As soon as his words fell, two soft mounds pressed against Levi's arm.
Following closely was the orange-haired goddess's slightly ambiguous tone: "From today on, call me Demeter~"
Artemis, standing to the side, saw this and subconsciously puffed out her cheeks.
—Clearly, I came first.
But she also understood that her favorability with the 'Hero King' was slightly low, so it wasn't suitable to act recklessly for now.
She could only follow behind Demeter and say: "Me too, call me Artemis."
As for Astrea...
She admitted that she had indeed misjudged in the past.
She originally thought Levi was a prisoner chasing power, and that one day he would meet his own destruction.
As it turned out, the other party was doing quite well, silently pulling off a massive feat in Orario, becoming the only 'Demigod' in the Lower World in a thousand years.
He even united the Ganesha Familia and the Loki Familia to clean up the hidden remnants of the Evils.
That being said, Astrea had not yet developed thoughts of going further with Levi.
The reason she ran to the Hestia Familia station today, firstly, needless to say, was indeed because she was slightly curious about the young man who achieved the status of 'Demigod'.
As for the second reason...
"Thanks for the matter this morning."
Considering that the unknowing Demeter was standing nearby, the brown-haired goddess did not speak explicitly enough.
However, Levi understood. Hearing this, he smiled: "You're welcome. This was originally part of the content set when signing the contract."
The dependents of Justice were still very close to their own Patron God.
Especially Alise, Gojouno Kaguya, and other members who had died once. As soon as the Incarnation succeeded this morning, they ran to the Star Garden to meet Astrea and revealed the news of their true resurrection.
Although the brown-haired goddess was not a deity governing souls, she had, after all, been influenced by what she saw and heard in Tenkai for so many years.
She immediately perceived the girls' physical structures, which were similar to deities.
Originally, she rushed to the Hestia Familia station to ask the young man before her about her children's situation, and whether there would be any side effects after Incarnation.
However, after perceiving Levi's ascension to 'Demigod' on the way, these questions temporarily lost their meaning.
Divine Power born from a Patron God's soul, although not omnipotent in the true sense, if one is willing to dig deep and research, it is not impossible to achieve some 'miracles'.
At least, when Astrea was still in Tenkai, she had heard of several cases where goddesses stripped their lovers from the Reincarnation System, modified them with Divine Power, and forcibly kept them by their sides.
If her guess wasn't wrong, Levi likely used a similar method—actually, he didn't.
The goddess governing Justice looked at the calm young man before her. After a moment of silence, she suddenly gave a light chuckle: "I almost forgot. Welcome to the big family of deities."
Five minutes later.
Inside the hall on the first floor of the villa.
Several people sat down in order.
Demeter took a sip of black tea, put down the cup, then stood straight up and bowed to the young man in front of her.
"Although I already said it last night, but..."
"'Hero King' Levi Bright, thank you for saving my children."
"You're too polite." Levi, with Hestia's head resting on his left shoulder and Hephaestus sitting on his right hand side, wore a faint smile on his face. "However, Demeter, you probably didn't make a special appointment just to say this to me, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Artemis and Astrea, sitting on the single sofas on the north and south sides, could not help but reveal curious expressions.
The orange-haired goddess nodded her head, not denying it.
"I previously always felt that no matter how Orario changed, it had nothing to do with my family. After all, people need to eat, whether they are Familias of the Order side or the Evils."
"But Dionysus's previous behavior of controlling my children made me thoroughly understand that among the deities, there is indeed a group of existences who cannot stand the development of the Lower World, or even attempt to destroy it.
"There is no reasoning with those guys.
"Only by using absolute power can their atrocities be stopped!"
As the saying goes, Demeter looks like a delicate and weak big-big-big sister, but she is, after all, a deity who has existed for tens of millions of years.
Previously unwilling to get involved in the rights and wrongs of Orario, although her personality played a part, it was mostly because there were no high-ranking adventurers within her Familia.
But now...
Demeter paused slightly after speaking, then looked at the young man before her and the twin-tailed goddess sitting by his side: "The Demeter Familia wishes to sign an offensive and defensive alliance contract with the Hestia Familia. I wonder if you two are willing to give me this opportunity."
Hearing the orange-haired goddess's request, leaving Hestia aside, Levi was actually not very surprised.
After learning from a mistake, even if the Demeter Familia wanted to work hard to become strong, relying on the external sales of Ice and Fire Wine, plus the popularity Demeter had accumulated in Orario over the years, it would still take half a year to truly grow up.
But if, during this period, a kidnapping incident similar to Dionysus's occurred again.
This time, there was the Hestia Familia to help with the rescue; next time, they might not be so lucky.
Although he already had a conclusion in his heart, Levi did not give an immediate response, but instead looked at his lover by his side: "What do you say?"
With outsiders present, Hestia gave him plenty of face: "I'll listen to you."
Hearing this, Levi patted the girl's arm, then raised his head again: "In principle, the Hestia Familia is willing to ally with the Demeter Familia, but there is one thing I need to state in advance."
Demeter made a gesture to please speak.
Astrea and Artemis, who were listening in, also revealed focused expressions.
Being gazed at by several goddesses with different looks, Levi did not hesitate and simply stated his plan: "Since I have already achieved the status of 'Demigod', I naturally need to strive to become a true deity next. Therefore, I may not be able to spare much time to personally look after the Demeter Familia."
As he spoke, he paused slightly, then looked at the Moon Goddess to the side. "Of course, the situation with the Artemis Familia is about the same.
"As for the ordinary members of the Hestia Familia... although they are already not weak, and barring accidents, will further upgrade to Lv.5 later, this level of strength, to be honest, is barely enough to protect themselves in Orario.
"Even so, Demeter, do you still want to sign a contract with the Hestia Familia?"
The orange-haired goddess remained silent for a moment after hearing this, then slowly opened her mouth: "What about that child named 'Hilde' whom you sent to my side before?"
Levi shrugged his shoulders: "All my Spirit Clones have tasks coming up."
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