Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 786 Goddess and Maiden

At the Freya Familia's encampment, in the outer battle wilderness courtyard, a group of Freya Familia members were already training and fighting early in the morning, simply because their goddess favored true warriors.

Therefore, in order to cater to the preferences of their goddess, the Freya Familia members would use this kind of harsh training method of fighting each other to improve their bravery.

The reason why the average level of the Freya Familia members is higher than that of the Loki Familia members, even though they are both top-tier Familias in Orario, is because of this.

"They didn't seem to welcome me very much."

Broly's arrival drew the attention of the Freya Familia members, both men and women, and their gazes were increasingly hostile.

"Most of those who join our clan are guys who admire my goddess. They already know that you want to help my goddess find her destined lover. As for them, who crave Lady Freya's favor, it would be a miracle if they welcomed you."

By the way, I don't really welcome you, but since you're Lady Freya's guest, I had no choice but to come and greet you..."

Hedin pushed up his glasses and, as he spoke, led the Saiyan boy swiftly across the battle wilderness.

During this time, although Broly received many unfriendly looks from the Freya Familia, no one took the initiative to cause him trouble.

This is normal, as he has already demonstrated sufficient strength in the two war games.

The Freya Familia members aren't fools; they don't believe they can challenge someone who can single-handedly defeat the entire Ishtar Familia.

At least, members below level 6 felt they weren't qualified, while those above level 6, loyal to their goddess and knowing her true feelings for the Saiyan boy, wouldn't do anything to cause trouble for her.

Broly was taken to the Silver Mansion, where he met the elegant and beautiful Freya again in a luxurious room.

"So, how do you plan to help me find the destined person I'm looking for?"

Freya looked at the boy with curiosity and asked with great interest.

"Of course we'll go out and search! Lady Freya, please change into inconspicuous clothing and come with me to find someone to meet!"

"What? You want to take Lady Freya away from Orario to find someone outside?"

Before Freya could speak, the white staff fairy Hedin stepped forward to stop her.

The goddess's last impulsive and reckless runaway nearly threw the entire clan into chaos.

Running it again?! That would be terrible!
"No, I have no intention of leaving Orario."

Broly quickly shook his head in denial.

"Uh……"

Hedin's next words were cut off.

"Should I look for it in Orario? Is it even possible to find it there?"

The eldest of the four Lilliputian brothers asked the question directly.

"I don't know if I can find it, but I'll try to look for it anyway."

Before anyone else could speak, Freya interrupted them.

"Alright, this is the child fulfilling a promise he made to me before. I should give him the opportunity to keep his promise. Haici, prepare some casual clothes for me to wear when I go out."

The girl, who looked somewhat similar to Mine and also had pink hair in twin tails, went down to prepare.

Broly glanced at her retreating figure before turning back to look at the goddess on the main seat, who had been watching him ever since he entered.

Broly met her gaze and asked, "Lady Freya, wasn't Miss Helen serving you today?"

“Helen is on vacation today,” Freya replied casually, then asked, “What, do you need to see her for something?”

“I’m her sister’s boyfriend. If Miss Helen is here, I think I should go and say hello to her.”

"Unfortunately, Helen isn't here; she's out shopping."

Broly nodded without saying anything more, and Heitz quickly prepared the clothes.

Freya went back to her room and changed into an inconspicuous hoodie.

Even the unassuming hoodie, when worn by this goddess, still accentuated her curvaceous figure.

Of course, it was much more understated than the other person's normal attire.

"Broly, I'm ready."

"Let's go then."

Broly extended his hand to her, and Freya was only slightly taken aback before smiling and reaching out to grasp the boy's hand.

As Ota was being led along, he instinctively followed, but Freya turned around and glared at him.

"Ah, Lady Freya, aren't you planning to take Ota with you?"

Hedin couldn't help but speak up.

"I've been asked to dress like this, so naturally I don't want to attract attention. Bringing Ota along as a bodyguard, are you afraid that others won't notice me?"

“Since Ota is too conspicuous, we can find a less conspicuous guard to accompany Lady Freya.”

"I'm just going out to find someone, there's no need for guards to accompany me. Besides, who in Orario doesn't know me?"

Freya smiled at Hedin, who understood her unspoken message: "I don't want a bunch of third wheels following me on my date."

"But if you cover your face like this, what if someone accidentally bumps into you..."

The elf expressed his concerns.

"Hedin, you're right."

"That……"

“But don’t I still have Broly by my side?” Freya turned her gaze back to the Saiyan boy and asked, “You’ll be responsible for protecting me, right?”

"Well, since I invited you out, I will naturally be responsible for protecting Lady Freya. Mr. Hedin, I can assure you that I will not let Lady Freya suffer any danger."

Broly said seriously.

"Did you hear that, Hedin?"

Freya looked at her own Pokémon.

“In that case, I will follow your divine will.”

"Herdin, are we really not going to send any guards? Are we really going to let those Hestia Familia members run around outside with our god?"

After Freya left with Broly, one of the four Flame Gold Brothers directly asked his own Elf Vice-Captain.

