The next day.
Amidst Lu Yuan's anxious waiting, Bell did not arrive as expected.
Perhaps it was due to Freya's caution, or perhaps due to training.
Ais was even driven out of the Battlefield's base without even seeing Bell.
Yes, driven out, and with a rather harsh attitude.
"Damn it! Is Freya looking down on my Loki Familia! How dare she kick Ais out of my familia, I must go and teach her a lesson!"
With a twitch at the corner of her mouth, Loki waved her fist, cursing in an extremely vile tone.
If Riveria hadn't stopped Loki in time, she probably would have run out to confront Freya.
"Please calm down, Lady Loki. Such a change in their attitude may indicate something has happened on the Battlefield side, or perhaps Ais's act of stealing something has been suspected or even discovered."
Finn poured a cup of tea, took a sip, and placed the cup back on the table.
His brow was furrowed, as if pondering the intentions of the Freya Familia.
If it was just some internal problem within Freya's Familia, that would be fine, but if the Freya Familia discovered the missing glass orb, and even found out it was stolen by Ais, then the problem would be huge.
It could potentially trigger a fierce war between the two familias.
"It's unlikely they discovered Ais's actions, perhaps it's for some other reason." Looking around, Riveria finally focused her gaze on Ais, saying, "Ais, during the few days you were lurking in the Battlefield, did you notice anything unusual?"
"Unusual... huh..."
Walking to the window, looking out, watching two gray sparrows fly past in an instant, Ais recalled things she occasionally heard during the operation, and said, "They seem to be preparing for the Goddess Festival, and as the Goddess Festival approaches, all the Freya Familia members give off a subtle feeling of anxiety."
The Goddess Festival, one of Orario's celebrations.
To ensure Orario's prosperity, four goddesses who oversee the power of abundance will stay on a crafted platform for three days.
This is a rare day of revelry for the gods and adventurers.
"Goddess Festival? If I calculate the time, the Goddess Festival is indeed about to begin. But, what does this have to do with the Freya Familia?"
Although the Goddess Festival is a day of revelry for all familias in Orario, it happens every year.
Loki couldn't think of anything special about this year's Goddess Festival that would cause the Freya Familia to have different emotions.
"Not sure, perhaps only the Freya Familia themselves know why they are anxious." Finn shook his head, equally puzzled.
Compared to the Monster Festival, the Goddess Festival has hardly any danger at all, the Freya Familia's anxiety, in Finn's view, is completely unreasonable.
"Then what do we do? We can't possibly wait for the Freya Familia to calm their anxious mood before we go looking for that little rookie!"
"The disappearance time of [Sogo] is still unknown, every second we delay using him is a loss for us!"
Folding her arms, Loki sat down, voicing her question.
Loki didn't care about any Goddess Festival or anything else.
Compared to these, she clearly wanted to see her children, and even Ais, improve.
And all of this required the help of the limited-time item called [Sogo].
"Then, should Ais privately contact that Bell?" Lefiya raised her hand, offering a suggestion.
In her opinion, [Sogo] was originally brought back by Ais, so contacting him privately wouldn't be a big deal.
"What are your thoughts? Ais."
Finn neither agreed nor disagreed, but instead passed the choice to Ais.
"Okay."
Turning away from the window, Ais nodded silently.
As long as she could quickly find a way to use [Sogo], Ais was willing to do it.
"Why not wait until after the Goddess Festival starts before Ais contacts that Bell? According to Ais, I worry that the Freya Familia won't give Ais another chance to snoop around."
Riveria, who was always steady, offered her own advice.
She was very worried that Ais's actions would be hindered, and then lead to the situation developing in an uncontrollable direction.
Although Ais was already a Level 6 adventurer, and even broke her limits, she was confident in fighting against any high-level adventurer in the Freya Familia.
But if multiple high-level adventurers were to block her, even Ais wouldn't gain any advantage.
Plus, Ais's identity was sensitive.
If things went wrong, it could really trigger a war between the two familias.
And once the war started, the Loki Familia might be at a disadvantage.
Not because of a large difference in strength.
But because, according to reality, they were at fault for stealing the Freya Familia's collection.
The gods of Orario would not be on their side.
Once the war started, they might be on the side being criticized.
"Riveria's words are not without reason, it's fine normally, but the Freya Familia who are emotionally anxious might really discover Ais, let's consider it again, Ais."
A person who is extremely calm can notice even the slightest disturbance.
Similarly, a person who is extremely anxious also has this instinct.
Similar to a spark igniting gunpowder, even if it's irrational, this emotion has a great boost to perception.
Riveria's concerns were agreed upon by Finn.
"Why not wait until after the Goddess Festival starts before contacting that little rookie?"
"Yeah, yeah, I remember it's only about three days until the Goddess Festival starts, for Ais's safety, let's wait three days."
"The Freya Familia is very strong, our Loki Familia is not afraid to fight them, but it's good to have less trouble."
"..."
The remaining people, and even Loki, began to dissuade Ais.
The Freya Familia was, after all, the strongest familia on the surface in Orario, with the Level 7 adventurer Ottar holding the fort.
A head-on conflict, or even a conflict on an unfavorable level, was not a good thing for the Loki Familia.
Besides, they had already obtained [Sogo].
As long as they waited for the right time, they could use it, there was no need to take such a big risk.
Three days was not a long time.
"Okay."
Looking at the expectant and worried eyes of her surrounding companions, Ais had to calm down, even though she was very anxious in her heart.
Just like her companions didn't want her to be in danger, she also didn't want her actions to have too much impact on her companions.
Confronting the Freya Familia head-on obviously wouldn't be of much benefit to their side.
Besides, just like her companions said, [Sogo] was already with them, wasn't it......
