"Captain, I'm sorry! I've brought shame to the Hestia Familia."
Inside the office, the red-haired girl hunched her back, her face written all over with nervousness and worry, completely devoid of the heroic spirit she had displayed when slaughtering in all directions earlier.
In the eyes of outsiders, Daphne's behavior could be called decisive and ruthless.
But for her personally, having calmed down now, her actions just now could very likely cause unnecessary trouble.
To do business, peace is ultimately the most important thing.
However...
"No, you did very well."
Although Levi hadn't stepped out of the room, he had observed the entire farce from start to finish.
His essence was that of an adventurer from beginning to end, not a merchant who would do anything for money.
If Daphne had not reacted even after being insulted just to attract customers, then Levi would really have to consider whether she was suitable to continue staying at the bathhouse.
"But..." The girl obviously wanted to say something more.
But she was directly interrupted by the pale-gold-haired boy sitting at the desk raising his hand.
"Reward for merit, punishment for faults; this is the internal rule of the Hestia Familia."
As he spoke, within his upturned palm, thirty-some liquid beads emitting a translucent, crystalline luster suddenly condensed.
And under his control, they slowly flew in front of Daphne.
"Starlight Divine Water. It can help you bypass the adventurer system and directly obtain the Feats needed for leveling up, or increase your current Ability Stats by 100 points each."
Levi spoke in a calm tone, not caring in the slightest about the increasingly astonished look on the red-haired girl's face as he described it.
Daphne would need to preside over the bathhouse for a long time to come and wouldn't have time to enter the Dungeon to train.
—Of course, regarding the Lv.5 Falna Level, unless one could go down past the 61st Floor, otherwise, even with the 'Hero Creation' skill as an accelerator, it would take at least one or two months to max out the attributes.
Levi couldn't stay in the bathhouse forever; many things later on would need to be handled by Daphne, the manager, at her own discretion.
Although a First-Class Adventurer was considered a high-ranking existence in Orario, she ultimately hadn't touched the true peak.
Rather than having a situation where Daphne was provoked and defeated, thereby losing face for the entire Hestia Familia, it would be better to use the 'Starlight Divine Water' that only he could produce to mold her into the second signboard of his own faction.
Although Daphne had always known her Captain hid many things, seeing it with her own eyes, she still couldn't help but reveal a look of astonishment.
She opened her mouth, intending to say she didn't deserve a reward without merit, but stifled the words just before they left her mouth.
Daphne was ultimately an adventurer too; she had a heartfelt desire for power.
After a few seconds, she replied dryly, "Thank you, Captain."
Seeing the girl didn't refuse, Levi nodded. "Use them right here."
After saying that, his right hand raised to quickly draw a dozen or so runes, while his left hand reached into his Inventory to take out a drop of Hestia's Divine Blood.
With a slight shift of will, 10 drops of Lv.5 Divine Water merged into Daphne's forehead.
Nine of them transformed into the girl's own Ability Stats, and the remaining one transformed into Feats.
At the same moment, on the office floor, a simplified version of the Contactless Falna Update Magic Circle quietly appeared.
As Levi threw the fresh blood in his hand into it, an update to Daphne's Falna and a level up were quickly completed.
Because it was considered a shortcut, during this advancement, the girl standing on the magic circle nodes did not awaken a Development Ability.
However, this wasn't a major problem.
After returning tonight, Hestia, who had already obtained knowledge related to Levi's Starlight Falna system, would re-compile the internal Falna for her and Cassandra.
At that time, the Development Ability that could originally only be obtained when leveling up would turn into a Development Ability Slot.
Subsequently, as long as suitable conditions were met, a corresponding affix could be condensed and selected to fill it.
It took less than three minutes to complete the rise from Lv.5 to Lv.6, and Daphne successfully rose to Lv.7.
Another five minutes or so passed, and the girl instantly became the second adventurer to reach Lv.8 in recent years.
As for the first one, needless to say, it was naturally Levi himself.
"After that, remember to go to the training grounds every morning to find my clones; they will help you adapt to the suddenly increased strength."
"Yes!"
The bathhouse's explosive popularity was undoubtedly a good thing for Levi.
It meant he mastered a channel to stably acquire Valis.
As for the problem that the bathhouse pool water might not be enough for the adventurers to use.
The solution was also simple.
First, continue commissioning the Hephaestus Familia to craft relevant parts for hot spring conversion and purification devices.
Second, utilize the 'Exterior' skill and the power of 'Authority of Sky' to broaden the bathhouse's internal space.
At 11 PM that night, after the bathhouse closed and all staff had left, Levi's figure appeared again.
With a thought, massive magical power surged out, transforming into Primordial Runes and Talismans, embedding into the materials of the floor tiles, walls, and ceiling.
It took just over an hour to complete the rune inscription for all four floors.
However, he didn't activate them for the time being—after all, the relevant pool water purification devices hadn't been manufactured yet, and staff for the new area also needed to be recruited and trained.
On the third day of the bathhouse's free opening.
A person in charge of a large merchant guild, who had several medium-to-large factions standing behind him and was even rumored to have ambiguous relationships with Familias outside Orario, submitted a visiting card to the Hestia Familia.
This visit, to put it nicely, was called a win-win cooperation.
To put it bluntly, he saw the great financial prospect of the pool water purification device and wanted to get a piece of the pie before others reacted.
"Lord Levi, my Farat Merchant Guild is willing to open Grand Bathhouses in various countries on behalf of you and the Hestia Familia. During this period, the transportation of original machine parts and the purchase of land will be fully borne by the Merchant Guild, and the subsequent profits earned will be split fifty-fifty."
The person in charge of the Merchant Guild—Alma Farat, guaranteed thus.
Hearing the words from the opposite side, Levi couldn't help but smile.
Sometimes he really didn't know how these guys, who didn't even have Falna, dared to boast in front of him and make no secret of their greedy nature.
This Alma Farat before him was like this, and Royman Mardeel, the person in charge of the Guild, was no different.
"If you want to talk in your sleep, sorry, this isn't the place for you."
Alma didn't hear, or rather pretended not to hear, Levi's subtext: "Do you feel the distribution method is unreasonable? Then how about six-four? Your esteemed Familia gets six, we get four."
Seeing the boy sitting opposite still silent, he continued: "Then seven-three, eight-two isn't impossible either..."
Alma didn't get the chance to say the rest of his words.
Because he had been forcibly suppressed on the spot by Levi, who had activated the Tenseigan.
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