Chapter 9: Thetis's Decision
The summer heat soon passed, the weather became cooler, and the olive trees were in fruiting season, and the little olives that were not yet ripe hung mischievously on the branches, enjoying the baptism of the autumn breeze.
Not far away, in the fields, ears of wheat began to bow their proud heads, and the color of the earth turned from green to gold, as if to prepare for the arrival of Demeter, the goddess of harvest.
The water in the creek dried up, and the verdant meadows turned yellow. At this time, on the bank of the river, two children were slashing at each other with wooden swords.
Once again, he knocked away the wooden sword in Patroclus's hand, and Su Muran sat on the yellowed grass with the sword. It was almost noon, and he was already sweating profusely after practicing swordsmanship with little Pat all morning.
Since being fooled by Su Muran to be a big hero that day, little Pat's whole person has changed, and he comes to Su Muran every day before dawn to practice his sword, and he is like a demon, and it has been four months now.
Patroclus gasped and lay on the grass, his condition was worse than Su Muran's, he was almost unable to move.
The two rested for a while, Patroclus struggled to sit up, he looked at Su Muran, and said with sincere admiration: "Achilles, you are really powerful, from the time we practiced swords until now, I have not defeated you once." ”
Su Muran showed a smug smile, perhaps because he inherited the bloodline of his mother Thetis, and his strength was better than that of Little Pat, although Little Pat was a year older than him.
"Don't be discouraged, Patroclus, you're going to be a big hero in the future. ”
"What about you? Achilles. Little Pat looked at Su Muran.
"Well, of course, I'm a superhero. Su Muran grinned.
Little Pat was obviously amused by his shamelessness, he stood up and picked up the sword that had been knocked away, pointed at Su Muran and shouted, "Come and fight! Achilles! I want to see if you can become a superhero!"
Su Muran drew his sword fearlessly and said proudly: "Hmph, as you wish, Patroclus!"
Little Pat held the sword high above his head with both hands and slashed at Su Muran's head. Su Muran turned his sword horizontally to block the blow, then pushed him away with force, and then turned into an attack, slashing at Patroclus's neck with a sword.
While the two were training hard, not far from them, Thetis and little Pat's mother, Philomena, were standing together watching them.
"Thetis, your son is a great man, he is not as old as Patroclus, but you see that the two of them are already evenly matched. The chubby Philomena still had a smile on her face.
Titis frowned and shook her head slightly, "Sister Philo, you know this is not what I want to see. ”
"Thetis, I know that you love Achilles and don't want him to go to war in the future, but children always have to grow up. "What brave boy doesn't want to be honored?" said Philomena's face, "If you don't allow him to touch the sword, he'll become a coward who is looked down upon, and that feeling will be worse than killing him." ”
Theses was shocked, she had always treated Achilles as a child, and had been deliberately ignoring the fact that he was growing up. What she didn't expect was that even the little Cupid, who had never grown up, would one day marry a wife and have children, let alone Achilles, who was a mortal.
She sighed deeply, turned to Philomena, and said, "Thank you, Sister Philo. If you hadn't reminded me, I'm afraid Achilles would have complained about me as a mother in the future. ”
Philomena's face returned to her smile, "It's best that you can figure it out, Thetis. She glanced at the two who were fighting, "Achilles must be like his father...... Oh my!"
The new round of struggle on the bank of the river came to an end again, and Su Muran once again picked up Patroclus's sword, gasped and said, "Little Pat, do you think I am qualified to ......"
Before he finished speaking, little Pat, who was already tired and kneeling on the ground, suddenly yelled at him without knowing where he got the strength: "Be careful!"
Perhaps because of the force that had been used to fly Little Pat's sword just now, the wooden sword did not fly anywhere else, but swirled in the air and then fell straight down. And the place where it landed was where Su Muran was standing!
Be careful of what? Su Muran was confused.
However, the sound of breaking wind above his head made him instinctively feel that something was wrong. Looking up, the sword just overlapped with the sun in the sky, and the sword shadow covered Su Muran's eyes, feeling like an arrow flying down from the sun!
Su Muran was stunned for an instant, because this scene seemed a little familiar! It seemed that in some dream, he had also seen such an arrow shooting at him.
In this stunned effort, the sword had already flown in front of Su Muran. In normal times, he was confident that he would be able to dodge, but today he practiced with Patroclus all morning, and he was already exhausted, and his legs and feet did not obey the call at all! In a hurry, Su Muran had no choice but to roll hard to the side.
With a "snort", Su Muran only felt a piercing pain coming from his left arm, and he subconsciously reached out to cover it, and before he could take a closer look, Little Pat had already pounced.
But there was one man who was faster than him, and that was Thetis!
