Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 692 Loki's Seafood Feast Invitation, Freya's Stand Girl
"Hey, why isn't it there?"

Loki stared wide-eyed, but still couldn't find the skill she wanted on the back of the dwarf leader, leaving her puzzled.

After checking the stat panels of Grace, Riveria, Tione, Tiona, and the werewolf Bert, and finding no temporary skill [Invisible Wings], she suddenly realized that this skill might not be something that could be easily obtained by teaming up with the Hestia boy.

"Maybe we have to meet some conditions, or maybe they don't intend to give us the skills."

Finn was a little disappointed, but he could still accept it.

"Do some conditions need to be met...?"

Loki pondered the skill description of [Invisible Wings] and felt that it should be correct.

However, Loki was puzzled as to how Lefia and Ais were able to obtain this skill.

After helping to update Ais and Lefia's stats, it was discovered that while everyone else's stats remained unchanged, Ais had an increase of nearly sixty points, and Lefia had an increase of nearly fifteen points.

This extremely absurd skill effect left her somewhat unwilling.

"Ais, Lefia, don't you realize how you acquired this skill?"

Loki asked the two of them.

"do not know."

The swordswoman shook her head decisively.

"I had no idea I had been given such a skill until you told me, Lord Loki."

Lefia answered honestly.

Is there a different way to interact with boys, or do I need to be treated as a training partner?

As Loki was pondering this, Lefia asked, "Lord Loki, Miss Ais and I have arranged to go out for dinner with someone tonight. It's getting late, may we go now?"

"Hey, you guys are going out to eat together again?"

Loki was surprised.

"Yes, Mr. Broly treated us to dinner last night, and Miss Ais and I are going to treat him to dinner tonight."

After the two girls left, Loki began to discuss matters with the leader of the Tontatta tribe.

“Finn, try having Broly train you tomorrow. I suspect it’s related to receiving his training.”

"Okay, I'll try my best."

Finn nodded.

. . . .

At the bountiful hostess tavern, Freya, who had received news that Hestia was coming again, immediately exchanged identities with Helen, who had rushed over once more.

When Helen and the other five people who had come together yesterday gathered for dinner, Hestia gave Hestia a reply regarding the cook's question.

"Lady Hestia, I can serve as the cook for the Hestia Familia, but only on a part-time basis. I do not wish to leave the tavern and work elsewhere."

If you can accept this, then you can have Mr. Broly come to my place every day to pick up the bento boxes I make.

As for salary, you can give me a lower rate.

Following the instructions given to her by Lady Freya last night, Helen revealed her plan to have the boy come to see her every day.

"Well, in that case, Miss Seele can make the breakfast and lunch bento boxes. As for dinner, we plan to eat at the abundant hostess's place."

Besides Seele, there is also Ryu here, but we need to have a chance to meet and talk to her.

"what?"

Helen Hill's eyes widened; this was not quite what she had imagined.

"Does this mean, Lord Hestia, you will also be coming to dine with us often?"

"Yes, what's wrong? Does your shop not welcome divine customers?"

The loli goddess looked at her strangely.

"Well, not really, it's just that our prices aren't cheap."

Helen Hill offered this suggestion, hoping it would change Hestia's mind about having dinner here regularly.

"Don't worry, my Broly is a great earner, he can still support this kind of spending."

Brolygabel's good fortune lies in the fact that the money he earns from selling the loot he obtains by defeating monsters in the upper levels is more than what many high-level adventurers can earn by fighting monsters in the middle and lower levels. Therefore, even if he eats at restaurants here every day, he has absolutely no financial burden.

"Of course, if Miss Seele could discuss with your boss and offer some discounts to customers like us who plan to dine at your restaurant regularly, that would be wonderful."

However, we should still save where we can.

"Yes, I will discuss it with Mother Mia on behalf of Lady Hestia."

Helen Hill gave a stiff smile, trying her best to maintain her image as the top-selling waitress at the Abundance Mistress Tavern.

"Also, it can be a bit inconvenient to come and pick up my breakfast and lunch every day. I wonder if Miss Seele could provide a delivery service?"

"Ah, well, I might be a bit busy sometimes and have to stay at the tavern."

Helen Seele was in a bit of a dilemma. The reason she didn't go to the Hestia Familia to be a cook was precisely to avoid Seele, who was actually Lady Freya in disguise, from having a direct confrontation with the god Hestia and potentially having her true identity exposed.

"Well, if you're too busy, Miss Seele, you can ask your colleagues for help."

Hestia smiled as she spoke, then looked at the elven waitress over there.

"Ah, Lady Hestia, do you want Ryu to help deliver the food?"

Following the goddess's gaze, Helen Hill saw Ryu and asked him a question.

"That's right, that's what I mean."

