[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

It was night, Artemis pushed open the door of Anderson's room, and walked in front of him silently.

Anderson was unconscious.

Although he experienced very much when he was young and was very vigilant on weekdays, he couldn't stand shoulder to shoulder with gods after all.

Artemis stood by the bed watching him.

Outside the window, the moonlight is bright and clear, and everything is silent.

The silver moonlight shines through the unclosed floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a chill on the ground.

Artemis leaned down and kissed his forehead, whispering softly: "I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble."

The breeze blew the bead curtain by the window, and the crystal beads rubbed gently to make a soft sound. Anderson opened his eyes in a daze. The room was empty. He got up and took a sip of water, then returned to the bed as if nothing had happened, and soon fell asleep. caught.

Melos leaned against Hades' arms, looked at the person who suddenly appeared by the window, chuckled and stretched out his hand, and the window opened in response.

In fact, it doesn't need to be so troublesome. If Artemis wants to enter here, such a glass window cannot stop her.

But she knew what kind of people were staying here. Leaving aside Persephone and the others for the time being, Hades alone could catch her.

That's why she cautiously appeared outside the window.

Melos opened the window, just to give her a message, not to imply that she climbed in through the window.

The moment the window opened, Artemis had already entered.

There were only Hades, Meros, and Persephone in the room.

"What's the matter?" Artemis leaned against the wall and asked lightly. After receiving the message from Melos, she thought twice and decided to come.

Artemis has also been affected by the changes in the world. In order to protect her divine power from passing away, she has to reduce the number of times she uses it as much as possible, and she maintains her appearance as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl .

However, Artemis can at least control his appearance at will, compared to Melos' passive "never growing up".

Compared to her, Apollo is much better. He is hardly affected. Although the divine power of the gods cannot have a great impact on this world, his current situation is undoubtedly much better than Artemis Well, last time he broke into the underworld to hunt down Anderson's soul, if it wasn't for Melos, Anderson might really follow in Olivine's footsteps.

"We need to find the entrance to Olympus." Melos cut to the chase, "And we need your help."

"Are you looking for the entrance to Olympus?" Artemis was a little surprised by this, "Zeus has woken up, in order to restore the rule of the gods, the divine power in you is what he dreams of most, you don't hide at this time Looking at him, you still want to send it to your door?"

"Artemis," Melos said casually, playing with Hades' fingers, "You can see exactly how the Great Mother disappeared."

Artemis looked a little stiff.

Of course she knew that when she saw how this person in front of her drove the Great Mother into a corner and threw her into the abyss, she became the key to Tartarus' awakening.

Except for the divine power transferred by Rhea to Zeus, everything left of her was absorbed by Tartarus, which made Tartarus finally wake up.

No one can save Rhea. Hades blocked the joint attack of Zeus and Hera for Melos, severely injured Zeus, but was cut off by Hera. return.

In fact, when Zeus was seriously injured and Hera was emotionally unstable, Melos had a chance to kill Zeus, but he used all kinds of methods to blast all the people in the God Realm out of the underworld in the first time To open the connection between the two worlds, even if Zeus found a way to find the gate of the underworld again, nothing could be opened.

Looking at these two people again now, almost all the gods have been affected by holy wars and changes in the world, she, Apollo, Zeus, Hera, Athena, Persephone...even Melos himself cannot avoid it.

However, there is only this person in front of him.

Only the person in front of him who was holding Melos and letting him play with his fingers, not only recovered from his injuries, but even faintly showed signs of a higher level of divine power.

In the entire God Realm, only Hades was completely unaffected, and it is even very possible that he was the only one who benefited from it!

Artemis didn't know what method Hades used, but she vaguely guessed that it had something to do with Meros closing the gate of the underworld decisively.

Under such circumstances, if these people were allowed to find the entrance to Olympus, even if it was the world of Zeus, it would be difficult to say who would win.

"Or, do you find it difficult?" Melos seemed not surprised by her "hesitation".

After all, Zeus really doted on this daughter at the beginning.

If Artemis wants to continue to follow in Zeus' footsteps and assist Zeus, he will not be surprised at all.

"No." Artemis snorted coldly, even though the situation in front of her was not good for her, she still did not intend to humble them, "I can help you."

"What about the conditions?" Helping them find the location of God's Domain is not a trivial matter, Melos is not so stupid that Artemis can nod with just a small favor.

"One day when you really face Zeus, Apollo will be handed over to me." Artemis's eyes were burning, "What happens between me and him does not need your concern."

For Artemis, whether it is family affection or hatred, she will always face Apollo. Melos does not know what Zeus is to her. He is also the son of Zeus.

"Okay." It was not Melos who promised, but Hades.

