Wearing Pandora is swollen and broken [Greek mythology]

By the pool in the backyard, Epimetheus was manipulating the water flow to wash dishes under the starlight, when he saw his little nephew holding two plates and moving towards him with short legs.

The little nephew's mouth was pouted, his face full of seriousness.

"What's the matter? Didn't you have enough for dinner?" Epimetheus was at a loss.

Deucalion glanced at his uncle with resentful little eyes.

"No." he said.

"Then... the dinner is not delicious? No, Duoduo obviously thinks it is delicious..." Epimetheus was even more puzzled.

Do you like it, Dodo?What is this called?

Her name is Pandora, okay? He heard it all.Are they familiar? That's what they call it. It's really similar to that weird Diu Diu... Ah!What a wonderful thing!Not good at all!

Deucalion was once again outraged by his own thoughts.

Epimetheus saw that his nephew didn't speak for a long time, but his small mouth was getting higher and higher. He really thought it was the bad dinner that made him look so ugly.He suddenly fell into self-blame, "Is it really bad? Is it too salty or too sweet..."

Deucalion didn't listen to what his uncle was talking about at all. He finally understood why his father sometimes showed that helpless expression when facing his uncle...

——Because now he is exactly the same helpless.

He sighed sadly, and finally replied, "It's delicious, Uncle, not because of the supper. I'm doing this because of my sister."

"What happened to sister?" The uncle was very puzzled.

"My sister called me Diudiu." Xiaodouding sighed deeply.

That's all, isn't it too much?

"That's great!" Epimihus laughed suddenly, thinking it was something!That's it.

He didn't understand why his nephew looked a little unhappy, "This is a very intimate name, my sister likes you so much..."

As he spoke, the action of rinsing the dishes slowed down, and he hesitated, "She didn't even call me that..."

After all, he looked at his little nephew with resentment and envy, with an expression on his face that you were born in a blessing and didn't know how to be blessed.

Deucalion: ...

Deucalion froze.

Is it a question of intimacy or not?This is a matter of dignity!

He finally understood, but whenever his uncle encountered something involving that woman, his heart would be biased.Seeking justice from his uncle about the woman was completely self-inflicted and pointless.

Knowing that he was doing futile work, Deucalion wisely decided to keep his mouth shut.He turned to ask, "Where do we let my sister sleep at night? There are only two beds at home."

When my father was still there, he took him to sleep with him.Later, after his father was taken away by Zeus, he slept alone in his father's room.Now there are only two beds in the house, but there is no other place for the woman to sleep!

hum.

"It's not easy. Uncle takes you to sleep, and sister sleeps alone. Doesn't Deucalion have nightmares recently? Just right, if uncle sleeps with you, Oneiros will never come to make trouble, so You are not afraid anymore!" Epimetheus smiled brightly.

Deucalion became angry again and turned into a little frog.

He didn't have nightmares!He is not afraid!He is already a little man!He has been depressed recently only because he is too sad about his father!

slander!It's all made up by my uncle to make room for that woman!bad uncle!

A deep sense of powerlessness emerged in the cub's fragile heart.

Woohoo, he misses his father.

If it was Dad, he would definitely not agree to let that woman into the house!

However, the cub's uncle was not aware of the cub's inner complaint, and he finally allocated the bed according to his own decision.

So Pan Duoduo lived in Epimetheus's room alone, while the uncle and nephew slept in the house where Prometheus lived before.

As for why Pan Duoduo was not allowed to live in his brother's room, Epimetheus said he didn't know either.Anyway, he just wanted her to sleep in his room, no god, no.

After a busy day, the stone house finally got the tranquility of the night.

At this moment, in a room on the second floor of the stone house, Pan Duoduo was lying on his back on the bed, looking sideways at the twinkling stars in the sky outside the window.

That's right, windows.It's just a wide open opening in the wall, with no glass or window paper covering it.Occasionally, there will be gusts of evening wind blowing with the fragrance of unknown flowers, bringing a bit of coolness.

It's also a bit comfortable.

Pan Duoduo hasn't distinguished the seasons here yet, but luckily the temperature is not low at this time, so she won't feel cold if she covers her body with the woolen blanket.

