She received the gift of God [Greek mythology]

After Pandora finished her simple lunch, she first walked into the shrine on the hill.

Hermes sat on the stone seat with his eyes closed, propping his forehead with one hand, as if sleeping.

But the moment she stepped into the shrine, he opened his eyes.

"Then I'll go to Faol," she reported politely.

Hermes smiled: "Don't be fooled by him again today."

This is Pandora's seventh day in the Elysium, and the fourth day she has received more guidance from Hermes.

In the mornings of the first two days, Hermes would take her to the oak tree, pick some leaves for her, learn new knowledge interspersed with answering questions.At noon, after she had eaten properly, she went to Faol to practice her newly acquired skills.She needs someone to practice lying and deceiving, but she can't deceive the aborigines.So Hermes found a training object for her; Faol was the child who stole her clothes.

Speaking of practice, it can basically be said that Pandora was unilaterally deceived by Faol.

On the first afternoon, Pandora waited for a long, long time at the agreed place, until the Japanese vehicles began to land towards the horizon, and there was no sign of Fao.Breaking appointments is indeed a form of cheating.She calmly surrendered, and when she was about to go back to Xiaoqiu, there was a suspicious rustling sound behind her:

Faol had actually been hiding in the shadows of the bushes, watching her with delight.

After that the boy suggested playing hide and seek.In the end, after catching him, he disappeared again.Pandora seemed to think that Faol might repeat the same trick, and after searching in various suspicious hiding places, she confirmed that she had been deceived again.

In the afternoon of the second day, Faol played with Pandora again in different ways.Not only that, but she also walked away with a new gift she received from the residents - a woven leather belt.

They met for the third time today, and Faol observed Pandora's expression, waiting for her to take the initiative to mention the belt.But she didn't say anything.Fao simply took out the stolen goods: "You didn't notice that the belt was stolen by me, did you?"

"I know."

"Then do you want to take it back?"

Pandora nodded.

Faol's beautiful blue eyes rolled around a few times, and locked on Pandora's waist: "One thing for one thing, to be fair, I will exchange it with the rope you are using as a belt now."

"Okay." Pandora was very straightforward, untied the rope and handed it over.

Faol took the rope, gestured to give her the leather belt back, but suddenly blinked slyly and threw it into the water with a backhand.Although the river was not deep, it was flowing fast at the bend, and the belt disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Pandora still didn't get angry, but just smiled helplessly.

"Aren't you too good-tempered?" Faol became awkward instead.

Pandora didn't answer.

"Wow!" Faol suddenly yelled.The rope he was still holding suddenly turned into a cold, slippery snake.The boy hastily threw the snake far away, and gave Pandora an angry look.

She tilted her head suspiciously.

The other party complained angrily: "You are cheating!"

She was still very calm: "I didn't ask Hermes to help me."

"Then how did your belt turn into a snake?!"

Pandora thought about it, and said honestly: "He did give me this belt. But I didn't know it would turn into a snake. If you didn't take it away, maybe it wouldn't be like that."

Fao whimpered and said a few words, then lay down on the grass, "I won't play with you anymore, and if I bully you again, he will be rude to me."

Pandora sat down beside the boy, silently weaved the grass and wild flowers around her into a small corolla, and gently placed it on Faol's face.

"What are you doing?" Faol asked in a rough voice, but he picked up the flower crown carefully, "I wouldn't wear such a thing."

"Whatever you want." Pandora didn't mind either.

She was neither sad nor happy, and Fao finally lost his temper: "Hermes really blessed you? You are too easy to lie."

Pandora returned him a faint smile: "He did give me his blessing."

Faol propped up his upper body and looked at her suspiciously.

"Actually, you didn't throw my leather belt into the water. What you threw out was the rope you prepared separately. Now you are holding it quietly, trying to tuck it under my skirt to scare me." Pandora's expression remained unchanged, and she spoke softly say.

The boy's arm, moving slowly toward her, froze.

"Have you not--"

Pandora's smile deepened a little.She rarely smiled like that.But no matter whether it is a resident or Hermes, once she laughs like this, she will be silent.Fao is no exception.

"Fao, I know what you're going to do to me. I just want to see if I can fool you." She paused for a moment thoughtfully, and concluded to herself, "It doesn't seem very Disaster."

The boy blushed: "You, you..."

"But it's nothing to brag about cheating a child."

Faol was unhappy again: "I am not an ordinary child! How many days have you gained wisdom? I am much older than you, and I am older than many people here."

She laughed again: "Then I've successfully tricked an old man."

Faol rolled his eyes, and lay back on the grass: "I've lost." After a pause, he was a little unwilling: "Then why do you suddenly reveal the mystery now? You are still angry that I stole your belt, right? ?”

"He told me just now, let me not be cheated by you again today."

"Uh..." Faol sighed unbearably, "Are you just listening to him like that?"

"Not exactly." Pandora lowered her head and didn't continue.

Since yesterday, Hermes has spent longer in the shrine.He didn't explain it, but she guessed it had something to do with the special water and soil of Zhifuleyuan.She had been hungry since she left Olympus, and he had said that without honeydew and elixir the gods would gradually lose consciousness and fall into a deep sleep.For Hermes, staying here may be a lot of consumption.

And if she managed to fool Faol, maybe he would approve of her and take her away.

The clouds walked slowly across the blue sky, bringing light and darkness on the grass.Pandora also lay down, and after a while, she asked softly: "Fao, are you a god?" He could easily go back and forth in the garden in the middle of the river, at least he was definitely not a mortal.

