In DanMachi, I Was Targeted by Freya from the Start!

No need to guess. Once word got back to Orario about what happened today, he would become famous again.

Freya had outright kept him as her boytoy on the street before, and that had already made him quite famous in Orario. Who knew whether it would cause any trouble?

By the time he reached Level 2, who knew what bizarre title they might come up with for him.

"Wait, the Denatus! Oh no!!!"

Cao Ye suddenly remembered that he still had something to do today.

Freya had asked him to accompany her to the Denatus. He was currently on the eighteenth floor. If he stood Freya up, who knew how she would deal with him.

"Bors, I have something to do. I'm leaving first. We'll drink next time!"

With that, he sprinted away, leaving Bors completely baffled.

What was that supposed to mean? He had looked so calm just moments ago, but in the blink of an eye, he looked like he had seen a ghost. He must really have run into something.

"Seriously, I just found a few beautiful women to build some connections, and he left right away."

Bors was quite disappointed. Men had plenty of ways to strengthen relationships.

He had specifically found several beautiful female adventurers and promised them a hefty sum of Valis before persuading them to serve Cao Ye that night.

Men only pursued a few things: money, power, and beautiful women.

Although the guy was being kept by the Goddess of Beauty, men understood men best. No man was above sneaking a taste elsewhere. Add a little alcohol, and everything would fall into place.

It had been a good plan, but now that the target had left, all that effort had gone to waste.

"Bors, something happened."

"What now? Weren't all the monsters cleared out?"

"It's not the monsters. It's the magic stones. After counting them, we found that the magic stones dropped during this monster attack are short by nearly a third, perhaps even more."

"What did you say? A third of the magic stones are missing?"

"Possibly more, not less!"

The moment he heard those words from his deputy, Bors exploded with rage.

The monster attack had already caused considerable damage to the town. Those magic stones were supposed to make up his losses, yet so many had vanished.

"Did someone in Rivira Town secretly stash them away?"

"We don't know, and there's no way to investigate."

"Someone must be pulling strings behind the scenes. Fine, they actually dared to steal from Bors. Take everyone and investigate immediately. I refuse to believe they didn't leave behind a single trace."

"Understood~"

From beginning to end, neither of them considered that the culprit behind all this was Cao Ye, who had just left.

After all, he had been fighting on the front lines the entire time without ever stopping. He had no backpack or anything else on him, so he had neither the chance nor the opportunity to pick up magic stones.

What they did not know was that Cao Ye possessed a spatial skill called Imaginary Space.

Meanwhile, Cao Ye directly activated Mana Burst. With his enhanced body, he raced toward Orario at full speed. He had to get back quickly.

If he really stood Freya up, he would be finished.

He had just made such bold declarations, only to pull something like this right afterward. He really knew how to make things difficult for himself.

Tap—

At the top of Babel Tower, Freya had changed into a white formal gown. Paired with her naturally bewitching face and perfectly proportioned figure, she displayed the allure of beauty to the fullest.

"Ottar, where is Cao Ye?"

Glancing at the magic clock beside her, Freya spoke with a hint of displeasure on her face.

"He has not returned yet."

Ottar answered honestly. He knew that Cao Ye had gone into the Dungeon early that morning. Not just today—he had been doing so every day recently.

After that incident, he had cast aside his usual laziness, as though he had become his former self again.

"He still hasn't returned? What time do you think it is? He still isn't back?"

Freya's expression darkened. Having him accompany her to the Denatus was an honor countless people could never obtain.

Yet he had gone to the Dungeon, and he had not even returned by now.

There was not much time left before the banquet. She had even planned to take the opportunity to show him off properly in front of the other goddesses, yet he had pulled this on her.

Chapter 51: Giving the Goddess a Qipao!

At the lower levels of Babel Tower, at the Dungeon entrance, crowds of people were returning to Orario.

It was already afternoon, time to get off work. Adventurers were people too, and spending an entire day in the dim Dungeon had left them exhausted.

Bang—

"Ow!"

At that moment, a figure shot out from inside.

The person was moving far too fast, and on the spiral staircase, he directly knocked over someone who failed to dodge in time.

"Which bastard isn't watching where he's going?!"

The person who had been hit immediately cursed, but when he got back up, he could not even see a shadow.

Everyone around him was some distance away. He instinctively looked behind himself, then looked ahead. There was nothing.

A few people nearby had seen what happened and knew that someone had just rushed past.

But they were strangers, and no one was kind enough to remind him. After all, it would be troublesome if they got blamed for it.

"Was that a ghost?"

The unlucky man said in confusion. He had clearly been knocked down, so why was there nothing there when he got up?

After thinking about it for a long time without finding an answer, he could only accept his bad luck. There was nothing else he could do.

Meanwhile, after rushing out of the Dungeon, Cao Ye headed straight for the lift.

