When Eiji was talking to the three goddesses, two of them—Hephaestus and Demeter—were even more famous.

Several gods and goddesses approached him, they tried to get acquainted with him. Many goddesses had the idea of wooing Eiji, even though they were not as beautiful as Freya, their numbers at least made him happy, right?

However, they changed their minds. Hephaestus and Demeter stood on either side of Eiji, they intimidated the women with just their faint smiles and gestures that said: "This man is already booked by us."

The goddesses who noticed were annoyed, but none of them dared to offend Hephaestus and Demeter.

As for Hestia?

She went back to eating!

Secretly, she also tried to pocket the food and drinks on the table to take home.

Eiji: "...."

Hestia, you’re pathetic.

Is the protagonist still not making your financial condition stable?

As I suspected, you really need a husband who can support you.

For example, me.

Just as he was thinking of ways to speed up Hestia’s conquest, a god who was the host of the party walked up to them.

It was Apollo.

With a characteristic sly smile. He looked Eiji up and down with an overly intense gaze, as if inspecting a new collectible he must have.

Even if the other party was a god like him, it didn’t matter to him.

"Ah, Eiji! The god who’s the talk of the town these days. Thank you for accepting the invitation to come to my party. I’m Apollo, as a welcome... How about you come with me to my private room? I have a special wine that I only serve to... special guests."

[Damn, I forgot to do something to prevent this disgusting man’s gaze from falling on me.]

[You should only stare at other handsome men, especially Bell!]

In the original work... Eiji didn’t want to say the details. He wanted to kill Apollo right now, but he hesitated because he remembered something.

Or rather, should he miss out on good entertainment in the future just because of his current disgust?

Just in case, he manipulated Bell’s thread of destiny again and connected it with Apollo.

[Host, you are so evil.]

’Miss System, aren’t you worried about your host’s safety?’

[I care about your safety, but the way you’re increasing your safety is a bit...]

Miss System didn’t know what else to say about her host.

Eiji ignored her, he was focused on thickening the red thread that connected two certain men.

Apollo did not notice the subtle change in himself, and at the same time—Bell who was waiting for Hestia to come home while lying down suddenly shuddered.

What was wrong with him?

Why did he suddenly feel in danger!?

"Drinking with you?" Eiji frowned, he did not hesitate to show a very clear expression of disgust on his face. "No thanks, I’d rather drink with the beautiful women here than drink with a man."

Apollo’s smile froze, he didn’t expect Eiji to not bother to show courtesy to him and reject him outright.

Did he not know how powerful he and his familia were? If it was any other god, they would have hesitated and rejected him politely.

Of course, he himself had heard about Eiji’s familia. However, he thought it was just a rumor.

How could a new god have familia members of level 8 and even 9?

Was Eiji comparable to Zeus and Hera? Apollo didn’t believe it!

Seeing Apollo’s unease, Hestia, Hephaestus, and Demeter immediately stepped forward simultaneously to form a line of shields in front of Eiji.

The scene attracted the attention of the other gods and goddesses.

Especially when Hestia pointed at Apollo’s nose. "Get rid of your dirty mind, Apollo! Don’t you dare try to do something to Eiji! Otherwise... I might not be able to resist burning you with my holy fire."

"!" Many people who were there were surprised by Hestia’s courage.

Eiji whistled in his heart.

That was his future wife!

Apollo’s face looked grim, "Hestia, be careful what you say. You are only a small goddess. Your holy fire? You think I’m afraid? I am Apollo, besides the God of Music, I am also the God of the Sun! You think you can burn me? Who will be burned by whom?"

"You..."

Hestia glared at the man in front of her, there was also disgust in her eyes because before this, she had long developed a dislike for him.

It was because in heaven, Apollo once tried to seduce her and she rejected him of course.

How could she not? Apollo was really disgusting, not only women, he also liked men.

However, if the two of them fought seriously, she herself was not sure if she could defeat him.

"What if I’m also added? Apollo, don’t make me use some of my divine weapon collection. You better not touch Eiji at all."

Hephaestus said coldly.

Her yandere gaze not only surprised Apollo, but also made him gulp.

"Hephaestus, even you too..."

