Hope in Another World 105

Title: Expedition Begins

As news of Sun Eater’s promotion to Level 5 spread, Orario was once again abuzz.

Countless adventurers were stimulated and started working hard, trying to catch a glimpse of Sun Eater.

Shun explored the Deep Floor. After doing this for several days, he received an unexpected invitation – from the leader of the Loki Familia, Finn.

Shun and Aiz’s increasingly ambiguous relationship couldn’t be hidden from others, especially Finn. In fact, Finn might have realized that Riveria, Lefiya, and even Tiona had close relationships with Shun.

However, neither Riveria nor Aiz could control their own emotions. They were both Level 6 adventurers. Even the Familia leader couldn’t say anything about such a personal matter.

Shun thought Finn would continue to pretend not to know, but he didn’t expect him to come looking for him. Judging from the other party’s intelligence, he probably wouldn’t do something stupid like “Stay away from our Level 6 members” or “There are xxx million valis here, stay away from our Familia members”.

Shun was also quite curious about Finn, who had five skills and three magics, a strong Level 6 with strong power and intellect. He was also the most likely candidate among the trio mentioned in the original novel who had touched Level 7.

Shun also wanted to sit down and have a good chat with Finn, so after accepting the invitation, he followed the guidance of the Loki Familia members to a luxurious room in Twilight Manor.

On the left side of this room, there was a large bookshelf containing a variety of books and information, even the Grimoire on the right side, there was a cabinet for tea and snacks, with four teacups on top.

As Shun and Riveria chatted afterwards, Riveria often talked about everyday things. There were some things in the Familia. Usually, she, Gareth, Finn, and Loki were here.

Thinking about this, Shun glanced at the long table and two chairs that looked comfortable. He could imagine what Riveria was talking about. Finn and Gareth were sitting in their respective chairs. Finn was sitting in the large main chair across from the long table. Gareth sat there with a squint and crossed legs, casually discussing everyday problems with them.

“Long time no see, Sun Eater. Although you often come to Twilight Manor as a guest, it’s been a long time since the two of us have met.”

Finn smiled and greeted him. He showed the classic demeanor of a calm and graceful leader.

“Indeed, I often walk around with Riveria, Aiz, and Tiona, but I rarely meet you.”

Shun wasn’t impolite and sat in the chair on the right, looking at the leader of the Loki Familia with a standard smile.

“So, this time you suddenly came to me to talk about something?”

“Takema Shun, as Riveria’s companion and a captain who has watched Aiz, Lefiya, and Tiona grow up, I have an important question to ask.”

Finn’s face turned serious after he put down his teacup, and the strong Level 6 momentum that had been accumulated through countless battles was displayed without shame.

“I can see that Riveria has a very close relationship with you, and Aiz, Lefiya, and Tiona also have different feelings for you.”

“What is your answer to your choice? I hope you can tell me.”

“If you continue to rely on them and play with their emotions like this, I, Finn, swear in the name of the Loki Familia, I will definitely make you pay the price!”

Finn said firmly, his eyes staring at Shun like cold light.

“The answer is clear.”

Shun’s body didn’t move, his eyes were as gentle and calm as the light of a spring lake.

“I want to give them all happiness. In other words, I don’t intend to give up on any of them.”

“Indeed, you made this choice.”

Finn continued to sit in the chair, looking at him with his blue eyes like a lake, and spoke calmly.

“Then, I have a question for you.”

After confirming Shun’s thinking, Finn put aside the previous momentum, and when he talked about ‘problems’.

This made Shun interested, and he put his raised waist back on the chair, wanting to hear what Finn had to say.

“I-I want to marry several women from the Pallum race to reproduce more bloodlines. What should I do?”

“...”

Shun never expected Finn to ask such a strange question.

“Captain Finn, what are you saying?”

In Shun’s impression, Finn wasn’t interested in love at all, and was the type of person who only focused on his career.

As if seeing his doubts, Finn said:

“First of all, why am I making such a request to another Familia member.. Shun, have you ever heard of a goddess named ‘Fiana’?”

Goddess Fiana… Shun had heard of her.

She was a fictional goddess who was strongly believed in by the Pallum. She was a pseudo-god existence of an ancient hero – a skilled and proud Pallum knight.

Compared to humans and other Demi-Humans, Pallum are generally considered to have lower potential abilities compared to all other races due to their cute and petite appearance and other factors. In fact, from ancient times to modern times, there are only a few heroic legends about Pallum that are famous in the world.

Among them, the Fianna Knights made great achievements as sharp spears on the battlefield in ancient times, and were the first and last glory and pride of the Pallum race. Fianna was even transformed into a god because of this and became a spiritual pillar of the race.

Shun had seen them and their active appearances in many previous hero stories. However, ancient times had ended, and the true gods descended into the lower world to usher in the age of the gods, causing belief in Fianna to decline in an instant.

Because among the gods who came to the lower world, there was no goddess worshipped by the Pallum. Thus, the Pallum who lost their spiritual support accelerated their decline as if they had been kicked, and ended up in their current state.

Shun nodded after thinking about it, and Finn said, “That’s easy to talk about.”

