spartan ancestor

When the Persian envoy was found, the ambassador was scolding the boss in the tavern: "Drink mud and wine!"

The tavern owner rolled his eyes wildly: "Get out!"

Hyacinthus watched the two of them arguing speechlessly, one of the drinkers at the side slipped out quietly, and went to Hyacinthus to salute: "Your Majesty Hyacinthus, we are here to monitor Persia under the order of Lord Nico Man, except for drinking, he didn't have any changes before and after the war."

Yacintos nodded, and walked to the counter of the tavern where there was already a sign of a fight. His slender fingers curled slightly, and he tapped the table twice: "Excuse me and fight again later. Ambassador, is it convenient for me to talk alone?"

He said in a serious manner on the surface, but in private, he put his other hand behind his back, hooked Chaos' belt, and motioned for the other party to pay.

"..." Chaos glanced down at Jacintos' paw, stretched out his hand to hold it, and then raised his head and put the money bag on the table, "What kind of wine do you have here? Bring some of the good ones."

The tavern owner was stunned: "Why? You are with him? You also want to pick on my wine, don't you?"

"No." Chaos said lightly, "We drink it ourselves."

"?" Yacintos couldn't help but look back at Chaos.

He signaled Chaos to give the money in order to gag the boss with silver coins. When did he say he wanted to drink?

Hyacinthus just opened his mouth to ask, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly remembered the way Chaos wanted him to drink several times before. Before, he might have thought passionately about "do you want to get me drunk" or something like that Guess, but now that the two are already together, it is impossible for him to disagree with what Chaos really wants to do. What kind of wine can he use?

Jacintos raised his eyebrows slightly, turned around, and leaned against the counter to interrogate: "Can you explain, someone else's..." The words he thought of twitched on the tip of his tongue, and Jacintos suddenly laughed After a while, "Other wives don't like their husbands to drink more, why do you take the initiative to buy me wine?"

Putting the word "little wife" together with Chaos, there was an inexplicable sense of joy, and the corners of Jacintos' mouth couldn't hold back for a moment, and it curved slightly.

Chaos: "..."

Chaos almost laughed angrily. A certain person felt that he was going to suffer at night anyway, so he just acted recklessly and broke the pot, right?

The Persian ambassador on the side looked back and forth at the two people's eyes, and suddenly felt that his existence was inexplicably superfluous: "... crooked?? Didn't you say you want to talk to me?"

Yacintos coughed and turned back: "I'm sorry. Maybe you have already guessed what I wanted to ask, so why don't we save time, save those probing words, and get straight to the point?"

"You want to ask, why the Athenians gave me poison, but I didn't use it?"

The Persian ambassador adjusted his posture a little bit, looking more serious. The originally crappy Greek also deliberately paid attention to the standard, although it still sounded stiff: "Perhaps you won't believe me when I say that, but our Majesty Shamis said The letter, the desire to participate in the Olympiad, is purely out of goodwill."

"That's right." Yacintos nodded, "The previous aggression also came from pure 'goodwill'."

"..." The ambassador choked for a moment and rolled his eyes, "I knew this job would be difficult—can you listen to me first?"

The bar owner had already served the wine on the table, and Jacintos took a glass casually: "Of course, we have plenty of time."

The ambassador wondered whether Jacintos' words were literal or sarcasm: "...Let's put it this way, the previous aggressive war was not the emperor's original intention."

"I don't know if you believe it or not..." the ambassador was a little distressed, "Neiliu from Sparta really has a good relationship with our emperor. At least the emperor treats him as a close friend, otherwise relying on a foreigner, Why was he brought by the emperor to meet all kinds of high-ranking people at the noble banquet? I have seen him three or four times at the banquet alone."

"In fact, before the war of aggression started, His Majesty Shamis had a chat with Neliu."

The ambassador recalled the situation at that time: "Neiliu said that if there is a chance, he hopes to go back to his hometown to have a look, but His Majesty Shamis did not agree."

"But before sending me on a mission, the emperor summoned me alone and told me that the reason for his refusal was that Neliu had a very bad escape from Sparta last time, and he didn't want his friends to be harmed. It is too difficult for someone who can talk peacefully with him without fear."

"..." Yacintos slowly put down the wine glass in his hand.

