[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

"So fast?" Melos asked in surprise.

He didn't expect it to be over so soon, or had Hera been here for a long time before he woke up?

"She has no objection to the conditions proposed by His Majesty." Shakanochman shrugged and said.

"What did Zeus say?" He knew that Hades would not let these people go so easily, but he didn't expect Hera to agree so happily.

"Zeus has no objection to what Goddess Hera said." Shakanochman said.

One is Zeus, and the other is the goddess Hera. Obviously, both Shakanochman and Akarali have a much better impression of Hera than Zeus.

"Where is Hades now?"

"His Majesty personally sent them out of the underworld."

Melos raised his eyebrows in surprise, obviously he didn't expect Hades to choose to send them out in person.

Is it to ensure that they are really gone instead of staying in the underworld to wait for an opportunity?

"Your Highness, don't you want to ask Goddess Hera what she promised?" Shakanochman said with a smile.

It's rare to see such a contented smile on Shakanochman's face. He probably participated in the whole process and knew everything, and the tone of his voice at this time felt like he wanted to show off.

Melos gave him a sideways look.

Shakanochman immediately restrained his expression.

Melos looked at him helplessly: "Are you talking about it?"

He then looked at Melos with a smile: "From now on, the connection between the underworld and Olympus will be separated."

"You mean, Olympus will not be able to interfere with any decision in the underworld?" Why does he feel like the country is independent?

"Yes." Shakanochman nodded.

In the past, Olympus would send Hermes here from time to time to spread the word. Although it is said that the underworld has long been independent from the human world, and Zeus seldom interferes with the underworld, he still occasionally speaks to Hades. Give some orders, for example, Olympus was involved in the matter of Persephone before, but from then on, the underworld will completely separate from Olympus and become an independent existence. After that, under the rule of Pluto In the world, no one can exceed the authority.

Of course, unless Zeus wants to see the locked Titans in "Hell", then it will be a different matter, but unless there are special circumstances, Olympus will not be able to dictate to the underworld.

To put it further, Melos can do whatever he wants in the underworld, and he doesn't need to pretend to be in case the gods of Olympus suddenly break in.

"So, what about Hermes?" Melos hasn't forgotten Hermes' power close to nature, is he going to deprive him of his power?But in that case, it would be impossible for Hermes to stay in God's Domain anymore, and Zeus probably wouldn't allow it either.

But he didn't have any objection to Hera's handling, which is really strange.

"Hermes will escort the undead in in the future, so he can only send it to the door, and someone will take over his business." Shakanochman said, "But His Majesty didn't say how to deal with it."

"Really?" Melos frowned slightly, but the way Hades handled it really surprised him. This kind of handling did not cause any loss to Olympus, but it made Melos feel extremely warm.

Many people know why Hades did this.

Melos couldn't control the arc of the corner of his mouth, and under Akarali's teasing eyes, joy gradually spread.

At this moment, Hades walked in.

"Come on." He pulled Melos up.

"Where are you going?" Melos looked at him strangely.

"Here's a pet for you."

pet?

Melos' eyes lit up, and he held Hades' hand and followed him.

Behind him, Akarali and Shakanochman looked at each other and smiled.

"What I said at the time, he deserved it," Akarali said.

Shakanochman nodded awkwardly and did not refute.

On the other side, after Melos followed Hades to see his "pet", the corner of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

This is... a pet?

"It..." Can an animal twice as tall as him really be a pet?

Melos looked up at the guy with three heads, and always felt that if the other party suddenly went crazy and wanted to bite, his small body would definitely not be enough to fit his teeth.

"From today onwards it will be stationed at the entrance of the underworld." Hades said lightly, "No one can escape from Cerberus."

Cerberus, the three-headed dog of hell!

It is rumored that it not only has three heads, but also is extremely fierce. It guards the gate of hell for Hades, allowing the dead to enter and rejecting strangers.

Melos had only so much impression of the three-headed dog.

But... Hades told him that this was his pet?

"Hermes will send the souls of the dead into the gate, and Cerberus will not let any living beings go." Hades said.He turned to Melos, "From today onwards, you are his master."

"I?"

"There are some things that you need to do by yourself."

