greek mythology stuff

Chapter 58 Is there a possibility

after June.

Lemnos island.

There was a torrential rain on the sea, and the dark clouds that permeated the sea and the sky covered the sky, and the strong wind carried the heavy rain down.

The monstrous waves hit the reefs on the island, accompanied by the roar of drums.

Hephaestus sat on the threshold of the temple on the island, his eyes were blank, and his mind was already wandering.

He has been waiting on the island for six months according to the tips given by Epimetheus.In the past six months, he hasn't been anywhere, not even the broken world group that is closely related to his strength improvement.

He was getting impatient with the wait.

During the period, I asked Epimetheus once in the air, and got a positive answer.Hephaestus believed in the judgment of Epimetheus, but Epimetheus only said that Zeus would definitely take action. He could not sit back and watch Hermamene’s children divide his beliefs, but he was not sure how Zeus would act. When to do it.

Hephaestus also used time history books to stand in the past and look into the future, but unfortunately he could only see the birth of a goddess, and he couldn't see anything clearer.

Hephaestus decided to wait.

If...Zeus still doesn't do anything, then he will completely break up with Hermamene and kill her children himself.

The temple was empty, and Hephaestus' adoptive mother, Eurynome, took Cloto and Aglaia to the depths of the sea to attend the banquet of the sea gods.

It is called a banquet, but it is more appropriate to call it a dance.

Spouse ball.

Every once in a while in the sea, gods with both fame and strength will take the lead in holding similar dances.

There may be many titles for the ball, such as marriage, missing relatives, enjoying the scenery, and even some gods make no secret of it, saying that since everyone has nothing to do, let’s hold a ball.But these balls have only one purpose in the final analysis, marriage.

This is a social interaction that belongs exclusively to the ocean gods, and it is also the fastest way for them to expand their power and influence.

Hephaestus had always disliked such activities, and he made it no secret.

The farther one travels on the path of the gods, the more obvious this repulsion and resistance becomes.

This is not a bad thing, every powerful god has more or less similar character flaws.Or madness, or tyranny, or kindness.

Only these powerful gods will know this, and will tacitly hide it from each other.

Those weak gods may be able to analyze the "weaknesses" that every powerful god has that can be used in character, but they always only know one and not the other.

This is not a "weakness".It's that these powerful gods have recognized their true selves and no longer resist their own hearts.They do whatever they want, and external objects can only affect their choices, but they cannot shake their hearts and cannot change them from the "root".

This is also the root of their strength.

Otherwise, even if there is an opportunity and powerful power, it is not considered a powerful god.Cannot be recognized by deities on the same level.

The most notable example is Persephone, queen of the underworld, who shared the authority of Hades, ruler of the underworld.

On the threshold of the temple, Hephaestus glanced behind him, and then continued to look at the dark sky over the sea, the huge waves tumbling wantonly under the sky, and the sacred mountain of Olympus standing in that direction.

During these days, he has gotten used to the gentle and silent Clotho and the cheerful Aglaia who are always behind him.I became a person in an instant, and I was still a little uncomfortable.

If this ball was not held by his grandmother Tesis who adopted him, and his adoptive mother Eurynome came to invite him in person, how could he let him go, and how could he give him face.

Sitting bored on the threshold of the temple.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed in Hephaestus' eyes.

"It's finally time for you." Hephaestus stood up abruptly, walked out of the eaves, and was submerged in the storm.

He will not admit it wrong, it is the trace of Zeus's travel.Although he wasn't accompanied by howling thunder, it was because of this that he looked suspicious.

If there are no ulterior thoughts in your heart, why do you need to sneak around in the dark?

Hephaestus followed quietly.

He had to see Zeus in action and be assured that what he was doing meant something.

Zeus turned into lightning, Hephaestus stepped into nothingness, and the two entered the underworld one after the other.

Crossing the hot river of fire, avoiding the sight of Charon, the boatman of the underworld, bypassing his river of resentment, and flying over the river of oblivion, the figure of Zeus finally stops on the bank of the river of sorrow made of mortal tears.

Queen Persephone was already waiting for his arrival by the river.

Seeing this, Hephaestus hid sideways behind a rockery by the river, taking the time to see what the two of them were going to do.

A slightly vague conversation between the two resounded outside the rockery.

"What do you want to meet with me in the name of my mother?"

"Also ask for absolute secrecy." It was Persephone's voice, and her tone was both indifferent and restrained.

Even though the person she saw was not the person she expected, she never panicked for a moment.It seems that after staying in the position of Queen of the Underworld for a long time, she has indeed grown a lot.

At the same time, another voice sounded.

"Persephone, it was prophesied that you would bear me another daughter."

