aircannonsinc Chapter 818 The Hearth Hall Welcomes a Newcomer
Chapter 818 The Hearth Hall Welcomes a Newcomer
Chapter 818 The Hearth Hall Welcomes a Newcomer
"Helping the weak and oppressed, occasionally punishing both sides, rejecting discrimination, pursuing freedom and equality, everything is measured by the scales of justice, desiring order, thinking of smiles, the pattern on his back is the sword of justice and its wings —"
At the entrance to the artificial labyrinth in Daedalus Street, where a wide avenue had been cleared, a red-haired girl drew her longsword and made a loud declaration, attracting the attention of adventurers hired by the guild and preparing to enter the artificial labyrinth to eliminate the remnants of the dark faction inside.
"That familiar declaration, that is—"
When the older generation of adventurers heard these familiar lines, they immediately recalled the group of righteous girls who were active in Orario five years ago. They had a guess in their minds, and the red-haired girl's next words after making the declaration proved their guess.
"We are the resurrected Familia of Astrea, and the darkness deep within this evil man-made labyrinth will be cleared away by our sword of justice!"
"No matter how many times I come, Alexie's public declarations always make me blush."
The group members behind him were somewhat embarrassed by their leader's high-profile behavior.
However, Ryu was very touched.
For five years, she hadn't heard her team leader give such an inspiring self-introduction.
"Gentlemen, what is your response?"
"Help the weak and punish the strong, eliminate evil!"
Seeing Ryu's moved expression, the girls of the Astrea Familia responded loudly to their leader.
"Go, Astraea, little girl!"
Besides the members of the Astrea Familia, the residents of Daedalus Street who had gathered to watch also responded to Alyssa.
Five years have passed since the Familia of Justice disappeared from Orario. Only now, those at the bottom of society, have truly realized just how important a group of girls who were willing to uphold justice for them were.
Upon hearing of the Astrea Familia's resurgence, those who knew of the Astrea Familia's past became excited, much like the people of Goose City upon learning of the arrival of the Grand Master.
"But aren't they already dead? Not even their bodies were left behind."
Of course, some people were puzzled and couldn't help but ask.
"We are indeed dead, but we have been resurrected by Mr. Broly of the Hestia Familia."
Alexie is a social butterfly; she answered the question directly.
"Ah, it's that Demon King!"
Immediately, someone in the crowd exclaimed in surprise.
Clearly, after the war games of the past few days, Broly's reputation has been elevated once again.
He is now known among the people of Orario as the "King of Monsters" and the "Demon King".
The title "King" is a continuation of the title "Tyrant," while "Monster" and "Demon" represent his clear stance, standing on the side of the intelligent monsters among the heretics.
"That's right, Mr. Broly has developed a technology for resurrecting without remains, and we are one of the results of this research."
Of course, we are not pure humans now, but more like intelligent monsters or heretics.
Look, this is the magic stone inside my body—
A fiery red magic stone appeared on Alisha's forehead, which she openly displayed to the curious adventurers and onlookers.
"What is that idiot doing?"
"Don't worry, Lyra, I know what Alexandra is doing."
Kaguya Gojou grabbed the anxious little girl beside her.
"Our leader may be a bit dim-witted, but she has a clear sense of right and wrong. Her interactions with the heretics these past few days have clearly led her to make a decision. She intends to use her own experience to positively address the lingering prejudice against heretics in people's minds."
Broly won the war game, making it impossible for Orario to openly discriminate against those who are not heretics. However, it is difficult to get people to genuinely accept those who are not heretics. This is essentially forcing a bull to drink water.
However, by directly revealing the existence of monster-like life forms, Alicia is demonstrating to the world another possibility: that people can be resurrected after death.
Even with resurrection magic, adventurers can still lose their lives and bodies during their adventures.
In this situation, there is another way to resurrect people as heretics. In that case, would a group of people who might become heretics in the future continue to discriminate against and reject heretics?
Obviously not. In addition, the good reputation that the Astrea Familia had accumulated among the lower classes of Orario in the past made the residents of Orario genuinely change their views on the heretics.
Of course, this change did not happen overnight. During this period, the righteous girls like Alexie who stood up to promote the cause had to bear the pressure of being treated as outsiders.
But would these righteous girls, who dared to fight against all darkness even before they died, be afraid of being treated as outcasts?
No, because their actions in upholding justice are often difficult for others to understand.
In other words, they were outcasts from the start.
