The rebellion soon stopped, and everything was meaningless in the face of absolute power.

The soldiers recaptured the Steam Capital and searched the Prince's Palace, discovering the secret passage, and eventually, as they searched Prince Victor along the way, they found the burnt carriage and the twisted corpse inside.

There was no DNA identification technology in this era, so they couldn't tell if the body was Victor's or not.

But apparently, Arthur chose to believe that the corpse was Victor, and told it widely.

Britannia has a part of the Beichen culture, and even in this era, killing his uncle is a rare thing to see, and instead of arresting him back and putting him under house arrest, he saved a lot of trouble by committing suicide himself.

And at the same time, the Western Empire apparently knew about the rebellion within Britannia and launched a direct attack inland.

Arthur didn't have time to care about this, so he went straight to the enemy with his army.

On the hillside not far from the battlefield, Char and the three stood under an apple tree, looking at the battlefield in the distance, Arthur rode Sonny and led the Celtic Knights to attack the military formation of the West Tooth Empire.

This time, however, they were not alone, as the infantry behind them followed closely behind them and pressed towards this side from both sides.

The navy of the Western Empire obviously could not enter the land battle, let alone the combat effectiveness of the Celtic Knights on the plains.

When the West French coalition army invaded the Maria Mountains before, the Knights suffered huge losses, but in more than a year, Arthur selected many elites in the Northern Army to supplement the Knights, and after the war baptism of the West French Empire, it can be regarded as recovering part of its vitality.

Although the number and quality cannot be restored to the past for the time being, under the leadership of Arthur, the combat effectiveness is even greater.

Powerful cavalry charged the Western Empire's formations, which were then harvested by the infantry.

The army of the Western Empire was quickly dispersed and ordered to retreat, and it is estimated that even they did not expect that Arthur the Great would put down the war in the country so quickly, and even quickly draw strength to deal with them.

On one side of the hillside, Char and the three were quietly overlooking the entire battlefield, while Moria was quietly looking at Arthur, who was riding the giant lion at the front, with a slightly deep gaze.

"Are you really not going to take a look?" Alicia asked.

Moriah whispered, "I've never been in his life, and I'm a complete stranger to him except for the blood ties.

If so, what kind of attitude should he have in front of me?

Is it passion? Or is it apathy? ”

He looked at Alicia, who was speechless.

"No matter what, I'm a dead man now.

Although, because of Mr. Char's connections, I have some privileges to meet with you.

But I know that the existence of most rules in this world has its meaning.

If you use too much privilege, you will also lose your sense of boundaries.

I can't see him very often.

In this case, it is better not to meet than to suddenly break into his life and disappear again.

My presence will only bother him. ”

Alicia didn't speak again, she remembered a quote she had seen while reading in the library under the castle: "I could have endured the darkness if I hadn't seen the light." ”

Although this sentence is not very appropriate, it is indeed too cruel for a child whose parents have never appeared in his life to suddenly appear and disappear from his biological father.

Moriath quietly looked at Arthur in the distance.

Suddenly, Arthur seemed to notice, and while sitting on top of Sonny, he turned his head and met Moria's gaze.

Although they were several kilometers away at the moment, neither of them was an ordinary person, and they could see each other's faces clearly.

He apparently spotted Alicia and Char standing beside him, but instead of looking away, he continued to look at Moria.

They didn't say anything, they didn't react too much, they just looked at each other from afar.

After a few moments, Arthur turned his head and continued to pursue the army of the Western Empire with his cavalry.

Moriah also retracted her gaze, "Let's go. I've been out for a long time, and it's time to go back to the imperial capital. ”

"Does he recognize you?" Alicia asked.

Arthur's appearance is actually very similar to Moria's, so it is possible to recognize it.

"Perhaps." For some reason, Moria's mood seemed to be good.

Char stepped forward and teleported Moriah and Alicia to the tavern, then gestured to Moria.

"Open the door and go out to the imperial capital.