Hestia nodded.

"This might not be very convenient."

Helen Hill said awkwardly.

"What's inconvenient?"

Liu had been watching this situation closely, and upon seeing her friend's troubled expression, she immediately came over to inquire about the matter.

Upon learning that Hestia wanted her to deliver meals occasionally, the female elf immediately replied, "No problem, as long as the deity is willing to pay me for the delivery fee."

Meeting him in the tavern alone wasn't enough to fully understand what kind of guy Seele liked, so Ryu-Lion decided to investigate him privately.

[Sure enough, this child is interested in my Broly!]

Seeing the female elf's decisive agreement and her subconscious glances at Broly, Hestia couldn't help but make this judgment.

[Miss Ryu, are you really interested in this child too?!]

Helen Hill's eyes also held a complex expression as she looked at her friend, the elf, who had agreed to take on the role of Seele.

. . . .

"How could things have turned out like this?!"

That evening, after Freya received Helen's report, she let out the same sigh as Lefia had that morning.

Her plan to have multiple encounters with the boy turned into a situation where Ryu would frequently need to deliver meals to the Hestia Familia, and Helen would need to impersonate Seele to receive the boy who would have dinner with Hestia at the Abundance Mistress's Tavern in the evenings.

Faced with the choice between playing their cards out in the open and accepting the outcome, Freya chose to temporarily accept the result.

"At least, revealing the goddess's identity before establishing a close relationship with that kid Broly is a bit detrimental to my plan to win her over!"

Freya didn't want to abduct the boy to her side through brutal force; she was still pursuing the love she longed for in her heart.

Helen didn't know how to evaluate or object to her goddess's thoughts, so she silently adjusted her daily work schedule.

During the day, she still handles daily affairs on behalf of the goddess, but at night she has to go to the Lady of Abundance to switch identities as [Seele] and receive the Hestia Familia members who come to eat.

. . . .

Time flies, and three more days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, the Loki Familia members always followed Broly down into the dungeon.

Finn, under the guise of seeking guidance, asked the Saiyan boy for advice on fighting rhythm. Broly didn't refuse and offered guidance to them as well.

However, Loki was still disappointed by the stats on Finn and the others' ability panels every day when he returned home.

Because that temporary skill she had been longing for had never appeared on anyone else.

"Broly, thank you for your guidance these past few days. Are you free tonight?"

After finishing another day of training and leaving the dungeon, Finn took the initiative to strike up a conversation with the boy.

"I'm fine tonight, what's up?"

Broly looked toward the leader of the dwarf race.

"Our chief god would like to invite you and your companions to our clan's residence for a meal tonight. What do you say?"

Finn asked bluntly.

"Brother Broly, our chief god went to the harbor of Melon today and ordered a large batch of top-quality seafood from God Nyod. Please agree to come over."

Tiona laughed and said that during their time together, she also learned that the boy was a foodie and loved delicious food.

"Lefia and Ais are also looking forward to your arrival."

Tiony added that she also realized that the boy was more intimate and enthusiastic towards Lefia and Ais than towards them.

"Yes, Mr. Broly, you always have to spend money. Please come to the Twilight Mansion tonight and accept our family's hospitality."

Lefia also tried to persuade her, and for four consecutive days, Miss Ais treated her to dinner at the Abundant Mistress's Tavern, so that she would always remember it.

"I need to ask Lord Hestia about this."

However, Broly did not agree immediately.

"Alright, let's wait until we've consulted Lady Hestia before we discuss it further."

Finn stopped the others from trying to persuade him and led them and Broly to the potato ball shop where Hestia worked on North Street.

. . . .

"Hey, Loki wants to treat you guys to dinner?"

Hestia was somewhat surprised when she heard the news.

"Yes, Lady Hestia, I don't know whether I should go."

Broly asked the goddess Loli for her opinion because he knew that his goddess and the other god were not on good terms.

"God Hestia, if you are willing, please do us the honor of visiting our Twilight Mansion tonight, so that we may show you some hospitality."

Finn stepped forward and bowed to invite the goddess of the hearth, who was wearing an apron from a potato ball shop, to her seat. This was also the intention of their chief god, Loki.

From Loki's perspective, she took Hestia's decision not to forbid boys from teaching her kin's children as a signal of reconciliation from the little god. Now, Loki's feelings towards Hestia were quite good; well, at least she wouldn't mind treating her to a meal.

"I'm not going."

Hestia curled her lip, feeling somewhat guilty for secretly plotting against Loki's kin's girl.

"Lord Hestia, is there something else you need?"

Lily Luca asked out of curiosity, "Bell has been learning Broly's way of socializing. Ever since he successfully invited that florist named Anna, he's been going to her for dinner every night."

