Death knocked on the gate of hell

Hephaestus stayed where he was when he learned that Venus was pregnant, and didn't come back to his senses for a while.

...he's going to be a father?

It felt so unreal that he was in a trance for a while.Seeing Venus waking up, he came back to his senses, and worry appeared again in his brows.He cared more about Venus' body than his children.

"Why does he have a stomachache?" Hephaestus curled up his fingers nervously.

"It's the child in the womb who is absorbing his divine power. It looks like it's been a while." Apollo said bitterly, "Don't have excessive intercourse during pregnancy. His current divine power is used to warm and nourish this child, and his body will be very painful. I'm weak, but I can't lie in bed all the time, I have to go out and walk more to strengthen my body."

Apollo gave a lot of precautions. He is not a professional obstetrician, but his sister Artemis has the priesthood of midwifery, and he knows a thing or two about it.

Hephaestus silently wrote down all of them, and blamed himself a little bit. Everything he did during this period violated the precautions.

This aspect is really a blind spot of his knowledge.But for the sake of Venus, he will soon learn the complete set of "Precautions during Pregnancy" and "Postpartum Care of Gods" from Artemis, the goddess of midwifery.

Gods are born in a variety of ways, not the normal ten-month conception of human beings.The short ones can be born in an instant, and the long ones may not be born after decades of pregnancy, and the gestation time is irregular.Many gods can be conceived without a mother's body at all, such as Venus, who was born directly from the foam of the sea, and was born with an adult body.

Now Venus is not so much giving birth to a child as it is nourishing a new godhead with her own power.When the newborn baby arrives, the godhead will be born directly and become a new god.It may be in the form of a baby, or it may be born in the form of a child, a teenager, or an adult. The mother's belly will not become enlarged, and she will not need to suffer from childbirth.

But pregnancy is still not easy, after all, it is necessary to rely on one's own divine power to nourish the child's godhead.These divine powers can be recovered after childbirth, and it can't change the fact that the process is hard.

After sending Apollo away, Hephaestus carefully put his ear close to the flat belly of Venus, unable to believe that a little life had been conceived there.

He couldn't help showing a happy smile, his eyes were extremely soft.

"Venus, I will treat you and the child well." Hephaestus made the most solemn promise.

He would never have been as amorous as his father Zeus, who had produced a multitude of children from different mothers, almost indifferent to each of them.

The family relationship in the line of the Greek gods is very weak. In addition to the relationship with too many children that cannot be recognized, there is also a curse that has been passed down in the family of the god king.

The gods have eternal life. If there is no accident, the throne will never be hereditary, because the first one will never die.Every god king in Olympus was extremely greedy for power and refused to take the throne, which caused many battles.

The first generation of God King Uranus was overthrown by his son Cronus, and the second generation of God King Cronus was overthrown by his son Zeus.When Cronus was deposed from the throne by Zeus, he cursed Zeus, the third-generation god king: "You will also be overthrown by your son."

Therefore, Zeus has no paternal love for his sons, and only regards them as a threat. He prefers the two daughters of Athena and Artemis.The excellence of Ares and Apollo was praised by the gods. On the surface, Zeus was proud of them, but he was always on guard against them secretly, and even wanted to get rid of them.

Hephaestus doesn't care who the next god-king is, it won't be him anyway.He has no interest in fighting for power, he just wants to spend his life in peace with his wife and children.

He has never been loved by his parents, and he has never felt the warmth of home, but now, he has a warm little home of his own.He will pour everything he lacks into his children.

Venus also stared at her lower abdomen in a daze.

He wondered whose child it was.

Apollo said the child had been conceived for some time, but it is not clear how long.And the people he has had relationships with before are Adonis, Hephaestus, Ares, Hermes...

He secretly hoped it was Adonis.His first love died unexpectedly, and he didn't even leave his soul. If he left a child, it would be the only bond he could use to miss.

If not, it makes no difference whose it is.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" Hephaestus asked again, remembering Apollo's advice.

