"To celebrate the successful conclusion of this operation! Cheers!"
At the end of the day.
After finishing all the busy work, all the participants in this operation gathered in the square in front of the Tower of Babel to celebrate this memorable day.
After today, the disaster that had plagued Orario for so long, the Dark Faction, had completely withdrawn from the stage of history and been swept into the garbage dump.
And everyone present had a share of the credit.
"Cheers!"
Everyone drank together.
People gathered in small groups, drinking wine, enjoying food, and rejoicing. In a corner of the square, Takumi, the initiator and protagonist of this turmoil, did not join the general carnival.
On the contrary, he was leading the girls from Dimensional City and the five guests who were invited to join in the fun, setting up a private stove. There was no way around it; Granny Setsuno did not bring enough ingredients for everyone, and they barely had enough for themselves. Let alone sharing with the entire square, they had to hide aside and eat alone.
"Oh my gosh, this is so delicious!"
"Is this the so-called fantasy ingredient? It is indeed dreamy!"
"Wait! Leave some for me! I have not eaten much yet!"
"Haha, some are quick and some are slow. Now is the time for everyone to rely on their own abilities; you will be left behind if you daze off."
It was the first time for the girls to eat delicacies made from fantasy ingredients. They were all shocked and conquered by its delicious taste, which even triggered a burst of looting for food.
"Can people in Komatsu's world eat such delicious food every day? I am so envious."
Misaka Mikoto was also holding a plate, tasting the food carefully, and could not help but sigh.
As special guests invited by Takumi personally, they did not need to fight with the other girls but were served separately. This allowed them to taste the food slowly and calmly, and even chat while eating.
"Yes, the people in their world must be very happy," Lacus Clyne agreed.
Judging from how delicious this food was, just being able to eat it every day would already be a huge happiness.
The words of the two girls made Nico Robin, who was sitting to the side, look at them with amusement.
"What are you thinking? Lady Setsuno's status in their world is that of a distinguished National Treasure-level chef. How can ordinary people easily eat the delicacies made by her?"
"In addition, the difficulty level of capturing these ingredients is not accessible to ordinary people."
"The ordinary people in their world do not have such good treatment. We only have the opportunity to enjoy this delicious food because we are riding on the coattails of Dimensional City."
Unlike Misaka Mikoto and Lacus, who were still young and somewhat idealistic, Nico Robin would not judge the whole picture of a world based on the one-sided information presented by Setsuno and Komatsu.
"Well..." The two girls were stunned when they heard this.
But thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with what Nico Robin said.
"We took it too much for granted."
But immediately, the two girls' attention shifted elsewhere.
"From this point of view, our trip was really worth it, getting such a feast."
Misaka Mikoto could not help but be glad that she made the decision yesterday on a whim to come and help. Now it seemed that her decision was incredibly wise!
"Yes, it is," Lacus nodded. "But we have to thank Takumi-san. If he hadn't entrusted Granny Setsuno to help prepare the celebration banquet, we wouldn't have had the chance to taste these delicacies."
"Well, that is right. Thank you, Takumi."
"..."
Seeing the two girls thanking Takumi, Nico Robin shook her head and said nothing more. Instead, she turned to look at the table where Takumi was sitting not far away.
At this time, Takumi, together with Hestia, Hephaestus, Riveria Ljos Alf, and Kanae Kocho, were hosting the few outsiders at the private table.
They were Ryuu Lion, who fought with the frontline troops during the previous operation.
Ais Wallenstein and Lefiya Viridis, who were specially looked after by Riveria, were dragged over to see the world, and Tiona Hiryute was shamelessly following them.
There was also Tsubaki Collbrande, who participated in this operation but had little presence.
Well, that is the captain of the Hephaestus Familia.
All one can say is that Tsubaki has been having a rough time recently.
Ever since Hephaestus was abducted back to Dimensional City by Takumi, she was completely left alone like a child who suddenly lost her mother. Not only was she the one taking the lead, but all the affairs of the Familia were completely controlled by her, and she had no support from her main god when dealing with the outside world.
In addition to receiving some information about Hephaestus's latest forging technology research from Kanae Kocho, as well as the resources compensated to her, her days became more and more uncomfortable.
While being entangled with all kinds of trivial matters every day, she also felt a little less confident. The former left her no time to study forging, and the latter caused damage to the business of the Hephaestus Familia.
Hephaestus herself was the signature brand of her Familia's equipment store, and many customers chose to patronize it because of Hephaestus's craftsmanship. Now that Hephaestus lived in Dimensional City, she hadn't shown her face in Orario for a long time. Many old customers ran away impatiently.
In addition, there was also panic within the Hephaestus Familia.
Just as those regular customers came there for Hephaestus's craftsmanship, many members of the Hephaestus Familia actually joined because of Hephaestus's forging skills.
Different from other Familias, the relationship between the main god and the members within the Hephaestus Familia is more like the relationship between master and apprentice. It is like a sect. Hephaestus herself is the leader, the cadres like Tsubaki are the true disciples, and the other members are the inner disciples and outer disciples.
And now, Hephaestus, the leader, had run away! These disciples down below would be crazy if they could remain calm!
"Let me tell you, Lord Goddess, do you still want this Familia? You have not shown your face for a long time. If you continue like this, I have no doubt that the people below will suddenly propose to convert to another Familia."
"Give me an accurate answer. As long as you say no, I will immediately go back and disband the Hephaestus Familia."
"Hiccup! Anyway, this Familia is no longer the original Hephaestus Familia. Who cares about this mess? I do not want to care about it anymore."
Tsubaki was holding a wine bottle, not caring that Hephaestus's face had turned black, belching wine and complaining to herself.
Well, this guy was obviously drunk and didn't know what she was saying.
But Takumi felt that Tsubaki would still complain like this even if she were sober.
After all, she had been dragging Hephaestus to vent her bitterness since she sat down. She looked like she was going to spend this time venting all the accumulated resentment at once.