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"Crackle, crackle—!"
Something like clashing electrical currents seemed to ripple through the locked gazes of Hestia and Loki.
Of course, there was no actual sound.
Still, the sight of Hestia and Loki looking as though they wanted to ram their foreheads into each other, their faces full of bitter hostility, made people imagine it. It even felt as though sparks were flying from the collision of the two Goddesses' gazes.
Ever since he had first met Hestia, Noah had suspected that Hestia and Loki did not get along.
Now that he had seen them looking like they wanted to devour each other, Noah became even more certain.
Hestia and Loki's relationship was definitely worse than Noah had imagined.
Even Ais, Tiona, and Tione exchanged looks, apparently unsure why Hestia and their own chief Goddess had clashed the moment they met.
But the next second, Hestia turned her gaze toward Tiona and Tione, who were each tightly hugging one of Noah's arms. Her freely hanging twin tails immediately stood straight up.
"You Amazons over there, how long are you planning to keep hugging my Noah?"
As she said that, Hestia rushed forward and pulled the unprepared Tiona and Tione away from Noah. Then, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, she spread her arms and stood in front of Noah, glaring fiercely at Ais's group.
"Listen up, Noah has joined my Familia now. You're not allowed to set your sights on him anymore!"
The moment those words came out, Tiona and Tione froze.