[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

Not to mention that Hades didn't come back from Poseidon, and he didn't know that Meros had handled a matter in Hades for him. Just because this matter spread to Olympus was enough to make Leto dissatisfied.

After Niobe returned to the human world, he told his husband about the queen's arrangement. The king was overjoyed. No matter how he said it, the sudden death of fourteen children not only caused Niobe to collapse, but also caused the whole world to die. The king was very sad.

After receiving Niobe's words, he piously asked Niobe to burn the paper that recorded how to go to the underworld, and told his wife: "For our children, forget it, and don't anger God again!"

Niobe nodded, and immediately dealt with everything that should be dealt with according to Meros' instructions.

The next day, the king ordered his subjects to build the temple of the Queen of Hades, and most of the cost came from his own private treasury. The king and queen personally supervised the project. Not long after, queen Niobe became pregnant.

She remembered what the Queen of the Underworld had promised her, and she was even more grateful. Before the temple was finished, she couldn't wait to go to the temple to worship and thank the Queen of the Underworld for her kindness.

However, she learned the lesson of her previous arrogance. When chatting with others, she said that she cried bitterly day and night, which caused her child to have no sleep in the underworld, so the queen of the underworld entered her dream at night and promised her to give her another one. However, she coldly accused her of mocking the gods. If she mocked the gods again, she would lose all her children.

So everyone is not surprised that the queen suddenly shows great respect to the gods of Olympus. After all, many people saw her grief-stricken appearance protecting the last child and praying for mercy from Apollo and Artemis. Having a child, it's no surprise that the queen has such a change.

This incident spread to Olympus, causing Leto's dissatisfaction.

She hated that woman and dared to ridicule her for having only two children, but so what, even if she only had two children, her two children were valued by Zeus and got a seat on Olympus, compared to Many of Zeus's children were treated well, and since the woman dared to ridicule that she did not have as many children as hers, Leto let her own children kill her children.

So Apollo killed the Niobe boy, and Artemis killed the Niobe girl.

After learning that Niobe had obtained a way to enter the underworld, Arthenis took the initiative to take over the task of sending a message to Persephone. After all, she and Persephone were good friends.

She doesn't even need a messenger to send a message, she just needs to send a message, believing that Persephone will keep Niobe in the underworld as she asked, and imprison the soul of Niobe's child forever.

Unexpectedly, the last news was that Niobe had returned to the human world, and Persephone promised that her child would be born to her again.

This not only angered Leto, but also made Arthenis feel ashamed.

She complained to Athena: "What's wrong with Persephone, who refuses my request."

Athena was silent.

She knew that Persephone had changed a lot after her visit to the underworld, and even Demeter, the goddess of harvest, had changed a lot, so she didn't say anything about Artemis' complaints.

She couldn't help but wonder, if they stopped Hades back then, would everything be different?

"I'm going to send another message to Persephone to make her change her mind." Artemis said angrily.

If Hades was the one who dealt with this matter, then Artemis would not interfere with the decision of Hades, but she knew that Poseidon invited Hades and Zeus as guests, and Zeus was not in Austria during this time. Lympus and Hades will not be in the underworld, so the underworld is now under the control of Persephone.

Athena looked at Artemis without speaking, and did not stop her decision, but for some reason, she always felt that Artemis' request would not be answered.

In fact, as Athena guessed, Artemis sent a message three times without getting a reply from Persephone, and the human world, Niobe's husband, made another woman pregnant.

Meros promised Niobe that the children killed by Apollo and Artemis would return to Niobe.

Niobe and her husband respected the Empress of the Underworld even more. She donated a lot of her own jewelry, which was exchanged for money, and then took out her own money, just hoping that the Temple of the Empress of the Underworld would be completed quickly.

She promotes the indifference and benevolence of the Queen of the Underworld to her people, and tells her people that the Queen of the Underworld is noble and indifferent, and no one can be disrespectful to the Queen of the Underworld, but if she is sincere, the kindness of the Queen of the Underworld will protect them.

