[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

Since Melos's body has changed, his schedule has also changed a lot. At least he doesn't need to rest like an ordinary human now. Although his current schedule can't be synchronized with Hades and others, but in general It is said that there have been great changes.

However, his sleep time is still the same as before, not too long, not too short.

"Your Highness." Akarali walked into the inner hall, and softly awakened Melos.

Melos slowly opened his eyes and did not answer Akarali immediately.

Akarali stood aside and waited until Melos sat up slowly.

"What's wrong?" Melos turned his head and asked Akarali.

"Olympus is here," Akarali said.

Melos glanced sideways at her.

Akarali's expression seemed to be mixed with dissatisfaction with Olympus. Melos remembered that she seemed to have committed the bad habit of complaining about Zeus not long ago, and it seemed to be committed on her, which made her feel very Angry, but the opponent is Zeus after all, even if he is trapped in the underworld, if Akarali really makes a move, he may not be able to get any benefits.

What's more, Pluto did explain something earlier, so ignore Zeus.

Thinking of this, she concealed the unhappiness in her eyes.

"Since the people from Olympus are here, you will stay with me here, just as I am bored by myself." Melos walked out of the bed barefoot, he only had a beautiful gauze around his waist, gauze The clothes are as long as the knees, which will not hinder his movement.

In the palace, there are fruits unique to the underworld, which are "unlucky things" that the living will no longer be able to leave the underworld after eating, but for the people here, it is a rare food.

But speaking, there is not much food in the underworld, but there are a lot of treasures. It is said that Pluto is also a god of wealth. Some people in later generations think that Pluto is the protector of the business world. It is not groundless.

Even people in this era are eager for treasures.

Melos greeted Akarali to sit on the stone chair. There were not many types of fruits on the table, but there were many.

Akarali was not polite to Melos either.

The two sat on the stone table, and Melos stroked a vine at his feet.

In order to escape from Zeus before, many vines were destroyed by Zeus. Melos didn't use all the vines to resist the disaster for himself. After waking up, he couldn't help feeling grateful for this.

After he was in a coma, the vines turned into juice that accelerated the healing of his wounds. After Hades took care of Meros himself, the vines returned to the bottom of the River Styx and absorbed something. When Meros woke up, there were few The number of vines has more than doubled, and not only the power of darkness in Meros squeezed out the divine power that was originally equal to nothing to become the main power of Meros, but also the divine power that originally belonged to Demeter on those vines also disappeared.

Instead, it is the power that belongs to the underworld.

Not only Melos, but even the plants he brought are being reborn.

However, one thing remains constant.

The vines climbed up Melos' fingers, circled around his palm a few times, and then turned into a staff—since Melos knew that the scepter symbolized the status of the king, and other people could not casually After owning it, the newly born one in his hand is called a staff. Since he knew that the staff in Demeter's hand is the only one among the goddesses of Olympus, the worship of his mother has been on the rise again. up a notch.

No wonder Demeter can say that whatever Meros wants to do, she doesn't have to worry about her.

It's just that I don't know what method Zeus used back then to attack Demeter.

The scepter bestowed by Demeter originally brought by Melos has long been fused into his body to strengthen Demeter's seal, but as long as these vines are still there, the new staff will continue to transform, even if it relies on the existing power The source changes, but the mission never changes.

As long as these vines are still there, the seal on Melos will never be broken. Even if Hades wants to forcefully break the seal, he has to worry about whether it will harm Melos' body.

The staff in Melos' hand dangled in his hand for a while, and then turned into a bracelet again and returned to Melos' hand.

Akarali saw it strangely.

Melos caressed the chain in his hand, and suddenly asked, "How many people are here in Olympus?"

"Only Goddess Hera came here alone." Akarali replied.

"Only Goddess Hera?" Melos was a little surprised.

He originally thought that Zeus was missing, even if Hera would not say anything, he would tell people who were loyal to Zeus, not to mention the fanfare, but at least he brought some people with him just in case, but he did not expect that the only person who came to Hades was Hera. .

Melos frowned, and really didn't understand the intention of Olympus, but thinking about it, he didn't even understand the intention of Hades, let alone the intention of someone he didn't know well.

"By the way, Your Highness." Akarali leaned in front of Melos, "The previous matter has been found out."

"Huh?" Melos looked at her in a daze.