The unexpected arrival of this child completely collapsed Hephaestus' captivity plan.Venus has the magic power that anyone wants to monopolize, but Hephaestus couldn't bear to implement it to the end.

Venus was shocked.

Is it possible to go out if you are pregnant?

It's really time for this kid to come.

Eros is the primordial force in the Venus godhead, and it is part of his divine power.The erotic attribute will make him have a steady stream of desires. If he can't vent it in time, he will feel uncomfortable if he accumulates too much.However, his current divine power is used to warm and nourish the child in his womb, which is enough consumption in itself, and he doesn't have extra energy to spend on other men.

Venus lived a rare period of abstinence for a long time, without any feeling of dissatisfaction with desire, after all, the body has been hollowed out by the child.

Even over-consumption.

This child does not know what kind of god it is, it is like a bottomless pit, absorbing the divine power of Venus all the time.

Sucking so hard, this little guy must be a powerful god.

Hephaestus was very distressed when he saw Venus' pale complexion, and one day he couldn't see it, so he pulled Venus to the bed and closed the bedroom door.

Venus lay down: "Hephaestus, I don't want to do it."

It's hard to imagine that one day the god of love and desire would say such a thing. It's all because the child is too greedy. He really didn't have a drop.

"Be obedient." Hephaestus said in a hoarse voice, "I will send you divine power."

It was too hard for Venus to bear the cost of childcare alone.

There is a term for this in the East, called double cultivation.But at the moment, it is not a joint practice to enhance the divine power of both parties. It is completely Hephaestus' unilateral output, sending his own divine power to Venus, and nourishing the child's godhead together with Venus.

Most of the goddesses on the holy mountain are unwilling to have children, and every pregnancy is a consumption of themselves.The male gods are basically all scumbags, only coveting the goddess's body, and will not share the cost of the goddess' birth.Venus was born with a male body, but it symbolizes the indistinguishable beauty of male and female, and is in charge of the reproduction of all things, so it has the ability to conceive.There are many gods who want Venus to give birth to their own children, but Hephaestus is the first one who is willing to share his divine power with him.

Venus whispered, "Thank you."

Hephaestus touched his hair: "You are working so hard because of me, what do I do?"

Venus would like to say that it is not necessarily because of you that you have worked so hard.

But he thought about it, and still didn't say it.He didn't know who was the reason for the hard work, and the child's other father was an unsolved mystery.

Maybe wait until it is born and see who it looks like to solve the confusion.

With the help of Vulcan's divine power, Venus' condition improved a lot.

Hephaestus didn't dare to overdo it during pregnancy, and he was more gentle and careful than at the beginning, just to convey divine power every time.As for the loss of control that month, it seemed like a dream, and he had never seen such a frantic state from Hephaestus again.

Hephaestus also made a bunch of toys for the unborn child, including wooden horses, puppets, bows and arrows.

"If it's a boy, give him a bow and arrow, and if it's a girl, give her a doll." Hephaestus and Venus talked about their dreams.

Venus said: "Artemis will scold you after hearing this. The goddess of hunting will say, why can't girls like bows and arrows? You are discriminating against girls."

Hephaestus: "..."

Artemis is indeed a goddess with great personality. When other goddesses ask him to make jewelry, the goddess of hunting will ask him to make bows and crossbows with longer range.She was a goddess of chastity, and she was at odds with Venus, who mentioned her as a joke.

Eloquence has always been Hephaestus' shortcoming. He didn't make excuses, but said: "It doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl, these are all his anyway."

Venus looked at these miniature toys that were obviously for children: "How can you be sure that the child will be born as a child? What if he, like me, is born as an adult?"

Hephaestus said: "Then make another big one, and a small one for you."

Venus: "...Am I a child in your eyes?"

Hephaestus dared not say "yes".

Although Venus has a mature body and beautiful appearance, her character has always been innocent and pure, just like a child.

