32. Inextricably linked
Dio was stunned, he had heard the name, Athena had mentioned that there was a goddess of the sea called the Siren, but she had been lynched by Athena.
But...... Why does the name of this goddess appear here?
Scamander kept looking at Dio's face, he sighed in his heart, this kind of thing can't be hidden, sooner or later the siren will return to everyone's sight, one day Athena will find her, one day Dio will find her, when the interruption continues, it will be troubled, let him understand earlier, and also cut off the hope in the siren's heart earlier.
Dio walked over step by step, put his hands on the coral branches, and gently flicked them away, and he could see Amplos's closed eyes, and his white and terrible face, and Scamander walked up to him, and looked at the lifeless child inside.
"He's my child, he's from the water, and he should come back to the water, and this red coral patch is the cemetery I chose for him."
The gods do not have tombs and tombstones because they do not die. Since Amplos was a man, Scamander buried him in a human way, burying half of his daughter.
Dio's knuckles were white, and his voice was low but unresistible, "I'm going to take him back." ”
Why Scamander took Amplos away, why he buried him here, now Dio didn't want to ask. Because Amplos's body is gone, in fact, there is still a glimmer of hope in his heart, maybe he is not dead, maybe he is just tired of wanting to leave him, when he sees the lifeless boy again, the second despair is much more surging than the first time, and it is much more suffocating.
Scamander looked at Dio silently, love and hate, what would he do if he found out that this was just a step-by-step exploit by the sirens?
No one knows his daughter better than him, and the Siren is so wrong in this matter that she dares to use Bacchus, one of the twelve main gods, and really likes him, it is hopelessly stupid.
On the one hand, Scamander is eager to scold the siren, but on the other hand, he must protect the siren and help the siren, because neither he nor the muse must lose their daughter.
Before coming, Muse didn't say anything, two thousand years of husband and wife, every move has long been deeply imprinted in each other's hearts, she knows what Scamander is going to do, and she understands what he does. As a parent, you probably think the same, you must carefully plan every step for your child in order to let her grow up with confidence.
Because of the muse's concealment, the sirens have suffered a lot, so they can't go wrong anymore.
"Have you ever heard of the Siren, the goddess of the sea?"
Dio turned his head, looked at him with a frown, and continued to repeat, "I'm going to take him back." ”
Scamander ignored it, and said to himself, "There are too many unknown goddesses of the sea, but I think the gods of Olympus know the name Siren, because with Athena's character, what she has done must be proclaimed everywhere, even if it is not a good thing." Her character has always been like this, you should know better than I am. ”
Dio looked at him silently, not understanding why he said this, his right hand was placed on his chest, the Bacchus staff appeared with light, and he said with a look of readiness: "Whatever you want to say or do, I will take him away, even if he was once your child, but now he is mine." ”
Scamander sneered, there was a thick disdain and sarcasm in his voice, Dionysus felt despised and began to get a little angry, and the golden light of the Bacchus Scepter also became more and more prosperous with his affection, Scamander finally spoke, "Young god, can't you just listen to me?" Do what you want after that. ”
Dio's expression remained unchanged, but he slowly lowered his hand and hung it down at his side. Seeing this, Scamander stopped rambling and continued.
"Remember Cleo?"
The goddess of history? Dio nodded silently, that incident was so sensational, no one can forget it so far, it is because of Cleo that the Muse will leave Mount Olympus forever.
Although everyone knows that Cleo is not wrong, but no one dares to rescue her, it is said that her whole body was smeared with dolphin blood by Athena, and the horrific punishment was inflicted in front of everyone, except for Zeus, no one knows where Cleo was exiled, even if she knew, it was useless, after two thousand years of torture, I am afraid that Cleo is no different from the dead.
"Cleo is my wife's sister, and she was hated by Athena because she had more knowledge than Athena, and was finally accused of a trumped-up crime and subjected to trumped-up arbitration. And my daughter, I don't know what the story is with you, but as far as I know, she defeated Athena's army in the war, and she alone. ”
Dio's eyes widened slightly, and there was surprise in his voice, "It's impossible. ”
Athena may be inferior elsewhere, but she has never lost a war. In a flash of inspiration, Dio was suddenly stunned, he remembered the war that lasted longer than Troy, the war in which no gods could intervene, because he had already left Mount Olympus at that time, so he did not care about the outcome of the war, he only knew that the city belonged to Athena in the end, but he did not know how she got the city.
