Clown God's Scheme, Riviera Obtains the Wings Skill

By evening, Broly and the others had returned to the inn, while Loki and her group had come back long before them.

"There were no problems with any of the water outlets."

Theiona reported the results of her investigation into the water outlets.

Meanwhile, Loki and the others had discovered that the local Guild manager was on bad terms with the mayor of Port Meren.

"One said the Guild levied too many tariffs, while the other said the mayor frequently defied management and intended to evade taxes.

But they had one thing in common: neither of them claimed to have seen or even heard of the Man-eating Flower.

A mayor and a local Guild manager had never heard of the Man-eating Flower Monsters we personally saw in the sea.

Either they were incompetent, or someone was lying—or perhaps they were both lying. Even God Njord might be involved."

"Loki, catching a thief requires stolen goods, and catching adultery requires catching both parties. You aren't planning to declare the people here guilty based on your own speculation, are you? Although what that Guild official said was truly infuriating, going on about how the Guild was supposedly our master."

Hestia had gone along as well. Apparently, someone at the Meren Guild had made her angry.

"Of course not. I won't decide someone is guilty based on my subjective assumptions."

When a top-tier Familia came to investigate the Dark Faction, even if they killed a few innocents along the way, they would not be held accountable as long as the number was small. But Loki was clearly the kind of god who valued the lives of children outside her own Familia as much as lives.

"Tomorrow, we'll ask the local civilians around here. The people at the top in Meren might lie, but