[Greek mythology] Siren

"Need a fixed season?" Xavius ​​repeated Gaia's words, "What do you mean?"

"The plants on the earth have always only had two stages of flowering and fruiting. The never-shortage of food has caused human beings to wage wars recklessly. Olympus has left the earth. Here we should no longer enjoy the same environment as Olympian." Gai Ya said lightly, "Go straight this way and you will find Demeter."

She didn't give Xavis another chance to ask questions, and quickly disappeared on the ground.

After thinking for a moment, Xavius ​​walked along the direction Gaia pointed, because he had a fixed direction this time, and he was afraid of missing Demeter, so his speed slowed down, just as he was on the big road. When looking for Demeter on the ground, Hades in the underworld couldn't resist the power of the arrow of Eros several times without him by his side, and kept Persephone to himself for a long time. Persephone is increasingly afraid of Hades. She heard that if she combines with Hades, she will stay in the underworld forever. She doesn't like the environment here. For her, being able to She has been enduring for so long because the gentle Xavius ​​has been comforting her. Now that Xavius ​​is away, Hera has kept a straight face when she came to see her, so that Persephone, who is optimistic by nature, is not willing to approach her.

Fortunately, although Hades forced her to stay in the temple, he stayed far away from her, and called Thanatos into the temple to discuss different things with him. Persephone occasionally heard something But she couldn't make it coherent. In order to relieve her tension, she pulled out some of her own hair and turned them into flowers for fun. Although the underworld was dark, she was not so nervous with familiar plants.

Outside the temple, Mingta, who was arranged by Savis to take care of Persephone, was standing in front of the temple holding fruit. Hades did not allow her to enter, so she could only stand outside and wait for Persephone.

Hera came from behind her: "What is this?" She pointed to the fruit in Mingta's hand, "Didn't it mean that you can't touch any fruit from the underworld?"

"Your Highness." Mingta saluted gracefully, "This is the fruit of the plants that His Highness Xavius ​​brought to the human world to irrigate. Mortals can't touch it, but gods can do whatever they want. His Highness Xavius ​​has been worrying that if you When he comes to the underworld, what should he entertain you with, and then he came up with this method."

"Savis has always paid a lot of attention." Hera laughed, "Can I try it?"

"Of course, it's my honor to offer you fruit." She hurriedly offered the fruit in her hand, and Hera picked one of them, tasted it, and said, "Although the water from the human world is quoted, it is from the soil of the underworld. The one grown from the middle of the tree is very different from Olympus in eating, but it is fresh."

"If you like it, Mingta will send it to your room immediately."

"Maybe I can go pick fruit with you. Would you like to tell me how Savus and Hades spend their days here? You know, I feel very boring not long after I came here."

"It is my honor, Your Highness Hera." Mingta saluted excitedly, but she did not forget that she was called by Savis to take care of Persephone, and she should have been waiting in front of the temple Persephone came out from inside, but Savis also told her not to let Hera eat the food of the underworld by mistake, so she would not be punished for leaving her at this time, so she found another person to replace herself at the gate of the temple. Only then did Hera lead the way.

"In the entire underworld, there is only a fruit forest transplanted by His Royal Highness Savis at the junction of the Styx River and the Abyss. This is also the place where the two His Royal Highnesses often come. If you do not belong to the underworld, you must not pick and eat things from the underworld."

"I see that the fruits grown in this orchard are very similar to the fruits grown by the River Styx, don't you guys confuse them?"

"Occasionally, but there are no gods in the underworld. It doesn't matter even if they are mixed up. Only the two Highnesses can accurately distinguish the difference between them, and they often pick out the fruits they grow."

"It is said that if you eat the fruit of the underworld, you will stay in the underworld forever. Has anyone left in so many years?"

"No Your Highness." Mingta said proudly, "The plants nourished by the Styx contain terrifying power. Whoever eats a fruit of the underworld will be bound by the underworld, and his body will die after a long time." , no matter how powerful his divine power is, he cannot recondense a body that can walk on the earth and Olympus." She worried and reminded, "So you must be careful."

"Pick a little more and go back to Persephone, poor girl, she must be terrified, Hades kept her by her side for so long." Hera sighed softly.

