“Wh-who is he?” A veteran adventurer muttered in a trembling voice. “He defeated the Black Goliath… with just one punch?”

“Did he use magic? But didn’t hear him recite a spell!”

“Magic without recitation!?”

“To be able to kill that monster so easily and even punch a hole in the dungeon’s dividing wall… Is he a level 7 adventurer!?”

“Idiot, even I’ve never heard of a level 7 adventurer like Ottar being able to punch such a hole in the dungeon’s parapet… He must be a level 8!”

“Hiss! We just witnessed the power of a level 8 adventurer!”

Or maybe a level 9 adventurer?

They didn’t dare to guess any further because in Orario’s history, people capable of reaching level 8 could be counted on one hand. But a level 9 adventurer? As far as they knew, there was only one person who had reached that level in the past and that was a woman nicknamed The Empress, the captain of the Hera Familia.

Those people were heroes in the Dark Age (the Age before the protagonist Bell’s story begins).

But long before that, there were also heroes in ancient times (1000 years ago) who were said to be able to become very strong without receiving the blessing/leveling up system called Falna from the gods.

Eiji didn’t know he was compared to some people, he turned to ask the beautiful women if they were okay?

But he was immediately greeted by the protagonist’s innocent face. Bell stepped forward hesitantly, looking at Eiji who looked so strong and mysterious. But more than that, his hair color being the same as hers made him feel a slight sense of familiarity. “Ano… Thank you so much!!!”

He bowed deeply. Instantly, many other adventurers also thanked Eiji. Asfi was no exception, she also walked over and said, “Excuse me, I’m Asfi Al Andromeda, captain of the Hermes Familia. On behalf of my familia and everyone on this floor, I would also like to thank you for saving our lives, sir.”

She bowed respectfully before looking curiously at the face of the man in front of her.

On the surface, Eiji looked calm. But in his heart?

[Not bad, with this… Asfi and the other beauties have a good impression of me, right!?]

He was excited.

While the heroines in his harem, especially Erica and the others who were at the inn in the world of Campione, knew that Eiji seemed to be in another world.

Not only that, he was quickly thinking of wooing the beautiful women in that world. Some of them were not happy. For example Ena, she was pouting because tonight, she couldn’t seem to exercise with Eiji! Yuri too… Her expression made Liliana hesitate to speak with, the Hime-Miko seemed jealous and easily offended.

“?” It wasn’t just Asfi. Mikoto, Ryuu, Hestia, and even Lili who could hear Eiji’s inner voice suddenly realized something.

The man who killed the Black Goliath and saved everyone on the 18th floor… It was the same man as the man whose inner voice they heard?

That was surprising.

Still, isn’t his calm expression and excited inner voice a bit of a contrast!?

“You’re welcome. I happened to be taking a walk in the forest and heard the commotion here. So, I came to help.” Eiji said.

His words were strange and left everyone speechless.

I mean why are you taking a walk in the forest?

However, many people think he’s a humble man. His friendly and easy to talk attitude also made Asfi relieved.

She smiled faintly and asked, “Sorry, but can you tell us who you are and which family you’re from, sir?

Bell looked up, he was also very curious about Eiji’s identity.

Eiji made a confused expression, “My name is Eiji Seiya, just call me Eiji. But Familia? What is that? I’m sure I’m not part of any Familia.”

He deliberately pretended not to know.

This was part of his love operation.

“How is that possible!?” Asfi lost her composure. But soon, she pretended to cough before saying, “Eiji-san, aren’t you an adventurer?”

“I’m not.”

“!!!”

Everyone in the place doubted what they heard.

How could they not?

With the power Eiji had shown earlier, he should have been an adventurer of a very high level.

But he said he wasn’t one of them and wasn’t part of any family. Many of them thought he was lying and didn’t want to tell them the truth. But Hestia didn’t think so, a goddess like her had a natural ability to detect lies and from Eiji, she didn’t feel he was lying at all.

‘Even so, this can’t be unless… He is a God! Wait, that shouldn’t be possible either, right? If he had used his divine power, this dungeon wouldn’t be silent right now…’

Hestia was confused.

“Eiji-dono, my name is Yamato Mikoto. If you’re not an adventurer… are you a god!?” Mikoto approached and introduced herself before asking while raising one of her hands.

A god?

Asfi also had a guess like that.

Ryuu was a quiet elf, she just listened to the conversation in silence. Even so, her gaze continued to be fixed on Eiji’s face.

Don’t misunderstand. She admitted he was very handsome in her heart, but not like other races, especially humans who often made her feel disgusted at the thought of them trying to touch her.

Eiji didn’t give her the slightest bit of that kind of feeling, and she actually felt like getting close to him?

Ryuu shook her head, there seemed to be something wrong with her. What she didn’t know was that even though Eiji wasn’t an elf, he had something inside him that the elves in the Danmachi world wouldn’t think was dirty.

That was because he had Avalon inside him. The legendary scabbard made to complement Excalibur and is a Noble Phantasm derived from the magic of the fairies whose nature is somewhat similar to that of elves and spirits.