To be honest, this description is incredible, but in comparison, the existence of fate is even more incredible, but it really exists.

The ambassador scratched his face and struggled to explain: "I don't know how to say - anyway, I can feel this inconsistency as a close servant. Anyway, on the third day after talking with Neliu, the emperor Suddenly decided to send troops to attack Greece."

"When facing the nobles, the emperor used the reason that he wanted to expand the territory, but when facing Neliu, he said that since Neliu wanted to go back, he would knock down Greece. When Neiu wanted to return to Sparta, You can come back anytime."

"It's very unwise, very unwise." The ambassador shook his head. "Many counselors dissuaded the emperor, saying that there are various contradictions and hidden dangers in Persia. After this war of aggression is over, victory is nothing. On the contrary, it will drag down Persia. But the emperor wanted to fight with all his heart, and the nobles were instigated by what he said about resources and colonies, and enthusiastically supported them, and this was the reason for the previous war of aggression."

The ambassador thought about it and said, "In fact, I have always felt that the emperor knew in his heart that this war should not be fought. Otherwise, why didn't he personally conquer? In every battle before this war, His Majesty personally led the troops. , only this time 'stay in the country and suppress the riots'."

"And, he even sent Neliu to the battlefield together! Feng Neliu is the military advisor! Is this a wise decision that a person who wants to win a battle would make?"

"Whether you believe it or not, as long as you want to win the battle, His Majesty Ishamis' cautious character will never insert Neleuan into the army, and give him the position of military adviser who can grasp the military situation at any time."

"..." Jacintos was hard not to be persuaded.

The existence of fate is considered a secret among the gods, and most of the gods on Mount Olympus are not clear about it. Unless Shamis really experienced this kind of description by the master, it cannot be heard.

The Persian ambassador didn't know that he had persuaded Jacintos. He himself felt that this was unbelievable. If the king of Sparta could believe it, there would be ghosts.

But this is what he was ordered to say, and he had to finish his sentence: "That's why His Majesty Shamis wanted to send an envoy to Greece, just to explain this matter clearly and tell Neliu that the invasion was not what he wanted. At the beginning, he would If you have this idea, it’s probably because of some strange curse or control—the old aristocrat’s family always hoards some of these things.”

"But even under control, the emperor still sent Neliu to accompany the army by instinct. First, he didn't want to completely hurt his friends. He simply took this opportunity to let Neliu have the conditions to choose for himself, whether to help the Greek army return to Sparta, or to help Persia. army in Persia."

"Secondly...how should I put it, the emperor has always been unwilling to be manipulated by his personality, and is more...uh, do as he pleases. Whatever the unknown curse wants him to do, he just doesn't follow it."

Speaking of this, the ambassador's face is inevitably a little dark.

In any case, in this war against Greece, Persia also paid a lot, just in order not to follow the wish of the curse and directly throw them into the water, His Majesty Shamis is really willful if he is willful.

But these words, he certainly can't say to Hyacinthus: "I came to Greece to convey the friendliness of the emperor, so I will definitely not poison the water source of Elis as the Athenians wish. I hope this move can prove Some of our sincerity."

"Friendly?" Although Hyacinthus had already believed most of it, he still remained calm and questioned, "So friendly enough to send provocative letters to various city-states?"

"How could you allow us to participate in the Olympic Games without provoking you? It's just a little provocation." The Persian ambassador shrugged.

Yacintos: "Why do you have to participate in the Olympic Games? Since Shamis can send a provocative letter to Sparta, he can directly write to Neliu to explain this."

"How can a letter reflect the sincerity of the emperor's apology?" The Persian ambassador puffed up his belly, "Of course we must send someone to come here in person! Moreover, this is not unfavorable to us in Persia. Although our way of participating in the Olympics is not glorious , but through the performance and competitive spirit of our excellent athletes, I believe Greece will feel the friendliness of our Persia. What Persia needs most now is peace in order to deal with some small internal troubles."

For example, the endless civil strife, and those annoying nobles.

The ambassador didn't go into details on this aspect, and after a quick sentence, he said: "The emperor said that he doesn't expect Neliu to forgive, after all, people who died because of the war will never be resurrected. But what should be explained clearly must be explained clearly. He is not willing to recite the misinterpretation that he should not recite."

