Blazing!

"Say, Loki, what's happening? Why did Dionysus come to me like that?" 

After Hestia came down from the table, she came to Loki, wondering what was happening. 

"...you really don't know anything, huh? You are such a lucky goddess..." 

Loki looked at Hestia, who asked such a question innocently about who the rival was. If it were others, she might doubt them, but Hestia? She also understood that if there was a reason why Hestia didn't announce the man-eating flower monster, it was because Hestia was too lazy to handle the problem's aftermath. 

Moreover, their relationship with the guild was on honeymoon, especially after the guild agreed to help with the investment of the free school in the Orario. 

So, it wouldn't be weird if Hestia decided to help the guild, especially when she could make the guild owe her a favor. 

"Let's talk later when he goes back." 

Loki didn't mind talking, but somehow, she felt that it was better for Isao to be there, too, since she knew that he kept many secrets from Hestia. 

"Okay..." Hestia lowered her head helplessly. 

"By the way, I have heard from Aiz that your mansion has unique architecture, right?" Loki suddenly asked. 

"Eh?" Hestia looked at Loki with a strange expression, then nodded. "Yup. Only the inside, though. Isao is from the Far East, after all, so he wishes to have a Far East element in his house." 

"Then, can I visit your place? I want to take a dip in the hot spring pool there," Loki said with a mischievous smile. 

"Eh?" Hestia was dumbfounded. 

"Oh, that sounds interesting." Freya smiled sweetly and asked, "Can I join, too?" 

"Welcome! Welcome!" Loki said excitedly. Yes, Freya might be a whore, but she was a beautiful whore! 

"Hey, I haven't agreed yet!" Hestia looked at the two speechlessly and complained. 

"That's a great idea!" However, Demeter also joined in and clapped her hands excitedly. "How about we have a girl party? Hephaestus, you joined too, okay?" 

"Sure." Hephaestus nodded with a smile. 

"Wow! Party! Party! Girls party!" Loki was so excited that her expression became obscene, thinking so many beautiful goddesses stayed with her. 

Still watching Loki smile, Demeter, Freya, and Hephaestus made up their minds to put Loki in jail. 

"NOOOOOO!!" 

Only Hestia was helpless since she couldn't refuse them and could only cry inwardly, 'Isao-kun, come back!' 

When Isao left, there was so much trouble, but like Hestia, he also met many troubles. 

Before the banquet of deities, Finn hadn't left the 18th Floor and looked at Aiz, who had decided to fight Udaeus alone with Isao and his party. Naturally, he would be lying if he didn't feel worried since Isao and his party were just Level 2 adventurers. 

But—

"I will be there," Riveria said. 

"That would be great." Finn sighed in relief because if Riveria was there, nothing would happen, right? 

At the same time, both Isao and Cassandra were healers, which should have been a great help to Aiz. 

"By the way, is that Almiraj?" Finn looked at Almiraj, a cute rabbit monster carrying a backpack, and obediently stood by Isao's side. 

"It's a monster that I have tamed," Isao said. 

"....." 

Assassination, swordsmanship, bare-handed combat, strange techniques, business talent, seducing talent, an ice manipulation skill, and then also a taming? 

Was there something that this guy couldn't do? 

While they were speechless, Finn sighed and said, "I leave Aiz and Riveria in your care. Please protect them." 

"...I think that it should be the two of them who protect us." 

After all, Isao knew that his, Cassandra's, and Daphne's role was just a supporter. 

Finn laughed and said, "Anyway, I'll leave them to you." 

"I will protect them." 

Still, during this moment, Isao acted like a man. "I'll leave this one to you." He looked at the frozen Revis, who was being carried by the Loki Familia with a wooden cart. 

"Leave her to us." Finn nodded since if this woman was really part of the Evilus, the evil group that wished to destroy everything on the Orario, he would stop it no matter what! 

Nevertheless, as Finn and Isao talked to each other, the members of the Loki Familia, such as Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya, talked to Aiz, who had made up her mind to fight the Udaeus. 

"Aiz, we'll wait for you at the surface," Tione said with a warm smile. 

"Aiz-san..." Lefiya cried, thinking that Aiz would be together with Isao. Even though she knew that nothing could be done, it was hard for her to support Aiz's relationship with Isao, even if she had to admit that if the two had children, their child might be the cutest one. Moreover, Isao told them that he was okay with leaving the child to Loki Familia, which was great, right? 

'Ugh....' 

