Theogony - Dark Dawn

The "bone garden" in the kingdom of the underworld, whether it is a table, chair or flowers, is composed of countless bones of different sizes. It is a garden specially created by Pluto for Kerubelos.

Normally, no one dared to step into this forbidden area, because no one wanted to be Kerberos's meal.

At this moment, Kerberos was lowering his head and wagging his tail, gnawing on the freshly delivered bones with relish, making a terrifying gnawing sound. People who passed the garden in the corridor felt creepy and wanted to speed up their pace to leave.

Kerberos said inarticulately while eating: "Little piece of meat, these dinosaur bones you sent taste really good, bring some more next time!"

Poser was in a daze, and even though Kerberos called several times, he was still in a daze, and finally answered absent-mindedly.

Kerberos put down the bone in his mouth, and pushed the little skylark who was dazed on the ground with his nose.

"Is there something wrong with Kerberos?" Persephone looked at the three-headed dog with a hint of doubt in his blue eyes, and asked in a low voice.

"Little Meatloaf, are you missing Master?"

Kerberos asked sharply.Since he knew Little Skylark, he knew that Little Skylark loved his master for more than 300 years.

Obviously it's just a bird, but it still likes its master very much.

There was nothing awkward about Poser being seen through his mind all of a sudden, because he had been getting along with him for a long time. From the initial confrontation with Kerubelos, he gradually became a good friend who talked about everything.

The little skylark nodded, spread its wings, and flew low over Kerberos' head, with a melancholy expression.

Ke Ruberos looked up with round eyes, and suddenly he was enlightened, and he grinned and said: "There is a way! Little meat, I heard that there is an abandoned wishing pool in the south of the Temple of the Underworld, and it is very effective. Those who ask for it will get what they want.”

Poser tilted his head suspiciously, and said softly, "If it really works as you said, why did you discard it?"

Kerberos laughed a few times, grinned, showing his white teeth, and said, "Because there are rumors of man-eating ghosts there! Besides, everyone who went there didn't come back alive!"

Poser's face changed, and he stammered, "What, what?"

Kerberos said lightly, "If you're afraid, I'll just go with you."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and said, "No way! I'm going to the north to handle tasks recently, and I won't be free until three months later."

"Just wait for a while! When I come back, I will accompany you!"

Kerberos dexterously jumped onto the chair, and the little skylark above his head also flew down onto the table. The two animals looked at each other horizontally, and it was easier to talk.

Poser's blue eyes rolled a few times, and he thought to himself, he should try any method, otherwise he would just stand still and nothing would change.

Ruberos put his front feet on the table and said worriedly: "Hey! Little meat, you are not allowed to act rashly until I come back!"

He didn't want this stupid bird to die, how could there be such a cute little thing to play with him!

"Oh!" Poser replied absent-mindedly, his eyes shining brightly.

"The Pavilion of Flowers", there are many exotic herbs and rare and precious flowers planted here.The pavilions, terraces and pavilions are all carved with pearls and beautiful jade.

The Pearl Pavilion, shaped like a giant ornate shell.And the huge precious stone in the center is a crystal table.Surrounded by four small pearls, it is used as a chair.And next to it, there is a pool of clear water with goldfish swimming leisurely.The rockery and flowing water stand upright and flow quietly, like a spring movement, which is exciting.

At this time, Hades, the king of the underworld, retreated all the servants, leaving only himself and Uriel.

There is a sense of quiet oppression in the air, only the sound of running water is left in the ear.

The black curtains on the pavilion fluttered slowly with the wind, vaguely covering the figures of the two inside the pavilion.

"What's Zeus doing recently?"

Hades raised a cup of tea, drank it slowly, and asked in a cold voice.

Standing in front of him, Uriel raised his voice respectfully, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the recent god may not be able to take care of himself, and has no time to disturb the peace of the underworld."

Hades remained silent, put down the cup in his hand, raised his eyebrows slightly, and motioned for him to continue.

"Zeus recently fell in love with Europa, the beautiful daughter of the Phoenician king of Sidon in the Mediterranean Sea. In order to get the beauty, he even turned into a Taurus and took her away. Later, in order to record this beautiful love story, he even bestowed the title of Taurus in the sky. Constellation, spread the word."

Uriel said enthusiastically.

