She received the gift of God [Greek mythology]

The herd of cattle crossed the river and turned into the valley.Hermes finally stopped, fed lotus and sedge to the long-distance cattle, and then drove them into a nearby cave, except for two of them who were particularly strong.

Pandora was playing with a bunch of sedges he had given her to pass the time, and asked, "Why do you still leave two cows outside?"

"you guess?"

His eyes were shining brightly waiting for her to guess wrong, and she also got upset, and said directly: "I don't know."

Hermes curled his lips: "It's really boring." But he didn't take her non-cooperation to heart, and turned around on his own, wandering around the green trees near the cave, as if he was looking for something.Pandora simply sat down on the grass at the entrance of the cave with her knees hugged, closed her eyes and extended her perception, and began to search for the aura of the power of disaster.

"what are you doing?"

The voice sounded close to her ear, and the god's cold breath brushed against the skin of the back of her neck.

Maybe it's because he doesn't have much experience in interacting with other people. The young Hermes' grasp of the distance is really worrying. He moves towards her directly, and when his attention is attracted by something else, he leaves her and runs away. It seems that he is not aware of this bad habit. But it can't help but make people suspect that it's intentional. In short, it's just a big green-eyed cat doing its own way.

Pandora moved forward without a trace, then turned her head and said, "It's nothing, I remembered something."

Hermes raised his eyebrows, apparently in disbelief, but the topic changed: "Sitting in this kind of place and thinking about things? Are you not afraid of the dark?"

She thought for a while: "I'm not afraid now."

In the past, I was scared and cried when I didn't know who was locked in the dark temple.

Hermes showed a very regretful expression, I really don't know what he was planning just now.He waved his hand instead, showing her a broken branch from a nearby tree.The branch was dry and quite straight. He took out a knife, peeled off the bark neatly, and clamped the stick tightly in his palm.A shallow pit was dug on the ground, and the dry thick branches were tightly arranged. Hermes pressed the wooden stick against one of the wooden blocks and rubbed it quickly.

The flames jumped up, and the fire was ignited in an instant.

The hot air rushed towards her face, Pandora put her hands in front of her face, and took a step back away from the fire source.

Hermes chuckled lightly upon seeing this.She couldn't help being a little annoyed, and she pursed her lips and glared at him.He laughed only harder, the firelight flickering in his eyes.Even though it was calculated according to the length of time it took to gain wisdom, she was the older one now, but Pandora wanted to stomp her feet angrily.

Hermes always liked to play tricks on people, but most of the time, before she was really angry, he coaxed her with nice words.Hermes' naughty thorns are even sharper in his youthful state, and when he meets her by chance now, there is no reason to let her go.Even knowing this, when Hermes spoke again, she didn't suppress her displeasure.

"If you want to learn how to make a fire, I can teach you."

Pandora coldly rebuffed: "No need."

Hermes didn't expect her to look at him suddenly, and blinked blankly.

Instead, she became embarrassed, coughed lightly, cleaned up her petty emotions that shouldn't be there, and said with a tolerant attitude of a big sister: "I appreciate your kindness. But if you start a fire, I will too."

During the ten years she lived in the fishing village, she did not neglect to tend the kitchen fire.

Maybe it was her illusion, Hermes pursed his lips when he heard the words, showing a little frustration.

Pandora took the initiative to ask: "What are you going to do with the fire? The gods don't need to cook food."

Hermes regained his energy. He walked to one of the black bulls left outside the cave and stroked its forehead: "Of course it's a sacrifice." After speaking, he easily overturned the bull on the ground. On the ground, bend the cow's neck, and make a gesture to break the back with a knife.

The cow that fell to the ground whined in a low voice, as if realizing that the other party was a god who was born with terrifying power, and gave up struggling, only trembling, looking helplessly at Pandora with big moist eyes.

She couldn't help holding Hermes' arm.

He looked back in surprise.

