The Goddess' Intermission (
The participating bookstores were: Kumazawa Bookstore, Keibundo Bookstore, Sekibunkan Bookstore, Sanyodo Bookstore, Imagine, Seibunkan Bookstore, Meiho Book Center, Haruya Bookstore, Futaba Tosho, WAY, Kikuya Bookstore, Kinokuniya Bookstore, WonderGoo, BOOK-ACE, Sumiyoshi Bookstore, Hirasaka Bookstore, Bunkado, Sun Music, Ogaki Bookstore, Futaba Bookstore, and Yurindo.
The story was later adapted in Memoria Freese to promote the eleventh episode of the third season of the anime.
Summary[]
Hestia was impressed by how Bell's stats had skyrocketed. The Hestia Familia had decided to perform a group update the day of the battle to help the Xenos return to the dungeon right before going to Daedalus Street. While the rest groaned at their small growth, Hestia marvelled at his massive increase.
His last status update had been a week ago as they hadn't update it since he was exposed to the city's hatred. However, despite being amazed at his growth, she was disappointed he had been unable to rank up.
She apologized for giving him such a big burden, but Bell just responded he would do his best. After seeing him go back to the living room, Hestia reflected over how she complained each time her dependents grew, and then lamented they didn't meet her expectations. Thinking about how lame of a story that was, she decided to be their support.
She still didn't know his status would once again surpass its limits that night.