greek gods in new york

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It can be seen that Eden, the goddess of youth, lives very delicately and carefully.

She was born with an unearthly appearance, with long hair and swaying skirts. Even though she lived in the hot and dry southwest region, her skin was still fair, as if she had never seen the sun.

Eden is responsible for taking care of the golden apple tree, but I think she should also be responsible for the garden. The backyard of ordinary people is full of suitable flowers and shrubs, trimmed to a beautiful shape, full of vitality and greenery.

This makes it seem that a dead tree standing among the colorful flowers is out of place.

"you……"

I said in disbelief, "Just plant a golden apple tree in your backyard?! Aren't you afraid of being stolen?"

How come it's like a joke!

Although I have never seen the golden apples in myths and legends, they are "golden" apples anyway.

Even if it is not pure gold, it should be golden and shining, right?Sounds like a 100% trick to attract thieves.

I said so, but made Odin laugh out loud.

"Tell me, girl," he asked me back, "it's just a dead tree, what are you stealing?"

"..."

Oh too.

However magical it once was, the golden apple tree now looks long dead.

Some people miss golden apples, but no one misses a dead tree.

Especially apple trees, dragging them out and selling them as lumber is not worth the oil money.

It was probably the nonchalant tone of me and Odin that stimulated Eden, the delicate and legal loli standing in front of me, a pair of light-colored eyes were suddenly clouded with grief.

"The apple tree, the tree has been dead for a long time," Eden murmured, "Nicole, please save it."

Seeing the pitiful look of the crying one, even I feel a little distressed.

There are not many "acts" of Eden in Norse mythology. I only remember two things: first, being tricked out of the house by Loki and being kidnapped by giants;

In short, Loki is indispensable everywhere.

Before meeting Eden, what happened to me is just a legend, and I don't think there is anything wrong with Loki.

But after seeing Eden...

He is willing to vent about the beautiful little loli, as expected of Loki.

"Don't cry."

I tried to change the subject: "You guys are so anxious to save the golden apple tree, but it's the 21st century, what's the use of it?"

Hearing my question, Eden barely restrained his crying.

She touched her tears gracefully, and answered with a sob: "The Nordic gods are different from other old gods, Nicole, even if we don't lose our divine power, we will grow old and die."

This is true.

In the mythology of each world, no matter what culture or civilization, no matter what form the old gods exist in, they generally have one characteristic: immortality.

They will not die, nor will they grow old, unless, like Fernando standing next to me, they lose their believers and civilization, and gradually become "marginal gods" in the entire modern society.

But Norse mythology is an exception.

The gods in Norse mythology will die, and Baldr, the god of light, died because of Loki's instigation, not to mention the twilight that caused the demise of the gods.

The gods in Norse mythology do age too.

"I remember……"

I tried my best to find the stories I read before: "Your golden apples are the treasures used to maintain the youth of the gods."

Eden nodded, but shook his head again.

"To be precise," she corrected, "golden apples are not used to maintain youth, but to rejuvenate us and give us a chance to start over."

I understand.

So the golden apple is not a maintenance item for the Nordic gods, but a rebirth item.

That's really important.

"In that case," I said, "then you can't be born again?"

"Actually, the golden apple tree itself has been growing," Eden whispered. "Even if we lost the power, it still survived until 20 years ago."

"What happened 20 years ago?"

"Loki stole the last golden apple."

As he spoke, Eden began to wipe his tears again: "Because of his violent behavior, he hurt the apple tree."

I:"……"

Why is it Rocky again, why is it always Rocky!

The case is solved, no wonder Odin seems to be a grandfather, but Loki's true face is a Nordic beauty.

The co-author was that he stole the golden apple, returned to his youth, and destroyed the apple tree, leaving all the old Nordic gods with no hope.

I even admire Rocky a little bit: his shit-stirring character really never disappoints.

"That's why I drove Loki out of Denmark," Odin added coldly. "The apple trees were still in Northern Europe at that time."

"Uh."

Co-authored El Paso The tree was still transplanted.

"Back then, my duty was to take care of the apple tree," Eden said. "If I didn't lose my power, I could use my power to save it. But, but now I don't have power... Nicole, all the Nordic gods are slowing down. The earth is old and will eventually die sooner or later, so please, help us!"

Now I understand that Loki deserved it all, and he was kind of wronged.

This should really help.

What I lost was only a part of the stored energy, but for the Nordic gods, it was a matter of life and death.

