Behind the counter, a tall Amazonian girl was lazily propping up her face. Before she could finish a huge yawn, she heard the sound and looked around in confusion.
"Huh? Hallucinations?"
She looked left and right in confusion, her gaze sweeping over the empty counter.
A muffled voice, as if from deep underground, rang out with barely suppressed anger.
"Look down, you!"
"Ah… my sincerest apologies!"
The Amazonian shop assistant abruptly lowered her head, only then noticing a small, pouting figure, cheeks puffed out like buns, standing before the impossibly tall counter.
Asta, hands on her hips, puffed out her rather flat chest with all her might, and questioned with full force:
"Do you have any Amazonian outfits with a Fairy flavor here?"
"Huh?"
The Amazonian girl's brain froze for a full three seconds.
She swore that in all her years, she had never heard such an absurd request, one that bordered on performance art.
What a joke! What proper Fairy would be so foolish as to wear their Amazonian people's scanty and revealing clothing?
That could very well trigger a Fairy war!
She awkwardly scratched her fluffy golden hair, forcing a smile that was uglier than a cry.
"This… it seems… we don't have it…"
This answer made Asta quite pleased, but she still pressed on relentlessly.
"Then what about for Pallum?"
"Also… also no."
"Then what about for Dwarves?"
"Definitely not!"
"Cough cough!" Asta cleared her throat, lifted her small face, and looked down at the other party with an expression that said, "I'm giving you a chance." "This can be made available."
"We really don't have this…"
The shop assistant was breaking out in a cold sweat. Where did this person come from? Hmm, she looks a little familiar.
"Then I'll go to the Guild and complain that you're practicing racial discrimination!" Asta issued her ultimate threat.
The aura emanating from that tiny body actually made the tall Amazonian shop assistant feel a hint of… no, a huge amount of pressure!
"Uh…" Sweat streamed down the shop assistant's face like a waterfall. "I… I suddenly remembered! We actually… have a collection of rare, child-sized styles!"
Asta fell silent.
After a long moment, her taut, pretty face seemed to have undergone an internal struggle, and finally, she squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth.
"…Anyway, just take me to see them."
That look of clearly wanting something but having to pretend to be reluctant was simply adorably against the rules.
The Amazonian shop assistant had never seen a Dwarf with such slender limbs and such a cute appearance. Suppressing the urge to hug and torment her, she went to the warehouse to search for the long-hoarded child-sized clothes.
Just across the street, a tall Amazonian woman with mysterious purple eyes and healthy bronze skin suddenly stopped.
Her gaze, filled with curiosity, turned towards the clothing store that had just swallowed a group of young girls.
"What's wrong, Aisha-nee-san?"
"Yes, did you sense malice?"
The questioners were Samira, with her refreshing short white hair, and Lina, with her lively brown ponytail and a smile as bright as the sun.
Aisha.
This Amazonian girl, who harbored the dream of becoming a top adventurer, had journeyed through thorns and thistles from her homeland—the scorching Chaos Desert—finally arriving at the Dungeon City Orario.
Unlike her kin, whose personalities were overly direct, even to the point of being unrestrained, Aisha was almost harsh in her demands for men.
Before finding the one person worthy of her life's devotion, she always maintained a chaste and virtuous demeanor.
Therefore, she and most of her compatriots seemed out of place.
And during her long journey, she met Samira and Lina.
These two compatriots, unusually, shared similar views with her and admired her strength.
Thus, the three became companions and have walked together until today.
Aisha gently shook her head, a hint of confusion flashing in her purple eyes.
"No… I think I heard someone talking about us. I probably misheard."
She led her two companions into a pub around the corner.
After each ordering a brightly colored fruit wine, Aisha pushed a small, heavy pouch of coins in front of the female bartender behind the bar and asked.
"I want to ask you something. Which Familia is the most famous in Orario right now?"
The bartender, hearing this, instantly understood that they were newcomers.
She chuckled, wiping a glass with a clean white cloth, and said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Of course, it's Astrea Familia. Are you suggesting it's our little shop?"
Samira, hearing this, retorted with some indignation.
"But all along the way, we've heard that Loki Familia and Freya Familia are the strongest!"
The bartender didn't get angry, merely smiling as she countered.
"If you go to a country and ask the locals who is the most famous, would they tell you it's their king?"
That single sentence instantly left Samira speechless.
