9. Beauty strife

On the way to Mount Olympus, Athena said as if unintentionally, "You must protect your little lover." ”

Dio glanced at her, "I don't need you to say it, I'll protect him too." ”

Athena sneered, then shook her head helplessly, "You don't understand what I mean. ”

Dio turned his head and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?" ”

Athena looked at him sympathetically, "It's not just you, I also think that Amplos is no longer beautiful, and I am also a goddess, even women recognize the beauty, that is really beautiful." ”

Dio was torn around by this passage, and he didn't understand what she meant, of course Amplos was beautiful, he already knew about it, but so what?

Athena saw that Dio still didn't understand, so she kindly reminded him: "Have you forgotten how the Trojan War came about? If you are a beauty, it will cause disputes. If you don't protect him well, there will be many people who want to snatch him away, and the most dangerous one is our father. ”

Dio was stunned, and the alarm bell suddenly sounded in his heart. Indeed, Zeus did too much of this kind of thing, and whoever he fancied must use all means to get his hands on it, and no matter how angry Hera was, he still did it.

And Ampulos is too pretty, prettier than most people Zeus fell in love with. Thinking like this, Dio panicked. I made a decision in my heart that I must hide Amplos and never let Zeus see him, if Ampulos is snatched away by Zeus......

Dio closed his eyes and opened them again, and the young god curled the corners of his lips, and even Athena couldn't help but tremble.

There are so many sons of Zeus, the most like him is Dionysus, but it is only an appearance, Dionysus does not have Zeus's calmness, Zeus does not have Dionysus's disregard.

Athena looked down and smiled, it must be very interesting if the two of them had a quarrel.

At the top of Mount Olympus, Zeus sat in the center, smiling at his son and daughter with lightning bolts circling and disappearing.

Although all the important gods were summoned, Zeus didn't say anything important, at least that's what Dio thought, and listened to Zeus all the time how he threatened them not to intervene in the Trojan War, and it was Zeus who intervened the most.

Dio's heart was all on Amplos in the distance, and when he finally finished speaking, Dio almost cheered and was about to leave, but Zeus stopped him, and when he looked back, Hermes and Hades were also there.

Zeus first asked Hermes: "You have always been absent-minded, and your face is not good-looking, what's wrong?" ”

Hermes smiled and said, "I almost fell to the ground when I encountered a hurricane on the way here, and I am still a little scared. ”

Zeus said with concern: "In that case, let's go back and rest quickly." ”

Hermes saluted and left, and after turning around, Hermes glanced at Dionysus, and Dio couldn't help but be confused when he touched his inexplicable and wonderful eyes.

Soon, Zeus called Dio to the front.

This so-called father, Dio did not have much affection for him, and obediently stepped forward, but only stood quietly and listened to the teachings. Because he had Amplos in mind, he still had a little impatience on his face.

Seeing Dio's expression, Zeus was a little unhappy, "Since you came in, the heart has flown to other places, Dionysus, what are you thinking?" ”

Dio knew that he had been seen through by his father, and that if he lied, he would be even more disgusted, and perhaps he would begin to investigate the cause of his distraction, so he could only vaguely say: "Father, I am in love with someone, and when you called me, he and I were preparing to go on a trip, and now he is the only one left, and I am worried about him." ”

After thinking about it, Dio added a few more words: "He loves me very much, and if I can't go back soon, he will be very worried about me." ”

Looking at his son, Zeus wanted to laugh at him, but also wanted to sympathize with him, the goddess of fate has spun destiny for all people and all gods, what should come will always come, Zeus knows a qiē, but he also has to follow the rules of heaven and earth, he looked at Dio lovingly, and said: "Whatever is beautiful cannot last long, my son, you will understand in the future." ”

Dio didn't understand, and when he received this oracle, he only understood the superficial meaning. It's true that humans are so fragile that a little thing can kill them, and in this way, Dio wants to hurry back to Amplos's side even more.

While Dionysus hurried back to the Peroka Forest, Hermes was hurrying to his destination.

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He didn't care about Hades or Tartarus Hell, and when he saw Hermes, who had just been away for three days, return here, the three-headed dog of hell was also confused, wondering if he had miscalculated the day.

He didn't have any undead with him, and Charon intercepted him on the banks of the River of Pain, but without even stretching out his hand, he watched Hermes speed by.