"Artemis and Apollo had a conflict." Akarali said with a smile, "I only know about it. It is said that Artemis is infatuated with a handsome man, but Apollo seems very dissatisfied with this. Let Artemis kill the man with his own hands, so that now there is a gap between the two brothers and sisters, and Artemis refuses to see Apollo, and instead gets closer to Hermes."

He had a little impression of the fact that Artemis was infatuated with a man. The reason why this story impressed him was because it was said that Apollo designed Artemis to kill the man Artemis liked. So he was furious, Apollo wanted to apologize to his sister, but Artemis refused to see him, Apollo chased his sister, but she kept running, that's why the sun and the moon don't appear in the same sky .

When I was young, I asked my teacher curiously. The teacher just used "Sun God" and "Moon God" to replace the names of the gods. After all, the teacher also knew that children could not remember these complicated names. Later, after reading Greek mythology, most of them I don't remember the story clearly, but I remember this incident very clearly.

It's just that he didn't know who Artemis fell in love with from the beginning to the end, but he just vaguely remembered that it wasn't a god.

but……

"She was angry with Apollo, why did she get close to Hermes?" Melos was in a trance, maybe it was only a few days for Akarali, but for Melos, he was in a coma Between (dreams) back to modern times, and after a period of time, in fact, for Melos, time has passed for a long time. When he suddenly mentioned the matter that they asked them to check "a long time ago", Melos really didn't respond.

"Has Your Highness forgotten Hermes' ability?" Akarali reminded with a smile.

Only then did Melos react.

Melos is the escort of the undead!

He can freely enter and leave the underworld, unless the underworld has been closed to the outside world.

But Hades can't keep the underworld closed all the time. It was because he wanted to trap Zeus before. After the matter on Olympus is finished, it will definitely need to be removed.

"You mean, Artemis wants to enter the underworld to find that person's soul?" Melos raised his eyebrows.

"Your Highness, don't you think this possibility is very high?"

Melos fell silent. Artemis approached Hermes for no reason. According to what Akarali said, Artemis' purpose might really be to clear Hermes of sending her to underworld.

Melos frowned slightly.

"What does Your Highness plan to do?" Akarali looked at her expectantly.

Melos chuckled: "It's just our speculation right now. Maybe Artemis really turned to others because she was disappointed with Apollo? After all, they are also brothers and sisters?" Talking about family affection to the gods?What a joke, Melos thought sarcastically.

"But what if it's really as we guessed?" Akarali asked.

"The underworld doesn't stipulate that other gods cannot enter the underworld," Meros said indifferently, "it's just that they can come in, and they must get consent to leave with the dead soul."

"It is rumored that the goddess Persephone and the goddess Artemis are good friends." Akalari gritted the word "friend" with a smile.

Melos snorted coldly.

"What if Goddess Artemis comes to ask His Highness for help?"

Since she could send a letter to intervene in Niobe's affairs, she must be extremely noisy when it is her turn.

"Entering the underworld is not difficult," Melos said indifferently. "Before Hades, many gods lived here. If Artemis really has the ability to enter, we don't need to worry about it. It's just that the undead cannot be taken away at will, if she really wants to do this, she must ask Hades."

In other words, as long as Artemis has the ability to enter the underworld, Meros will not stop him. After all, many gods entered here before Hades.

So if Artemis really entered the underworld with the help of Hermes, then he would not cause any trouble for Artemis.

And it doesn't matter how long she wants to live here, even if she wants to stay in the underworld.

but!

If you want to take away the dead from the underworld, you need the consent of the king of the underworld.

Melos propped his chin with his hands, showing no expression of emotion or anger.

But Akarali could see some hints from his calm expression.

From the very beginning, the queen of the underworld didn't have much affection for Artemis. I ignored Artemis' information before, not only because of dissatisfaction with watching her coldly, but also because everyone had to think "Persephone" changed.

If Zeus hadn't suddenly entered the underworld to find trouble with "Persephone", I'm afraid Meros would turn a blind eye, but because of Zeus, I'm afraid His Royal Highness the Queen of the Underworld is the only thing left for Olympus at this moment. All good feelings are gone.

Therefore, he will definitely not speak for Artemis, and it is already the best situation not to add insult to injury.

And now His Majesty Pluto is extremely fond of the Queen of Pluto, and will definitely consider His Highness's mood at that time.

Right now, His Highness said that he would not care about it at that time, but he must have expected the situation at that time.

The corner of Akarali's mouth curled into a satisfied smile.

Before she could say anything, Shakanochman walked in: "Your Highness, Goddess Hera has brought Zeus back."