She received the gift of God [Greek mythology]

The atmosphere sucks.

Hermes stared at her blankly, showing a trace of pure confusion in his bewilderment.

The sense of dislocation that allowed her to get along easily with the young Hermes suddenly became unbearable for Pandora.He doesn't know anything yet, it's just a good intention.There was nowhere for the twitch of emotion that was throbbing violently where her heart was up and deep in her throat to be down.What she experienced at that time, she has not shared with anyone so far.Relying on a miracle with an unknown price, she reversed the trajectory of her fate, melted and reorganized in Chaos, died by the sea and then resurrected.Gathering and harnessing the power of destruction and disaster, she should have transcended fear.However, at this moment Pandora suddenly realized that it was not.

She just didn't hit the right audience.

Only Hermes.But not this.

She couldn't say anything.He won't understand.

"Where are you going?"

Pandora got up and took a step, headless: "I want to be alone and calm down."

There was no sound of footsteps behind her, but when she shook her head suddenly, Hermes followed silently two steps away.She lost her strength and said softly: "I need to be alone. When I calm down, I will look for you by the fire."

Hermes stood there motionless: "Which sentence did I say wrong?" Realizing that his tone was too strong, he slowed down and said: "You don't tell me... Next time I will say the wrong thing unintentionally."

"It's not your fault," Pandora closed her eyes wearily, "I just remembered something... I remember the symbol calling you, thank you for willing to teach me."

Hermes shrank his pupils, then pressed his lips tightly together, as if he wanted to use this to seal what he wanted to say.

She twitched the corners of her mouth, turned her back and walked a few steps along the water bank, and was caught by the voice again.

"I won't ask you what terrible things came to your mind, but—" He tried to keep his voice calm, but only pretended to hide it, "I'm not like him."

"Hermes..." She leaned over, trying to make him stop talking.

Instead, her expression made him tremble, he took a step to narrow the distance with her, and almost stubbornly spit out what he couldn't finish just now word by word: "You probably don't want to hear it, but I still want to say it, when you need, as long as you

Call me and I will come to you. "

Pandora was dumbfounded, she just smiled and turned around.

This time Hermes grabbed her directly: "Pandora..."

Her stiffness at the moment of skin contact could not deceive each other.

His face suddenly turned pale, and a tiny and cold flame burst into his green eyes: "I'm not joking, and I didn't fool you with sweet words, but you don't believe me."

Not a question, but a statement tone.

She didn't try to break free, that would only irritate him.She really didn't have the energy to argue with him.But facing the familiar face who was younger than he remembered, the truth still leaked out from the cracks in the calm surface:

"I believe that what you said is not false. I believe that no matter what happens, you will try your best to find me. It's just," she laughed silently, "it's just that sometimes things get out of control and fate gets in the way. And the children of Zeus, king of gods, will be powerless."

Hermes' lips parted slightly, as if to refute.

She can guess what he has to say.How proud he is, but who can blame him for being proud?As long as you are a god, you will inevitably feel that you are omnipotent.

Pandora leaned over and put her lips close to him, like a water bird pointing at the tip of a wave, it would leave as soon as she touched it, but there were waves of ripples.

Shocked, Hermes loosened her fingers.

She took a half step back: "At that time, even if you failed to keep your promise, I can't blame you. It's just that the thread that was holding me was twisted in the hands of Goddess of Fate, which made me just meet misfortune."

After she finished speaking, she stopped looking at him, leaned over and splashed the lake water on her face, divided those unexpected emotions again, put them into boxes and sealed them.Saying these words to this Hermes shows that she is not calm at all.

Hermes frowned and thought, his eyes flickered, and he suddenly raised his head distractedly.A condor hovered in the sky, and landed on his arm with a clear roar—this was the incarnation of Zeus when he was delivering messages in the world.

"In Mycenae, in the woodlands belonging to the Queen of Heaven, Argus, the hundred-eyed giant, is guarding a poor cow, and disturbing her. My son Hermes, ride the wind to Mycenae at once, and let the cow go The pure white cow is free. I allow you to kill the hideous, sleepless watcher."

