(Sincere thanks to 'o0 Tear Wound 0o', 'Star¤Feather Sorrow', 'AnimeDreamer', 'LS Sixteen, Night', 'Redfield Nightland', 'Casinobus', 'Brother MAN', 'Qiqi's F', 'I Am a Descendant of the Tang Dynasty', 'Ray Illusion', 'Flying Shadow Flash—Tianyu', 'KSAIR', 'Fleeting Years', 'Wufeng Haotian', 'Mo Yu Lan Ge', 'Love Sky', 'Shun Luan', 'Mikuni SQ', 'Xue Xiang Tian', 'Blazing Flame Eternal Life', 'Lewd Drunkard', and 'Sha Ke Xian' for their rewards!)
"No... Noah?"
Hestia called out uncertainly, as though testing the waters.
That expression, as if she were afraid of mistaking him for someone else, made Noah, who had been at a loss for words, burst out laughing.
"Say, my goddess, who were you planning to greet by running that fast?"
Only after hearing Noah's voice did Hestia finally confirm that she had not seen wrong.
At once, Hestia's eyes lit up.
"Noah! It really is you! You're back!"
Under everyone's gazes on the bustling street, Hestia suddenly cheered and threw herself at Noah.
"Puyoo—!"
In an instant, accompanied by that sound-effect-like noise, the petite yet extremely well-endowed goddess pounced on Noah, pressing her full chest against him until it completely deformed.
The sight nearly made every male spectator around them spit out the blood they had been holding in their chests.
"—?!"
The wonderful sensation nearly made Noah cry out too. By the time he came to his senses, one hand had already clenched into a fist and struck Hestia hard on the head.
Bang—!
A merciless dull thud rang out.
"Uwah!" The petite, voluptuous goddess immediately crouched down while clutching her head, tears glistening at the corners of her eyes as she accused Noah.
"What was that for?!"
"I should be the one asking what you're doing." Noah's mouth twitched.
"Hasn't that bad habit of yours, always hugging people at the drop of a hat,