[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

Mount Olympus is full of flowers, and here is the ultimate beauty that ordinary people can't imagine.

The palace where the Harvest Goddess lives is surrounded by flowers, and she never sees decay.

But at this moment, the flowers here that originally depended on her to grow have lost their luster.

"Persephone, my child..." Demeter, the goddess of harvest, embraced her beautiful daughter. Her daughter was once so simple, kind and beautiful, but at this moment she no longer smiled, and only down sad.

Persephone inherited her mother's beauty. She has a face that even Hera is jealous of. Her golden hair shows that she has inherited her mother's ability. She was once called the second goddess of harvest. Not long ago, everyone treated her Her titles have all changed—the Empress of the Underworld, this is the only title others call her.

"Mother." Persephone broke down in tears in Demeter's arms, "I don't want to go back to Hades, please help me, I don't want to go back."

Demeter hugged her daughter tightly, but couldn't say a word of rejection.

"The Great Mother Goddess has made a prophecy that you must become the Queen of the Underworld, Persephone, Olympus... There is no place for you anymore!" Demeter said almost collapsed.

"Why..." Persephone almost lost her mind, she stared blankly at her mother, "Why did the Great Mother do this, why!"

"Hera went to ask the Great Mother Goddess, Hera's will plus the Great Mother Goddess' prophecy, my child, you can only return to Hades, not Olympus."

"No!" Persephone screamed, "I can't go back, mother, please, find a way, I can't... I can't stand the environment of Hades, where there is no light, there is always darkness, mother ,I can not endure!"

How can Demeter endure her favorite daughter entering the underworld that will never see the sun, but if it goes against Hera's will, then her daughter can only leave Olympus, deprived of all divine power, and become an ordinary person.

"Zeus has promised me that every year," Demeter took a deep breath and said in a strong nasal voice, "Every year, you only need to stay in the underworld for two-thirds of the time, and you can come back to be with your mother the rest of the time. Mom would rather you go back and forth between Olympus and Hades than you are expelled from Olympus!"

"Mother, you don't understand there, I will go crazy if I stay there." Persephone shook her head with tears all over her face, "There is a force of death there, and they have been continuously depriving me of my strength and appearance , if I stay in Hades forever, I will die soon, and then I will stay there forever!"

"How could it be?" Demeter looked at Persephone in surprise, "Hades will protect you, you are his queen."

"He doesn't need me at all, he just needs a queen, but Hades needs a queen." Persephone cried and roared, "I'd rather be a tree and stay in Olympus forever than To Hades."

Demeter stared blankly at her daughter, a sense of despair welling up in her heart.

She didn't want to lose her daughter, but Hera was jealous of Persephone's appearance, and together with the Great Mother Goddess, she was bound to send Persephone to the underworld, but Persephone told her that after staying in the underworld for a long time, she would soon die. It could be actual death.

What should she do?

"Mother." Just when she was at a loss, a voice suddenly came from behind her, "Let me go."

She turned her head hastily, and a boy was walking towards her barefoot.

This young man's facial features are extremely beautiful, because he is still a young man, his facial features are somewhat feminine, making him [-]% similar to Persephone, but his hair is black, he crossed a sea of ​​flowers to Demeter When Demeter and Persephone came, the decaying flowers around them swayed slightly, but they did not regain their vitality. This proved that although this young man called Demeter's mother, he did not inherit the power of Demeter's Harvest Goddess. to how much.

Even his divine power cannot support him as an adult, but lives as a teenager.

"Meros." Demeter hurriedly grabbed his hand and let him sit down in front of her, "Are you awake? Do you feel uncomfortable, you..."

"Mother, I'm fine." The boy said softly, his voice seemed to have a magical power, and he gradually caressed his mother and sister, "Mother, let me go to the underworld instead of my sister, I don't have much divine power, and I won't be affected by it." Influenced by the death gas of Hades."

"No." Persephone was the first to react, she grabbed Meros' hand, her face was pale but extremely firm, "Meros, you can't leave this palace, I don't want you to die because of me .”

