After being sacrificed to Eros [Greek mythology]

As soon as the voice fell, thousands of soft halos suddenly appeared in front of the eyes. Although it was not fierce, it forced people to keep their eyelids open.

Apollo's body tensed up suddenly, and he didn't panic. He knew that this was the only way for the soul to enter the "illusion".

In a trance, he felt that his legs were getting heavier and heavier, his head and neck were being pulled up by a force, and leaves grew from his ears, and his smooth and soft skin began to become rough. As cold and hard as iron sheet... In the end, his handsome human form seemed to have been completely stripped off and turned into a tree.

After staying motionless for a long time, the surrounding fog gradually dissipated.

Apollo exerted a little force, and his mind escaped from the tree trunk, stepped on the ground, and changed from a "tree" to himself.

The view is suddenly bright, the sun is shining brightly, the pine trees stand tall and straight, the clear stream flows eastward, wild deer, roe deer, porcupine and other small animals jump and flash in the woods from time to time, creating a peaceful and tranquil scene.

Apollo recognized that this is where he first met Daphne.

He stood there sighing for a while, thinking of Cupid's jug, his time was limited, he had to find Daphne quickly.

This time, he asked for Daphne's forgiveness no matter what he said, and he could no longer return without success.

However, Lin Yuan Shenshen, it is not an easy task to find a girl.

If in the real world, Apollo could summon the clouds with his powerful divine power, the gods of the north wind and the south wind would stop Daphne's trail for him, and the god of the earth would open the way for him... But now, there is nothing , empty-handed.

This is an illusory world, strictly speaking, it is just Daphne's dream.

In this world, he is not some mighty and invincible sun god, but an intruder who mistakenly enters other people's dreams. The privileges he has in reality-calling the wind and rain, divination of the future, and all abilities to control the sun, Nature also disappeared.

This world has another "Apollo" to run the sun and moon dutifully and control the day and night.

Apollo felt sorry for a moment. Fortunately, he was not an embroidered pillow with a handsome face. He had rich combat experience, a body of vigorous muscles, and a pair of legs that were faster than tigers and leopards in the forest. Still walking on the ground.

Since it is Daphne's dream, everything around is naturally centered on Daphne.Apollo observed that even the wings of butterflies flap in the same direction.

With this insight, Apollo went around in the woods a few times, searched a little, and found Daphne's pretty figure beside a clear spring.

I saw that the girl was leading a yellow-brown colt with a long mane hanging down, and was drinking the sweet spring water meekly.

Sitting with the pony, the girl untied her bright and moving long hair like a wax torch, and combed it one by one with the river water as a mirror.

There are several other horses behind him, each of which has tied prey such as pigeons and porcupines. There are also two or three female companions who are about her age. Laughter, it seems that I have killed a lot of prey today, and I am very happy.

The girls were all interested, but although Apollo was tall and hidden in the bushes, they didn't notice him.

He stared at it for a while, his eyes were wet, and his heart seemed to be weighed down by a big stone: it turned out that Daphne lived so well in his spiritual world, that he might even forget who he was.I rushed in rashly, and it was true that I was passionate and disturbed others.

He became famous very early, and he was the most elegant and beautiful man in Olympus, and he has provoked countless love affairs. When he met a girl, he was always romantic and unrestrained, dare to laugh and speak out... It seems that he is hiding in the corner at this moment Peeping in and pitying oneself, but it has never happened before.

I only heard the tender voice of a female companion, "Daphne, is your father forcing you to get married again? I passed by your house just now, and I saw that the gifts in your house are so piled up that I can't put it down."

Daphne's proud little mouth twitched, "Those stinky men can't be driven away, really annoying."

Another female companion said, "It's okay to get married. When a girl grows up, she will marry a man as a wife."

"However, getting married will inevitably lead to more freedom. My sister got married a few days ago, so she has to stay at home to take care of the kitchen stove, and can no longer go out to hunt."

