To be king [Greek mythology]

into the temple. "Thurps said so, feeling like he was about to collapse.

"I'll make you change your mind." The high priest said, took a cup of sea water boiling out of thin air from the table, and poured it directly on Surpus' ankle.

When Minos saw Thurpus come out of the high priest's room, the latter's face was a little paler than his.

"What's wrong?" Minos looked down at Thurpus' ankle, and sure enough, the mark of shame was gone.

"It's nothing." Thurps shook his head and quickened his pace, "Let's come to the temple less in the future."

"...?" Minos looked at Thurps blankly.

Thurps sighed, "Forget it, it's okay."

Minos wouldn't just run to the temple just fine, and if the head priest really had thoughts about Minos, he might have made a move long ago.

"There is a banquet tonight, I have to help, you take Miredus to the temple to get rid of his mark." Minos said.

After listening to Minos, Thurps' face suddenly became extremely exciting.

Minos sensed something was wrong, he frowned, "What's the matter?"

Of course Thurpus would not let Minos know what happened. After all, the chief priest is the representative of the gods that the people of Crete rely on. He would not be so stupid as to say something bad about the chief priest in front of a Cretan— — not even Minos.

Thurps just shook his head, "It's nothing, go ahead and say hello to His Majesty for me."

Minos frowned at him for a while, and finally left.

Of course, he took this matter to heart, and he had to ask after he finished his work.

—Ask anyone, the High Priest, His Majesty, or Thurps.

After the beast tide ended, the whole of Crete was busy, and Minos, who had just woken up, couldn't stay out of it.

Thurps deliberately picked a high priest to take Miledus to the temple to get rid of the mark when the high priest was away, and seriously warned his lovely brother that he would go around when he saw the high priest.

He looks so similar to Miredus, God knows if the high priest will also attack Miledus.

Miledus was taken aback by Thurps' serious expression, and seeing his brother's solemn expression, he nodded quickly.

In my heart, I made the same decision as Minos.

- You have to ask someone.

But the best choice for Miledus is undoubtedly Sarpedon, who had come to him before.

The next day after the carnival, there was a re-convened rally.

Payris was probably instigated by the King of Crete, and he really gave the credit to Thurps and the young warrior in front of everyone.

And Thurpus, who was finally qualified to step into the venue this time, also obediently didn't ask for much reward. He just got rid of his slave status, so it's better not to draw too much hatred.

Finally, there is still the punishment stage.

The most important thing is the two warriors who left Surpus in the face of the beast tide and they chose to return to the city-state, as well as Ladamandis and Sarpedon who delayed the execution of punishment because of the beast tide.

Minos glanced at his brother, and Radamandis stared back at him coldly.

Radamandis knew clearly that the punishment this time would never be the same as the last time, and the King of Crete would never allow them to enter the forest to receive punishment during the chaotic period after the beast tide ended.

At least their lives are safe now.

"Minos." King Crete looked at Minos and said, "Punishment announced."

"Kneel down and tell everyone about the crimes they committed. You can't leak anything. Of course, you can't make up lies." Minos said expressionlessly, "I swear by the River Styx, if I leak a little bit or Say even one word of panic, and you will be dragged into the abyss to be with those ugly monsters forever!"

Before, the King of Crete took care of Radamandes and Sarpedon's face and didn't explain their mistakes in detail, but only roughly said that Minos disappeared because of their carelessness. died in the forest.

The king of Crete would have some concerns and give face to the son of Zeus, but Minos, who is also a demigod, didn't have to worry about it at all.

Thurps glanced at Minos, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

This was what they had discussed together before—you must know that a mental blow is far more painful than a physical collapse.

Miledus sat beside Surpus, grabbed Surpus's sleeves tightly, and glared fiercely at Minos.

Minos glanced over Miledus, lightly, without looking at him.

"Since you dare to do it, why don't you dare to say it?" Minos looked at the two brothers with gloomy faces and snorted, "Don't insult the blood of the great Zeus."

Sarpedon glanced back in the direction of Miredus.

Miredus pursed his lips and nodded to him.

Sarpedon knelt down first.

"Of course you dare to do it." Sarpedon said, he took a deep breath, "I, the son of Zeus and Europa, Sarpedon swear by the river Styx, if I miss a little bit of what I said later Or say even one word of panic, and I will be dragged into the abyss to be with those ugly monsters forever!"