Artemis was silent for a while after receiving the promise, and then left the wall: "I will inform you if there is news, but I want to remind you that Zeus may not still be in the realm of the gods, maybe he has come out to look for you. After all, when you helped me that day, Apollo knew of your existence, and..." She paused, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't continue.

The three of them were silent and waited for her next sentence.

But she was just standing with her back to them. Judging from her posture, she actually wanted to leave here very much.

But there was still nothing to say. Although Melos couldn't see her face, he felt that she must be struggling.

"Persephone." No one thought that what she hadn't finished speaking, which made her tangled up for half an hour, was actually meant to be said to Persephone.

"En?" Persephone, who had been silent all this time, replied in surprise.

Unlike Melos' alienated tone, Persephone's voice carried a slight smile, inexplicably, always reminding Artemis of how they got along in the God Realm many years ago.

Artemis pursed her lips, struggled and said slowly, "That...I..."

"What's wrong?" Persephone asked softly.

Artemis gritted her teeth, hurriedly said, "I'm sorry!" and quickly disappeared in front of them.

"Huh?" Inexplicable, why do you say sorry?

"She is apologizing for what happened back then." Melos smiled and said to Persephone, "Mother once asked Leto why Artemis and Athena were indifferent when you were taken to the underworld, even After that, when she searched all over the world, she remained silent."

Although it was later learned that Hera designed Persephone to pick the flower symbolizing Hades, but this could not erase Demeter's anger towards Artemis and Athena.

"It's just that I didn't expect that she would apologize one day." I remembered that I had just gone to the underworld in place of my sister. At that time, Artemis had sent messages over and over again about Niobe. It is not allowed to help the human woman, and the tone of the message made Melos very dissatisfied.

That proud goddess of the moon back then, it seemed that very few people could catch her eyes and make her defend her.

In the stories about her, there are many examples of the goddess of the moon taking revenge because of the inappropriateness of human speech and tone.

I just didn't expect that such a cold and arrogant Artemis would actually apologize for an incident in ancient times after thousands of years.

Even with a bad attitude, it was extremely rare for those words to come out of her mouth.

"Leto is dead." When the two siblings were surprised by this, Hades answered them lightly.

The entire God Realm experienced violent turmoil, and Leto was unable to survive this change.

In order to prevent the last child from dying, Niobe defended her face.

Unexpectedly, many years later, it was Leto's turn to protect his sons and daughters, so he gave all of himself to Apollo and Artemis, just to protect them.

Niobe failed to protect his children, Leto sacrificed himself to do so.

Probably because of a series of changes, Artemis thought of Demeter, who was exhausted because of his indifference, and later learned how difficult the life of the Persephone siblings was, and finally spit out this sentence today. sentence.

The siblings looked at each other, and probably thought of Artemis' situation over the years, so they couldn't help sighing.

"It's just that, Leto is dead, and Artemis is left with Apollo as his own brother, but I didn't expect them to fight." Thinking of the incompatibility of the two siblings I saw in the underworld, Melos pouted.

In the human world, if the parents die, it is common for the remaining brothers and sisters to rely on each other to survive, but it is rare in the world of gods. Among the races whose worldview is completely different from that of humans However, even if the two brothers and sisters were touched by Leto's death, they would not regard each other as their only reliance.

"Actually, I don't blame her." Persephone smiled gently. Even after going through a lot, she is no longer the pure goddess of spring, but her temperament has never changed. Because of the nobility inherited from the Harvest Goddess, "It's just," she looked at Melos with firm eyes, "I don't want to let some people go."

Speaking of it, the gods seem to have more or less an obsession that they don't want to suffer.

Artemis must take revenge, and Persephone may not be easy to bully. At first, he had to hide around because of lack of ability. Now that he has the strength, of course he must help his younger brother to bully back the people who bullied him.

……

In the morning, the sun was shining on the ground, and Anderson opened his eyes. He went to the bathroom to wash himself with a clear face, then arranged his clothes, and left the room after confirming that there was nothing wrong.

When he passed a silver-white door while going downstairs, he paused, turned his head to look sideways, and stretched out his hand unconsciously to push the door open.

This is a guest room, it looks like it has not been used for a long time, even if someone comes to clean it every day, you can still feel the coolness of the whole room.

He frowned slightly, always feeling that he had forgotten something.

But soon, his eyes flicked to the watch on his wrist, and he slowly closed the door.

Downstairs, his butler had already prepared breakfast.

After breakfast, he went out, and the dedicated driver was already waiting for him.

He got in the car, took one last look at the door of the house, and finally pressed the switch of the window.

He really didn't forget anything.

"Go to the company." He said to the driver.

The driver responded and skillfully drove the car out of the garage.

Anderson turned on the phone and looked at the memo, and put away the phone again after reading one by one.

He really hasn't forgotten anything...