The bed under her was a wooden bed, simple in style but spacious enough.Several layers of animal fur were placed underneath to make a mattress, and the surface was covered with a fabric that was supposed to be linen as a bed sheet.Although compared to the modern Simmons, it can be said to be quite rough and crude, but the quilt exudes a faint plant aroma - a very relaxing smell, as if it can easily comfort the person sleeping on it Weaving a dream full of natural atmosphere.

Pan Duoduo turned over, and then turned over again.The golden gown that Hephaestus had woven for her had long since been shed, and she had replaced it with a men's linen shirt that was especially roomy for her as a nightgown.

Needless to say, this was the clothes of Epimetheus, and the plant aroma on them was exactly the same as that on the bedding, which was very pleasant.

Compared with the blouse he wore just now, the texture of this shirt is obviously much more delicate...

His love for her is probably because of the so-called "peerless beauty", right?But such patience and meticulousness is still touching... Pan Duoduo thought silently.

A very touching kindness, which she will remember silently without asking why.

The girl who came to this world for the first time was lying on her back, staring sideways at the stars twinkling in the dark night.Thoughts were like silent waves, quiet and silent, but they kept churning in her mind.

She suddenly got up from the darkness, took the package on the table beside her and put it on her lap.

Undoubtedly, what was in this package was the magic box. Pan Duoduo kept the package tied on his back, and did not take it out in front of his uncle and nephew.

At this moment, she stretched out her slender fingers to open the tie of the package.

The delicate texture of the magic box is illuminated by the dim starlight, as if covered with a layer of mysterious tulle.Pan Duoduo stroked the gems inlaid on the box with her fingertips, but she was thinking about how to place this dangerous source of energy comparable to a nuclear bomb.

——Zeus withdrew the excess curiosity, then she would not open the box one day in the future as the gods wished.But it's not enough to just exclude her, she has to make sure that no one else will ever open the box.

There is Epimetheus, who is notoriously confused, and a growing child in this family. It is not safe to think about it!She doesn't want to work hard for a long time and be dragged into the water by others...

Pan Duoduo thought about it, but couldn't think of a perfect solution.It is safe to keep the box in her hand, but after thinking about it, she knows that it is impossible, and it hinders her daily life.Dig a hole and bury it?It's okay not to be discovered, but I'm afraid that someone will accidentally dig it out that day...

It was so hard, she sighed.For now, just keeping the box in the room where she lives is probably the best option.It's best to let uncles and nephews not come into this room casually... God, she just came here for dinner, and she's already thinking about how to turn against customers...

Pan Duoduo lay back on the bed helplessly, held the box with both hands and looked at it for a while, then sat up again, moved to the side of the bed, and stuffed the box under the bed again.

That's right... just blame, let's leave it at that.

Pan Duoduo comforted herself, waiting for her to think of a good way, then arrange it...

There were so many things that happened that day, everything felt unreal beyond reality.

Those scenes that deviate from common sense and cannot be explained by the rules of physics, those gods of various colors that should only be extolled in epics and recorded on clay tablets, and... the fact that they came to this mythical world inexplicably, everything is very important to Pan Duoduo All are subversive.

Although she has denied it many times, even though her biological instinct has driven her to think deeply about how to mediate with the gods, how to seek opportunities from known myths, and how to keep herself alive... But deep down, Pan Duoduo is still the same. Don't give up holding a little luck.

—That is, it was all a dream.

Like Alice in Wonderland, all this is just an adventure in her dreams.When she wakes up, she might be able to get up from her tatami mat for an afternoon nap, and everything will be back on track...

With such hope in mind, the girl slowly closed her eyelashes on this strange bed.

The car of the moon goddess Selene is running on the top of the dome, spreading the gentle and silver moonlight to every corner of the earth.Different from the blazing brilliance of the sun, the moonlight is like water and practice, like a pair of healing hands, gently soothing the sorrows of all living beings when they are awake.

Dreams are mysterious and wonderful, and even make people get lost in them.When the night becomes the master, it becomes the protagonist on the stage, and every soul's joy, anger, sorrow and joy will belong to it.

