The temperature in the room plummeted. Ice crackled softly as a thin layer of frost spread across the wooden floor. The air itself grew heavier as if the very atmosphere hesitated to move.
Lioro, still holding the sobbing Hestia, felt a chill run down his spine.
What the hell?
Where was his magic resistance?
He had turned off infinity, so that didn't help either.
Elsa's expression remained eerily calm, her blue eyes fixed solely on the goddess clinging to Lioro's neck. Yet, despite her serene face, the soft crackling of forming ice betrayed her true emotions. Snowflakes swirled lazily around her, glistening under the dim light of the room.
Bell instinctively took a step back, his survival instincts screaming at him to avoid whatever was about to happen.
Yoriichi, on the other hand, silently observed the scene, his golden-red eyes taking in the moment as if watching a harmless quarrel between children.
Lioro felt he had to act fast before things got… difficult.
"Goddess," he said, his voice as steady as ever, despite the ice creeping dangerously close to his boots. "I think you should let go now."
Hestia sniffled, rubbing her eyes against his shoulder. "B-But Lioro! I thought you left forever! I was so worried! You didn't even tell me anything before you disappeared!"
Elsa took a slow step forward. The frost beneath her feet thickened, leaving delicate yet sharp ice patterns in her wake. "Oh?" she said sweetly, though there was an undeniable edge to her voice. "He left… without telling you? How inconsiderate of him."
Lioro blinked.
That tone...
That was a dangerous tone.
Hestia, oblivious to the impending storm, sniffed again and nodded rapidly. "Yes! He just vanished! And I—"
A sharp cracking sound echoed through the room. Hestia finally noticed the ice forming on the nearby walls, the way the air shimmered with frozen mist.
Seeing Elsa's unfamiliar face.
Hestia blinked and tilted her head in confusion, before saying.
"Who the hell are you?"
Lioro quickly put down Hestia then introduced Elsa.
"Look gooddess she's our new familia member, Elsa."
"New member? Elsa?", Hestia narrowed her eyes.
Here gaze lingered on Lioro then on Elsa, then it went back and forth before a light bulb lit inside her head.
"Lioro you cheater! So that's where you've been!"
"I was so worried! And you were having fun with another woman! How could you!"
Hestia started shouted with tears in her eyes, looking at Lioro with a wronged expression.
The ice hardened.
Lioro slammed Hestia's head.
"Don't just randomly blame me when we're not even in a relationship."
Hestia rubbed her head with tearful eyes.
"H-how could you hit me? For a woman you just met??", Hestia shouted while pointing at Elsa.
Lioro felt a headache coming over.
He placed a firm hand on Hestia's shoulder. "Alright, that's enough, Goddess."
Hestia tightly clutched his left arm.
"Explain! You must explain where you've been!"
Before Lioro could say anything, another pair of arms wrapped themselves around his right arm.
It was Elsa.
She was tightly holding his right arm, looking at Hestia with cold eyes.
"You..."
A flame burned in Hestia's eyes seeing Elsa's action.
It was a provocation!
A balant provocation!
Hestia gritted her teeth.
The two of them stared at each other with burning eyes.
Meanwhile Lioro who was stuck in between, was actually quite enjoying himself.
'They're soft.....'
Both of his arms were stuck between two amazing soft and warm places.
It felt nice.
And they were both slowly increasing their grips as if in a competition...
A part of him didn't want their quarrel to end.....
"Um.... should we do something?", Bell asked Yoriichi with an awkard look on his face.
Yoriichi looked at Bell then said plainly.
"I sense no hostility from either side, so don't worry."
"Oh- ok!"
Bell nodded his head, trusting Yoriichi's judgement.
After finally having his fill, Lioro used infinity to separate himself from both of them and said.
"Alright, stop fighting and let's talk."
Seeing his serious expression, both of them calmed down for the moment.
Then, Lioro started giving a short summary of what happened in the frozen world.
After listening to the story, Hestia's eyes widened; she couldn't help but look at Elsa and mutter in a small voice.
"Spirit?...."
Lioro also told Elsa about his encounter with the goddess Hestia.
"Goddess...", Elsa muttered.
"This is what happened...", Lioro finished speaking.
Seeing the two of them had calmed down, he continued.
"Goddess Hestia, Elsa is the new member of our familia, and Elsa this is Goddess Hestia."
"So the two of you shake hands and be friends."
Elsa and Hestia looked at each other.