The bartender seemed to recall something, and a strange light, mixed with admiration and anticipation, suddenly flickered in her eyes.
"That being said, the thrones of these two 'kings' might not be occupied for much longer."
Aisha elegantly sipped her fruit wine, a thoughtful look in her deep purple eyes.
"Is it because of that Astrea Familia you mentioned?"
The bartender first nodded, then vigorously shook her head.
"To be precise, it's because of the… only man who has now appeared in this Familia, which was originally all-female. His terrifyingly rapid growth has long been noticed by all Gods and Familias!"
Bang—!
Lina slammed a large pouch of Valis onto the table, the violent sound making the entire bar counter shake.
Her eyes gleaming, she leaned forward and roared in an almost urging tone.
"There's actually such a powerful boy! Quick! Tell us all about him in detail!"
Although Aisha and Samira didn't speak, they locked onto the bartender with equally fervent gazes, their eyes seemingly saying, "If you dare say no, you won't be leaving work today."
While their concepts of love might differ, their sincerity and fervor in pursuing love were no different from other Amazonian girls.
The bartender swallowed, feeling the imposing aura of the three Amazonian girls, as if they would devour her alive. She shivered involuntarily and quickly spilled all the information she knew, one by one.
Actually… she was also a fervent fan of that boy in private, so she spoke in considerable detail.
"Annihilating an entire Familia single-handedly."
"Sending a God back to the Heavens alone."
"Publicly slaughtering a Dark Faction executive in broad daylight."
As the bartender spoke of these great deeds, the three Amazonian girls' eyes widened further and further, and their mouths gaped into an "O" shape, their expressions as if they were listening to a fairy tale.
"Wait! The guy who accomplished these great deeds, how long did you say he'd been in the Familia?"
Aisha's voice was trembling slightly.
The bartender smiled helplessly and spread her hands.
"Although it sounds exaggerated, it's true… it's only been less than two weeks."
Boom!
Aisha felt as if her worldview had been utterly shattered by a meteorite falling from the sky.
Less than two weeks?
Is that something a human can do?
What kind of monster is that guy!
"How… what level is he now?" Lina eagerly pressed.
The bartender shrugged.
"A God once requested Astrea Familia to disclose his information to the Guild, but Goddess refused, citing the reason that 'the Dark Faction might be secretly observing.'
"With Loki Familia also agreeing, and Freya Familia's tacit approval, no one actually knows what level Rod is now."
"The only thing that's certain is that his actual combat power is at least Lv.5!"
Lina unconsciously fiddled with her ponytail, her expression a bit conflicted.
"Just hearing your description, I know he's an exceptionally good man, the kind you'd regret missing for a lifetime! But…"
Samira's expression was also somewhat subtle.
"Although our ideals differ slightly from those of our compatriots, we don't reject competing with others. In fact, a boy with no competition must not be a treasure."
Aisha scratched her head speechlessly, bringing up the most crucial question.
"However, it just happens to be the Familia of that 'Virgin Goddess'!"
A man, and such an excellent man, staying in the Familia of a Virgin Goddess…
The three Amazonian girls felt as if they had trekked thousands of miles through a desert, finally found an oasis, only to discover a sign at the oasis entrance saying, "No improper behavior allowed here." They instantly deflated.
They all sighed in unison.
"Sigh…"
Originally, the three girls had made a pact that if they couldn't find a man they liked in Orario, they would simply join any Familia and let things take their course.
If they all fell for the same man, they would compete fairly, each relying on their own abilities.
Intermarriage between members of different Familias is quite rare nowadays, usually facing various troubles and obstacles.
Considering this factor, once they had an ideal target, they would have to join the same Familia as him as early as possible.
"Amazonian girls joining the Familia of a Virgin Goddess… while it sounds a bit funny, it's not entirely unacceptable. But there's no need to be so extreme unless absolutely necessary."
At this time, they did not yet know that the former forbidden land for men, the secret garden of pure maidens, was now almost entirely "graduated," with only Goddess herself still a virgin.
Samira asked, tilting her head in reluctance.
"So… are we giving up?"
Aisha bit her fingernail, a flickering light in her purple eyes.
A moment later, she suddenly stood up, clenching her fists!
"No! We'll investigate him again! And while we're at it, we'll delve deeper into Orario's situation, and then... see that man with our own eyes!"
Just as they walked out of the tavern, full of fighting spirit, they happened to run into Iska and her group, who were coming out of the clothing store across the street, carrying large bags.
