"Have you thought about going back?"

"Go back ......"

"Haha, it's funny, you can't go back, unless one day the maelstrom reverses. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Ah...... Haha......" Magellan laughed weakly.

"Why do you have to go back? The most important thing for a person is to become a hero, to stay brave, if you can become a king in another city-state, of course, you don't have to go back to the mountains where you grew up. ”

Tara straightened up and looked down into Magellan's eyes: "That's not because there's anything wrong with the mountains, it's because the city-state can't live without a king." ”

Magellan was stunned for a moment: "Wouldn't it be nice to go back once in a while......"

"Then we have to wait until we become kings. ”

"That's right. ”

Magellan smiled.

......

The next day, Tara called Magellan up early.

"We have to hurry, there are quite a few things you have to do before you meet the Queen. ”

Magellan was a little confused, but he honestly followed Tara.

They climbed the hillside and entered the dense forest.

The forest is full of insects and birds, and it is surprisingly lively.

This time the two of them took a different path, taking a detour from the back of the old man's wooden house, and went straight to the place where the essence of the dense forest gathered.

After walking for a while, the two of them suddenly opened up and a clearing in the forest appeared.

In the middle of the clearing is a marble pool with what appears to be a spring underneath.

"Wash it here, and then change into clean clothes," Tara said, bringing a set of ancient Theros-style robes, "Be polite when you meet the Queen, and leave what you bring here first." ”

Magellan nodded, then placed his bag on the edge of the pool and began to unbutton his shirt.

"What are you looking at me for?"

Tara seemed to really think it was strange, and she looked at Magellan with surprise in her eyes.

"Why are you looking at me?"

"Why can't I look at you?"

Magellan sighed: "We are there, no one can see it when we are taking a bath." ”

Tara's face suddenly realized: "Then you are completely different from us, I will wait for you in front." ”

She shook her hand and walked forward, saying as she went, "Then when will you have a chance to see a person in its entirety......

Magellan's expression became even more wonderful when he heard this.

There seemed to be something in the spring, and when the whole body was immersed in the water, Magellan was so comfortable that he almost cried out.

When he came out of the pool, Magellan was in good spirits, and it seemed that he had no end of strength in his body. He draped his robes over his body, as the ancient Theros wore them, and walked in the direction Tara had left.

Behind a large tree, Magellan saw Tara, who had a grim face.

"What's wrong?"

Tara was silent, gesturing to a footprint on the ground.

At that moment, Magellan's heart was filled with the absurd feeling that he was still dreaming—that there was a footprint on the ground, so big that he could lie in it.

"I've only heard of an adult hydra, but I didn't expect to see any traces of its existence today...... You're out of luck......"

Magellan crouched down to examine the footprint carefully, and reluctantly got the result that there was really a huge animal: "What do you mean by saying I'm unlucky?"

"What if the oracle told you to kill this monster?"

"Wouldn't I have said that if I hadn't seen this footprint, the oracle?"

Tara shook her head: "I used to think this thing didn't exist at all......"

Magellan knew that the essence could work wonders, and that it was indeed possible for this enchanted island to be inhabited by a terrifying beast that could collapse the ecology with just one individual.

"I don't think I'm really lucky......"

Tara put her hand on Magellan's shoulder: "Okay, don't say that, I think Athena will like you." ”

Magellan smiled wryly and nodded, moving on.

The view in the dense forest was so small that it was difficult to discern directions, but Magellan knew that Tara was leading him up a hill.

It didn't take long for them to reach their destination.

It was a platform on the gentle slope of the hill, and two temples stood on the open and flat ground.

In front of the temple was a marble-paved square, and on the empty white ground, a figure dressed in white stood in full.

"Queen. Tara walked straight up to the man with Magellan, "This is the hero from outside, his name is Magellan." ”

The queen was a very beautiful woman, and there were many kinds of beauty in the world, and she was an ethereal and holy woman that Magellan had never seen in this world, like a lily blooming on the water.

"Follow me. ”

The queen nodded, and turned to walk towards a temple.

Listening to her voice, the queen is a few years younger than Tara, and her face looks very young, with a kind of innocence in her demeanor, which makes people think that she is like a girl.

The two of them walked into the temple one after the other, and were confronted by a goddess who was about to attack with a spear.

When Magellan first saw it, he thought it was a statue of the god of hunting, until he saw that the goddess was not carrying a quiver, and he was sure that it was Athena.

"From the moment you set foot on the land of this island, we have tested you according to the oracle of the goddess. The queen stood beneath the goddess and turned to face Magellan, "You have proven yourself, and the goddess recognizes you as a hero." ”

"So, I ask you, Magellan, will you love me?"

Magellan was stunned, he had never expected such a thing.

"Your expression tells me you're confused. ”

Magellan nodded, then shook his head again: "I don't understand ......"

"Then I'll tell you why, and after you've heard it, you can give me the answer. ”

The queen looked up at the valiant goddess Athena and began to narrate: "In ancient Theros, before us, Athena had several powerful enemies. The reckless god of war, Ares, the mad god of wine, the beautiful goddess of love. Among mortals, they possess influence that Athena cannot match, and in Nissos, the abode of the gods, Athena can defeat three with one, but she cannot achieve victory. ”

"Of these three powerful gods, Ares is the god of war, who can never reconcile with Athena, the patron saint of the city-state, the god of Dionysus, who worships confusion and madness, and is naturally hostile to the god of wisdom, and the god of love, who is always looking for trouble with the virgin goddess. ”

"The goddess of wisdom has found countless weaknesses in her three enemies, but what she wants is the possibility of turning enemies into friends. Neither this was possible for the god of war nor for the god of wine, but in the god of love, Athena saw a hint of kindness. So the goddess began to openly pursue the incomparable stunner, and the gods were shocked, but the goddess of love fell almost instantly. ”

Unable to resist the pursuit of a powerful god, Eros even went so far as to divorce her then-husband in order to marry Athena. ”