After being sacrificed to Eros [Greek mythology]

Apollo is usually a chic and unrestrained person, but when he met Daphne, it was like meeting the nemesis created by nature. The mother-in-law, looking forward and backward, completely lost the unrestrained demeanor of the past.

Just when he was so entangled in his heart, Daphne took the pony first and galloped towards home.

Sure enough, as the group of female companions said, Daphne’s house was piled up with gifts, and there were dozens of young men holding flowers standing outside the fence, wandering around, it seemed that they were the “suitors” who had been pestering Daphne them.

When those people saw Daphne coming back from hunting, they all clapped their fists and rushed over, spitting out compliments.

Seeing this situation on horseback, Apollo was very upset, thinking secretly, should he change back to his original appearance now, or wait a little longer?

Now that she is back in human form, it can just scare everyone, scare away those annoying suitors, and make them dare not disturb again.

And now that he is restored to his original shape, Daphne will not throw him into the warehouse for a while, where he will stay with the dead pigs and pigeons from hunting, and it will stink.

Thinking of this, Apollo couldn't help but eager to try.

He is aggressive and shows off, so after thinking about it, he has completely regarded Daphne as his wife, and those suitors are naturally his rivals in love.

However, Daphne was the first to drive away the suitors with a long whip, and said angrily, "Take your things, go away, go away!"

The girl spoke anxiously, and kept waving the whip in her hand.The suitors were all young men with hippie smiles, they would not leave when the girl reprimanded them, and surrounded her happily.

Apollo is even more eager to try, these people are rascals, Daphne is trapped, he happened to be a hero to save the beauty, show his skills, maybe Daphne fell in love with him at first sight when he was happy?

He was thinking about how to dismount, how to dismount, and what to say when he saw Daphne... During this daze, Daphne flew over with three whips, and stepped into the fence of his own house first. , and pulled in Apollo on horseback.

Immediately, the door was tightly closed, no matter how the people outside shouted, they would not open a single crack.

Only an old man's voice was heard, "Daphne, you are being rude to others again."

Daphne said proudly, "Father, once they come, I will drive them away."

There was a hearty laugh from the old man, and he sighed, "Silly girl, can you still stay unmarried for the rest of your life? How can you always drive out your fiancé?"

Even though he said this, there was no sense of blame in his tone.

Daphne said, "They are not. I have worshiped the goddess Artemis all my life, and I am willing to never marry and serve the goddess all my life."

When Apollo heard them talking about his sister Artemis, he suddenly felt sour: Daphne, Daphne, you are biased, you respect the moon god so much, why do you avoid yourself so much?

Artemis is his sister.The sun and the moon are obviously the same thing.

He thought about himself for a while, and then became inexplicably happy again.

In reality, Daphne has already turned into a cold laurel tree. Now in this illusion, he should be content to see her again.

Thinking of this, he silently glanced at the time, which was about to pass halfway.

He has to hurry.

Daphne showed off the sika deer transformed into Apollo to her father for a while, and then threw him into the warehouse with a large pile of miscellaneous prey.

Apollo himself has a serious cleanliness obsession. Although staying in the warehouse is a bit difficult, he is afraid that people will find out, so he has to try his best not to lose his temper.

It wasn't until the sky was getting dark, the warehouse was dark, and there was no one around, that Cupid was called to help him regain his human form.

Apollo tiptoed towards Daphne's room.

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the cold light shone on people, and the thick black shadow of Apollo stretched on the ground for a long time.Daphne's family raised five or six ferocious hounds, and they were lining up in a row at the moment, napping in front of Daphne's door.

Those dogs are very sensitive to hearing. Even though Apollo has been extremely cautious and light-footed, when he pushed the door out of the warehouse, he still made a slight "creaking" movement, which immediately aroused the ears of those dogs. Moved.

A dog opened its eyelids and let out an extremely unkind bark.

Apollo raised an eyebrow.

The dog also stared at him.

In normal times, not to mention an ordinary hunting dog, even the Cerberus vicious dog in the underworld would be able to catch him.

But at this moment, he was in an illusion, lost all his powers, and was not much different from those mortal suitors, so he could only secretly call on Cupid for help, and hypnotized the hounds.

I didn’t want Daphne’s pet to be so fierce. Rao was hypnotized by Cupid, and her teeth were still biting Apollo’s silk like a pair of pliers. Apollo pulled off a large piece with a snort, and he Also nearly stumbled.

The moon overhead was damn bright, illuminating his embarrassment clearly.

Apollo wants to cry but has no tears. He is a majestic sun god. He has never been as timid as a thief. If the gods of Olympus know about this, will he still be a man in the future?

Then it occurred to her that Daphne must have kept so many hounds guarding the door because she was afraid that those annoying suitors would come to disturb her at night for self-defense.

...But he was still touched in the end.

Apollo secretly felt ashamed, and touched his forehead covered in cold sweat, not knowing whether to be happy or worried.

Daphne's room was originally dark, but Apollo opened a small gap, and the moonlight leaked in immediately, and the silver light spread into a bright line.

The drowsy warm fragrance in the room pierced through the sinuses, both familiar and unfamiliar.Apollo was dazzled for a while, his eye sockets were sore and aching.