Che Huiyi was blushing, holding a large paper bag, lost in who knew what thoughts.
Asta, on the other hand, had a displeased expression.
The two groups curiously sized each other up, then nodded slightly in unspoken agreement, not saying much, and were about to pass each other.
However, just then.
They all stopped at the same time.
Everyone, without prior arrangement, suddenly looked up towards the eastern horizon.
Their pupils contracted instantly!
"That is..."
In the Starry Hall, Noin was slumped on the sofa, sighing at the tablet in her hand.
She was playing a local gacha mobile game, and after exhausting all means of coaxing and pleading to get a blessing from the Goddess, she confidently pressed the ten-pull button.
"This time! If I don't get a gold character in this ten-pull, I'll... I'll..."
But a string of blue skies and white clouds instantly made her eyes go dark, and she slumped weakly onto the soft sofa, staring blankly out the window.
"How could this happen... Is it just because I'm a free-to-play player...?"
Suddenly, a dazzling five-colored light flashed in the corner of her eye.
Noin was momentarily dazed, blinking her eyes in confusion.
"I... I got a rare item?!"
"No!"
Noin suddenly sprang up from the sofa, even putting her slippers on the wrong feet, and pattered to the window, sticking her head out and straining her eyes to look east!
"Is that a meteor? No, is it a light from the heavens? Has another deity descended?!"
At the same time, at the very top of Babel, in a steep villa like a sword mountain, beneath the shadows of ruins...
All the gods looked thoughtfully in the direction where that light descended, guessing which colleague would be coming down this time.
Hopefully, it would be an interesting fellow.
In the fields outside Orario.
"Oh, oh! So this is the Lower World!"
Her beautiful long black hair was ruffled by the cool breeze, a petite and lovely Goddess was shielding her eyes with her hand, eagerly surveying everything around her.
"Birds singing, flowers fragrant... So different from the Heavenly Realm!"
"But, it's really nice!"
To avoid conflicting with the rules of the Lower World set by the gods, she sealed her divine power, even suppressing her vast divine authority.
Now, this body, reduced to the equivalent of powerlessness, was completely unrelated to the word 'omnipotence'.
Her hands and feet were as slender and small as they appeared, possessing no strength whatsoever.
However, even with such a powerless body, this Goddess seemed to be in such a good mood that she could fly, a brilliantly radiant smile on her face.
"Well then... I remember I should have landed nearby."
In the sun-drenched great grassland, her pretty face looked left and right, and the moment she turned back, she exclaimed, "Oh!" as she spotted her target.
"Found it, found it!"
In the far distance, a chalk-white skyscraper, reaching for the sky, stood tall.
"I just need to head towards that tower..."
"Alright! Labyrinth City, wait for me! And... I'm coming!"
And so, the cute Goddess, walking barefoot out of the great grassland, quickly grew breathless and sat down on the ground, not having walked very far.
Fortunately, she encountered a female merchant's carriage passing by. Seeing her pitiable state, the merchant kindly offered her a ride to Orario.
"Eh... I'm really not used to this powerless body. But the reason why exercise is so tiring is probably because of this burden."
The Goddess looked down at her magnificent marshmallow-like chest, which was still prominent even when sitting, and sighed with a touch of annoyance.
The female merchant driving the carriage, upon hearing this, subconsciously glanced down at her own unremarkable chest, suppressing the urge to kick this young yet remarkably well-endowed Goddess off the carriage.
The Goddess with cute twin pigtails sat on the edge of the carriage, swinging her fair, slender legs, a naive smile on her face.
"But the children of the Lower World are really kind! They even gave me a ride!"
The female merchant couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing the Goddess's innocent words.
"After all, we can't neglect a Goddess. Speaking of which, Goddess, why did you choose to come to the Lower World?"
When the twin-tailed Goddess thought of the news about "that child" that her divine friend had specifically sent, her heart fluttered with a deer-in-headlights panic.
But on the surface, she pretended to be calm, cleared her throat lightly, and showed a triumphant smile.
"Th-that's because the Heavenly Realm is too boring! The gods who want to come to the Lower World to play have to queue up, and it's finally my turn this time!"
Hmm, that's right!
The people in front had all "voluntarily" given up their queue spots for various reasons, so it "just so happened" to be her turn.
Everything was a coincidence and luck! Absolutely!