Pandora's lips moved, and she was at a loss for words for a while, before finally saying: "It... how pitiful."

She felt that this was not convincing.Cattle and sheep were kept either for their fur or flesh, and it was even an honor for these animals to die as ritual sacrifices.Besides, she can let Kires devour an entire village or an entire city without changing her face, but she will feel pity for a cow in her dream?

it's not true.It was just the way Hermes revealed and used his divine power as a matter of course stung her.

Thinking of this, her eyes dimmed, and she let go of him: "No, pretend I didn't say that." She took two steps back: "I'll just walk around."

Before she turned around and took half a step, her arm was grabbed backwards.

"Where are you going?" Hermes didn't smile.

"Let's go to the valley ahead and have a look." Pandora pointed in the direction casually, "When you're done with this, call me, and I'll come over right away."

"It's very dangerous. There may be wild animals at night."

Pandora sighed helplessly: "I can protect myself."

Hermes looked suspicious.

"Really, I can take care of myself. Before I met you, didn't I walk all the way alone?"

Hermes raised his delicate eyebrows.He was silent in bewilderment, as if he was trying to understand what he was doing at the moment, but not only did he not let go of his hands, but even more forceful.Pandora felt a little uncomfortable, and tried to fight back: "You... let me go first."

Startled, he hurriedly let go of her, licked his lower lip helplessly, and tentatively suggested: "If you don't like seeing blood, I won't sacrifice the cow."

Pandora didn't expect him to say this: "If you plan to do that, there must be a purpose..."

"Indeed, I need to prove that I was born with great power, and that I am the son of Zeus," Hermes changed the subject, "but with you as a witness, it's okay to let these two poor big guys go."

Saying so, he picked up the fallen cow with one hand, patted its head reassuringly, and drove the two cows that were supposed to be sacrificed into the cave.He patted the dust and hair from his palms, and threw the wet twigs neatly into the fire until the smoke rose and the flames were completely extinguished.

"Okay, it's about time for me to go home, otherwise my mother will wake up," Hermes turned his head and glanced at her, "but if we want to fly back to Killiney Mountain in time, we can't fly as slowly as we did just now. pulling you."

Pandora replied naturally: "You can fly with me."

But he suddenly fell silent, looking at her with a strange look in his eyes.

She looked back in confusion.Right now, the identity she gives herself is an ordinary fairy in the water and mountains, and of course her foot strength is not as good as that of Hermes.Besides, didn't he always do this when he had to lead people on a journey?

Could it be—

Pandora blinked her eyelashes in surprise, and couldn't hide her teasing smile: "Hey, you wouldn't..."

Hermes' eyes flickered angrily, and interrupted her: "What do you think of me?" After speaking, as if to prove it, he tried to hug her directly by the waist.

But in the end, the movements were unfamiliar, and in the process of frantically looking for the correct point of force, Hermes did not know where he touched, as if he had been burned, and almost let go of his hand completely.Pandora hooked his neck so that he didn't immediately fall to the ground.She was angry and funny, and wanted to give some advice.But he has already tried again, this time he hugged her firmly, and then took off directly, obviously not intending to give her a chance to laugh at him.

Hermes took Pandora lightly through the silent moonlight, without disturbing any light-sleeping birds along the way.

Now there is not much difference in their heights, Pandora has to look back and get out of her embrace to see him clearly.When she raised her head, her hair rubbed against Hermes' chin and neck, giving off a soft, vague itching.He pretended not to notice that when the thin cloud that covered the light of the torch in Selene's hand moved away, the soft moonlight illuminated the redness of the roots of his ears.

Pandora saw it, and after being surprised, a slight sense of guilt surged in her heart, followed by a strong urge to play a prank.

Because this is a dream replaying the distant past, a time when she should not have existed, Hermes was not affected by Eros' golden arrow, and did not break her promise to her, so she could put aside some troublesome questions and attract Just pure attraction.If she could tease him, it had nothing to do with any external factors.Moreover, Hermes had taught her a lot of tricks, no matter what they will do after this dream is over, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have the opportunity to tease him like this in the future.

