"As I thought, your growth is even more outrageous than I imagined."
Strength: H102 → E498 | Endurance: H111 → D505 | Dexterity: H148 → D598 | Agility: H153 → C603 | Magic: S905 → SSS2001
It was the first status update after the expedition, and the numbers left Loki genuinely stunned.
Strength and Endurance had risen almost in tandem; Dexterity and Agility were even more impressive; and Magic had shattered the bounds of common sense.
"Tsuna, you only joined the cleanup on the first day?"
"Mm."
"And you stopped at the 16th floor, training by syncing with a puppet?"
"Mm."
She asked again and got the same firm answers. Loki lowered her gaze to the status on Tsunayoshi's back.
It was unbelievable.
"Yes, the Dungeon's 'abnormality' did increase the monsters on every floor—but to polish your stats to this level by the second day is still absurd."
Before Tsuna, Loki couldn't recall any child with such qualities.
Even the kids assigned to sweep the early floors never grew this much. A few points in each stat was already considered excellent.
Dozens at most—never like this. The gap in talent between people was greater than she'd thought.
And there was another issue.
"Your achievement toward promotion is already sufficient."
"You could level up right now and have more than enough to justify it. But doing so would waste your potential. Better to let it settle and push the rest of your stats to their limits first."
"With your talent, it shouldn't take long."
She pressed a sheet to take a rubbing of the status, then sealed the blessing.
Loki lay forward across Tsuna's back with the paper in hand. "Have a look. Try not to scare yourself."
Sawada Tsunayoshi glanced over the imprint. The swollen numbers did, in fact, startle him.
"This much?"
"I only did some training by syncing with a puppet… I didn't expect my stats to grow like this."
A huge surge in Magic didn't surprise him—he'd already broken past 900; climbing higher made sense.
But the leap in his other stats truly caught him off guard.
"Loki, I don't have any kind of accelerated-growth skill, do I?"
"Honestly, I'm not entirely sure."
With a small sigh, Loki reached around and tapped the 'unknown' areas under Magic and Skills on the rubbing.
"You've got some hidden parts in your magic and skills. I don't know if something in there is speeding up your growth."
"Hm? You didn't copy that section."
"Of course not. That part of your kit is a secret. Compared to your skills, your ability scores are fine to share."
Even if those got out, it wouldn't change much—and within the Familia, leaks were unlikely.
"Tiona and the others aren't big mouths. Even if they knew, it wouldn't spread."
"But skills and magic are different—what must not be exposed will not be exposed, even between companions. Especially the… bedroom knowledge part."
"So don't take this page with you today."
"Got it."
After scanning the sheet, Tsuna handed it back. Loki stepped off his back, flicked a simple magic-stone igniter, and burned the rubbing to ash.
Turning around, she found Tsuna still sitting there in a daze and gave his back a light pat.
"Alright, you can put your shirt on."
Given permission, Tsuna quickly dressed. When he turned, Loki had draped both legs over his lap.
"Massage them for me. I was standing outside for over half an hour."
"You should take care, Loki."
Tsuna shook his head, but still set his hands on her soles and kneaded gently.
A pleasant ache eased, and Loki let out a catlike purr. "You're all on the frontlines, pushing the Dungeon. As the main god, I have to show support too—just stood out there a bit longer. No big deal."
"After an expedition, the Familia always hits a lull. What's your plan next?"
She cared a lot about Tsuna's growth and future direction.
"I do have a plan for the next stretch."
He longed for strength and wouldn't halt his pursuit.
"Part of it is my own growth. The other part is Finn and the others."
Now Loki was intrigued. "Let's hear it."
While kneading her feet, Tsuna continued, "This expedition exposed a lot."
"Finn, Gareth, and Riveria are too specialized. Together, they can punch above their level, but once they split, they're easy to pick off."
"They've basically cut a full status into three: Agility and Dexterity belong to Finn; Strength and Endurance to Gareth; Magic solely to Riveria. Early on, specialization is great and growth comes easy. But at higher tiers, it's not enough—you get targeted."
"Mm. That's true of those three."
Loki had watched them grow with clear goals for their paths, so she hadn't harped on the issue. But once they reached a certain height, the flaw turned sharp.
"So how do you plan to fix it?"
"I want to deliberately engineer situations that target their specialties—force them out of their comfort zones to find other solutions."
"Develop their blank spots, huh? That's a good angle."
It was. In their core fields, Finn and company could reach the summit without forcing it—and they'd only just stepped into the realm of Level 6. After three years, there was still plenty of room to grow. Pushing into neglected areas wasn't a bad idea.
"The key is whether they can stick with it."
Tsuna nodded. Results mattered; if they couldn't sustain it, there was no point. So he proposed a test window: "I know. That's why I want to run a one-week trial."
"Approved. But add Astraea's kids too—bring them into it."
(End of Chapter)
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