Lin Feng saw Hestia with her index fingers touching together, like a child who had made a mistake and still wanted something from an adult.
"Hestia... Adventurers are hard to come by, and many new adventurers join the medium to large Familias."
Upon hearing this, Hestia became like a deflated ball, but this reality was always present.
Adventurers risk their lives when they go into the Dungeon. Joining a poor and penniless Familia certainly increases the casualty rate for new adventurers.
After all, a weak Familia lacks strength and equipment, and there are no veterans to guide the newcomers. It's simply too difficult—a vicious cycle.
If Lin Feng hadn't had the help of the System, even if he had been reborn in this world as a God, he might have ended up in an even more miserable situation than Hestia.
Although he was a God, he had no friends in Heaven, so how could he expect help from other Gods when he came to the Lower World?
Hestia, at least, was taken care of by Hephaestus for three months after descending before being finally kicked out because she was too much to handle.
"Sigh... I haven't been idle after work these past few days. I've been constantly recruiting adventurers to form a Familia, but I haven't made much progress."
"Some adventurers were interested, but after learning about my situation, they instantly vanished from my sight. It's truly disappointing."
Hestia squatted on the ground, holding her head in her hands in a crouching defense posture, feeling distressed.
Seeing her like this, Lin Feng certainly wanted to offer some help—after all, who wouldn't like the Blue Ribbon Goddess!
But there were no suitable candidates! Would finding lousy adventurers to join the Hestia Familia be useful? Absolutely not.
As for Bell from the original work, as mentioned before, the little System was uncertain whether Bell still existed in this world.
Based on that, there is a ninety-nine percent chance that Bell won't appear. So... even after a few months, Hestia might still fail to establish a Familia.
Could he try to bring in Lilly from the Soma Familia? Or Daphne and Cassandra from the Apollo Familia, both of whom were forced to join the Apollo Familia under duress.
There were also the four waitresses at the Hostess of Fertility Tavern, all of whom were LV4 First-Class Adventurers. Among them, Ryu hasn't updated her Falna/Ability Score for a long time, so she might have already met the conditions to level up to LV5.
However, Ryu's Goddess, Astraea, is not in Orario, so leveling up is impossible even if she switched Familias.
If he tried to trick Ais, the success rate wouldn't be low... but Loki would probably come knocking on his door.
Lin Feng thought about it again and again, and there were only a handful of suitable candidates.
Even if he introduced them, they probably wouldn't join Hestia's Familia, right? After all, she hadn't done anything for them.
That was the headache. Could Hestia only be a mere flower vase in the future, or would she be taken care of/supported by Lin Feng?
Hestia, squatting on the ground, realized no one had spoken for a while, so she secretly raised her head to see what Lin Feng was doing.
She didn't expect Lin Feng to be leaning against the wall, thinking intently about something. Could it be! He was thinking about what she had just said?
"Keep up the good work, Hestia! I'm rooting for you!"
Lin Feng spent a few minutes thinking and finally concluded that without Bell's existence or strong Fáli (resources/wealth), none of the people mentioned above would join.
"Eh, eh, eh!"
Hestia originally thought Lin Feng would say something like, 'I have a solution! Leave it to me!' She didn't expect him to tell her to work hard on her own. Could it be... that she was that hopeless? Even Junior-kun looked down on her.
"I will definitely work hard! Hmph, I'll show this hateful Junior-kun and Hephaestus that I, Hestia, will definitely find suitable people!"
"Boss! I'd like an order of fried croquettes."
"Sure thing! Please wait a moment, it'll be ready right away. Thank you for your patronage, 100 Fáli."
Good grief! That change of pace was too fast. One second she was focused on establishing a Familia, recruiting powerful members, beating up the Freya Familia with her fists, and kicking the Loki Familia with her feet.
The next second, she was facing a customer with a flower-like smile.
Lin Feng couldn't pull off a transition like that.
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