“The Pallum race is still in a state of decline and needs a light to lead. Our race needs a new hope to replace the belief in the goddess.”

“This… you mean…?”

“As you might think, I came to Orario to revive my race and become an adventurer. All of it is to gain fame and become my own race.”

Finn described his ambition. He was concerned about the current corrupt state of the Pallum and was determined to sacrifice himself for the revival of the race. To spread his fame and glory to the world and encourage fellow members of the race to work hard, he entered Orario.

And he succeeded in becoming a First-Class Adventurer – becoming one of the strongest Level 6s in the city.

In Orario, known as the center of the world. Now his name must be known to everyone, not only other races, but even the gods. Finn’s famous reputation and his outstanding achievements should be the pride of many Pallum. His noble purpose and perseverance in doing what he said made Shun admire him quite a bit.

“But this isn’t enough.” Finn emphasized his tone this time. “The moment of glory alone isn’t enough to make a race work hard. The light of hope must be there for a long time and continue to illuminate the Pallum.”

“Otherwise, the Pallum won’t be able to prosper and develop.” Finn emphasized, and he immediately expressed his thoughts firmly:

“In short, we need successors for the next generation. And that person should inherit my bloodline as a Braver. This cannot be a mixed race. To bring glory to the race, it must be a pure-blooded Pallum.”

To revive the race, Finn needed a leader who was equal to himself – for the bloodline known as Braver to last for generations, the successor must be Pallum.

Only from the same race can the family line be passed on. Needless to say, there are infertile Elves, and there are no hybrids between Elves and Dwarves, or Demi-Humans and Pallum. Only ordinary humans can have children from any race, and Amazoness have an advantage as mothers, they can give birth to daughters of the same race regardless of race.

Needless to say, Half-Pallum can’t be a symbol of hope for the race. To give birth to the Pallum successor that Finn mentioned, a partner from the same race is required.

“So, besides asking about my relationship with them, you invited me here today for another purpose, right?”

“Yes, I want to ask how I can gracefully reject Tione.”

This time, Finn finally revealed his purpose.

The pair of Amazoness girls in the Loki Familia were indispensable Familia members. Among them, Tione really liked Shun. Even Riveria was like that, and Finn couldn’t do anything.

But the Amazoness sisters among them were actually a headache that Finn always experienced. Tione always liked Finn. Therefore, she often did things to tease him before, which made Finn very dizzy.

She was like the type of person that Shun mentioned, the one that Finn cared about was career, racial development, and racial glory. All his thoughts and ideas were to lead his race to prosperity.

He wasn’t interested in things like love at all. As Finn said, what he wanted to do was marry several healthy, talented, and potential women from the Pallum race, and give birth to outstanding offspring who could inherit the name Braver.

In fact, Tione was never a candidate he considered.

“Actually, this problem can be easily solved. I’m not stupid. Your attitude has revealed everything.”

Shun remembered Tione’s many appearances and affirmed:

“She’s always been like this. All she wants is results. The reason she doesn’t give up is because she doesn’t want to and invests too much time in the experience. If you give a clear answer and rejection, the result is self-evident.”

“I know from some contact with them that she doesn’t seem to be too obsessed with it anymore.”

Saying this, Shun lightly drew a circle with his fingertips, and with the effect of the Master-slave Contract, he sent his voice to Riveria, asking her to bring Tione here.

A moment later, the Amazoness sisters arrived at the room.

Tione seemed to realize something instinctively, and her face was very serious.

Shun waited outside for a while, but half a minute later, the door opened. As Tione entered the room and sat down, she could clearly feel the relaxed atmosphere.

Finn’s expression remained normal, for him this was more like a political affair that affected the harmony of the Familia.

Tione’s whole body relaxed. She sat next to Shun, as if she had finally released a burden, and she became very happy.

Tione reached out and patted Shun’s shoulder hard, then said, “Little sister, thank you.”

“The past has been decided, and the future life will be more beautiful and exciting.”

Shun took the teapot and poured a cup of black tea for her.

“Cheers to the future?!”

“Um!”

Two glasses clinked with this beautiful teacup, and both were drunk in one gulp.

After that, Tione put down her teacup and left quickly. Before leaving, she didn’t forget to wave to Shun.

Finn looked at Shun for a moment, then said:

“Thank you for your help in this matter.”

“It’s nothing, it’s just that you’re not good at handling this kind of thing. Actually, we just need to talk about it.”

Finn couldn’t deny Shun’s words, then he said seriously:

“I think the Loki Familia might be able to build a closer relationship with the Hestia Familia.”

Finn looked at Shun and said, “That red-haired woman left a message for Aiz when she ran away, saying that the answer to what she wanted to ask could be found on Floor 59, and the Loki Familia plans to do an expedition in ten days.”

“Shun, if you’re willing to be the representative of the Hestia Familia, cooperate with the Loki Familia in the expedition?”

At this moment, Shun remembered the Fallen flower spirit that almost wiped out the entire Loki Familia with three magic spells.

It was truly a Level 7 level boss, let alone as a Fallen, the threat it posed was even greater. Besides, there were a large number of dragon monsters, maybe this was the best option for Shun to quickly collect Excelia.

“See you in ten days!”