Then he told everything about what Radamandis and the two of them did to Minos before.

There was an uproar.

Thurps tilted his head and glanced at Miledus with some surprise.

"If you dare to do it, you dare to do it. This is what you taught me, brother." Miredus pursed his lips and smiled shyly. "I just told Sarpedon the same thing."

Thurps felt that something was wrong, but seeing Miledus' shy smile, he didn't think about it. He just reached out and patted his brother's head, "I'm glad you still remember those."

"I remember them all," said Miredus.

Thurps smiled, and was about to say something, when suddenly a person sat down next to him.

"This is your younger brother?" The high priest put a hand on Surpus' shoulder, looked at Miredus, and finally looked back with a lack of interest, playing dishonestly with the hand on Surpus' shoulder. Surpus's earlobe felt a little satisfied that the body under his hands was a little stiff.

"Yes, Lord High Priest." Surps was suppressed by the High Priest and couldn't move, so he had to bite the bullet and answer.

"It's really like you." The chief priest commented.

"..." Thurps's heart rang out.

"But I still think you are the best." The chief priest held his chin, let go of his poor earlobe, and rubbed Thurpus' neck, making Thurpus' hair stand on end.

"...It's a great honor to be loved."

Thurps felt that he could hardly speak, and being harassed in public made him feel extremely ashamed.

"You taught Minos those words." The chief priest said firmly.

Thurps remained silent.

"That's why I said..." The chief priest laughed, with inexplicable joy and joy, he stretched his arms around Surpus' shoulders, covering the sight of the people behind him, and leaned close to Surpus and kissed him Unsatisfied, he licked the earlobe again, biting it, and the last three words popped out from between his teeth, small but provocative, "You are awesome."

As he spoke, the chief priest looked up at Minos who was sitting on the chief seat.

The King of Crete just glanced at the chief priest, not feeling too surprised, and continued to listen carefully to Sarpedon's explanation without giving him the slightest attention.

Minos, who didn't pay attention to Sarpedon's confession at all, watched the chief priest's harassment of Thurpus, his eyes widened and his face was full of anger.

"Minos's expression is really good." The high priest said so, let go of Thurpus, patted his head, stood up and left.

Thurps took a deep breath, and tightly held the hand of Miredus beside him.

Because the movements of the chief priest were well covered, even Miledus didn't notice anything unusual.

He looked at Thurps suspiciously, and patted his brother's hand reassuringly—although he didn't know why he was so nervous all of a sudden, it was never wrong to reassure him.

Thurps didn't dare to see Minos, the shame was so severe that he didn't know how to face it.

He felt he needed to decompress.

He squinted his eyes at the standing and kneeling demigods in the field, and pursed his lips.

Let's take Radamandis and Sarpedon.

Chapter 36

early summer.

The sun is not blazing, and the sea breeze is still slightly cool in spring.

In the early morning, fishermen go out to sea following the tide and start a new day with the chirping of seabirds.

The energetic children ran out of their homes, carrying baskets all the way out of the city gate, stepping barefoot on the soft sand or the uneven rocky beach, searching for the gift of the sea after the night A gift from those born of her.

Shrimp, crab, fish and turtle, the children started in the early morning with their baskets, and their semi-playful busyness will continue until the noon meal.

The south gate to the forest opened slowly in the early morning, the suspension bridge came down, the warriors in the city took over the prey from the returning hunting team, took care of the wounded who were unfortunately injured, and stayed in the forest for three days to hunt The warriors talked to each other.

The tired hunting team members exchanged a few words briefly, then waved their hands, and went home after entering the city.

Life in Crete is calm and busy. The rising sun on the sea pierces the morning mist and shines on the majestic walls of the city-state. The wind blows from the depths of the forest and passes through the streets and buildings in the city, bringing out the enthusiasm of life. breath.

"Thurps!" A young warrior shouted to stop the tired teenager.

"En? What's the matter?" The slightly curly black-haired boy shook his head, his eyelids couldn't even open - he was on guard in the first half of the night, and he rushed back to the city-state in the second half of the night, he was really sleepy now .

"The high priest said to go find him when you come back." Year