Bacchus in Greek mythology

After walking a certain distance, Prometheus felt the breath following them, but when it was approaching immediately, he turned to the other side, seemingly wandering aimlessly, and looking for someone like a headless chicken.

Because he didn't want to be disturbed, when he first saw him, he surrounded the siren with a colorless and invisible barrier, but she didn't realize it.

The most outstanding power of Prometheus is creation, and the second is the barrier. If he wants to hide someone's information, no one will be able to crack it.

Thinking of this, Prometheus smiled silently, young gods, since they love each other, why bother to torture each other, cherish every minute and every second of the moment.But Prometheus didn't want to get involved in their entanglement. He and the Sirens came to a wine shop, and the two turned into ordinary people. They asked the boss for a bottle of wine and two glasses, and they were also among the noisy crowd. sit down.

The siren poured him a glass of wine, and then poured another glass for himself. Prometheus sipped the wine and said with a smile: "Before the God of Dionysus, although the taste of the wine was not bad, it seemed that something was always missing. The God of Dionysus created His wine filled this vacancy, no wonder human beings respect him so much, even I admire him.”

The siren kept listening without changing her expression. She also took a sip, then smiled and said: "But the greatest creation in the world is still human beings. You created a race second only to gods, and you are also the creator of human beings. Human beings respect you most. It's you." As she spoke, she patted her chest, "Although there are not many priests, you are definitely number one here."

Prometheus laughed lowly, and drank the wine in the glass.

Seeing this, the Siren poured him again, and Prometheus leaned back, his eyes didn't know where to fall, "There are so many changes in the world, and almost nothing remains the same."

The siren put down the wine bottle, and Prometheus turned his gaze to her, still in a teasing tone, "Just like you, my impression of you is still as big as a baby, and now you are the most beautiful goddess , I heard that you even defeated Athena, be good, even I won’t mess with her easily, what were you thinking at that time?”

Looking at the red wine in the glass for a long time, the siren laughed at himself, "A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, who didn't do stupid things when they were young."

In the dark environment, the siren's eyes were shining brightly. When her vocal cords began to vibrate, it seemed that the air was drawn away. Even Prometheus could not guarantee that this charming voice would not be completely unaffected.

This ability to confuse the soul is really stronger from generation to generation. She passed it on to the Muse, and the Muse passed it on to the Siren. It is hard to imagine how powerful the Siren's daughter would be if she also inherited this talent.

Maybe even beat Zeus.

Silently looked at the Siren's expression, calm and indifferent, Zeus had never troubled her, and it seemed that he knew the prophecies, so he would not be afraid of her.

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Prometheus asked her, "When did you start going to land?"

Prometheus has been punished all the time, how can he know that she has never been to land?

The siren was stunned, she blinked, and asked him back: "Why do you ask me this?"

Prometheus smiled, as if he didn't want to hide it at all, "Because I told your mother not to let you go to land, I think she would listen to me, wouldn't she?"

The clear sound of the red wine glass falling to the ground only alarmed two or three people around. Looking at the situation here, they turned their heads again, thinking it was just an ordinary accident.

The siren's eyes were wide open, and it was even more abrupt in the night. She looked at Prometheus in shock, regardless of the mess on the ground. The maid came over and talked about compensation, and Prometheus smiled. After a while, he handed her a piece of gold, and the maid immediately shut up and left happily.

Sighing, he continued to look at Siren, and after waiting for a long time, Siren finally said a word, "It's you?! Why?"

With great astonishment, and her voice still trembling, Prometheus drank the last bit of wine in the glass, then put down the glass, and faced the siren squarely: "To protect you."

That's right, she knew that her mother was there to protect her, but she always thought that her mother loved her too much and was afraid of the dangers in the outside world, so she took such extreme measures. She only saw Prometheus once when she was a baby , why did he do this, what kind of danger made him do this?

"I-I don't understand..."

Prometheus's smile disappeared, and he looked at the siren quietly, and after a while, he gave a very vague answer: "Muse and I both want to protect you and protect you from future disasters. rather than an existing danger."

The siren was stunned, extracting the core meaning of this sentence, she asked in a daze: "You mean, prophecy?"

Only a very small number of gods have prophecies, such as Athena, who was once predicted to be stronger than her father.But most of the gods will not have prophecies, because prophecies are often big enough to shock the gods.

Prometheus saw that the siren was getting more and more shocked, and seemed to be a little scared. He smiled and comforted her, "Don't think so much, it's just a mother's love for her daughter, why is it so scary as you said. Muse brought you to find I just want to ask if there is any way to make you grow up later, since she is Cleo's favorite relative, of course I will help her."

Siren also remembers this incident. When she was very young, Muse took her to a cliff where there was a person who was in pain all the time, but that was all she remembered. It was the only time she saw her mother leave. Home.

Thinking of her own childhood, she did grow very slowly, and even did not grow for a period of time, maintaining the state of a 12-year-old human girl. The Siren frowned and asked him, "It was you who made me unable to grow up?"

