now made me understand a truth."

"So, this matter...I cannot agree to your request." Athena narrowed her eyes and looked at Hestia's slowly stiffening body. "But I will tell him about this matter. Whether he agrees or not is his business."

Hestia, who thought there was no hope, suddenly opened her eyes wide. She thought Athena, who was the most difficult to convince, agreed so easily.

"Thank you, Athena, I love you the most!" Excited Hestia got up from the ground and threw herself on Athena.

"I don't know if this will work. The child has his own problems."

"Uh-huh."

Everything Hestia did was for Bell. With the weapon, Bell was qualified to embark on that road. With the guidance of the teacher he longed for, the difficulties on that road would not hurt him too much... This was all she could do.

"But Athena, don't you want something? You can't help them for nothing?" Although Hephaestus felt that she shouldn't add any more burden to Hestia, Hestia must bear the responsibility.

"I will do it no matter what it is!" Hestia suddenly became serious.

"No, I don't want anything. And if this matter is agreed, it will be Li Yun who will do the work, so the reward should not be discussed by me. At the same time, Hestia, this reward should not be borne by you."

Athena looked at Hestia seriously and said, "I agreed to convey this matter for you because I was moved by your persistence."

"I have never seen your child, so I cannot judge what he is like. However, if he wants to be a hero, he must learn to take responsibility. You have already shouldered enough responsibility for him."

"So, let our children do the rest."

"Eaglets will eventually soar, and tiger cubs will eventually hunt. If a man cannot even bear this little cost, then his heroic journey is nothing but a joke."

"So, you just leave this matter to me?" Li Yun came back from the dungeon and heard about this, and shook his head helplessly.

"I am just a messenger. It is up to you whether you agree or not."

"Now that you've said that... can I still refuse?" He scratched his head. After all, he was Athena's friend, so Li Yun couldn't refuse him emotionally or rationally. And that child... Bell? Although he had only met him once, he could feel that he was a very good child.

"So what kind of reward do you plan to get from him?"

"Let's wait and see. I don't need anything." Li Yun shrugged. "By the way, there's the Monster Festival tomorrow. Do you want to go and watch it?"

"Monster Festival?" Athena thought for a while. She might not be able to find any information even if she went out now, so she might as well go and take a look... And Li Yun said this, didn't he just want to invite her to go out with him?

"It seems nice to go out and relax once in a while." Athena nodded in agreement.

"Hey, can you guys please consider my feelings a little bit?" Looking at the two people who decided to go out and play tomorrow in a few words, Ai Lei looked very hurt, "I will be very busy tomorrow!"

"Well...I will buy you a gift." Athena smiled again as she did when she went shopping with Li Yun.

"Well, you always say that." Ai Lei sighed and supported her head with one hand. "Even if it's just once, I want to play with you guys..."

"How about taking a day off tomorrow?" Hearing the expectation in Ai Lei's tone, Li Yun thought about it and tried to ask, "There must be someone who needs a day off, how about exchanging the day off with that person?"

"That's impossible. Uranus takes this celebration very seriously. How could he allow us to take a day off? We do have some rest time after the celebration."

"It doesn't matter if it's not a celebration, right? What's important is not the date, but just going out and having fun together.

PS: Okay, okay, a new day has begun (full of energy)

Chapter 51 Monster Festival

The streets were filled with sounds of jubilation. On the day of the Monster Festival, the whole of Orario was boiling. Many adventurers chose to leave the dungeon and come to the surface to celebrate.

Just after nine in the morning, countless vendors lined up on the side of the road, and the aroma and sizzling sound of barbecue filled the entire street. In order to express celebration, the entire road was even decorated with ribbons and flowers, which added a bit of splendor compared to usual days.

Above the heads of the pedestrians on the road, there were colorful flags on strings fluttering in the wind. The patterns on the flags were divided into two types: the outline of a ferocious lion representing a monster, and the elephant head emblem of the Ganesha clan.

It seemed that the cheers of the people reached the sky, and the sunlight in the sky seemed to be celebrating the celebration, appearing particularly bright and dazzling.

Orario has been dyed with the color of festival.

Li Yun and Athena walked briskly to the festival center, walked on the street with ordinary people, and enjoyed this festival that belonged to humans, monsters, and gods.

But...there are really too many people on the streets.