As far as I'm concerned, it's really not a loss if you can get the favor of the old gods in exchange for a little try.

And this is Loki's trouble.

Regardless of whether he has good intentions or not, now Loki is our companion, and helping the Norse gods is also considered helping him.

So I thought about it and said, "Then—"

As soon as the words were out of my mouth, Fernando who was standing aside suddenly reached out and stopped me.

"You told a sad story," Fernando said slowly, "but what does it have to do with us?"

Eden looked at Fernando in surprise.

Fernando, who had politely greeted the goddess of youth just now, showed an almost cruel indifference at this moment.

There was a faint smile on his face full of stories, but I knew that this smile was exactly the same as the docile tone when he threatened Loki.

The nonchalant smile was probably the trick Fernando would use when conducting torture.

"There is no reason for my goddaughter to bear the scourge caused by Loki," Fernando said, "Except for Nicole, many new gods also have supernatural powers. Loki knows many new gods. Why don't he cause trouble To solve it?"

This……

Oh too?

If the problem can be solved only with divine power, why did Loki go?

Why go around such a big circle to find me.

"Do you think I haven't looked for him?" Odin said with a cold face.

Fernando grinned.

There wasn't much friendliness in the laugh.

"You don't understand me, Odin."

He still spoke very slowly, without rushing, as if he was just explaining his point of view to an old friend who had disagreements.

"Don't try to fool the kids with the messiah stuff. Loki's fix of this proves that Nicole isn't the only one who can save you," he said, "and you moved the apple tree all the way from Denmark to the U.S. The Mexico-Mexico border just happened to be where things happened 20 years ago—"

At the end, Fernando paused.

Then his voice changed and became quite dangerous: "It's hard not to let people think too much."

If I can't react to this, I'm an idiot.

If there is no divine power, there is no divine power. Other possibilities aside, even if I am the only one who can help.

So why move apple trees from Denmark to El Paso?This is not a treasure of geomantic omen.

And what Fernando said was right, if he hadn't interrupted so suddenly, I might have agreed to Odin.

It is estimated that Odin also planned in this way.

He stared at Fernando with his only remaining eye, and after a while, the Nordic god king sighed.

"You just want me to confess, Indian."

Odin was straightforward: "Then I will confess - I did come here for the Lazarus plan."

I shiver.

However, Odin changed his subject.

"But by the time I got to El Paso, you were already out of here. If I wanted to get involved, why didn't I come earlier?"

He explained carefully.

"Rocky destroyed the golden apple tree on purpose. Girl, 20 years ago, my stepbrother told Eden, if I want to save the golden apple tree, come to El Paso."

The second half of Odin's sentence was aimed at me.

"So Eden came to America with a part of the golden apple tree and came to me," he continued, "and I took her to plant the apple tree here, and at first it did magically sprout and grow into a tree ...but just when the golden apple tree was supposed to be bearing fruit, it began to wither.

"I don't understand why the apple tree sprouted in El Paso, and I don't understand why it withered. Eden was always looking for a way, until we heard about you not long ago.

"Nicole, this is enough to prove that Loki knew about the Lazarus Project 20 years ago. No matter what he told you, it must have been deceived or concealed."

I frowned.

"I settled down in El Paso, and I also want to find out what Rocky wants to do," Odin said. "No matter what he wants to do, to encourage Eden to transplant the apple tree to El Paso, he must have his own purpose." .”

"So did you find out what his purpose is?" I asked.

"You help us rescue the golden apple tree first," Odin said. "If it officially bears fruit, Loki will come naturally, and we will know when the time comes."

"..."

It turns out that this is what he said in Los Angeles before, "Tell me what Rocky wants."

You don't even know if you co-authored it!

I am convinced.

No matter how much Loki lied and couldn't be trusted, he was always right about one thing: his opinion of the Old Gods.

The Odin in Loki's mouth has never been a good thing.

I could tell he wasn't.

First, he sold me a topic that his son had spent money to earn, and then promised me the answer to a big secret—but when I came, I had to help them first.

I can really help, but what about Odin?He didn't have to do anything, just prostitute the golden apple restoration, and Loki's motives for nothing!

Zeus is blatantly shameless, and Odin is shameless who will cover up with righteousness. I complained wildly in my heart, and they are not good things.

"Won't let your journey be in vain," said Odin. "Have you not been looking for a way to restore your father to sanity? Perhaps the golden apple will help you."

I was taken aback, and immediately raised my head.