Wearing Pandora is swollen and broken [Greek mythology]

Hephaestus rarely came out of his studio today.

He walked to the terrace on the top floor of his palace, looking at the scenery from the south.

This is the third year since he created the first human maiden... He has not seen her since he left the white house of the maiden.

Everything about Pandora has dimmed. After all, in the original plan, they had to wait for more than ten years or even longer...God will not forget one thing easily, but God will not pay too much attention to one thing either. matter.

Olympus is a bit empty right now.

Except for a few gods who have not been seen all the year round, Hermes has gone wandering somewhere. Except for the occasional letter back to Olympus, he has never returned for three years.As for Zeus...he seems to be out looking for a beautiful and fresh encounter again, and his mother, the Queen of Heaven, Hera is hating it...

Hephaestus suddenly recalled the short day he spent in the girl's house, and suddenly felt a little strange emotion in his heart.

——Actually, similar situations have happened more than once in the past three years. Later, he finally understood that it was probably a feeling called "envy".

It is a bit enviable to him.

The maroon pupils of Vulcan reflect the fresh green from the south, which is a symbol of the earth mother Gaia waking up from her dream again.The goddess of spring, Persephone, will leave her husband Hades in the underworld, put on a dress woven for her by her loving mother out of flowers, and walk step by step across the green grass.

There will be a thriving scene.Probably the girl's place will also be full of vitality.

Just as Hephaestus thought so, a gray Joan bird flew over the barrier of Mount Olympus and flew straight towards him.

The brows and eyes of the rough-faced male god softened, and the corners of the lips under the beard slightly raised a gentle arc.He stretched out his calloused fingers, and let the small and nimble gray qiong bird land on his thick knuckles.

The Huiqiong bird landed on his hand obediently, motionless.

If you look closely, you will find that this bird is not a real bird-it is lifelike, with fine feathers on the surface, but it is a camouflage made by dyed chicken feathers.Under the cover of that layer of feathers is an intricate metal structure—perhaps it is more appropriate to call it a mechanical bird.

Hephaestus was taken aback when he received his first mechanical bird two years ago.

When the very poor sparrow arrived at the gate of his palace, it was almost falling apart, but fortunately it was picked up by his servants and finally delivered to him.

Then, just as he was studying the sparrow with great interest, a certain mechanism was touched, and the girlish voice that impressed God was uttered from the sparrow's mouth.

——It turned out that this little unexpected guest turned out to be the work of that girl, and Hephaestus was quite surprised at the time.

He was not mistaken, the girl named Pandora is indeed a good seed......

However, after he listened to the message brought by the girl with the sparrow, he no longer had the time to think about her amazing talent, because the only thing left was a faint touch deep in his heart.

It's a very different feeling.

That was probably the first caring message he received in his life.The messages delivered to him in the past were almost all requests or orders for him to sell the forging tools... so that that one was so special.

There is nothing novel about it, just that the girl embarrassingly described the various difficulties she encountered after she just embarked on the road of forging, thanked him for every dress he gave her, and finally some wishes for him to be happy every day and Invite him to come and stay for a while.

However, every word of the girl is filled with a kind of warmth that has never existed in Olympus.

Is that the temperature of the human world?

After hesitating for a long time, Hephaestus repaired the sparrow that was about to fall apart. He used its built-in voice recording function to record some words of advice on the girl's forging problems, and put the sparrow back.

I didn't expect it to be a beginning.From then on, every year and every season, his palace was disturbed by a little uninvited guest, be it a sparrow or a jay or a nightingale, and at last all the servants in the palace got used to it.

Although he had never visited the girl in the past three years, the child seemed to have been living not far from him.He was getting more and more used to her vibrant voice, and at the same time, somewhere in his heart was struggling more and more.

——Same as the reason why he never looked at her, he still couldn't face those eyes.

Perhaps he shouldn't have replied the girl's greeting, but the warmth from that small corner of the world seemed to make the organ in his chest particularly unforgettable.

It's strange, the only temperature left him unable to make up his mind...

It has been like this for three years.

Hephaestus walked through the empty corridor with the lifelike Gray Joan in his hand.Inspired by the girl, he changed his palace to be more comfortable and comfortable three years ago, but still failed to change its desertedness and emptiness.

He came to his studio, closed the door tightly, then sat down at the table, stretched out his index finger and scratched the chin of the Gray Joan.

