Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 685 Hestia's Generosity (Intrigue), Freya Shares Her Fluttering Emotions

When Hestia heard the boy say that the God of Clowns had urged him to switch sects that night, she was almost bursting with rage, her eyes blazing with fire.

However, after hearing that the boy had refused the clown god's offer on her behalf, the little goddess was so moved that she rushed over.

Broly was immediately embraced by Hestia, listening to the loli goddess say, "I knew you wouldn't abandon your divine self."

"The reason why the goddess Loki took the initiative to recruit me was because she was worried that our conflict would make you disagree with me teaching her clan's children swordsmanship. Even if she did teach them, she was afraid that you, Lady Hestia, would ridicule her and make her lose face. But now it seems that her worries were completely unnecessary. Lady Hestia, your magnanimity is as broad and gentle as your heart."

Hestia: "..."

She felt a little embarrassed. She wasn't as good as the boy made her out to be. She had just been thinking that since it was a boy from her own clan who had feelings for a girl from another clan, she subconsciously felt that she was in the wrong. However, she wouldn't say that out loud.

"Ahem, that's right. I'm not like that petty, narrow-minded clown god who holds onto every little thing in the heavens. My heart is very broad."

"So, Broly, you absolutely must, when you're teaching that swordswoman swordsmanship, make sure she falls head over heels for you, completely and utterly in love with you."

The loli goddess first tried to ease her own embarrassment, then spoke fiercely.

"Once I've won you over, I'll personally go to your door to propose marriage!"

When the time comes, she'll definitely jump up, grab that bastard Loki by the collar, and shout at him, "If you want my child to teach your child swordsmanship, no problem, but after that, your child will become my child's wife!"

Just thinking about the expression Loki might have on his face then gave Hestia a sense of satisfaction, as if she had finally gotten her revenge.

"If possible, don't let that girl of a thousand spirits get away with it either. Make her fall deeply in love with you, and like that swordswoman, make her marry you in the end!"

Then, there will be double the mockery and double the joy, making that bastard Loki lose both the Sword Maiden and the Thousand Elf Maiden.

Lily Luca listened in stunned silence. Lady Hestia was indeed magnanimous, but was she using that magnanimity in the wrong place?

After finishing her meal, the little girl planned to take a bath. She asked Broly to help prepare a change of clothes and send the boy away. Then, she approached the Loli Goddess and asked, "Lady Hestia, why do you support Broly's encounters with so many girls?"
"Right now, just the two of us are already starting to compete with each other. If more people come, won't it become even more chaotic and the competition even fiercer?!"

Hestia glanced at Lilyluka, knowing her feelings. Even she herself was only barely suppressing the bittersweet feeling of sharing her own boy because she was thinking about how she could thoroughly mock that bastard Loki.

“Lily, let me be frank with you. Although I don’t want more people to get involved, I don’t want to stop Broly from becoming even better.”

"What do you mean?"

"That kid has a skill: the more women he meets that he wants to meet, the more outstanding and capable he becomes."

Hestia didn't go into detail about the skill "You are all my wings," but she did mention its existence to the little girl.

"Eh?!"

Lily Luca was a little stunned; she hadn't expected this to happen.

Now, it's a bit difficult to object to boys meeting more girls.

After all, Broly had done her a favor, and she wasn't the first person he had ever met.

Hestia, the goddess he met first, didn't object. If he, as the second person he met, were to stop her, wouldn't it feel like repaying kindness with enmity?

. . . .

"Lily, what's wrong?"

While taking a bath, Broly noticed that the little girl's expression was complicated and she seemed to be in a bad mood, so he asked her about it.

"Brother Broly, I have a question for you."

"what?"

"If you meet many more people in the future, will you still treat me as well as you do now?"

The little girl asked somewhat uneasily.

"of course."

Broly answered without hesitation, and his serious and earnest demeanor reassured the little girl.

"Lily will also help you later."

"Hey, what can I do for you, Lily?"

Broly looked at her with some confusion.

"Help me make you even better and more amazing, Broly."

In the bath, the little girl rested her head on his arm and whispered in his ear.

Broly was a little confused and didn't know what Lily Luca was referring to.

But before he could ask, Hestia said, "Broly, I've been looking down a lot today, and my shoulders are a bit sore. Could you give me a massage?"

Upon hearing this, Broly put the matter out of his mind and began massaging the shoulders of the loli goddess.

"Lord Hestia, your shoulder is sore, it may not be because of looking down."

"Knead it," Broly said.

"What's the problem?"

"The issue of having large breasts."

Broly hit the nail on the head: with those melons in front of his goddess, it would be tiring to keep his head down.

"Hmm, that makes sense, but what can I do? After all, my large breasts are natural."

Hestia looked helpless, but she was actually quite proud of her large breasts, as they were her only means of retaliation against Loki, a victory of the big cup size.

