Hearing Roy's words, Lili fell silent.
She really wanted to ask why Roy knew so much about the Soma Familia.
Because of their god Soma, the Soma Familia could be called an oddity among Orario's Familias.
Of course, "oddity" was derogatory.
The Soma Familia's reputation was terrible.
Other Familias sought teammates outside their own. As long as luck wasn't awful, one could find decent partners.
But if outsiders heard a teammate was from the Soma Familia, they'd usually steer clear.
Only malicious adventurers chose Soma mbers.
Thus, major Familia incidents might take ti for the Guild to notice.
That window was enough to tie up loose ends.
"You want to save up and leave the Soma Familia, right? But do you think Zanis's greed would really let you go?" Roy's words shook Lili's resolve again.
Zanis had promised: save enough to quit, and she'd be free.
But it was just bait—Zanis knew her transformation magic could profit him greatly.
Though shocked Roy knew her thoughts, Lili wasn't surprised given his knowledge of her and the Soma Familia.
"Compared to leading the Soma Familia and serving only , or remaining a useless supporter trampled and abused by arrogant adventurers—which is better?" Roy smiled.
"If you can evade Guild punishnt, Lili would choose the forr," Lili didn't doubt Roy's strength.
Dealing with adventurers since childhood, she knew Roy was at least first-class—else he couldn't have one-shot her pursuer.
That male adventurer was a seasoned Lv.1.
With Roy's power, handling Zanis decisively wouldn't be hard.
Lili nodded silently and asked, "What's your na, adventurer? Lili can't keep calling you 'adventurer.'"
"Roy Flott."
"Roy... Roy," Lili murmured, the na familiar as she racked her mory.
"Are you the adventurer who beat Loki Familia mbers in the arena?" Lili suppressed her shock, voicing her doubt.
Soma mbers used any ans to earn money.
The arena was a frequent haunt for so.
Roy's match had beco post-drink gossip among them.
"Yes," Roy nodded.
This boosted Lili's trust in Roy further.
Backed by soone rivaling first-class adventurers, a detailed plan would ensure success.
"Alright, Lili will follow Mr. Roy's words. What's your plan?" Lili asked humbly.
"Can you et God Soma?" Roy inquired.
"eting God Soma requires Captain Zanis's consent," Lili replied. "With so money, he'd let see him."
"So, even updating your Falna is hard?" Roy raised an eyebrow.
"Lili hasn't updated her Falna yet," she nodded.
"Forget it—not troubleso. I'll help you accumulate excelia first, then go straight to God Soma for the update," Roy pondered and said.
For low-level adventurers, excelia was easy to gather.
Deep-dive to an unreachable floor normally, and it'd suffice.
In the ani, Lefiya seed to accumulate excelia that way, led by Finn and others.
"Track Zanis's movents—if he heads to the dungeon, notify ahead," Roy added.
To eliminate Zanis, the dungeon was ideal—minimizing Guild scrutiny.
Adventurers dying to monsters was commonplace; the Guild wouldn't probe deeply.
Unless necessary, Roy saw no need to flout Guild rules—just exploit loopholes.
Dungeon monsters were the easiest, least traceable thod.
In fact, to control the Soma Familia, Roy could charm Zanis into a puppet.
It'd ease Lili's training too.
But he didn't know if chard people showed to gods.
He hadn't tested it.
The risk of detection was high.
The world had many beauty gods—two nad in the ani alone.
Beyond Orario, nurous beauty gods wielded passive charm.
Without checks, it'd be chaos.
Thus, better invest early ti than risk later godly discovery and trouble.
"Got it," Lili nodded, glancing at Roy. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Should Lili serve you now?"
Might as well get it over with—early death, early rebirth.
Roy said, "You aren't qualified to serve ."
Lili: "..."
"I'm tolerant of subordinates," Roy dressed and said. "Once you captain the Soma Familia, I won't ddle in reforming its atmosphere. Just be available when needed."
Roy's words stirred Lili's heart.
She'd long despised the Soma Familia's toxicity—or harbored deep resentnt.
She wouldn't mind destroying it if possible.
Yet, despite her hatred, she held faint hopes and complex feelings for the Familia she'd known since childhood.
Now, a chance to rebuild it—Lili wouldn't miss it.
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