Rampage came to Persephone's garden, the black poplar was napping, Hermes looked around, but did not see the siren, he pushed the door open, the siren was still asleep. Hermes rudely lifted her up, and the siren was sleepy-eyed and a little stunned, and then realized that he was being lifted up in the air, and then exclaimed, "You are crazy! Pretend to be Hercules, put me down! ”

Hermes looked at her viciously: "I think you are crazy!" Do you think I don't see it, it's like this, and anyone who comes here can recognize you! ”

The sirens opened their mouths, not knowing how to defend themselves, Hermes said in disbelief: "You would do such a thing, do you know how much it costs, and more importantly, this is the oldest divine art, I have only seen it in Zeus's chamber, how did you know this method?" ”

The siren struggled, and Hermes had no choice but to put her down and straighten up her ragged clothes, and the siren whispered, "Nobody, I already knew this method." ”

Hermes listened and laughed angrily, "Do you think I'll believe it?" Siren, you'd better sue me, or I'll sue Zeus and let him punish you. ”

The siren looked up violently, and the color of his blue eyes became darker, "You go!" I've been able to separate half of myself, what do you think I'm afraid of? Just right, let Zeus come over and make the final decision for me, anyway, I'm not a god anymore, I don't even have the last god body, anyone can kill me! ”

Almost as soon as he shouted the last words, the siren's eyes turned red, and he slowly crouched down, silent tears that silenced Hermes. He was the only one who knew about the siren's past and could stay with her, and he should have understood the siren best, but he came to reprimand her in the first place.

Hermes was annoyed that he had said something on the spur of the moment, but that he could not take it back.

Hermes slowly crouched down, his voice becoming gentle: "The wound has worsened...... Is it also because of this? ”

The siren forced herself to stop her tears, took a few deep breaths, rested her head on her knees, and nodded imperceptibly. Hermes frowned, the wound left by the Muse had never healed, for it was still expecting new wings, and the siren's body was still recovering, and one day the divine power would return.

However, Demeter's curse destroyed all this qiē, and the sirens fell into the underworld, where nothing could grow, where only dark creatures and narcissus could survive, and the sirens could only struggle here, suffering pain every day and night, exacerbated by the biting cold, Hermes had always known, but he could not empathize.

From the goddess of the sea to the banshee of the sea, the siren has always survived strongly, even here, she is trying to find hope, and the source of all her pain is he, the siren's receiver - Hermes.

Hermes had a strange temper and was moody, and although he had ties to the gods, none of them were deep, and it seemed that he was a friend to everyone, but in fact, he had none of them, except the sirens.

With guilt for the siren, he has been by the siren's side, helping her with various affairs, making the goddess of the hunt who takes her in like her, and finding a gentle and brave same-sex friend for her, Persephone, but in the end, he still does not resist the divine power of the goddess of fate.

Seeing the sirens in pain, Hermes was still powerless, just like a thousand years ago, when he saw the sirens who were still girls being torn off their wings by the muses and falling straight to the sea.

The sirens still can't help but shiver when they think back to that day.

The muse approached her step by step, and with a blushing face, he forced her to compete with the muse, the goddess of art, for the siren was just a little goddess who had not yet grown up, how could he compare to the muse who specialized in music and art. The muse's divine power turned into a silver light, tightly pinching the siren's neck, she had to agree, but it was suppressed almost at the first moment, the muse's voice became higher and higher, the siren's voice became more and more low, and finally the siren couldn't stand this voice, covered his ears and shouted "I lost!" I lost! Leave me alone! The muse strode over and mercilessly tore off a pair of her immature wings.

Like Dionysus's, with its white, well-groomed wings, and the pain of the heart piercing through the heart, the siren fell from the sky and fell the surface of the sea, and in an instant the sea was soaked in her blood.

The sirens float on the surface of the sea, their legs turning into golden fishtails when they meet the water, which was given to her by her father, the god of rivers, while the other half of her mother's wings are tattered and do not know where they have gone. White feathers surrounded the sirens, the cold rain hit her face, no one, no one came to save her, where did Poseidon, the sea emperor she admired and admired the most, go?

She bled in his sea, but he hid in the deep palace at the bottom of the sea and would not come out; Hermes, her usher, was trapped outside by the muse, and could only look at her with pity, and the sirens laughed, and rain, tears, and sea water flowed into her mouth together, and the sirens laughed miserably, and the seabirds were awakened by the sound, and circled the sea three times before leaving with a mournful cry.

Behold, the seabirds were pitying her for what had happened to her, and her mother was still looking down on her coldly from heaven.