Thetis really regretted it in her heart now, she just turned her head and said a word to Philomena, and actually let her son be in such a big danger. In a hurry, he didn't care about anything else, and directly used his divine power to rush over.
Su Muran looked at Thetis in shock, almost forgetting the pain in her arm.
He has been living with Thetis these days, and his mother has not shown anything outstanding except for being beautiful, and he has gradually forgotten that Thetis is also a goddess of the sea.
He clearly remembered that Thetis and Aunt Philo were standing together just now, at least fifty meters away from them, but like a gust of wind blowing, Thetis had already come to him.
Su Muran glanced at Aunt Philo who was running towards here with the corner of her eye, this distance was about ...... Or fifty meters!
"Achilles, how are you, let Mom see!" Thetis reached out and hugged Su Muran, staring closely at his injured left arm, although it was covered by Su Muran, blood still couldn't stop coming out of his fingers.
Su Muran slowly moved his right hand, and a hideous wound five or six centimeters long appeared in front of Titis's eyes, the flesh on both sides of the wound was turning outward, and blood was still coming out of the wound one by one, flowing all over the arm.
Although it felt very painful, Su Muran was quite calm, because the wound was not as deep as expected, as long as it was bandaged in time and not infected with bacteria, there would be no danger. But Theseis looked at the wound and was stunned.
She saw several images flash before her eyes, a tall, handsome young man, wearing the armor of Peleus and holding a sharp sword. She was sure that it was her son Achilles.
But the situation of Achilles is not good, he is trapped under a wall, surrounded by raging fires, with mountains of corpses at his feet, and endless enemies hidden in the smoke and night. He repelled wave after wave of attacks and was exhausted himself. The enemy in the darkness stepped forward and stabbed his spear into his chest, and Achilles fell helplessly on the mountain of corpses, the blood in his body gradually drying up.
Thetis knew that this was not her vision, but a warning from the goddess of fate, that it was the fate of Achilles!
"Thetis, what's wrong with you?" Philomena, who had just run over, saw Thetis hugging Achilles tightly, as if she had seen something terrible, her eyes were blank, and her face was as pale as snow.
Thetis barely glanced at Philomena, "I'm fine, Sister Philo. ”
Titis settled down, stretched out her slender jade fingers, and her fingertips flashed with a hint of aqua blue luster, and gently touched Su Muran's wound.
Su Muran only felt a cold breath wandering around the wound, and the hot feeling disappeared all at once. After only a while, the wound that seemed a little terrifying just now healed little by little.
Su Muran looked at the scene dumbfounded, if he hadn't experienced it himself, he would never have believed this kind of thing.
glanced at Little Pat and found that his expression was the same as his own, so Su Muran relieved himself, I can't just make a bun by myself.
After only a while, the wound on Su Muran's left arm was completely healed, and there was not even a scar left. If it weren't for the blood on his arm, he would have wondered if he had been injured.
"Aunt Thetis, you are amazing!" little Pat's eyes flashed with little stars, and he immediately turned into Thetis's little fan brother. Although he had also heard from his mother that this beautiful aunt was very powerful, it was the first time he had seen her show incredible skills with his own eyes.
Theses reluctantly smiled, reached out and touched little Pat's head, stood up, and said, "It's noon, let's go back to eat first." ”
Su Muran saw that Thetis was in a very bad mood, and thought that it was his injury that made her mother unhappy, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she silently picked up her sword and followed Thetis home.
Little Pat was about the same, and Philomena took him away. They didn't dare to come out to continue practicing their swords all afternoon, for fear of being scolded.
In the dead of night, Su Muran, who was tired all day, lay on the bed and fell asleep, while Thetis in the next room couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.
As soon as she closed her eyes, the bloody wounds of Su Muran during the day and the scene of him falling on the battlefield when he grew up would keep flashing in her mind, and she couldn't get rid of it.
After a long time, Theses lifted the quilt and walked to the window. The light of Selene was particularly bright tonight, and the mountains, the meadows, the woods, and the running deer, everything in her eyes was gilded with a layer of silver.
Ever since she left the golden palace in the depths of the ocean, her elderly parents, her sister with whom she had been with for many years, and married Peleus, who had almost nothing at the time, almost everyone who knew her felt unworthy for her. But in fact, she felt very happy, because her husband was devoted to her and never betrayed her in the slightest. It wasn't until she had a child that she felt that her life was perfect.
But today, the goddess of fate was jealous of her happiness, and took a spear to shatter her beautiful dreams little by little, and even felt that she was now full of holes.
Thetis quietly looked out the window at the peaceful and peaceful world, her eyes gradually becoming sharp, and I don't know how long it took for her to finally make up her mind.
"I will not allow anyone to ruin my happiness!"