Mingta also felt that Persephone was very pitiful, so he picked some more fruits according to Hera's instructions to make Persephone happy.

When the two returned to the temple, they just saw Thanatos rushing out with Persephone pulling Persephone to escape. There was an extremely powerful vibration in the temple. She was startled and gave all the fruits to Mingta : "What happened to Hades?"

"Your Highness is fighting against the power of the Arrow of Eros. In order to avoid hurting Persephone, let me bring her out." Thanatos saluted Hera and said succinctly, "Savi His Highness is not here, no one can comfort His Highness."

"Mingta, take Persephone back to rest, or soak in some water to relax," Hera immediately made arrangements to avoid Hades chasing her out, and then walked into the temple by herself.

Hades was sitting on the ground, leaning on the pillar, with one hand on his bent right foot, and then holding his forehead. He was closing his eyes and seemed to be asleep, but Hera could feel it from him. It was felt that the powerful divine power was being projected from Hades, and it was constantly spreading around.

"Are you okay, Hades?" Hera asked tentatively.

"Hmm." Hades responded. He knew that his power would not cause any harm to Hera at the moment, but Hera could still help him maintain his sanity, so he didn't drive Hera away.

"Actually...it's not a big deal, you don't need to suppress yourself like this." Hera tried to persuade him, "This kind of thing is very normal, you can follow what you think in your heart, and wait for the power of the arrow of Eros You don't need to suppress it so hard to send her back after she disappears."

Hades turned his head and opened his eyes slightly to look at Hera.

"Whether it's Poseidon or Zeus, they have always done whatever they want, and they can do whatever they want," she said with a wry smile, "I don't like him doing that, but I also know that I can't suppress his thoughts. Their personalities are similar, Xavis... will understand."

"Hera," Hades interrupted, "how do you know I'm not doing what I want?"

"what?"

"What I most want to do is not to make Xavis sad, even just a little bit." Hades said to him, "You want me to act according to the power of that arrow, which is to make me go against my will."

Hera returned to her room in a daze.

Hades' words kept echoing in her ears, and it seemed that lava was churning in her heart, and something was about to spew out from her heart, and she knew what it was.

That's called jealousy.

She is jealous of the man who has won the love of Zeus, of Hades who is willing to endure the power of the arrow of Eros for Xavius, and of Xavius ​​who has received all the love of a god.

Even Aphrodite failed to get a beautiful love legend, why did it appear in the underworld full of death kingdoms?

She slowly sat down at the table, and inadvertently touched the fruit that Mingta had just delivered.

She stared at those fruits for a long time, Mingta's words and the legends she had heard kept churning in her mind, a plan flickered faintly in her heart, but she hesitated to grab it.

At this moment, a scream came from outside—the scream alarmed the ghosts in the underworld, they woke up from their deep sleep, as if responding to the scream, Qiqi wailed plaintively, the river of the Styx At the bottom, thousands of undead cried and struggled to climb out of the water. The water in the entire Styx boiled as if it had been boiled. Hades quickly rushed out of the temple. After a while, the crying of the whole underworld gradually Small, but he did not come back for a long time.

Hera also rushed out, followed the scream to the junction of the Styx and the abyss, where there was a lake besides the fruits planted by Xavius, and the shells of Xavius ​​were placed at the bottom of the lake. It connects the underworld and the human world. The water here is drawn from the human world by shells. Before Persephone left the temple, he accepted Hera’s suggestion and asked Mingta to take her to a place where she could take a bath. Mingta He brought her here.

However, unexpectedly, someone was already lurking here.

After consulting Persephone, Mingta picked the fruit and sent it to the room of Hera and Persephone. When he returned here, he saw a man holding Persephone in his arms. Both of them were naked. Naked, Mingta had never seen this person before. She knew the importance of Persephone, and she screamed in fright when she saw the scene in front of her.

She is from the underworld, and her cry directly awakened the sleeping undead in the underworld, and only then did the undead cry before.

Hera didn't know how to appease the crying souls. She was worried that something would happen to Persephone, so she rushed out, but when she got there, she froze.

"Hera?" The man seemed very surprised to see her, but he didn't let go of Persephone, "You haven't left yet?"

Hera stared at him, gnashing her teeth: "Zeus! Si!"