Wearing Pandora is swollen and broken [Greek mythology]

Hephaestus was depressed.

In fact, he didn't want to go out at all.

Although he had always been determined to come out to investigate the abnormal flame of unknown origin, but when it came time to go out, he was really reluctant to let go of the forging work in his hands.In addition, the flame has disappeared recently, and the Vulcan, who is obsessed with work, simply devoted himself to his new work.

However, at this time Zeus suddenly called him over.After an unpleasant conversation, he had no choice but to obey the God King's wishes, reluctantly put down half of the work in his hands, and walked out the door with heavy steps.

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"Do you remember the human child you made? She went to meet Prometheus not long ago, and was almost killed by him."

"You mean Pandora?" Hephaestus always remembered his own work very clearly, even if that work did not belong to his favorite weapon.After hearing what Zeus said, he subconsciously frowned, "Could it be that her body is damaged and needs to be repaired?"

"No," Zeus shook his head, "Epimetheus and his group of useless idiots rescued her with herbs...but that's not what I care about. I need you to go to her side to see her now, Check if they really turned against Prometheus..."

Hephaestus was reluctant to go out for a walk.If his work was damaged, it would make sense for him to repair it, but now she is fine... He didn't want to openly refute his father, Zeus, the king of gods, and only asked the doubts in his heart: "The child should leave After getting the mark, you can obviously check her situation at any time through the holy fire, why do you want to..."

Zeus heard Hephaestus' reluctance, and his face sank slightly.

Hephaestus immediately lowered his head, expressing in compromise that he was willing to obey the order to check.

"It's impossible for me to stare at a small human being at any time." Zeus looked down at Hephaestus.

"Abandoning the order of this world and focusing on a speck of dust is not something suitable for the lord of the gods to do." The majestic voice of the god king echoed in the temple, and the golden holy flame danced, outlining the world all the time. The shadows of the reliefs on the white stone.

"Also, Hephaestus, sometimes what you see with your eyes is the most real."

Vulcan stood in the empty hall, listening to the slow voice gradually disappearing, and when he looked up again, he was the only one standing in the center of the temple.

He still doesn't understand why this job is entrusted to him... Obviously, it should be the job of that guy Hermes to inquire about the news... That guy is idle all day long, unlike him, he has so much work to do...

Hephaestus pulled Piaoyuan's thoughts back from his memory, he looked at the sporadic black soil under his feet, thoughtful.

Originally, he planned to casually look at his works before leaving, but unexpectedly, when he descended directly from Olympus to the vicinity, he vaguely felt the remnant breath of the unknown flame.Very faint, but clearly there.

It was almost a windfall.

Vulcan put aside the task assigned by Zeus without saying a word, and came to where he is now in the direction he sensed.

After some searching, he did find a trace by the creek. The scorched black produced by the burnt wood was imprinted in the soil. The smell of the remaining flames made Hephaestus wrinkle his thick red face. brow.

What he sensed was indeed correct, a flame that did not belong to God was once burning here... That strange burning aura obviously did not rely on the power of God...

So who ignited it and how?

Who has been here before...

At this moment, Hephaestus suddenly sensed the presence of a strange aura nearby. He turned his head suddenly and snapped, "Who? Who's there? Come out."

The other party seemed to be frightened by his tone, and the little head that had just been poked out immediately retracted.

Seeing this, Hephaestus planned to go there by himself to find out the hidden snooper.

But as soon as he took a step, a fluffy blond head moved out tentatively from behind a tree.The other party has an extremely delicate and lovely cheek, and a pair of pure blue eyes are looking at him timidly.

This—how could it be his work?

Hephaestus was extremely surprised, and was about to ask a question, but he heard the little girl in front of him hesitatingly and timidly calling him in a low voice.

"dad……"

The Vulcan, who is happy to be a father, widened his maroon eyes again in shock.

Although he already has a wife, Aphrodite, his wife doesn't have a good relationship with him, and he still doesn't have a single offspring... It's the first time someone calls him Dad... This feeling...

Hephaestus didn't know how he felt.

In a sense, he loves every one of his works, he loves all his works as children, pouring emotions into them to make them more perfect and powerful...

However, there has never been a piece of work like the one in front of him that can move around on the ground according to its own consciousness, and softly call him "Dad"... This feeling is quite complicated, but it makes him inexplicably feel that this kind of Not bad for an overly novel experience...

"It turned out to be Pandora, why did you call me daddy?" Hephaestus looked at the timid little girl and tried his best to soften his rough voice.

"Because...Epimetheus and Deucalion were created by parents...you created me...you are my father..." The little girl hesitated for a moment, and finally stubbornly gave an example. illustrate.

The simple and honest Vulcan suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with Xiao Works' words.Anyway, his works are all his children. He used to think so in one direction, but now it has become two-way-in fact, it hasn’t changed much... and he is still a little proud of being called so, Vulcan immediately decided not to Then go and correct the little girl's address, and let her go.

He looked up and down his works habitually, he was petite and petite, and looked a little taller than when he was born, but he still maintained a harmonious proportion.The colors and textures are also maintained very well and still look perfect.

However, when he moved his eyes to the big rattan basket on the girl's back and the golden dress she was wearing, his brows immediately frowned.

Pan Duoduo was shocked by his sharp eyes.

Just when her heart was beating wildly, thinking that the other party had discovered something was wrong, Vulcan spoke in great displeasure.

"What's the matter with Epimetheus? How can you carry such a big thing by yourself?" Hephaestus felt very upset. He knew better than him how delicate and godless this work was made. .A basket half as tall as her, what if it crushes her, will it be sent back to Olympus for him to repair?

