"Please take care of me."
Only after replying instinctively did Hestia suddenly realize what had just happened.
No, no, no. How could she completely understand a child's true character just by looking at his soul?
She couldn't be so casual when choosing the first child to join her Familia. He probably said that only because he didn't know her actual circumstances.
And once he found out that she, a Lord Deity, was a god with nothing to her name and saw the reality of her current situation, perhaps this child before her would leave her...
Hestia didn't want to see hope only to receive another despairing answer, so she pulled her hand out of the boy's.
"Broly..."
The Goddess Lord, who looked like a young girl despite her ample chest, called out to the boy.
"I, Hestia, am not such a casual goddess. If you want to join my Familia, you need to pass my interview first."
Idiot, idiot, idiot. Would talking like this scare away the child who finally came to me on his own? I'm clearly a useless goddess, so why am I putting on airs...
After being rejected many times when inviting others, Hestia regretted putting on the airs of a goddess almost as soon as she did it. She worried that she would scare away this child who had come to her himself, perhaps the only one she would ever have.
"Mm, all right, Lord Deity. Please ask whatever questions you have."
However, Hestia's worries were clearly unnecessary. Broly merely put on a serious expression and prepared himself to be interviewed by her with utmost solemnity.
"First, why do you want to join my Familia?"
"Huh? Lord Deity, didn't I already answer that? I said it was an encounter arranged by fate, and didn't you believe