For several agonizing minutes, Vahn continued to console the crying Hestia who had started to put more strength into her grip. She had moved her hands from his shoulders to Vahn’s neck even though she wasn’t tall enough to easily hold him from her current position. If not for the fact that Vahn was arching his back slightly, Hestia would …

Vahn felt Hestia’s hips drop, so he stopped his efforts and just tried to lap up anything that was coming out of Hestia’s body without stimulating her too much. Her insides were wriggling about and Vahn noticed that the contractions coming from her body were long with very brief windows of time where she would loosen up. He wondered what …

(NSFW Btw…) Vahn followed behind not long after Loki had left the room. He had a thoughtful expression on his face intermixed with a bit of curiosity. Seeing the amount of confidence she had in her words, Vahn was wondering what Loki had in mind for the evening. The only thing he was certain about was that things were always …

While Loki had started kissing Vahn, Hestia glared at her with teary eyes as she rubbed her butt and said, “Loki, I thought we were supposed to be getting along!?’ After savoring the moment for a bit, Loki removed her lips from Vahn and peaked over his shoulder and said, “Well, I thought about groping your butt since you were …

Vahn nodded his head and asked, “I have a few thoughts, but what did you want to discuss?” Before she answered, Loki sat with her legs crossed and rested her chin on her hands that were resting on her knees. Loki was wearing her traditional attire: tight shorts, small blue, skin-tight top, long sleeved arm warmers with a hooded attachment, …

Though Vahn usually internalized a lot of his reactions, when he heard Hestia’s words he couldn’t help but utter a quiet, “Eh?” The image of the mischevious goddess passed through his mind and Vahn imagined her laughing like a sly fox goddess for a brief moment. Hestia sat down on the cushion that had been used by Haruhime during the …

Since it was almost time for lunch, Vahn headed toward the kitchen where he came across Milan, Tina, Emiru, and Maemi preparing lunch for everyone. They each noticed his presence and Vahn just smiled and nodded before walking over and saying, “Let me help out today.” Tina had the briefest hint of a forlorn look in her eyes so Vahn …

(A/N: Technically an intermission chapter but connects to the actual start of Vol. 9) After entering the library, Vahn climbed the wooden ladder that connected to the shelves and reached for the book at the highest shelf on the left. Though he could put the book in his inventory and record all the contents to his mind, Vahn much preferred …

(A/N: This is also an intermission/side story) In the depths of the 30th floor of the dungeon, a beautiful golden-haired swordswoman stood facing three giant monsters that were more than five meters in height. They were covered in blood-colored scales that were incredibly resistant to both physical and magical attacks and appeared reminiscent of large dinosaurs and pseudo-wyverns. Not only …

(A/N: I’m going to do some intermission/side story/perspective chapters to flesh things out a bit for the future plot. Let me know what you think and if you’d like more of this kind of thing in the future~!) When Vahn finally left her workshop and returned to the Hearth Manor, Hephaestus went back inside and collapsed on the nearest chair …