modern greek mythology

Moss looked at their silhouettes in the dark, and always felt very familiar...

He raised his hand to press the switch on the wall, and the light came on.

The scene in front of him suddenly hurt his eyes, and he froze there in bewilderment.

The door of memory was pushed open with a bang, and scenes of the past poured out like a flood.

Time seems to go back to that period of green years, the first love.

He took his hand and walked into the room for the first time.

Hold yourself from behind and ask, do you like it, we will live here in the future.

Memories seem far and near, and yesterday's words are still in my ears.

However, there is a feeling of another world...

Everything here is still the same as back then.

The bed they slept in together, the chair they sat in and chatted with, the suitcase they used together...

Even the broken xylophone that I gave him when we first met, although it was broken into rotten pieces, the wreckage is still there.

All things have been washed by the years and stained with the traces of vicissitudes.

Two thousand and five hundred years have passed, what kind of loneliness are they and their owners here.

Hermes felt a pain in his heart, he didn't know if it was from distress, or from the past...

Hermes knew he was tangled, but he didn't expect it to be like this!

It's no wonder that he talked about one and blowing the other. It's not that he hasn't tried it, he just failed.

Hearing someone going up the stairs, Hermes quickly wiped away the tears from his eyes, turned on the light and closed the door, pretending nothing happened.

"Hermes, why are you still awake, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, I can't sleep." Hermes didn't dare to look him in the eyes, "Where have you been, I want to talk to you."

"I was just dealing with documents in the study downstairs, and I came up to get some things."

"Then go ahead..."

"No, I want to hear from you." Apollo stopped Hermes who was about to go away, "You have news about Kronos, but I have been waiting for you to speak."

It turned out that they wanted to go together.

Hermes smiled and said, "Okay."

The two went downstairs together, Apollo walked behind, and looked back at the door.

Just now, I seem to see the lights inside...

Hermes followed Apollo to the study and sat down across from his desk.

Apollo pushed the pile of papers to the sides so that he could come face to face with Hermes.

"I've been very busy since becoming a god king."

"Yeah, this job is not easy at all. I have to protect the world and manage the company at the same time. I really don't know what kind of poison I was poisoned at that time. I always think about this position..."

Apollo stopped halfway through his words, and the two of them remembered some bad things again.

"Let's not talk about this..." Apollo quickly got back to business, "What's the situation with Kronos?"

Seeing that there were lighters and cigarettes on the table, Hermes took them over politely and lit one.

"Apollo, do you know a sword called 'Zhan Shen'?"

Hermes did not answer him directly, but mentioned "slaying the gods".

Apollo nodded: "I heard, Hera told me. It is the divine sword forged by Godmother Gaia in ancient times, even a god can completely destroy it."

"The key is this sword." Hermes said while puffing, "Now Kronos has created an undead army in hell, once they are released into the world, it will be a disaster out of control. Right now he is worried about 'slaying the gods', and he has not sent troops for the time being, and he also wants to get this sword."

"That's why they let you back?"

"Hehe, yes, I am now a mouse in a bellows running back and forth."

"Then which side will you be on?"

"Do you still need to ask? If you can escape, of course you won't go back."

Hermes said it easily, but Apollo felt it was not that simple.

If he wanted to escape, Hermes returned to the human world last time was a perfect opportunity, but he chose to go back.

Besides, how could Kronos easily let him back?

I always feel that there is something hidden in Hermes' smiling eyes.

Apollo believes that his heart is with Olympus, and what he worries about is that he sacrificed silently behind everyone's back...

Just like more than 2000 years ago, he kept all the crimes for himself without telling himself.

Apollo suddenly leaned forward and held Hermes' hand: "If you encounter any problems, you must tell me, don't bear it alone."

Hermes gritted his teeth, avoiding those sincere eyes.

He took two deep puffs of the cigarette, covering himself with the smoke.

"Hehe, what can I do." Hermes smiled indifferently, "Don't worry, let's talk about how to find 'Zhanshen' is more important."

His character is still so stubborn, or does he feel that he is not worth relying on...

