To be king [Greek mythology]

Surps took the clothes of the two of them, which were worn out but still able to cover their bodies, soaked them in the river for a while, rubbed them, and said, "Let you go, where can I find another one to enter alone?" In the depths of the forest... the gentlemen and children."

Still a demigod.

Oh Nima, after such a long time, I still feel envious and jealous when I think about it.

Minos grinned, his hanging heart relaxed a little bit.

Worried that Surpus would not go with him, of course not only because Surpus saved him.

He was very grateful to Surpus, but he valued Surpus's excellence even more—even though he had already left the mark of shame, he did not give up hope for the future at all, as well as his ambitions.

Besides, Minos really liked Thurpus from the bottom of his heart.

If Thurpus didn't go with him, where was he going to find someone who would take him with him and teach him many things when it was hard to support himself.

Minos clearly knew that Thurpus was not the one who did this because he was a child of Zeus.

This is an intuition, and Minos has always believed in this intuition.

And the way Thurps looked at him never had the weird look that the commoners and slaves in the city-state outside looked at him.

"Indeed." Minos pursed his lips and smiled, wiping his body, "I can't find anyone who is willing to remove your slave status."

Surps pouted, wrung out the clothes in his hands and climbed ashore, and just slid all the way out to dry the clothes.

It didn't take long for Minos to run over with the bird, and the two of them rolled on the clean-washed pieces of rough, soft animal skins sewn together that Thurpus managed to save.

Although the weather was a bit hot for rolling animal skins, it was much better than sleeping on dry grass or dirty ground.

"When we return to Crete, there will be better things." Minos said so, and the child seemed very energetic after taking a cold bath, and he didn't seem to be sleepy at all.

"Uh-huh." Thurps snorted lightly, and the two children who walked the bird very calmly lay on their sides facing each other, and began to think about the future.

God knows how long Thurps hadn't eaten normal food or worn normal clothes.

The only piece of clothing he wore two years ago was the coarse linen cloth that was replaced after he became a slave. It was really not comfortable to wear, and his body was growing fast in the past two years. Now the clothes It doesn't fit him anymore.

"There are also clothes, food, and a place to live." Minos reached out to hold Thurpus's hand, with a very sincere expression, "You promised me, you will go with me, and you are not allowed to go back on your word."

"How insecure you are." Thurpus was so numb from the scene of the child holding his hand and talking sweetly, he interrupted him with a smile, and withdrew his hand, "It's not too hot."

Minos just smiled, he was indeed quite insecure.

There is no father, and the mother doesn't care about him and his two brothers. Although the master of the city-state of Crete has not treated him badly due to the existence of Zeus, his attitude is really not good, and the only relatives are his two brothers. , uh... don't say anything.

Thurps knew about the weak family relationship in this era, and he wasn't too surprised by Minos' situation.

You must know that after he saw his younger brother was born, he tried his best to be nice to this little brother, but the little brother immediately dumped him with mud after he understood a little bit.

Since then, Thurps has been desperate for getting a cute and soft brother who follows his ass every day and sweetly calls him brother.

This possibility is too small, and the overall environment is such that Thurps has long since given up treatment.

Surpus didn't hear Minos' movement for a while, opened his closed eyes slightly, and saw Minos staring at him.

"Don't look, go to sleep." He stretched out his hand to cover Minos' eyes.

Minos laughed, pulled Thurpus's hand down and held it tightly, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Thurps felt the heat so badly that he twitched his hand but couldn't.

He clicked his tongue, but was finally overwhelmed by the overwhelming drowsiness.

Little kids don't think it's nasty either.

Thurps thought so and closed his eyes, dreamless all night.

Chapter 7

Ever since he guessed that the humans moving in the forest might have come to rescue him, Minos has become particularly enthusiastic about hunting or gathering tasks.

It is still the same today.

Surpus carefully smeared the stone knife with the snake's venom on the grass rope, and when he picked up the stone knife and was about to go out, Minos rushed up to hold him back, "I'll go!"

Thurps gave him a sideways look.

"We'll starve to death if you let us go again." Surpus mocked him. "We've been vegetarian for three days."