"Lord Hestia, perhaps you could strengthen your physical training. Once your physical strength increases, the slight weight on your chest won't be a problem."

"But exercising is so tiring, I'd rather have you massage my sore skin."

Hestia sat in the bathtub, enjoying the massage from the boy behind her with a contented expression.

"Brother Broly, Lily is jealous too."

The little girl also wanted it, emphasizing the idea that people are not worried about scarcity but about inequality.

Broly did not refuse.

After massaging the shoulders of the busty loli goddess, he also massaged the little girl.

Besides the shoulders, Broly also helped to massage the other parts of his body.

Physical fatigue should not be allowed to accumulate, otherwise it can easily lead to poor blood circulation.

More seriously, it could reduce combat effectiveness.

. . . .

As night deepened, while Broly was sandwiched between the Loli goddess and the Lilliputian girl in bed, in a room at the top of the Tower of Babel, another deity from Orario's top familia asked the maidservant beside him, "Helen, do you believe in predestined encounters in this world?"

"Lady Freya, I believe in the existence of destined encounters in this world. Otherwise, how could a girl like me from the slums possibly meet you?"

The girl answered, then used a towel to wipe the goddess's smooth, silky body.

Freya lay in the bathtub, enjoying the girl's services, and then asked the tall figure on the other side whose back was to her.

"Ota, and what about you?"

Upon hearing this, the mighty Ota knew that his goddess had taken a liking to another child again, so he calmly replied, "I don't know if destined encounters exist in this world, but I do know that the encounter that Lady Freya desires must be a destined encounter. Even if it isn't, I will make it so."

“Ota, your loyalty is truly as unwavering as ever.”

Freya chuckled and gave the order.

"Send someone to keep an eye on a child named Broly in the Hestia Familia."

In the bathtub, Freya's body gradually changed, transforming into a tavern signboard girl.

"I want to confirm whether that child is indeed the partner I've been waiting for."

Her voice also changed from that of a high-and-mighty queen to that of a gentle tavern girl.

"Yes, Lady Freya."

The mighty Ota didn't ask for any reason. As long as it wasn't like the situation two months ago when the main god secretly ran away to Orario without telling them (the members of the clan), then everything was fine.

"Lady Freya, you seem to be enjoying yourself tonight."

Helen said this after Otta left the room.

"Yes, because the child I met said some very pleasing things. By the way, Helen, you should experience what I feel too."

The goddess Seele smiled and said to the maid beside her.

"But I have already abandoned the past..."

"Don't say such discouraging things. When I was Seele, you were my friend Helen, and now I really want to share my joy with you, my friend."

With the goddess's permission, the girl, who also had gray hair and gray eyes but with a somewhat dead fish-like look, slowly transformed into the tavern girl.

She shared in the goddess's senses as she bathed, and similarly, unilaterally accepted the intense desire the goddess felt when she met that boy at the tavern that night, and the surprise she felt when she heard the boy say that it was a destined encounter...

The girl lay in front of the bathtub, feeling the stirring emotions that arose within her, belonging to the identity of [Seele Frova].

"How does it feel, Helen? Not bad, right?"

The goddess Seele asked with a smile, "Yes, but isn't this a little dangerous?"

Helen reverted to her original dead-eyed girl form, but she became somewhat worried.

This was the first time she had ever experienced such a thrilling feeling from the goddess.

This means that this is the first time Lady Freya, in her identity as Seele, has felt such intense emotions towards a member of the opposite sex.

She believed this was not a good thing, as it could easily lead the goddess to fall for her.

"Dangerous? That's quite an apt description..."

Freya also transformed back into her original goddess form.

"Love is like a trap; those who fall into it will be trapped deep inside. But this is also what I am tirelessly pursuing, something I want to confirm its existence and reality."

As she spoke, Freya noticed the incomprehensible expression on the girl's face beside her.

"Well, Helen, you haven't experienced much. When you grow up and meet someone who can make your heart flutter, you'll naturally understand what I'm saying."

"Lady Freya, my whole life belongs to you. My everything, including my love, is yours too."

Freya sighed, "You child, you're just like Ota, with absolute loyalty."

"It's a given."

It's precisely because it's all so taken for granted that I have this unreal feeling; the emptiness inside me just can't be filled.

. . . .

The next day, when Bell ran over to meet up with the Hestia Familia, he noticed they were heading in a different direction than usual. The boy couldn't help but ask, "Brother Broly, this doesn't seem to be the way to the central square, does it?"

"Yes, we're going to North Street now."

"Hey, are you going over there because of something?"

“Our team may need to add two more people, I’m going to go and ask about it.”

Broly explained and led the group toward the Loki Familia's residence on North Street, the "Twilight Mansion".

