38. Transfiguration of the stars
Al didn't know what to say for a while, she was stunned and asked, "Why?" ”
The siren, apparently not wanting to answer the question, pursed her lips before she said, "I'll go find Hermes." ”
"Ouch......" The siren passed by her, and Al reluctantly withdrew his hand, stood for a while, and walked towards the palace.
He didn't go far before he saw Hermes's figure coming slowly, and he also saw the siren, first stunned for a moment, then quickened his pace, and stopped in front of the siren, Hermes laughed, "You can only see you like this in your dreams, and you can finally see it with your own eyes again." ”
A warm current flowed through her heart, and the siren smiled shallowly, Hermes looked at her for a while, and then said, "I have just returned from the underworld, and Persephone and the black poplar want me to bring you a message." ”
"What?"
"Persephone said she would come to see you soon, and the Black Poplar told you to get him a luxurious home as soon as possible, and it must be in line with his status as a sacred tree of the underworld."
The siren laughed out loud, really like the tone of a black poplar, and she shook her head with a smile, "When do you think he will come out?" ”
Hermesto thought for a moment and walked back with the siren, "It will take decades, but I see that he has been working very hard lately, and he always begs Persephone to help him grow up, I guess it won't be a few years." ”
Siren sighed, and a smile spread to his eyes, "Yes, Pearl is the goddess of spring, her divine power is the growth of plants, if she is willing to help the black poplar, of course it is the best, but isn't the black poplar the most afraid of her?" ”
After waiting for a while, Hermes still didn't answer, she looked up, but found that he was looking at her in a daze, and couldn't help but ask funny: "What's wrong?" ”
Hermes came back to his senses and smiled sheepishly, "Your voice." "It's even more seductive.
The sirens themselves could perceive that her voice was more mature and beautiful, a gift inherited from the muse, and neither man nor god was immune to the interference of this voice.
But the siren didn't look very happy, she just replied lightly: "Well, it's like this again." ”
After taking a few steps forward, neither of them spoke, and Hermes remembered in hindsight, "Why did you come out, did you come to me?" ”
Only then did the siren remember the purpose of her coming out, because she forgot for a moment when she heard the news of the black poplar and Pearl, she stopped, and Hermes also stopped, and the siren took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled it, before saying: "I understand your thoughts, and I know that this is the right thing to do, but Hermes, I really don't want to go back." ”
Hermes was stunned, and the siren looked at him apologetically, "I am scared whenever I think about the flow of water, let alone go in, I have never been in the water in a thousand years, I have always walked on two legs, I am used to it." ”
After a long time, Hermes replied: "Even if you don't go back, you have to go back to living in the water, so that you can fully recover." ”
"I know you're scared of the Muse, Scamander and I will protect you, you have to get back into the water."
Siren frowned, his voice became unsteady, "I'm not only afraid of my mother, I'm most afraid of water, when I summoned Poseidon, I looked at the reflection in the water, I was in a cold sweat, even if I opened my eyes, I couldn't see anything, my back hurt like a tear, it seemed like I was back in that iron cage, don't force me, I really don't want to go back, can't I just be here?" You see, I'm not just as good right now, nothing. ”
Hermes took the siren's trembling fingers and touched her hair, "You must be overcome, you are the goddess of the sea, you belong to the sea." ”
The siren hung his head, and only half-rang did he hear her say, "At least give me some more time to get used to it." ”
Hermes sighed helplessly, was silent for a while, and then replied: "Okay, three months, you must go back in three months." ”
The time he agreed with Scamander was three months later, when the time came to return his daughter to him, and look at the sirens who knew nothing, Hermes could only shake his head, whether it was Al here or Scamander's giant river, he would have to go back and forth anyway, it didn't make a difference to him, just fly a little longer.
Back to Artemis, Hermes and Al looked at each other, Al shrugged his shoulders, and then left with a smile.
The sirens will not agree lightly, they all know it, but they also know that to deal with the sirens, they only need to grind and harden, and it will not be long before she will definitely agree to their request.
Every day she just stayed in her room with peace of mind, and occasionally came out to play at night, although Hermes and Al would still urge her to hurry back from time to time, but the siren was still very happy, she couldn't have imagined such a day before, it was really too happy.
Of course, as long as you don't want to get up that person.
While Sirens and Al lived quietly, Zeus was always not pure.