Then, under Lioro's urging, they shook hands with each other.
Though they retracted their hands as soon as they were done.
Right after letting go, Elsa suddenly held Lioro's arm again and said in a soft voice.
"Take me to my room, I want to rest."
"Alright."
Lioro nodded his head and escorted Elsa back to the first floor.
Heatia silently stared at the scene with crossed arms while pouting in dissatisfaction.
"Is it over?" Bell asked.
"Looks like it.", Yoriichi nodded his head.
Inside a room on the second floor.
"Well, if you need anything,g then feel free to tell me."
Lioro said as he looked at the clean room with a simple bed, table, and almira.
Turning around, he saw Elsa silently looking at him.
"Is something wrong?", Lioro asked.
Instead of replying, Elsa sidestepped Lioro and quietly entered her room.
Lioro scratched his head before stepping outside and closing the door.
After the door was closed, Elsa stood in place.
"You're mine." " she whispered.
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After settling Elsa down, Lioro quickly teleported to the 18th floor.
He wanted to quickly gather experience points.
His reserve was sitting at zero!
Fortunately he had made plenty of scrolls back in the disney world, the 1:10 time difference was kind of broken and amazing.
Looking at the familiar wooden shop, Lioro put on his disguise and placed down his tier 1 and tier 2 scrolls on display before opening up the door.
"The scroll shop is open?!"
"Damn he's really here?"
"Quickly, before others arrive!"
Almost as soon as he opened the shop, a small crowd gathered outside.
Most of them were shopkeepers from the 18th floor who wanted to buy his magic scrolls and then sell them at a higher price later on.
Just when Lioro took the magic stones from a customer, a voice called out to him.
"Hello?"
Lioro saw a spiky-haired adventurer with brown eyes, embarrassingly rubbing his head while coming inside.
"I am from the Loki familia..... Raul", Raul Nord said while scratching his head.
"Loki familia?" Lioro's eyes shone.
Big Customer!
"You came alone? What about Finn and Riveria?"
"Captain is busy preparing for the dungeon raid."
'Is it time for the expedition?', Lioro thought in his mind.
It seemed the time for the original story to begin was approaching.
"If you're preparing for a raid, you'll probably need a lot more advanced scrolls," Lioro said as he stepped into the back and returned with a few carefully preserved cases. He opened them to reveal scrolls etched with Tier 3 and Tier 4 magic, far more expensive and powerful.
Raul stared at them and hesitated. "Um… do you think we could get a discount for buying in bulk? The captain said to ask…"
Lioro paused. "A discount, huh…"
He stroked his chin as if considering it seriously. "Well, I do offer discounts. But only for beautiful girls—"
Before he could finish, a tall elf woman stepped through the doorway. She had long golden hair, a well-kept figure, and a quiet elegance that made her stand out instantly.
That face, height, innocence, chest..... she was a 9/10.....
Lioro fell silent.
Raul embarrassingly lowered his head.
"It was the captain's plan...."
Finn Deimne!
He figured out his taste from a single interaction!
What a dangerous man indeed!
Lioro helplessly spread out his hand and said.
"Alright, I'll give you 10% off."
Just as he finished speaking, a beautiful, big-chested woman walked in.
Lioro simply turned to look at Raul.
Raul turned his head away.
Behind the mask, Lioro actually smiled.
It seems Loki familia was really running low on funds.
Otherwise, why would they resort to using such childish tactics?
"You said your name was Raul? Come and sit down, let's talk."
Coincidentally, he also needed someone to scout the dungeon and find out the cause of his undead's death.
After selling the majority of his magic scrolls to Loki familia, Lioro kept the shop open for a few more hours before closing it.
Opening up his attribute panel, Lioro looked at his experience.
[Experience slot: 14,600,060/60,000]
First, he redeveloped his classes.
[Magic Swordsman 2Lv-> Magic Swordsman 5Lv]
[Sword Master 0Lv-> Sword Master 10Lv]
Instantly the memories of using sword which he had lost returned to his mind.
[Experience slot: 13,000,060/270,000]
With a flicker, Lioro vanished and left danmachi world.
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Overlord.
The space trembled before Lioro appeared in place.
Stepping onto the familiar wooden floor of his house, Lioro moved to find his sisters.
He found them downstairs, working in their burger shop.
"Lioro, you're back?" Tsuare said after seeing him.
Lioro nodded, then said, "Let's go. I'll take both of you away."
