Chương 79: The War Game Bait

"No! Absolutely not. Why does Cael suddenly want to reveal everyone's Skills? Skills are internal secrets of a Familia. Revealing them is forbidden. If they are exposed, especially if they are personal trump cards, it could cause serious consequences." Hestia was immediately startled. She jumped in front of Cael with her hands on her hips. Her face was extremely serious as she stared straight at him. Everyone's Skills were extremely rare. Some might even be the first of their kind in all of Orario's history.

If those people knew about them, they would definitely try to rob them.

"Lady Hestia is right. Lili really cannot understand why Lord Cael would do this. Taking the initiative to announce one's Skills in Orario is something no fool would do." This time, Lili stood beside Hestia with an equally firm expression.

"I cannot understand why either. Announcing your Skills so loudly is truly stupid," Sanemi said with a frown.

"Why is that? Can you explain the reason? I do not believe the leader's character would do something that brings trouble to everyone for no reason," Rengoku looked at Cael sharply. Giyu and the others did not speak, but they all cast puzzled looks at him.

"Can Captain Cael explain in detail why he wants everyone to do this?" Shinobu said gently. Judging from everyone's understanding of him, the leader was definitely not someone who would let everyone do something rash without reason. All eyes fell on Cael. Under everyone's gaze, the corner of Cael's lips rose slightly, and he sighed helplessly.

"I have not finished speaking yet. Because this is only bait."

"Actually, when I say announce Skills, I only mean that everyone should think up some random Skill to show. A vague smoke bomb. I am not foolishly telling everyone to announce your real Skills."

"Then what is the purpose of doing this? Other than attracting attention and causing unnecessary trouble, it does not seem to have any benefit," Obanai said.

"What I want is other people's attention. I want to attract the attention of some unscrupulous mid-level Familias and make them launch a War Game against Hestia Familia in order to rob our outstanding members." Cael narrowed his eyes, and a dark arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Ha? Ha? Ha?" Hestia froze, then let out an even louder sound of shock. She moved her head closer to Cael step by step until her forehead hit his.

"Are you kidding? Cael, you want to lure other Familias into launching a War Game to rob you? How could I possibly agree? Impossible, absolutely impossible! I will never accept it!" Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. Hestia's cheeks puffed with anger, and her head seemed to steam like a boiling kettle, making a cute huffing sound.

"Do not be nervous, Lady Hestia. It is not that exaggerated. Listen to me first, listen to me." Cael felt Hestia's anger and smiled, a drop of sweat forming on his forehead. He gently pressed Hestia's shoulders. At least let him finish before getting angry. If she interrupted him like this, it would take a long time to finish.

"Hmph. If it does not convince me, I will never agree to anything involving a War Game." Hestia crossed her arms, cheeks still puffed.

"Excuse me, Lady Hestia, what is a War Game? It is not mentioned in the newcomer's handbook," good student Tanjiro raised his hand and asked.

"A War Game is a large-scale game between Familias that is registered with the Guild. Both sides make their own rules, and the gods witness it."

"The losing side must fulfill all the winning side's demands. Their property can be taken, their Familia can be dissolved, they can be expelled from Orario forever, and even their children can be taken away by forcibly changing their Falna."

"Although it is called a game, the result is cruel."

"So I will never agree to a War Game. Hmph." After Hestia finished speaking, she looked like an angry squirrel, staring straight at Cael as if trying to make him give up his strange thoughts with her eyes.

"In that case, it truly is cruel. Winner takes all, so to speak," Tengen said while touching his chin.

"If it were me, I would never agree. How can you gamble with your family? I fully oppose it," Rengoku said energetically with his arms crossed.

"Mm. Yes, I oppose it too."

"Why would the leader want to play a War Game with another Familia? It would be too dangerous if we lost," Tanjiro said, unable to understand.

"How about we listen to the leader's thoughts before deciding?" Shinobu said, adjusting her expression when she saw Cael's helpless look.

"Mm. Although I fully oppose it, I still want the leader to finish speaking," Rengoku nodded. Everyone looked at Cael again, waiting for him to speak.

"Do not interrupt me." Cael covered his face. If he were interrupted again, he would become unforgivable scum betraying his teammates.

"Our Familia has now grown to a size that is no longer weak. But our Familia does not have a headquarters, and Lady Hestia does not have a decent place to live. So I want to play one round."

"We just conquered Goliath. We can use our reputation and a little smoke to attract some unlucky Familia."

"They definitely will not propose a War Game against Hestia Familia from the beginning. They will test us first, such as provoking us for no clear reason and testing our strength."

"We only need to deliberately lose during their probe. Then, in the next step, they will take out evidence that we beat their members and use it to coerce us into a War Game."

"When the time comes, we will go all out to win. We only need their headquarters and property, then ask them to dissolve their Familia so their members become free citizens."

"Do not rush to refute me. A Familia that wants to steal members from another Familia is not good in essence. They can be called Orario's scum. If we do this, we can drive a scum Familia out of Orario, right?" After Cael fully explained his thoughts, his smile became a little dark. After hearing this, Hestia pursed her lips emotionally and looked at Cael. The memory of that scene came back to her.

But then again, although the number of Hestia Familia members had increased, their current location could no longer meet their needs. She could not do anything for everyone. She always felt so useless.

"Lady Hestia, how can you think like that? Our Familia has only just begun. Was Loki Familia not the same once? Their palace was built through the hard work of their members themselves."

"Just leave everything to us."

"When the time comes, we will let Lady Hestia live in a large and gorgeous palace. Then she will have the majesty of Hestia Familia."

"So that is how it is, Cael. Actually, you do not need to worry about the headquarters. As long as we work slowly, we will get better and better." Hestia became gentle and spoke seriously. Cael felt a little helpless under Hestia's gentle yet serious gaze. He scratched his temple and looked at the others.

"What do you think?"