"Yes, yes! First, poor Soma. His subordinates messed around behind his back, and his familia was directly disbanded. Now he's locked up writing a self-criticism, and his only hobby, brewing, has been banned."
"Wow, it's really tragic."
"Never thought the first topic would be the friendless Soma."
"I heard he just hugged his knees and curled up in the corner of his room, not moving."
"Super want to see that."
"I'm going to comfort little brother Soma."
"Hey, you're just going to pour salt on the wound, aren't you?"
"By the way, this was done by the newbie from Hephaestus's family, right? So impressive, just leveled up and already made big news."
"Mama Mia also destroyed a familia."
"If it's Mama Mia... well, that's not surprising."
"Speaking of which, the newbies from the [School District] this time are of high quality. There are several kids directly at Lv.2, and quite a few Lv.1s who are about to level up. Many of us gods have gained a lot."
"Ah, the most impressive one, the genius elf girl, was taken in by Loki. Then, Ganesha probably got a very strong newbie too, seems like they leveled up on their first dungeon adventure."
"I am Ganesha!"
"Alright, alright, Ganesha, Ganesha..."
"Sorry to interrupt everyone, but I have something serious to say. I heard the Kingdom of Rakia is planning to attack Orario again."
"Not again, really?"
"That idiot Ares, hasn't he been overthrown by the people of the kingdom yet?"
"He seems quite popular in the kingdom, after all, Ares's personality is quite likable, and he's also very handsome."
"Just that his brain is messed up."
"Agreed!"
"According to the informants, the kingdom's troop mobilization this time isn't large, probably just a probe. The kingdom is still preparing for war internally, probably will launch a full-scale attack in two to three years."
"I am Ganesha!"
From serious discussions to interesting jokes, the topics at the venue changed rapidly.
Until Freya's "Everyone, please calm down," the surrounding voices immediately quieted down, so fast it was hard to believe.
Freya succinctly organized the information provided by the gods, noting down the key points. The Gathering of Gods is, after all, a gathering of the main gods of Orario's major [Familia], and also serves the function of conveying important information.
Then, confirming that the topics were about done, Freya's lips curled up, "Then let's move on to the next event—the Naming Ceremony."
The atmosphere at the scene changed in an instant.
With Freya's words as the dividing line, several gods who had remained silent suddenly changed their expressions, including Loki and Hephaestus, who showed serious expressions.
And the other gods, they laughed wickedly.
"Hahaha, who should we start with first?"
"Everyone has the information, right? Then first... let's start with the adventurer from Ganesha's side, a sister named Niran."
"I, I am Ganesha..."
"Your voice is too soft, no spirit!"
From the gods' love for the culture of the lower world, it's clear that the tastes of the gods and the people of the lower world are quite similar. Although they are transcendent beings, they do not possess feelings that surpass human wisdom, and there is no divergence in sensibility, not much different from the children.
Only the taste in naming is an exception.
Whether it's the gods who have issues or the children who are too foolish. Whether the gods are too avant-garde or the children's era is not advanced enough.
The truth is unknown, but indeed, there are some painful names that make the gods feel unbearable when the children's eyes sparkle.
"The minotaur sister, wow, this figure is too exaggerated, Ganesha, you actually monopolize such a treasure, damn it, decided, sister Niran's title is [Oversized Apples]!"
"Uwaaaaaaah! I, Ganesha, will never acknowledge such a title!!!", Ganesha began to argue on just grounds, and with his efforts, Niran's title was finally decided as [Heavy Warrior].
The Gathering of Gods is indeed a factory producing painful titles.
Children who are proud to receive titles, and gods who are driven mad by the pain, those few malicious gods point at both sides and laugh until they roll on the ground every day.
One way to avoid getting an unsightly title is to expand the [Familia]'s influence.
In short, just make other gods feel "don't dare to provoke that [Familia]," because no god would knowingly risk retaliation and deliberately act as a suicide squad.
Ganesha, because his personality is too generous, doesn't earn the reverence of the gods, but the strong influence of the Ganesha Familia still makes the gods dare not play too rough.
It is also for this reason that Hephaestus and Loki have the confidence, at least their children won't get too tragic titles.
However, not every god is so lucky.
"Alright, next. From Takemikazuchi Familia... by the way, little brother Takemikazuchi is a god who just came to Orario from the Far East last month, today we're going to give a title to his family's captain who just leveled up to Lv.2. Let's see, in the Far East, the surname comes first, so... Kashima Ouka, is that the name?"
"Everyone, please go easy..."
The male god with buns tied on both sides of his head—Takemikazuchi hurriedly stood up from his seat.
The gods looked at the data they had first applied for from the guild.
Besides the name, the data also recorded personal data, and attached a realistic portrait drawn when registering as an adventurer.
The gods flipped through the stack of parchment in their hands, then unanimously voiced their condemnation.
