"....."
The moment Isao uttered those words, a heavy silence descended, and everyone's eyes were fixed on him, their expressions a mix of shock and disbelief.
Even Aiz, who slept, also opened her eyes and widened her eyes and mouth in disbelief.
Frankly, this was the conclusion that Isao came up with after a long consideration. He had a memory of the past, and he understood many of its plots, but then when he passed away in his previous life, the story of "Danmachi" hadn't finished, so he didn't know all the story.
However, Isao had an ability that allowed him to learn all the memories and experiences of someone whose DNA he had replicated.
When he replicated Revis' DNA, he naturally knew everything about her, from how she was born to how she became a hybrid of a human and a monster, known as the "Creature."
The origin of the "Creature" was nine years ago, from an accident on the 27th Floor, the Nightmare accident, in which many adventurers were murdered by Evilus. At that time, everyone was dying, whether it was the adventurers or Evilus. It was a scene of carnage where only one destination was dead, yet among those who were dying, some people were revived.
However, they were no longer their original race, and they became the "Creature," a new race with mysterious origins and unique abilities. It could become stronger by consuming the Magic Stone, much like a monster.
Now the question was, why did it happen nine years ago? Why, nine years ago, did nothing similar happen? Also, why did Revis desperately try to chase after Aiz and even call Aiz by Aria, the Wind Spirit in the legend?
The answers were due to Aiz, who came to this timeline nine years ago.
Yes, as you may have suspected, Aiz was someone from the past, and she was also the descendant of the famous hero in the story, Albert, and the Wind Spirit, Aria. At that time, her parents faced the strongest monster in the lower world, the One-Eyed Black Dragon. Her father knew that he could do nothing against this monster, but he and his wife wanted to protect Aiz, so they sent her into the future timeline where the deities descended on the lower world.
Unlike now, where everyone could rely on the Falna or the blessing of the deities to become stronger, there was no such a thing in the past, and if one wanted to become stronger, one had to rely on one's body, talents, weapons, giving bloody efforts to the point almost crazy.
Or if one was lucky, they could get the power of the spirit, who would lend their power.
When the deities descended, all the spirits had almost gone, or rather, no spirits would give their power to the creatures in the lower world. Still, while their existence was rare, it didn't mean that they didn't exist, and some of them happened to reside in the Dungeon, sleeping until Aiz came to this timeline and awoke them.
When Aiz came, they could feel how pure the blood of the spirit was on their bodies, and they wished to devour her, absorb her into their being, and combine her with themselves.
Yes, after a long time, even though they were spirits, they were no longer the beautiful beings that helped the living beings in the lower world to fight the adversities, but something ugly mixed between the spirit and the monster.
Still, even though they wanted to devour Aiz, they couldn't move, so they created servants to catch Aiz, bringing her in front of them so they could devour her.
Those servants were known as the "Creature," and Revis was one of them.
'Well, the name of the spirit isn't suitable for them, so let's change it into the Demi Spirit.'
As Isao thought so, he decided to make a difference between the beautiful spirit like Aiz's mother and the combination of spirit and monster that existed in the dungeon and called such a vile being into Demi Spirit.
Nevertheless, this matter should be simple to handle, right?
If everyone knew this information, Isao could imagine that they would turn Aiz as bait, like a fish, to catch all the Demi Spirit and then defeat all of them.
Still, if it was so simple, then it would be all fine, but the truth was that wasn't the case, especially when Revis, the "Creatures," along with the Demi Spirits, other monsters such as Violas, and many others fell into the hands of the remnants of Evilus after a big war five years ago.
At the same time, there was this hidden, mysterious someone who wanted to use the Demi Spirit, Evilus, and many others on their agenda.
While Isao wasn't sure who this person was, he knew that it could be any deities in the lower world. Naturally, it wasn't Loki, Freya, Hephaestus, Hestia, Demeter, or even Apollo.
Why?
It was because he had replicated all of their DNA, after all.
While he wasn't sure what this someone planned to do, he could tell that they might wish to destroy Orario or something. They might also want to kill all the high-level adventurers, bringing this city to extinction. Either way, the destruction was its purpose.
Yet, even if he knew that, he wasn't in a hurry to solve everything, especially when he was still a Level 3 adventurer. At the same time, even if the Orario was destroyed, he believed he could run away well.
Still, even if he knew that, he wouldn't say anything since he didn't really want to expose his power after all.
'If those deities know...'
"I guess that's a bit too much, huh?" Isao shook his head and apologized. "Sorry, I shouldn't jump to a conclusion. We lack a lot of information, after all. Except for that female killer, we know nothing."
"...you are right." While Finn nodded, he couldn't shake the feeling that Isao was correct.
Or rather, not only Finn, but the rest was the same!
Even if what Isao said was just his assumption, they believed it might be the truth.
"That female killer hadn't said anything?"
"Not yet." Finn shook his head. "She didn't even talk even if we had tortured her." No matter what kind of torture methods they used, Revis never talked.
Or rather, they didn't even know the name of this female killer was Revis!
