Exiting the God's Room, the first thing that greeted him was the golden-haired girl's exquisite face.
In the evening breeze, her long golden hair fluttered, and the girl standing by the window quietly stared at him.
"Ais, why are you here? I thought you updated yesterday?"
"I saw you enter the God's Room, so I waited for you here."
Combing her long hair, Ais still spoke calmly. It was hard to discern any normal emotions on her face.
"Waiting for me? Are you looking for me for something?"
"Curious about your current stats."
Walking lightly from the window, Ais showed a hint of request, wanting to know Shirou's current basic stats. She wanted to know Shirou's growth rate.
Shirou chuckled softly, as if it was just a coincidence.
"Coincidentally, I also have something to ask of you."
The bewildered girl tilted her head slightly, expressing confusion.
"My abilities have reached their limit, and I'm preparing to undertake my great achievement and go on an adventure."
"Are you willing to come with me and protect me?"
Hearing Shirou's words, even the usually inexpressive girl couldn't help but widen her eyes.
It had only been a month, and he had already reached the peak of LV.2?
Even though she knew his progress was astonishing, this was too fast.
But she quickly snapped out of her surprise and nodded heavily.
"Alright, it's a deal then. See you at the Familia's main gate tomorrow morning."
With that, Shirou bid farewell to Ais and returned to his dorm to make his final preparations.
Inside the Loki Familia's women's bathhouse.
Ais, with almost her entire body submerged in the water and only her face above the surface, gazed vaguely ahead.
Around her, the voices of Tiona and Tione echoed in the bathhouse.
"Hey, hey, Tione. Do you know how much my stats have increased recently? A full few dozen points! Usually, even a single expedition doesn't grant that much."
The excited Tiona kept splashing the water, causing droplets to fly everywhere.
"Mine increased by about the same. The method Shirou came up with is indeed good."
In terms of stat increases, Tione was no worse than Tiona, so her mood was also exceptionally cheerful.
"Right, Shirou is indeed a genius."
Seeing no response, Tiona and Tione realized Ais was deep in thought.
Quietly walking beside Ais, Tione hugged her and, while measuring Ais's size, chuckled mischievously:
"Could it be spring fever?"
And on the other side, Tiona, who also came closer, chuckled mischievously:
"Quick, tell us, who is our Sword Princess, Ais Wallenstein, thinking about?"
"Thinking about who?"
Pushing away Tione, who had ill intentions, Ais looked at Tiona with a bewildered expression, then seriously said:
"Thinking about Shirou."
"What? Ais, did you fall for Shirou? You're actually thinking about him all the time."
Seeing that Ais was indeed thinking about someone else, Tiona was immediately surprised and stood up from the water, shouting.
Attracted by Tiona's voice, the other women in the bathhouse involuntarily strained their ears, quietly eavesdropping on the conversation.
As a result, the usually somewhat noisy bathhouse suddenly fell silent.
"I met Shirou outside the God's Room today. He said his stats had reached their limit and asked me to accompany him on an adventure tomorrow."
The women, who had been listening quietly with gossipy smiles on their faces, instantly seemed to turn to stone.
The next morning, at dawn.
Shirou had already woken up and packed his luggage.
According to the information from the Guild, the Floor Boss on the 17th floor was supposed to revive today. To prevent the target from being hunted by others prematurely, Shirou naturally had to get up early and head to the Dungeon.
Putting on his light armor, Shirou put on his backpack and turned around in front of the mirror.
"Hmm, not bad. As expected of me, I'm so handsome!"
After a moment of self-admiration, Shirou left his room and headed to the Familia's main gate to meet Ais.
For today's adventure, he had been preparing since he last updated his Blessing.
By now, he had already replaced all of his equipment.
His current outfit was the pinnacle of second-tier equipment.
Even the spare short sword hanging on his back was an extremely exquisite fine sword. If it were in Hephaestus's specialized shop, it would cost at least ten million Valis.
However, Shirou hadn't been short on money recently.
Since he could forge second-tier weapons, orders from within the Familia had been continuous.
As one of Orario's two strongest Familias, the Loki Familia's weapon consumption was astonishing.
Under such circumstances, Shirou's orders were naturally continuous, as Shirou's creations were much cheaper than those outside for the same quality.
After all, they were all members of the same Familia, and these were internal prices.
And this was also one of the reasons why Shirou's progress in forging was so fast.
Walking out of the dormitory building and strolling through the quiet courtyard, Shirou couldn't help but recall Ais's figure.
"I wonder if Ais has arrived yet."
Turning the corner, Shirou suddenly saw that almost all of the Loki Familia's elites had gathered at the main gate.
"Is there some event? How come I don't know about it?"
Finding the three executives in the crowd, Shirou quickly approached them.
"Finn-senpai, Riveria-senpai, Gareth-senpai, is there some event today?"
Hearing Shirou's question, the other Loki Familia members surrounding him all began to laugh.
Their hearty laughter made Shirou secretly feel uneasy.
Seeing Shirou's uncertain expression, Finn patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, everyone hasn't isolated you. We're here to cheer you on today."
Shirou felt a dizzy spell.
At this moment, he couldn't comprehend how the news had spread so quickly, that the entire Familia knew about it in just one night.
He quickly cast a questioning gaze towards Ais.
Seeing this, Ais, beside him, said apologetically:
"Yesterday in the bathhouse, I accidentally told Tiona, and then the entire Familia knew."
It was Tiona, that big mouth. No wonder it spread so quickly.
Shaking his head helplessly, recovering from the sudden confusion, Shirou gave a wry smile:
"Then I'll leave it to everyone."
Listening to the cheers of the crowd, Shirou's smile grew even more bitter.
It was supposed to be his own adventure, but it had turned into a large-scale event for the entire Familia.
Shirou casually glanced around and saw that everyone had come.
"If everyone goes, what about the Familia? Will it get robbed?"
Hearing Shirou's question, Riveria laughed and said,
"It's fine, we're the Loki Familia! Who would dare to steal from us? Besides, Loki-sama is still in the Familia!"
Seeing that Loki hadn't come to join the fun, Shirou couldn't help but sigh,
"Loki-sama is still dependable."
Hearing Shirou's remark, the surrounding crowd chuckled softly.
Lefiya walked to Shirou's ear and whispered,
"Loki-sama was originally making a fuss about coming too, but then Riveria-sama tied her up and left her in the hall to guard the entrance."
Good heavens, truly worthy of being the Loki Familia's 'Mom'!
She really dared to do that.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Finn loudly declared:
"Everyone, today is the adventure of our Familia's genius member, Shirou, challenging the LV.4 Floor Boss Goliath as a LV.2 adventurer!"
"This is an epic myth, like that of a hero in legends!"
"It's a legend unparalleled through the ages!"
"Let us witness this great feat with our own eyes!"
"Loki Familia, move out!"
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