"Ara, don’t forget about me. After all, Eiji is my lover. Apollo. If you dare touch him, don’t expect the harvest from my familia to reach your familia’s table again."

Demeter lost her gentle smile, her expression indifferent. Her threat did not endanger lives directly, but it would starve Apollo and his familia members!

They would find it difficult to eat decent food if Demeter became their enemy.

Apollo certainly didn’t want that to happen!

Put Hestia aside.

Provoking both Hephaestus and Demeter was enough to make him swallow his pride for now.

"Demeter, Hephaestus and all of you. This is a misunderstanding. I just want to establish a good relationship with a new god like Eiji. I have no bad intentions at all!"

Apollo said that with a hypocritical look on his face.

Eiji smiled, he looked down on Apollo while wrapping his arms around the waist of Demeter and Hephaestus.

"Oh, really? Then my answer is clear, I refuse to have a good relationship with you, Apollo."

The two women were stunned. Demeter was used to having physical contact with Eiji, she was not embarrassed and even leaned her body on him.

But Hephaestus was a little embarrassed, a blush again appeared on her cheeks. Even so, she did not try to let go of Eiji’s hand and let him touch her.

The male gods who saw the scene including Apollo felt envious.

Damn, isn’t this guy too skillful!?

He was able to seduce Demeter and Hephaestus simultaneously! The goddess of beauty Freya even looked infatuated with him.

"Well, I won’t force you even though I’m a little sad, Eiji." Apollo forced a smile on the surface. But in his heart? He cursed Eiji and plotted how to bring him down without receiving retaliation from those women.

This man is so persistent, Eiji thought.

He certainly knew Apollo hadn’t completely given up.

Should he just kill him?

While the tense atmosphere was still going on—

"Oi, Apollo! You should really surrender if you don’t want to be beaten by those women. Or would you rather deal with my Ais-chan’s sword? And even my Riveria?"

Loki walked over with her arms crossed, accompanied by Ais and Riveria.

She grinned, and looked at Apollo with half-open eyes. But, what made everyone surprised were her words.

Many gods shuddered at the thought of Loki also being on Eiji’s side!

For that man’s sake, the three famous goddesses didn’t seem to mind ganging up on Apollo together.

Apollo was terrified.

Although he felt very angry in his heart, he knew that provoking the Loki Familia, which was the strongest military force in Orario, was suicidal.

He really seemed to have to give up on getting Eiji.

’Damn it! What kind of drug did Eiji give these women!?’

Apollo decided to retreat with a sour face. "Loki, you must be joking. I really won’t force Eiji. Forget about this matter and continue with the party!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked away while ignoring Loki who was laughing mockingly behind him.

Eiji blinked his eyes, he himself did not expect Loki to help him to intimidate Apollo.

Has this woman become normal?

His appearance was enough to make her fall in love with him?

Loki turned to Eiji and grinned, "Hey Eiji, I’m Loki. You owe me one. I’ve heard many things about you from my Riveria. And if it wasn’t for my Ais-chan’s request, I wouldn’t have helped you earlier."

"Stop calling me that, Loki." Riveria glared at her goddess with a prominent vein on her forehead.

"...." Ais was speechless, her gaze only fixed on Eiji’s face.

Loki ignored Riveria and stared at the man in front of her with provocation in her eyes.

[I think too much, Loki is still Loki. She’s a bent pole that still needs to be straightened.]

Loki is a bent pole?

The heroines in Danmachi did not understand.

Eiji smiled faintly, but he turned his gaze on Ais and said, "Ais, thank you for asking your goddess to intervene. If you visit my familia house again, I’ll let you taste my cooking. It’s very delicious, you’ll definitely like it."

"Mhm, you’re welcome... I’ll definitely visit again, Eiji-sama." Ais nodded slightly, her expression still restrained but his words made her eyes sparkle.

She herself didn’t know why she felt happy just because Eiji said that to her

"By the way, you and Riveria also look very beautiful tonight." Eiji teased Ais and Riveria in front of Loki.

Loki was gaping.

She even saw Ais and Riveria blushing just because of Eiji’s cheap words. At that moment, her head felt green and she couldn’t help shouting, "Noooo!!!"