Hephaestus built a complete set of children's rooms, complete with toys and facilities, and everything is ready, except for birth.

The child remained silent.

The gods of Olympus speculated about what priesthood the child of Venus would have.Except for those gods raised by nature, generally speaking, the longer the mother's gestation time, the stronger the godhead.

In the tenth year of Venus's pregnancy, the divinity in her belly finally changed.

……

When Hephaestus returned to the Fire Temple, he found that the family, one big and one small, were looking at each other.

Venus sat on the carpet, her beautiful eyes were full of confusion, she looked at the little boy opposite.

The little boy has blond hair and blue eyes, with exquisite facial features, just like a miniature version of Venus.He has a golden halo on his head and a pair of small white wings on his back, which looks very cute.

Venus couldn't tell who the child's other father was from his appearance.

The little guy's appearance completely followed him.Hearing the movement of Hephaestus entering the room, one big and one small turned their heads to look over at the same time.

"Father God!" The little boy flapped his wings and threw himself into Hephaestus' arms very quickly.

When he was in his stomach, he received two divine powers from Venus and Hephaestus, and he has an instinctive kindness towards them.

Hephaestus hurriedly caught the little guy.

Unexpectedly, he missed the birth of the child when he went out for a trip.Hephaestus looked annoyed, holding the little boy in his arms, the feeling of being a father for the first time was strange and wonderful.

Venus said, "You give him a name."

"Me?" Hephaestus looked at the child in bewilderment, then shook his head again, "You conceived the child, and you should name it."

Venus pointed to his head: "I don't want to use my brain at all."

"Then..." Hephaestus thought for a while, "Cupid."

What is Cupid?

Just looking at the appearance, apart from inheriting the beauty of Venus, nothing can be seen.

"Cupid." Hephaestus carried him into the toy room that had already been prepared, "Which toy do you like best?"

Cupid was dazzled and couldn't make a choice: "Can I only choose one?"

"Of course not." Hephaestus smiled, "This whole room is a gift from God the Father."

When Cupid saw a bow and arrow with a cute appearance and well-made, his eyes lit up, and he flew over excitedly to grab it.

He picked up the bow and arrow and played with it in his hands, looking like he couldn't put it down.

Seeing this, Hephaestus said, "I will teach you archery."

He is not good at archery, but more than enough to teach a child.

Cupid shook his head, posed in a standard archery posture without a teacher, and took an arrow to aim out the window.

Is Cupid the god of hunting?

Before Hephaestus could think about the result, he saw Hera and Zeus standing together and arguing not far from the window.

The golden belt did not stop Zeus's love in the end.Zeus recently found a new lover, and Hera was sad and angry about it. When she accused Zeus of marrying her, she said that she would cheat her for the rest of her life.

Cupid is aiming his arrow at Zeus.

Hephaestus' complexion changed: "Cupid, stop!"

Although he hated this father very much, God King and the others could not afford to offend him.Zeus wouldn't let Cupid out just because Cupid was his newborn grandson.

However, the fearless brat has already let go.

Hephaestus watched helplessly as the arrow was wrapped in a red light, sank into Zeus's body and disappeared, and Zeus was not injured at all.

Venus also panicked: "Cupid, stop!"

Cupid was having fun, and mischievously shot another arrow, which sent black light into Hera's heart.

Hephaestus: "..."

He felt that their family of three was going to be wiped out.

Wait... The arrows he made are just ordinary arrows. The red light and black light on the arrows seem to be Cupid's ability, but I don't know what the specific effect of the ability is.

Soon they will know.

After being hit by the golden arrow of love, Zeus, who was impatient just now, suddenly said affectionately: "Hera, I'm sorry, I have done a lot of wrong things these years, but I only love you."

And Hera, who was hit by the lead arrow of love and was trying to win back Zeus's heart a minute ago, slapped him hard: "Go to hell, scumbag! I have endured you for a long time!"

Venus covered his mouth with a look of shock.

His son was born to be a god of great things.