(Heartfelt thanks to King-san, Pokémon, JustHereForFun, and Inferno Lord 5 for their tips!)
"Ahhh! What a loss! What a huge loss!"
In an empty alley on the northern end of Orario, Loki walked at the front while constantly wailing.
"Who would've thought? I, Loki, would actually suffer such a huge loss one day. I really never imagined it."
The group of first-class adventurers from the Loki Familia following behind Loki were extremely helpless.
Noah in particular did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Unfortunately, Loki kept on shouting, to the point that everyone in the Loki Familia was getting a little annoyed.
"Seriously, have you yelled enough already?" Riveria frowned her lovely brows.
"If this keeps up, people are really going to find you annoying."
Tiona and Tione immediately chimed in.
"Exactly."
"Even I'm starting to get annoyed."
The Amazon twins' words undoubtedly made Loki even more dissatisfied.
"Do you girls have any sympathy at all?" Loki continued sighing.
"I'm this upset, and you're still criticizing me. How did I end up with such an inconsiderate bunch of children?"
As she spoke, Loki glanced at Noah again and sighed.
"Why did I agree to something so disadvantageous?"
Disadvantageous.
It really was disadvantageous.
After all, bringing Noah into the Familia meant Loki had to pay quite a price.
Having a Godslayer in the Familia would not only affect its reputation, but also the number of new members it could recruit.
Loki had paid such a price to bring Noah into the Familia, only to receive the condition that she must protect her sworn enemy, the Hestia Familia, for the rest of Noah's life.
That alone would have been fine.
If Noah could join the Familia, protecting that Poor Little Goddess's Familia for a hundred years would not have been much