The female companions talked about getting up in a few words, sometimes sighed worriedly, and sometimes smiled cleverly with their lips covered, as if they were both disgusted and looking forward to the marriage.

Daphne shook her head heavily, "No, no matter what, I don't want to get married and serve those stinky men."

After finishing speaking, he dexterously stepped on the horse's back, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and the little pony flew with its hoofs and paws, heading west all the way under the gaze of everyone.

Apollo secretly listened to their conversation, and thought: So I was sent to Daphne before the lead arrow was shot. At this time, she was naive and stubborn, and was pestered by a group of stinky men to propose marriage.

Suddenly thinking that he would be one of the "smelly men" in the future, he couldn't help feeling sour, feeling sad, and secretly vowed not to use force this time, but to impress Daphne with sincerity.

After such a dazed effort, Daphne had already disappeared from sight.

Apollo shook the dust off his body and got up, and ran after him, fearing that he might lose sight of the girl if he was too late.

He appeared so rashly that he was seen by the female companions lingering by the spring.

The girls didn't expect that there was a man hidden in the short thorn bushes, they were terrified, and then they laughed to themselves, "Look, man! No wonder Daphne is distressed, all the suitors are chasing here!"

"Did he hear everything we said? Daphne must be angry when she finds out."

"He's really handsome, more handsome than any of the previous suitors."

"Which country is he the prince of?"

……

Apollo coughed lightly, feeling very embarrassed.

He has been lurking here for a long time. Although the corners of his clothes are a little messy, his facial features are still handsome. Under the bright sunshine, his skin is as white as if transparent, like a peach blossom branch in the spring breeze, with an indescribable elegance. lovely.

How can the demeanor of the God of Apollo be comparable to the suitors of ordinary people.

If on weekdays, he suddenly met so many beautiful girls, Apollo would have politely kissed the backs of their hands one by one, and then asked for their names one by one, but today he has something important to do, and he came here for Dave's sake. Nirvana, it has nothing to do with him whether the girl next to her is beautiful or ugly, crying or laughing.

Without saying much at the moment, he raised his feet and jumped over the short bushes, running towards the direction where Daphne left just now.

His physical fitness was excellent, but now that he was running vigorously, his plump cheeks were even more rosy, adding a bit of a strong beauty.

Daphne didn't know that Apollo was watching from behind, so after walking a few steps, she strolled idly by the side of the meadow, just in time to be bumped by Apollo who was rushing over.

The bright sun reflected on the river, and golden snakes danced wildly.Unknown fragrant trees grew around the river bank, and there were clusters of pure white five-petaled flowers blooming on the trees. The fragrant snow was like a sea, and the fragrance was intoxicating.

Daphne was sitting on the horseback, standing among the falling flowers, and the snow-white petals were all over her shoulders, reflecting a misty and soft halo.

The biased girl is still wearing a neat short skirt, carrying a strong bow and arrow on her back, the heroic spirit between her eyebrows and the soft rain of flowers are harmoniously blended together, just looking at it makes people dizzy.

Apollo leaned against the tree trunk with some forgetfulness, and closed his eyes indulging.

In a trance, he felt that the goddess of beauty was not Aphrodite, but Daphne;

The heaven of holy joy is not in Olympus, but in this wood.

Under the agitation of his mind, Apollo still didn't dare to make a sound.

As long as Daphne finds out, she will definitely be like her female companions, treating him as a lingering suitor and stalker, throwing a disdainful look at him and walking away.

He was afraid of her.

It was because he insisted on using force to force her before that the tragedy of the human tree was caused, this time he absolutely must not repeat the same mistakes.

Apollo twisted his chin, thinking that Daphne didn't know him at this time, and he didn't have the lead arrow of Cupid, as long as he would spend more time, he would definitely win the girl's heart.

Look at the time, just a quarter past.

Just at this moment, his thick black shadow reflected on the ground, arousing the girl's vigilance.

Daphne immediately pulled the rein and asked, "Who's there?"