——Unfortunately, that soul that is still unfamiliar to this world, her dream, is still about to come to nothing...

Shifting stars.

When the fingertips of the Goddess of Dawn shed tears of roses, and when the sun first shines from the end of the clouds, the sleeping girl wakes up.

OK, confirmed.

It's still the window without glass, the rough bedding, and the old stone wall.

Did not go back.She is still in the dream?

No, not right.It's her who can't go back.

After having this cognition, a great sense of loss flooded into Pan Duoduo's heart.Admittedly, this mythical world is full of novelty and attraction, but she still prefers her formerly peaceful and orderly life.

——It’s not like here, where you have to face the issue of life and death at any time, and you have to bear the heavy fate of being born and miserable.

Not to mention, there is no three links and three levels in this place, and there is nothing for mobile phones and computers. The lowest level of Maslow's demand is Wi-Fi!

She doesn't want to be Pandora!She is Pan Duoduo!

But Pan Duoduo also knew that if she was unwilling to complain here, everything would be useless.Accepting the reality and facing it is the best thing she should do now and the best thing for her.

No matter how bizarre and illusory this world is, she must adapt to it as quickly as possible.

Then, survive.

Pan Duoduo paused, suppressed all lost expressions, got up from the bed, and put on her only skirt.

Without shoes, that's a problem.Yesterday she was taken to the stream to wash and then put directly to bed, her feet barely touching the ground.

Fortunately, the floor of the room looked clean, Pan Duoduo nodded his sprained foot, and moved towards the window little by little.

This stone house is very close to the human settlement, yet maintains an appropriate distance.This satisfied her.Looking from this window, you can see a few sparse groves and bushes scattered around the stone house; further away, there are some low buildings gathered together, probably like this house, made of stone and Made of mud.

With Pan Duoduo's eyesight, he could faintly see human beings walking around, and there was even a curl of cooking smoke rising from several stone houses.

fire.

——Prometheus's gift to mankind.

In the natural development of human beings, the use of fire has widened the gap between human beings and other species.

But this is the mythical world.

Although absurd, Pan Duoduo has personally experienced the miraculous process from clay sculpture to human being; similarly, human beings here did not evolve through tens of thousands of years, but directly transformed from a handful of clay by the hand of God. into...

How did this world come about, how did it evolve, whether there are rules; how did the gods in this world come about, where did the power of gods come from, is there any limit... Pan Duoduo has countless questions in his heart.

But no one could give her an answer.

Irony, maybe these questions really need to be answered by "curiosity".

But everything has to be done slowly.Pan Duoduo told herself again, don't be impatient.What needs to be understood most now is the specific situation of human settlements—not to mention the confrontation between humans and gods, after all, she has to live here for a long time.

Humans are social animals.

Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the door of the room.

"Duoduo, are you awake? You change your clothes first, and I'll take you to the stream to wash up."

It was the voice of Epimetheus.

Pan Duoduo turned her head, moved back to the bed and sat down obediently, and said to the door, "Please come in, I have already changed."

The door of the room was pushed open with a creaking sound.The young Shenzi stood at the door, looking at her with emerald green eyes that were bright and clear in the morning, "Did you rest well last night?"

"En." Pan Duoduo nodded.

"That's good, let me carry you downstairs now." Because of the experience last night, he was finally not so shy when he said this.

"it is good."

The girl's well-behaved appearance made Epimetheus' heart melt.He walked to the bed in a few steps, and carefully hugged her by the waist.

"Does your foot still hurt?"

He asked her as he walked out the door of the room.

Pan Duoduo moved her ankle, but she didn't feel anything if she didn't mention it, and it really didn't hurt anymore.She truthfully replied, "It's much better, it doesn't hurt anymore."

I didn't expect the dye-like dark ointment made by Prometheus to be quite effective. It's really incredible.

"The things my brother makes are always good. It's a pity that my brother..." Epimetheus inevitably became a little depressed when he mentioned his brother.

Pan Duoduo naturally pretended not to know anything about Prometheus, and she asked him with a concerned tone, "Your brother? What happened to him? I haven't seen him since yesterday. He is Diudiu's father, right?"

So Pan Duoduo listened to the story of Prometheus from him again.