spartan ancestor

Although the councilors couldn't hear Artemis' inner cries, some of them still had objections to Paar's words: "But..."

Let the foreign army drive straight in, invade the city-state, and control the meeting hall. If the news spreads, what is the majesty of Phocis?

"Hush!" The companions around them suddenly became nervous and gave them a hard slap, "His Royal Highness is still there! Are you so bold that you want to confront His Royal Highness in person? I think His Highness is too kind to you! God The oracle has made the meaning of the gods so clear, what we have to do is to make friends with Sparta immediately. Even for the sake of Phocis's interests-you remember carefully, how many kings and gods in history Can it be so thick?"

"..." The councilors were silent for a moment, "Yes, yes, the reminder is right."

They were also in a daze, forgetting for a moment that the power of the gods cannot be violated. In fact, after thinking about it carefully, the new king of Sparta is deeply favored by the gods, so it is beneficial and harmless for them to make friends with Sparta.

Some people even recalled that it was rumored that Apollo appeared in the temple of Sparta, and that the oracle was also passed out, which is evidence that His Majesty Yacinthos favored him!

What if they embarrass the young king here and the gods send down their wrath?

Even if it's just to stop showing up at the Temple of Delphi and go to the Temple of Apollo in Sparta instead?The prosperity and development of the entire city-state of Phocis all depends on the Temple of Delphi!

If the Temple of Delphi fell, Phokis would also be greatly injured.

The councilors turned their heads, and their attitudes changed immediately: "Your Highness Artemis, don't worry, we will definitely entertain the king with all our heart. The friends of the gods are the friends of our Phocis."

Hyacinthus raised his eyebrows in the divine light, and his eyes fell on Pal.

It seems that the oracle's troubles have been resolved here, and the only thing left is to deal with those big nobles.

Hyacinthus turned sideways and made several gestures to Aka, indicating that the other party was optimistic about Artemis, and then sent the two of them to the disguised Spartan merchant ship with divine power, and then walked around to a remote place, where people watched The divine light faded out of reach, and Shi Shiran walked to the back of the Spartan army surrounding the meeting hall: "Soldiers."

The general's order was transmitted to the entire army from the back to the front, and the Spartan soldiers were in order, and the originally tightly surrounded army parted a straight path in the blink of an eye.

This scene was quite shocking to be honest.

At least some councilors who were still harboring reluctance in their hearts turned pale, and couldn't help but compare their city-state's army with the Spartan army in front of them. , and may not be able to beat the Spartan army in front of us.

Just now they were able to save their lives in the mindless rush, the other party really didn't think about taking their lives.

Fear grew in their hearts, and they were just thinking about how to prepare for it, when their eyes fell on the Spartan king who was pacing along the path, and the words "planting spies" and "joining neighbors" in their minds were just a few words. Everything was broken up and turned into a blank.

Hyacinthus watched the councilors on the opposite side for a while, then took off the half-mask hanging from his waist, put it on with his hands up, and showed a particularly sincere smile on the corner of his mouth: "I am very sorry for the turmoil tonight. "

"..." The councilors were still dazed, as if they had been stared at by Medusa. After a while, someone moved and squeezed out a meaningless word from their throats, "Ah."

After recovering their sanity for a while, they all recalled what Paar said before, "Anyone who looks at the young king of Sparta can be sure that the other party is deeply favored", and they couldn't help but nodded in sympathy.

The oldest person was the first to react, and was embarrassed for a moment for his gaffe just now: "No, everything is arranged by the gods. Logically speaking, this kind of scandal in the temple should be our Phocis people the most. We did not deal with it in a timely manner when we discovered and dealt with it first, but instead troubled His Majesty to come all the way... Your Majesty, why don't you stay in Phocis for a few more days? In fact, the alliance treaty between Phocis and Sparta is quite old. , was signed decades ago, can we renegotiate the covenant?"

Hyacinthus waved his hand: "I know. My grandfather presided over the signing of this covenant. There is no need to change it. The current covenant is the fairest for both parties. I can't stay for long. There are still affairs waiting for me to deal with in the city-state. It doesn't matter if the army stays here, we're leaving tonight."

Several councilors breathed a sigh of relief.

After realizing the gap in strength between their own army and the Spartan army, it was hard for them not to worry that the Spartan army would take this opportunity to linger and take Phocis as their own.

Knowing that the other party had no intention of staying at all, the pressure in their hearts suddenly eased.

Jacintos took the expressions of these people into his eyes, but didn't show them on the face, and said to Pal: "According to the agreement, I hope you can provide the list of Spartans who have privately linked up with the priest of the temple as soon as possible, as well as relevant evidence."

