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Looking at Hestia standing obediently before her with her head lowered, as though listening to a lecture, Hephaestus spoke sternly, with a hint of exasperation at her failure to live up to expectations.
"Listen, Hestia. Although there is indeed some ill-fated connection between us, and I only let you stay here temporarily because you haven't been in the Lower World for long, ever since you came here, you haven't formed a Familia or gone out to work. All you do every day is hide in your room or loaf around bookstores reading. If this keeps up, I really will throw you out."
Hephaestus had said those words many times already, and Hestia had heard them just as often. She knew them by heart.
At first, Hephaestus had only said it to scare Hestia and make her stop being so unmotivated. But as it happened more and more often, with Hestia showing no sign of changing her ways, Hephaestus had genuinely begun considering following through.
If things continued like this, it probably wouldn't be long before an infuriated Hephaestus truly threw Hestia out the door.
Fortunately, Hestia was indeed lucky today.
"This time, I haven't been loafing around, Hephaestus," Hestia hurriedly said.
"I've already registered with the Guild and formed a Familia."
"You formed a Familia?" The stern expression on Hephaestus's face froze as surprise rose within her.
"In other words, you've already found a child to join your Familia?"
A god's Familia could only be established if it had members.
Even one member was enough. So long as there was one