Now Sebas should wait in his shop, tell him everything, and then come with him to the tavern in the evening. ”

Char smiled, "In the evening, I plan to hold an outdoor barbecue party, will I call a lot of friends, do you want to come together?" ”

Moriah thought for a moment and nodded, "I can't guarantee that he's coming. ”

"He will." Char said.

Moriah took one last look at Alicia and smiled gently, "Then I'll go." ”

Alicia bowed, "See you in the evening." ”

Moriah turned and pushed the door open and walked out.

Char turned his head to look at Semer, the god of wine behind the bar, "Are you coming?" ”

Seymler smiled, "As much as I'd love to come, I also have a date tonight." ”

"Oh?" Char was a little interested, "Dating? ”

"You don't think I have no friends other than you, do you?" "I'm social, too," Seymler quipped. ”

Char shrugged, "You were a beggar when I saw you. ”

"That's when I met a girl." "It was a very empathetic woman, and we were like natural soul mates. ”

The ancient Greeks were the creators of the word philosophy, and they were, so to speak, the origin of philosophy.

Naturally, their gods are not something without depth.

Compared to today's mainstream asceticism, their sexual perceptions are diametrically opposed.

In their eyes, sex is the happy instinct of human beings, without repression and shame, and it is not something evil, but a good thing that comes from the human instinct to reproduce.

Therefore, the gods wantonly enjoy the pleasures brought by the flesh, which is an expression of divinity.

And among them, the Dionysian spirit is the representative of it, indulgence, passion, madness, accept all tragedy and pain, return to wildness, and enjoy the pleasure of becoming one with the world.

Of course, the Dionysian spirit had a desire to self-destruct, so they created Apollo, which represents the bondage and sanity of human nature.

These two spirits are opposites but unified beings, too rational and restrained will only lead to pain, too chaotic and crazy will only lead to destruction, the two are opposite but unified.

Therefore, it is normal for Semele to have a lover, or rather, he probably drank more wine than Char in his life.

Speaking of which, in many myths, there is a big class gap between gods and humans, and gods have no intersection with humans.

But the Greek gods are different, and of all the myths, the demigods of Greek mythology are the most numerous.

Char and Alicia listened attentively.

It was the first time he had heard Seymler talk about his past, and it sounded like the most attention-grabbing love story.

"Later, she cheated me out of all my money."

Char and Alicia were stunned.

Char twitched the corners of her mouth and said, "I didn't expect this." ”

"People now are not like in the past, and they have more eyes." Semmele sighed. Apparently he didn't think so.

For him, love is like drinking, some wine is light but long-lasting, some wine is strong but unforgettable, but in any case, wine is just wine, just a pastime in his long life.

"So that's why you became a beggar?" Char complained, "I thought you were putting aside life to experience it." ”

"I really want to distract myself in a different way." "Money is nothing to me, my alchemy is okay." ”

"You know alchemy?" Char said with some surprise.

Semmelle smiled, "Have you heard the story of Midas?" ”

Midas, also known as "Midas", was the Phrygian king of Greek mythology.

Greedy for wealth, he asked the gods to grant him a spell to turn things into gold, and Dionysus, the god of wine, fulfilled his wishes.

But in the end, even his beloved daughter and food were turned to gold by his fingers. He couldn't live, and he prayed to God that everything was back to the way it was.

Legend has it that he acted as a referee for the music of Apollo's competition with the faun god Pan, and was punished by Apollo for favoring Pan, and his ears became donkey ears. He managed to cover his ears, but eventually became known.

The words "Midas's ears" are used to denote something that cannot be concealed.

Char's eyes flickered with a glimmer, "In other words, you will turn stones into gold, and you will also refine the Philosopher's Stone?" ”

"I will turn a stone into gold, but the stone of the sage may not be." "I use divine power to transform gold, and I don't need anything like the Philosopher's Stone.

Still, I do know who will. ”

"Who?" Char asked curiously.

"Hermes Trismegistes." Seymler pronounced a name.

"Hermes?" Char apparently knew the name, the messenger of Greek mythology, the god of thieves.

