"Lord Bell." After leaving Ishtar's stronghold, Haruhime saw Bell waiting outside and immediately rushed toward him excitedly. Bell hurried over to meet her.
"I remember Ishtar wasn't that easy to reason with."
Watching Shen Fei bring Haruhime out just like that, Hermes was extremely surprised. He wasn't surprised that Shen Fei could get Haruhime out, but he had assumed Shen Fei would have to beat every member of the Ishtar Familia flat first. After all, neither Sesshoseki nor Haruhime's situation could be exposed. Even if the entire familia were beaten down, Ishtar would never go complain to the Guild.
"I merely appealed to her emotions and reasoned with her."
"Heh heh."
Hermes only responded to Shen Fei's words with a cold laugh. Appealing to emotions and reasoning things out might work with gods who stood on the side of justice, such as the Moon Goddess, the Goddess of Justice, or Hestia. But Ishtar? That was absolutely impossible. Still, since Shen Fei did not want to explain, Hermes did not press the matter.
"All right, the matter is settled. Lord Hermes, farewell."
Now that Haruhime had been rescued, Shen Fei had no reason to remain in the Pleasure Quarter. The only reason he had come along was to experience Haruhime's Miracle Hammer; otherwise, he could have simply left on his own.
"What a shame. I finally managed to keep it from Asfi." After hesitating for a while, Hermes left with Bell as well. Although Haruhime had been rescued, the problems that followed were no small matter. Hermes needed to discuss them with Takemikazuchi.
"Lady Haruhime."
When the group arrived at the Takemikazuchi Familia's base, Haruhime's appearance left Yamato Mikoto and the others overjoyed. Other than Bell, everyone in the Takemikazuchi Familia had grown up playing together. Haruhime had also been their