Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"Ah! Goddess Athena, why do you like owls, snakes and people, these three ferocious and difficult-to-govern beasts?"

——Demosthenes

The camp is about to be withdrawn, and the wounded in the camp will also be transferred to the city of Larissa where conditions are better.After resting for the night, Pyrrhus said goodbye to the three of them and continued riding southwest.

Nicesi could not go fast on horseback, so he rested for a night on the way, and finally arrived at his home outside Pharsalus the next afternoon.

Grandpa Memnon left behind a manor covering an area of ​​[-] acres. His mother Photeya and her relatives lived here together, forming a small village against a hill.

Pyrrhus's house is the uppermost courtyard here.

In this warm era, Greeks tended to live relatively leisurely and luxurious lives. Even small settlements like this would build stone channels and get water from fountains.

Water is drawn from the mountains, and those with priority access to water live at the top.

The so-called courtyard in Greece is a kind of quadrangle with a hall on one side and housing on two sides. In the middle is a patio surrounded by colonnades. For more luxurious ones, the colonnades will also be surrounded on the outside.Rich people would connect several square courtyards built against the mountains to form several courtyards scattered on high ground, decorated with trees, fountains and running water inside and outside.

The farmhouse style of Grandpa Gate is cautious, with only two courtyards connected diagonally up and down. The lower part is the guest house, and the upper part is the living area of ​​the main family.

Houses generally have pitched roofs, but there are also flat roofs, because of a popular style in Greece called 'Adonis Garden'.

Adonis is a beautiful boy whose story is similar to that of Persephone, who can return from Hades to live on earth for six months a year and is regarded as the god of spring plants.Women would erect his statue on the roof and plant flowers and crops around it, serving as both a garden and an altar.

Although he has only been here once or twice, Pyrrhus has always regarded this place as his real home. Whether it is the life of being dependent on others in Taurantia or the life of constant fear in Epirus, he misses it.

Well, Taurantia is still a bit missed.

Pyrrhus led Nicesi and his horse into the lower courtyard, and was speechless when he saw a very familiar naked man standing above his head.

Next to the naked man stood a smug little man.

She was wearing the same golden helmet as Pyrrhus and a full set of shiny leather armor, with her hands on her hips very arrogantly.

"Who are you! How dare you break into the palace of the Aiacides royal family!"

"..."

Adolescent children are really difficult to deal with.

"I'm Pyrrhus..." Pyrrhus said helplessly, "Okay, Troas, come down quickly. It's dangerous to be so high."

"How dare you pretend to be Pyrrhus? Just wait for me! I will..."

Troyas said and made a gesture to jump down.

"I'll tell mother if you do this again!" Pyrrhus quickly stopped her: "Get down from the side obediently!"

Upon hearing this, Troyas threw her helmet away angrily, but still obeyed and came down the stairs.

He walked up to Pyrrhus and said with a face: "Coward!"

Pyrrhus: "..."

Troas saw Nicesi behind Pyrrhus, and her eyes suddenly became wary: "Who is this?"

Pyrrhus: "My new sister."

"..." Troyas was startled when she heard this, and then looked at the two of them blankly.

"Oh...this...this way...I'm going back first!"

The girl hesitated twice, then said a word without thinking, then turned and ran away.

Pyrrhus: "..."

Nicesi asked timidly: "Your Majesty, did you make her cry?"

?

"Really? Isn't it?"

**

As she walked into the foyer, she heard Troyas howling from inside.

I really cried!

But why?

When Troas saw Pyrrhus coming in, she ignored him, stood up immediately, wiped her tears and ran outside.

"Pyrrhus." Deidamia was also there, greeting him softly.

She seemed to be in a good mood, but her face was a little pale.

"Sister." Pyrrhus responded with a smile, and then asked: "Troyas..."

"What are you talking about?" Phetia scolded Pyrrhus, "You are already a Tagus and you are still angry with a child. Troyas still wants to see you every day, but you made her cry when you came back. "

"..."

Pyrrhus was a little ashamed to say this.

I can't help but get angry when I see a naughty child. Is this kind of mentality considered adolescence or menopause?

"Then...then shall I go and coax her?"

"Don't worry about her, you'll be fine in a while." Fotiya said, "It's rare for you to come back and discuss some serious matters."

He glanced at Dedamia and said, "This matter is also related to you."

Dedamia lowered her head in embarrassment upon hearing this.

Pyrrhus knew what was going on.

"As soon as Cassander's ship left two days ago, I received a reply from Stratonico. What do you think this second-married widow said?"

Pyrrhus: "..."

"It's impossible to abandon Cadmia - but now that you have the ability to return to Epirus, you might as well paralyze the two brothers and sisters with gentleness first, and deal with them slowly in the future."

Deidamia is a soft-hearted person, and she couldn't help but feel sad when she heard this.

"As for the marriage, there are two options. Either Dedamia still marries Demetrius, or you marry Demetrius' daughter - also named Stratoniko, who is said to be pretty good-looking."

"You can either accept both." Fotia looked at Pyrrhus with a half-smile, "How about it?"

Pyrrhus only had a slight understanding of the gossip in these aristocratic circles, but he had heard of the fame of the princess of the Deshao family - that was not "okay", that was "pretty good" - even though she was as old as Bitlo Yasi is still young, but she is the daughter of a handsome man after all.

But he blurted out: "No!"

"Ok?"

Pyrrhus hesitated for a moment and then said: "I mean, I don't think it's good to marry Dedamia."

As we said before, Deidamia was originally betrothed to Alexander's posthumous son.

According to the rules of the game among nobles, after the murder of his original husband, Alexander IV, marrying Dmitry, who was born in a minor noble family, was considered condescension. If he continued to marry after being annulled once, he would be regarded as a condescension by others. What a shame!

Even if Dedamia doesn't care, the pressure of making money with everyone and destroying bones is definitely not something this soft sister can bear!

"Why?" Fotiya asked.

Dedamia next to her was also curious.

"This……"

Pyrrhus was a little embarrassed. Although the reason was very good, it was his sister's pain, but he couldn't say it in front of her, or even hint at it.

Dedamia is just weak-tempered, not stupid. She can even be said to be very keen on some things.

"...In short, it just doesn't work..."

?

Fotiya was confused.

Are you such a big tagus playing tricks on me?

She looked from Pyrrhus to Deidamia.

"Could it be that you want to...?" Fotiya said as if she suddenly realized something.

Thinking what?

Before I could ask anything, I suddenly saw my sister blushing and lowering her head.

What are you thinking!

Don't think too much!

I'm not!I do not have!