Chapter 43: The Plague of Innocence
Bai Xiu sent Caret away, simply cleaned up the dormitory, and was about to rest when two uninvited guests came outside - Hera, the goddess of blessings, and her daughter, Alice, the goddess of disputes.
Because this visit has an unspeakable secret, so
They did not bring many servants and honor guards, but only two maids and a male guard, and at the time of the night, wearing a long cloak with a hood, mysteriously came to Bai Xiu.
As soon as she entered the temple and removed the hood from her head, Alice looked around with a critical eye, as if she was not very satisfied with every inch of space here.
"Oh my God, this is the palace of the priest of the sun god?......? Oops, what's the smell...... I don't even have a decent chair!"
Bai Xiu reached the ground on his knees and respectfully greeted the arrival of the two righteous gods with a sinful body. His gaze naturally lowered to the ground, leaving Alice to complain to herself.
"Alright, Alice, don't be so particular about it since we're here, don't forget, the high priest is not what it used to be......!
Hera interrupted the chattering Alice, looking left and right.
Except for the two stone benches in the corner, she really didn't find a decent high chair, so she grinned in disgust and sneered at Bai Xiu viciously.
"The two goddesses came late at night, I don't know what to command?"
Bai Xiu stared at the ground and asked with a calm expression.
In fact, he could have a premonition that a big trouble had found his head.
Hera had removed her cloak, revealing her sumptuous gown. She handed the cloak to Alice, the goddess of disputes, and walked a few steps back and forth in front of Bai Xiu's eyes with her free hands, before stopping in front of him.
"Hmph...... Bai Xiu, as the high priest of the sun god, you have a pair of magical eyes that can penetrate the heart, and you actually came to ask me a question?"
Hera sneered and stared at Bai Xiu, with a proud posture.
"The subordinates are already guilty, so they don't dare to look directly at the Holy Body of the Queen of Heaven, let alone dare to peek into the heart of the Queen of Heaven. β
Pasius replied methodically to Hera, and then lowered his gaze at another angle.
Hera smiled, seemed to be in good spirits, walked up slowly, reached out, put four long nails on Perseux's chin, and provoked his head.
"Bai Xiu, now I order you to look at me!"
Heyan stretched his head over and brought the awl face close to Bai Xiu, and his smile quickly froze at this moment:
"Then, answer my questions carefully, and don't let anything go wrong!"
After staring at Hera for two seconds, Bai Xiu moved his gaze and observed Hera expressionlessly for a moment.
As Perseus had expected, Hera's heart was already crawling with countless worms, and they were gnawing at her increasingly corrupt mind with impunity. And these worms have two names, which are "resentment" and "jealousy".
"How? Can you tell me the answer, Lord Priest?"
Hera got impatient after waiting for a while, so she urged Bai Xiu.
Sure enough, the two of them came to Kareta again! But this time, the great god Zeus was involved again! What a ridiculous ......
Bai Xiu did not immediately reply to the goddess of blessings, and secretly speculated in his heart.
After reading Hera's mind, Bai Xiu had already learned the true purpose of her secret visit to find her.
She wondered too much why the great god Zeus had repeatedly tolerated Carret. Because of her extreme jealousy, she even wondered if Zeus had an unusual affection for Carreteβ
Bai Xiu was quite angry at the moment. If the goddess in front of her who was aggressively pressing her was not a high-powered diva, Bai Xiu couldn't wait to immediately bounce up from the ground and punch and kick her hard.
He never thought that excessive jealousy could turn a normal woman into an absurd madman, a pervert!
Bai Xiu was slow to answer, he clenched his teeth, forcing himself to maintain his composure as much as possible. At the same time, he knows better than anyone that tonight is about to face an inevitable catastrophe for him.
The goddess of blessings, Hera, is suspicious and temperamental. Whether you answer or not, there will be no good fruit to eat. And whether her answer is right or wrong is all in her thoughts.
"Diva of God, you are too worried. The 'Messenger of Love and Light' Carreta had given so much for the revival of the Titans and for the Athena Jewel, and as her biological father, it was only natural that the gods should be of good grace to her. β
Bai Xiu said calmly, deliberately pouring out the words "biological father" in an accent.
He did this to remind the suspicious Hera that Zeus and Kareta are father and daughter, and no matter how much you doubt them, you should not doubt them!
After listening to the answer, Hera's nervous expression was a little relaxed. At this time, Alice, the goddess of disputes on the side, interjected:
"Biological father? Looks like ...... That was from a previous life, right?"
When Hera heard this, her expression instantly twisted.
Alice smiled disdainfully and reached down to remove the golden mask covering her face. Suddenly, her broken face was unreservedly displayed in front of everyone's eyes.
Alice slowly closed her eyes, raised her head and sniffed in the air a few times exaggeratedly, slowly pulling her ugly face full of scars and making a satisfied smile.
"Hmm...... That's right...... It's her breath, she's just been here......"
After speaking confidently, Alice did not put back the mask, but bent down and handed the terrifying face to Bai Xiu's eyes:
"Priest, she's beautiful, isn't she? But you must know that with your power, you will not be able to protect such a beautiful thing, neither before nor in the future. So get acquainted and answer the questions of the queen seriously. Maybe after you have won the favor of the queen of heaven, she can not blame you for the past, and personally go and intercede with your master Apollo and reinstate you, how about it?"