As for its use, unless Eiji deliberately hid it, he naturally exuded the aura of an fairy.

[Our King is the Harem King! He is a man that any woman would love!]

Leme said that because right now, she could see the positive levels of Ryuu, Asfi, Miko and several women soaring to a level where they had a very good impression on her.

Eiji refrained from brushing his bangs back with one of his hands. Otherwise, Miss System would definitely complain.

“Mikoto, you’re not only pretty. You’re also good at guessing one of my identities. That’s right, I’m a God.”

Unlike the other fanfic protagonists of Danmachi who tried to hide their identities at the beginning.

He had no intention of doing anything like that. Because with his current power, what did he have to worry about?

Mikoto again blushed at being called ‘pretty’ by Eiji. But hearing Eiji admit that he was a God, she and the others were surprised.

“Really!?” Bell exclaimed.

Hestia stepped forward, she walked on the ground barefoot but not a single piece of dust or dirt stuck to her. “He’s not lying, Bell-kun. But… I’ve never heard of a god with a name like yours in heaven, Eiji. Not only that, you didn’t hesitate to use your Arcanum in the dungeon! Aren’t you afraid of being punished?”

Arcanum was the divine power or original holy energy possessed by every God and Goddess in the Danmachi universe.

While placing her hands on her waist, Hestia raised her beautiful face to look at the man in front of her.

“Um… Kami-sama, didn’t you also previously use your Arcanum before?” Bell couldn’t resist saying that to his goddess.

Hestia’s face flushed with embarrassment and she glared at him, “Don’t say that, Bell! I just released a bit of my divine power and that was because…”

The protagonist tilted his head, he didn’t seem to know the reason Hestia released her divine power was because of seeing him being bullied by some adventurers and not fighting back like a loser.

And when he fought back, it was too late. Black Goliath appeared because he sensed Hestia’s divine power and tried to kill everyone.

‘This guy is more naive and innocent than I expected… this will be more fun.’ Eiji thought with the corners of his lips raised.

The female adventurers including Mikoto who saw his smile were mesmerized as if they were looking at the God of Handsomeness.

But unlike the Goddess of Beauty, Freya. Eiji’s charm at least did not immediately make any opposite sex crazy about him.

Eiji had to look down further to come face to face with Hestia because she was shorter than him, “That’s because I’m a god from another universe. I accidentally came to this world when I was playing with something.”

“You… What are you saying? You’re a god from another universe!?” Hestia opened her mouth wide.

Eiji wanted to poke her cheek with his finger, but he refrained of course. Just then, there were sounds of applause and footsteps approaching.

“Amazing! Amazing! So, you’re a god from another universe? Now… That makes sense.”

Everyone turned their heads only to see a blond-haired man familiar to most of them, especially Asfi and Hestia.

“Hermes-sama!” Asfi shouted his name.

“No need to be so surprised, Asfi. There’s no way I wouldn’t come here when something more exciting than the birth of a hero is happening.” Hermes said as he continued to look at Eiji with his imposter-like smile.

The interesting thing he meant was obviously Eiji’s unexpected appearance and that hero was Bell.

Other people didn’t know, but Eiji knew in the plot that took place on the 18th floor. That man, Hermes, was actually largely responsible for manipulating the situation and creating the stage to mold Bell into a true hero.

Before Black Goliath appeared. The reason Hestia was in the dungeon was also because she was originally kidnapped by an adventurer. The adventurer was actually a person who had been bribed by Hermes.

The adventurer and several other adventurers then attacked Bell who came to rescue his goddess.

Hermes did that just so Bell could show his heroism in front of other adventurers.

He meant no harm, but many people must have disliked him because he was one of the people who often manipulated the protagonist Bell.

‘Who’s surprised? I’m just worried you’re making trouble because of your curiosity…’ Asfi complained in her heart.

“Hermes, are you here too? Since when?” Hestia asked with a frown.

“Oya, oya! Hello my friend, Hestia! Incidentally, I’m here and sent Asfi as reinforcements from my Familia.” Hermes’ acting skills were so good that Hestia didn’t suspect he had anything to do with the adventurer who kidnapped her before.

“Hmm… Really? I see.” However, Hestia always felt that Hermes had done something bad behind her back.

So, even though they were friends, she did not have a good impression of him.

“The way you look at me makes me a little sad, Hestia.”

“Hmph! I don’t care!”

Hermes’ shoulders drooped as if he was really hurt by what Hestia said.

Eiji looked at the man with amusement, “You’re called Hermes?”

“Yes, that’s right. Let me introduce myself. My name is Hermes—a God, though I prefer to refer to myself as a wanderer who happens to have a lot of free time.”

Hermes took off his hat and bowed respectfully in a rather exaggerated fashion.

Just hearing that, Asfi felt a bit of a headache.

“Oh.” Eiji didn’t look flattered at all by Hermes’ gesture, he kept an indifferent expression. “So, what’s your advice?”

“Advice?” Hermes raised his head again, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He didn’t expect Eiji to directly ask him that.

“Yes, as you heard. I am a god from another universe and for the time being… I can’t seem to return to my place of origin.”