The next moment, the sweet voice that belonged only to the girl came out from the mouth of Huiqiongniao.

"—Dad! Are you okay? It's already spring here. Two days ago, Epimetheus took me to see Persephone, the goddess of spring. She is really a beautiful and gentle goddess. I know I am very fond of plants, and she has gifted me many seeds begged from her mother, and I feel that I have become a very good friend with her.

The snow in your place probably hasn't melted yet?Oh no, there should be snow all year round on Mount Olympus.I am very envious, because there is no snowfall in the south in winter, and I have never seen it covered in silver.

I'm still going well in the human world, how about you?I have fulfilled the tasks given to me by Olympus very responsibly, and diligently replaced Olympus to impart well-being to mankind.Humanity is doing well now, and every one of them is very grateful for the generosity of Olympus.Speaking of which, human beings are really a group of simple and enthusiastic guys. After learning that you allowed me to teach them how to make metal tools, they immediately built a temple for you to worship.However, Dad, the level of human architecture is really poor. Although I am watching from the side, it is still too shabby compared to your works. I hope you don't despise them.

You haven't seen me for three years, probably because you are very busy?I still miss you very much.On weekdays, I have been thinking about my forging ability. This time, a small compartment has been added to the belly of the Huiqiong bird. If you touch its belly, it will probably pop out. There is a little gift from me in it— —The sweet plants I mentioned to you before have been made into candies, I hope you like them.

In the end, I still look forward to your visit to the human world again.Deucalion often hugged the toy you gave him, why didn't I see you again, and Epimetheus and I also wanted to meet you very much.Please take care of your body after work. Although the body of God is so strong, it is better not to tire yourself!

Well, that's all!Looking forward to your reply! "

When the brisk voice fell, and the room returned to silence, the moment of hesitation was particularly obvious.

The girl's chatter did not bore the Vulcan, the chirping sound like a bird made the luster in his eyes softer and softer.

After the brief noise, the crackling of the flames in the studio filled my ears again.Hephaestus paused for a moment, then touched Hui Qiongniao's belly according to the girl's words.

There was a soft "click", and a small dark box popped out.

A round metal box the size of half a palm rolled out, spinning around the table several times before stopping.

Well, it seems that the mechanism for the girl to carry the items is very substandard.

Hephaestus thought a little jokingly, stretched out his thick arm and took the small and exquisite box.The box is made of alloy - this also comes from the girl's novel idea. It has the color of gold only, but is harder and lighter than gold.

Hephaestus held the small box in his palm and looked at it. When he turned to the back of the box, he paused slightly, and his rough fingertips lightly stroked the words engraved on the bottom of the box.

——"A gift for Hephaestus, I hope you will be happy every day."

He stretched out his hand and twisted open the round box lid, and saw a box of little fingertip-sized particles lying quietly inside, translucent in texture, with a slight layer of light pink on the whole.

It is completely inconsistent with the rough him, full of girlish heart.

Hephaestus stretched out his thick thumb and index finger, gently twisted a small grain and threw it into his mouth.

The honey-like sweetness soon soaked into his mouth, and the sweet taste slid down his throat, making him narrow his maroon eyes.

Another one.

What the girl said was indeed true, it was indeed as sweet as honey—she said it was extracted from a sweet plant?There really is her, it seems that there is something about her that surprises God in every aspect.

is a very good boy.However, she has to correct the way she makes the storage, so that it can't hold things well, and it can't hold too much...

The god, who was as strong as a bear, looked at the small pocket box in his hand, and then at the few and small sweet granules, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

He stopped his hand wanting to take another one, closed the box, and carefully put it in his pocket.

She called it—candy?It sounds good, but it's too little, let's save some and eat...

Such a sweet taste made him want to let it stay longer.

—in the silence.

Hephaestus rolled up his sleeves, and decided to go off in person to set a good example for the girl... In the past, it might be difficult to understand how to point her out with words... Show her the standard model. With her talent, she should be able to learn quickly, right?

He quickly drew a sketch in his mind, selected suitable materials and began to work.

Is this what raising a daughter feels like?This male god was making his standard model, while thinking about whether it would fit or not.

He put his hand in his pocket, touched the small metal box lightly, and his heart moved slightly.

If that's what it feels like... then it's really nice...