Pan Duoduo was dumbfounded.

"Also," he frowned critically, "he is a god anyway, why is he so stingy? How long has it been, and he has let you still wear this old skirt with tears in it."

The usually taciturn and silent God of Fire, Hephaestus, was really angry at this moment.He'd always wanted his creations to be treated kindly in the hands of their respective owners, but the details that now appeared to him suggested that this particular, talking piece of his hadn't been treated with the care it deserved.

This feeling of being let down by hard work is unbearable for a forger.

Pan Duoduo was genuinely stunned, she felt that Vulcan is really like a real natal family now, the daughter married for her own family can vigorously criticize the irresponsible husband's family... That kind of resentment is so fast It seems to be real...

What a good male god Epimetheus, he immediately became worthless in his mouth.

Seeing that the little girl would just stare blankly at him in a daze, Hephaestus suddenly felt a little sincere pity in his heart.

This poor child, when she was endowed with talent, she should have asked Athena to give her some wisdom... Now she looks silly, and she doesn't even know she's being bullied...

"Father?" Looking at Hephaestus with a deep expression, Pan Duoduo called out in a questioning tone.

Why did this guy suddenly stop talking and just look at her and sigh?

A little panic.

Vulcan was brought back to his senses by the soft and waxy father's call, he looked at the little girl, finally calmed down his anger, and asked instead: "Pandora, what are you doing here alone? "

"I'm here to get some spring water. The water here is sweet, and Diudiu likes to drink it." Out of consideration for the current situation, Pan Duoduo naturally covered up her real intentions, and resolutely made up a reason.

As she spoke, she put down the big rattan basket and took out the big thin wine jar from it, planning to go to the spring over there to scoop water.

When Hephaestus heard the girl's words, he frowned again, and when he saw the heavy wine jar, his face suddenly became very ugly.

Too much, Epimetheus too much.

Even if this work was originally made for Zeus's plan, she was also made by his own hands...Epimetheus treated her so contemptuously...

For a moment, the maroon pupils of the god of forging and fire seemed to be ignited by anger, flashing a terrifying aura like raging fire.He snatched the wine jar from the girl's hand, limped to the edge of the spring to fill it up, then put it into the rattan basket and carried it on his back.

Pan Duoduo stood aside with empty hands, staring blankly at this tiger-like operation, obviously dazed.

"It's outrageous." Vulcan taught his silly works earnestly, "In the future, all this kind of thing should be left to that bastard Epimetheus, understand? And what else is there, it's Prometheus The kid from the Hughes family, right? If you want to drink water, ask him to come and drink by himself, don't indulge him."

"You are a delicate and weak girl, how can you carry this thing on your back?" Hephaestus weighed the jar of what weight to him, and felt that the jar would definitely be able to crush his work after adding water. collapse.

Pan Duoduo was stunned by such successive words...

Did she do anything weird?Why does she feel like a flourishing white lotus at the moment, why can't she do it, sow discord No. 1 kind... Why are Epimetheus and Deucalion in the mouth of this Vulcan lord, just like that Turned into a heinous bastard...

"But..." the girl explained weakly, "Master Ares gave me 'a little' strength... I can..."

"You also said it's a little bit of strength, how much can a little bit be?" Mentioning his younger brother Ares, Hephaestus' face was obviously gloomy, and it could be seen that his mood was even more uncertain, "He Such a selfish god will never bestow good things on you."

Pan Duoduo thought to herself, this "a little bit" is quite a lot, it can let her kill the beast with one punch... However, she was keenly aware of Hephaestus' displeasure, and silently closed her voice tactfully.

——After all, that one gave this one a green color, and I blame her for being quick-talking for a while... Such a sensitive question should be carefully avoided in the future.

"Okay, now I'll send you back." Hephaestus said, and suddenly asked as if remembering something, "Have you seen any suspicious people or gods coming here?"

really.

Pan Duoduo was full of thoughts, but her face was full of confusion.She shook her head innocently, "The few times I've come here to fetch water, I haven't met other gods or people. However, I once heard Amy say that this place seems to be the place where Prometheus first created humans. "

The latter sentence is completely smoke. The purpose is to divert attention, and to give a hidden meaning-there should be more than one god who knows and has been here.

Hephaestus pondered.

He never thought that it would be the girl in front of him who created his abnormal flame that does not belong to God... Because in the eyes of this Vulcan, no matter whether the girl in front of him can talk or walk around, she is essentially A work of his creation.

The work does something that makes the author a headache, which is a possibility that Vulcan never considered.

He had no idea, and Hephaestus, who never liked to think too much, didn't even think about it.He felt that the most urgent task now is to reprimand Epimetheus and let him treat his hard-working works well, so he said, "Pandora, please lead the way. Today I will speak about Epimetheus for you. Hughes, don't worry, I'll make sure he won't dare to bully you like this in the future."

"Father, he didn't..." Pan Duoduo said weakly.

"You still speak for him." The short and sturdy god hated iron and steel, "It's because you are so easy to talk that you are bullied."

Pan Duoduo didn't dare to speak out.

Vulcan looked righteous and stern, but Pan Duoduo wanted to cry.

He wasn't, he didn't, he didn't bully her at all.

The girl wanted to cover her face, she couldn't imagine her Amy being scolded by the Vulcan god... However, the powerful god seemed to be determined, and the power gap between them was so great that Pan Duoduo had no choice but to follow her obediently They walked home together with the big trouble they caused.