"Loki, don’t yell. Aren’t you embarrassed?" Riveria admonished her goddess.

Loki did not answer and pointed at Eiji with a trembling finger, "Eiji, don’t ignore me! You clearly have me to thank, don’t use your handsome face and sweet mouth to seduce the women in my harem!"

"Who are the members of your harem, Loki? Don’t taint the name of me and Ais."

"Mhm. Loki... I’m not a member of your harem."

Riveria and Ais refuted their goddess’ words.

"Kugh! You two...!" Loki received a mental attack, she was sad and felt betrayed. If only she could cry, she wanted to cry now.

Eiji chuckled, he looked at Loki who started to sulk with amusement.

"Loki, I am also grateful to you. You said I owe you one? Sure, I’ll remember that and treat Ais, Riveria and Lefiya better. I can make them grow stronger quickly like my familia members."

Hearing this, Ais and even Riveria were excited. If they were there, Lefiya would also feel the same way as them.

However, Loki felt that she had been played by Eiji. Originally she wanted to make him owe her to extort profit from him, but she didn’t expect him to say that.

Even so, it was hard for her to refuse Eiji’s offer because it was too lucrative.

From Riveria, she knew that the Seiya Familia members’ levels were not falsified and it seemed like they had different methods to become stronger.

Eiji was basically willing to share the secret with her.

Loki was hesitant to refuse even though she knew her harem was in danger.

"Y-You’re not kidding, right? You’re saying it’s not to woo Ais-chan, Riveria and Lefiya-chan, right?"

"Of course."

"Hmph! That’s fair, but I’ll also come with them when they visit your familia’s house again."

"I don’t mind."

To Eiji, Loki’s presence or absence didn’t matter to him because he had raised the positive levels of Ais, Riveria and Lefiya to a fairly high level before.

Loki’s presence among them was too late.

She would not affect his love operation.

Loki was satisfied, even though she was known as the slickest goddess in the heavens, she didn’t realize how naive she was in Eiji’s eyes.

Soon, Hestia began taunting Loki by calling her shameless because even without her, she felt Apollo would not dare to mess with Eiji.

The two goddesses began to quarrel.

Demeter and Hephaestus watched the dog and cat fight while sitting with Eiji.

The two of them fed him in turn, Eiji did not refuse of course. He ate and drank with those beautiful women.

Ais and Riveria sat at a table not far from them. Soon, Asfi and Shakti also joined them.

In one night, the women’s favorability to Eiji increased again by several points.

"Tsk! This is difficult, I have to find an opportunity to be alone with him."

Seeing that her target tonight continued to be surrounded by women who were not easy to provoke, Ishtar bit her lip.

She didn’t want to admit it, but she didn’t have as much confidence as Freya in seducing Eiji after witnessing everything that happened.

’He even rejected Freya’s seduction.

’Looks like it’ll be hard for me to seduce him in the usual way... Still, where is that bitch, Freya?’

Speaking of Freya.

Ishtar didn’t know she had left the party and returned to her familia’s home. Although Freya had not given up, she was beginning to realize something was wrong with her body.

She was getting hungry and craving Eiji, but she knew it was impossible for her to directly knock him up that night. She decided to console herself with the men in her familia. But at the thought of that, she felt an overwhelming pain that left her breathless.

Right now, Freya was actually panicking and wondering what had happened to her?

"Heh, loser." Ishtar thought her rival was heartbroken after being rejected once and was licking her wounds on the bed out of sight of anyone.

She continued to observe Eiji while waiting for the opportunity to arrive. Before long, the opportunity finally arrived!

Eiji suddenly got up from his seat and said to the women around him, "I’ll go to the restroom for a moment."

Asfi, who was representing Hermes to attend the party, also stood up. "Eiji-sama, do you know the direction? The Apollo Familia house is quite spacious and has many hallways."

The meaning was clear, she offered to escort him.

Her face was serious as usual, but Eiji could see her ears turning red.

Yare-yare.

Did Asfi miss him so much that she wanted to cross the line with him tonight?

He would gladly do it for her. After all, he wasn’t a herbivore protagonist, he liked to eat meat.