Melos didn't know much about the three-headed dog. Hades told him that Cerberus was born of Typhon, the ancestor of demons, and Echidna, the snake-body monster, and lived on the banks of the River Styx.

After he made a condition with Hera, Hera agreed to his condition without thinking much.

In order to deal with Hermes, who can enter the underworld at any time, Hades decided to let Cerberus guard the gate of the underworld.

After that, Hermes will only be able to send the undead into the gate. From behind the gate, Cerberus will watch. Cerberus allows any undead to enter, rejects strangers, and guards the undead to the edge of the Styx.

It's just that it's not Cerberus' responsibility to cross the River Styx.

Hades told Melos that Cerberus became his pet. Once Cerberus found that the living had entered the underworld, he would not go to Hades, but told Meros as soon as possible. , Melos has the right to punish the creatures who trespass in the underworld, and no undead can go to the underworld immediately. The underworld gods who have lived in the underworld for many years are not under their jurisdiction, but those underworld gods rarely appear .

This is the responsibility of Melos, no matter what, Melos must accept this pet.

Melos looked at Hades' expression, hesitated for a moment, and finally put his hand on Cerberus' head slowly.

The huge hellhound slowly closed its eyes, and even though it kept its head down, Melos needed to tiptoe a little to touch the top of its head.

The power belonging to Meros entered Cerberus' body from his hands, and this was the first time he used his power seriously after waking up.

Cerberus lay docilely on the ground, except for its slightly ferocious appearance, at this moment it really looked like a docile canine animal.

Melos swallowed, and slowly withdrew his hand.

Cerberus opened his eyes, turned and walked towards the gate of the underworld.

From this moment on, it will guard the underworld.

Melos looked at its figure and didn't speak.

Hades put his hand on his shoulder, he turned his head, looked into the other's eyes, and said nothing.

He knew that Hades didn't want his thanks, so he shook his hand and smiled at him.

Olympus:

Hera and Zeus returned to the realm of the gods and went to the place where the Great Mother Goddess slept.

It's just that the Great Mother didn't see them, or even say anything.

So they went back to their room.

Hera was very silent from beginning to end.

Zeus looked a little ugly, but he never said anything.

Hermes was called by Zeus, and Hera watched their father and son chatting coldly, probably feeling that the existence of Hermes bored her, so she walked out of the palace.

Hermes told Zeus that Hades had sent Cerberus to guard the gate of the underworld, and he would not be able to enter and leave the underworld at will.

Zeus nodded to indicate that he understood.

Throughout Olympus, no one knew that Zeus had been trapped in the underworld and had not returned until now.

Seeing Hera's cold face, people thought that Zeus was not in Olympus these days, and they probably just thought that Zeus had found some lover behind Hera's back, which caused Hera to look bad during this time.

"Hera agreed to Pluto's conditions..." Melos hesitated for a moment, turned around and looked at the direction Hera was leaving, hesitated, but finally asked his question, "Is it to prevent you from going to Perse in the future?" Forgne?"

Agreeing to Hades' conditions means that Olympus will not be able to interfere with everything in the underworld in the future. In fact, this is not a big deal for Olympus, but Hera agrees with Hades without saying a word , and didn't even bargain, which surprised Hermes.

In his view, Hera agreed so readily, probably because Zeus was trapped in the underworld this time because he went to find Persephone privately.

Agreeing to the conditions of the underworld, even if Hermes helps in the future, Zeus will not be able to slip into the underworld smoothly.

It has to be said that even though Hermes is very sincere to Zeus, he was not born of Hera after all, so he still doesn't have any pressure to speak ill of Hera occasionally.

"No." Zeus also looked at the direction Hera was leaving, and compared to Hermes, there was no hesitation in his tone, "She just wants to take me out of the underworld."

"Do you know her that well?"

"En." Zeus looked a little tired. During the period in the underworld, the environment of the underworld had a great influence on him. Hermes thought that under such circumstances, his words could give Zeus some "inspiration". I just didn't expect...

Hermes saluted Zeus and left the palace.

Walking out of the palace gate, he turned his head and looked at the palace gate, with a confused look on his face: "You trust her so much, why would you... you can't even remember what you said to your mother..."

Turning his head, he originally planned to return to his own residence, but saw Artemis standing not far away with a decadent face.

Obviously waiting for him.