It was perfectly normal.
Although the Dungeon gods had their Divine Power Sealed, they still possessed eyes that could perceive the "extraordinary."
While it was more a kind of intuition, it gave them plenty of amusement.
Rosen, of course, could not be seen through by those gods.
Tokisaki Kurumi and Fubuki, protected by the chat group, were likewise hidden.
But compared with the local Adventurers tainted by native air, these two girls from another world stood out like cranes among chickens—highly conspicuous to any god who noticed them.
And being top-tier beauties, they already had mischief-loving gods whispering.
"Who are those two girls?"
"I've never seen them in Orari; could they be newcomers?"
"Such cute girls—if they're not in a Familia, how about joining mine?"
"Scram! I spotted them first!"
"Newcomers, consider my Familia first—join and I'll order our captain to power-level you."
"Ignore him, my Familia offers the best benefits: free gear, room and board, plus bodyguards and training partners for Dungeon trips~~~"
These gods were hardly just enjoying the spectacle.
Yet their eagerness to recruit showed genuine curiosity and admiration for the two girls.
"Can I blow them all away?"
Barely a few steps out, Fubuki—surrounded by a riot of colorfully dressed gods—looked gloomy.
Popularity was nice, but she felt like merchandise in their eyes.
As though she were already theirs for the taking.
"Do as you like."
Rosen chuckled.
After weighing the pros and cons, Fubuki dropped the idea of blasting these clingy gods away.
If she started a fight here, their Orari trip would end on the spot.
Attacking a Familia's main god equaled declaring war on the whole Familia; moreover, Mortals of this world regarded the Lower Realm gods as higher beings.
Even past dark factions might blaspheme, yet killing a god was unthinkable.
Fubuki figured she'd be on Orari's wanted list by nightfall if she dared.
"Then let's go."
With a smile Rosen wrapped Tokisaki Kurumi and Fubuki in Divine Power, vanishing before everyone's eyes.
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The onlooking gods and Adventurers froze as the trio disappeared.
After a brief silence, a tidal wave of chatter erupted.
Leaving aside what the Adventurers thought, for the gods—
though they seemed idle and, with their Divine Power Sealed, looked no different from Mortals—they still possessed vast knowledge beyond Mortal comprehension.
More importantly,
even that knowledge couldn't explain how Rosen had vanished.
It absolutely wasn't power an Adventurer could wield.
Yet if not an Adventurer, how could he teleport?
Could it be a god?
But none of the three looked like deities.
Besides, any god using Divine Power in the Lower Realm would trigger the recall beam instantly, with no chance of reversal.
Of course, Rosen, who had teleported away under everyone's gaze, felt no unease.
So what if they saw him? He hadn't bothered disguising himself this time.
At that moment, both Tokisaki Kurumi and Fubuki felt a sudden chill.
"What's wrong?"
Fubuki felt as if some eye…
And it was utterly different from the recruiting gods earlier.
Tokisaki Kurumi felt the same.
"Rosen, do you know what this is?"
the girl asked.
"Freya—you both know her. If I'm right, she's spying on us from the Tower of Babel."
Unlike the two girls, Rosen had no worries.
With his current strength, a mere Goddess of Beauty couldn't glimpse the color of his Soul.
After all, in the original plot, Goddess Freya coveted the protagonist Bell precisely because she saw the color of his Soul.
For Bell alone, Freya could abandon the entire Familia she had painstakingly built for years.
"Of course, more precisely, she was spying on the two of you, not me."
0... Rosen added.
"Us?"
Tokisaki Kurumi and Fubuki looked at each other.
Having watched the anime, they knew exactly what sort of personality Freya had.
Once she sets her sights on someone, Freya will resort to any means to obtain them—be it coercion, bribery, or anything else.
If necessary, seduction is on the table too.
Indeed, many currently in the Freya Familia joined only because the goddess used her body—offering her looks and even her flesh as bait.
While Tokisaki Kurumi and Fubuki felt that powerful men keeping harems was nothing unusual, the difference between male and female still mattered.
They didn't understand Freya's ways, but they respected them.
Still, they could never accept it for themselves.
Neither had any interest in women, and both already had someone in their hearts.
What puzzled them, though, was Rosen's claim that he hadn't been spied upon.
In terms of Soul's radiance, as the God of the Bible, Rosen outshone every Mortal alive.
No—"outshone" wasn't even accurate.
If one needed a metaphor, Rosen's Soul was the sun itself.
"That's because Freya can't see through me. With her current Divine Power she can't glimpse my Soul, so she probably assumes I'm some unknown deity who, like her, can wield a portion of divine authority—though in a sense she's not wrong."
Rosen chuckled as he spoke...