"I didn't expect so many people..." Li Yun held Athena's hand. Although they had a sense of each other, it didn't matter if they were separated by the crowd. But if they were in a bad relationship, it would be like they were not in a good relationship. If they were not in a good relationship, they would just stay at home. Why come out? Right.

Amidst the crowd, Li Yun carefully held Athena's petite and soft little hand. Although their destination was the arena, Li Yun would definitely not miss out on the snacks here.

Everyone is a hidden foodie, no matter if others believe it or not, Li Yun believes it anyway. When he was in his original world, he was a hidden foodie, but unfortunately because he was an ordinary person and had just graduated from university, he could not satisfy his appetite in large quantities, so he had been holding back.

But now, after coming here, he is able to make money and support the goddess, so naturally he has to reward his stomach well.

He had almost finished all the recipes of the bountiful hostess.

"How is it? It's okay." Li Yun and Athena were holding food made of mashed potatoes wrapped in fried ingredients. Li Yun used to like eating potatoes the most. I'm not bragging. He had the experience of having potatoes for every meal for a year but he didn't get tired of it.

He was surprised even at himself.

"Yeah, it's okay." Athena nodded her head while biting a fried potato ball, then looked at the bag in his hand, "If you like it, just buy it when you pass by every morning. Why buy all the flavors at once?"

"This is how celebrations should be." Li Yun's eyes were filled with nostalgia. "It's just like a festival. The most important thing is to eat, drink and have fun. Don't pay attention to other people's weird behavior. On this day, the most important thing is to be happy yourself."

"Is that so..." Athena murmured in a low voice, knowing but unable to comprehend. She still didn't understand humans well enough.

"Let's go, we're running out of time." Li Yun tightened Athena's hand and took her towards the arena.

Li Yun felt that Athena had changed a little since she went to Hephaestus's shop. Through the Gorgon Stone, he could feel that Athena's feelings towards him were a little different, but more importantly, Athena seemed to want to know something.

This is a good change...or it is the change that Li Yun hopes to see. Humans and gods can actually eliminate the barriers and get along like friends.

He brought Athena to the arena, just in time for the opening ceremony.

After a lively opening ceremony, the real performance began with the people's huge cheers.

Li Yun and Athena sat in the audience seats, looking at the arena below. There were endless cheers all around them. The lively, festive and human atmosphere filled the city.

Then, a monster appeared in the center. These were real monsters that had not been domesticated. They had not eaten anything since they were captured. Because of this, when the shackles that bound them were removed, hunger caused their ferocity to explode.

The wild boar monster appeared on four legs and rushed towards the prey in front of it. However, its real pig-like charge, which could easily crush even rocks, was easily avoided by the trainer of the Ganesha family.

If I were to describe this scene, it would probably be like a bullfight. The beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes, holding a whip and a cape, fought with the violent monster countless times.

However, in this monster festival, the mission of the tamer standing in the venue is not to defeat the monsters, but to tame them.

The sight of risking one's life to tame a deadly monster can inspire awe, respect, and excitement in the citizens, but it is precisely because of the unpredictable situations that their palms sweat.

Li Yun couldn't appreciate this kind of bullfighting-like performance, but the atmosphere around him was good, and... he looked at Athena beside him. She didn't say she was bored, which proved that she should be interested in watching it.

If she said she was bored, he would take her somewhere else to play.

However, Li Yun thought so, and Athena also thought so. Anyway, for her, human activities were incomprehensible. Since he wanted to see it, she would accompany him to see it. Although it was a little noisy around, she could tolerate this level of noise now.

Athena, who was glancing around boredly, suddenly looked towards the top tier of the arena's audience seats.

Ganesha sat in a position where she could see the entire arena and watched the festival quietly. However, this peace was broken. She saw a member rushing in, and after saying something, Ganesha's expression changed.

Then the intruder left.

"Li Yun, something seems to have happened." Athena spoke softly. Such a voice would definitely be covered up in the laughter, but he would never miss it.

"Hmm?" Li Yun tilted his head to look at Athena, and then her dark pupils pointed to the top audience seats, "Something seems to have happened over at Ganesha's place."

"Really..." Li Yun tilted his head. Before he could say anything, a member of the Ganesha clan came to them.

The female member whispered in Athena's ear, briefly explained the sudden accident, and then whispered, "Lady Athena, we need your and your family's help."

Athena narrowed her eyes and looked at Li Yun. Although this matter had nothing to do with him, he would definitely not watch those monsters run around.

