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"Hmm..."
Hestia sat on the sofa with her arms wrapped around herself, as though emphasizing her proud bust. Her gaze remained fixed on an envelope on the table before her as she sank into troubled thought.
Seeing that Hestia seemed to have no intention of speaking, Noah turned his attention to the envelope she was staring at and even picked it up.
"What is this?"
"I haven't opened it yet," Hestia said.
"But it's probably an invitation."
"An invitation?" Noah turned to look at Hestia.
"What kind of invitation?"
"An invitation from a god." Hestia sighed.
"More accurately, it's an invitation to a banquet held by a god."
"A god's banquet?" Noah seemed to understand.
A god's banquet, put simply, was a gathering held by the gods who had descended from the Heavenly Realm to the Lower World in order to meet one another.
The gods had descended to the Lower World in the first place to relieve their boredom, seek excitement, and find entertainment unavailable in the Heavenly Realm.
Banquets like these, where one god hosted a feast and invited the others of their kind to enjoy themselves together, were extremely common in Orario and even throughout the world.
Simply put, gods held banquets to alleviate boredom and seek entertainment.
Therefore, there were practically no rules regarding which god hosted one or what date the banquet was held.
Whenever a god became bored and wanted to throw a banquet, one would be held.
Whenever a god wanted to attend a banquet and find some entertainment, they would show up.
The gods' capriciousness and free-spirited nature were plain