[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

Because of Poseidon's return, Melos bid farewell to Amphitrite with Makaria and Akalari, and soon left the sea.

However, after leaving the sea, he did not rush back to the underworld, but stayed in the human world.

Because the connection with the underworld was broken, the souls of the dead wandered around the human world. Melos looked at these souls and silently opened the passage to the underworld.

"Bring them in." He sighed slowly. Although he brought these dead souls to the underworld, they have no possibility of reincarnation.

Unless, there is another space in this world that can replace the existence of the underworld.

Melos sat on the stone, watching Akarali and Makaria keep busy, frowning and lost in thought.

Gaia suddenly appeared, Hades disappeared, the souls of the dead lingered in the human world... Thoughts kept flashing, but Meros couldn't catch them.

Hades probably wanted to carry everything by himself before, so he didn't tell Melos all the plans, but now, it is obvious that Melos needs to do many things by himself.

"Father." Melos was talking, but Makaria suddenly called him.

"What?" Melos came back to his senses and turned to look at Makaria.

"Look, father." Makarya said playfully, pointing to the distance.

Melos looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a pool not far away, a young man was sitting on the edge of the pool, looking down at the reflection in the water, and behind a plant not far away, standing a girl.

To be precise, it is a dead soul.

It was Echo who had been taken away by Nemesis for a long time.

Echo's resentment once alarmed Nemesis, who was the goddess of nemesis, but he didn't expect that Meros would meet her when he stayed here temporarily on a whim.

Echo's face was expressionless at this time, but compared to the resentment that appeared on her body when Melos saw her at the beginning, Echo's expression at this time seemed to have fulfilled some wish, and his expression was much calmer.

Even because of the "disappearance" of the underworld in this world, the souls of the dead have no guidance. At this time, Echo almost disappeared because he had nowhere to go after fulfilling his wish.

Echo didn't notice his gaze. She just kept staring at the young man in the distance. Gradually, hatred appeared on her expressionless face, but there was also a hint of fascination.

The young man didn't notice his coming, in fact he didn't even notice the elves and fairies around him, and just looked at the pool with all his heart.

"Is there any rare treasure somewhere?" Melos looked at him with a hint of interest.

"I'll go over and have a look." Makaria walked over with great interest, but she didn't expect that she couldn't talk to the young man.

No matter what Makaria asked, the other party didn't say a word, and even waved his hand with some disgust to signal Makaria not to disturb him.

Melos closed the passage to the underworld and came to Makaria with Akarali.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Father." Makarya pouted, "He ignored me, but I really didn't see anything in the pool."

"Oh?" Melos was a little surprised, there was nothing in the pool, so why did this young man look at the water so fascinated, and even Melos was sure that he was muttering to himself, although no one could understand what he said .

Makaria rolled his eyes, and turned to look at some elves and fairies aside: "What's wrong with him?"

"Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection," said the fairies.

"Yes, he fell in love with himself, oh, it's nothing strange, he doesn't look down on anyone." This is an elf who once failed in courtship.

Yet her words resonated with others.

"Yes, poor Echo died because of him."

"He is very indifferent to every suitor, and even laughs at us."

"He used to think he was the most beautiful person."

"Oh, so it's no wonder he's in love with himself, look, he's so tense, and if the water ripples it's going to hurt his heart."

"He's just like us, he can't get what he wants."

"Yes, poor Narcissus, he cannot touch his lover, because as soon as he touches the water, his lover will disappear."

"He didn't even dare to leave here."

"Oh, who made him love 'him' so much?"

The elves and fairies laughed sharply. Most of them had pursued Narcissus, but it was a pity that Narcissus didn't like any of them.

And Echo, who could not speak but could only repeat what others said, became emaciated day by day because of Narcissus, and eventually died slowly.

Her death also made the elves and fairies increasingly angry, and their love for Narcissus gradually turned into hatred.

When Melos heard this, he thought of the stories he had read and seeing Echo in the underworld—no way, he didn't remember the stories in his memory very clearly, so when he saw Echo for the first time, he really I didn't remember who she was-everything that happened, I finally understood what was going on.