He obviously didn't drink alcohol, but he felt a little drunk.

As Apollo closed the door, he thought deeply about what to do next.

Did he just wake the girl up and explain it clearly to her, or did he pretend to be mysterious and talk to her about it?

He is more inclined to the latter.

After all, Daphne hated him. If she directly stated her identity, maybe she would directly kick herself out of her illusion, and all previous efforts would be in vain.

Seeing that the girl was breathing evenly and her snowy cheeks were faintly reflected by the moonlight, she was so beautiful that Apollo couldn't help but shudder.

He couldn't bear it and wanted to reach out and shave her forehead.

Suddenly the alarm bell rang, and I warned myself, no, no.

Didn't he insult her while she was sleeping by doing this? How is he different from his previous self?

Daphne's temper is as fierce as fire, if she knew that she had acted in such a menglang way, she might kill him with a whip.

She also thought: before Daphne refused to accept her death, it was all because she was hit by a lead arrow and she couldn't help herself. This time she didn't get any arrows, so her opinion might be different from before.

But seeing her ignoring the suitors and her distaste and indifference towards marriage, she feels that this matter may not be the case.

According to what Daphne said, she was afraid of getting married because she didn't want to serve those stinky men on her knees.

Apollo felt that he still had some room for change. First, he was a man, but he didn’t smell bad; second, she was going to marry him, so how could he be willing to let her serve her?It's too late for him to hold her in his hands, and he is willing to let him be her servant.

Apollo's face fluctuates from joy to sorrow, sometimes showing a subtle smile, sometimes at a loss, hesitant and helpless.

If there is a third person present, he can be seen standing still like a clay sculpture, but in fact, his heart is full of whims and flavors, but it is rich and tight.

Apollo is a veteran in the field of love. When facing other girls, his tongue is like a colorful lotus flower, mixed with sweetness and honey, without any heavy style. Even if he doesn't have such an extremely handsome face, he can still coax people around. .

When Biansheng faced Daphne, it was as if he was locked in an airtight hood, unable to use all his skills, and looked like a clumsy novice in love.

Apollo comforted himself, it wasn't that he was incompetent, it was because he cared about it, and it made him mess up... But the more he comforted himself, the more confused he became.

After a long while, the moonlight was blocked by a small group of dark clouds, and no light could penetrate the hut immediately.

Apollo felt his eyes go dark, squeezed his fists, and stopped his wandering thoughts.

No matter, he wants to wake her up.

It can't be for nothing, can it?

He stretched out his hand to pat Daphne on the shoulder twice.But before he touched her, the girl suddenly snorted, "Who?"

Apollo was startled subconsciously. Although he was ready to meet Daphne face to face, the sudden arrival of this moment made him take a few steps back again and again.

Daphne's room was very cramped and small. He was tall, so when he stepped back, he touched the door panel.

The door panel was hastily closed when he was avoiding the hunting dogs just now, and it was not tightly closed at all, but it was wide open when hit by the slight force from his back.

All of a sudden, moonlight and night wind rushed in at the same time, rustling his robes.

It is impossible to dodge away, Daphne has already got up and kicked her shoes to the ground.

Apollo had a sense of stealing and being caught on the spot, and he secretly cried out: It is impolite and dangerous to sneak into the girl's boudoir at night... No wonder Cupid accidentally dropped the arrow when he sneaked into Psyche's boudoir. If he poked at himself, if he was carrying a weapon at this moment, he would inevitably hurt himself when he was flustered.

Daphne flustered slightly, her voice sounded guarded, "Who are you, and why, how did you appear in my room?"

"Uh...that..."

Apollo found himself at a loss for words, and his throat was dry and tight.

He thought, it's too embarrassing at this moment, and the matter seems to have been messed up, why not call Cupid and just run away?

The thought only flashed by, and he denied it to himself.

He was about to run away after being questioned by Daphne, so what kind of person would he be?He didn't really come to steal things.

For a moment, Apollo felt that he might as well be a sika deer.

"who are you?"

Daphne asked again, approaching him, but her tone was inexplicably softer, not as harsh as before.

"Are you... a god?"

Apollo couldn't hold his tongue, his mind was muddled, and when he heard her say the word "God", he had only one thought: Does Daphne still remember me?

He thought of all the heartaches he had suffered while guarding the laurel tree before, and the lingering feeling of grievance suddenly filled his chest, and he wanted to exhale "Daphne, it's me!"

Apollo ignored in his anxiety that he was not the only "god", and he did not refer to him alone as the sun god.

At this moment, he happened to be standing in the shadow of the moon against the light. Although his face was so dark that it was difficult to recognize, but his god-like figure was majestic, and the moonlight coated his surroundings with a layer of gorgeous silver light. It is definitely difficult for ordinary people to appear suddenly and silently in the silent night without disturbing a single hound, which makes Daphne think that he is a god rather than a human.

At first, Daphne thought that it was the moon god Artemis who had heard her plea and came down to earth. She was overjoyed for a while, but then she saw the tall and tall person in front of her. Although it was difficult to distinguish the specific appearance, it was obviously a Man, inevitably lost again.

