Most Gods are beings who enjoy stirring up trouble.
To satisfy their own perverse tastes, at the Denatus, there were often Gods who relied on their seniority to prank newcomers, giving strange epithets to young Familias who had just arrived in Orario.
As far as Lynn knew, in past Assemblies of the Gods, the Gods had given adventurers bizarre titles like 'Savage Gorilla' or 'Invincible Paladin'.
Furthermore, the naming conventions of the Gods differed somewhat from ordinary people. For instance, among high-level adventurers, there were often Goddess-series titles like 'Goddess's Clone' or 'Goddess's Chariot'.
To avoid being given a strange title himself, Lynn had specifically given Hestia several options before she left, asking her to propose one based on the situation.
As a newly promoted Familia in Orario, one that had merged the Soma Familia and the Ishtar Familia, the Hestia Familia now ranked among the top players in all of Orario.
As long as Hestia remained firm in her attitude, the Gods wouldn't have too many objections.
However, ...
"What's this about Sword Saint?"
Lynn was slightly puzzled. "That title shouldn't have been among the options I gave."
"That title was proposed by Freya."
"Freya?"
"Yes. After Loki and I started fighting, Freya took over the role of officiant."
The basic order still needed to be maintained. After Loki, who initiated the fight, was stripped of her officiant status, Freya voluntarily stepped up to take on the role.
Perhaps to tease Loki, she proposed giving Lynn the title of Sword Saint, based on Aiz's epithet, Sword Princess.
Naturally, Loki vehemently opposed this.
She already didn't want Lynn near Aiz, let alone giving him a title that sounded like a perfect match for her.
However, with Freya leading the charge, coupled with her status as the Goddess of Beauty, all the male Gods present unanimously approved it.
"I'm sorry, Lynn."
"Freya's influence was too strong. I tried to resist midway, but in the end, I failed."
"It's fine."
Lynn picked up his rice bowl and started eating.
He didn't have high demands for an epithet, as long as it wasn't too strange.
As for the Familia members, Lili and Haruhime were both delighted.
The title Sword Saint sounded incredibly powerful and was a perfect match for Lynn.
Perhaps due to their good mood, the two had better appetites than usual, and in just a moment, the dishes on the table were completely swept clean.
"Lord Lynn, I'll go wash the dishes."
"I will help as well."
Carrying the clean bowls and basins, the two women walked toward the nearby wash basin.
"Hestia, help me update the blessing."
Lynn called out to the Goddess Hestia.
"Sure thing."
Hestia nodded in agreement.
Patting her stomach with a look of satisfaction, Hestia and Lynn went to a room and took out a silver needle to prick her finger.
Divine blood dripped onto the blessing, causing ripples.
A moment later, the Sacred Script changed, and Hestia stared intently.
"Hm?"
It seemed she saw something unbelievable, as Hestia raised her hand to rub her eyes.
Blinking her eyes open and closed, Hestia took a deep breath and looked down at Lynn's blessing again.
Good, she wasn't hallucinating.
[Yukimura Lynn — 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, Mind's Eye, Hymn of Courage, Flesh Mimicry, Super-speed Regeneration, Blood of Evolution, Black Flash]
[Spirit Devouring Barrier: Barrier Magic. When damaging an enemy within the barrier, temporarily absorb their stats to increase one's own attributes. Upon killing an enemy, increase growth. ]
[Dismantle: Non-chanting Magic. Consumes a certain amount of Magic Power to create a slash. ]
[Black Flash: Greatly increases energy control. When the gap between impact and energy shock is within 0.000001 seconds, attack power is amplified by a factor of 2.5.]
The stats had progressed by leaps and bounds as usual, the Development Ability Magic had upgraded, and there was one new Skill.
But compared to all of that, what truly astonished Hestia was the change in Magic.
"Lynn, how did you do this?"
"What are you referring to?"
"The Magic, of course! Why do you have four!"
"Four?"
Lynn raised an eyebrow and took the updated blessing.
Unlike ordinary magical worlds, people in the DanMachi World, after receiving a blessing, would gain 0 to 3 slots for Magic based on their aptitude, allowing them to awaken different numbers of spells.
After this blessing update, he possessed four Magic spells, directly breaking this limit. No wonder Hestia was shocked.
In fact, not only Hestia, even Lynn himself felt somewhat surprised.
The Dismantle was still understandable. After all, Jujutsu Lynn 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, Lynn 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 magic books.
Of these four magic books, Lynn gave one each to Bell and Haruhime, and used one himself.
However, compared to Bell and the other who awakened new Magic, Lynn failed to awaken his third Magic through the magic book 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 magic book.
"Was it because of Jogo?"
Lynn was lost in thought.
He had been exploring the Artificial Labyrinth recently, while the other Lynns were all doing their own things.
Among the many Lynns, only Jujutsu Lynn'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 Lynn preferred to prepare before acting, avoiding putting himself in danger.
But Jujutsu Lynn 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 Lynn was at a disadvantage.
If there was any mistake in any single link, Jujutsu Lynn 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 Lynn'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, Lynn's awakening of four Magic spells this time was a true breaking of the rules.
"Lynn, how on earth did you do it?"
"Maybe just good luck."
"Liar! There must be another reason!"
"That's not important."
Lynn casually tossed the paper into the brazier.
Walking to the bed and sitting down, Lynn patted the empty space beside him: "I'm going to sleep. Want to join?"
Lynn 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.
...