"No, sister," Melos shook his head, and held her hand instead, "going to Hades, I'm more likely to survive."

"Meros..." Demeter frowned, she looked at her son puzzled, "Leaving this palace, Zeus will know your existence immediately."

"As long as you want, the carriage of Hades can enter here." Melos said softly, "Mother, this palace is not safe, otherwise Zeus would not have entered here without you noticing it, and stayed in the palace. Here, I will be discovered sooner or later. Hades is not his jurisdiction, Hades just needs a queen, as for who this queen is, I believe he will not mind."

"But……"

"Leaving here is the only way I can survive. My sister can only survive if she doesn't go to the underworld. This is the best way." Melos held Demeter's hand and said firmly, "I remember you The mother goddess once gave you a promise to leave a place for you. We can use this to turn my sister into a star and avoid Hera's search. In the future, my sister's ability will become stronger enough to become the new goddess of harvest. Even if Hera No matter how angry Ra is, she will not really banish my sister from Olympus."

"But you will be very dangerous." Persephone looked at Meros disapprovingly, "If Hades sends you to Zeus, Zeus will not let you go."

"Mother, sister." Melos held their hands, "Would you like to bet with me?"

Betting that Hades will keep me, betting that we can all survive this disaster, you...will you believe me?

In the afternoon, the carriage of Hades appeared in front of the palace of the Harvest Goddess with a strong sense of death.

The Harvest Goddess wore a wreath on her head, and her usually kind face showed a bit of indifference: "I knocked out Persephone because she refused to leave me."

The messenger lowered his head and waited for Demeter to continue. He didn't know whether he was so taciturn or he knew that the Queen of Hades didn't want to return to Hades, so he didn't say anything.

"Come in with me." The Harvest Goddess said proudly, in her hand was a scepter made of vines, exuding a beautiful light, "Don't disturb my daughter, don't disturb the flowers of my palace, my Daughter loves them."

The carriage floated up and slowly followed the Harvest Goddess into the palace full of flowers.

The Goddess of Harvest walked over with a person in her arms. The man wore a veil made of beautiful flowers on his head, and wore a flower skirt woven with flowers. His face was buried in the arms of the Goddess of Harvest, and one hand was drooping weakly. Like a coma.

The messenger was not puzzled. After all, when the queen of the underworld first arrived in the underworld, she was also covered with flowers. Everyone knew that the daughter of the goddess of harvest liked these flowers very much.

Demeter personally carried him into the carriage, and then covered him with flowers woven into a beautiful tapestry. The scepter in her hand waved lightly, and the vines on the ground scrambled to wrap around the carriage. Flowers: "May you accompany my child and give him blessings." The Harvest Goddess folded her hands on her chest, and a tear slowly dripped down.

The carriage set off again and turned to the way it came.

The Harvest Goddess didn't stop her, she stood still and watched the carriage go away.

"Mother." Persephone came out from the darkness, "Meros will be fine." She bit her lip and said.

"You'll be fine." Demeter looked at her lovingly, then seemed to think of something, and a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes, "If Zeus hadn't thought about something he shouldn't have, you and Meros wouldn't be here. in this way."

"Mother, he is protected by the Mother Goddess, and none of us can do anything." Persephone said with a gloomy expression.

"Yes, neither of us can do anything." Demeter gritted his teeth, "But no one can hurt you, Persephone, Meros has left, and you should leave too."

She bit her lip, and drew a dark spell on her daughter with blood.

"I wish you, my daughter," she said, "no matter what happens, you must remember that you and Melos are my pride, as long as you are well, I have no regrets."

Persephone nodded. Under the influence of divine power, she gradually disappeared, and finally, a ray of light shot straight into the sky. Such a ray can be seen everywhere in Olympus, so it did not attract anyone's attention.

Humans have never had any concept of the stars that appear at night, so they don't know that there are several new stars in the sky at this time, and they are called Andromeda by later generations of humans.

The legend about Andromeda originally belonged to a beautiful princess, Andrew Meda, but at this time she became Persephone because of Meros.

But it's just the beginning...