His wife, Hera, gets angry almost every day, "Look what he's become now!" Where is it still like a god! He actually burned Damia with a fire, and made Thebes restless, do you know how many people are complaining now, take care of your favorite son! ”
Zeus couldn't bear it, but Hera was his wife, and he had to force his anger and explain to her, "Let him do whatever he wants, and when Dio is sad, he will recover after this time." ”
When Hera heard this, her eyes widened and her eyebrows rose, "Zeus, didn't you see what he did?" He would drink his own wine every day, and he would get drunk and revel, never when he was sober! I didn't consult you, if you don't care about it, I'll deal with him myself and let him know what the rules are! ”
looked at his wife helplessly, but this was the case, he couldn't argue, he could only appease Hera's feelings, "Okay, okay, I'll take care of it, don't be angry, he has already run away so far, don't pay attention to him anymore, anyway, you two look at each other and hate each other." ”
Hera sneered and stood up angrily, "Don't you know why I hate him, you have so many children, but I don't like him the most, don't you already know the reason for this!" ”
Zeus froze, he was most afraid to talk to Hera about this, his ears were calloused all these years. After Dior was born, he was taken away by Hermes, and when Hermes brought Dior back to Zeus for the first time, he was so happy that he said, "This is my son!" And a very healthy child! ”
At that time, Hera was sad for a long time because she gave birth to Hephaestus, the lame god of fire, and even threw Hephaestus into the sea, although she was later picked up by Thetis, she still felt inferior to herself and her son. At this time, Zeus's unintentional mistake happened to cause Hera's anger, which is why Zeus had many illegitimate children, but Hera was the most disgusted with Dionysus.
The human princess Semele is part of the reason, but it is still a quote from Zeus. Of course, he didn't dare to tell his son about this, the relationship between them was already very stiff, and if Dio knew that the source of his frequent provocations was Zeus, I am afraid that he would never talk to his father again.
Zeus was silent and coughed lightly, "I'll settle this matter now, so don't be angry, okay?" ”
Hera snorted coldly and turned her head away from him.
Zeus turned his head helplessly, conjured up a starry sky with his hand, picked one of the small stars, and connected it with one of the twelve brightest stars in the sky, while the line between a soft blue star surrounded by the southern stars weakened.
Hera didn't know when she came, she looked at the blue star and asked, "Who is this?" ”
Zeus didn't speak, quietly put away the starry sky, and then replied with a smile: "I'm afraid it's some unknown goddess of the sea, what's the matter, I have changed the fate of a human being, he will help you solve this matter." ”
Hera's face finally got better, but she still had a straight face, "I'll go and see if Hephaus's armor is forged." ”
Seeing Hera out, Zeus let out a long breath. Saying it really makes people laugh out of their big teeth, the king of gods is afraid of his wife.
Hera is jealous, stingy, arrogant, cruel, she has all kinds of shortcomings, but Zeus never complains, just silently tolerates, because in the long river of time and experiments, only Hera can stand by his side, and only Hera is worthy of being his wife.
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"Say, how on earth did he divorce me?"
Pearl looked at the sirens with a sad face, and the sirens were numb from the question, "I don't know." ”
Pearl was lying on the table, but when she heard the siren finally speak, she immediately sat up, "Say one more!" Siren, your voice is so good, you never get tired of hearing it. ”
The siren just froze and didn't bother to pay attention to her. It's been more than a month since Pearl came out, and she runs here when she has nothing to do, and she likes to listen to the sirens talk the most, and the sirens will grant her wishes at first, and then they don't even want to open their mouths.
Pearl didn't get an answer, and began to talk to himself again, "Why don't I ask my father, he has been divorced six times, he must be very experienced." ”
The siren twitched the corners of his mouth, but still did not speak. Demeter was the fourth wife of Zeus, her maternal grandmother was the fifth wife of Zeus, and the Muse was the daughter of Zeus, speaking of which, she was also the granddaughter of Zeus.
It's okay if she doesn't want to, she blackens her face when she thinks about the sirens, the whole of Mount Olympus is her relative, how can it make people feel so uncomfortable.
The siren decided to interrupt the conversation, or Pearl might have said something even more speechless.
"It's getting dark, go back, or Demeter will be worried."
Pearl immediately laughed, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to whatever you say." ”
Seeing that the siren's face was getting darker and darker, Pearl stood up with a smile and finally prepared to go out. The sirens sent her out, but only to the door, and Pearl waved inside, turned around, and was startled by the sudden appearance of someone on the other side.
"Athena, what are you doing here?"