Puppeteer of DanMachi World

If it were merely an acquired magic that required no chant, its power might have been impressive, but not enough to surprise Riveria.

But if this move was an innate magic, it would be enough to overturn the entire world's definition of magic.

At that thought, Riveria's gaze grew slightly fervent.

"Your eyes are scary, like you want to eat me."

Ming Ge couldn't help but tease as he looked at Riveria.

"Was it that obvious?"

Riveria touched her face, looking embarrassed.

"I can understand. It's like someone who loves money seeing another person carrying a hundred million Valis. Even if they know it doesn't belong to them, they can't help wanting to look."

Ming Ge smiled.

"Actually, it's not just looking. You'd also want to ask where they earned that much money."

Riveria joked as well.

Though Riveria was royalty, the noblest elf in the entire world, she took no pride in it.

On the contrary, she greatly disliked it when others treated her with excessive respect.

Someone like Ming Ge, who would make a small joke with her, made her feel much more at ease.

"All right, take a look."

Ming Ge turned his back to the two of them and lifted the clothes over his back.

His back was smooth and bare, without a Divine Blessing.

Moreover, Riveria could be certain that it was not locked.

As a professional mage, she could tell that much.

"It really is..."

Riveria couldn't help reaching out.

Her fingers brushed across Ming Ge's back, making him shiver.

"Of course it's real. There's no way to hide something like this."

Ming Ge let his shirt fall back down and complained, "There's no benefit to making something like that up. Only an idiot would do that, right?"

And you're an elf, aren't you?

For an elf with a mental aversion to impurity to directly touch his body was truly rare. It was easy to imagine just how shaken Riveria had been.

"Even seeing it with my own eyes feels surreal. It's simply unbelievable."

Riveria sighed, then looked at him with burning eyes. "Mr. Ming Ge, would you be interested in becoming an adventurer?"

"Not for the time being."

Riveria's intentions were far too obvious. Ming Ge immediately understood what she was thinking and answered decisively, "I know the benefits of becoming an adventurer. Aside from wanting to improve myself to my limit before becoming one, I also have reasons why I can't casually choose a patron deity."

Improving oneself before becoming an adventurer was easy enough to understand.

After all, Finn Deimne, the captain of the Loki Familia, had left his hometown at the age of ten. He honed his martial skills and wisdom while tempering his state of mind.

Only after reaching his limit at fourteen did he meet Loki and become an adventurer.

Riveria had become an adventurer at seventy-one, and she too had already trained herself to the limit.

Gareth Landrock had been born with immense strength. In a sense, the three leaders of the Loki Familia were all the same type of people.

"The reason is...?"

Riveria hesitated. "Of course, if it's inconvenient, then forget I asked."

"It's not inconvenient." Ming Ge shook his head, smiling as he said, "My lover belongs to the Hera Familia. It was fine when I was still an 'ordinary person,' but if I join some Familia in the future, I at least need to avoid being dragged into a 'marital quarrel.'"

"The Hera Familia?!"

Riveria looked stunned. "The Hera Familia, the strongest in Orario?"

"Yes."

Ming Ge nodded. "Though she belongs to the Hera Familia, my lover is only an ordinary person. She's simply favored by her patron deity, so I need to be mindful of that."

"I see... What a pity."

Aside from her inability to recruit Ming Ge into the Loki Familia, learning that he already had a lover also filled her with a sense of regret.

It was not that she had fallen for Ming Ge, but rather the regret of an old unmarried woman.

Though she always used the elves' long lifespans as an excuse, it was actually rare even among elves to remain unmarried at eighty-four.

As an elf who had left her homeland, Riveria did not care whether her lover was an elf.

She had also considered what sort of man her future husband might be.

As long as he was not too ugly, looks were fine. The most important thing was having common topics to talk about.

But adventurers were mostly rough brutes.

There were truly too few cultured adventurers, and even fewer she could get along with. Ming Ge happened to meet all those requirements.

It could only be called a great pity.

Principles of Magic Circles

"More monsters are coming."

Ming Ge looked ahead, drawing the attention of the other two.

A full five or six seconds later, more than ten demi-humans emerged from the depths of the darkness and mist.

Riveria was greatly surprised by the sight.

Because even she had failed to detect any trace of the enemies from that distance.

Level 1 adventurers were lower-class adventurers, while those at Level 2 and above were upper-class adventurers.