Pall and the High Priest of the Temple of Apollo in Sparta were right about one thing, that is, he did expect to confiscate the family property of the group of great nobles.

Nearly a hundred years of savings, the private property of those people is enough to hire mercenaries that fill the entire city.

It is also for this reason that during the civil war, he and his elder brother obviously mobilized most of the Spartan soldiers, but they also sent people to the border settlements to recruit Spartan civilians who had not received systematic training, mixed blood, etc. The purpose of the young man is to prevent the group of great nobles from thinking that success or failure is at stake, and they will give everything they have.

However, as the saying goes, the richer people are, the more cautious they are.

During the civil war, not all the big nobles put their support on the bright side. Although Hyacinthus knew that there were still some big nobles who were dissatisfied with his rule, there was no evidence, so he could only let these confidantes plot in the dark. Calculate.

Now, he has legitimate reasons to eradicate these serious worries, and by the way, fill up the public treasury that was empty due to urban construction, and he is restrained if he doesn't laugh and sing and dance now.

The councilors whispered to each other for a moment.

The evidence Jacintos wanted was naturally the letters collected by the Parr family.

Logically speaking, such evidence involving scandals and internal affairs of the city-state would never be leaked out, but the councilors were worried about the rejection of the new covenant, how to show favor to Hyacinthus, and they agreed soon after discussing, expressing The evidence about Sparta will be submitted to the trial after the court hearing, and the pigeon will send the letter to Yacintos immediately after the trial.

Hyacinthus exchanged pleasantries with them for a while, and repeatedly declined suggestions such as "bring some local products", and then led the soldiers and the army in the temple to gather and retreat to the harbor where the ships were moored.

As the captain, Hyacinthus has a separate compartment below deck.

It's small, but private enough.It is very convenient for Tibetans and secret chats.

When Hyacinthus entered, Aka was leaning against the wooden bed with a face full of indifference. As for Artemis, the goddess of the moon was bound into a silkworm chrysalis by a rope at some point, and she was standing on the ground humming Struggling endlessly, he fully expressed his inner grief and indignation by imitating the behavior of breaking out of a cocoon and becoming a butterfly.

For Apollo's sake, Jacintos showed some tolerance towards the golden retriever sister, and said in a concerned tone: "Why don't you tie her to a chair? Moving around like this, the wound burst open, and she lost too much blood to die What should I do?"

Artemis: "——???"

Luna suddenly struggled more violently, trying to use body movements to yell: You vicious pair of dogs and men! !

Yacintos really mentioned Luna gently, and tied her tightly to the chair, and then unhurriedly began to untie the straw rope tied to her face: "Get to know each other?"

Artemis immediately sneered three times in his heart, thinking that this human being is really indiscreet, and his lover is by his side, and he came to tease her.

She raised her chin, tried to suppress her fear, and resolutely thought that if the other party dared to touch her, she would immediately bite her tongue and kill herself.

Jacintos continued: "...for example, is there your temple near here?"

Artemis: "...?"

Hyacinthus looked at the moon god with encouraging eyes: "There must be some, which one is the biggest? It has the most jewels in it? The idol is best made of copper or gold and silver. I can melt it too. I will call it the temple at that time." Priests for marble."

"..." Artemis' eyes widened slowly.

Her brain was dull for a while before she slowly figured out a series of logical chains.

For example, why there are rumors that "Apollo passed down an oracle in Sparta, and the sun god prefers marble statues"; or why Apollo reacted in that way after hearing that Hyacinthus came to Delphi; And why Apollo, a god who is so obsessed with beauty, suddenly declared that he wanted to be eternal friends with the human beings he was pursuing; and why Apollo suddenly told her to make Jacintos cry...

Hyacinthus spoke leisurely, picking which pot he didn't open: "By the way, where is Apollo? You didn't meet him, and he didn't warn you about me?"

"..." Artemis paused for a moment, and then burst into a tragic cry.

She cried and scolded: "Apollo...! You heartless little bastard, that's how you hurt your own sister!"

What the hell, he also told her twice to make Yacintos cry, this brother, this brother is not allowed! !

at the same time.

on Mount Olympus.

The barrier set up by Artemis disappeared because the master lost his divine power. Apollo, who had been locked up for more than half a year, couldn't wait to run out. As soon as he stepped out of the gate of the apse, he bumped into the astonished attendants head-on.

The god attendants looked at Apollo in amazement: "You, why did you come out?"

Didn't you hear His Highness Artemis say that His Highness Apollo is going to go out?At a time like this, shouldn't His Royal Highness Apollo be locked up?