However, when he was alive, he was merely a psychological outcast.
Now that he has been resurrected, he has become an alien in both body and mind.
Over the next few days, the righteous girls of the Astrea Familia, along with a large group of adventurers, helped attack the man-made labyrinth.
The remnants of the dark faction, hiding in the artificial labyrinth, knowing they were no match for the large number of adventurers outside, chose to open the entrances and exits connecting the artificial labyrinth to the underground city.
. . .
By using bait to lure monsters into the artificial maze, a large number of monsters are drawn into it, turning the artificial maze into an environment similar to a real maze, with a continuous stream of monsters, thus stunting the progress of conquering the artificial maze.
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"Because there are remnants of dark factions lurking in the shadows, the danger of exploring the man-made maze is about the same as that of a normal maze in the lower to middle levels. It will take the guild some time to conquer it."
Finn had barely finished speaking when his hands were pulled up by Tione and Lyra on either side of him.
"You philandering Amazonian brat!"
"Ha, I should be saying that! Dead people should stay in their graves, not come out and steal men who are already taken!"
"Can you two stop holding my hands?"
Finn looked helpless. Ever since Broly brought him news of Lyra from Hades, and Tione found out, the latter had become somewhat jealous.
When Lyra is resurrected and comes to meet him, she discovers that there is an Amazonian girl pursuing him, and she also enters a state of possessiveness.
The two are now locked in a fierce battle, and he, caught in the middle, can only suffer the pain of being fought over by them.
"Miss Tione, Miss Lyra, Commander Finn looks troubled. Why don't you two compromise and both become his wives?"
"No!" *2
"Broly, you're a lecherous scoundrel, never turning down any woman who throws herself at you. But I can't accept Finn having other women besides me!"
"I completely agree with that, but Finn is mine, I was here first!"
Broly: "*——"
He gave Finn a helpless look, feeling that if he spoke up for him again, he would be scolded by his sister-in-law, Tione.
"Never mind Dione's business, come here, Lord Broly, I'll feed you grapes."
The hot Algana came close and offered him a peeled grape to his lips.
"Lord Broly, have a piece of apple too."
After Broly finished eating the grapes, Bajie came over and fed him a piece of peeled apple.
After the War Game, Argana launched another pursuit of the Saiyan boy. After asking Tiona for her opinion and confirming that Tiona did not object to Argana joining the Crystal Palace, Broly agreed to Argana's pursuit. Now she is one of his outer wives.
As for Bajie, Tiona said, "Teacher Bajie and her sister are always inseparable. If we only take her sister, she'll definitely feel lonely. Hmm, I felt the same way when my sister became love-struck, so—"
Because of this, Broly also tried to invite the vice-captain of the Kali Familia, who was his twin sister, and Bajie did not refuse, which led to the current situation.
These two Amazonian sisters both became his wives in the outer position, and there was no problem of harem intrigue.
"Commander Finn, you continue with your work, I'll take my leave now."
Broly got up to leave, not wanting to stay any longer and watch others get into trouble because of relationship problems.
"Broly, can you tell me how you manage to get women who like you to get along so harmoniously?"
Seeing that the Saiyan boy was about to leave, and that he would soon be facing a situation where the two were fighting over something alone, Finn quickly asked for advice.
From what Finn knows, Broly is an openly harem king; he has a bunch of women living in the Hearth House, yet he hasn't caused any major trouble. His abilities are simply astonishing.
"Captain Finn, is it possible that women who mind having many encounters with me generally won't join my Crystal Palace, while those who don't mind can mostly become friends?"
"Oh, so the screening process was done beforehand?"
Finn's wry smile deepened; the situation on his end didn't match up.
Broly's experience as a master harem king was of no help to him.
After leaving Finn's office, Broly was stopped by the Nine Demon Princesses.
"I have something to tell you, can we chat privately?"
Broly did not refuse Riveria's invitation for a private chat.
. . .
"Broly, I know your wing skills make you even more powerful with more wives, but you haven't neglected Ais because you have more wives, have you?"
This elf madam was clearly a little worried about the girl she had taken care of since she was a child, so she came over to ask the boy questions in the manner of a mother-in-law.
"Ais is an awkward child. She is not good at expressing her feelings, and sometimes when she is upset, she keeps it to herself."
Riveria kept rambling on, and Broly listened attentively.
After she finished speaking, she gave a serious reply: "Lady Riveria, although I have more wives, I have never neglected any of them."
