(Heartfelt thanks to 'Fallen Wing Tears,' 'True Dragon Tiger King,' 'Wufeng Haotian,' and 'Haidi Zhongcao' for their rewards!)
"Clang—!"
A radiance comparable to the sun blossomed in the direction of the Pleasure Quarter, illuminating the entire night sky and instantly drawing the attention of everyone in Orario.
"Th-That... what is that?"
"S-So bright..."
"What happened?"
One by one, Orario's residents raised their heads and looked toward the Pleasure Quarter, their faces filled with shock as an unavoidable commotion broke out across the streets.
The Gods, meanwhile, all sensed astonishing Divine Power within that dazzling light and looked at one another in dismay.
To the residents of the lower world, this phenomenon might have simply been something they could see but not understand.
But for the Gods, no one understood better than them what the scene before them represented.
"Has a god been sent back to Heaven?"
Yes.
A god had been sent back to Heaven.
Because Divine Power had been used.
When the Gods descended to the lower world, they had long since established rules, sealing away their omnipotent Divine Power and leaving themselves with bodies no different from ordinary people as they enjoyed themselves in the lower world.
And once a god used Divine Power, they would immediately be sent back to Heaven.
The sight before them was proof that some god had used Divine Power.
In other words, that god would be sent back to Heaven. There was no doubt about it.
"That's the direction of the Pleasure Quarter, isn't it?"
"Could the one sent back to Heaven be Ishtar?"
"No way?"
All the Gods erupted into an uproar.
At that moment, every being in Orario was watching that brilliant, sunlike radiance.
Tonight was destined to be sleepless.
In front of the Hestia Familia's headquarters, Hestia gazed