Hermes’ acting skills were good.

He was a smart, cunning, and deceitful god. But even he was unable to detect Eiji’s lies.

Hestia and the others had nothing to say, they felt Eiji was telling the truth.

From everything he had said before. He also seemed to be here because of an unintentional accident.

The women including Hestia looked at him with pity.

‘In this world, my god-level acting skills are still unrivaled.’

Eiji thought like that and because of the time difference between the several other universes that he had figured out using Rasiel, he decided to stay in Danmachi for a while.

He would use this opportunity to get good sisters for the other women in his harem.

They would be happy, right?

[I don’t think so. You’re the only one who’s happy, host.]

Miss System, are you jealous?

[I’m not.]

I know you’re jealous and you’re wrong. I’m sure my women will be happy to get new sisters, especially Lala.

[That woman…]

Speaking of Lala, even Miss System is at a loss for words. That’s because among her host’s women, she is the one who supports her host the most so that he continues to increase the size of his harem!

[Lala ✓: ???]

[Asia: What’s wrong, Lala-san?]

[Lala ✓: I just feel that Eiji’s house needs to be remodeled again so that it can accommodate more of our sisters who are in other worlds. I’ll make it bigger.]

[Rias: !?]

[Sona: !?]

[Utaha: Since our leader already said that, what else should we be able to do but help? Eiji is a lucky b*st*rd.]

[Akeno: Ara Ara. I sense sarcasm in your words, Utaha.]

[Mira: You even used a system loophole to get your words past the censors. That’s smart.]

[Eriri: As expected of a dark-hearted novelist!]

Utaha was neither sad nor happy, but she was annoyed when she saw what Eriri wrote and started arguing with her.

Meanwhile, the heroines’ group chat was getting crowded.

“This…” Hermes held his chin in a rare serious expression, “Advice, huh? If you were an adventurer, I’d buy you a drink at the bar. But since you’re a god from another universe with that much power… there’s only one person you should meet to discuss this matter.”

“Who is it?” Eiji had a guess.

Especially when Hermes pointed towards the high ceiling of the dungeon, “Come with me to the surface. We’ll go to the Guild. There is an ancient god named Ouranos who guards the base of this city. He is the master of order here. If anyone can give you permission to stay without any problems, it is him.”

“Of course that’s if you don’t mind and care about permission from him, Eiji.”

He smiled cheerfully and wondered what the answer of the man in front of him would be.

Would he refuse or agree to come with him nicely?

“Where I live, I am a good and law-abiding citizen. So, tell Ouranos or whoever it is to come to me and discuss this matter.”

Eiji smiled slightly, he actually didn’t care about permission from anyone to stay.

With his power, he thought there was no one who could prevent him from doing whatever he wanted.

Of course, in order to woo the beautiful women in this world, he would not let himself look like an evil god that many people hated.

But…

He would not demean himself as a Hegemony God. Ouranos would have to come to him directly if he wanted to talk to him.

“Hahaha! Interesting, I didn’t expect you to make such a choice. Except for you, no god has dared to ask Ouranos to face them directly.”

Hermes burst out laughing while holding his stomach and hat. He was amazed by Eiji’s courage and was increasingly attracted to him.

Hestia felt the same way.

“Does that mean it’s okay?”

“Okay! I’ll tell what you said to Ouranos and of course, I won’t forget to tell him that you did a good thing by saving the lives of the adventurers on the 18th floor.”

Hearing this, Eiji said no more on the topic and glanced at Asfi.

“?” Asfi who was suddenly stared at by a god from another universe was confused, she couldn’t help but be nervous.

“In that case, I’ll leave that to you, Hermes. By the way, Asfi seems to be part of your Familia or group. Can you allow her to give me a tour while telling me many things about this world?”

It was not for nothing that Eiji pretended not to know about Familia and other things in Danmachi.

“Ehh!? Eiji… Eiji-sama, you want me to do that?” After learning Eiji’s identity as a god, Asfi addressed him with more respect.

Hermes widened his eyes, he glanced back and forth between Eiji and the captain of his familia, and smiled strangely.

Asfi wanted to hit her own god on the head.

He must be thinking of something strange and outrageous!

“Sure. Asfi, I’m giving you a mission to show Eiji around Orario and take care of him for a while.”

“Hermes-sama, you… I understand, I’ll do it.” Asfi did not dare to refuse even though she really did not mind helping Eiji to get to know Orario and other things.

However, she felt that her god, Hermes was selling her out in order to establish a good relationship with Eiji, which made her upset.

Not only that…

[Is it wrong to have Asfi as my guide in the beginning, and help me to make contact with other beautiful women in Danmachi? I feel like this could be the title of a fanfic!]

Asfi’s lips twitched.

She didn’t know what a fanfic was, but she felt Eiji wasn’t completely ignorant of her world.

This man… Is he pretending just to take advantage of me?

Thinking of this, Asfi was neither angry nor disgusted, instead she felt her face heat up a little. After parting ways with her annoying god; she, Eiji and the other adventurers immediately went to the surface.

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