As for Ais, I practice swordsmanship with her every morning and often massage her body in the evening.
Of course, she would occasionally get upset because I was close to other people, but I always made sure to cheer her up.
"Well, if you don't believe me, you can go stay at the Hearth House for a while and see how Ais is doing for yourself."
Riveria looked at the Saiyan boy who answered her question frankly, thought for a moment, and then nodded: "Alright, I don't have anything to do these days anyway, so I'll go and bother you at the Hearthfire Mansion for a while."
"Lady Riveria, are you also going to stay at the Hearth Mansion?"
Tiona came out of Loki's room. Broly had accompanied her to update her stats. The Amazon girl was quite surprised when she learned that the vice-captain was also going to stay at the Hearth Mansion temporarily.
"Well, I'm just worried about Ais, so I'm going over there to check on her."
Nine Demon Princess offered an explanation.
"Ais is doing quite well. At the Hearth House, there are always a lot of powerful guys who can be her sparring partners every day."
However, if Lady Riveria were to also move to the Hearth Mansion, I imagine Ais would be even happier.
Tiona put her hands behind her head and said with a smile.
"Are you Lord Broly's new partner? I'm your senior, you should call me 'Big Sister'."
Algana looked Nine Demon Princess up and down, and then suddenly said that.
"ah?!"
Tiona took a quick step to catch up, staring in shock at the former leader of her familiar. How could he say such a thing?
"Lady Riveria——"
The Amazon girl turned to look at Kumahime, only to see that the vice-captain of her current familia had a grim expression.
"What you're saying is quite interesting, but in terms of age and how long I've been with Crystal Palace, I seem to be your senior, don't I?"
Riveria was not one to back down from trouble. As a princess of the elves, she had quite a temper. She crossed her arms and approached Algana, pressing her breasts against Algana's chest, and said to her with a forced smile.
Alganna raised an eyebrow, and just as she narrowed her eyes, preparing to retaliate, Broly slapped her on the butt.
"Lady Riveria is not my partner; she is Ais's guardian, a role similar to a mother or godmother. Don't deliberately provoke her."
"Ah, I'm sorry, Lord Broly."
"Don't apologize to me, apologize to Lady Riveria."
"I'm sorry, Lady Riveria."
The tense atmosphere vanished instantly, and Aljana, who had just been spanked, transformed from a rebellious hottie into an obedient good girl.
Riveria: "————"
After being apologized to by Aljana, her anger subsided, but a sense of crisis arose.
Can Ais, that emotionally awkward girl, really compete with this woman who is completely subservient to Broly in the Crystal Palace?
No, as Ais's mother—oops, I mean, her guardian—I have to do something for that child!
Riveria, who originally only intended to visit the Hearth House for a few days to see how Ais was doing, now found herself feeling the strength of a mother.
She turned around, went back to her room, and packed a bunch of luggage.
"Lady Riveria, are you embarking on a long journey?"
"Alicia, no, I'm not planning a long journey, but rather to stay at the Hearth House for a while."
"?!"
Upon hearing this, the blonde, busty elf, who had previously exuded an air of intellect, was somewhat stunned.
The Hearth Hall is now a famous Demon King's backyard in Orario.
"I'm worried about Ais's situation over there. That girl might not be able to compete with the other women in Broly's harem. I have to go over there and give her some advice. Hmm, please tell Loki and Finn for me that I'm going to stay there for a while."
After giving her instructions, Rivera picked up her suitcase and stormed off toward Broly.
"Broly, I have a lot of luggage, could you help me carry some?"
Nine Demon Princess made the Saiyan boy carry her luggage with a perfectly justifiable attitude.
"Lady Riveria, isn't there a Crystal Palace—"
"So, you don't want to help me with my luggage?"
"Uh, that's not it either—"
Alicia watched as the elven princess, despite having the convenient Crystal Palace space at her disposal, deliberately made the boy carry her luggage with both hands, as if she didn't want to see him with other women on either side of him. Her cold expression suggested she was secretly jealous. Alicia couldn't help but wonder: "Lady Riveria, are you really just going to the Hearth Palace to offer Miss Ais some advice?"
"Lady Riveria, wait for me, I'm coming with you."
An inner unease led Alicia to subconsciously make the decision to follow. She couldn't let Lady Riveria be trapped in the Hearthfire Palace, that infamous den where, according to rumors, an uninvited assembly was being held.
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