But—

Shakti immediately stepped forward before Asfi could continue. "I can take you, Eiji-sama. I know the direction to the restroom."

The captain of the Ganesha Familia tried to speak in a professional tone, though her face was slightly red.

Asfi glared at her, Shakti returned her gaze without fear. They had a pretty good relationship, a while ago they even talked friendly about various topics.

But now?

They were competing to escort him to the restroom.

Yare-yare.

[Stop saying ’Yare-yare’, host. You’ve already said it many times today.]

And what’s wrong with that, Miss System?

In this situation, it’s definitely the right time for the protagonist to think of that word.

"Thank you, Asfi, Shakti, but I know the direction and will go alone."

Eiji refused, not because he didn’t want to eat meat, but he was clearly just pretending to go to the restroom to lure a goddess.

After dealing with Freya, now seemed like a good time to deal with another overconfident Goddess of beauty.

He walked towards a quieter hallway. Ishtar, who had been watching like a hungry lion, saw this as a golden opportunity. Wasting no time, she slipped out of the party’s main room and followed Eiji into a rather dark and secluded hallway.

However, Eiji suddenly stopped walking and turned around slowly. "Do you want to follow me to the restroom, Ishtar? As the Goddess of Beauty, you are more perverted than I thought."

Ishtar was surprised.

But she stepped out of the shadows until the moonlight from the window illuminated her beautiful figure.

She smiled coquettishly and looked at the man in front of her with a provocative gaze.

"You know me, Eiji? You should also know that the pretty fox you kidnapped not long ago is from my familia."

"I know."

Eiji replied indifferently, although the woman in front of him was dressed so revealingly, his golden eyes did not show the slightest lust.

He admitted Ishtar’s figure was good, but considering her personality in the original work, he felt this woman was not worthy.

What she had done to Haruhime was hard for him to ignore.

Ishtar frowned, she was not happy with the way Eiji looked at her. Was she unattractive?

Compared to Demeter, Hephaestus, and Hestia... is she still worse?

No way!

She was the Goddess of Beauty!

"You know what? Then, you’ll have to pay the price for what you’ve done. But since you are so handsome, I will take pity on you by making you my sex slave."

"How about it? That’s not a bad price, is it?" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Ishtar instantly unleashed her charm at the maximum level. The air around them suddenly felt heavy and smelled intoxicatingly fragrant. She moved closer, trying to touch Eiji’s jaw with her delicate fingers.

"Be mine, Eiji. Forget those boring goddesses. Under me, you will feel—"

*SLAP!*

The sound of a loud slap echoed in the silent hallway. Ishtar’s head was thrown to the side with great force. The Goddess of Beauty fell to the floor, she held her cheeks which were instantly reddened and stinging.

Her pupils dilated, she looked at the man who was looking down on her with an expression of disbelief.

Ishtar was furious and a feeling of humiliation welled up in her heart, but Eiji’s sharp gaze made her freeze.

At that moment, she only felt scared.

"Are you worthy? No. Things like charm won’t be able to influence me either. Don’t equate me with the weak gods of this world, Ishtar. You don’t really know who you’re trying to seduce with your charms. Even your charm..."

Eiji walked up to Ishtar, he lowered his head and gave her a disgusted look. "Worse than Freya."

"!!!"

Those words were like a knife piercing Ishtar’s heart. She had always hated being considered inferior to Freya even though they were both Goddesses of Beauty.

Eiji not only rejected her charm, he even mocked her in a way to destroy her pride.

That was so cruel.

"Eiji, you, you... How dare you think I, Ishtar, am worse than ... Pufft!"

Ishtar vomited blood, and her face paled until she had trouble standing up.

Actually, Eiji also released a bit of his oppression to hurt Ishtar. However, he did not kill her.

Not now.

"This is the first and last time I forgive you for trying to impose your will on me. Next time... You won’t just be vomiting blood."

"Remember that well, Ishtar."

He stood up straight, took out a napkin from his suit pocket and cleaned his hands as if he had just touched something very dirty. Then, he turned to leave Ishtar who was still sitting stiffly on the floor in a miserable condition.