When everyone present heard Izumi's words, their expressions immediately turned subtle and strange.
Loki looked at Izumi thoughtfully and said,
"Is that so?"
"Then I'll definitely be there tomorrow."
"I just hope you don't disappoint me."
Izumi smiled, his tone filled with confidence.
"On that point, you can rest assured."
"You won't be disappointed."
After saying that, Izumi shifted his gaze toward Ais, who had been standing quietly behind Loki the entire time.
He had to admit—it was hard not to notice her.
The expressionless, kuudere少女 was genuinely beautiful.
Especially today, dressed in casual clothes, her perfectly balanced figure was displayed without reservation.
Izumi couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.
However, he didn't greet her.
Because Loki's gaze had already begun to turn dangerous.
After exchanging a few more words with the goddess Loki, Izumi led the group of little girls and left the tavern.
Hestia, before following him out, deliberately cast a look of contempt toward a certain part of Loki's body, then went patapata after Izumi.
That alone was enough to make Loki grind her teeth in anger.
"Damn it! Just a tiny goddess being kept by someone else!"
"What's there to be smug about?!"
With that, she snorted coldly in displeasure.
At that moment, Gareth, who was standing beside Loki, spoke up.
"Loki-sama… that man, and that woman as well."
"They're both extremely dangerous."
As soon as those words were spoken, everyone in the Loki Familia turned their attention over.
Gareth was not only the backbone and strategist of the familia, but also a Level 6 adventurer.
His words carried weight.
Hearing this, Loki nodded.
"I felt it too."
"But it's none of our business."
"As long as we don't provoke him, he won't cause trouble for us."
"Besides, he won't stay in this world for long."
"Six months at most. After that, they'll leave."
"So it doesn't matter."
Loki naturally understood what Gareth was worried about.
He was concerned that Izumi's presence might disrupt the current balance of Orario.
But Loki didn't take it too seriously.
After all, Izumi and his group couldn't possibly stay here forever.
That uniform alone was proof that he came from another world—
which meant he would eventually leave.
So there was nothing worth worrying about.
Hearing Loki's decision, Gareth said no more.
After thinking for a moment, Loki continued,
"Tomorrow, Ais, Riveria—let's go check out that guy's shop."
"Who knows, maybe he really does have some decent weapons."
"Ais-tan, weren't you thinking of changing weapons anyway?"
"We'll just take a look."
Ais nodded expressionlessly.
She had no objections to Loki's arrangement.
After that small incident, the members of the Loki Familia found seats, gathered together, and began eating and drinking heartily.
The tavern quickly returned to its lively atmosphere.
At the same time, the rumor that Goddess Hestia had been 'kept' by someone slowly spread throughout Orario.
Many gods couldn't help clicking their tongues in amazement.
Hestia… being kept by someone?
That was truly an interesting piece of gossip.
Likewise, news of Izumi's shop opening also attracted widespread attention.
The man who had "kept" Hestia—just who exactly was he?
On top of that, it became known that Izumi had only recently arrived in this world and was a visitor from another dimension.
Naturally, curiosity toward the weapons he sold skyrocketed.
Among all of them, the most curious was Hestia's close friend—
Hephaistos.
"Kept by someone? Hestia?"
"And that person sells weapons?!"
That was just absurd.
Selling weapons?
Wasn't he trying to steal her business?!
Because of that, Hephaistos immediately decided—
Tomorrow, she would personally go and take a look.
Meanwhile, on Izumi's side—
Hestia parted ways with him halfway.
She already had her own place to stay. Even if she planned to move in, it would be tomorrow.
So she headed back alone to her shabby little home.
Tomorrow, she would officially move in with Izumi.
After returning to the shop, Izumi sent the little girls back into the Small World.
He told them to rest well and prepare to begin adventuring tomorrow.
As soon as they returned, the girls ran off to boast to their friends.
Talking excitedly about what they had encountered in another world, what they had eaten, and even showing off the transformation devices Izumi had given them.
This made the other girls unbearably jealous.
One by one, they began fantasizing about when Izumi would take them out to another world.
They wanted to go adventuring too.
They wanted transformation devices too.
Some even begged the girls to pass their requests on to Izumi.
However—
Izumi knew nothing about any of that.
Because right now, he was busy.
After bringing Kanon back to the shop, Izumi cleaned up a room.
Just as he was about to lie down, Kanon suddenly ran in.
"Izumi-senpai…"
"Can I sleep here tonight?"
Hugging a pillow and blanket to her chest, Kanon's face was bright red as she avoided looking at him.
Seeing this, Izumi immediately laughed.
She was delivering herself to his door.
How could he possibly refuse something this good?
So he agreed without hesitation.
"No problem."
"There's plenty of space here. Come on."
As he spoke, Izumi patted the empty space beside him on the bed.
Kanon wasn't the shy, overly hesitant type.
She walked over directly and lay down beside him.
...
Two hours later, Kanon had already fallen asleep.
Izumi, on the other hand, was still full of energy as he activated his wrist device and checked the group chat.
Lillie's Chat Group.
This was a group Izumi had created earlier.
At the moment, it was extremely lively.
It was nighttime now.
In a world without computers or the internet, this became the only real place to chat.
Naturally, it turned into a hub for bragging, joking, and casual conversation.
Through the chat, Izumi learned that many people had already mastered quite a few skills.
Their levels were steadily rising as well.
Although Izumi had only been away for a single day, many had already leveled up.
They had accumulated a fair number of skill points and begun actively searching for new skills to learn.
The chat was full of people exchanging skills with one another.
Even Megumi Katou and the others were participating, trading skills they had learned.
Watching this, Izumi nodded thoughtfully.
At this pace, it wouldn't take long before they could all come to this world as well.
The skills were already learned.
All that remained was leveling them up.
Once that was done, they would be able to enter the DanMachi world.
With that thought, Izumi posted an announcement in the group.
Izumi:
[If you find any special equipment or rare alchemy materials, hold onto them. Once you reach the second world, you can exchange them with me for what you need.]
As soon as the message was sent, the group exploded.
Countless people immediately responded.
Izumi patiently answered their questions one by one.
Right now, he needed a massive amount of alchemy materials and special items.
Because he planned to build—
A cross-dimensional fortress-class flying ship.
A ship meant to carry lolis.
It would also be useful for exploring other worlds in the future.
Moreover, the Dungeon world itself was enormous.
Once the ship was completed, he could explore distant regions far from Orario.
After all, gods like Athena weren't even in Orario.
Which meant this world still had tremendous untapped value.
After explaining everything clearly, Izumi finally wrapped an arm around Kanon and drifted into a deep sleep.