After Bell left, Asfi and Hers sat in silence for a long ti in the secret chamber.
Only after thirty minutes did Asfi finally speak.
"So, Mr. Cranel has handed us quite a troubleso problem, hasn’t he?"
"It certainly is a big problem—but only after we’ve dealt with those lunatics from Evilus."
Hers walked to the stone table and tapped it lightly with his fingers.
"It’s impressive he managed to secretly make such a map. That child must have explored every corner of Orario. Otherwise, there’s no way he could’ve created sothing so detailed."
"Doesn’t that an..."
Hers gave a slight nod, not stopping Asfi’s line of thought, because she was likely correct.
"If that child hadn’t realized he couldn’t handle everything alone this ti, he probably wouldn’t have exposed the fact that he made a map of Orario."
Hers believed that with Bell’s personality, he would never reveal sothing like that unless absolutely necessary.
But what truly unsettled him wasn’t Bell’s knowledge of every Familia and god’s movents in Orario—it was his boundless mindset. Just as gods never regret their actions, Bell carried the sa kind of thinking, and in so ways, was even more extre than the gods themselves.
Hers didn’t voice these thoughts. He knew that the first thing a "Hero" must possess is the courage to face the gods without fear. Only soone capable of standing before them without hesitation could truly be called a "Hero."
’So, this is how you intended to raise him, Zeus.’
The more Hers thought about it, the more it felt like Zeus and Hera had set this all up as part of a grand ga of chess. Even though they had already stepped away from the board, the flow of the ga was still under their control.
"Whether this is the outco you wanted or not, the chaos in Orario really is being suppressed—just like before."
Then Hers paused for a few seconds.
"No... maybe everything is now moving in a direction completely different from what you planned."
With his hands clasped behind his back, he clenched them slightly. He needed ti to think about what ca next.
...
"Just bring Hers in directly."
When Bell returned to his Familia, he imdiately reported what had happened with Hers Familia.
His decision surprised the goddesses, especially Hestia.
"I thought you wouldn’t choose to bring Hers in."
"I don’t really have a better option. Hers has deep ties with every god. I even suspect he’s connected to the Evilus."
Bell’s statent didn’t cause much of a reaction—after all, it was Hers they were talking about, and everyone understood.
"Well, that guy’s always been like that. If you told he had no connection to Evilus, I wouldn’t believe it."
Hestia was completely certain that Hers had been stirring up trouble behind the scenes for Evilus.
Hephaestus nodded in agreent, sharing her view.
"After all, it’s Hers. He’s always been a master manipulator. Back in Tenkai, he was constantly at Zeus’s side, handling all sorts of errands. That’s why we often called him the errand boy or the ssenger. When he got involved with those people, they probably assud Hers only joined them for the "fun" of it."
"Hmph! Fun? I think they knew exactly what Hers was thinking—that’s precisely why they wanted him to join."
Loki snorted coldly, cutting straight to the heart of the matter.
"Hers gets along with all the gods, and everyone knows he’s a fence-sitter, swaying back and forth between both sides. But it’s precisely because everyone knows he’s two-faced that he seems so important to those people. In the end, it’s just mutual exploitation."
"Plus, Hers is so slick and smooth-talking that he almost never takes a solid stance on anything. That’s why Evilus feels comfortable dealing with him—it makes it easier for them to use him to achieve their goals."
Hearing this, Artemis could only shake her head helplessly beside them.
"So that’s exactly why I dislike Hers’s attitude."
She understood his behavior, but that didn’t an she agreed with it.
As a god of principle, Artemis valued integrity above all else. That was why she had such distaste for gods who were fickle and opportunistic.
"That’s because you’re too stubborn, Artemis."
"Hers isn’t purely a fence-sitter. He’s actually more principled than most gods. He just likes to act carefree and unserious, but deep down, he knows very well what can be joked about—and what absolutely can’t."
Freya didn’t quite agree with Artemis’s perspective. In her view, Artemis was too rigid, too bound by her own sense of order, which often made her seem distant and unyielding.
Besides, being a fence-sitter wasn’t easy. Among all the gods, only Hers managed to be one without earning everyone’s hatred. Everyone knew he was a fence-sitter, and everyone knew he liked to slip away at critical monts. Yet, despite that, factions from different sides still chose to work with him—and that, in itself, was Hers’s true talent.
"But at this stage, Evilus probably won’t keep clashing with Hers, right?"
"Indeed. Given the current situation, Hers definitely won’t continue dealing with the Evilus. However, he has made contact with a few minor gods among them. That’s another reason why the surveillance work was entrusted to him."
"So that’s why they handed that map over to Hers?"
Hestia finally understood why Bell had chosen to hand things off when he felt overwheld this ti.
"Well, you could call it a form of leverage. The list Hers has is definitely far more extensive than mine. Right now, my focus should be on the Evilus’s surface strongholds, and on when those people in the Dungeon begin to move. As for the rest—that’s not sothing I need to worry about."
Sotis, Bell needed to separate what was important from what was rely secondary.
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