greek mythology stuff

Chapter 29 Revenge
The link between the underworld and the human world.

Twelve pomegranate seeds lay peacefully on Persephone's open white jade hands.

The pale and uncertain expression on her pretty face, from these pomegranate seeds, she smelled the unique and unforgettable stench of fate.

She didn't like this feeling. Everything that happened and her choice seemed to be arranged by someone. No matter what she did, she would eventually fall into a big net that had already been woven, and she couldn't extricate herself from it.

It reminded her of her past, of her child... dead Zagreus.

With slender fingers, she picked up four pomegranate seeds and put them into Lip Ruo Danxia's small mouth. She gently lifted the soft tongue, and she swallowed the pomegranate seeds in her mouth.

Looking at the remaining eight pomegranate seeds, Persephone showed a disgusted expression, and she wanted to throw away these things that she didn't like.

But she didn't know what she thought of, but she didn't throw it out after all.

She tightly held the remaining pomegranate seeds in her palm. Because of the force, her nails broke through the flesh, and the dripping blood of the gods stained the black Netherland red.

She stepped into nothingness and went to the world to reunite with her mother.

……

Just as Athena, the goddess of wisdom, expected, Zeus was already grinning from ear to ear.

Demeter, the goddess of fertility, welcomed her daughter back, and finally let go of her barriers and returned to Mount Olympus, continuing to be her main god.

But Persephone ate four pomegranate seeds that Hades gave her, so she had to spend four months in the underworld every year.

Demeter was not happy with this.

She wins over her husband, Zeus, and has a friendly three-way meeting with Hades.

The matter was left unsolved in the end. I only heard that Hades was relatively restrained during the meeting, and Zeus was on the sidelines. The goddess Demeter smashed the mountain where the meeting was held into ruins because of her anger. She uttered harsh words to Zeus: "Since I My daughter must stay in the underworld for four months every year, and there will be four months of famine in the world, you can figure it out!"

After he finished speaking, he walked away.

The moment she made a decision, the authority of the seasons was born from the depths of the rules, and the authority of winter went straight to Demeter, and the remaining spring, summer, and autumn were collected by Zeus and distributed to the sun god Helios. His three daughters, Taro, Oxo and Karpo.

Since then, there have been four seasons in the world.

……

The inviolable god standing overhead left, and the half-fanatic and half-repressive atmosphere of the Eleusis kingdom dissipated, and the people were still a little uncomfortable.

Time has passed, and King Keleus has passed away.

Before dying, he passed the throne to Triptolemus, who felt indebted.

Triptolemus was a capable and good king who managed the country well.

But fate did not favor him because of this.

His mother, Metaneira, was seriously ill and dying.

For this purpose, Triptolemus spent a lot of money to invite famous doctors in the world, but they were helpless.

At this time, a centaur covered in burns and beyond recognition passed by Eleusis. Seeing his extraordinary conversation, Triptolemus put aside his racial prejudice and went to ask for advice.

The unrecognizable centaur told him: "The disease is a heart disease, and there is no cure."

That day, Triptolemus was silent for a long time, no one knew what he was thinking, even the minister with the most outstanding ability and the closest relationship with him did not dare to say a single word in front of him.

In an instant, Metaneira was dying, delirious, and began talking nonsense.

Triptolemus came to the bed, took her pale hand, patiently accompanied her, and listened to her babble.

Perhaps because of the flashback, Metaneira's logic gradually straightened out, making it understandable.

She looked at her child lovingly and said to him, "My child, I know the pain in your heart."

"You are the flesh and blood that fell from me, and no one understands you better than me."

"Forgive me for always being immersed in the pain of losing your brother, and never caring for you."

"But I can't forget, as soon as I fell asleep, your brother Demophon's tender cheeks appeared in my dreams."

"You are a good boy. I wanted you to take revenge."

"But after thinking about it, I dismissed the idea."

"I can't personally destroy another child's happiness because of one child's misfortune."

"You are an outstanding king, and you have governed our country well. This is the home you worked so hard to build, and I cannot let you lose it."

On the hospital bed, Metaneira's voice became weaker and weaker: "Revenge is a ridiculous idea. When I was healthy, I didn't dare to talk about it. I was afraid that the gods above my head would listen to it and bring misfortune to our family. , now that he is about to die, he has become braver than ever."

"My child, don't have such thoughts, it will only make you sink in pain for the rest of your life."

"Your heart is full of responsibilities, which is a good thing, but remember to be too persistent, it will destroy you."

"Try to forget and embrace a better future."

"Son, you've done enough, let it go..."

Metaneira died as soon as he finished speaking, his heart stopped beating, and his body gradually became cold due to the loss of blood supply.

Triptolemus swallowed the tears he had held back for a long time.

He held his mother's pale and cold hand, sobbing in the room, his crying was very small, maybe he didn't want outsiders to see his weak side.

After a while he stopped crying.

The tone is low, firm and meaningful: "Revenge is by no means a ridiculous thing."

"Mom, I have no home."

Triptolemos hugged his mother for the last time, there was no warmth in his body, only a chill piercing into his heart.

He opened the door of the room, and it was a deep night outside, making it impossible to guess when the dawn would come.

When was the last time it was this dark?He seems to have seen it.

In a daze, he remembered.That's right, the night when father Kelius died was also so dark, there was no moon and no candles.

Triptolemus' hoarse voice resounded through the night.

"Come on, come on..."

All of a sudden, the servants in the palace were busy.

They sorted out the remains of the king's mother, dressed her in glamorous costumes, and arranged for the burial utensils and ceremonies.

Triptolemus turned his back on them, as if he were an outsider.

A general covered in iron armor came up behind him and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Submissive?"

Triptolemos turned around and looked at the armored general with cold eyes: "Linkos, do you think I won't kill you?"

"My mother is dead, you should mourn for her, and the whole kingdom of Eleusis should mourn for her."

"Your affairs, my affairs, should be lined up behind here."

Lin Kesi relented: "I will mourn for her, after all, she is also my compatriot."

He went on to say: "But I know a god who stands on the opposite side of the gods. Maybe he has a way to bring the dead back to life."

"You just have to find him."

Triptolemus answered him indifferently: "Does it make sense, Linkos, why do you lie to me?"

"We are all people who live in pain, and we know how life is worse than death."

"Some things are meant to come, and some things are meant to be lost."
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(End of this chapter)