Only Tiona seemed to lose her soul and lay helplessly with a pale face. 

"Hey, say something, you idiot sister!" Tione slapped Tiona's head. 

"It hurts! Can you console me?! I am sad, you know?! My first love was taken by my best friend?!" 

"So what? Just move on!" 

"Can you say the same if it's happened to Captain?!" 

"...." 

Hearing such a sharp comeback, Tione couldn't say anything. 

"I wish Captain would get a woman, but that woman isn't you!" 

"YOU IDIOT SISTER!" 

As the two fought, naturally, Lefiya quickly stopped them even if she knew she wasn't their opponent. "P-Please stop fighting, Tiona-san, Tione-san!" 

Aiz didn't say anything; she only tilted her head, feeling confused about why Tiona and Tione had fought each other. 

"Anyway, Aiz! I won't give up! I will get him! Or rather, I will have his child too!" Tiona said as she gave Aiz a fist bump. 

"..." Finn and Isao. 

"...I am sorry for my Familia," Finn apologized. 

"...it's fine." Isao knew that this was a consequence of being handsome, but then, he looked at Finn, who was in his 40s but still appeared like his teen, thinking that the blessing was amazing. "But haven't you thought about marrying someone, Finn?" 

"???" Finn was stunned by this question, but he thought for a while and said, "I want to marry too, but I haven't found someone fit." 

"Someone fit? Do you have a requirement?" 

"What? Do you want to be a matchmaker or something?" Finn asked with a smile. 

"If you want to? You should know my business, right? If you need any information, I can help you." 

"....." Finn blinked his eyes, then said, "Let's talk later when you have arrived at the surface." 

"Sure." 

Still, Isao was sure that Finn was attracted to his proposal to search for a wife for Finn.

Nevertheless, they talked quietly, so Tione, Finn's loyal crush, didn't hear their conversation. 

As they finished their conversation, Finn and the Loki Familia left, leaving Aiz, Riveria, Isao, Daphne, and Cassandra. 

"Um... are we really going to fight the Udaues?" Daphne asked nervously. 

"We don't, right?" Cassandra was the same, feeling nervous. 

In the end, the two never expected to fight a Level 6 monster! 

"What do you think?" Isao looked at the two with a gentle smile. 

"....." Daphne and Cassandra. 

Riveria shook her head and said, "You sure don't know what fear is." 

"He is my man, after all," Aiz said with a satisfied smile. 

"...." Riveria glanced at Aiz and said, "You think that you can escape my scolding for trying to rob my niece's boyfriend?" 

"...." Aiz. 

"L-Let's go! Let's fight now!" 

While Aiz was shaking due to Riveria's scolding that awaited her at the surface, her mind never wavered. She was going to fight Udaeus. Unlike before, this time, she was going to release her limits and use everything she had been taught by Isao! 

Yet, when they left, the group of females with revealing clothes, who had been hiding after they arrived at the 18th Floor, looked at each other, seemingly hesitant. 

"Are we really going to attack them?" 

"There are Sword Princess and Nine Hell by his side!" 

"Wh-What should we do?!" 

However, the woman with a toad-like appearance snorted and said, "What are you afraid of? You should have heard their goal, right? Let's attack when they are at their weakest! By then, we can also get the glory of defeating the Loki Familia!" 

Her expression was that of greed, hatred, and jealousy as she thought about Aiz. 

'Hehehe... so he is your man, huh? Let's see your expression when I sleep with him in front of you...' 

As she had such a thought, lust and excitement couldn't be hidden on her face. 

On the other hand, Isao, Aiz, Riveria, Daphne, and Cassandra had arrived at the 37th Floor. 

The walls, ground, and ceiling were white. This space was like a cake in a box, large enough to contain Orario.

White Palace. 

This was the 37th Floor. 

This was the first time Daphne and Cassandra had reached this floor. While they were nervous, they were also excited as they didn't expect to have reached the Deep Floors of the dungeon. 

Still, their excitement quickly stopped since the monster that resided in this place suddenly appeared. 

A skeleton monster with a black, large body without a lower body held a large sword and exuded an aura of dread and death that gave a chill and horror to those who saw it. 

Level 6. 

The White Palace's Black Skeleton Lord. 

Floor Boss Udaeus. 

Aiz stared at this monster with a blazing determination until a gentle tap on her back awoke her. 

"...Isao?" 

With a gentle smile, Isao said, "I believe in you. Go for it." 

"Yes!"