"Oh, our team needs to add two more people, who are they?"

Bell asked in surprise.

"One is the swordswoman you met in the dungeon yesterday, and the other is an elf girl from the same familia as the swordswoman. However, whether they will travel with us today is something we'll have to ask them."

Brolida.

After making inquiries along the way, Bell learned that Broly had encountered four girls he wanted to meet at a tavern the previous night.

Bell thought that shopping with Miss Anna yesterday was progress, but it turns out that he was already multitasking.

"As expected of Broly, he easily accomplished what I couldn't."

Bell sighed, saying that he couldn't even imagine doing it, let alone do it.

This is because it's like eating what's in your bowl while still eyeing what's in the pot, and even thinking about the ingredients that haven't been cooked yet—it's the same behavior.

If you don't have a good enough appetite, you basically can't eat anything, and even if you do eat, you'll feel stuffed.

And now, Miss Erd is following behind Broly as if nothing happened, seemingly not caring at all that Broly wants to meet other girls.

At this moment, the boy's admiration for the Saiyan boy was as boundless as the Yellow River.

. . . .

Early morning, dusk hall, the training ground outside the courtyard is very deserted today.

After the tiring journey through the underground city, and the welcoming banquet last night, everyone needs plenty of rest.

This desolate situation is common among the Loki Familia in the days immediately following their return from expeditions.

Of course, except for Fiora, who didn't touch a drop of alcohol last night...

"Whoo~"

In the morning light, a girl in a tight-fitting outfit wielded a sword in the air, occasionally closing her eyes to think before opening them again to continue swinging.

If anyone who witnessed the sword sparring match in the dungeon yesterday were here, they would probably be able to tell from those sword-wielding movements that the other party was doing a replay and analysis.

The imagined enemy was none other than the Saiyan boy who had given her a proper swordsmanship lesson yesterday using the fast and slow sword techniques.

"As expected, it's still a bit difficult to deal with."

They got up before dawn and went to the yard to train, but they had already done three debriefings and simulated battles.

It was already dawn, but Ais still hadn't come up with a good way to deal with the boy's skill with fast and slow swords.

Just as the Sword Maiden was preparing for her fourth replay simulation, the small door to the Twilight Mansion opened.

A member of the clan responsible for guarding the gate ran in and headed straight for her.

Upon approaching, the guard said, "Miss Ais, someone is looking for you outside."

The swordswoman stopped what she was doing, looked over, and asked, "Who is it?"

"The other party claims to be Broly of the Hestia Familia, saying that he made an appointment with you last night."

Seeing the puzzled look on the swordswoman's face, the guard quickly added a comment.

“Miss Ais, if that person is talking nonsense, then I will go and drive him away right now.”

"No, I know the person. Letting them in... never mind, I'll go and greet them myself."

The swordswoman, her forehead slightly sweaty and her body radiating warmth, followed the guard to the gate, where she saw three people dressed exactly as they had been in the dungeon yesterday.

"Mr. Broly, what brings you here?"

“I spoke to Lady Hestia about you last night.”

"Eh?"

"She agreed to let me teach you swordsmanship, so I came here today to ask when the swordsmanship instruction can begin?"

"Ah, that's fine now."

The swordswoman answered without hesitation.

"Alright, but I still need to take my companions to the dungeon for practical training. Could we change the location for your swordsmanship instruction to the dungeon maze?"

"I have no problem."

Ais nodded and prepared to join Broly's team.

"By the way, what about Miss Rafia from last night?"

Upon seeing this, Broly asked another question.

"Lefia should be up by now."

Ais calculated the time and then answered the question.

"Then I would like to invite her to go to the dungeon with us. I wonder if Miss Ais could convey my invitation?"

Broly said bluntly.

"Eh?!"

The swordswoman was somewhat puzzled, not understanding why the boy wanted to invite Lefia to the dungeon, but she nodded nonetheless.

"I can ask her for you, but she might not agree to go to the dungeon together. After all, we just came back from the dungeon yesterday."

"It's okay, I won't force you. If you want to go, we can go together; if you don't want to, you don't have to go."

. . . .

"What?! Going to the dungeon, and with Miss Ais no less?!"

The elf girl was still brushing her teeth when she heard the news and was very surprised.

"And Mr. Broly and his companions, of course, Lefia, you can refuse if you don't want to go."

Ais said from the side.

"I will go, or rather, please let me go."

However, immediately after she finished speaking, the elven girl, whose mouth was still full of foam, said something.

Without a doubt, this was the first piece of good news Lefia heard after waking up today.

[It's so great to be able to go on a dungeon date—no, I mean adventure—with Miss Ais!]

"Hey~"

After brushing her teeth, the elf girl didn't even eat breakfast before getting dressed and getting ready to go out.

(End of this chapter)