The servants became nervous: "Is something going to happen to His Royal Highness the Moon God?"

Apollo said against his will: "How is it possible! It must be my sister who finally relented - I'll go out!"

He bypassed the doubtful servants, walked out at a faster pace, and contacted his oracle with tears in his heart: [How is the temple?Are there any valuable things left behind? 】

It took a long time for the oracle to hear an echo, with a deep sense of puzzlement: [What left a star and a half... The temple is very good, only a few temple doors were smashed, and they have been repaired now. 】

"...?" Apollo paused.

Only a few palace doors were smashed?Did Yashin... enter the temple and take nothing?

Apollo's heart suddenly beat two beats faster, and he couldn't help covering his chest: Although I couldn't believe it, it wasn't obvious that Hyacinths was showing mercy to him?ha?Ha ha!

Apollo's chest was immediately filled with the happiness of "I don't have nothing yet" and the touch of "Yacinthos is so kind to me", and he quickly said to the oracle: [The oracle must have caused displeasure to Yassin. Don't bother, change to a high priest, I hate the previous one.Be more careful this time, and make up for Yashin a lot. 】

How rare that Yashin entered the temple without taking anything!He has to be savvy, and he has to reciprocate. He took the initiative to express a lot of thanks.

As for sister Artemis...

For his sake, Yashin shouldn't go too far.When he just lost his godhead, he was beaten up by the soldiers!I don't want my sister to be drawn, but Al is in Sparta, so he should receive a harsh education, right?

As for himself, he was still very busy.

For example, he has always been concerned about rescuing Daphne, and canceling Cupid's terrible plan...

·

Before the ship set off, Hyacinthus used his divine power to search the largest Temple of Artemis in the vicinity. He strengthened the rumor that "the gods prefer white marble" and melted it back into ingot-shaped copper bars and searched for it. All the jewels that came were hidden in the cabin.

When he took off the sea pearls that were accidentally stained on his clothes and returned to the deck, Artemis was being watched by A-Ka, and she was sitting on the deck receiving bandages from the military doctors.

She finally stopped crying, and when she saw the treasures looted from her temple, tears spewed out of her red and swollen eyes again, and she raised her fist and beat Jacintos: "How can you be so shameless?! How can you be so shameless?" How dare you do this to me!"

Yacinto backed up holding the sea pearl the size of a grain of rice: "Don't spill it."

Mosquito legs are small but still meat!Isn't the little pearl money?

Artemis burst into tears with anger, got up and was about to chase Hyacinthus with a hammer, but was grabbed by the arm by the military doctor and dragged back to sit back.

The doctor had a clear expression on his face, and the old god persuaded: "Girl, where is there no grass in the world? You should look away and change your target! Our Majesty is the existence favored by both the sun god Apollo and the moon god Artemis." , you... well, you are not suitable."

"...!" The Moon Goddess was so angry that she was hurt internally, she wanted to refute, but she didn't want to let these hateful men know her true identity, so she held back, feeling extremely uncomfortable, tears streaming down double.

Artemis's tears didn't stop until the healer finished bandaging her, and Aka pressed her against the scabbard of the scimitar, and was forced to follow Hyacinthus back to the compartment.

It's a pity that none of the dogs and men present paid any attention to her. Yacintos sat down lazily on the chair when he entered the door, leaned against the back of the chair, and knocked on the table next to him: "Ask you a few questions, answer me when you know. Have you ever seen a rose that looks like it's made of gold?"

"Do you know anything about this? It seems difficult to answer." Artemis curled her lips contemptuously, with "hillies" written all over her face, "Isn't this very common? There are many places on Mount Olympus, even There are places in the underworld where birds don’t lay eggs.”

There is also the underworld?Hyacinthus recalled the completely dark scene in his dream: "What does the underworld look like? Is it dark without light?"

Artemis rolled her eyes wildly: "You are dreaming after hearing too many legends! The underworld is not like what you imagined. Although there is no sun and moon there, there is light, which is probably similar to the cloudy sky in the world."

Yacintos tapped the table and paused for questioning.

He originally wanted to ask, "Is there any place where there is no light at all", but the repeated dream obviously did not reveal everything.

At first, he could only feel that he was running in the darkness, and later he could gradually see the golden light and the flowers on his waist. Maybe after a while, the darkness that cannot be uncovered will change into another look?

He changed the question: "Did you know that Hercules also had two golden arrows? Where are they? Are they in his hand?"

"I..." Artemis subconsciously answered halfway, then suddenly stopped in horror, staring at Hyacinthus with wide eyes, "You... why are you asking this?"

The previous question was irrelevant, but the question of the golden arrow is a bit scary if it is true. Asking where is the artifact that can kill a god is really not a threat? !