The ambassador gave way later: "Originally, these words should have been said after the Olympic competition ended, and you understood our goodwill through the competitive spirit shown by the Persian players on the field. At that time, I could just propose to go to Sparta to see it for myself." Let’s meet Neliu and see if he’s doing well, so he can go back to deal with the emperor. But you encountered civil strife in Greece…”

He sighed: "I think the longer our team stays in Greece, the more unnecessary suspicions will be aroused, so I told you here in advance, I hope you can pass it on to Neliu. Wait until the end of the Olympic Games , I will lead the team to leave immediately, so as not to cause complications... Please also pass on the apology brought by our mission to Neliu."

"This is a personal gift from the emperor to his dear friend who was hurt by him. After all... I heard that Neliu lost a leg in that battle."

"..." Hyacinthus paused when he originally wanted to refuse. The ambassador said that, he really didn't have the position to decide whether to refuse for Neliu, "Okay, I..."

Noisy voices came from outside the tavern, and people shouted and cursed into the window. It was Elis' army that had pressed the defeated army into the city.

Hyacinthus glanced out the window. The two leaders of the remnants of Athens and Argos were pressed at the front of the team, and they walked along the street to the inner city in disgrace.

"Bang!"

The door of the tavern was knocked open by soldiers, and several Elis soldiers broke in with knives: "Where are the Persians?!"

Hyacinthus turned around and saw Nick following behind with a livid face: "The ambassador did not poison, and I can testify for him. The informant who was in charge of monitoring him can also be used as evidence."

"Are you sure?" Nick's face softened, "That's the best... Do you want to watch the trial with me? These bastards actually went to war during the Olympic Games. This is not only a violation of the peace agreement, but also a violation of the peace agreement." The blasphemy of Zeus. After all, the Olympic Games are a ceremony dedicated to the god king Zeus... Now Elis' army is preparing to escort them to the Temple of Zeus for trial."

Hyacinthus: "...tsk."

Really pick a spot.

On the street, the remnants of Athens were still dodging the stones thrown by pedestrians in embarrassment, while yelling: "You will regret it! The poison was given to us by the great god-king himself, so why would he mind us destroying the Olympic Games?"

The soldier punched him violently: "Then why didn't your majesty the god king come to rescue you, and just let you be stoned?"

The Persian ambassador seemed to be quite interested in this kind of farce, rubbing his hands together: "You don't want to see it? I want to. Come with me, His Majesty Hyacinthus. Otherwise, these soldiers who are eyeing tigers are not willing to let me do this Tavern."

To be honest, Hyacinthus wasn't very interested.

However, the Persian ambassador did not poison, and he indirectly saved everyone's life, and he still appreciated it.And - this has been delayed for a while, he still doesn't really want to go back and face the revenge of the "little wife": "Okay."

"... Chick." Chaos sneered from behind him, obviously seeing through someone's plan.

After pausing for a moment, Chaos leaned forward slightly, and whispered in a low and pleasant voice next to Jacintos' ear: "Do you know what 'delay' means?"

Yacintos maintained a superficial smile: "..."

He struggled a bit: "Do you know what it means to have a long flow of water?"

Chaos laughed lukewarmly: "You think the little wife wants to know?"

Hyacinthus: "..."

Just say why he has such a cheap mouth, can this bad mouthful be changed?

The Persian envoy on the side: "..."

He slowly moved a few steps closer to Nick's side, and met the eyes of the dull-faced Nick.

After confirming the eyes, it is the person who was stuffed with dog food.

…………

Probably in order to give the people enough time to vent their emotions, the soldiers specially chose the farthest road, and the speed of walking was not fast.

When Hyacinthus and others arrived at the Temple of Zeus with the team, people who had heard the news gathered at the gate of the Temple of Zeus. Hermes was waving at him excitedly: "..."

The children in this family are really bad, they promised not to run around, no one obeyed.

Hyacinthus sighed like a troubled parent, turned to the Persian ambassador and said, "I'm sorry, I saw a few ignorant juniors, so I have to go and watch them. Is it okay to be accompanied by Nick? "

The Persian ambassador said with a wooden face: "Please... I mean, of course."

