DH : [49] Update Status! (Patreon)

"Then we'll take our leave. Goodbye." Riveria nodded slightly, a gesture of farewell.

"Goodbye, Aiden-kun!" Tiona and her sister waved at Aiden.

"Goodbye, Aiden-san." Lefiya smiled and waved.

"I'm Ais Wallenstein. Until next time." Ais, who had been silent until now, finally spoke.

"Eh?" Riveria and Lefiya, who knew Ais well, looked at her with some surprise. It was unusual for the usually aloof (and sometimes clueless) Ais to bid farewell to someone she had only met twice.

Ais glanced at them curiously for a moment but said nothing, simply walking ahead.

The other members of the Loki Familia's women's group exchanged smiles and followed suit, nodding politely to Dunn and Wade before turning and leaving.

Watching the Loki Familia slowly disappear into the dense fog, Aiden turned to Dunn.

At that moment, Dunn and Wade were still immersed in Riveria's words, "You're a genius who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Ais." After all, Riveria was the Level 6 strongest mage in the city, and her words carried weight. Moreover, she wasn't one to boast. If she said such a thing, it meant she recognized Aiden's talent and believed that he would eventually stand side by side with Ais.

As for the Sword Princess's illustrious reputation in Orario, it was needless to say.

"Um, Dunn-san, are you okay with your injury?" Aiden looked at the damaged silver armor on Dunn.

Neither Dunn nor Wade had a backpack on them, indicating that either they had lost their supplies on the way or had run out, leaving only the three of them.

With that, Aiden planted his Roman short sword into the ground and set down his backpack.

He took out a few bottles of potion from the bag and handed them to Dunn. "Here, Dunn-san, take care of your injury."

Dunn reacted belatedly, quickly refusing, "How can I accept this..."

"There's no need to feel embarrassed. Today I help you, tomorrow might be the other way around. Besides, didn't Riveria-san from the Loki Familia just heal me?" Aiden pressed the potions into Dunn's hands.

Upon hearing this, Dunn no longer refused and accepted Aiden's potions.

After tidying up the spoils, Aiden, Dunn, and Wade chatted as they walked toward Orario, encountering no unexpected incidents along the way.

Approaching noon, Aiden returned to the Hestia Familia's residence with the infant dragon horn wrapped in cloth.

After placing the infant dragon horn, Aiden hurriedly found Hestia, who was nestled in her room reading a novel, and asked her to update his status.

Aiden was quite concerned about the outcome of this hard-fought battle.

After all, he had already said things like 'have Loki prepare three grimoires.' If he couldn't follow through, it would be embarrassing.

Moreover, leveling up a day earlier meant getting his long-awaited magic sooner. Although Aiden enjoyed melee combat, it didn't hinder his pursuit of magical wonders that could harness natural forces, produce outstanding visual effects, and, most importantly, possess numerous attacking and supplementary effects.

Due to Aiden's insistence, Hestia hadn't updated his status in her room for a long time.

Aiden lifted his recently purchased red shirt, revealing his more toned back after a month of continuous battles, and lay down on the sofa in the living room.

Hestia removed her gloves, took out a thin needle from the drawer, and skillfully pricked her finger. She then dropped a drop of divine blood onto Aiden's sturdy back to begin updating his status.

Plop~

The familiar sound of water dripping into water echoed in his ears as the previously blank and smooth back of Aiden slowly revealed a black flame and a symbol of a bell overlapped with divine runes.

"Today, only on the tenth floor, I encountered a group of adventurers chased by an infant dragon. To save them, I took down the persistent infant  dragon." Aiden casually said, trying to suppress the pride in his tone as much as possible. He was eagerly anticipating Hestia's shocked reaction upon learning that he had taken down the infant dragon alone.

"Hmm, hmm." Hestia nodded.

"Eh?!" It took her a few seconds to react.

"Aiden-kun, you mean that infant dragon?" Even Hestia, who was very confident in Aiden's abilities, was stunned at this moment, stuttering as she spoke.

"Yeah, why are you so surprised? Don't you know my strength? And this time, I got some materials as drops." Aiden said smoothly, concealing the fact that he had been injured.

Although Aiden's tone seemed casual on the surface because Hestia had her back turned to him, she couldn't see the slight curve of his lips... the adorable naivety of the young goddess was just too cute.

"Aiden-kun, you're really too stubborn!" Hestia's tone was unusually stern. Although Aiden was lying on the sofa and couldn't see her expression, he could still sense from her tone that she was genuinely a bit displeased, but more so worried.

Despite being well aware of Aiden's strength, Hestia couldn't help but worry about him.

Then, with her big round eyes widened, Hestia suddenly leaned closer to Aiden, as if unlocking a floodgate of questions, she rapidly fired off her inquiries.

"How was it? Did the battle go smoothly? Did you get hurt? Where are you injured..."

"Don't worry, don't you know my strength?" Aiden chuckled in response to Hestia's clear, melodious voice.

"I do know your strength, Aiden-kun, but you're still too stubborn. You can't keep doing this in the future, okay?" Hestia couldn't help but remind him with a hint of seriousness in her voice.

"Alright, alright, I'll be careful. Now, hurry up and update my status. I'm really looking forward to how much experience I gained from defeating the infant dragon." Aiden urged, sensing Hestia's concern for him but still eager to proceed.

The divine script floated like projections in the bright blue glow.

Hestia's delicate fingers slid across them, and the divine script seemed to come to life, pulsating and changing accordingly.

The numerical values of his basic abilities kept rising until they gradually came to a halt.

Finally, after defeating the infant dragon, Aiden's new status was displayed before Hestia.

"What? What's going on here?" Although Hestia had anticipated Aiden's full S-rank basic abilities, seeing the numerical values still made her exclaim in surprise.