Volume 1: Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma and Orario Chapter 036 Restaurant
Hephaestus nodded and said, "Chun, come in for a moment."
Chun, who had been waiting at the door, pushed open the door of the office and walked in.
Hephaestus ordered, "Go to Hestia's bedroom and call her over. Tell her I have something important to discuss with her."
Tsubaki nodded without hesitation and stepped back.
Hephaestus retracted her gaze and asked tentatively: "Do you really want them to join Hestia's Familia? You have to know that Hestia has not yet established a Familia."
It is extremely difficult for a family with nothing to get started.
Emiya said: "Of course I know this, but Erina Nakiri and Hisako Arato are both chefs. It is best to let them join Hestia's family."
Hephaestus suddenly realized, "I see, if you want to be a chef, joining the Hestia family is indeed the best choice."
While the two were talking, Chun came back with a short beautiful girl by her side. Her shiny black hair covered her ears, and the twin ponytails on both sides were as long as her waist.
A small silver clock was pinned to the ribbon that held her hair together.
The round face and round cheeks create a childish look.
A pair of big eyes with a transparent blue color created an atmosphere of fantasy in her breathtakingly beautiful appearance.
Judging from her appearance, she is more like a beautiful loli than a beautiful girl.
Of course, Emiya, who has watched the story, knows that this person is Hestia.
A peerless loli who will never grow taller.
After Hestia walked in, she looked at Emiya and the others curiously, then asked, "Hephaestus, what do you want from me?"
Hephaestus said, "Hestia, you have been in the lower world for some time."
Hestia nodded with a dry laugh. She had been eating dry meals in the Hephaestus family for quite some time.
"Have you found a child willing to join your clan?" Hephaestus asked.
Hestia's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but avoid her friend's gaze, staring at the ground, as if there was a flower there.
"Although... Although I haven't found it , one day I will find a child who is willing to join my clan."
Hephaestus sighed, "It seems you haven't been looking outside these days."
Hestia stiffened.
Hephaestus continued, "Although you are my friend, you should also know that I can't always support you. This is not fair to my children."
The children of Hephaestus's family can provide for Hephaestus because it is Hephaestus who gives them the grace of God.
So they have the obligation and responsibility to provide for Hephaestus.
However, they had no relationship with Hestia and had no obligation to support her. It was only for the sake of their own god that they did not say anything.
But Hephaestus couldn't have the audacity to let her children continue to support an irrelevant god.
Even if this god is your friend.
"To be honest, I was originally planning to kick you out after a while."
Hestia panicked. "No, no, Hephaestus, if you kick me out, I will end up on the street. Can you bear to see your friend end up on the street?"
Hestia burst into tears at the thought that she might end up on the streets.
Erina Nakiri and Hisako Arato, who were standing on the side, were almost dumbfounded. This was Hestia, the legendary hearth goddess. This was too cheap.
There is none of the dignity that a god should have.
Emiya said that this was normal, and that the gods in the world of Jigo were basically like this. Most of the gods would not put on airs towards humans and were quite easy to talk to.
Of course, it would be hard to say if a human offended them.
The gods don't even have to take action themselves, the clan members around them will fight them to the death.
This can also be considered an alternative way of humiliating the minister by the master.
Hephaestus changed the subject and continued, "No need. You are in luck, Hestia. Now someone is willing to join your Familia."
Hestia, who was about to cry, looked at Emiya and his group when she heard this. She rushed over excitedly and grabbed Emiya's hand, "Will you join my family?"
She had good eyesight and could tell at once that Emiya was the leader of the three.
"Although I would love to join your Familia, unfortunately, Goddess Hestia, I am already a member of Loki's Familia." Emiya said with regret.
Upon hearing that Emiya was a member of Loki's family, Hestia immediately let go of Emiya's hand and involuntarily took a few steps back.
She had a very bad feeling towards Loki. She had no friendship with Loki in the past. It had been less than a hundred years since they first met, but Loki would always mock Hestia whenever he met her...
