Greece brings evildoers.

Chapter 12 How can I pay back what you owe me?

A twelve-sided serpentine dice rolled on the stone table with the fingertips of green-white fingers, and the lavender lips under the veil raised a happy arc.

"It seems that she taught you well."

"Thank you, my lady goddess."

Lorne closed the door of the temple, sat down in front of the stone table, and paid a compliment to a certain creditor without sincerity, with a smile on his face.

"Oh, by the way, or should I address you as 'Persephone'?"

"We were born with no name, and our name is just a code name. You can call us whatever you like."

The "Queen of Hades" across from her still had a smile on her face and was noncommittal.

I believe you!
Lorne's faint gaze passed over the head of the "Queen of the Underworld" and landed on the three-phase and six-armed goddess sculpture in the main hall, and he sneered secretly in his heart.

Hecate of the underworld, strictly speaking, this goddess does not clearly belong to the gods of heaven or earth. In the world of gods classified by attributes, she represents some kind of game, happiness and chance, and the randomness of fate. . She can do someone good or bad, and the other person doesn't know why.

Because Hecate can bestow luck or misfortune at will.

She can make the fish in the water abundant or extinct, the birds in the sky, and the livestock on the ground. In the world of God, she represents an element of chance, adding a little luck. Zeus and Gaia pull out time, and they can predict how time will run; and Hecate puts a little lubricant on the gears, leaving some room for unpredictability, so that the world can run more freely.

She intervenes in human affairs such as the birth of babies, children's education, creation of wealth, fishing, hunting, and navigation. In later times, legend has it that she was the only one other than the sun god Helios to witness the abduction of Persephone by Hades. She helped Demeter, the god of agriculture, find her daughter, and became the queen's protector and godmother in Hades...

——Protector and godmother of Persephone, Queen of the Underworld...

——Represents [some kind of game], [happiness], [accident] and [randomness of fate]...

These records in "Theogony" undoubtedly closely correspond to a certain creditor in front of Lorn.

Therefore, the true identity of this "Queen of the Underworld" has long been revealed.

What's more, this is the temple of Hecate. Who can appear here quietly except the goddess herself?

Obviously, it was no coincidence that he drifted to the island of Ayo and was picked up and raised by the witch Circe. Everything was under the control of this goddess.

After all, which creditor would let a debtor off easily with just a few words?
As for Hecate’s beloved disciple, his dear adoptive mother and teacher, whether the great witch Circe knew the inside story and whether she was involved...

When Lorne thought of the intelligent eyes of a certain stupid bird and the level of care she had given her that almost killed her several times, she immediately shook her head and threw this suspicion away.

After briefly sorting out his thoughts, Lorne greeted with a smile and said: "You are not enjoying the blessings in the underworld, so what are you doing on this barren island?"

There seemed to be some obvious disgust between the lines.

"Of course I'm here to visit my lovely disciple and grandson." Hecate turned a deaf ear to this, holding her mysterious and beautiful profile in her hands, looking up and down at the "disciple" in front of her with eyes full of interest.

That familiar feeling brought Lorne back to the past in a trance, and he transformed back into the original piece of pork spread out on the chopping board.

A sudden chill followed spontaneously.

Lorne couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and hurriedly stopped the "love gaze" from the goddess, with a dry smile on his face.

"You're here at the right time. I'm having some doubts about my magic studies and want to ask you for advice."

"You want to know the fastest way to become a demigod?"

Hecate smiled slightly and bluntly revealed the purpose of her disciple.

Obviously, this goddess does a lot of peeping behind the scenes.

I don’t know how many times I have been molested by this woman’s eyes since I was a child.

Realizing this, Lorne suddenly felt a tightness in his anus, but considering the disparity in status and strength between them, he could only hold his nose to suppress the depression in his heart and nodded obediently.

"I know this." The light and joyful voice echoed in his ears, and Lorne was suddenly overjoyed.

