Chapter 140 – Ishtar wants to start unnecessary rumors.

Chapter 140 – Ishtar wants to start unnecessary rumors.

After a few minutes, I recovered. Once I felt better, hunger and thirst hit me hard. Since I hadn't brought anything with me—I forgot—I had to ask the three to share something with me.

Of course, they quickly gave me food and water.

"Haa~~" I let out a long sigh. "I feel much better now. So, what are you all going to do now?" I asked them.

"What do you mean?"

"Do you want to leave, or do you want to keep going down? My sword's broken, so I think I'll head out now. I need to get a better weapon."

"We should leave too. We need to report to the guild about what happened here today," Ais said. "This wasn't normal. I don't think I've ever heard of something like this—this many monsters targeting someone. It was a planned attack to kill us."

"Ais is right; it's better to head back and tell the guild what happened here. Not only the guild but our Familias, too," Tione said seriously. I couldn't say anything but agree with her.

I can't tell them the system caused this. They'll keep thinking someone was behind it... Or maybe it was just a dungeon glitch, which is pretty unlikely.

Are the other adventurers on this floor okay?

I looked around, searching for anyone. I couldn't feel the presence of anyone—not even monsters.

"What's wrong, Luan?" Ais noticed I was looking for something.

"I'm checking for other adventurers. I'm worried others might have gotten caught up in this... But it doesn't seem to be the case."

"Oh, right. I forgot about that."

"Doesn't look like anyone else got involved in this," Tiona said.

"That's good. Should we head back now?"

"Sure, let's go," Ais agreed.

Then, we started heading toward the dungeon exit.

As we passed through the floors, nothing unusual happened. We ran into other adventurers, and no one knew what had happened on the lower floors. We were the only ones who experienced that.

Will the Goddess be able to see it when she updates my fake falna?

She can see what I did inside the dungeon.

Or does even that get edited by the system? I'm not sure.

I think I'll update my falna today.

She shrugged and looked at me as if to say, "Whatever."

I should let Tiona handle this. I'm not getting in the middle of this problem.

But I hope the Goddess isn't bothered and lets Luan have dinner with us tonight.

I'm a bit anxious.

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*Luan's POV*

"Goddess, I'm back," I called her as I entered the mansion. Hestia came down the stairs quickly. She ran to me and jumped into my arms. As I held her, I noticed her body trembling.

"Luan... Lili..." When I heard Hestia say Lili's name with tears in her eyes, I felt a chill, and my heart raced.

"What happened to her?" I asked, trying to stay calm.

"Lili... She..."

"Just tell me! Did someone do something to her? Was it Ishtar?"

"Huh? Ishtar?"

"Just tell me already!"

"Lili! She tried to blackmail me!"

"What?"

"Lili said if I didn't agree to another threesome, she'd steal you for herself and not let me be with you anymore!"

"What? You're crying because of that? Seriously?"

"Of course! You'll never abandon me, will you? Will you?" Hestia looked at me with tearful eyes.

I ran my hand over her head, then leaned down to kiss her.

But just as I was about to touch her lips, someone yelled from outside.

"Luan!" It was Ishtar's voice.

At the same time, Lili came down the stairs.

What the hell is that damned Goddess doing here?! Does she want to start unnecessary rumors?