"She will be my powerful arm and help me establish my position as the ruler of faith." It was Zeus, and his tone was as domineering as ever.

"Oh?" A pleasant female voice sounded. "Prophecy? Whose prophecy? Your own prophecy?"

"Why didn't I know that there are gods who can predict on Mount Olympus?!"

After a moment of silence.Zeus' voice sounded.

"It does, you just don't know it. I don't reveal everything, and that would be stupid."

"But this thing is good for you."

Persephone's tone remained indifferent, but she changed the subject: "What's the benefit? Let's hear it first."

Zeus' voice: "Faith. I will do my best to help you gain more faith than your mother."

"These days, I believe you have already understood that although you share the throne of the ruler of the underworld with Hades, there is still a big gap with us."

"If you had the same power as me on the day Hephaestus hit the underworld, the ending might not be known yet."

"It's not too late to enter now."

long silence.

Zeus' voice sounded again: "Persephone, it's time for you to think about yourself."

"It's impossible to rely on others for long, whether that person you rely on is your mother Demeter or Hades."

Zeus paused for a moment, but Persephone still did not answer.

Seeing this, Zeus' voice became soft and magnetic: "You know what, Persephone."

"A long time ago, not long after Prometheus rebelled against me."

"The gods you know and don't know, including your mother and me, we once gathered in the council hall on the top of Mount Olympus."

"We had a short discussion around human beliefs."

"Not many people participated in this discussion, but it still brought together three mothers."

"Among them was your mother Demeter, Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, and Themis, goddess of justice."

"I remember everything that happened that day, what everyone said. It's like it was yesterday."

"I asked them if they needed faith, and they all said yes."

"I remember that Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, and Themis, the goddess of justice, both mentioned their daughters, and Themis, the goddess of justice, even gave all her share of faith to her three daughters."

"Only your mother, Demeter, behaved differently. Her answer was very short, only three words."

"I agree."

"Persephone, you are forgotten..."

Persephone's indifferent but slightly trembling voice: "Faith, I don't need that kind of thing."

Zeus's laughter: "That's because you don't know the benefits of faith. Even I can keep moving forward with the help of faith."

"If you have faith, and have more faith than your mother Demeter, sooner or later you will be able to abandon your dependence on Hades and become the queen of the underworld in the true sense."

"You will become stronger, stronger than Hephaestus."

"You know, I didn't invite him to that discussion about faith."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask your mother Demeter if Hephaestus was there that day."

After a long silence.

Persephone: "What shall I do."

Zeus: "Birth me a daughter, right now."

A moment of silence.

Persephone: "I don't like the way you look. Be like Hades. You are his brother, so you must know what he really looks like."

Zeus's laugh: "Unique quirk."

Then there was the rustle of clothes falling to the ground, the sound of water splashing in the sorrowful river, and the sound of heavy breathing.

Behind the rockery, Hephaestus raised his eyebrows with an inexplicable expression.

He stuck out half of his head, wanting to see if he had been discovered, and if everything he heard was a smoke bomb released by Zeus.

Very white.

At half-pay, he turned his head nonchalantly, the corners of his mouth twitched, not knowing whether to smile or not.

It's confirmed, both of them are real, and this transaction is also real.

Sure enough, Zeus did not disappoint him, he is very energetic.

Passing by the river of fire in the underworld, Hephaestus finally couldn't hold back his laughter.

His gaze followed the meandering river of fire to find "Hades" in the central temple of the underworld.Even though he knew that the person he saw was a fake, he just wanted to laugh.

He stretched out his finger, pointing at the flowing river of fire, and then there were ripples on the river of fire.

Ripples sway, go to the depths of the unknown underworld, to the hiding place of Hades, the real master of the underworld.

Hephaestus said aimlessly towards the surroundings: "Hades, I know you can hear and see. In the underworld, nothing can be hidden from you."

"Don't get me wrong, I don't want to trouble you, I just want to ask you how you feel?"

Hephaestus waited by the river of fire for a while, and the voice of Hades came from all around.

"What do you think I should think?"

Hephaestus laughed: "Oh?"

"The day you saved Persephone, I thought she was 'important' to you."

"Now it seems that she is also a poor person."

Hades quickly responded: "There is nothing pitiful or not, I have given her strength, everything is just her own choice."

"You are just lucky, and you just chose Clotho as your companion."

Hephaestus stepped into nothingness with a smile, but his voice echoed around the river of fire: "Tell me, is there a possibility? Because you didn't regard her as a companion from the beginning, so everything that happened later happened ?”

Deep in the underworld, Hades, who was sitting cross-legged in a small space, closed his eyes.

"Maybe," he said.

　Fluttering Street Diary: Rounding up is barely enough to make up for what I owed yesterday.It feels so good to be debt free.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)