[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

Melos took Makaria back to the hotel where he was temporarily staying.

He always felt that he had a lot to ask, but after returning to the hotel, what he did most was to look at Makarya greedily.

Makarya held his hand tightly and smiled faintly.

"Father has changed a lot." She looked at Melos and smiled, "and was also influenced by humans."

"I've lived in the human world for many years." Melos sighed softly, "If it weren't for the recent series of accidents, maybe I wouldn't have any intersection with the past, and until now I still feel a little strange, it always feels like a dream, and It's not like a dream, but then again, how did you find me?"

"Someone gave me guidance." Makarya walked to Melos, sat down on the floor, and leaned his chin on Melos' lap, just like how they were in the underworld a long time ago, although the relationship between the two is now The appearance has changed, and Makaria is no longer that green girl but a mature and stable woman, but this kind of action did not bring any discomfort, Melos even habitually put his hand on the her hair to go. "Although the other party didn't reveal their identity, I still don't intend to let go of any clues. Fortunately, I bet right."

"You have always been a bold child." Melos chuckled, "I always feel that I have forgotten a lot of things, and maybe I need some time to recall them slowly."

"Maybe it's the reason for the separation of the soul and the body." Makarya said worriedly, "At that time, I only had time to rush back, and you closed the gate of the underworld. I only know that Zeus led the war to the underworld, and the underworld and Olympus is a lose-lose situation. In the end, you merged your body into the gate of the underworld, your mother fell asleep, and Zeus and Hera returned to Olympus. The people she spoke to were mothers, and no one knew what they said."

Melos patted her head lightly, lost in thought following her words.

There seemed to be something in his mind that was preventing him from recalling everything in the past. That kind of resistance was not strong, even faintly hidden, but it always gave Melos a kind feeling.

Makaria looked up at Melos, only to see that the person who had been patting her head was looking into the distance, with a little confusion in his expression.

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Father."

"Huh?" Melos recovered and looked at Makaria.

"Although it's just a guess, I still want to say it."

"What guess?"

"Before my mother sent me out of the underworld, she once said that when you integrated your body into the gate of the underworld, your soul was swept into the human world. That period was the most turbulent period. You were already injured at that time. After entering the human world, I found a new body to protect myself, let alone successfully disappearing from the sight of the gods."

"You mean...someone secretly helped?"

However, in such a chaotic situation at that time, who could help him?

"We are all guessing, is it... the consciousness left by the Harvest Goddess, maybe she helped you at the last moment."

Makarya said cautiously.

Melos' heart twitched violently.

The pain at the moment when he heard that Demeter disappeared spread again, and his hand that was stroking Makaria's hair stopped suddenly.

"Of course, we're just guessing, but..." But apart from Demeter, who has disappeared, they can't guess who else can guard Meros all these years, making him look like a real human being. People can be easily found, and Makaria even suspected that the person who led her here this time must have been arranged by Demeter.

But Demeter sacrificed to the earth long before the start of the holy war. Even if she could act with the remaining consciousness when Melos' soul was involved in the human world, she shouldn't be able to shelter Melos so far.

Did they ignore someone?

"I think, I know who it is." Melos looked at his hand, where there should have been a bracelet, but his body didn't have it, but he vaguely knew that someone had left a mark on his wrist .

"You know?" Makarya looked at Melos in surprise.

"It's just a vague guess, but according to what you said, I already have a rough answer in my heart." It's just his current situation, how to find the other party is the most troublesome.

"I still remember that my 'dream' of the past started from a small car accident, and I remember that person." Melos stood up slowly and walked to the French window, "Although I'm not sure if I can succeed , but..." He opened his hands, as if he wanted to hug someone, a sentence slowly emerged in his mind, he didn't refuse, and whispered softly, "I call your name, beautiful goddess of spring, I hug you Body, even if you have never appeared in my sight, I pray for your appearance, I hope you can hear my sincere voice, let us be reunited again, I call you, my sister, Persephone..."

As Melos drifted away like the sound of prayer, a young girl slowly appeared in front of him, suspended in mid-air.

A faint smile rose from the corner of Melos' mouth, and he reached out to catch her firmly.

It was Persephone who disappeared at the beginning, and spent so much effort to find it.