Hermes lowered his eyes and responded:

"I'll be there as soon as possible."

The condor spread its wings and took off, and soon disappeared high in the sky.

He turned his head again, and there was no one by the lake.Only at the position where Pandora bent down to draw water just now, there are still three or two ripples that will not be smoothed out in the future.

"Pandora!"

The voice of calling is far above the head.Pandora was engulfed in dense blisters and sank.

Just now when she was washing her face by the lake, the clear and shallow water suddenly became turbid. She didn't have time to step back, and the water bank twisted and deformed under her feet.

It was the same last time at Killini Mountain, she disappeared at an inopportune time.

Gray bubbles immediately surrounded her after entering the water.Like the gray mist before, she couldn't feel any malice, so she could only be taken away by the weird current.

But in a short while, the water bubbles supported Pandora to float up again.

Half of her head came out of the water, and she looked around: an unfamiliar water bank, lush and ancient woods, and she was in a small pond.She was about to stand up straight and walk to the edge of the pool when she suddenly froze.

Half of the pond's water surface is covered by a huge shadow.

The owner of the shadow was sitting on a boulder a few steps away, with his back facing her. His huge figure was comparable to that of an ancient tree, and his bare skin was covered with eyes.She immediately realized who it was:

Hundred-eyed giant Argos!

Pandora almost buried her head in the water immediately.She immediately noticed that the eyes on the back of Argus's shoulders and head were tightly closed, and even the noise of her appearance in the pond did not open them.

She drilled her whole head out of the water, and the accumulated water in her ears flowed out. The sound she couldn't hear just now turned out to be the pleasant pan flute, the hypnotic melody she was familiar with.

The body in the dream had not received the immunity spell beforehand, and it immediately became groggy when it heard the powerful flute against the giant's body.If this continues, she may drown in this shallow pond.But she dies and comes back to life.No, it was a dream, and she couldn't use any power.Will she wake up after dying in a dream?Or just die in the sea of ​​spirit?Her mind was in a mess, her knees went limp and she couldn't use her strength, she propped herself on all fours in the pond, instinctively throwing herself towards the shore.

The sound of the flute stopped suddenly.

Pandora looked up.

Wet eyelashes blur vision, she only sees blur

The golden light flashed.The huge figure covering the pond suddenly tilted sideways.The wailing that was too late turned into a short breath, followed by a stench that dissipated instantly.

She knew what an important moment was right now, but the consciousness invaded by the magic flute was as muddled as the foreground in front of her eyes.

"Hel...Mose..."

Pandora's eyelids drooped.There was no time to look for someone's figure, she just called out the name instinctively.

"I am here."

Strong arms supported her and hugged her.This time the movements are skillful and natural.

The black veil of sleepiness fell completely.

The loss of consciousness seemed only for a moment.Pandora opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was the fire light reflected on the stone wall.She sat up, and the angel's purple cloak fell from her shoulders.When she turned her head, she met her emerald green eyes.

The embarrassing atmosphere before the parting revived in the cave.

"Hermes," she sneered, "same as last time, I didn't mean to—"

"You can see what's going on just by looking at you. This time you only disappeared for a day." Unexpectedly, Hermes was calm and didn't rush to come over, but kept more than an arm's distance away.He no longer looked at her, the fire flickered in his eyes.After a long time, he sighed softly: "But when you disappeared, I really thought you left me and left alone."

Pandora hugged her knees closer to her chest even tighter: "I won't."

There was a hint of soft condemnation in his voice: "You always disappear when I feel that I want to keep you by my side even if I cheat."

She squinted at him: "Then don't think about it, maybe I won't disappear."

He froze for a moment, as if he didn't expect her to joke with him.

Seeing this, Pandora coughed lightly, and took the initiative to move half an arm away from him: "What was said by the lake...don't pay attention to it, I didn't control my emotions well, forget it."

Hermes didn't answer for a while, and stretched out his hand to pinch her face: "You smile at me, and I forget those words."

