Chapter 16 - Joining Familia

After Miyuki bought some fried potato balls, there were not many left.

The store manager saw that Hestia was pitiful, and told her that if there were not many left, Hestia could pack it up and take it away.

For this reason, Hestia put the rest in a bag and followed behind Miyuki pretending not to care.　

It wasn't until Miyuki left the noisy West Street and came to a slightly quieter street that Hestia opened his mouth in embarrassment and said, "This guest, do you want to visit other family members next?"

"No, after all, the result is the same," Miyuki said exactly what he thought. He was also cautious enough not to lie. After all, gods can detect lies.

What's more, it might be suspicious to ask Hestia to join, but the goddess who couldn't find a member of the family has already taken the bait.

According to common sense, unless they really fell in love with a certain child, otherwise, it is impossible for the gods to delicately get close to people like this.

Things are bad for Hestia right now.

The weak will choose to cling to the strong, but they hope to gain companions. Hestia is a poor goddess who has no one to join, and Miyuki happens to be a novice adventurer who is not accepted by the family.

Moreover, close observation and dialogue let Hestia know that this boy is not a bad person.

Give it a try anyway.

"Well, that... My family is currently recruiting, so it doesn't matter if you are a novice..." Hestia spoke in a very hesitant tone and her eyes looked at Miyuki pitifully.

Miyuki looked at Hestia's pitiful expression and understood that Hestia chose to hide her information.

Miyuki who has watched anime has a good impression of Hestia and he also knows Hestia's difficulty.

Miyuki understood Hestia's feelings of deliberately concealing the facts, so he asked directly, "Does God Hestia want me to join?"

"Well?" The sudden inquiry made Hestia panic for a while. The serious eyes poured into her heart, making her feel unspeakably uncomfortable.

"Then may I ask, after I join, will there be advanced adventurers to level up?"

"High...senior adventurer, I...no..."

There is no way to lie.

Hestia realized her selfishness, cared about the ridicule of those goddesses, and wanted to deceive newcomers into joining.

The goddess who recognized her inner ugliness did not violate her conscience but chose to tell the truth.

But in this way, she will definitely be rejected the same as the previous forty-nine times.

Too.

The gods want to have a good time, but those children are fighting with their lives in the dungeon.

"Then I joined." Hearing Hestia's answer Miyuki smiled and said calmly.

This is the goddess Hestia he likes. It's not the goddess who cares about selfishness.

The reason for such a disguise is also to test whether Hestia's character matches his impression.

If Hestia was really a selfish goddess, he would have to think about it for a while.

"Sure enough, you don't want to join... Alas? Tell me, do you want to join?" Hestia's eyes widened in disbelief.

As if being hit by the waves, she froze in place.

Miyuki nodded again and said, "The name of God Hestia is known to everyone in Orario. Not only is it a natural disaster in the North District, but also in the local giant Confucian Kanban lady. Even if I don't want to know, it's hard for me. Come here if you don't understand, if you lied to me just now, Hestia, you might have failed for the fiftieth time."

Having said that, it feels quite easy to make the goddess feel guilty.

Miyuki glanced at Hestia's reaction and found that the goddess lowered her head, repenting for her almost fraudulent behavior.

It was this type of Hestia whom he liked.

"Woo..." Tears welled up in Hestia's eyes.

Seeing this, Miyuki suddenly had a feeling that his behavior was like bullying the goddess.

"Okay, that's the end of the story, God Hestia, now do you want to invite me to join your family?" Miyuki looked at the goddess and said.

"If I invite you, will you...will you agree?" Hestia asked weakly.

"Of course, as long as you don't lie to me."

"Must!" Hestia clenched her fists and smiled sincerely.

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In depressed streets, few people come and go.

After Miyuki agreed to join Hestia's family, the goddess brought him here with expectations and wishes.

A dilapidated bookstore.

"I said Hestia, don't ask me to join the Hestia family again, you should also take a look at my old arms and legs." The bearded old man shook his head and said helplessly when he saw the goddess.

"No! Grandpa, lend me the library on the second floor!"

"No problem, but after you finish reading the book, you have to put it back in its original place."

With a cheerful voice back, Hestia said to the Miyuki beside her, "Follow me."

The room exudes the scent of old wood, the overstuffed bookcases are neatly leaning against the walls, and there are books piled up in front of the bookcases.