He chuckled, and added: "Zeus once again openly showed his love to his lover, no doubt to slap Sheila. Therefore, Sheila was furious and moved out of the temple of Olympus. Zeus, in order to win back his wife's heart, at this time It’s miserable.”

Hades pondered for a moment, then whispered: "So, how did he think of a way to keep Sheila's heart?"

Uriel hesitated for a moment, took out a bright red invitation card from his arms, and handed it to Hades with both hands.

"Zeus said that to commemorate the [-] million-year silver wedding with the Empress Dowager, he will hold a big banquet and invite all gods from all walks of life."

Hearing this, Hades took the invitation, opened it, glanced at it, snorted coldly, and threw the invitation on the ground vigorously.

Uriel was a little dumb, not knowing what happened.

He stepped forward, looked down at the half-open invitation, and wrote: "Hades, please bring your best friend god to the banquet. Note: if a person like you has a friend friend."

Uriel was stunned for a moment, his eyes flashed with anger, and he shouted: "Zeus is too arrogant, even if he is a god, His Majesty is still his brother, how could he be so rude!"

Hades looked down at the fish in the pool, was silent for a moment, and the corner of his mouth curled up with a hint of coldness, and whispered, "Uriel, please reply to him for me, saying that I have a business to attend this time, so I can't attend the banquet. .”

Uriel showed nervousness, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if people know, they will think that we are afraid of the gods."

Hades said calmly, "In your letter of reply, you wrote: 'Hades will be present at the next billion-year golden wedding, if your marriage to Sheila lasts this long.'"

When Uriel heard it, he understood, and said with a low laugh: "This subordinate understands."

Hades didn't want to have a verbal argument with that younger brother at first, but the more he took a step back, the easier it was for the other party to push forward endlessly.Since he is so naive, I might as well play with him and see who has the last laugh.

Uriel was about to leave when he suddenly heard Hades whisper, "Where did he go?"

Uriel paused, and asked softly, "Is Your Majesty looking for Little Skylark?"

Hades turned his head, glanced at Uriel, and nodded.

This is the garden he built for Little Skylark. The little thing likes to stay here on weekdays, but now it's late at night, but there is no bird in sight.

Did you go back to the bedroom?Or left the kingdom of hell?Although Little Skylark would leave every two or three days, she never tried to leave without saying goodbye, and always left letters on the table.Today, he did not see any letters left.

Hades felt a little uneasy, his face still expressionless.

Hearing this, Uriel grinned and responded: "Your Majesty, before coming here, I happened to meet Little Skylark in the corridor. He hurriedly flew to the south!"

"south?"

Hades frowned, thinking to himself where is the place where the ghostly spirit of the dead gathers the most, why did he go there?

Uriel nodded, and asked cautiously, "Do you want to go down and bring Little Skylark back?"

"No, you step back first." Hades said without thinking.

"But..." Uriel was a little hesitant. Usually Pluto is most worried about that gadget, but today Little Skylark is nowhere to be found. Why isn't he a little nervous?

Hades vaguely guessed what his subordinates were thinking, and said in a low voice, "I'll go in person."

Hearing this, Uriel bowed his head and smiled, and stepped back respectfully.

Hades looked up at the sky in the night, the jade plate hung high, extremely bright and clean.

He thought to himself that tonight was the night of the full moon, and the demons and ghosts were extremely fierce. According to Little Skylark's confused character, he hoped nothing would happen.

In the wishing pool abandoned in the south, the cold wind with sand and stones was blowing. Because of the strong wind, the little skylark was flying with difficulty, swinging left and right in mid-air, staggering.

He finally flew to a wall and stood firm, but he didn't stand a few times before falling from the crumbling wall.

Poserfen was startled, flew low to the ground, and watched the dilapidated wall collapse suddenly, which was shocking.

The smashed bricks raised a burst of dust, floating in the air, a little cloudy, making it difficult to breathe.

After the powder dispersed, the hazy vision became clear again.

Poser looked around, and there were only mottled and moss-covered walls everywhere. There were originally four walls, but because of the collapse just now, there were only three walls left.

In the center is a dilapidated wishing pool. The speed of spraying water is very slow, only flowing thinly, and the amount of water is pitifully small.It may have been in disrepair for a long time. When I got closer, the water in the pool was very scarce and was about to dry up.

