The Interrupted Dance Invitation

"Lord Loki, without an invitation, you cannot enter."

"Huh? God's Banquet, and I, a god, can't enter? Is your Chief God Apollo looking down on me, Loki?"

The following evening, outside the Apollo Familia Estate, Loki arrived with Ais and Theiona, only to be stopped at the entrance by members of the Apollo Familia.

"How could that be..."

The Apollo Familia member welcoming guests at the entrance was in a difficult position. This was the Chief God's instruction: only those with invitations could enter. But who could have expected that their Chief God had failed to send an invitation to Loki, the Clown God behind one of Orario's top Familias?

"Oh? Then what exactly does the Apollo Familia mean by this? Depending on your answer, I'll decide whether to pick a fight with your Familia!"

What happened at the entrance soon reached Apollo inside the estate. Just as he sensed trouble and prepared to come out with his Captain to handle the matter, Hestia, who had been keeping watch over the Apollo Familia Estate from the rooftop of a distant building, gave the order to begin the show.

"Oh my, isn't this Loki? What, can't get in without an invitation?"

"Hah, what the hell does it have to do with you, shorty, whether I have an invitation or not?"

When Apollo came out, he found the two gods bickering at the entrance.

This left Apollo, who had thought Loki and Hestia's relationship had improved, momentarily stunned.

"Of course it has something to do with me. Apollo held this apology banquet for my child."

After catching sight of Apollo approaching from the corner of her eye, Hestia suddenly raised her voice.

Apollo hurriedly looked at Hyacinthus, only to see his Captain wearing an equally bewildered expression as he gently shook his