A few minutes later, he finally made it back. Seeing Ottar standing outside Freya's room, Cao Ye finally let out a breath of relief. He had made it in time.

"You are late. The goddess is very angry!"

Looking at the panting Cao Ye, Ottar spoke sternly. Making the goddess wait so long was simply unacceptable.

He had been finding Cao Ye more and more unpleasant to look at. Cao Ye had no manners in front of the goddess and had angered her several times. If Freya had not forbidden it, he would have chopped Cao Ye down long ago.

"Very angry?"

Cao Ye glanced at the sky outside the window. It was already nearing evening. Though the sun had not yet set, it was beginning to descend.

It would not be long before the sunset appeared. Clearly, it was indeed getting late.

Knock, knock.

Taking a deep breath, Cao Ye stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Whether it was a blessing or a disaster, he could not avoid it. Freya was already angry, so what else could he do? He could only go in and face it.

"Come in~"

Freya's voice came from inside. Her tone alone made it clear that she was not in a good mood.

Creak—

Cao Ye pushed open the door and walked in. The first thing he saw was Freya in a pure white gauzy formal gown. She was truly beautiful. Especially today, since she was attending the Denatus and had dressed up carefully, she looked even more stunning.

"I thought you had forgotten about today, Cao Ye!"

"I wouldn't dare. I was only delayed by something. On the eighteenth floor of the Dungeon, I encountered a monster attack. A huge number of monsters attacked Rivira Town."

"A monster attack?"

Freya's gaze toward Cao Ye became somewhat strange, though she did not suspect anything.

Still, Cao Ye's luck was a little too terrible. He had encountered the Monster Feast before, then another monster attack the very next day. Where had this unlucky fellow come from?

Special events like these were not easy to encounter. Otherwise, they would not be called special events.

"Enough. Go back and wash up properly. You reek of sweat. Oh, and change into these clothes."

"Clothes?"

Cao Ye looked over. On the table beside them lay a neatly folded set of clothing along with a pair of shoes. They clearly looked expensive.

"What, were you planning to wear that to the Denatus with me? You may not find it embarrassing, but I certainly do!"

Freya looked down on Cao Ye's clothes completely.

"By the way, Lady Freya, I have a piece of clothing for you. Would you like to try it?"

"Clothing?"

"Yes."

"Let me see~"

Freya had instinctively wanted to refuse, since she did not particularly trust Cao Ye's taste.

But then she remembered the black stockings Cao Ye had given her last time. She had liked them very much, so she could give him one chance.

"It's this one~"

Cao Ye took out a card. On its face was a beautiful woman wearing a qipao.

Then, with a flash of white light, a noble and elegant white qipao appeared in Cao Ye's hands. Its white base was embroidered with black ink-wash paintings, creating a unique kind of beauty.

"This dress—"

Freya's eyes lit up when she saw the qipao in Cao Ye's hands.

It was the first time she had seen clothing in this style, yet she had fallen for it at first sight.

"Do you like it?"

"It's not bad. Leave it there, then hurry up and wash yourself clean."

"Got it~"

Seeing Freya's attention drawn to the qipao, Cao Ye immediately smiled. He had finally muddled through this.

This qipao was one of Cao Ye's rewards from the Jujutsu Kaisen card pool. Cao Ye seriously suspected that the system was some kind of [Pervert System], otherwise why would it keep giving him things like this?

This qipao was the Wind-and-Ink Mid-Length Qipao, and it was also one of Cao Ye's favorite qipaos.

The reason he had taken it out was not only to divert Freya's attention. He was also curious what the Goddess of Beauty would look like in a qipao.

With his little scheme in mind, Cao Ye returned to his room and washed himself thoroughly from head to toe.

Then he changed into the clothes Freya had prepared. It was a very formal men's outfit, making Cao Ye look even more handsome while adding a touch of noble bearing.

Knock, knock.

At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Cao Ye did not need to guess who it was.

"I'm coming~"

When he opened the door, Ottar was indeed standing outside.

"The goddess said it is getting late. It is time to leave."

"I understand."

Cao Ye could guess that Ottar had come to find him because it was time to depart.

Tap, tap, tap.

A series of crisp footsteps sounded, and Cao Ye instinctively looked over.

Freya was walking toward him in an ink-wash long qipao. Its white base and black ink-painting patterns, combined with Freya's already incomparably noble aura, made her breathtakingly beautiful.

"Well?"

Freya's figure was simply the perfect clothes hanger. Wearing that outfit, her charm practically overflowed.

If the Freya of the past had been like an alluring mandala flower that made people unconsciously fall into its spell, then the current Freya was like an elegant snow lotus atop the Heavenly Mountains—too pure for anyone to dare touch, for fear of sullying that otherworldly grace.