"What the hell, the name is such a cute 'Ouka,' but it's such a strong man?"
"Totally deceiving feelings."
"But to be honest, this kid, isn't he quite handsome, the name 'Ouka' is also very cute..."
"How about giving a title that reflects the characteristics of a manly man?"
"Then, Kashima Ouka's title... is decided as [Warrior of the War God]."
"No objections!"
"Uwa, uwaaaaaaaah!", The new male god, bullied by many gods with bad tastes, lay on the table crying bitterly, his pitiful appearance unbearable to look at.
After the male god with the identity of the war god shed tears of blood, victims continued to appear.
The order arranged by Freya was random members of large and small [Familia], many famous adventurers were listed.
"The next adventurer is... oh my~ it's a child from Loki's family, [Pristine Garden] Alicia."
"My beloved elf beauty!"
"[Pristine Garden] has reached Lv.5 too."
"It's been a long time since we gave her a title."
The titles given to the children of the lower world have the opportunity to be renamed every time they [level up].
"Feel like sister Alicia's title can remain unchanged."
"Yeah, [Pristine Garden] feels very fitting."
"No no no, you haven't seen the current sister Alicia, I think it should be changed to [Blooming Flower]."
"From [Pristine Garden] to [Blooming Flower]??? No, my sister Alicia, what happened!"
"Thus and thus, thus and thus..."
"You guys, don't go off-topic," Loki was furious.
"Yes!!!"
As mentioned above, the gods' right to speak is determined by the [Familia]'s influence, leading one of the strongest [Familia], Loki's words naturally cannot be ignored by the gods.
In the end, Alicia's title remained [Pristine Garden], the recently leveled-up Ais's title also remained [Sword Princess], and Lefiya's title was decided as [Thousand Elf].
Then Freya continued to preside over the title decision ceremony, but except for a newly leveled-up child from her own [Familia], she did not actively give a title to any adventurer.
"...Hmm, only one left, it's a child from Hephaestus's [Familia], leveled up in just three months, truly remarkable~", Freya said with a smile.
In fact, Emiya had received the blessing for less than two months.
To not appear too conspicuous, Hephaestus had externally advanced the time Emiya received the divine blessing by about a month.
The goddess claimed that Emiya had officially registered as an adventurer with the guild a month after receiving the divine blessing.
If it weren't for the fact that advancing too much time would be hard to justify with the guild, Hephaestus even wanted to change Emiya's registration time to last year, to make it seem like he took a year to level up.
However, since gods can see through the lies of the lower world's children, this method has limited effect on those gods who are curious enough to investigate personally. It can only be said, hide as much as possible.
And now, the modified time is more restrained, but three months from Lv.1 to Lv.2 is still a quite shocking number.
Just look at the reactions of the surrounding gods, they all have expressions of disbelief, some even starting to look at Hephaestus with suspicious eyes.
Hephaestus crossed her arms in front of her chest, ready to deliver the prepared statement.
"If I didn't happen to know the situation of that child, I would have thought you secretly used 'divine power' to cheat, Hephaestus, of course, I believe in your divine nature," Freya said in a voice as clear as a lark.
"As an Lv.1 adventurer, participating in a battle of Lv.4 against an Lv.5 monster, and the other side is an unprecedented new type of 'Labyrinth King,' with such heroic epic experiences, leveling up is not strange at all, right, everyone~"
"Indeed, indeed."
"Right, right."
"Freya is correct."
"I will always support Freya!"
The wind in the Gathering of Gods instantly changed, for Freya's words, the male gods responded with cheers.
Seeing this, Loki couldn't help but frown.
She knew the situation of that "Emiya Shirou," although very unhappy that he broke her [Sword Princess]'s record, Loki had to admit, with such abnormal magic, skills, combat ability, and adventure experiences, not to mention three months, she wouldn't be surprised if he leveled up in one month.
What surprised Loki was, Freya speaking up for that boy?
With the personality of the infatuated goddess, would she do such a thing?
Loki and Freya are old acquaintances of hundreds of millions of years, she realized that today's Freya was very unusual, from actively serving as the host of the Gathering of Gods, to explaining for that boy, these are not things the usual Freya would do.
Freya stood up holding the information, looking at Emiya's portrait, "I want to give him a cool title—"
"No problem!"
"We support your decision!"
"Anything is fine, as long as it's given by Freya!"
"My heart only has Freya as the sun!"
Witnessing the most moving smile of the goddess of beauty today, all the male gods agreed with cheerful smiles, unanimously. As for the goddesses, they coldly glared at them, as if looking at trash.
Shirou, Ryuu, Anya, Alicia, Ais... one by one, the figures of lovely children appeared before her eyes, the curve of Freya's lips became more and more beautiful, "[Sword King], how about this title?"
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[Loki Familia's base, Twilight Manor]
"Don't joke around!!!"
The main god of the Loki Familia, the goddess Loki, was throwing a tantrum.
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