If even Lady Hestia isn't going, then tonight it will just be her and Brother Broly going to someone else's clan's residence for a banquet.

As for the Twilight Mansion, that's the residence of the Loki Familia, a top faction in Orario. If only a few people go, Lily Luca feels a bit insecure.

"Yes, there are some things I need to take care of."

Hestia nodded.

"what's up?"

Lefia asked, her feelings towards Hestia, the goddess who would serve her food, were much better than those towards her own main god.

At least, the loli goddess in front of her wouldn't suddenly attack her breasts or do something as lewd as rubbing them.

"We ordered a batch of special medicine from Tianqing Pharmacy. They said it's ready and I need to go pick it up."

Hestia didn't hide anything and told them that the dog-woman girl Nazha had come to contact her that afternoon.

"Hey, is the potion ready yet?"

Upon hearing this, Lily Luca was taken aback. The training she had been doing this past week had been so intense that she had almost forgotten about her original clan.

That makes sense, though. Being around a group of high-level adventurers all the time, the trouble that the Soma Familia, whose strongest members are only level 2 and who are production-type Familias, might cause now seems to be nothing special.

"Yes, I'm going to go get it. As for Lily, you can go with Broly. Remember to eat your fill and don't be shy with Loki."

Hestia was not prepared to accept the invitation tonight.

"what a pity."

Finn said something.

"Broly, you'll go, won't you?"

Then, he looked at Broly and asked the boy what he thought.

“Since Lady Hestia doesn’t object, I will go. However, I need to go back to the clan’s residence to take a bath first.”

Guiding the Loki Familia and others in their battle rhythm required his personal attention, and he had worked up a good sweat today.

"It's alright, the Twilight Mansion also has a private bathhouse that you can borrow to wash. As for clothes, I can have someone prepare new ones."

Finn was very enthusiastic, partly because he had recently received guidance from the boy, which had improved his combat skills, and partly because the boy had given Lefia and Ais temporary skills that would help improve the strength of his two promising juniors.

According to Loki, the invisible wings skill increases the user's proficiency by a certain amount each day, and its effect completely ignores the individual's ability limits.

This was a sudden thought Loki had the day before yesterday. Yesterday morning, he updated the ability values ​​of Lefia and Ais, who hadn't yet gone to the dungeon, and discovered that their ability values ​​had increased again. This led him to deduce the situation regarding the somewhat unclear invisible wing skill.

If we could acquire this skill, we could truly take off.

Therefore, even Finn, the little warrior, had changed from his attitude of "it's my luck if I get it, and my fate if I lose it" to a somewhat passionate one.

At the enthusiastic invitation of the Loki Familia leader, Broly and Lily Lucar didn't even return to the Hestia Familia's base, but went directly to the Twilight Mansion with a group of Loki Familia members.

After finishing her day's work, Hestia went to the Azure Pharmacy and, after obtaining the special antidote for the god's alcohol addiction, invited the god Mih and his kin's child, the dog-woman Naza, to have dinner together.

On the way, Hestia ran into her friend and colleague at the potato ball shop, the god Takemikazuchi and his family children, and invited them over.

"Hey, Hestia, are you planning to treat us to dinner at the Abundant Mistress's Tavern? Isn't it too expensive there?"

Takemikazuchi agreed, but stopped when they arrived at the restaurant. For the poor clan who needed to spend their money wisely (buying equipment and potions for adventures), the Abundant Mistress's Tavern was a relatively expensive luxury restaurant.

"It's alright, I'm a regular at this shop, and the owner, Miya, will give me a discount. Besides, my child is quite successful; the pocket money he gives me, this great deity, is more than enough for food."

Hestia waved her hand grandly and said.

"Miss Xier, Miss Liu, I'm here to patronize your business again!"

The loli goddess called out these words as if she were a regular customer, then pushed open the half-height tavern door and went inside.

Helen was used to entertaining members of the Hestia Familia, and upon hearing the voice of the Loli Goddess, she knew that her evening work was about to begin again.

However, upon discovering that only Hestia had entered the tavern, Helen Hill asked with some surprise, "Where is Mr. Broly?"

"That child was invited to dinner with Lily and others tonight, but I didn't go. So, tonight, I'm the only one here to eat. What's wrong, Miss Seele? Are you disappointed that Broly isn't here?"

The loli goddess asked with a grin.

"Uh, I didn't."

The signboard girl blushed and denied it.

[I'm just worried that I won't have anything to share with Lady Freya tonight.]

Helen thought to herself.

Because Hestia was there, Freya couldn't entertain the boys herself as Seele. Instead, she came up with a plan to have Helen entertain the boys for her, and then, after returning home, she could use her close relationship with her maidservant to regain the memories of that experience.

(End of this chapter)