Apollo hissed in a low voice. Now that he had been discovered, if he wanted to go back, he would be covering up.

In his anxiety, he quickly made up his mind - he couldn't just go out in a daze.

Cupid's young man was so conceited and romantic that his strategy for deceiving the little Psyche girl was nothing more than cultivating feelings first.

No matter what kind of family, friendship and compassion, it is much better to have feelings than to appear out of thin air.

Seeing Daphne flicking the horse lightly and patrolling towards him dubiously, Apollo concentrated his energy and summoned Cupid with his mind.

"Quick, turn me into a sika deer."

I don't know what that guy Cupid was doing, he was probably dozing off, and finally got a response after barking five times.

The other party's joking and teasing voice came over, "Didn't you go to find Daphne? Why did you turn into a sika deer?"

Apollo was very annoyed, he needed this little devil at the moment, so it was inconvenient to get angry, so he answered patiently, "I, the sun god, is willing to experience the life of all things, can you control it?"

Cupid laughed again and again, "Naturally it doesn't matter... Oh, I get it, you want to become a sika deer and trick Daphne into hugging you, don't you? It's really despicable."

That guy babbled a few more words, and then unhurriedly activated his divine power through the air, turning Apollo into a sika deer.

The aesthetics of Cupid is still acceptable. The sika deer transformed by Apollo is reddish brown all over, with dense and uniform jade white spots like stars, which looks very lively and beautiful.

Apollo couldn't help showing a slight smile.

beautiful.

Such a beauty, it seems that the average girl would have a feeling of love and affection.

As Cupid said, it is not impossible for Daphne to come and give him a hug.

However, the next moment, an extremely fierce arrow shot towards him with a hunting gust.

Apollo backed away in shock, but the smile on Daphne's face was very lively, and she praised, "What a deer! Look at the arrow!"

Apollo secretly complained, bad, he only thought about what ordinary girls would like, but he forgot that Daphne was not an ordinary girl.

She likes hunting, and when she sees a sika deer, she will definitely capture it with an arrow.

Cupid's laughter came faintly in his ears - this guy obviously thought of this section long ago without telling him.

Although Apollo was stupid for a while, he responded very quickly.

Seeing that the arrow after arrow was extremely fierce, there was no way to dodge it, so he just didn't dodge it, his leg bones softened, and he fell to his knees pitifully on the ground, with a pair of crystal black deer eyes staring at Da Da with resentment and bitterness. Furne.

Although there are many wild animals in the forest, there is none that is not afraid of the sharp arrow of the hunter.

His behavior, as a deer, is obviously quite psychic, which makes people stunned.

Daphne saw that this beautiful sika deer didn't run away, but knelt down and begged for mercy. Her eyes seemed to be talking, and she thought it was pregnant with a fawn.

She had heard her father say how a doe, if pregnant with a fawn, would kneel and beg for mercy, begging the hunter, when she was in unavoidable danger.

But this is just an anecdote, she has never really seen it with her own eyes.

What's more, the deer in front of me is strong and strong, with a pair of majestic horns on the top of its head. It is obviously male, so how can it be pregnant?

She has always been very courageous, seeing this deer was really strange, so she stopped shooting, got off her horse and came to see the doorway for herself, thinking: I'm sorry you can't run away either.

On the other side, Apollo chuckled secretly: Come on, the closer you get to me, the better.

Daphne stood beside Apollo for a while, rubbing the soft down on the deer's body with her tender toes.

Apollo was still standing still, but the soft waves in the deer's eyes were a little bit stronger than before.

Daphne was suddenly hit by this gaze and had a splitting headache, as if she had been taken away instantly.

"Uh……"

Apollo saw that she was tottering, and thought that he was exposed. He raised his four hooves and was about to stand up. Refreshing body fragrance.

It was Daphne who fell.

Apollo thought to himself: Cupid must be helping me.

