Most gods are beings who enjoy causing trouble.
To satisfy their peculiar tastes, during the Denatus, there were often gods who relied on their seniority to tease newcomers, assigning strange epithets to young Familias that had just arrived in Orario.
As far as Cain knew, in previous Denatus gatherings, the gods had given adventurers bizarre titles such as 'Savage Gorilla' or 'Invincible Paladin'.
Furthermore, the naming conventions of the gods differed from those of ordinary people. For example, among high level adventurers, there were often titles in the Goddess series such as 'Goddess's Clone' or 'Goddess's Chariot'.
In order to avoid being assigned an odd title, Cain had specifically prepared several options for Hestia before she left, asking her to choose one depending on the situation.
As a newly risen Familia in Orario, one that had absorbed both the Soma Familia and the Ishtar Familia, the Hestia Familia had already stepped into the ranks of Orario's top tier.
As long as Hestia remained firm in her stance, the gods would not strongly oppose her choice.
However...
"What is this about Sword Saint?"
Cain frowned slightly in confusion.
"That title was not among the options I gave you."
"That title was proposed by Freya."
"Freya?"
"Yes. After Loki and I started arguing, Freya took over as the officiant."
Basic order still had to be maintained. After Loki, who initiated the dispute, was stripped of her role as officiant, Freya voluntarily stepped forward to preside over the ceremony.
Perhaps out of a desire to provoke Loki, she suggested giving Cain the title Sword Saint, inspired by Ais's epithet, Sword Princess.
Naturally, Loki strongly opposed this.
She already did not want Cain getting close to Ais, let alone receiving a title that sounded like a perfect counterpart to hers.
However, with Freya leading the proposal, combined with her status as the Goddess of Beauty, all the male gods present approved it without hesitation.
"I'm sorry, Cain."
"Freya's influence was too strong. I tried to object midway, but in the end, I could not stop it."
"It's fine."
Cain picked up his bowl and continued eating.
He did not have strict requirements for his epithet, as long as it was not something strange.
As for the Familia members, both Lili and Haruhime were extremely pleased.
The title Sword Saint sounded exceptionally powerful and matched Cain perfectly.
Perhaps because of their good mood, the two of them had a better appetite than usual, and in no time, the dishes on the table were completely finished.
"Lord Cain, I will wash the dishes."
"I will help as well."
Carrying the empty bowls and utensils, the two of them walked toward the nearby wash basin.
"Hestia, help me update the Falna."
Cain called out to Hestia.
"Alright."
Hestia nodded.
Patting her stomach with a satisfied expression, she followed Cain into a room and took out a silver needle to prick her finger.
A drop of divine blood fell onto the Falna, causing ripples to spread across it.
Moments later, the divine script shifted, and Hestia focused her gaze on it.
"Hm?"
It seemed she had seen something unbelievable, as she raised her hand and rubbed her eyes.
Blinking repeatedly, Hestia took a deep breath and looked at Cain's Falna once more.
Good, she was not seeing things.
[Cain — LV3]
[Strength: E402 → D551]
[Endurance: E412 → C641]
[Agility: E454 → D598]
[Dexterity: E441 → D586]
[Magic: E429 → C666]
[Development Abilities: Swordsman H, Magic I → H]
[Magic: Current Propulsion, State of Selflessness, Spirit Devouring Barrier, Dismantle.]
[Skills: Unification, Minds Eye, Song of Courage, Flesh Mimicry, Super-speed Regeneration, blood evolution, Black Flash]
[Spirit Devouring Barrier: Barrier-type magic. When attacking enemies within the barrier, temporarily absorb their attributes to enhance one's own. Upon killing an enemy, increase growth.]
[Dismantle: Non-chant magic. Consumes a certain amount of energy to generate a slashing attack.]
[Black Flash: Greatly enhances energy control. When the interval between impact and cursed energy release is within 0.000001 seconds, the attack power increases by 2.5 times.]
His parameters had increased significantly as usual, his Development Ability Magic had advanced, and there was one additional Skill.
However, compared to all of that, what truly shocked Hestia was the change in his Magic.
"Cain, how did you accomplish this?"
"What are you referring to?"
"Your Magic, of course. Why do you have four spells?"
"Four?"
Cain raised an eyebrow and took the updated Falna into his hands.
Unlike ordinary magical systems, in the world of Orario, after receiving a Falna, an individual would gain between zero and three magic slots based on their aptitude, allowing them to awaken a corresponding number of spells.
After this Falna update, he possessed four Magic spells, directly breaking this limit. No wonder Hestia was shocked.
In fact, not only Hestia, even Cain himself felt somewhat surprised.
The Dismantle was still understandable. After all, Jujutsu Cain had eaten sukuna's finger and learned about it when sharing power.
The problem was, where did this Spirit Devouring Barrier come from?
Staring at this suddenly appearing Magic for a moment, Cain suddenly remembered meeting Fels not long ago.
At that time, the other party had sent a familiar to monitor him, but he caught the leverage and squeezed a good deal out of it, obtaining a full four Grimoires.
Of these four Grimoires, Cain gave one each to Bell and Haruhime, and used one himself.
However, compared to Bell and the other who awakened new Magic, Cain failed to awaken his third Magic through the Grimoire because its potential was too great.
He had speculated at the time that he lacked the special experience needed to awaken new Magic, so he couldn't awaken the third Magic through the Grimoire.
"Was it because of Jogo?"
Cain was lost in thought.
He had been exploring the Knossos recently, while the other Cains were all doing their own things.
Among the many Cains, only Jujutsu Cain's experience stood out, having fought a battle with Jogo.
If one had to say what was different about this battle compared to ordinary fights, it could only be described as dangerous.
Influenced by personality, no matter which world's Cain preferred to prepare before acting, avoiding putting himself in danger.
But Jujutsu Cain was different; he was attacked by Jogo without any preparation.
It was a life-and-death struggle in the truest sense, with a huge gap in strength between the two sides. Whether in close combat or long-range magical exchanges, Jujutsu Cain was at a disadvantage.
If there was any mistake in any single link, Jujutsu Cain risked losing his life, extremely dangerous.
Perhaps precisely because of this, the experience of that life-and-death struggle transformed into special experience, filling in the final piece of the puzzle for the third Magic, allowing it to complete its awakening.
"This is an unexpected delight."
"What unexpected delight? What are you muttering about?" Hestia leaned in.
Seeing Cain's expression of sudden realization, as if he understood something, her face was filled with curiosity.
Unlike the abnormal growth speed in the past or awakening new skills while sleeping, Cain's awakening of four Magic spells this time was a true breaking of the rules.
"Cain, how on earth did you do it?"
"Maybe just good luck."
"Liar! There must be another reason!"
"That's not important."
Cain casually tossed the paper into the brazier.
Walking to the bed and sitting down, Cain patted the empty space beside him: "I'm going to sleep. Want to join?"
Cain deployed the handsome man tactic.
The handsome man tactic was remarkably effective.
Hestia was charmed.
Hestia attempted to resist.
Hestia entered a charmed state.
"Together, together!"
Hestia pulled up the little blanket.
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