"...you used torture method?"
"Well, yeah." Finn nodded.
"....." Everyone.
Isao blinked his eyes, then asked, "Don't you have something like hypnosis or a serum that makes people talk the truth?"
"...do you think there is such a convenient thing in this world?" Finn was speechless, but then he shook his head and said, "But you should be careful."
"What's wrong?" Isao asked with confusion at Finn's reminder.
"I think that this female killer might be related to Evilus. While they won't do anything to her as she is kept at our headquarters, you might be targeted."
"...don't say something so scary." Isao was speechless by Finn's assumption as he did nothing to attract the attention of the Evilus, after all.
If someone was targeted, it would be Loki Familia or the Freya Familia, who was known as the strongest, right?
Why was it their Hestia Familia, a weak, nobody Familia?
Yet, Finn only laughed awkwardly.
"But your information gathering is crazy." Loki was impressed by Isao's skill at information gathering. "While many have tried to open their own newspapers, they don't have an intelligence gathering as swift and complete as you." Loki looked at Isao and Hestia in jealousy and said bitterly, "You must have a lot of money from those idiot deities who follow the fad."
After Hestia made the announcement on the "Banquet of Gods" that she would sell all the machinery and everything to help someone develop their own newspaper, many deities and merchants tried to make themselves, but when it happened, in reality, they lost a lot of money since their newspaper was hardly interesting and there were hardly any people who bought the newspaper from them. While they bought it one or two times, on the third time, they only bought Isao's "World Economy" newspaper as it was filled with unique information that was impossible to gather from the rest.
Once again, frankly, whether it was Loki or Finn, they had a feeling that Isao hadn't said anything, but he wasn't sure and just kept it until he was sure of everything.
Nevertheless, there was no doubt that Isao had made a lot of money!
"Unlike you guys, who try to uncover the mystery and stop the tragedy from happening, we only know what is happening after it has happened." Isao looked at Loki and Finn calmly and said, "After all, we're not detectives. I am just someone who is good at gathering information."
Hearing his words, Finn and Loki nodded since, as Isao had said, the Hestia Familia wasn't a detective, and they only knew something when it had already happened. Yet, if that was the case, then it would be too late, so they knew that they couldn't put all of their hope on him.
"If you find something, whether it is about the Demi Spirit that you talked about before or the Evilus, please tell us." Finn looked at Isao sincerely and requested. After all, any information that could help them to solve this mystery and the danger that might strike the Orario.
"I will." Isao nodded. "Aiz and Riveria are from the Loki Familia, and I don't want her to be hurt, so I will do my best to help you."
"Thank you." Finn bowed his head sincerely once again, feeling glad that Aiz had made a move on Isao.
On the other hand, Loki knew that even if Isao made many lies and didn't tell everything, his feelings for Aiz were genuine, which made her both happy and sad. She was happy that Aiz found the right man, but she was sad since the child that she had taken care of in childhood had become the woman of a wild man outside of her Familia!
Still, why did Isao mention Riveria?
Did he make a move on Riveria, too?
Yet, when they thought of this beautiful mature elf, Finn and Loki shook their heads since they didn't think that Isao could take down the queen of all elves. If there was a reason why he mentioned Riveria, it was all due to Aiz and Eina, as the two were related to Riveria, which made them think that Isao really took care of his family well.
"Now that you mention it, is there something interesting on the surface when we were in the dungeon?" Isao was wondering whether something interesting had happened.
"Something interesting?" Loki thought for a while and said, "The only thing that I can think of is that Freya is going to marry."
"..."
Isao, who drank his coffee elegantly almost, spat out all of the black liquid in his mouth to Loki's face. Fortunately, his control over his body was amazing. 'Thank you, Muzan!'
Yet, he couldn't care about Muzan since this news dumbfounded him!
"...that goddess of the strongest Familia?"
"...while I want to say that we're the strongest Familia, I don't care now, but yes, that goddess is going to marry." Loki looked at Isao playfully and asked, "Have you slept with her?"
"...." Everyone.
Yes, he did.
However, he had to say the stares from Hestia, Eina, Aiz, Daphne, and Cassandra were particularly painful.
Finn only laughed awkwardly, thinking that this guy was amazing!
"Ah, Aiz, Hestia, stop it. Don't grab that thing. Don't hurt it!"
Isao stopped the hands of Aiz and Hestia, who wanted to grab his most important male part as if trying to lock it in the cage so he wouldn't play around.
"Who is she going to marry?"
While trying to stop them, Isao asked this question.
Regardless, Loki looked at Isao in jealousy, realizing his feats with women were as amazing as his feats as an adventurer. She was so jealous! Still, she sighed and said, "It's a child from her Familia."
"Don't tell me..."
"If I am not wrong, his name is Bell Cranel." Loki looked at Isao and said, "It seems Freya told me that her husband-to-be knows you. Is that true?"
"...."
Isao didn't answer Loki's question; instead, he was too stunned by the news he had just received.
OH MY GOD!