Chapter 373: Apollo, the God with a Taste for Men?
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Syr: "..."
Hidenori's reaction made Syr genuinely wonder if she had somehow lost her charm. But she shook off the thought almost immediately!
This wasn't a problem with her looks; it was entirely a problem with the guy in front of her! Was there actually a man alive who didn't like women? No, that couldn't be right either. She was the Goddess of Beauty! By all accounts, things should never have played out this way.
Syr was completely baffled. What she didn't realize, however, was that the main reason Hidenori Tabata completely ignored her was simply that he was dead drunk! When he had too much to drink, his mind went completely blank. Under normal
circumstances, he would never speak to a pretty girl like that.
Seito saw everything Syr did, but he didn't say a word. If the idiots in his guild really wanted to ride a public bus, he wouldn't stop them. Even if they chose to join Freya's Familia, he wouldn't step in. After all, Seito was only here to have a good time.
Meanwhile, at the Apollo Familia residence...
Apollo sat in his grand hall, staring down at the blond punk and the other thugs. His expression was completely blank, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
"So, what you're saying is... an outside god and a bunch of interdimensional travelers have arrived?" Apollo asked slowly.
Just a moment ago, the thugs had returned to the mansion and had their healers patch up their wounds. Even though they were fully healed, an incident of this scale could never escape Apollo's eyes. Under his crushing pressure, the blond punk and his crew had spilled everything about Seito.
"Yes, Lord Apollo," the blond punk replied quickly.
His current plan was incredibly simple: give Apollo all the details about Seito's group so that Apollo would report them, and get them kicked out of the world entirely! However, while his plan sounded great on paper, Apollo had an entirely different perspective.
"How interesting," Apollo's lips curled into a smirk.
An outside god and travelers from another dimension. How many years had it been since he last saw something like that? He never expected a foreign deity to bring his followers straight into Orario.
More importantly, Apollo had heard that this outside god was a master of space and exceptionally handsome! Given Apollo's notorious taste for beautiful men, there was no way he was going to let Seito go!
Naturally, he had zero intention of reporting them.
"Should I host a divine banquet?" Apollo thought to himself.
With a foreign god like Seito arriving, this was the perfect excuse to call a grand meeting. "Send out invitations to all the gods under the guise of a regular wine party."
After sorting out his thoughts, Apollo made his decision. His eyes locked onto the blond punk, a dark intention forming in his mind.
"You! Come here and face down!" Apollo commanded sharply. "The rest of you! Get out!"
The blond punk: "..."
The surrounding thugs: "..."
Hearing their god's command, the other members cast pitiful looks at the blond punk before quickly standing up and clearing the room. The blond punk's body trembled slightly, but he could only obey and step forward.
On the other side of town...
After finishing their meal, Seito led his guild members on a casual stroll through the city streets. Their current objective was simple: buy a large estate where their entire group could relax and stay together.
"Seito, do you think those Apollo Familia guys will come back to cause us trouble?"
Kirukiru Amou asked suddenly. "And will Apollo report our information to Zeus?"
The members of the Apollo Familia clearly hated Kitahara Iori and the others to the bone. Kirukiru wouldn't believe it for a second if someone told her those thugs didn't want revenge. If they told Apollo that Seito and his group were interdimensional outsiders, what would happen if Apollo reported them to Zeus?
"It should be fine," Seito replied after a brief thought.
Apollo wouldn't waste his breath defending those thugs. In his eyes, those lackeys were probably just toys he had already grown bored of. Besides, since he and the guild members were from another world, Apollo would definitely become obsessed with them instead.
Hearing his analysis, Kirukiru felt it made a lot of sense and dropped the subject.
"Seito-kun, can we actually use our gold coins here?" Maple asked out of nowhere.
Right now, their pockets were filled with gold coins distributed by the God Domain's system framework. However, the gold coins used in Orario were minted from the actual natural resources of this planet. Maple wasn't entirely sure if their currency would be accepted here.
"I'm not completely sure either, but..." Seito smiled. "They should work fine."
The gold coins would most likely be accepted. After all, gold was gold; the only real difference was that the God Domain coins could be manipulated directly through their system interface. Maple nodded her little head in understanding.
"Lord Seito!"
Just then, a voice called out from behind them. Seito and the others stopped at the same time and turned around.
They saw Aiz and Riveria walking quickly toward them. The person who had called out to Seito was Riveria, the high elf manager of her group. Seeing the two of them, Seito's interest was piqued. Without a doubt, they were here to ask about how to level up quickly. Aiz would never pass up a single chance to get stronger.
Tap, tap, tap~~~
A few seconds later, the two women wove past the suited guild members and stepped directly in front of Seito.
"What brings you two here?" Seito asked, playing dumb.
"Lord Seito, I want to know how to rapidly increase my strength," Aiz stated blankly, cutting straight to the core of her visit.
Hearing her words, everyone except Seito perked up. They hadn't expected to meet someone in this world with such an incredibly intense drive to grow stronger.
"Rapidly increase your strength?" Seito tapped his chin. He casually glanced toward a specific corner behind Aiz and Riveria, a playful smirk spreading across his face.
"What if I told you that you'd have to leave the Loki Familia first? Would you be willing to do that?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Seito, what do you think you're doing?!"
Suddenly, Loki's voice shrieked from behind them. She sprinted over to Aiz's side, staring at Seito with absolute suspicion and alarm.
"Aiz is my precious child! Don't you dare try any of your smooth tricks on her!"
Loki had been secretly tailing Aiz and Riveria from the moment they left the pub. Since they were going to meet with an outside god, Loki was naturally terrified that her girls might fall into some dangerous trap.
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