Along the way, he never saw Hyacinthus and Chaos stop making small movements, and the dog food was enough for him to sober up, and he couldn't wait to hear Hyacinthus say that he wanted to go away.

Hyacinthus said goodbye to the Persian ambassador and Nico politely, and walked through the crowd to Hermes and the others: "Who told you to come out? I'm not afraid that fate will take the opportunity to catch you."

"..." These words sounded like parents threatening their children to be careful of traffickers, Hermes shook his head, "We can't watch such a lively scene?"

They didn't exchange greetings for long, and the escorting soldiers had already kneeled the captives on the square, and the judges and temple priests also came to the open-air square so that the people could also witness the trial.

The remnants of Athens are still clamoring that they have the backing of Zeus, and as time goes by, they also revealed other details: "You know what! We follow the guidance of the oracle - the goddess of fate helps us connect, we That’s why we were able to get in touch with Argos and Arcadia! This war was originally a sacrifice to Zeus. We planned to sacrifice the king of Sparta to Zeus after the victory—or you How do you think Zeus is willing to give us poison and allow us to destroy the Olympic ceremony dedicated to him?!"

"..." Hyacinthus stood among the uproarious crowd, his eyes getting colder.

It was indeed a calculation of fate.

The Remnants of Athens: "At first we wondered why the goddess of fate would take the initiative to help us-ha! After this battle, we will know it all too well. The Spartans actually trained women to go to the battlefield! Women! They should live in peace Stay at home spinning and cooking, instead of showing your face, and go to the battlefield that only men are qualified to set foot on!"

"This... what stupid remarks?" Hermes was incredulous, "The goddess of fate is also a goddess after all, how could she help them because she opposed women going to the battlefield and supported women staying at home and working??"

"Probably in their hearts, they think it's only natural for women to do these things." Metis said lightly, "Don't stare at me, many people have this idea when they pray to Zeus. I don't believe you didn't hear it when you listened to the prayer. .”

The remnants of Athens are still clamoring: "What kind of woman would be so shameless crowded in a battlefield full of men? Courtesy! Whore—uh!"

Nick stepped forward a few steps, kicked him over, with disgust on his face: "You talk too much."

Hyacinthus felt that this kick was unnecessary. At this time, the Spartan female soldiers should come on stage with heavy hammers, and give the nobleman a hammer in turn to see if his mouth still stinks. .

He looked at the remnants of Athens on the stage and snorted, thinking about how to relieve his soldiers, a sudden warmth rose in his chest.

He is very familiar with this kind of warmth. In the next second, a godhead should leave his chest and fly to the original owner. But every time before, he was in a place without human beings. Now the square is full of people, so it is not a good time.

Hyacinthos leaned back, his back pressed against Chaos' broad and strong chest: "Help me?"

"..." Chaos glanced at him, but didn't speak.But when the warmth flew out of his heart, Jacintos did not see any light, only the traction between the godheads allowed him to clearly feel that the divine power was rushing towards Metis and other gods.

This time the godhead recovered faster than ever before, perhaps because he became proficient after going through so many exercises.

Hyacinths leaned on Chaos, and apologized not very sincerely to Metis, whose face was gradually turning red: "I'm sorry, I thought you would recover your divine power on a grander occasion."

In any case, this can be regarded as the alternation of the old and new god kings, and the first goddess king succeeds to the throne. It is indeed a bit sloppy to proceed on this occasion.

Metis smiled: "This is very grand."

She looked at the square, but she didn't mean to appear in person to give a speech. She just stared at the temple. The statue of Zeus, which was facing the gate and was several meters high, immediately shimmered and changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This change was hard to ignore, and the attention of the crowd was immediately attracted by the statue:

"Hey! Look, is it really Zeus? Are these bastards telling the truth?"

"No... what is that? Did I read it wrong? I seem to see the statue of Zeus turned into a statue of a goddess!"

"Oh! Her crown seems to be engraved... Who has the best eyes, and what is written?"

"Benevolent...wise...just, strict. This..."

Not only the statue, but when the crown changed, a golden light appeared on the top of Metis' head out of thin air. At first it was just a simple golden chain, and then it gradually turned into a crown that was the same as the statue.

"This breath..." Hermes didn't surprise himself for a long time when he recovered his godhead, and then turned around in shock, "How does it look like a law?"