From the food brought back by Minos, it can be clearly seen that the kid spent all his energy on finding someone, but unfortunately he found nothing, wasted time, and finally brought back some vegetarian food.

Thurps, the carnivore, endured for three days and finally couldn't take it anymore.

The weather has entered autumn, and it is the hottest time when the autumn tiger comes, and people's tempers tend to become irritable with the sultry environment.

Just like Thurps now.

——God knows that because of this sweltering weather, some of the food reserves that have not been processed before and hung to dry in a cool and ventilated place in the cave have already rotted.

Thurps, who was used to stocking up on food, was very distressed.

Originally, because the cave was finally guarded all the time, the animals who stole his food reserves did not dare to approach. Surpus was happy with the huge harvest, but it turned out to be rotten.

Rot!rotten!up!

He was really frightened of hunger, and he didn't want to experience the days of the first winter when he could only hide in the cave shivering by the fire and wait for the mongoose to take the lead.

Thurps looked at the meat and felt his heart was breaking.

And Minos, who asked to go hunting, did not bring back any meat for several days in a row.

Thurps, who has experienced two autumns in the forest, clearly knows that this season is the time when small herbivores and omnivores are frequent.

And they're all pretty big.

Because as soon as autumn enters, these little guys will start to stock up on food for winter.

Meanwhile the fruit ripens, and the whole forest is full of edible things.

Thurps is also used to storing grain for the winter at this time.

And Minos wasted such a good time looking for someone.

"..." Minos looked at Thurps' expression, was slightly taken aback, and let go of his hand.

"You can't just mind your own business, Minos." Seeing the child let go of his hand, Thurps curled his lips, "You still can't be sure whether they were sent by the lord of the city-and you didn't The ability to recognize the traces left by humans in the forest."

Minos pursed his lips and lowered his eyes, "Sorry, I..."

"What would I do if you were sent by your two brothers and I was not by your side, and you were captured or killed on the spot?" Thurps said, knowing that such a thing was quite possible.

Once the people in the forest are not as friendly as they imagined, maybe one day he won't even find Minos' body.

"There's nothing you can do if you're by my side." Minos said honestly, "You said that the ones who came must be men, so..."

"I'm smarter than you." Thurps snorted, tugged at his short robe, and glanced at Minos, "Wait at home."

Minos nodded.

He is still a good boy who knows his mistakes and corrects them. Thurps taught him a lot.

Although some of the concepts seemed a little strange to him, it didn't hurt.

Surpus reached out and patted Minos' head. The child's hair grows a little fast, and it feels very soft when rubbed.

Minos watched Thurpus nimbly avoiding the bushes and thorns and disappearing from his field of vision, looked around, and turned out the things he had been carefully hiding all along.

It was nothing valuable, but an animal tooth, which Minos had worn from the beginning.

This animal tooth was a gift from Zeus.

Each of the three brothers had a gift, his tooth, which Radamandes and Sarpedon did not know, but no doubt they all regarded it with great importance.

Minos probably knew that this animal tooth was not ordinary, but he had worn it by his side for so many years, and he hadn't seen any use for this animal tooth.

If Radamandes and Sarpedon, that is, his two brothers, had any desire for him except the name of the king of the city-state of Crete, it was undoubtedly this tooth.

Just as Minos did not know what the gift was in the possession of his two brothers, so Radamandes and Sarpedon would not know what this precious gift of Minos was.

But the only thing that is certain is that Minos will take it with him.

So it is normal for them to send someone to find Minos.

It doesn't matter if you can't find anyone or the body. If you have a chance, it's good to find Minos' "relic" along the traces.

Minos did not tell Surpus about this, he has not trusted Surpus to such an extent.

Even though Thurpus didn't show any greed when getting along with him, it is necessary to be defensive-especially Thurpus looks kind but not a person without ambition.

Minos could feel that Thurpus was still full of ambitions for his defeated city-state.

And Thurps happened to have taught him that although people with ambitions and desires are easy to control, they must never be easily entrusted with everything.

Minos felt that he put this defense