After hearing everything, Hephaestus immediately gave her a look—
"Do you think I'd believe that?"
She claimed someone had voluntarily wanted to join her Familia and had even brought such a sum of money with him. Who would be that stupid?
"But that's the truth."
What Hestia said was true; she had merely concealed a few details.
For instance, he needed her blood to deal with a curse. And naturally, she had not mentioned seeing his status information either.
"Really?"
"Really! Look into my eyes. Don't I look especially sincere?"
"Very fake. Say, Hestia, you wouldn't have..."
"Wouldn't have what?"
Hestia tilted her head, gradually understanding what Hephaestus meant from her gaze.
"I'm not desperate enough to sell my body or anything~!"
"Fine, I was joking."
"Hmph! I'm very unhappy!"
"Then I'll help you find the most cost-effective place to live."
"Now that's more like it. It'd be best if I could get a ninety-percent discount."
"Hestia, go to sleep. You can have anything in your dreams, even for free."
As soon as she finished teasing her, one of Hephaestus's Familia members hurried in with some news that made Hestia's face stiffen.
Her newly joined familia member seemed to have killed someone in the street.
Eina, the Guild's most popular employee, truly had a terrible headache right now.
Last night's incident had been classified as an accident, yet four more people had died again early this morning.
So Eina had come over once more to handle the matter.
It was not as though the Guild served as Orario's law enforcement, responsible for every legal matter in the city.
Laws?
Orario was a very special city. Unlike the city-states outside, it did not truly possess a complete set of laws and regulations that everyone had to obey.
This was a city