"It's related to Him, but it's not Him." Semmele said.

He pondered for a moment, then continued, "You should know that Greece was annexed by the Roman Empire, right? ”

Char's jaw.

"The Romans thought that since they had conquered Greece, they should inherit their culture, their gods, as a matter of course.

So they used the Greek gods as a template to create their own Roman gods.

For example, Zeus became Jupiter, Hera became Juno, and Aphrodite became the famous Venus.

I've also changed my name, Bacchus.

Even some demigods were given different names by them, such as Hercules, whom they called Hercules.

But these Roman gods were slightly different from the Greek gods. ”

After a pause, Semele said, "During that time, both me and the rest of the Greek gods who were still alive were actually affected in some way, and they had some symptoms similar to schizophrenia.

But then, the Roman god became another god of ours, and after being transformed into this god, there will be some changes in our strength and character.

Before that, Egypt had actually been conquered by Alexander's Macedonian kingdom, which led to the Hellenization of Egypt.

Later, the Macedonian Empire was annexed by the Roman Empire.

This presence also emerges in this fusion of cultures.

He is derived from the "Hermes-Thoth", a hybrid deity that combines the qualities of the ancient Greek god Hermes and the ancient Egyptian god Thoth.

The so-called "triple greatness" in its name refers to the hybrid god "Hermes-Thoth" who achieved the status of a "trinity" of three gods at the same time: Hermes, Thoth, Egypt, and Mercury, the Roman god (i.e., Roman Hermes).

This trinity also represents the three main occult knowledge that Hermes Trismegistes mastered: astrology, magic, alchemy, and his three identities: philosopher, priest, king, and so on.

As for why people at that time confused these two gods, the reason was because they had the same qualities.

Thoth was the god in charge of writing and writing, and Hermes was also in charge of poetry and writing;

Thoth is the god of medicine, and Hermes is the patron saint of doctors;

Thoth is the god of wisdom, who knows the knowledge of magic and composes many spells, Hermes is the ever-changing, slick and clever god of thieves, and also has the knowledge of magic and witchcraft;

In the end, both gods are also related to the underworld-

Thoth was the presiding officer of funeral ceremonies, the guide of the dead into Hades, and the clerk of the judgment of the dead.

Hermes, on the other hand, is the guiding god of the undead, and will also help the dead souls to reach the underworld.

Due to the high degree of similarity between these two gods, the ancient Egyptians directly equated the Greek god Hermes with the native god Thoth during the Hellenistic period, and called the center of their worship Hermepolis, that is, "the city of Hermes".

Out of the pantheistic ideas of Greek philosophy and religion and the homogeneous tradition of God and man, that is, there is no strict boundary between God and man. and the rise of Christianity and so on.

The image of Hermes and Thoth continuing into the late Hellese period ceased to have a distinct divinity.

Rather, he is transformed into a wise man who holds a wealth of knowledge about the material and spiritual worlds.

This is the origin of Hermeticism, the central figure of Hermeticism, Hermes Trismegistus.

"Isn't that something of fantasy, then?" Alicia said.

"It was a very special time." "At the end of the Age of the Gods, the gods were rapidly weakened and became more dependent on human faith.

But while faith provides a basis for the continuation of the gods, it also leads to the fact that the gods will be influenced by them, such as our schizophrenia at that time.

Hermes Trismegistes was a fantasy, but he actually existed for a short time.

It is nothing more than an existence independent of Hermes and Thoth, a being who has the knowledge that both have in common.

It is a life created by two gods in response to this fate.

Legend has it that Hermes Trismegistes, who descended in ancient Egypt, foresaw the catastrophe that would happen in the afterlife, and feared that his knowledge would not be passed on to future generations.

So he condensed alchemy into 13 sentences and carved it on an emerald gemstone plate, on which there was knowledge of the philosopher's stone, even the magic of artificial people and other alchemic techniques, and even some of his astrology and magic.

People call this text "Jade Record". ”

(End of chapter)