The craftsmen who came to build the Temple of the Hades got rich rewards, which led to more and more craftsmen joining the project. Under the guidance of Niobe and her husband, the people of this country began to worship the Hades.

Leto was even angrier when he got the news.

One day, she was complaining to her son and daughter, and saw Demeter coming from a distance. Demeter didn't have too many maids, and most of the time she was with her plants.

"Demeter." Leto called out to her.

Demeter looked at Leto and walked over slowly.

"What's wrong?" She asked casually and indifferently.

"Not long ago, I asked Artemis to send a message to Persephone asking her to do me a favor, but she didn't help us and even helped those who had a grudge against me, Demeter, as a Persephone Persephone's mother, can you help me let Persephone help?" Leto asked bluntly.

"Oh?" She raised her beautiful eyebrows arrogantly, "How did you tell her?"

Artemis sent his message again.

She didn't think it was wrong, but Demeter laughed sarcastically: "What's the matter with your commanding tone, Artemis, what do you take my Persephone for? Yours Subordinate?"

"Demeter," Leto frowned slightly, looking at Demeter with a bad face, dissatisfied with Demeter's sarcastic tone, "Friends of Persephone and Artemis, Although the way Artemis communicated is not good, she shouldn't..."

"Shouldn't? What's wrong?" Demeter raised her head high and looked at Leto with arrogance and hatred, "It's right for Artemis to watch Hades drag my daughter into Hades. , looking at me heartbrokenly looking for my daughter, it is right to keep quiet, but it is wrong for my daughter not to help? Even if the Great Mother God is here, there is no reason to distort the facts."

Leto's face was very ugly, but he frowned and said: "Persephone has become the queen of the dead, and her status is more noble than her in Olympus."

"Then why don't you let your daughter go to Hades." Demeter looked at Leto bitterly. The always kind and gentle harvest goddess showed such an expression, which made Leto take a step back involuntarily, "Listen now How does the world describe Persephone, cold and ruthless, when my daughter was still in Olympus, she was smiling and beautiful every day, but when she came back last time, her face was full of tears and her whole body was gone Vitality, is this what you call dignity?"

"Your daughter mistakenly picked the sacred flowers of the underworld and was dragged into the underworld. Artemis has nothing to do with it!" Leto said dissatisfied.

"Yeah." Demeter took a deep breath, "How my child will live in the future is none of your business, and please don't bother my child with your affairs, for everything my child does , I will only support, not against, if you are not satisfied with me, you can ask Zeus to punish me at any time, I will wait." She looked around at the three people present, turned and left arrogantly.

She was no longer the gentle goddess, and the two children left her side at once, Persephone had to become a star to avoid the sight of Zeus, and Meros was struggling in the underworld, and all of this began to happen. Because Zeus had undue thoughts about Persephone, it also stemmed from Artemis and Athena watching the whole thing with cold eyes.

Leto watched Demeter leaving, and gritted his teeth secretly. Even if Demeter lost half of his divine power, she still couldn't defeat Demeter, and it was even more impossible to find Zeus. Hera is conniving Demeter intentionally or unintentionally.

It's just that Demeter was very easy to get along with before, but she didn't expect that losing Persephone would change her temperament drastically.

Artemis frowned slightly. She never thought that Persephone could stand at the same height as herself. She was also the daughter of Zeus. She had a lofty position and was promised by Zeus not to marry for life. Her youthful vigor, but Persephone has not been recognized by Zeus and Hera. The reason why she is called the god of spring is because she inherited the ability of Demeter, not Zeus gave her the god bit.

That's why she was indifferent when Persephone was dragged into Hades that day. In her opinion, it was really not a big deal.

It's just that she didn't expect that things would develop to this point in the end. Persephone ignored her request, and Demeter was full of hatred for their family.

But even at this point, she didn't think she was wrong, she would be honorable after the underworld, and without Zeus's recognition, she still couldn't gain a foothold in the Olympus God Realm.

"Mother, don't be angry," she said to Leto. "It's a big deal. Apollo and I will shoot him with bows and arrows after that stupid woman has given birth to the child."

Leto nodded, but his brows never loosened.