His mind fluttered, all kinds of emotions gathered in his heart, and he wanted to tell Daphne many, many things, but it was a pity that he turned into a deer now, with an empty mouth, but he couldn't speak a single word.

At this time, the girl suddenly let out a coquettish shout, and circled his deer body, "Tell me to catch it!"

It turned out that she was pretending to be dizzy just now. Seeing that this male deer was beautiful and quite psychic, it didn't panic and flee like ordinary sika deer, so there must be some other conspiracy in it.Only then did he pretend to be dizzy and wanted to capture it.

Apollo was picked up by her, and he sighed helplessly: Why is this girl so ambitious, she only thinks about hunting.

When he was looking at her just now, she suddenly fainted. He thought she also had feelings for him, and his inner feelings were awakened, so he was suddenly disgusted.

Now it seems that he is self-indulgent again.

At that moment, Daphne thought that she had got the most abundant prey today, so she stopped wandering in the woods, tied the limbs of the sika deer to the horse, and led the foal back slowly.

Apollo on horseback has not been idle all the time, he barked twice from time to time, causing Daphne to look back at him.

After all, he didn't really come to experience the life of all things, so he couldn't keep turning into a deer like this.

When will Daphne be happy and eat him again?

Daphne heard his cry, "Are you thirsty?"

Before she finished speaking, she sighed to herself, "Look at me, hey." It seemed that she was blaming herself for talking to a deer.

Apollo yelled twice again.

In fact, he no longer wants to use the deer shape at this moment, and it is not impossible to directly transform into his proud skin.

The only problem is that his hands and feet are bound, and he is lying face down on the horseback. His posture is very unsightly. If he turns into a human form at this moment, it will inevitably greatly damage his handsome and brilliant image.

Daphne seemed to have other plans for him. She didn't want such a beautiful deer to die just like that. She scooped up clean water for him with a pitcher and brought it to his mouth to drink.

Apollo trembled all over, overflowing with joy in his heart, as if flattered.

How had he ever been treated like this before?

Thanks to the evil Cupid, Daphne ran away as soon as she saw him, as if she had seen a ghost. How could she ever feed him water so tenderly?

Even if he was immediately eaten as prey at this moment, it would be worth it.

The warmth in his heart accumulated more and more, and Apollo felt warm all over.

Daphne snorted, and couldn't help touching his deer's head, "Can you understand me? Strange, deer...why are you crying?"

After finishing speaking, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his wet eyes.

Apollo twitched twice, a little embarrassed.

Well, did he cry?

He is also worthless, why did he burst into tears when she touched him?Is he still a man, or is he an invincible god of war?

Thinking of this, he immediately forcibly held back the liquid under his eyelids, and blew twice again.Compared with the previous ones, these few sounds were more cheerful.

After drinking the water, Daphne ignored him and led the pony towards home.

When they turned back and passed the mountain spring, her female companions were still playing and playing, seeing Daphne shooting such a beautiful sika deer, they were all full of praise.

"Daphne's hunting method is probably handed down by Artemis, right?"

"I like this deer, why don't you kill it, I'll keep it."

"What's so special about a sika deer? The man who just hid in the thorns is really handsome."

"Daphne, you don't know, your suitor just came to spy on you!"

"That man is more beautiful than Apollo!"

……

Daphne flicked her whip, "Don't talk nonsense."

She didn't pay any attention to the suitors that her female companions said, but proudly stroked the furry head of the sika deer on horseback.

"Isn't this deer beautiful? If I can kill this deer, my father will definitely believe that I can take care of myself independently without getting married. I will definitely not force me to get married again."

Apollo sighed: So she kept me from killing me to prove to her father.But, why does she hate marriage so much?Before, she would rather turn into a laurel tree than accept my love, does it have anything to do with it?

He was sweating coldly on his back, thankful that he had turned into a sika deer, otherwise, if the real body was seen by these mortals, they would be accused of "Apollo spying on mortal beauties" and ridiculed, it would be hard enough for him of.