"Okay…"
Tsuare replied in a slightly low voice before calling out for Ninya.
Ninya came out with his uncle and aunty, who were also working in the shop.
"What happened? Why are you moving away?" Uncle Eldric asked in a concerned voice.
Just yesterday, Tsuare had told them that Lioro would be taking them to a new place.
This confused Eldric and Mirella. They couldn't understand why the two were leaving when the business was booming.
"I'm opening a new outlet in another country for more profit..." Lioro quickly said the lines he had prepared.
Listening to the complicated business expansion plan, Eldric and Mirella could only look at each other in confusion.
After all, they were simple farmers, the only thing they knew was how to work hard.
"From now on, this branch will depend on you, uncle and aunty, so work hard!"
"O-okay…"
That was all Eldric could say after Lioro finished speaking.
Under Lioro's urging, Tsuare and Ninya went to their rooms and came back holding suitcases filled with their belongings.
"Then let's go."
Tsuare and Ninya waved at Eldric and Mirella, who also waved back at them.
Space trembled before the three of them disappeared from the spot.
"Magic is really something else…" Uncle Eldric muttered while scratching his head, looking at the empty space where the three had just vanished.
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Danmachi.
Inside the Hestia Familia mansion.
The space trembled before Lioro, Tsuare, and Ninya appeared in place.
Yoriichi, who happened to be passing by, stopped and looked at the three of them with curiosity.
It seemed his captain had a habit of randomly spawning in with new people or something.
Yoriichi couldn't help but wonder, what would happen if someone was standing in the exact spot Lioro teleported to?
Would they get squashed by space? That sounded... painful.
While Yoriichi was deep in thought, Lioro began the introductions.
"Yoriichi, these are my sisters, Tsuare and Ninya."
He then turned to his sisters. "And this is Yoriichi."
Lioro glanced at Ninya first.
"H-Hello!" Ninya greeted nervously.
Yoriichi gave a small nod in return. "Hello."
Lioro smiled, then turned toward Tsuare.
But as soon as he did… he froze.
Why?
Because Tsuare was standing there, staring humbly at Yoriichi… mouth slightly open.
"…Sister?" Lioro called out slowly.
"Y-Yes? O-Oh! Hello! I'm Tsuare!"
Tsuare snapped out of her daze and quickly extended her hand toward Yoriichi.
Yoriichi looked at the hand, then took it in his own and said in a calm, neutral tone, "I'm Yoriichi."
The moment she felt his large, warm hand gently wrap around hers, Tsuare's face turned bright red.
Looking up at Yoriichi, who was more than a head taller than her, she quickly averted her eyes in embarrassment.
Yoriichi blinked in mild confusion at her odd reaction.
Ninya, standing off to the side, stared at her sister with disbelief.
As for Lioro…
'Fck!'
He was cursing loudly in his mind while looking at the scene, which seemed to come straight out of some third-grade romance movie.
'She fell for Yoriichi???'
That dazed expression… the way she kept stealing glances at him… the blush…Even the stutter in her voice.
'She totally fell for him!'
But it hadn't even been a minute!
Lioro cursed again.
'F*ck!'
Damn Yoriichi!
I treated you as a brother, but you went after my sister???
'No, wait.....'
Suddenly, Lioro stopped, and his thoughts started changing.
'Now that I think about it...'
Tsuare and Yoriichi...hmm, that doesn't sounds too bad.
I mean, no matter how you look at it, Yoriiichi is a good guy
Yoriiichi isn't just a monster in combat, he was calm, reliable, polite, and built like a walking Greek god....
Plus, if they were to get together, then he could be rest assured since Yoriichi's chances of cheating were practically zero...
Damn!
He almost feels his sister isn't worthy of Yoriichi!
Meanwhile, Yoriichi, completely unaware of the chaos he had caused, turned to Lioro with his usual calm tone.
"Is something wrong?"
"No," Lioro said stiffly. "Nothing's wrong. Everything's great. Perfect."
Yoriichi raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
Suddenly, a sharp voice rang out.
"Lioooorooo! Who did you bring this time?!"
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[Ps: I had a lot of work these past few weeks, and in the next coming ones too, but you can rest assured the story won't be dropped. I have way too much planned for it after all. Jobless reincarnation, Konosuba, frieren, witcher, bg3, GOW, eminence in shadow, reverend insanity, Legendary Mechanic, a lot of manga-only stories like HeroxDemonking... ]