I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

"Hmm? You call that close?"

Hephaestus glared at Hestia with his left eye, then looked at Asuna and said, "Taking care of this parasite god must have caused you a lot of trouble."

Asuna put Hestia down, held Hestia's hand tightly, and said modestly: "It's not a problem. The children in our family like this kind of Goddess very much."

This is truly modest, because after Asuna left Orario, it was Belle who took care of her.

For this, Belle even paid the price of "eating cookies for a week".

Asuna didn't notice that when Asuna took the initiative to hold Hestia's hand and said "We all like her", Hestia showed a very happy and proud smile on her face.

"Oh..." Hephaestus walked to the chair behind the desk and sat down, crossing his hands in a pyramid shape and resting them on his chin.

"As expected, Hestia hasn't revealed her lazy nature yet? I'm surprised you commented on her like that."

"Hey! Hephaestus, I've changed my ways now! How can you still compare me to my old self?"

The smile on Hestia's face suddenly turned cloudy.

We have been friends for hundreds of millions of years, so why don't you trust me? !

Hephaestus: It's because we have been friends for hundreds of millions of years that I know your temper!

"Tell me, what do you want me to do this time?" Hephaestus straightened up and tapped the table lightly with his fingers.

"Let me make it clear first, there's no way I'm talking about money. I heard that your family has bought a house by selling Asuna's cookies. If you want weapons, I can give you some credit."

When Hephaestus spoke, his tone was neither hurried nor slow, calm but full of dignity, and he naturally exuded the aura of a superior.

Hestia shrank back, remembering the days when she was a parasite here at Hephaestus' place.

Asuna's pretty face changed slightly, and her little hands subconsciously hid behind her back, remembering the fear of being dominated by her mother when she was a child!

Hephaestus smiled in his heart. He didn't expect that after such a scare, he would actually gain something unexpected.

"Today... I came to see you today for serious business, what are you talking about!"

Hestia said weakly.

"Oh, then tell me, what's the matter?" Hephaestus held his chin with one hand and looked at Asuna curiously.

They even brought the leader of their clan here, it must be related to this child.

But didn’t this kid previously give a set of protective gear to the Sword Princess of Loki’s family?

It doesn't look like... he doesn't look like someone who lacks equipment?

You know, the craftsmanship of that equipment...even I don't know...

"Asuna, take off your hood and show Hephaestus your condition."

Hestia said, pulling Asuna's hand.

"Hmm?" Hephaestus subconsciously put his hand on the eye patch covering his right eye.

Is it possible...

"Well, I see."

Asuna responded softly, then slowly lifted her hood back.

A hint of disappointment first appeared in Hephaestus's flaming red eyes, and then they were filled with curiosity and amazement.

"This is really..."

Chapter 13 The Green Light

"If I hadn't known that guy didn't have a new daughter...I would have almost treated you as that guy's child."

Hephaestus said with a sigh.

Asuna glanced at Hestia in confusion, but she shrugged nonchalantly, as if to say, "It's okay."

To be honest, Asuna no longer trusted some of the mythological knowledge she had learned.

Obviously, in the mythology she had learned, Hephaestus was an ugly male god, and was later thrown down from Mount Olympus by Zeus, causing his legs to become lame.

Colleagues, for some reason, when Asuna faced Hephaestus, the beautiful woman in men's clothing, she actually felt a little guilty?

This was no longer a matter of feeling guilty about facing someone who had the aura of his own mother.

But...

Asuna looked at the beautiful woman in men's clothing bargaining with Hestia, and the unreliable myths she had known flashed through her mind:

"Hephaestus was ugly and had a lame leg.

But his soul and intellect were extraordinary.

He is intelligent and enthusiastic.

He was the blacksmith of the gods, with high skills, and made many famous weapons, tools and works of art. He built the palaces of the gods on Mount Olympus, made thunderbolts and armor for Zeus, and also made the bow of the god of love, the chariot of Hercules, the sun chariot driven by Helios, the golden arrows and silver arrows of Eros and other items and weapons of the gods.

Although he was ugly and disabled, he had a beautiful wife, Aphrodite (the goddess of beauty and love).

(Yes, that is the name of the god who was killed by Asuna and reconstructed Asuna's body.)

But Aphrodite often had a tryst with Ares (the god of war, a reckless man, Aphrodite's brother), so Hephaestus spread an exquisite golden net to cover them, making them look bad in front of the gods, and finally the couple parted unhappily.

I heard from Hestia that Zeus's family was wiped out during the expedition to the dungeon. Could it be that Hephaestus' family did something to their weapons?

Asuna made a bold guess.

But when he thought that the mythological knowledge he knew had long been thrown into the garbage dump and was completely unreliable, he threw this somewhat dangerous idea into the "shredder".

After all, in mythology, Hephaestus was thrown off the mountain by Zeus and broke his leg because of Hera.

