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Hestia.
    It looked nearly impossible to regain any kind of control, but—“Y’all pipe down, now!” Loki’s voice suddenly rose above the din. With a reaction speed that Hestia could barely comprehend, all the deities went silent.
    “All right, then. Here’s what we got. Need ta keep our eyes on Rakia, inform the Guild. Then again, knowin’ old man Uranus, he’ll figure it out himself. For everybody else, give yer
Familias
a heads-up. That clear ta y’all?”
    “Understood.”
    Loki sorted through all of the information and summarized the important points. Since the gods and goddesses from all of the most influential
Familias
in Orario were in attendance, making sure that all of them heard the most important information was part of her job.
    Loki then went around the table, asking for any other news that needed to be shared. As soon as her questions fell on deaf ears…she clapped once, her face scrunched into a catlike grin.
    “Time ta proceed ta the Namin’ Ceremony.”
    The room was suddenly tense.
    The moment that Loki uttered those words, many of the gods who had up until that point been very vocal in the discussion froze, their faces one shade paler. Hestia was among their ranks.
    As for the others, they drooled in anticipation.
    They were used to how these Denatus meetings were run, and their favorite part was coming up. Several of their faces looked broken as ugly smiles burst forth from their lips.
    Their party, and the others’ tragedy, was about to begin.
    “Everybody’s got the handouts, yeah? Then let’s raise the curtain! Today’s top batter is…Seto’s boy, an adventurer named Ceti!”
    “P-please, please go easy on him…?!”
    “““““““““DENIED””””””””””””
    “Noooooooooooooo!”
    The sensibility of the gods, as with the people below, had changed to match the culture on Earth. Both were very similar up to a point. Being from Deusdia, it was common knowledge to Hestia that the gods and goddesses possessed senses that transcended human comprehension. However, that was not necessarily so, and there were many similarities between the ways gods and the people of Earth thought.
    However.
    The deities had a completely different sense of what made a good name when it came to bestowing titles.
    Were the gods strange, or were the children foolish?
    Were the gods too radical or were the children too old-fashioned in their respective ways of thinking?
    While the truth had yet to be determined, the fact was that many names that made the children’s eyes light up with pride made their gods’ heads droop in shame.
    “—That’s final. The adventurer Ceti Selty shall be known as a dragon knight of the dawn: ‘Burning Fighting Fighter’!”
    “Whhhyyyyyyyy?!”
    Another “regrettable name” had just been created.
    The deities with less-than-generous personalities loved to watch others squirm as their favorite children were, one by one, given these regrettable names. The children who received them, however, would be in awe of the images that these nicknames produced.
    The deities would first enjoy watching other gods and goddesses go mad with embarrassment, with their second course being watching the children’s reactions to their uncouth nicknames. Today was a great day because they would spend most of it rolling on the floor with laughter. The best part was many of these names would live on in the children’s legends.
    “This is too cruel…”
    “I understand all too well…”
    Hestia’s scared voice squeaked out of her throat. “I was the same at first,” said Hephaistos with a slow nod. Her crimson left eye was looking off into the distance.
    Deities attending Denatus for the first time, especially the Naming Ceremony, were treated with the utmost cruelty.
    Sharing useful information might have been the main purpose of the day’s meeting, but the hazing of newcomers had now begun. Hestia’s face turned sour as she watched some gods scream out