"So you really had that idea. Makes sense. No matter what, Ishtar is still a beauty goddess. She may not compare to Freyja or Aphrodite, but she's still better than most."
Hermes's expression immediately made Shen Fei understand what he was thinking. Hermes did intend to use the Ishtar Familia to give Bell a trial, but he had no intention of sending Ishtar back to the Heaven Realm.
"I can make a move, but what's the price?" After his thoughts spun rapidly through his mind, Shen Fei said this.
"What do you want?" Hermes had come to understand Shen Fei somewhat by now, so he directly asked what Shen Fei was after.
"I want to see Aegis."
Through his conversations with Ryu and All-Knowing Asfi, Shen Fei had learned that Hermes possessed a Divine Artifact-grade shield called Aegis. Back then, the Goddess of Justice Familia had ultimately defeated the monstrously talented Alfiya by relying on a replica of that shield. Of course, what they had used had not been the actual Divine Artifact. They could not have wielded the real thing.
The replica used by the Goddess of Justice Familia had been jointly forged by Tsubaki of the Hephaestus Familia and All-Knowing Asfi. Now that Shen Fei knew about it, he naturally wanted to see the Divine Artifact for himself. He had simply never had a good excuse before. Now, though, the opportunity had arrived.
"Aegis? No problem." Hermes fell silent for only a moment before agreeing. Shen Fei was not surprised by that result. In other worlds, obtaining a Divine Artifact from a god would be extremely difficult. But the gods of this world had lived too long and were too bored. They had even sealed their divine power and descended to the lower world to play. What was