"What can I do? Lady Freya clearly wants to enjoy a date with that guy. If I continue to stop her and insist on sending guards, it will only displease Lady Freya."

Hedin was also somewhat helpless.

"We still need to send people, but not the so-called guards. Instead, we need our own people who happen to be shopping and are passing by the place where Lady Freya is going on her date!"

The Battle Wilderness halted its daily training, and Hedin mobilized a core group of Freya's Familia.

"Put away all the badges that represent your clan on your bodies. Your mission this time is to hide in the shadows and protect Lady Freya's safety, ensuring the success of her date. During this time, you are absolutely not allowed to be discovered by Lady Freya, understand?"

"Understood, Lord Hedin."

"Everything is for our Lord God."

"Everything is for Lady Freya!"

The main members of an entire top-tier clan immediately stopped their daily combat training, changed into civilian clothes, and began their operation.

The difficulty of this operation lies not in the guarding work itself, but in how to keep their covert guarding activities from being discovered.

Lady Freya wouldn't be able to detect their hidden guards when she wasn't using her divine power, but the question was whether the Saiyan boy from the Hestia Familia would notice the large group of people following behind him.

If the other party tells Lady Freya about this, then when Lady Freya returns, I will inevitably be scolded.

Fortunately, despite being followed all the way, Hedin did not receive any news that his Familia members had been discovered by the goddess. Both Broly and Freya seemed unaware that they were being followed, and strolled around the streets of Orario.

"Lady Freya, what do you think of that girl?"

"Lady Freya, what do you think of that boy?"

Broly would occasionally point to young men and women passing by who had a pure aura and ask Freya for her opinion on them, as if he were genuinely searching for the destined encounter that the goddess was looking for.

Freya smiled and shook her head: "Broly, while gods may judge by appearances, I value inner qualities more. The people you mentioned are all quite nice (their souls have beautiful colors), but they are still a long way from the destined encounter I'm looking for (compared to the color of your soul, they're practically insignificant)..."

"Oh dear, this is really difficult~"

The Saiyan boy sighed.

"That's not."

The goddess smiled and replied.

"Lady Freya, we've walked quite a distance and seen many people. Are you hungry?"

"I'm a little hungry, would you like to treat me to something?"

“A few days ago, during the monster festival, I ate a lot of delicious street food here. If you don’t mind eating these things, I would like to invite you to try them.”

"Although I am a god, I am not so delicate as to not eat street food, so it's no problem."

Around noon, Broly started treating Freya to street food, ordering all the dishes they had eaten during their last date at the Monster Festival.

Of course, Freya couldn't eat that much, so she only had a small taste, while Broly was responsible for finishing off the leftovers.

This scene made the Freya Familia members hiding in the shadows grind their teeth in envy. Eating the goddess's leftovers and indirectly kissing her was simply too enviable.

What made them even more jealous was that Lady Freya would ask to eat the food the boy had eaten, and she would even bite into the spot where the boy had eaten.

This kind of extreme pampering from the goddess was something neither of them, as her children, had ever experienced. The morning was spent diligently searching for someone, while lunchtime turned into shopping and snacking.

In the afternoon, they ate snacks, chatted, and looked for people.

Evening arrived quickly. After a long day of searching for her destined encounter, Freya had found nothing. This should have been a frustrating situation, but she was in a good mood.

Because she spent the whole day with Broly, even though the purpose was to find someone, it felt like they had been on a date all day.

"You're not disappointed that we couldn't find them, Lady Freya?"

The two arrived at the Hero's Bridge, a place rarely visited by people. Broly asked the goddess behind him, who seemed rather pleased.

"Am I not disappointed...?"

Freya touched her face, realizing she might have been laughing too hard, so she made up an excuse.

"Perhaps it's because I've gotten used to not being able to find my destined partner."

As she spoke, she came to the bridge, rested her elbow on the stone railing, and gazed at the shimmering river surface, where her beautiful face, filled with joy, was reflected.

Freya slightly suppressed the happy expression on her face before continuing, "However, I won't give up on finding my destined lover, Broly. Will you come help me look again tomorrow?"

"I have something else to do tomorrow."

"what's up?"

“I have another elf girlfriend who needs money, so I’m planning to take her to the Deep Zone to farm money tomorrow.”

Broly answered truthfully.

【Ryūme…】

Freya realized who the boy was talking about, but she didn't press him.

"It's alright. As a god, I have plenty of time. When you have time, you can come and help me find my destined partner."

Freya would have no problem with dating under the pretense of helping someone find a partner, and she was willing to wait for as many dates as possible.

"Thank you for your understanding, Lady Freya."

Broly expressed his gratitude.

Just as Freya thought the Saiyan boy was about to send her back, Broly extended a hand to her.

"Lady Freya, before I send you back, would you be willing to finish the dance we didn't have time to finish before?"

"Hey, here?"

"Yes, here. Is it because you think there's nothing here?"

"No, that's not it. Hmm, do you know what's most important in dancing?"

Is that background music?

"No, a dance partner, and you are clearly a good dance partner."