PS: There is more to come, GKD

Chapter 52: Monster in the sewer!

The monsters captured by the Ganesha clan escaped, and for some reason all the clan members responsible for guarding the monsters fell into a coma.

Upon hearing the news, Ganesha made a prompt decision to ask the gods' clans present for help, but the members said that this matter was their fault. If they asked people from other clans for help, not only would they lose face, but it would also likely allow the hostile clans to take advantage of the situation.

The Ganesha clan, which is responsible for protecting the safety of Orario, is very strong. Eleven LV5 members are enough to cover the huge population of Orario. But precisely because the Ganesha clan has been protecting the safety of the city, it has many enemies.

Before the Ganesha Familia took the initiative to take responsibility for protecting Orario, it was the Astraea Familia who guarded Orario.

But now the clan has disappeared, the whereabouts of the clan members are unknown, and the goddess has fled to Orario. It can be seen how much courage it takes to take the initiative to take this responsibility.

Especially now, when the culprit has not been found, the people will attribute this incident to the fault of Ganesha's family, and there will be no problem even if the gods attack him at the divine assembly.

"I am the leader of the group, Ganesha! How can I allow the citizens who are supposed to be protected to be harmed! The greatest happiness for us is the smiles of children, and I have given up all my status and reputation! Ask for help from the gods in the field! Go!"

"Also, the festival continues! Do not let the audience in the arena leave, and do not let them know that the monster has escaped! Do not do anything that would cause chaos!"

Although Ganesha was angry that someone was messing with him, he could also guess that the man did not release all the monsters, which proved that he had other purposes.

Since the other party doesn't intend to make a big deal, he doesn't need to worry about it. Now, protecting the citizens is the top priority.

"You stay here, I'll go take a look." Li Yun accepted the commission and asked Athena to stay here and not go out.

According to the information provided by the members of the Ganesha clan, there are nine monsters in total, including a LV2 monster that even high-level adventurers have difficulty dealing with.

"I'll go out too. I'm not used to the atmosphere here." Athena shook her head.

"...That's fine, but be careful." Li Yun was silent for a while. Although Athena has the ability to protect herself, she can't use divine power after all. It's better to be more careful.

"If you can be so careful when taking risks, I won't have to worry."

Looking at the smile on the petite goddess's face, Li Yun felt helpless. To be honest, I am just caring about you.

Suddenly, Li Yun frowned and looked in a certain direction.

"What's wrong?" Athena caught the slight movement of gaze. Without using divine power, Athena did not have as sharp a sense as Li Yun.

"It's nothing, let's go and solve the problem first." Li Yun shook his head, then pulled Athena out of the arena.

When they walked out of the arena, they saw Loki and Aisi talking to two girls in guild uniforms. Unlike Loki's laughter and Aisi's silence, the two guild girls were obviously so anxious that they didn't know what to say.

"Oh, dear Li Yun and dear Athena, you are here too." The moment Athena walked out of the arena, Loki's Athena radar reacted immediately. She left the two guild girls behind and pounced on Athena like a tiger pouncing on a rabbit.

Although Athena dodged him again, Loki still stood up as if nothing had happened, "You guys came just in time. I have something I want to ask you for help with."

"I already know about the monsters escaping." Athena glanced at the blonde swordswoman, "The ones that escaped are the monsters that appeared after the 20th floor, and they are all on East Street."

"Oh, that's it. Ai Si Tan, Li Yunqin, I'm counting on you."

"I'll take action first." Li Yun, who has the skill of Earth's Favor, can grasp the movements of monsters in the first place, so there is no need to waste time looking for monsters.

"Yeah." Ai Si nodded slightly, then jumped onto a corner of the arena.

There was no place to stand outside the arena, and because of this, the arena was the tallest building in the area. From this location, you could see every corner from East Street to the complex and crisscrossing roads.

Chasing the monsters scattered all over the street is too inefficient and will definitely waste time, so Ais thought that she should grasp the enemy's position from a high position and then attack quickly and accurately.

With the help of wind magic, Aisi found eight monsters in an instant. Although she didn't know where one of them was, Li Yun was sure to find it.

Out of trust in Li Yun, Ai Si moved.

She drew the rapier from her waist and murmured, "Wake up."

With wind flowing around her body, Aisi stepped on the edge, leaned forward, and then jumped off the artificial cliff!