Artemis's tears were about to fall again, and she persuaded tenaciously with a tight voice: "You, don't you already have that kind of magical golden tears, you have taken away my godhead, and you still need golden arrows What are you doing?"

Of course Hyacinthus couldn't tell Artemis that his tears were uncontrollable. He said without changing his expression, "Who would despise a good thing?" He stood up, "So where is the golden arrow now?"

Artemis sullenly said: "I only know that after Hercules was named Hercules, he angered Hera and Zeus again and was expelled from Mount Olympus."

"?" Jacintos was taken aback.

This was different from the legends he had heard.

In the stories he heard, Hercules was forgiven after offending Hera, was named Hercules by Zeus, and married Hera's daughter, the goddess of youth. The continuation of the sharp turnaround?

Artemis said angrily: "As for the golden arrow, it must have been taken away by Hercules. No one knows where Hercules is now, so you should give up on it."

Dead heart?How can it be.

The corners of Hyacinthus' mouth curled up happily. He would only feel a headache if Hercules was still staying on Mount Olympus, but wouldn't it be easier for him to find Hercules after being expelled from the mountain?

For this reason, Hyacinthos patted Artemis on the shoulder very kindly: "Thank you for your answer."

Artemis gave birth to some hope: "Then those beads in my temple—"

Hyacinths turned her face away: "Good night."

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The Spartans have always been famous in Greece for their tyrannical land combat capabilities, but they are relatively inferior in naval warfare.

Hyacinthus' training did not include combat at sea. Perhaps because he was not used to it, he didn't sleep well all night. The boat in his dream was swaying, and he was also lying on the boat in his dream.When the ship docked in the early morning of the next day, Hyacinthus felt like he had experienced double seasickness, and his legs almost went limp when he stepped on land.

Fortunately, there is no need to take a boat for the next journey. They only need to cross Achaia and Arcadia to return to Sparta.

At the same time, Phocis also passed the letter pigeons between the great Spartan nobles and the priests of the temple to Jacintos as agreed.

Hyacinthus only roughly confirmed the list, and then sent these letters to his brother.

The pigeons flew faster than they ran on the ground, Hyacinthus didn't want to give those great nobles any chance to defend themselves.

On the way back, they no longer pretended to be mercenaries, but divided into several waves, dressed as merchants, and took the business route opened by the chamber of commerce back to Sparta.

Before stepping into the territory of Sparta, Jacintos received a reply letter from his brother: "'... All the nobles involved have been detained, their properties have been confiscated, and they will be escorted to Delphi in a few days. But those What happened to the rumors? Why do so many people say that you were attracted by the sun god and the moon god at the same time, and the brothers and sisters are still fighting for you'—huh?"

Hyacinthus was reading his brother's letter, feeling both dumbfounded and bewildered.

How did this rumor spread faster than their journey? The rumors had already reached Sparta before they rode out of Arcadia?

Speechless and curious about such absurd rumors, when passing by the settlement of the Acadians, Hyacinths even listened to people's gossip while eating in the market:

"...Whoever wants to talk about perfume with you, this topic has long been out of date! Hey, have you heard of it? It's the oracle that the Delphic oracle made before! The one about the king of Sparta!"

"Oh, of course I know! I have a distant cousin who is in Phocis. He told me that the oracle was just a joke made by the moon god and the sun god with their friends, and I laughed at that time! Friend? Not exactly, I heard that there was quite a commotion at that time, and the moon god descended in person!"

"Yeah! Anyone with a discerning eye can tell, what's a 'little joke' with your friends? 'Little joke' As for the moon god coming to Delphi's Temple of Apollo in person? It's clear that the elder sister wants to compete with the younger brother for his love? I think it should be That's right, Apollo first met the king of Sparta, and later, his sister Luna also accidentally saw the king. It's normal for brothers and sisters to have the same preferences! My sister also took a fancy to this majesty at a glance, thinking What should I do if I want to meet him? In the name of my younger brother Apollo, I made up an oracle to deceive the king. As a result, the king didn’t like her, so after the moon god took him away, The two appeared separately in the end. They must have broken up unhappy!"

"? According to the rumors I heard, when the moon god took the Spartan king away, his majesty was accompanied by another person?"

"Hey, does it matter whether that person exists? Does it affect the development of the story? It doesn't matter. It doesn't affect. What do you care about him?"

A few tables away.

Hyacinthus let out a dry cough, relying on the mask to cover him, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he looked at the two people sitting across the table.

Moon God himself: "..."

Unimportant and unaffected Aka: "..."

The author has something to say: This chapter is two in one~