"I do not know."

She looked sideways at the boy in bewilderment.

"I know I'm dead, but who and how I died before, I don't remember anything." Talking about his life and death, Fao's words were still straightforward, as if he didn't care. "And, do you know who you are?"

This question makes perfect sense.Pandora nodded, and stopped asking.

"Fao, did you know Hermes before?"

"Well, he occasionally sends people to Ilythion," Faol's voice sounded sleepy, "but never for that long."

Pan Duo stretched his hand and touched his throat, feeling that the muscles under the skin tensed up due to tension.Her voice was still soft and calm: "So, what do you know about him?"

Faol woke up suddenly, opened his eyes and stared at her.

Pandora smiled and shook her head: "The oak leaves he picked out for me don't have his own deeds. I don't dare to ask him directly..." Her hesitation and hesitation prompted the boy to express his wish.

"I don't care much about Olympus, but I know how he hunted and killed the hundred-eyed giant Argos. But you already know it?"

"No, I just know he has that title."

"Well, I'm too lazy to say the specifics. In short, Zeus asked him to kill Argos, but the guy has eyes, and he is always on guard not to let anyone approach him. So Hermes pretended to be passing by. Traveler, take out the pan flute and start playing. Argos was fascinated by his flute sound, and offered him to play a few pieces. But Hermes’ flute sound has magic power, and as he played it, the giant’s body one by one My eyes were all closed because I was too sleepy."

Faol took a breath, and slashed his arms into the air: "Then he pulled out the golden sword that he carried with him, and chopped off the giant's head!"

Pandora tried to imagine it, but could only see Hermes playing the flute.She wanted to ask again, but Faol suddenly patted her and lowered her voice: "Shh, don't move."

The sound of footsteps approached immediately, accompanied by low talking and laughing.Two Elysian residents walked past them, a man and a woman, and sat down a few steps away.

Pandora looked at Faol in puzzlement.Hermes cast a spell on her again, so that as long as she doesn't take the initiative to talk to her, the residents can't see her.And they have always turned a blind eye to Faol.

"Hey……"

Pandora ignored Faol's stopping voice, got up and turned around, and saw the two of them sticking together while talking.

Lips found lips, and the young man stretched his arms around his female companion, pulling her closer to him.The woman hooked the young man's neck, ran her fingers through the other's hair, opened her lips slightly at intervals, and made a sound like a sigh.

Pandora looked at it for a moment, then turned her head: "So?"

Faol covered his face: "So? You still ask me so? Do you know what they are doing?"

She thought for a while, then nodded: "I probably know."

The boy puffed up his cheeks, as if he didn't want to talk to her: "Then you still watch."

Pandora lay down again.

"I can't bear it, I can hear the voice, I'm going back." Faol ran away after saying that, and finally didn't return the leather belt to her.

Pandora looked at the sky and stood up slowly.After walking a certain distance, she suddenly turned her head.The two had already separated, but the young man lowered his head with a smile and kissed the woman on the forehead.

Her heart suddenly beat wildly.

It seems to see something that shouldn't be seen.

It was dusk when Pandora returned to the stone house.Like the previous two days, she first entered the shrine to meet Hermes.This time he was already awake, or he was waiting for her to come.His eyes fixed on her loose robe because she didn't have a belt, and then the corners of his lips curled up: "I have a reward for you."

She walked up to him.

Hermes flipped his hand, and a golden belt appeared in his palm.Sitting on the throne, he didn't have to bend down, but just stretched out his arms to tie it for her easily.The belt buckle was in the shape of two twining snakes, much like the two at the top of his golden staff.

She stroked the sculpture of the snake's head lightly, looked up and said, "Thank you."

"You're a quick learner, already better than Faol."

Pandora was taken aback when she heard this.Hermes' tone made her unsure if it was a compliment.

"I don't have anything else to do, let's go eat and rest." He waved his hands casually, and then added as if thinking of something, "I can't take you to the oak tree tomorrow, you can walk freely in Ilysion. But don't run too far."

She didn't ask why, just nodded.Today, Hermes chatted with her less than yesterday, which made her guess more and more solid.She had no appetite after returning to the hut, and after sitting for a while, she simply lay down.

That night Pandora strayed into someone else's dream again.

In the past two days, she often encountered this situation, and she no longer panicked.And watching the past of the residents before they were alive is also very beneficial.Dreams often come one after another, and after a war, the scene changes abruptly, and she accepts it as a matter of course.But then, she stood on the grass in the afternoon again, and saw the man and woman cuddling each other intimately from a distance.

Pandora involuntarily took a step forward.

The light and shadow changed again, and she suddenly became one of the two.

Because she was so close, she couldn't even see the full face of the man.

Experiencing the past through the eyes of others is also common in dreams, but Pandora subconsciously wants to escape from this dream.She doesn't like it.She wanted to lean back to open the distance, but the other party held her shoulders, turned her face slightly and approached.

She supported the opponent's chest and tried to push it away, but she touched something familiar.

It is an ornament that fixes the cloak.

Black hair crashed into her field of vision, not hers.Then Pandora met her slightly narrowed emerald green eyes.Her lips parted in surprise, ready to pronounce the familiar syllable.

But the flaring is contained before vocalization.Pandora didn't know how to react, so she froze.So, the other party lightly crossed the barrier of lips and teeth, and took the opportunity to slide in.