"It's a commandment." Metis didn't care about the crown, but just waved his sleeves to let the humans around her ignore her changes, "I thought about it a long time ago, the gods are the condensation and amplification of human nature. Even I can't guarantee myself It will definitely not be changed because of power, so it is better to make an oath and turn it into a commandment, which is a reminder. Isn’t there a saying among human beings? It is called that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear the weight.”

She looked back at the square.

The reason why these remnants of Athens have come to this point is all due to Zeus's "credit". As the successor God King, this should be her first job.

On the square, the noise from the remnants of Athens stopped abruptly, like a puddle of mud that lost its breath and fell to the ground.

Even if Metis did not show up, everyone present could see the attitude of the new god king. While the priest appeased the noise loudly, the two leaders of Argos were terrified and completely lost their confidence: "We surrender! According to The ancient agreement, surrender does not kill the surrender!"

They were probably in a hurry to go to the doctor, their eyes scanned the crowd anxiously, but they didn't find Hyacinthus' voice, so they flopped and turned to the place where the Spartan female soldiers gathered: "Don't you want us? The healers of Goss? Give! We give! Let them let us go!"

The female soldiers stood beside the crowd and wiped their weapons boredly: "You have to give it if you don't let me go. If you lose the battle, you still have the confidence to negotiate terms? Are you funny?"

Hyacinthus couldn't help laughing, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, the best healers of Argos are all in the Temple of Asclepius. I remember Hercules said it? When Chiron sought medical treatment everywhere, only this soft-hearted god of medicine was willing to help."

Chaos' eyes immediately followed, and he couldn't hear the reminder: "He is also the son of Apollo."

"..." The vinegar jar started to sway again.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Jacintos raised his head and kissed Chaos' chin, "I don't mention Apollo very much, so you have to take the initiative to say his name and show his presence in front of me?"

"..." Seemed to make sense, Chaos frowned slightly, wondering if he was shooting himself in the foot.

This performance was inexplicably cute, and Yacintos couldn't help kissing Chaos again: "Still thinking about wasting time on him? Thinking about him is worse than thinking about our old opponent."

From the conversation with the Persian envoy just now, it has been completely confirmed that the previous aggression was caused by fate.

He once speculated that the reason why the Persian and Roman empires would appear inexplicably ahead of schedule might be the collateral effect of his own time reversal, but now it seems... probably fate is secretly adjusting the timeline.

With this kind of behavior style of hiding his head and showing his tail, and only willing to use indirect means to deal with him, who knows how long he will have to wait for Destiny to show himself, it is impossible to expect the other party to take the initiative to come out, or they have to rely on them to find.

The question is, where to find it?

Yacintos whispered: "It seems that it is useless to stay here to participate in the Olympic Games. Originally, I came back for two reasons. One is to see if fate will show up in person, and the other is to promise my father and My brother will fight back against Persia's provocation."

But now, the two reasons for staying are not valid, and the trade-off between the two is the most important. Yacintos feels that it is more important to give priority to fate.

The longer it is delayed, the longer it will be to prepare for fate. We must find this bitch as soon as possible.

Chaos frowned: "I didn't find any trace of Destiny in the eyeliner of the human world, and I didn't see him when I went to Mount Olympus before. We have been to the underworld many times—"

A black butterfly came out from the ground with fluttering wings and landed on Hyacinthus' shoulder, making a voice from Hades: "Zeus and Hera have been judged and will be thrown into hell soon. Do you want to come and see?"

What's there to admire about this? Jacintos shook his head, opened his mouth to refuse, but suddenly stopped at the edge of his mouth: "... hell?"

He narrowed his eyes: "Chaos. After reversing time, have you ever returned to the abyss?"

"...No." Chaos pinched the butterfly.

The abyss is his lair. When he was chasing and killing Fate, he never thought that something as stupid as Fate would be so bold as to hide directly in his home.

Thinking about this possibility made me feel very uncomfortable. The enemy secretly hid in his house... Chaos said to Butterfly with an uneasy expression, "Wait, don't go down. We will be there soon."

The author has something to say: It's finally coming to an end!I thought it would come to an end soon, but I didn’t expect dozens of chapters to pass without knowing it_(:з」∠)_

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