Miyuki randomly took a copy.

Filled with words and drawn with patterns.

It's a novel.

The heroic and tragic histories of the past were written into books by poets and later revised by novelists, thus becoming unique legends.

"Do you like reading very much?" Miyuki said because he remembered that Hestia liked reading.

"Yes, when I had nowhere to go, it was the old man here who took me in. The novels in the lower world are really interesting, so I used to hope that the first time given to my child must be here. OK!" Hestia said while shaking her double ponytail. She was so looking forward to it.

"I didn't expect you to be quite romantic," Miyuki said while shaking his head.

"After all, I am a goddess." Hestia patted her chest and spoke with a bright smile.

"By the way, you really, don't regret joining my family." Hestia was still worried whether Miyuki would leave her one day, so, she asked again.

To her, Miyuki is a special existence. As her first child, she doesn't want to lose Miyuki nor does she want Miyuki to regret his decision later on.

Miyuki understood that Hestia was still worried, so he smiled freely and said: "Don't worry, no matter what I won't regret it."

"Besides, the strength of the family doesn't mean anything to me at all! "

Yes, it doesn't matter. With his strength, he can push the upper and middle floors alone.

"It doesn't make sense?" Hestia tilted her head in confusion, shaking her twin ponytails.

"How can it be meaningless? For novices, whether it is novice equipment or novice guidance, they are all equipped by the family.

Especially becoming a member of a large family can reduce a lot of worries..."

Speaking of this, Hestia remembered how she was rejected previously, she bit her lips unwillingly and said: "My family doesn't have conditions which is why I was rejected before!"

Miyuki just smiled when he heard these words.

Novice equipment? He can create them in batches by fantasy materialization.

Strength? His own strength is equivalent to Lv6.

Other than those floor bosses on the lower floors of the labyrinth none of the monsters can trouble him.

But these things must not be said, so Miyuki thought for a while and explained: "Well, you just treat me as a human being who has inherited the power of ancient heroes."

Miyuki didn't directly state that he was a hero, so he wasn't considered lying.

"Huh, the inheritor of the hero..." Hestia's eyes widened in disbelief, and she looked at Miyuki with bright eyes.

She didn't expect the boy she found at random to be the descendant of a hero.

"Great! With you joining my family, [Hestia familia] will definitely be able to surpass that annoying woman!"

After hearing the explanation, Hestia jumped up excitedly, as if afraid that he would run away, she rushed forward and hugged Miyuki's arm fiercely.

Coach, someone hit someone with the ball here!

You see this ball is big and round, you see this ball is white and tender.

At this moment, Miyuki could clearly feel the soft touch that he couldn't put it down before passing through the arm and into the nerves.

I can even vaguely hear the sound of something being squeezed and flattened in my ears...

So, he finally understood the difference between the Hestia family and the Loki family.

Hestia, people's hearts are dripping, and blood is earned.

Loki, don't win people's hearts, blood loss!

"Let's hold the ceremony!" Hestia said in an excited tone. She was really excited to get Miyuki.

"Take off your coat and shirt. I will engrave the "sacred text" used by the gods on your body with the medium of divine blood. From now on, it will be your "favor"."

"Huh..." Miyuki let out a long breath and took off his trench coat and shirt then he layed on the ready to wait for Hestia to engrave favor.

"So, are you ready?"

"Well, please, Hestia."

"Okay, then I'll start."

Hestia put her hand on Miyuki's back, and delicately slid a finger on it, whispering like a moron.

"Hmm... is this the hero's back? Although it can't be seen from the outside, it does feel very strong."

"Okay, stop making trouble Hestia, hurry up and give me a favor, otherwise I will wonder if you are teasing me on purpose."

"Hmph, what's the matter? You won't lose a piece of meat if look at it!" Hestia pouted dissatisfiedly, then bit her own finger, dripping a drop of blood on his back.

"Plop—!"

Dripping blood on Miyuki's back, Hestia began to write scared words and engrave favor.

Just like the list of sacred words in ancient books, Hestia used the language of God to condense endless knowledge and spells into these few lines of words.

She followed the first stroke of the text with her index finger, stroking his back from beginning to end.

Soon after, the engraving of "God's Grace" ended.

In the end, an intoxicating halo appeared.

