The two Goddesses spoke as if no one else was present, exchanging words that only three people in the room could understand.
This left Alise, Gojouno Kaguya, and the side-ponytail girl somewhat helpless.
Fortunately, Astrea did not cling to the current issue relentlessly.
Although Levi's worldview was dangerous, from another perspective, before obtaining enough strength to contend with the Gods, he would also appear sufficiently harmless to humans and animals alike.
As for the power of the Gods, or rather, their Arcanum...
If the humans of the Lower World could possess it so easily, the Gods known as 'Transcendental Existences' might have long since been kicked into the trash bin of history.
Thoughts flashing through her mind, Astrea exhaled a breath of stale air, and the lines of her face softened once more.
"The third requirement, Hero King... I will barely consider you to have passed," she said slowly. "Do you want Lyra and the others' weapons now, or shall I have someone send them over later?"
Although Levi no longer feared other adventurers, he had no intention of deliberately seeking trouble for himself. Upon hearing this, he replied, "Give them to me directly."
As he spoke, he took out the agreed-upon 150 bottles of Ice and Fire Wine from his Inventory.
He placed them on the table in order of their star rank.
Then, he took the contracts he had previously signed with Alise and Gojouno Kaguya, and after obtaining the mutual acknowledgment of the two girls, he successfully tore them up.
As for the newly established contract, out of responsibility for her former dependents, the one transcribing the Hieroglyphs this time became Astrea.
About twenty minutes later, a contract annotated in three types of script appeared on the table.
Levi picked up a pen and wrote his name after 'Party A'.
Followed by Alise and Gojouno Kaguya.
Once white light flashed across the surface of the contract, indicating it had taken effect, Levi raised his right hand again and quickly drew a few Primordial Rune characters.
In the next instant, the parchment containing the contract completely violated the laws of nature, suddenly multiplying from one to two, and then from two to four.
Levi picked up one of the contracts and placed it into his Inventory, while the other three were pushed in front of Alise, Gojouno Kaguya, and Goddess Astrea respectively.
'Scarlet Harnel' and 'Yamato Rindou', having spent some time with Levi, were tentatively mentally prepared for their employer's methods. Furthermore, their horizons were ultimately a bit lower; seeing this, they were only stunned for a few seconds before putting away their parchments.
But the brown-haired Goddess clearly had a strange expression on her face at this moment.
She turned her head and looked at her friend from Tenkai: "Arcanum?!"
Hestia shook her head. "It shouldn't count as that yet, but..." She paused slightly. "If my Levi can master Divine Power, or perhaps a power of the same level, then it's hard to say."
Astrea: "..."
She suddenly regretted it slightly. She shouldn't have agreed to Levi's act of resurrecting Lyra and the others just for the sake of Alise and Kaguya.
Instead, she should have waited a bit longer, at least until she was sure that certain behaviors of Levi would not incur the hostility of other Gods.
But now, it was too late to say these things.
If she couldn't even keep an agreement, Astrea would hardly count as a Goddess of Justice.
"Levi Bright, what I am about to say counts as a request from me, as the former Main God of Alise and the others, and also as a divine friend of Hestia." Astrea opened her mouth. "Please do not let my children do 'dangerous' things."
Levi glanced across at her after hearing this, and then a sneer suddenly escaped his lips. "Lady Astrea, you seem to have taken me for some kind of villain."
Are you not?
Astrea really wanted to ask that back. An adventurer who believes solely in power is very prone to going astray.
In the past struggles against the Evils, Astrea had seen and heard of several such existences.
However, before Levi could speak, Hestia, sitting on the side, couldn't help but jump in.
"Astrea, do you think I have no taste in men?"
The brown-haired Goddess: "?"
She immediately realized that her performance just now had actually admitted this in a roundabout way. She hurriedly began to explain, "Um, Hestia, you've misunderstood..."
Hestia, however, did not care. "Fine, I do act a bit childish usually, but you should at least trust Hephaestus, right? How could a man that both she and I have set our sights on simultaneously be some big bad guy?"
Astrea: "???"
Alise, Gojouno Kaguya, Side-ponytail girl: "???"
The four of them: "!!!"
"Wait, what did you mean by that sentence just now?" Astrea was a bit unsettled.
Although she had faintly perceived Hephaestus's feelings before, she hadn't expected the other party to act so quickly. Clearly, when they were in Tenkai, she was still Aphrodite's veteran simp. How come immediately after reaching the Lower World—for Gods, a few decades really pass in the blink of an eye—she had a new lover?
Hestia crossed her arms. "It means literally what it says. A few days ago, Hephaestus and my Levi officially confirmed their relationship."
Alise, Gojouno Kaguya, and the side-ponytail girl, who were frantically consuming this gossip: "Ｏ(≧口≦)Ｏ"
Astrea wore a face that said Are you kidding me? "You actually agreed to it?"
The twin-tailed Goddess looked calm. "What's there to disagree with? You should have also seen the ability my Levi just used. If he continues to research it, it's not completely impossible for him to ascend from man to God."
"With infinite time to squander, let alone just Hephaestus now, even if a few more came along, I could accept it."
As she spoke, Hestia cast a somewhat peculiar gaze toward her friend.
Astrea really didn't know how to answer at this moment.
Hestia was right about one thing earlier. As a Goddess whose alignment leaned towards Order and Good, neither she nor Hephaestus were the type of existence to fall for villains or bad guys.
But...
The brown-haired Goddess shifted her gaze, refocusing on the face of the youth beside the Blue Ribbon.
After taking a deep breath, she asked softly, "Levi Bright, when you possess enough power, what will you do?"
Being stared at by the other party with an incomparably serious gaze, Levi remained calm throughout. This time, he did not choose to avoid the topic. Instead, after thinking for a moment, he said slowly:
"I'm not clear about the future, but as for now... hmm, probably drive the three things—prostitution, gambling, and drugs—completely out of the Labyrinth City."
This answer somewhat exceeded Astrea's expectations.
Because no matter how one looked at it, these were not words a believer in brute strength would say.
Instead, it seemed more like the choice of a believer in Justice. No, even Alise, Kaguya, and Lyra, when they were still alive a few years ago, only chose to conduct crusades against the Evils that harmed Orario.
As for the Pleasure Quarter, casinos, and some contraband circulating in the dark... they chose to ignore them, or rather, regarded them as a part of Orario's normal order.
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