"Huh? Hephaestus, why are you here... Oh, by the way, you and Hestia are good friends."
Loki couldn't help but be startled when she saw Hephaestus. She was a little confused about why the other party appeared, but then she thought about it.
She and Hestia are good friends. The Hephaestus Familia and the Hestia Familia have also formed an alliance early on, so there is no reason why they shouldn't know about Dimensional City.
Thinking of this, Loki couldn't help but darken her face: "So, you have known about the existence of Dimensional City for a long time, right?"
Hephaestus smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, I knew it right away."
"Hateful! You guys have gone too far!" Loki said angrily. "At least my Familia has formed an alliance with you. My Riveria was abducted by that bastard Takumi, and I was the last to find out!"
"You have kept this from me for so long. Won't your consciences hurt?!"
"I'm so angry! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻"
"Ah, haha..."
In this regard, what else could Hephaestus say? She could only continue to laugh in embarrassment.
"Conscience doesn't hurt."
A voice came from behind Loki.
"Um? Who? Wait! My divine power!"
Loki was stunned when she heard this. She was about to turn around when she suddenly discovered that the divine power she had just recovered after leaving the Danmachi world was suddenly sealed again.
Even this time, it was sealed even more severely.
Before, she could break through the seal at any time and regain her strength. However, the current seal left no chance for her to resist, turning her into an ordinary person.
Needless to think, she was certain it was the same as just now. It was related to the voice.
Loki quickly looked back and saw the bastard she had just mentioned.
"Takumi? Is this your doing?"
Takumi nodded: "Yes."
???
He actually admitted it directly?
"Okay, it really was you who did it!"
Looking at Takumi's calm face, Loki was furious.
She was so angry that she didn't care that her strength had been sealed and was only at the level of an ordinary person. She rolled up her sleeves and prepared to go up and argue with Takumi.
In the end, Takumi naturally suppressed her easily. He only used one hand to hold down her head, while her attacks couldn't touch him at all.
"Hateful! Come and challenge me head-on if you have the guts!"
Takumi shrugged: "You deserve this. You have been malicious towards me. I didn't expel you back. It's just a light seal on your strength. You should be grateful."
Yes, the main reason why he appeared here was because he received an alarm from the system, reminding him that people from other worlds were harboring malice towards him.
Then he quickly came over to see what was going on.
Upon looking, okay, it turned out to be Loki.
The other party had always been unhappy with him because he abducted Riveria. (The malice was not significant, and Loki didn't think about it when she came, so she barely passed through the Dimensional Gate.)
There was nothing more to say. Takumi wouldn't coddle Loki and just let the system seal the opponent's strength.
"What?!"
When Loki heard this, she immediately became furious.
"Do you want me to be grateful? I feel like... you ******!"
My strength has been sealed, why should I be grateful?!
Damn it!
No capitalist is as manipulative as you!
Seeing this, Hephaestus reluctantly came up and pulled Loki away, covered her mouth, and physically silenced her.
"Okay, if you don't stop talking, do you want to be deported back?"
Loki finally calmed down after hearing this.
Understanding that Takumi seemed truly capable of telling her to get out, Loki had no choice but to behave.
After all, she had just arrived in another world. She hadn't experienced anything yet and hadn't started playing. She didn't want to be kicked back to her original world in the blink of an eye.
"And this time it's really your problem."
Hephaestus explained to Loki the principle of the Dimensional Gate's detection accuracy and the protection mechanism for Takumi.
"Holy shit! Doesn't that mean I won't even be able to hate him anymore?"
After Loki heard this, she was completely dumbfounded.
Even if she had any malice towards Takumi, it would be detected the moment it arose. If she harbored malice towards Takumi and Dimensional City, she wouldn't even be able to pass through the Dimensional Gate.
Then isn't she finished?!
She can no longer be malicious towards Takumi, otherwise she won't even have a chance to go to other worlds, and may even be expelled back to the Danmachi world at any time, never able to return to Dimensional City.
"Theoretically speaking, this is true." Hephaestus nodded.
"I... fuck!"
Loki suddenly had a constipated expression on her face and almost suffered internal injuries from suppressing her anger.
But there was no way; the situation was stronger than her.
The initiative was completely in Takumi's hands. No matter how unwilling she was, she could only abide by the other party's rules.
Otherwise, she would have no choice but to say goodbye to this different world she had dreamed of and the many new things waiting for her to discover.
It would be fine if she didn't know the existence of Dimensional City, and she might still feel that it didn't matter.
But as the saying goes, I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light.
Loki is now in that state after seeing the light.
At this time, forcing her to give up the colorful world here in Dimensional City and go back to being bored, only playing around in her own world, would be even more uncomfortable than killing her.
Therefore, Loki could only accept this situation.
She turned her head away, closed her eyes, and began to constantly suggest to herself not to be angry with Takumi because of what happened in the past.
It has to be said that as a god who is hundreds of millions of years old, she has quite strong self-control.
After a while, the system alarm on Takumi's side disappeared.
Takumi nodded: "Well, you did a good job. You passed the test."
Hearing this, Loki opened her eyes and turned around, looking at Takumi calmly: "In that case, the seal on my body..."
Loki wanted Takumi to lift the seal on her strength.
After all, this is a different world, and you don't have to follow the rules of the Danmachi world.
In addition, in an unfamiliar environment, one may encounter troubles and need to use strength.
Therefore, Loki wanted to preserve her strength in case of emergency.
However, before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Takumi.
"You can't even think about lifting the seal in the short term. At least until you gain my trust through future observation and confirm that you will not have a negative impact on the security of Dimensional City, you will maintain the status quo."
"But this actually has no impact on you. Dimensional City is protected by a barrier and is very safe. It also has a dedicated security team and is very harmonious. There is almost no chance of needing to use force."
"As for going out, there is no need to specifically lift the seal. Just like in the Danmachi world, this seal only takes effect in Dimensional City and will be temporarily lifted when you go to other worlds."
Loki: "..."
Having said all that, what else could she say?
I can only accept this result.