But before the smile on his face lasted for a few seconds, Hecate glanced at him with a smile, and the conversation suddenly changed: "But why should I tell you?"

"..."

Seeing that playing the emotional card was ineffective, Lorne's pursed lips twitched wordlessly, and he could only despise this nominal master in his heart.

But Hecate was not in a hurry. She fiddled with the serpentine twelve-sided dice on the table with her green-white fingertips, and waited with a smile.

After a brief silence, Lorne was defeated and resigned.

"Okay, as usual, if I win, you tell me the method."

"make a deal!"

As soon as this was said, Hecate readily agreed. Under the expectant gaze of the master, Lorne reluctantly took out a piece of wood divided into squares and stained with different pigments from the storage compartment under the long table, as well as two separate A marble box with 16 black and white chess pieces.

The outline of a chess set can be clearly seen based on the divisions of the board and the number of pieces.

However, in order to follow the local customs, the images carved on the chess pieces adopt more Hellenistic characters such as kings, legion commanders, well-known gods and monsters, etc.

To put it bluntly, it is a pirated version of chess.

And the reason why he came up with this thing was purely to distract the dog gambling goddess in front of him, so that this woman would not come to Aiyo Island to hang out around him all day long for fun.

By the way, you can also use gambling to get some benefits from Hecate.

Unexpectedly, Hecate became very interested in this educational chess game as soon as she started playing it, and she learned it very quickly.

In just a dozen times, the skills and chess moves in Lorne's mind were completely wiped out by the opponent, and the fighting on the chessboard became more and more intense.

Seeing that he, the founder, was about to lose at the hands of the student he had just taken in a few days ago, Lorne immediately decided to quit as soon as it was ready, seal the deal from now on, and determined not to play chess with Hecate again.

However, for a betting dog, whether you win or lose, these are not important.

The biggest punishment is not letting her continue gambling.

For this reason, the heart-wrenching Hecate comes around every now and then, using various methods to fool Lorne into continuing the betting with her.

And today, she finally got her wish.

After setting up the chessboard and placing the chess pieces, Lorne took out another serpentine twelve-sided die from the box.

"The rules remain the same, whoever has more points will go first."

"and many more."

However, just when Lorne was about to release his fingers and roll the dice to decide the order, Hecate raised her eyes and smiled teasingly.

"It seems you haven't said yet, what will happen if you lose?"

"is it?"

Lorne smiled and talked about him.

"As for games, having fun is the most important thing."

As he spoke, he calmly relaxed his fingers, trying to roll the dice first.

But in the face of the absolute strength gap, this little trick was in vain. Hecate just raised her hand with a smile. Lorne was like a solidified sculpture, losing control of his limbs, and only his head could move in his body.

"It's important to have fun, but it's more important for the game to be fair."

Hecate shook her green index finger in front of Lorn's eyes and stated the rules with a smile.

"Since I lose, I have to give you what I have; then correspondingly, you have to pay the same price if you lose. Every time I win a game, you have to pay something you have."

"But it's up to me to decide what to pay!"

Lorne's eyes flashed and he added his conditions in a deep voice.

"Otherwise, I refuse."

Hecate glanced at the face that said "If you don't agree, I will fight to the end" and reluctantly nodded in agreement.

"Okay, just do as you say."

Almost at the same time, Lorne's whole body relaxed, and the dice in his hand fell to the table. After rolling a few times, it stopped at 12 o'clock.

"It seems that today is your lucky day."

Hecate glanced with a half-smile and casually threw down the other dice in her hand.

It's also twelve o'clock.

But as usual, the first player with the same number of points wins.

The dust of the pre-game game has settled and the new game officially begins.

　Three chapters later, seven thousand words have been completed. By the way, I'm asking for a ticket. I'm only three monthly tickets short of getting a badge. I'd like to ask all the readers who have spare time to help me satisfy my collecting habit.

　　
　
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