Pandora slapped his hand off, helplessly, and grinned at him: "Is that so?"

She didn't need a mirror to know that it was probably more like a grimace.She had a hard time with teenage Hermes

Restrain yourself to childish behavior like this every now and then.

Hermes couldn't hold back, and chuckled.

Meeting his eyes, she couldn't help but smile.

The smile on his lips deepened, and there were twinkling stars in his eyes.

The previous unhappiness quietly dissipated amidst laughter.If you really want to forget in a dream, forgetting is also very easy.At the request of Pandora, Hermes explained the order Zeus gave him, and how he charmed the hundred-eyed giant with the sound of the pan flute and killed him.

"When you suddenly emerged from the pool behind him, I almost forgot what the next note was." Hermes complained half-truthfully, but suddenly remembered something, flipped his palm, and lifted something onto the In front of Pandora, "Guess what this is?"

It was a strange fruit, the size of a palm, with a rough and hard skin, a round body, and a golden yellow color.

Pandora picked it up to the tip of her nose and sniffed, but there was no smell at all.

"what is this?"

"Immortal Fruit, Immortal Food Secret Wine is brewed from the juice of this guy."

She widened her eyes in surprise: "Where did you get such a valuable thing?"

Hermes smiled: "The woodland just now belongs to Hera, the Queen of Heaven. Her children make and manage the wine that keeps youth forever, and Hera's orchard is always planted with undead fruit. Just picked one up."

Pandora couldn't help but glanced outside the cave.

"Don't worry, even if the Empress finds out, nothing will happen. Although the undead fruit bears this name, it has no effect of fairy food and secret wine at all." Hermes said with a knife to cut open the solid peel, and cut a small hole at the top .He shook his wrist lightly, followed by the soft sound of liquid shaking.The rich fruity aroma slightly similar to Xianyan Mijiu wafts away in an instant, and it is richer and sweeter than Xianyanjiu.

"Drinking the juice of the undead fruit, at most, you will feel dizzy and drowsy, and then have strange dreams, because it is too sweet."

Saying so, he put the undead fruit that he spoke into the palm of Pandora: "Take a sip?"

The undead fruit is hollow, and inside the hard golden skin is a layer of thick, soft white flesh. The thick juice exuding sweet fragrance is light yellow, and there are fine golden lights floating and shining in it.The unique luster of Xianyan Mijiu probably comes from this.

Pando

La took a cautious sip.

So sweet!

"Am I right?" Hermes looked at her smilingly, "Although it's very sweet, I can't help but take another sip immediately."

Pandora had already involuntarily brought the fruit to her lips again, and paused when she heard that.It seems that this king of thieves has eaten the undead fruit countless times, and knows it very well.She didn't restrain herself deliberately, and took another sip.Then... and when she was overwhelmed, she had already drank the juice of a whole fruit.

The sweet and sticky taste made thinking slow down, and Pandora felt that she couldn't speak fluently: "You...why didn't you stop me..."

"The first time you taste the undead fruit, it will inevitably be like this."

"I finished my juice, what about you?"

Hermes froze for a moment, turned his palm and took out another undead fruit: "I still have it."

"You also said you picked one by chance, how many did you take?"

"Hmm... It's hard to say." The boy blinked slyly, he skillfully broke open the fruit in his hand, took a big gulp, and sighed in satisfaction.The undead fruit in his hand seemed much smaller, and he drank it up within a few sips.Seeing Pandora staring at him with straight eyes, Hermes was strangely silent for a moment, then smiled and said: "I still want it? It's useless to look at me like that, it's really gone this time. Ah, no ,"

He leaned closer.

"There's a little more here."

Soft lips close to the corners of the lips.The only thing left in the world was Hermes and the sweetness of the undead fruit. He stuck out the tip of his tongue and quickly licked it, sweeping away the little bits of juice sticking to Pandora's mouth.None of them closed their eyes. He looked straight into the depths of her pupils, observed her reaction, and then smiled.

"It's really sweet."

As if to share this conclusion with her, the boy moved his lips slightly, covering hers.