Robin chatted a lot with Seryu and gathered a significant amount of useful information. However, Robin felt that this information needed to be verified personally. Therefore, her journey to another world had just begun.
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Let's go back to Takumi.
After he left the laboratory, he passed through the dimensional gate and arrived in the Danmachi world after a long absence. Coming with him was Riveria, who was on temporary leave.
"Orario... it feels like I haven't been back for a long time."
Walking on the streets of Orario, looking at everything that was familiar but also felt a little strange, Riveria couldn't help but sigh slightly.
"It hasn't been that long, just two or three months. When you were in the Loki Familia, an expedition would take almost the same amount of time."
Riveria rolled her eyes when she heard this. "This is different. An expedition is not so eventful."
To put it bluntly, a Dungeon expedition was just repeating the same thing. But during this period in the Dimensional City, how many of the things that happened were the same? The expedition would only make people feel bored at best. Dealing with affairs in the Dimensional City, however, made people feel that a long time had passed.
"Well, you're right."
Takumi scratched his head in embarrassment, not daring to refute.
There was no helping it. Who made Riveria so busy? He actually deserved a lot of the credit for it. Many of Riveria's jobs were actually tasks Takumi had shifted onto her. So mentioning this would inevitably make him feel guilty.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Seeing that Takumi had taken it to heart, Riveria understandingly did not continue the topic to avoid embarrassing him.
Then she pulled Takumi and accelerated towards the headquarters of the Loki Familia.
"Let's go faster. The others might just be leaving the Dungeon. It wouldn't be good to miss them."
"Um."
Takumi nodded. Although he had confirmed through Najenda before coming here that the Loki Familia members were resting and not going out, seeing Riveria so eager to reunite with her old acquaintances, Takumi didn't say anything to dampen her mood.
Yes, Riveria came to this world with him this time mainly to go back to her 'maiden home' to visit relatives. First, she was a little uneasy about some of the younger girls in the Loki Familia, such as Ais and Lefiya. Secondly, she felt that leaving for so long without any news would make her former companions worry about her.
Therefore, after seeing that Takumi was coming here, Riveria gave herself a temporary vacation and came along.
As for whether this would cause problems with the internal affairs of the Dimensional City? Riveria said there was no need to worry at all. There were more people in the Dimensional City to handle internal affairs now than before. Quite a few of them could stand alone. Therefore, even if she was missing for a day or two, or even a month, there would likely be no problem.
In addition, it was also very convenient to travel to and from the Dimensional City. If something really went wrong, she could immediately go back and take charge of the overall situation. What's more, cross-world communication methods had been implemented now. She didn't even have to rush back; if there was a problem, she could handle it remotely through the dimensional terminal. Therefore, there was no need to worry.
The two held hands and walked quickly, and soon they arrived at the Twilight Manor, the residence of the Loki Familia.
After saying hello to the familia members stationed at the door, Riveria pulled Takumi in. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw a familiar blond girl practicing her swordsmanship.
"Ais." Riveria saw the familiar figure and walked over with a smile.
Ais stopped her practice when she heard the sound, turned around quickly, and couldn't help but be startled when she saw Riveria.
"What's wrong? Have you forgotten me because you haven't seen me for so long?"
Looking at Ais's blank expression, which was still the same as before, Riveria couldn't help but tease her.
"No, I didn't forget." Hearing this, Ais shook her head quickly. After being silent for a moment, she seemed to come to her senses and said with surprise, "Riveria, why did you come back suddenly?"
"Of course, it's because I wanted to come back and see you. Come here, let me see if you have lost weight recently."
As she said that, Riveria spun Ais around a few times, looking like she was checking carefully.
Takumi watched silently. You still say that you are not a mother?! It's just a reaction to check if the other person has lost weight, but it's too characteristic.
"Woo~ah! Mom, you are finally willing to come back! I thought it was so hard for you!"
At this time, a crying voice came from the upper floor next to them. Immediately afterwards, a figure jumped directly from the window and fell from the sky towards Riveria.
Riveria's face changed and she looked disgusted. She raised her hand to hold up a magic shield.
Bang!!!
A certain red-haired, flat-chested goddess hung on the magic shield in a large spread-eagle shape like a gecko.
"How can you treat me like a stranger? I only want to drink and enjoy the beauty of my cuties."
Loki spoke incomprehensibly, and her eyes looking at Riveria were full of resentment.
"Who do you think is the mother?"
Riveria's veins popped out on her forehead, and with a fierce wave of her hand, Loki, who was hanging on the magic shield, was thrown into the wall.
Bang!
"Well..."
Loki changed from hanging on the magic shield to hanging on the wall. She twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
"Deserved it."
Greetings to Riveria followed shortly after.
Finn: "Long time no see, Riveria. Welcome back."
Tione: "Welcome back."
Gareth: "Why did it take so long to come back? There was no news at all, and we couldn't find anyone, which made everyone worried for a while."
Tiona: "That's right, people almost thought you had forgotten us."
Bete: "Humph, you still know how to come back."
Lefiya: "Lady Riveria, long time no see. How are you lately?"
Riveria couldn't help but smile when she heard what everyone said.
"Sorry everyone, it was my fault this time."
Riveria didn't make any excuses and directly admitted her mistake. "As compensation, I brought gifts for everyone this time."
As she said that, Riveria took out a lot of things from her space backpack and distributed them to everyone one by one. Even Loki had a share.
For the three men—Finn, Gareth, and Bete—it was a weapon suitable for each of them. They had been strengthened by Takumi's Gate of Babylon and were much stronger than Orario's current top weapons.
Ais, Lefiya, Tione, and Tiona each received a set of clothes. These clothes were made from special spider silk. She had specially asked Hephaestus to enchant them and strengthened them with the Gate of Babylon. The defense effect was quite high. Even weapons used by Finn and the others couldn't break through their defenses easily; it was enough for the four girls to freely enter and leave the Dungeon without being injured while wearing them.
As for Loki, it was some wine brewed by the Dimensional City.