All gods look like humans in their twenties, and like humans, experience does not change the appearance of the gods, but it can change their eyes. Looking into Scamander's eyes, Dio suddenly felt his heart sink a little, and his original rebellion and disrespect were also suppressed.
Regardless, he had to revere the ancient deity.
Scamander pulled the corners of his mouth sadly, he knew that Dio remembered, so he continued, "I also think it's impossible, my daughter is beautiful and beautiful, she has no skills except for being beautiful, she usually only plays with mermaids, and has never even been to land, how could she defeat Athena all at once?" But whether I believe it or not, Athena must have hated her very much, otherwise she wouldn't have taken out the god-killing golden rope to hurt her. ”
God-killing Golden Rope...... Isn't that something used against the Titans?
Dio couldn't believe what he had heard, Athena was so bold! She actually used forbidden objects to kill gods, and she was so cruel!
At the beginning, Zeus ordered the god of fire to forge a special cage to imprison the god Titan, and almost all the cruel methods imaginable were used, and in the end, the forged cage was a dark iron cage, which was inlaid with a golden rope to kill the gods, the god Titans was too powerful, even these could not kill them completely, but they could no longer make waves, such a thing would be used on a god younger than him......
Dio was apologetic and said to Scamander: "Although it is useless, I still want to apologize to you on behalf of Athena, she is so disrespectful, please ...... Condolences. ”
In addition to Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, even Hera couldn't survive under the golden rope of killing gods, and then looking at the name on the coral, Dio subconsciously thought that this was the tomb of the goddess Siren.
Scamander smiled, Dio didn't understand what he meant, "No, who is going to apologize to whom, I'll wait until I'm done with everything." ”
Scamander walked slowly to the coral bush and looked at the people inside, loving and sad.
"You all thought she was dead, but no, if she was really dead, would Zeus probably have no punishment at all, just a few words of reprimand and let Athena go? I hate that I don't have that power, not even to avenge my daughter. I sent her away, sent her to live in the most suitable place for cultivation, and when she recovered, I took her back. Of course, that's what I intended. Then another incident occurred that almost cut off all hope for me and the Muse. ”
"Demeter lost her daughter, and was angry with my daughter, and imprisoned her in the underworld, and cast an unbreakable curse on her, so that she could never come out."
Dio didn't speak, he stared at Scamander's back, and suddenly a very bad premonition appeared in his heart.
Scamander turned, his eyes only cold and angry, "The siren has obviously done nothing wrong, but she has been toyed with by the goddess of fate, and I have tried everywhere for her, but I can't get her out of the underworld, even if I kill Demeter." I was so angry that I seriously injured Demeter, but it attracted more jealousy from Zeus, why do you say this, I and the Muse have been away for so long, why can't you let us go! Spare our daughter! ”
Dio was stunned, he also left Mount Olympus in order to stay away from strife, to protect himself and others, but he did it voluntarily, and he was too lucky compared to Scamander's daughter.
Dio brewed his words, trying to appease Scamander's feelings, but heard Scamander say, "That's why the sirens will go to extremes, and they will not care about a qiē." I explain this to you today, and I don't ask you to forgive us, because you, like the siren, were innocently involved, and the siren hurt you, and I apologize to you on her behalf. I just want you to know that she was forced to do this, and there is a reason for it, please ...... Let her go. ”
The last sentence was almost begging, Dio was confused by this paragraph, he didn't understand a word, but the uneasiness in his heart became bigger and bigger, he even wanted to escape, he didn't want to listen to it anymore, his tone was already unacceptable, "I don't know what you're talking about, it seems that your story is finished." Give Amplos to me, and I'm going to take him back. ”
Scamander looked at the people inside and whispered, "It's called Amplos." ”
Then, he blocked the Bacchus who was about to enter, and said word by word, extremely firmly, without resistance, "I will never let you take my daughter." ”
Dio frowned, feeling that Scamander was simply crazy, "What your daughter, are you crazy, he is Amplos, my lover!" ”
Scamander still stood in front of him, asking several questions in a row, and with a sharp tone, Dio's heart sank little by little.
"Have you never doubted him? Aren't you curious about his relationship with me? Don't you wonder why he is only impulsive in front of me? I've said so much, haven't you found the inextricable connection? If you don't believe me, then you won't come to me! ”
The last veil in his heart was lifted, and what Dio feared the most was placed in front of his eyes, and he froze in place, and the inextricable threads that Scamander said were finally connected by him.