Prometheus smiled, "Yeah, I cast a magic spell on you, but it seems that you have untied it, unlocked the magic spell, and then use your own power, your body will immediately return to its original state By the way, did I mention you are beautiful? You are more beautiful than Muse, but not as beautiful as Cleo."

Siren resisted the urge to roll her eyes, leaned back, and said nothing with a straight face.

Prometheus sighed helplessly, "Oh, she is also my lover after all, can you two be as beautiful?"

As he said that, he wanted to touch Siren's shoulder. Siren opened his hand and looked at him with a frown. Could it be that all smart gods have this character?Athena was exactly the same as him, and the siren squinted at him, "You'd better explain why you don't let me grow up."

Prometheus smiled, "Because when you grow up, you will do a lot of things that adults would do. Muse asked me to let you stay in your childhood. There is really no way. When you grow up, the people around you There will be more and more dangers."

Siren narrowed his eyes, "For example..."

"For example," a hint of danger flashed in Prometheus' eyes, but it disappeared quickly. He patted his forehead exaggeratedly, "Oh, it's almost time, let's go together?"

Siren froze, "Where are you going?"

Prometheus smiled, "Sacrifice to the Kitchen God."

That's why there are so many humans tonight, all waiting for the dawn to perform the ritual of Hestia.It's early spring, and the weather is still a bit cold, but people don't care about it. The Kitchen God sacrifice is a grand event among human beings, and no one wants to miss it.

The siren and Prometheus mixed in the crowd and slowly moved around the altar. The bull and the ram were already standing on the altar, and the sacrifice could begin at any time.The siren frowned and looked at the fanatical people around, and asked in a voice that only the gods could hear: "Are you here to watch the sacrifice?"

Prometheus kept his eyes on, and replied in a low voice: "Of course not, I'm here to find something for Cleo. Since I met you, I'll take a look at the human sacrifice."

"What, can I help?"

Hearing this, Prometheus looked down at her, then smiled.

"No, I've found it."

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Waking up by the noise outside, Aktes didn't sleep well. He sat up and found Dionysus standing in front of the window, looking at the last touch of night in the sky.

He leaned against the wall, leaning his upper body out of the window, his dull eyes remained motionless, and there was a slump and tranquility in his eyes. Aktes was stunned, and asked aloud, "Didn't you find it?"

When Dio heard the voice, he half turned his body and said slowly, "Do you know that in your capacity, you shouldn't ask me this kind of question?"

Aktes lowered his eyes and smiled for a while, "Sorry, I just want to care."

As he spoke, he lifted the quilt, got out of bed and put on his shoes, and Dio watched his movements. After a long time, the sky outside had turned white, and Dio's slightly hoarse voice reached Aktes' ears: "I didn't find it." .”

Aktes turned his back to him, his face was buried in the shadow, sighed lowly, turned around and laughed again, and suggested to Dionysus: "Today is the Kitchen God sacrifice, do you want to go and see, Take a break?"

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Inexplicably agreed to Aktes' request, Dio didn't understand why he was so unusual to Aktes, this kind of unusualness was very wrong, he was also not ordinary to Ampoulos, but it was because he loved him, Facing Aktes, Dio himself did not want to get close, as if someone was manipulating him behind his back.But who can manipulate Dionysus?Thinking about it this way, Dio became indifferent again, and he still admired this human being, so it was okay to keep it by his side.

Standing among humans, Dio didn't respond. He didn't hate this group of people who were as crazy as wild beasts, but he didn't like them either.

Actes stood beside him, looking in.

Dio raised his eyebrows. Hestia lived in the market place, and was also far away from the disputes of Mount Olympus. The last time I saw her was more than 100 years ago. The Kitchen God doesn't like crowds, especially noise, but these believers They followed suit, and they didn't know if Hestia would bless them.

I was looking for someone last night. He almost turned around and didn't see the siren. He was angry when he thought of this. Since it was agreed that he would never see each other again, why would she follow me? Follow me, why did you disappear halfway.He couldn't help sneering, she was still as selfish and cruel as before.

Aktes looked at Dio, his complexion was quite bad, probably because he hadn't slept all night, coupled with his burning anger, he felt like an ice cellar, and no one dared to approach him.

Aktes did not speak tactfully, but only looked at the ritual that had already begun. The blood of cattle and sheep flowed along the lines into the holy basin prepared in advance. When the priest gave an order, the raging fire burned the branches, and the crackling sound instantly It was overshadowed by the cheers of the people.The sacrifice was over, everyone hugged each other happily, Aktes also laughed, then turned to Dio and said, "God of Dionysus, the sacrifice is over, shall we go?"

Dio looked around, but couldn't find the figure, concealed the disappointment in his heart, and then smiled: "Let's go."

Slowly moving to the outside of the crowd, finally leaving the carnival crowd, Aktes heaved a sigh of relief, and walked out with Dio, only to find that his footsteps suddenly stopped, and he looked forward in a daze, and there were two people watching in front of him. them.

A middle-aged man looked at them with a half-smile, as if he had discovered something interesting. Beside him was a woman with red cheeks and freckles on her face, who looked very shocked and nervous.