Poser, who turned into a little skylark, jumped to the edge of the pool very lightly, looking down at the reflection in the water.

The pool water is almost black and dirty, and the reflection can't be seen clearly.Although the cold wind was blowing bitterly, the water in the pool was still as flat as a mirror, without any ripples.

This situation made Poser feel very strange. Although his breath was very weak, he felt that someone was using magic power.

Yes, magic.It is not divine power or the psychic power of practitioners.Although the strengths of the three are comparable, their auras are completely different.Magic power is more similar to divine power, both of which are innate, but magical power comes from evil power, and different divine power comes from divine power.

"Bold beast, how dare you disturb the cleanliness of this mirror!"

Suddenly, a voice that sounded very similar to a synthetic voice made Poser startled and woke up from his contemplation.

Poser watched as the water in the pool slowly caused countless ripples, which gradually expanded to form a vortex and a gust of wind.Suddenly, Poser was rolled to the ground and turned back into a human form.

He coughed a few times with difficulty and spit out the sand in his mouth. After his breathing became smooth and steady, he looked up at a mirror floating above the wishing pool.

It was a huge bronze mirror, as huge as a human body.The frame of the mirror is embroidered with antique patterns, full of exotic style.At this time, Tong Jing was grinning and said, "Oh! You are a god?"

There was a trace of curiosity and surprise in the voice.

Poser didn't feel the slightest bit of panic, but just stared blankly at the bronze mirror, feeling that the bronze mirror looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

The bronze mirror shrank suddenly, becoming the size of a fist, floating in front of Poserfen, and whispered: "Why is it so stupid? I am a mirror that eats people. Aren't you afraid of me?"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

Poser suddenly screamed, causing Tong Jing to be elated, look, this kid is finally scared!It's just that the reaction is too slow!

"I finally remembered who you are. You are the magic mirror in the story of Snow White."

Poser's eyes lit up, and he raised his voice.His mother has told him many fairy tales since he was a child. Of course, he did not tell them with his mouth, but replayed the images with divine power.

And this mirror is obviously the magic mirror I saw in the story when I was a child.

The magic mirror paused and thought to himself, there is someone who can see through his identity at a glance?

He pondered for a moment, then whispered, "What wish do you want?"

"Ah?!" Poserfen was a little confused about the situation, his blue eyes blinked a few times, and he asked a question.

"As long as someone guesses my identity, I will serve that person." The magic mirror said calmly.

This is an ancient tradition, as long as his identity is identified, that person can become his next master.Of course, although it seemed like an easy condition, few people could see his identity at a glance.Moreover, as long as people with evil thoughts, they will not see the entity of their own mirror at a glance, but see the things they are most afraid of, such as poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders and so on.

This was caused by the magic left over by one of the masters long ago.

The purpose of that master is to prevent himself from being used by evil people.It's a pity that the master has calculated thousands of times and missed the complexity of people's hearts.Even if he is pure and flawless at this moment, as long as he gets this magic mirror with boundless magic power, he will definitely become more and more greedy, and then his desire will become bigger and bigger, and his demands will become more and more. Must fall.Just like, his previous master, the queen in the Snow White story, was once a girl with a pure girlish heart, but greed and desire gradually blinded her eyes.

The magic mirror smiled evilly in his heart, staring at the little master in front of him, thinking to himself that one day in the future, this little master would also fall for himself.

Of course, Poser didn't know what the other party was thinking, but he could fulfill the wish in his heart so easily, as if he didn't have any sense of reality and success.

"I thought it would take the courage to slay the dragon and save the princess to achieve the goal! It's so simple?"

Poserfen recalled the fairy tales his mother told before, and he felt that in order to get something, he needed to show corresponding courage.

"Then what wish do you have?"

The magic mirror asked, he wanted to fulfill the wish of the new owner as soon as possible, so that he could quickly return to the water to play games.

"What hobbies do you have?" Poser asked with a beaming smile, playing his cards restlessly.

"What does that have to do with your wish?"

The magic mirror was at a loss, he had never met such a master.

"I want to be your friend! Since you are willing to help me fulfill my wish, you must be a very good person. I want to be your friend."

Poser sat on the ground, raised his eyes, and said with a smile.