"I just answered what I saw truthfully, and the great god cared for the love of father and daughter in his heart, so he was kind to Kareta who was newly pregnant, and this is what I saw as the real thing!"
Bai Xiu repeated what he had just said again, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant. His eyes were straight ahead, not at all at the hateful face of the Goddess of Disputes.
Hera had completely lost her patience and became agitated. She wandered a few steps quickly, stopped suddenly, then raised two eyebrows, and yelled at Bai Xiu on the ground:
"Father-daughter relationship? What are you talking to me about here? Just kidding! Zeus I know has not had any father-daughter relationship since the time of mythology, no-"
"Mother, please calm your anger and hand him over to me for interrogation. β
Alice persuaded Hera, turned her head and smiled strangely at Bai Xiu:
"Don't be hard-mouthed, Lord Priest. You are sure that what you just said is the true answer you got after reading the mind to the great god. But you should know that when you were brought back to the Holy Mountain for a serious crime in the human world, Kareta did not return with you. And after you and the great god met in a hurry, you were punished to suffer in the Tianshui cold pool, and you have not seen the great god again until now, how can you have the opportunity to peek into the inner world of the great god, and say that what is the father-daughter relationship between them after being reborn?"
Bai Xiu was terrified.
Hera was annoyed at this time, glaring at Bai Xiu:
"Okay, you dare to lie to me!"
The guards accompanying her were very shrewd, and immediately walked over and pulled out the steel rod in his hand and threw it fiercely at Bai Xiu.
"Hmm......"
After the muffled sound, Bai Xiu was hit twice on his back, and his whole body lay on the ground. He groaned low~ and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Okay, you stand down, he's still useful!"
Alice, who was on the side, felt that it was almost over, so she drank the guards back. She took a step, walked around Bai Xiu's body twice, stopped, and said sideways in his ear:
"Well, I don't blame you, you haven't seen the Great God for a long time, and I can arrange a time for you to meet him for the last time. When the time comes, if you dare to hide something, don't blame us for being rude to you!"
"Alice, you're not kidding, are you?" Hera looked embarrassed at this time:
"You want him to see Zeus? How could he go to see a god who has been condemned to a serious crime by his own hands? What the hell are we going to do?"
Alice laughed triumphantly, and her eyes flashed:
"Naturally, the two of us can't do anything, but if the sun god Apollo comes out, the result will be very different......"
Alice then instructed the guards:
"When we return to the palace in a while, you will keep vigil here, and the priest will not be allowed to escape, let alone commit suicide. Early tomorrow morning, Mother, you will go to the palace of the sun god Apollo yourself......"
"I know how, Alice. β
Hera replied, smiling at the Goddess of Disputes.
Bai Xiu slowly wiped the blood from his mouth, and looked at the mother and daughter in front of him who were planning a conspiracy with resentful eyes, but there was nothing he could do for a while.
......
After a lunch break the next day, Zeus, the god of all gods, was invited by the sun god Apollo to drink tea with him.
Soon after arriving at Apollo's bedchamber, Zeus was pulled onto the table by Apollo and ready to kill two games. Sitting on either side of the black-and-white chess board, after the waitress had laid out the pieces, the two gods began to talk while killing.
A refreshing fragrance spilled from behind the curtain in a corner of the palace and into Zeus's nostrils.
"It smells so good!"
He pinched the chess pieces and smelled the aroma in intoxication.
The sun god on the opposite side replied with a smile:
"The high-grade tea newly bought from China will be brewed and served to you to taste. β
"It's the kind you sent to my palace last time, right? I haven't drunk it yet......"
Zeus looked sideways at the source of the aroma as he spoke, and saw two attendants at the stone table behind the curtain, one boiling water in a small pot, and the other fiddling with tea leaves with a wooden spoon.
Zeus didn't notice anything, withdrew his gaze and continued to play chess with Apollo.
"I heard that you went to the human realm two days ago to purchase a lot of supplies, and you sent some to Karetta?"
Zeus pointed at an empty space on the chessboard, "snapped" a horse-headed piece, and then asked Apollo.
"yes! something to eat and play. Sister Kareta is pregnant and needs more nutrition, and humans happen to have a lot of good things in this regard. Those novelties can just help her relieve her boredom. β
Apollo said with some flattery.
"It's hard to think so well, Apollo!" Zeus nodded, complimenting him heartily:
"Indeed, Kareta is in need of the gods right now. She's a member of our Olympus, and you're really thinking of me, yes, yes!"
"It is the responsibility of the gods to share their worries for the great gods. After a while, I will send someone to ask her to see what she likes, and I will go to the human world to buy some more. β
At this time, the sun god Apollo was happy in his heart. Secretly saying that it is not difficult to win the favor of the great god Zeus.
Whoever he likes and who he favors, he will slap in with whom he pleases and who he pleases, the reason is as simple as that. In this way, Zeus is satisfied with himself and trusts, and in the future he will pass on the throne of the god of all gods to himself......