Compared with Makaria who has grown from a young girl to a mature woman, Persephone seems to have grown backwards. Before she disappeared, she also looked like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and now she reappeared in front of Melos. She looked only fourteen or fifteen years old.

But this did not prevent Melos from being very excited the moment he saw her, and he hugged her tightly.

Makarya looked amazed.

"Meros." Persephone is much shorter than the current Meros, but it is strange to say that she looks a lot calmer now, and looks like a sister. She smiled lightly and patted Melos shoulder, "I'm sorry to drag you into the storm of Olympus again."

Melos shook his head slightly and called softly, "Sister."

Persephone nodded with a smile.

"Come in first." Melos seemed to remember something, he pulled Persephone in and closed the window.

"It's okay, don't worry about me. Now, except for Makaria, no one knows that you are here, and no one knows that I am secretly protecting you." Persephone looked at Melos's actions, and instantly knew that he was here. worry about what.

"So, it's my sister who has been helping me all these years?" Melos still closed the window and drew the curtains, watching Makaria and Persephone sitting on the floor habitually , he too kicked his own chair aside and sat down on the floor.

"No," Persephone shook her head, her expression darkened, "At the beginning, your mother saved you, and your soul was drawn into the human world. At that time, several worlds overlapped and collided. If you are not careful, you will be harmed. It is the remaining consciousness of your mother who protected you, and put your soul into her remaining power in this world for many years, until I woke up and found you a body, put your soul in it, I don't know what happened in the underworld to separate your soul from your body, so I dare not take the risk."

"Then my memory..."

"It should be caused by the separation of your body and soul, or it may be that you have been nurtured by your mother for many years in the state of soul, which made you unable to remember for a while, but no one in the underworld has come to look for you these years. I once tried to open the passage to the underworld. Who knew that the passage was opened, but the only gate in the underworld was locked tightly. No matter how I tried, I couldn't open it, and I couldn't contact the people inside. I was worried about changes in the underworld, so I didn't rush to take you back until this little girl came to you." To Persephone, Makaria was indeed a child, although seeing the two of them now, how could they See Persephone is the smallest one.

"After she came to you, I guided her to see you, my dear, and you will get better in the future." Persephone said to Melos, "You have gradually dreamed about the past, and after a while In time you will fully remember."

"It turns out that those really weren't dreams..." Melos said softly.

"If it's a dream, then how do you explain the two of us standing in front of you well?" Persephone flicked his forehead, "Don't panic, don't worry, everything will be fine. "She said it twice in succession, just to let Melos not worry, and try to stabilize Melos' mood.

Melos nodded, but his smile slowly faded.

Everything he saw before was not a dream, at most it was just that he experienced everything he experienced in the ancient times in the form of a dream again when he was young.

He didn't occupy anyone's body, he didn't replace anyone's identity, and in the later period, no one took that body to drive him out.

From beginning to end, he was the one who accompanied Hades through all that. From beginning to end, it was Hades who accompanied him and watched him grow up.

Yes, grow.

Now recalling the beginning, no matter how daringly he took the risk to replace Persephone to go to the underworld, but at that time he was also a young god who had just woken up after sleeping for many years. How uneasy I was, even though I swore to it when discussing with my mother and sister, but at that time I was scared after all.

The unknown of the future, and the timidity of failure.

Looking back now, in the few dreams he thought he was traveling through, he thought he had replaced Melos, but when he thought about his words and deeds in the underworld, there was nothing wrong with it.

He did have a dream, but everything in the dream had actually happened.

Today, he finally understands why the emotions when Liu Ke disappeared could affect him deeply, and finally understands why he still watched Hades make the judgment with cold eyes even though he knew the allusion of "no turning back" in the legend. He never thought of interfering in his heart. If he traveled through the past, he might be strong and find a way to "save" the tragedies of those people in the fairy tales. to send his wife away instead of letting his wife go with him.

But he at that time, the Meros from many years ago, would not do that.

Even though he knew the world's evaluation of the mythical Queen of the Underworld, he still created a cold and ruthless illusion.

The reason why he could convince himself in the dream was that he couldn't show his feet. Now when he woke up from the dream, he finally realized that he was alone from beginning to end, and there was never anything else between him and Hades.

From the beginning to the end, the only person who witnessed his growth and accompanied him in his growth was Hades, who single-handedly trained that young man who was uncertain about the future into a stable Queen of the Underworld.