The magic mirror was taken aback, no master had ever said such a thing to himself.Since you want to be friends with the magic mirror?Simply unheard of!

"I like playing video games. Every Monday to Sunday, I will stay in the water and play video games."

The magic mirror said woodenly that he had never talked about such a topic with anyone, which made him feel uncomfortable.

"So you're an otaku!"

Poser exclaimed, it really is the 21st century, not only are many teenagers now hidden youths, even the magic mirror has kept up with the pace of the times.

what?

The corner of Magic Mirror's mouth twitched, someone described him as an otaku?

"Then what games do you like to play? I like to play games like 'Sword Morroy'!"

Poserfen didn't see the magic mirror's gaffe at all, and asked again curiously, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

It is rare that there is a person who has the same hobbies as him. The three-headed dog can only eat, and has no interest in playing games.

And Hades would only come out for official business on weekdays. In his free time, he would not only play with them, but also ride horses and shoot arrows, read and write lyrics and so on.

When the magic mirror heard it, "Sword and sword magic strategy?"Isn't it the game he is obsessed with recently?

This little master is really knowledgeable!

In this way, the two of them talked about the fun of playing games with great enthusiasm, and how much they chatted for two hours.Then the magic mirror's sense of responsibility arises. It is his responsibility and mission to fulfill every master's wish for every life.Since he is in such good tune with the new master, it is even more necessary to serve the little master meticulously.

"Master, what exactly do you wish to achieve?"

The magic mirror suddenly asked, and then kept praising himself for fulfilling many great wishes for the previous masters, so he, who has boundless magic power, can do it as long as he can say it.

Poser clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Wow! You are really amazing!"

"Then tell me!"

The magic mirror's nose almost turned up, feeling that he was very special.

"Actually, it's not a wish. I just want to ask you a question."

Poser lowered his head, his bangs covered the suspicious blush on his cheeks, and said a little shyly.

Immediately, the magic mirror was a little dazed, asking a question?

"I, I want to ask you how to make a man fall in love with me?"

Poser Fen stammered a little, and the figure of the person he liked flashed in his mind. Even though he met almost every day, the love hidden in his heart kept accumulating and never diminished.

Looking left and right in the magic mirror, he thought that his eyesight showed no sign of deterioration, so he asked cautiously, full of doubts: "Are you a woman?"

If so, count me blind!

Although, this little master looks really pretty, but he looks like a male animal.

"Why do I look like a girl?"

Poser stood up from the ground excitedly, raised his fist, slammed the magic mirror hard, and said angrily.

"But isn't it weird that a man likes another man?"

The magic mirror said without hindrance, which drew Poser's fierce rebuttal: "Don't discriminate against such a relationship! No matter what the form of love is. Spiritually, that kind of mood is equal."

Moreover, in the torrent of thirteen hundred years, it was enough for Poser to realize that he didn't have that kind of strong throbbing for other men or women.Only the Pluto, the man named Hades, made him miss him restlessly, and he had the kind of admiration that he hadn't seen for a day, like three autumns.

"Oh! It's that simple. I used spells to confuse him, so that he will definitely kneel down under your pomegranate skirt... Ahem! It's under your suit pants."

The Mirror Oath said frankly that no one had ever been able to undo his magic, not even the gods.

"How dare you do this! I'll throw you into the garbage incinerator!"

Poser gave the magic mirror a hard look.

"Why are you so angry? I just want to help you." The magic mirror said faintly, with a bit of grievance in his voice.

"Uh...sorry, I just don't want to use this method to get him. For me, if the other party doesn't really like me, even if I get him, I won't be happy if I don't get my heart."

Poser squatted on the ground and drew circles on the ground with his fingers, looking puzzled.

"If you don't use magic power, no normal man will fall in love with another man... unless you put on women's clothing and become a woman, or you won't even have the chance to pursue him!" said the magic mirror irresponsibly.

Unexpectedly, Poserfen suddenly stood up from the ground excitedly, and screamed: "Why didn't I think of it? Yes, that method can be used! Magic mirror, thank you so much!"

The magic mirror was suddenly hugged by the other party, a little at a loss, he didn't seem to do anything, he didn't use any magic, why thank him?

Suddenly, there was a sound of small footsteps from behind, and Poserfen turned his head suddenly, and a face that he never thought would appear here and now appeared in front of him.