Apollo read her voice, his thoughts turned, he cleared his hoarse throat, and said, "I am the messenger of the moon god!"

Daphne was already hopeless, and was about to drive out the guy who broke into her boudoir out of nowhere, when he suddenly heard him say that, she felt delighted, and asked half-believingly, "You... are you really the messenger of the moon god? "

The implication is how could the moon god send a male messenger here in the middle of the night?

Apollo knew that she was born in the countryside, and unlike Psyche who habitually worshiped and worshiped gods, Artemis, the moon god, was the only one she worshiped in her life.

Now that he said that he was the messenger of the Moon God, he had to put it on and pretended to be solemn, "Why, don't you believe it?"

Daphne's clear eyes fluttered like a pool, obviously suspicious.

There is no other reason, he appeared too suddenly and too strangely.

Apollo blew his hair carelessly, thinking that it would not be easy to find the token of the Moon God. If his divine power was still there, he could just move the entire Moon Palace down for her.

When I groped my body, I could only touch a thin laurel branch.

This laurel branch was broken by him by the river last month, and it should have wilted, but thanks to him carrying it with him all the time, the laurel branch was infiltrated by his divine power, and it was as clean as new life.

Apollo took out the laurel branch and folded it into a crescent shape.

He breathed out the fairy air, and the laurel branch had turned into a small jade stone, and handed it to Daphne, "Look, is this a token of the Moon God?"

Daphne took it, but saw that the crescent-shaped laurel ring was cool to the touch, with the bright and soft meaning of moonlight in the dark, which was very similar to the crescent moon worn on the crown of Artemis, and she was overjoyed. Apollo said politely, "Good night Messenger!"

Apollo accepted it vaguely, thinking that he and his sister were deeply in love with each other, originally they were not separated from each other, but today he lied about being her emissary, which is still condescending, and cannot be considered a sincere deception.

Daphne is as careful as a hair, and she will notice the slightest mistake. Since he wants to act, he has to do a full set.

Now he made up a set of words indiscriminately, saying that he was the messenger of the moon god, turned into a sika deer, and was walking in the forest, but suddenly he was plotted by a traitor and left here, fortunately, he was rescued by her.

So I came here late at night just to repay her well.

Now that Daphne's suspicion of him disappeared, she believed all these words.

She said, "Welcome the envoy of God. I'll go and light all the oil lamps at home, then wake up my father, hold a feast, kill pigs and sheep, and entertain the envoy."

Talk about rubbing flint.

Naturally, Apollo didn't need her to slaughter pigs and sheep for entertainment, he was just worried that once Daphne saw his appearance and recognized him as Apollo, everything would be revealed.

He coughed, stopped her movement, and asked tentatively, "That... Apollo, the sun god, do you know him?"

Although Daphne didn't understand what he meant by the question, she replied calmly, "An envoy, of course I know. His Highness the Sun God is the elder brother of the respected Goddess Artemis. Everyone knows."

Apollo stuck out his tongue, hearing her answer so naturally, he was even more afraid to let her light the lamp.

Don't talk about lighting the lamp, but let the moonlight be brighter now, so that she can see his profile clearly, and the lie just now can't be concealed.

Seeing that Daphne was standing upright, Apollo was neither humble nor overbearing, even though he was facing his noble "Envoy of the Moon God".

He couldn't help sighing, no wonder he couldn't catch up with her even after pursuing her so forcefully in his previous life. How easy is it to break her arrogance?

Apollo suddenly remembered that when Cupid first met Psyche, they often met at night.

His heart was pounding, if he could really meet the beautiful and elegant Daphne every night, even if he just stood there and did nothing, even if he had to be the messenger of the moon god for the rest of his life, he would be willing.

Apollo changed the subject and said solemnly, "This emissary belongs to the moon god, so naturally he can only appear on a moonlit night. If you want to light a lamp, it is against the nature of this emissary."

Daphne was a little embarrassed, "But...it's too dark, I can't even see you clearly."

Apollo said, "Sit down, let's talk face to face, I'll leave in a while, there's no need to bother."

Daphne thought that he had some important oracle to convey, so she pricked up her ears and listened respectfully.

Apollo thought to himself: To ask her to respect me seriously would be a great violation of my original intention.I just want to talk to her calmly and listen to her voice.

So he said, "I'm just grateful for your life-saving grace. Artemis didn't ask me to come here, but I came to see you in private. Let's chat casually."

Daphne ignored his words, and clasped his palms reverently, "Can I pray to you?"

Apollo frowned.

pray?

In his life, he had indeed heard countless prayers, and many people prayed to him because "the oracle of the sun god is the most accurate in Olympus".

Unexpectedly, Daphne, who has always been free and easy, also has a wish.

Apollo's mind was buzzing, what wish did she have, what was it?Does it have anything to do with yourself?

He asked her to stand up, and blurted out: I will grant you whatever wish you have.

But think about it, it's really wrong.

In this world, he is unable to help her realize her wish.

After thinking for a moment, I just said softly, "I already regard you as...a friend. To a friend, there is no need to say the word 'prayer'."