Shes still powerful and influential enough that when she demands a war game, she gets one.
If she wins, she gets Bell.
It has never been a matter of what he wants, and that still holds true here.
Their abstaining from the alliance means Hestia has to get creative, resulting in a hide-and-seek style war game.
Freya later admits only to herself that its because shes jealous of her bond with Bell.
But nobody is under any illusions that this will be an easy, or indeed verywinnablefight for Team Hestia.
This presents an easy opportunity for gods to be disqualified left and right.