"How long will it be?" When she spoke, her breath brushed against the boy's Adam's apple, which was not yet obvious, as if she had twisted her body because she had been flying in the same posture for a long time.

Hermes answered briefly: "Soon."

She nodded and stopped asking.

A gust of cool wind blew, Pandora shrank her shoulders, turned her body sideways and got closer to his chest, almost touching.

"Cold?" Hermes asked.

"Ah."

He didn't say anything.

The young Hermes is sometimes very talkative, unlike him who will always take advantage of everything in the future.

Although she had bad intentions of teasing, Pandora herself was in a daze.Falling asleep in a dream is a contradictory phrase, but she actually felt sleepy.The memory of her first birth has become very distant, but the embrace of Hermes seems to be equivalent to a sense of security.No matter what they become.

Before dawn, Hermes finally landed in front of the gate of Maia's cave palace deep in the mountains of Kyllini.He took Pandora's hand, turned his head and made a silent gesture, turned sideways, and quietly led her through the keyhole above the gate, like a breeze and morning mist.

No matter how many times she has experienced it, the magical magic of Hermes makes Pandora feel incredible.

Seeing her staring back at the keyhole in surprise, the smile on his lips deepened.Signaling her to walk as quietly as possible, he led her into the depths of the palace.

"Where have you been?" came the question suddenly from behind.

Maia turned out from a certain rock corridor, looked at her child with a frown, and was just taken aback when she saw Hermes' boy, then frowned deeper: "When the night is dark, you sneaked out What shameful thing is the door for?" She immediately noticed Pandora, rubbed her brows and sighed, and asked with a straight face: "Whose house did you break into and plunder this girl here?"

It seems that the introverted Maiya knows very well what kind of god son he gave birth to, and probably guessed his ulterior purpose when he went out, so he was merciless when he reprimanded him.

Hermes' face fell innocently, and he argued aggrievedly: "Mother, why do you scold me like this? I just made the best decision for you and my future. As a god, you Alone in this dark cave, unworshipped, unvenerated. You shall be among the gods of Olympus in the sea of ​​clouds above Olympus. And I shall be honored and honored as the son of Zeus, no less One point for Apollo son of Leto."

"As for her..." He glanced at Pandora, and blinked at her meaningfully, "I heard the girl calling for help on the way back, so I stopped immediately to check the situation. It turned out that when she was washing by the water, her beauty aroused other waters. The jealousy of a fairy is lost in the wilderness. If she is left alone, she might be attacked by wolves or other beasts that come out at night, of course I can only bring her back, can't I?"

Maia obviously didn't believe what Hermes said, and said warmly to Pandora: "If my cunning child deceives you and promises you something, don't believe it. Don't panic. After dawn, I will let the mountain god's men take you You take you home."

"No, Hermes is telling the truth," Pandora could only make up his lies, "My name is Pandora. I used to live in the mountains and forests by the sea, but I was brought to a strange land. If it wasn't for your child Show up in time, I really don't know what to do... Please forgive my disrespect for rushing to disturb me."

"No, you don't need to be so respectful to me. Poor child, you can rest here temporarily." Maia seemed to believe it.After all, when the fairies in the water forest lose their temper, they usually don't make sense.She had just given birth the day before, and her brows and eyes showed a trace of fatigue. She explained some trivial matters about settling Pandora to the fairy servants in the cave palace, and warned Hermes not to act rashly again, and went back to the bedroom to rest first.

After his mother left, Hermes turned to Pandora with a smile.

There was no point in running away, she simply stood still.

He stretched out his hand, hooked her index finger on a strand of her hair that had come loose from the bun, wrapped it around his fingertips for two weeks, stared at her with emerald green eyes, and said slowly, "So, who are you?"