Apollo sighed inwardly, and had no choice but to withdraw his hand.

"Did Hera give any clues?"

"Yes, besides the three great gods who are now imprisoned, there was another person who went to look for 'Slaying God'——Prometheus."

"Prometheus..." Hearing this name, Hermes also scratched his head, "It really is a trouble."

"Yes, he has lived in seclusion for many years, and there has been no news for a long time. Looking for him now is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I have sent many people to look for it, but there has been no news."

Hermes thought for a while: "I know where he is."

"Oh? Really?" Apollo's eyes lit up immediately, and soon dimmed again, "But, even if we find him, he might not be willing to help us..."

"I have no choice but to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor." Hermes extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and pulled out another one from the cigarette case, "Who told him to be the only clue now? .Even if it’s the ten tortures of coercion and lure, you have to pry his mouth open.”

What Hermes was worried about was that in his dream, he didn't see Prometheus and Hades together. For some reason, he didn't make it to the end...

"Okay, I'll have a meeting with the gods tomorrow to see who I send to invite."

Hermes shook his head: "Apollo, if you invite Prometheus, we can only go together."

Apollo thought about it and found it reasonable.

"Well, I'll explain the matter tomorrow, and then I'll go find him with you."

In the study, the two exchanged a lot of ways to deal with Kronos.

As time went by, the packs of Hermes dwindled and the ashtrays filled with butts.

Apollo couldn't stand it anymore, and snatched his newly lit cigarette.

"Hey, what do you mean?"

"Are you annoying? I haven't seen you stop tonight."

"It's the last one, I'll be consummated after I smoke it."

Hermes wanted to take the cigarette back, but Apollo put it in his mouth, completely dispelling his idea.

"Is there a mistake! You want what I smoked!"

Apollo took a long puff of the cigarette: "When you taught me to smoke, you didn't take a puff like this before handing it to me."

"That was also taken away by you, okay..."

"Hermes, don't smoke too much. It can make you forget your troubles for a while, but it won't solve the problem."

Yes, if it bothers you, just a few cigarettes can solve it...

Hermes felt like a mess in his heart, not knowing what to do.

I used to think that Apollo's obsession with himself was just an illusion of persistence.

But now, it is no longer possible to use the word "illusion" to escape reality...

Continue to pretend not to know, and watch him continue to indulge?

Advising him to forget himself is undoubtedly stabbing him twice in the heart.

In front of the enemy, I am so upset...

Perhaps one day, he disappeared with Kronos, and his thoughts would be disconnected.

Let all the good memories be hidden in my heart.

"I'm sleepy and I want to sleep." Hermes smiled lightly, "Go to sleep too, if you don't sleep, it will be dawn, and there are still many things to do tomorrow."

"Hmm..." Apollo could only nod his head.

That kind of smile makes people feel distressed.

What he wants to see is the happy, humorous and carefree Hermes.

I want to let the sunshine return to his face, even if I can only admire it from a distance.

If he just wanted Hades to come back to him, he would do his best to rescue that person.

As long as it can make him happy, I will do whatever it takes.

Even if that happy smile is not blooming for myself.

Prometheus

The next day, Apollo told the main gods about going out to find Prometheus, and asked Athena to act as an agent during his absence.

After explaining, he set off with Hermes.

The two flew into the blue sky, left the city, traveled across the ocean, and flew to the other side of the world.

After flying to a place with high mountains, Hermes gradually descended.

Looking down, the mountains are connected in one vein.

The green grass at the foot of the mountain is full of green fields, and farming is busy.

The mountainside is a dense coniferous forest.

The top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round.

Hermes inspected it from the sky and decided to fly to the coniferous forest on the mountainside.

The two stopped there together and looked up. The tall redwood trees, at least hundreds of years old, stood there with their heads held high like guards guarding the mountains.

The wind on the top of the mountain is blowing, making people feel chills.

"This is... the Caucasus Mountains?"

"Yes, the place where Zeus punished him."

"How is this possible?" Apollo wondered, "Prometheus has suffered so many years here, how could he stay here?