To be king [Greek mythology]

The guess accuracy is quite high.

The meerkat saw Minos stretch out his hand and stood on Surpus' stomach, the fur all over his body exploded, and threatened Minos with bared teeth.

Minos froze.

"We have to take Thurpus away," Minos said, and though he felt a little silly explaining the purpose of his movements to a mongoose, he did so anyway. "There are others in this forest who will kill Kill us, and the wolves are coming."

What Minos said was not a lie. As a demigod, his senses were much more sensitive than Surpus, and the mongoose was an expert in this area.

As soon as Minos said the words, the mongoose bit the small animal skin bag on Sepps, took out a straw rope, handed it to Minos, and then patted the animal's teeth.

"Wear it for Thurpus?" Minos guessed what the mongoose meant.

The meerkat nodded, jumped off Surpus' body, and lay quietly on the side without moving.

Minos picked up the animal tooth and tied the animal tooth round and round with unskilled movements. When he lowered his head again, he found that Surpus' breathing became disordered again.

Minos was taken aback, and hurriedly hung the bound animal teeth around Surpus' neck, which made Surpus' breathing steady again.

"He...can't leave this?" Minos said, lifting Thurpus up and moving him onto his back.

Minos was a little lucky. Luckily Thurps didn't grow too tall due to poor food and malnutrition in the past two years, otherwise he would be a little embarrassed to recite it.

The meerkat barked, and Minos guessed it probably meant yes.

He glanced back, and found that the mongooses were scurrying around behind them, stirring up countless fallen leaves, and simply wiped away the traces they left behind.

Fortunately, it didn't rain today. If it rained, the traces would be really hard to deal with.

Minos carried Surpus back to the cave, carefully placed him on the animal skin bed, and stared at the animal tooth in a daze.

It's not very strong to tie it like this.

If it fell, Thurpus would still die.

Minos began to think about how to secure this animal tooth for Surpus.

And how to make Surpus forgive his previous concealment, Minos knew that Surpus must have known what he had concealed from him.

Unfortunately, this incident was the culprit that caused Thurps to become like this.

Minos couldn't even imagine what kind of eyes Thurps would look at him when he woke up.

He didn't dare to think about it, so he simply avoided thinking about it.

The boat went straight when it reached the bridge, and he didn't expect that Thurpus would forgive him, but he had to take good care of Thurpus and treat him well.

Whether he wants to have a clear conscience, or sincerely hopes to be favored by Surpus again, Minos is more inclined to the latter in his heart.

Because Thurps was really the first person who made him feel clear and straightforward kindness and happiness.

Minos didn't want to lose Thurpus just like that, he wanted to be nice to Thurpus to make up for his mistakes, or in other words, he wanted to atone for his sins.

Minos lowered his head and calculated, feeling that he would never pay off this debt of favor in his life.

Thurpus did not wake up, and Minos no longer just sat beside him. He could no longer rely on others for everything as before.

Those who counted on Thurps before, and those who counted on to come later, are the lords of the city-state.

The result was such a bad result.

Minos stood up and looked up at the sun that had already set in the west, burning the clouds in the sky with fiery red.

Before Thurpus wakes up, he may be able to find a way to deal with hidden dangers first-such as the Cretan warriors still wandering in the forest looking for him.

Minos turned his head and glanced at the mongoose squatting by the window, staring at Surpus without blinking.

He couldn't find anyone, but this little guy sure could.

Chapter 10

Minos squatted beside the mongoose for a while, and asked with some tangled tentativeness: "Can you find them? Those humans who hurt Surpus."

The meerkat moved, and its erect body turned to Minos.

"We've got to kill them—they're not going to let it go," Minos said.

He often witnessed death. Every time the hunting team of the city-state came back, those who were unlucky would always bring back one or two corpses, or seriously injured people with horrific wounds and bleeding.

In the past, Minos looked at those corpses and never felt that there was anything worthy of his attention.

He could understand the crying and mourning of those who had lost their husbands or loved ones, but he couldn't empathize with them.

Because he had never had that kind of emotion, but seeing his mother mourning at the statue of Zeus every day, he could somewhat understand it.

Thurps made him finally feel the feelings of those people at that time. This experience is really not very good, but he cherishes it—whether it is this rare experience or the powerlessness and panic of losing. Thurps, he wants to cherish it.