The resentment after Echo's death alarmed Furies, so Nemesis decided to punish him.

So by accident, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection, and was basically irrational because of falling in love.

Because touching the pool water will make the reflection disappear, so not only did he not dare to touch the pool water, but he also didn't let the elves and fairies around him bother him. These fairies were not annoyed, because they were all watching his jokes.

Also because he was too obsessed with his own reflection, Narcissus couldn't bear the days when he couldn't see "him", so he stayed by the pool all the time, looked at his own reflection every day, and talked to the other party from time to time, even if he didn't get an answer , but he was also very happy.

Melos watched the fairies and elves chattering and making noise, but Narcissus didn't respond, so he couldn't help being a little stunned.

He finally knew how the flower language about daffodils came from in later generations. When it comes to daffodils, it seems that the sacred flower of the underworld is daffodils...

Melos silently separated the two words about Hades and narcissism in his mind. There are some things he can't think about, and thinking about them will make him feel extremely messy.

"Father, he is so funny." Makarya looked at Narcissus who ignored them, but soon she wondered, "Why does he have to look at his own reflection? Father and mother have been separated for a long time Didn't you support it too?"

Makarya, who knew what had happened in the underworld, sneered at Narcissus's behavior of not daring to leave the pool for a moment. Her mother had been missing for so many days, but didn't her father not seek death or life?Looking at Narcissus like this, it was as if he would not be able to live without his "lover".

"Because father knows that your mother will come back." Melos smiled and bit the word "mother". He just wanted to instill this kind of cognition in front of his daughter. The guy is the mother of the little guy!

"What about him?" Makarya pointed at Narcissus.

"Because he was worried that if he left, he would never see his lover again." Melos discussed Narcissus' behavior with his daughter very naturally, and did not take Narcissus's "lover" status seriously at all. , Ever since a fake sister gave birth to a child with Zeus, and has seen all kinds of love in this world, Melos expressed his calmness towards Narcissus' behavior.

"So father isn't worried?" Makarya asked.

"Don't worry." Melos smiled and said word by word, "Besides my side, where else do you think he can go?"

Apart from the underworld, apart from their home, where else could Hades go?

They stayed in the human world for a while, and Makarya was very interested in Narcissus' behavior, and she wanted to know how long Narcissus's behavior of falling in love with her reflection could last.

Some fairies who had been pursuing Narcissus before but were ruthlessly rejected by him so that love and hatred would disturb the pool water from time to time, causing Narcissus to scream in horror, he expelled these naughty fairies and kept them away from his side , away from this clear pool, he must ensure that he can see his lover all the time.

And not far from him, except for the three of Melos, no one noticed that there was a dead soul standing behind them all the time, and her hatred gradually diminished, and Melos clearly saw the infatuation in her eyes, maybe through After the initial pain, Echo felt that he still loved Narcissus.

It's just that the punishment for Narcissus has already begun, and she can't speak to express herself, she can only repeat other people's tone, so that she can only stand not far behind Narcissus.

After a few days, she disappeared.

Melos silently looked at the direction in which she disappeared, knowing that it was because she had let go.

It's just that she was supposed to go to the underworld.

Thinking of this, he sighed helplessly.

It's too late to wait until Hades has come back. He can't let Hades come for everything, but he doesn't have any clue now, and he doesn't know what to do.

If it is not resolved as soon as possible, Zeus will soon find out that something is wrong.

and……

Melos glanced at Narcissus secretly.

The man looked haggard and soon couldn't hold on anymore.

People are dying every day, even if he has a way to connect the two worlds now, those who go to the underworld will never have the chance to reincarnate.

Unless this world forms a new reincarnation system.

Melos looked at Narcissus not far away, no matter how loud or soft the voices of the fairies and elves were, he was always looking at his reflection, unshakable.

and many more……

"Reflection?" Melos stood up and looked at Narcissus with a glimmer of joy in his eyes.

Maybe, he has a way...