With the end of the engraving, Miyuki felt his blood boil and his body became warm. Although this feeling lasted only for a few seconds, Miyuki found his bloodline progressed a little and his magic power increased by a small amount.

He didn't come into contact with anything other than Hestia's blood. So, Miyuki understood that Divine Blood can accelerate the growth of the true ancestor bloodline.

Suddenly finding a way to accelerate the growth of his true ancestor bloodline, Miyuki felt he earned a lot.

It was Hestia's loud voice that Miyuki came back to his senses.

"What is this?" Hestia looked at Miyuki's ability value and exclaimed.

Miyuki

Lv1

Strength: i(0)

Durable: i(0)

Dexterity: i(0)

Agility: i(0)

Magic: i(0)

magic----

< Fantasy Materialisation: Anything according to one's fantasy can be materialized >

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Skill----

< World Favor: World loves him and favors him, so growth will be accelerated. >

< Lucky Bonus: One's luck will be passively strengthened. >

< Darling of Nature: When using nature-related magic, magic will be strengthened. >

< Against Magic: Magic resistance will be increased. >

< High vitality: Vitality is strong. Recovery speed will be increased. >

"What's the matter? Hestia." Hearing Hestia's surprise, Miyuki was also a little curious.

"Not to mention the magic with an unknown meaning, why are there five skills? Except for the last two, I have never heard of the other before." After rubbing the gift behind Miyuki, Hestia pointed at the skills to Miyuki and complained.

In this world having one or two skills is already rare. Miyuki on other hand has five skills. It's no wonder that Hestia will complain.

"...Can I say that I don't understand it?" Miyuki felt a little embarrassed because he could only understand the numbers on it.

Although the system helped him understand the language of this world but that's only basic. The system didn't let him understand Sacred text.

"...I forgot that humans can't understand the sacred text. Let me write it in normal text." Hestia put parchment on Miyuki's back and copied his information.

"Look." Hestia gave the parchment to Miyuki and continued sitting on his back.

"World favor, Lucky Bonus, Darling of nature, Against magic and High vitality. Even fantasy materialization." Miyuki looked at the parchment speechlessly. He didn't expect that most of his ability could be shown in favor.

Seeing Hestia's inquiring look, Miyuki said, "These things have something to do with my bloodline."

"So, it's the ancient hero's bloodline." Hestia nodded. She accepted the explanation that everything came from the hero's bloodline.

"Well, speaking of which, Miyuki has three magic bars, plus five heroic skills. In the future, Miyuki will definitely become very powerful." Hestia shook her double ponytails rapidly and spoke in an excited tone.

"Well, thank you for your good words, Hestia," Miyuki spoke with a light smile.

"By the way let me lock these skills, otherwise those vixens might try to snatch Miyuki," Hestia muttered in her heart and once again touched Miyuki's back.

"What are you doing, Hestia." Miyuki didn't hear Hestia's murmur, so he didn't understand why Hestia touched his back again.

"Nothing." With a little bit of guilt, Hestia shook her head and got off Miyuki's back.

After Hestia got off his back, Miyuki stood up and dress up again.

"Hestia, what are these panels?" Miyuki pointed to the ability values and asked pretendingly.

Hearing Miyuki's question, Hestia patted her hips and began to explain, "The level of an adventurer is mainly composed of two parts, one is "basic ability" and the other is "great achievement". Among them, "basic ability" is divided into five aspects, similar to proficiency, while "great achievement" is very abstract, similar to Experience.

The basic abilities are strength, stamina, dexterity, agility, and magic.

Each item of the basic ability has ten stages. When a certain level of proficiency is met, it can be upgraded. The full value of the proficiency of each stage is 99. that is:-

i: 0～99

h: 100~199

g: 200~299

f: 300~399

e: 400~499

d: 500~599

c: 600~699

b: 700~799

a: 800~899

s: 900~999.

And great achievements can be simply understood as experience points. The accumulation of great achievements is related to the strength of the opponent and the difficulty of the situation. The stronger the opponent is defeated or the greater the difficulty overcome, the more great achievements can be accumulated. "

In fact, Miyuki knew everything from the original but he still carefully listened to Hestia's explanation.

"Let's go." After Hestia's explanation, Miyuki spoke.

"Where are you going?" Hestia asked.

"Of course to celebrate the birth of our family," Miyuki said while walking out of the room.

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