He doesn't care about the merciless cruelty of his brothers because he never expects them, and he doesn't care about his mother ignoring them completely, because he has never had a single glance of her attention, and he doesn't care either. The city lord of Crete - this person who can be regarded as his adoptive father, is not false to him, because he has always looked forward to the favor of Zeus.

But he couldn't help but care about Thurps' passing.

Even though they had only been together for a month or so, Minos attached great importance to it.

Minos glanced at Surpus who was sleeping peacefully on the bed, and then his eyes fell on the mongoose again, "Can you find them?"

The snake mongoose bent down and jumped out.

Minos froze for a moment, then chuckled.

The meerkat's care for Thurpus is really unexpected, but Thurpus is really lucky to have the help of such a delicate little creature.

——Minos didn't think that little guy was just a simple mongoose.

What it is, Minos is not sure. His knowledge is still too little, and he has not been able to travel all over Crete. The city-state protects him so well that he even rarely leaves the city-state. .

Minos reached out to straighten Richard's hair, then walked aside to sharpen the stone knife.

Thurpus's stone knife probably fell somewhere, he didn't expect to find it in his hurry before, and now it's too late to go back and look for it.

Minos sharpened the stone knife vigorously. After this month of sharpening, a thin layer of callus had formed on his hand, which was hard to the touch, different from the smoothness before.

The future judge of the underworld didn't think there was anything wrong. The possibility of such cocoons appearing on children was extremely small. Except for slaves, the children of commoners and nobles were all under extremely strict protection.

After all, children almost mean the future of the entire city-state.

But once they reach the age of 16, no matter how well they have been cared for and protected before, they have to leave the protection of the city-state and follow the hunting team into the forest.

Children who grow faster will leave the city-state with the hunting team to sharpen when they are younger.

In Crete, no matter men or women, once they grow up, thick calluses are unavoidable. Although having calluses at a young age may make people think that the adults do not take good care of the children, but for Minos Saying that none of this is something he needs to worry about.

Minos sharpened the stone knife, imitating what Surpus had done before, dipped some snake venom with a straw rope, carefully wiped it on the stone knife, and then left it to dry.

The night is the right time for a surprise attack. Minos squats at the entrance of the cave, is he going to look after Thurpus?

Thurpus, who had the animal tooth bestowed by the gods on his neck, slept soundly and had no intention of waking up.

Minos waited for the return of the little animal in the cool night of early autumn.

The dew is heavy, and coolly moistens the soles of the feet and ankles.

As a result, it stayed like this until dawn, and the morning light shone into the cave through the mist in the forest, but the mongoose did not come back.

Minos couldn't sit still anymore. He turned around and fiddled with the bonfire, added a bunch of dead branches, and arranged them in a triangle to prevent the bonfire from going out.

He looked at Thurps lying on the bed, not knowing what to do.

If the mongoose is gone, Surpus will be even angrier when he wakes up.

But he can't leave now. If those people touched the cave when he left, Thurps would have no power to fight back.

That's why Minos didn't leave with the mongoose.

He only needs to be able to temporarily control the whereabouts of those people. When Thurpus wakes up, at least he can walk around by himself, and if he can hide, he can leave the cave to find trouble with those people.

But one night passed, and the mongoose did not come back.

When Surpus opened his eyes in the morning light, his first reaction was that he was a little surprised that there was light in Netherland.

He didn't feel the slightest pain anymore, and sat up from the stone bed with some joy, but still a little confused.

Until he saw Minos squatting on the edge of the bed.

Thurps glanced at him.

Minos' eyes met those of Surpus who suddenly woke up. He was startled and looked at Surpus with some trepidation.

Thurps ignored him. When he stood up, his neck felt itchy. He just wanted to reach out to grab it, but Minos grabbed his wrist.

The strength of the movement is a bit strong, and it shakes the animal's teeth.

Thurps paused, and looked down at the animal teeth hanging on his chest.

"Don't take it off," said Minos. "It will keep you alive. Don't take it off."

The words are vague, but Thurps still understands that his previous injury was almost fatal, and he is still alive now, probably thanks to this animal tooth.

Thurpus glanced at Minos again, withdrew his hand without saying a word, and went to get the last few copies