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"That's how it was..."
Having confessed her entire past, Lili lowered her head, not even daring to look Hestia in the eye as she forced out her words with great difficulty.
"Lili knows that Lili is a filthy person. A Pallum with sticky fingers like Lili might damage the Hestia Familia's reputation if she joins it, and might even drag everyone else down. But Lili will work hard not to involve everyone because of Lili. Please, let Lili join the Hestia Familia."
As soon as she finished speaking, a heavy atmosphere filled the entire hall.
"Lady Goddess." Bell gritted his teeth and gave Hestia a pleading look.
"I... I also want to ask you to take Miss Liliruca in."
Bell's reaction was only natural.
After all, Bell himself had been turned away by many Familias, leaving him with nowhere to go. In the end, Hestia had taken him in and allowed him to join the Hestia Familia, keeping him from ending up on the streets.
Lili had suffered even more than Bell.
Therefore, if Hestia did not take Lili in, then as a professional supporter, Lili might truly end up like Bell had before—rejected by every Familia and eventually forced onto the streets.
Bell did not want to see someone face the same situation he had, which was why he pleaded for her. Clearly, he felt a sense of kinship with Lili.
However, Hestia merely crossed her arms and closed her eyes, as though she had fallen into deep thought, remaining silent for a long time.
Seeing this, Lili's heart began to pound uneasily.
Although Bell was afraid of disturbing Hestia, his kind nature