So when she heard Emiya admit that he was a member of Loki's family, she couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body.
Emiya didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this. Although he knew that Hestia and Loki did not have a good relationship, he didn't expect that Hestia would dislike him so much.
"What do the people from Loki's family want from me? Do you want to leave Loki's family and join my family?" Hestia's eyes lit up again. If this was really the case, then at the next gods' meeting, she could mock the flat-chested god.
Emiya shook his head decisively and said, "Loki is very good to me, so I have no plans to change jobs at the moment. This time, two of my friends want to join your clan, Lord Hestia. I wonder if willing?"
"Yes, of course I am." When Hestia heard that someone was joining her family, she nodded quickly, especially when she saw Erina Nakiri and Hisako Arato, she was even more willing.
She was more than happy to have two such beautiful girls join her family.
Emiya continued, "Lord Hestia, this is Nakiri Erina, and this is Hisako Arato. They are both cooks, so they want to join your clan, Lord Hestia. However, they are not combatants, and even if they become adventurers, they will not go into the dungeon. Can you accept this?"
Hestia said without thinking, "No problem."
What she wanted was her clan and her family. It didn't matter to her whether she went into the dungeon or not.
If the children are willing to enter the dungeon, she will give her blessing.
If the children didn't want to go into the dungeon, she wouldn't force them.
But Hephaestus couldn't bear to watch it anymore. "Hey, hey, hey, if you don't take the risk, how are you going to support Hestia? Are you going to wander the streets with Hestia?"
Emiya said, "Don't worry about that. If I remember correctly, God Hephaestus, your Familia is not mainly composed of adventurers."
Yes, the Hephaestus Familia is the only family in the labyrinth city of Orario that is not mainly engaged in adventure. Their family members are basically blacksmiths, and they can support their family members just by making weapons and selling them.
Hephaestus suddenly realized, "You want to..."
"That's right, open a restaurant." Emiya said calmly, "My friend is a chef, and Goddess Hestia is the Goddess of the Hearth, so why not open a restaurant and build a family that focuses on living. I believe that with their cooking skills, they can definitely support Goddess Hestia."
"Of course, if there are adventurers willing to join the Hestia family in the future, Goddess Hestia should not refuse, because they can enter the dungeon, capture some monsters, capture some precious ingredients, and provide them to the kitchen to form a complete supply chain."
Hephaestus couldn't help but say, "You have really considered everything."
Emiya smiled but said nothing.
Hephaestus asked, "What do you think, Hestia."
Hestia nodded excitedly, stepped forward again and grabbed Emiya's hand, "Abandon that breastless god and join my clan. I can make you the leader of Hestia's clan."
Emiya smiled and shook his head, "I am now a member of Loki's Familia, Goddess Hestia."
"Ha, what's so good about that guy?" Hestia got angry when she mentioned Loki.
"Maybe Loki always gives you trouble, but at least she's nice to me, Goddess Hestia."
Hestia found that she had no way to convince Emiya and could only accept her fate. However, she was already very satisfied to be able to collect two children to join her own family.
Hephaestus asked from the side: "I have one last question."
"What?"
"It takes a lot of money to open a restaurant. Do you have the money?"
Hestia couldn't help but freeze. She was still a parasite living in her friend's clan, how could she have money?
Emiya said: "Don't worry about that. We can still take out some of the gold, right, Erina?"
Nakiri Erina nodded and said, "I can take out several hundred kilograms of gold. I should be able to open a restaurant here."
Hephaestus nodded and said, "Then I feel relieved."
Gold is considered hard currency even in the maze city of Orario.
Although not as valuable as adventurer's weapons, they were still expensive. If the other party could come up with several hundred kilograms of gold, he could open a high-end restaurant in Orario.
She had originally planned to give Hestia some money privately as a form of support for her, but this was no longer necessary.
This made her involuntarily sigh that her friend in God was really lucky.
Even though she had been staying in her own clan and doing nothing, someone from another world came to her and not only wanted to join her clan, but also planned a bright future for her.
Why didn't I have such luck in the first place?
