"Haha!"
Seeing Hephaestus's shy appearance, Takumi couldn't help but laugh.
Even Hestia, Riveria, and Kanae Kocho covered their mouths and chuckled.
"You dare laugh!"
Hephaestus was immediately furious and used a playful Two-Finger Zen strike on Takumi.
Naturally, such a playful attack could not cause any actual harm to Takumi. However, Takumi still pretended to cooperate fully. He looked like he was gritting his teeth in pain and gasping for air.
Only then did Hephaestus stop her hand with satisfaction.
Hestia took the opportunity to come over, stretching out her hand to give Takumi a comforting rub.
Kanae Kocho helped serve Takumi food and wine.
Riveria rolled her eyes and did not join in the pampering.
"..."
The three people sitting across from them looked at the intimate interaction between Takumi and the others, and for a moment, they became even more confused.
They knew about the relationship between Takumi and Riveria. After all, it was public and had caused a sensation; everyone in Orario knew about it.
But what about Takumi, Hephaestus, Hestia, and Kanae Kocho?
The three of them noticed something suspicious and couldn't help but look back and forth at Takumi and the group with gossipy expressions. It just goes to show that gossip is human nature, and even Ryuu Lion, who usually looks indifferent, was not exempt from it.
However, Takumi didn't give them a chance to dwell on it. After taking a sip of wine, he broke away from the gentle atmosphere and looked at Ryuu Lion.
"How about it? Now that the matter is concluded, what do you think? Do you want to come to our Dimensional City?"
Before the operation started, Takumi had invited Ryuu Lion once. However, she did not give a definitive answer because she had important business at the time, saying that she would consider it later.
Now that the Dark Faction matter had been dealt with, Takumi extended the invitation again.
Ryuu Lion was stunned when she heard his words. She didn't expect Takumi to suddenly mention this. Then she started to think about it seriously.
To be honest, Ryuu was very grateful to Takumi and the others for helping to eliminate the Dark Faction, her sworn enemies. Her obsession with this was so deep that after the operation concluded and it was confirmed that the Dark Faction had been completely wiped out, she had cried uncontrollably as her great revenge was finally avenged.
Then, when she came back to her senses, it was already evening, and she was invited to the celebration party right after, so she hadn't had time to think about the future.
But...
"Okay, I agree. But before that, I want to see Goddess Astraea first and perform the Conversion."
No matter what purpose Takumi had for inviting her, the kindness of helping to eliminate the Dark Faction was enough for her to sell the rest of her life to Takumi.
Because during this operation, Ryuu Lion had truly seen the depths of the Dark Faction's background. Putting everything else aside, she could not have solved the Evil God within the Dark Faction alone. If she had relied solely on herself, she probably would not have been able to achieve her goal of revenge in this lifetime.
Therefore, there was no need to hesitate; she simply wanted to repay this kindness.
However, although the great revenge was avenged, she still had to deal with some matters. In the beginning, she had insisted on taking revenge, but she did not say goodbye to Goddess Astraea.
In fact, because of her unscrupulous revenge spree, not only was she put on a bounty list by the Guild, but it also had some negative effects on Astraea. At that time, she was blinded by hatred and did not notice it.
Now that she had calmed down, Ryuu felt that it was necessary to apologize to Astraea in person. At the same time, she also had to say goodbye to her former partners.
"Okay, no problem."
Takumi nodded. "Astraea should be in the Sword City now. Kanae and the others will go back there tomorrow. You should go with them; it will be faster."
"I understand."
Seeing this, Ryuu Lion nodded without any doubt and agreed to this arrangement.
"By the way, what was that Dimensional City you were talking about?"
At this time, seeing that the two of them had finally finished chatting, Tiona Hiryute asked curiously.
Lefiya Viridis did the same and looked over with interest.
In the chat just now, Takumi and the others had mentioned this name more than once. It was hard not to notice that they referred to it as a separate place, distinct from the Hestia Familia.
Even Ais Wallenstein put down the food in her hands when she heard this and listened attentively.
Her intuition told her that this Dimensional City seemed to be related to the strong members of the Hestia Familia who appeared this time. Maybe it held the key to why they were so strong.
"That is a place created by Takumi, and it is also the reason why we don't appear in Orario very often," Riveria explained with a smile, arranging a soundproof barrier around them.
"This was originally a secret and would not be told to anyone outside the Hestia Familia."
"But due to the construction needs of the Dimensional City, we are planning to invite some people in Orario to help."
"So there is no problem in telling you now. After all, given the relationship between us, your names will definitely be on the list by then."
"The so-called Dimensional City is..."
Next, Riveria briefly explained to the group what the Dimensional City and other worlds were.
After listening to Riveria's explanation, Tiona and the others looked dumbfounded.
"A different world?! Seriously?!"
Tiona stood up in disbelief.
"A different world? Does such a thing really exist?"
Lefiya was also a little unsteady, her eyes spinning as her brain overloaded.
"So, I am going to another world next?"
Ryuu Lion was completely stunned. She never thought that the organization she had just agreed to join was a cross-world organization. And she herself would move to another world in the future.
This made Ryuu suddenly feel that perhaps she had agreed too hastily just now? She should have at least understood the situation on the other side first.
"A different world..."
Ais murmured blankly, and then asked, "Is there a way to make me stronger over there?"
Ais didn't care about whether it was a different world or not. She only cared about whether this would help her improve her strength.
"Of course there is."
Takumi smiled and nodded.
"Not only does it exist, but it is also very simple. You can become stronger just by exploring for a while. After all, exploring a different world is a significant endeavor."
Hearing this, Tiona and the other three couldn't help but feel it was a little outrageous.
Is that really okay?!
But thinking about it carefully, Takumi was right. This is a different world! After going to a different world and coming back, one has completed a cross-world journey!
Does this not count as a Great Feat?!
It definitely counts! Not only does it count, it is a massive Feat!
Therefore, this can indeed grant a significant amount of Excelia for their Status to improve.