But in this world, the [Hera Family] and the [Zeus Family] went on an expedition into the dungeon together, and then the main adventurers of both sides fell into eternal sleep in the dungeon.

According to the myths he knew, if it was really the Hephaestus Familia who did this, then they would at least consider the face of the goddess Hera and not deceive the adventurers of the Hera Familia.

After all, as the largest equipment supplier in the entire Orario, it is still possible for the [Hephaestus Family] to tamper with the adventurers' weapons.

However, these two families were killed later, and Asuna did not think that the damage to the weapons alone would lead to the annihilation of all those top adventurers.

If it was because of the weapons, then there would definitely be some adventurers who would escape and make the matter public, and then together denounce the [Hephaestus Familia] and drive them out of Aurora, and by then, the [Hephaestus Familia] would be completely finished.

However, the final result was that the main adventurers of the two clans all died and remained deep in the dungeon forever.

Then, there is only one result left.

————The deeper floors were beyond their ability to cope with. They couldn’t even escape and were wiped out in an instant!

Moreover, the Hephaestus in front of him was a goddess, not the male god in mythology...

It shouldn't... have anything to do with Aphrodite in this world, right?

No...it was still unclear whether the god Aphrodite existed in this world, because Asuna had never heard of the name "Aphrodite's Familia" in Orario.

But, as a goddess who cheated on Hephaestus... emmmmmmmmm

And Asuna, who rebuilt her body using materials fed by the wild god named Aphrodite...

Always feel inexplicably guilty?

This... maybe... it's just a psychological effect? ​​!

Right, right? I helped you kill the guy with the same name as your cheating wife, and cut her body into pieces. I reconstructed my own body, so it should be... no problem...

What a vicious word!

Asuna felt that her thoughts were becoming increasingly weird.

This is clearly the first time I meet the god Hephaestus in front of me!

But why do I always feel guilty...

No, no! I didn't put a hat on her!

No, no, I'm not that cheating goddess!

Yuuki Asuna, calm down! Stop thinking of so many weird things!

Asuna wanted to cover her face and find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Why am I in such a weird state after meeting the god Hephaestus? ! ! !

"Asuna?"

"Asuna?"

It seemed like someone was calling me in my ear.

Only then did Asuna come back to her senses from the storm of her own "out-of-trail thoughts".

"Eh?" She was stunned for a moment, a trace of cold sweat running down her face, "What...what happened?"

"Are you distracted? Asuna, you can be unreliable sometimes~!"

Hestia puffed out her chest as if she had discovered a new continent, and spoke in a proud tone.

Wait, what are you proud of?

Asuna suppressed her complaints.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something." She said embarrassedly.

After all, Hestia and Hephaestus were discussing their own affairs.

But I, the person involved, was thinking... thinking...

All in all it is not a good thing and it is really disrespectful to them.

One is her own Loli God, and the other is her Loli God’s billion-year-old friend. Just based on their age, Asuna has to respect them!

"I always feel like you're thinking about something bad..."

Hephaestus was the same. After Asuna took off her hood, his hands would unconsciously touch his fiery red short hair, and for some reason, an inexplicable feeling emerged in his heart.

"Maybe... it's the 'charm' that's almost the same as Freya's that played a role."

As she thought about this, her right hand unconsciously scratched her hair.

"I didn't expect that among the children in the lower world, there would be someone with abilities similar to Freya's. I don't know how long that guy has been eyeing this child."

Hephaestus felt a headache when he thought of his friend who lived on the top of the Tower of Babel.

However, when her eyes fell on Asuna's cloak, she felt a little relieved.

Because, when Asuna was wearing a hood and a cloak, she had a "charm" that was almost the same as Freya's, but she didn't even notice it.

"It seems that this child still has a lot of secrets."

Hephaestus smiled faintly, "However, since it is Hestia's child, then help her a little."

Looking at Hestia playing with Asuna, Hephaestus subconsciously turned his gaze to the window for some reason.

There, many green plants appear even greener under the sunlight.

Chapter 14 Liz: Believe in me

"I can help you create a tool to suppress this charm."

The red-haired lady who is the God of Forging said so.

“But it’s not free.”

He glanced at Hestia, and emphasized the word "free".

"Of course." Asuna nodded, "But what are your requests?"

At the side, Hestia hung her head listlessly, her fair little hands holding her twin ponytails and swinging them back and forth.

Because she had been a parasite to Hephaestus for a long time, Hephaestus ruthlessly rejected some of Hestia's very improper requests.

For example: 10% off, payment after ten years, priority given to teaming up with members of the [Hephaestus Familia] when exploring dungeons (free weapon masters! In short: "freeloader!") and other incredible agreements.

Of course, these were ruthlessly rejected by Hephaestus.

"Fei Fei, don't go too far, we are friends of God for billions of years!"

Hestia opened her big watery eyes and said aggrievedly.

Hephaestus' mouth twitched.