"So, Lady Freya, what do you mean?"

"It's perfect for me to finish the dance we didn't have time to do before here."

Freya placed her hand on the Saiyan boy's hand as he invited her to dance, and at 1.7 meters tall, she was half a head taller than Broly at the moment.

So, it looks like an older sister leading her younger brother in a dance. When she's in Seele's pose, the feeling of dancing with the boy in front of her, despite her 1.66-meter height, is completely different. The one in charge of the dance has changed from the boy last time to her now.

The silent dance music ended, and the sky had already darkened.

Freya maintained her position with her arm around the boy's waist, looking down at him with a somewhat condescending air.

Freya pursed her lips as she gazed into those slightly dark eyes.

She almost kissed him, but she held back.

"How was my dancing, Broly?"

She asked with a smile.

"Lady Freya, your dancing skills are superb."

Broly was generous with his praise.

"I just don't know what you think of me?"

He suddenly asked.

"Your dancing skills are pretty good too."

"I wasn't talking about dance skills."

"So you're saying?"

"As someone you met, Lady Freya, what do you think of me?"

Freya's eyes widened; she hadn't expected Broly to ask that question.

"What, you've not only run into my child's sister, but also other girls, and now you want to provoke me, the goddess?"

After she realized what was happening, she looked at the boy with a slightly mischievous gaze and asked him a question.

"Is that not allowed?"

[It's okay...]

In fact, Freya was secretly delighted. The Saiyan boy's initiative in expressing his desire to meet her proved that her goddess-like charm had been acknowledged by the boy.

However, amidst her joy, Freya also felt a strange sense of loneliness. Broly's soul color was no less vibrant, but her feelings towards the boy had changed somewhat.

Freya's initial longing for the boy before her seemed to suddenly lessen. Of course, she still liked Broly, but she suddenly felt that this boy might not be the destined partner she was waiting for.

"That depends on your performance. If you behave well, I might agree to meet you."

Freya replied with a smile, "But after this encounter, this Saiyan boy will perhaps become just a passerby in my long divine life."

Just like the many people she had met in the past who had momentarily stirred her heart, they ultimately became mere embellishments in her life as she pursued true love.

It may be remembered occasionally, but as time goes by, it is destined to become inconspicuous.

[Do I have to behave well to get a chance to meet someone?]

Broly pondered these words, and as he escorted Freya back to the edge of the Battle Wilderness, and the goddess smiled and bid him farewell, he suddenly asked the goddess, who was about to walk back, a question: "Lady Freya, will you be drinking Peach Love again tonight?"

"Hey, why should I drink this..."

Freya paused, looking at the boy with some surprise.

"I don't know what's going on between you and Seele, but if you are one of the Seeles I know, then I think I am the one you are destined to meet."

And if you are not, then I apologize to you, because I cannot fulfill my previous promise to you to find your destined partner.

"The promise of finding your destined encounter, then I think you've already fulfilled it..."

At this point, Freya's voice changed, transforming from that of a queen into that of a young girl.

"Broly, how did you find out I'm Seele?"

The goddess's face also transformed into that of the tavern's signboard girl.

She looked at the boy opposite her with a curious gaze.

"Before I came here, I asked Seele about Miss Helen, and during our chat this afternoon, I also asked you about Miss Helen."

Interestingly, the information Seele gave me about Miss Helen is quite different from the information you gave me about Miss Helen.

The information Seele gave me about Miss Helen is more like that of you, Lady Freya, while the information you gave me about Miss Helen is more like that of Seele, whom I occasionally encounter.

"So, this is how I was discovered?"

"Ah."

"But why would you ask about Helen for no reason?"

"It wasn't without reason. Do you remember when we first met at the banquet of the Apollo clan, when you touched my face, did you subconsciously pinch my earlobe?"

"What happened?"

“When Seele touches my face, she likes to pinch my earlobe at the same time.”

"Oh, so that's when you started to suspect me?"

"No, I didn't suspect anything then. It was only when you asked me to meet you by the river, and then when we met for the second time, and you touched my face and made the same gesture, that I started to have some doubts."

Of course, the specific confirmation came today, when you inadvertently revealed many details that only Seele possesses while we were shopping and eating together.

Although I can't sense a similarity in your auras, discerning a person isn't just about their aura. Small habits, subconscious actions, and similar quirks—if only a few are the same, it could be considered a coincidence. But if most are the same, then it can only prove that, Lady Freya, you are one of the Seele I know.”

"So, Broly, now that you've discovered my secret, what do you want?"

The feelings of excitement that had just faded have now completely returned. Freya, still in her youthful state, has a slightly flushed face, and she asks the question directly.

"I don't want anything. The right to choose whether or not to meet me is yours. I won't force you to agree to meet me."

However, Seele has already agreed to meet me, and I already consider her my future wife.

"Whether it's you or Miss Helen, I will not allow you to easily go back on the promises you made to me when you were Seele."

Having said what he wanted to say, Broly gave a slight bow: "Well then, Lady Freya, have a nice evening. I'll take my leave now."

(End of this chapter)