Type-Moon, I heard that after death, you can ascend to the Throne of Heroes?

After about half an hour, we arrived at the top of the tower.

The door of the only room was not closed.

The light illuminated the dark room, and the light of the bright moon in the middle of the night shone into the room through the window, and there was a goddess sitting quietly by the window, staring blankly out of the window.

She was the river goddess Aegina who was caught by Zeus who turned into an eagle.

She was wearing a light blue dress like a tulle, with blue hair draped over her shoulders. Her originally beautiful and gentle eyes were now covered with sadness.

She did not cry, and seemed very calm about Nuoyan's arrival.

Only the rain outside the window has not stopped until now.

"Did Hera ask you to come?"

Aegina did not look back, and her voice did not have the resentment and anger that Nuoyan expected at the beginning, but was extremely plain.

Without a trace of emotion.

"Goddess Aegina, it's an honor to meet you." Nuoyan bowed slightly, after all, he was a believer of Hera.

Aegina ignored her words and continued to look out the window quietly.

"And I came here in the hope of helping you, the goddess, to lift the curse."

When she finished speaking, Aegina finally turned her head and looked at Nuoyan.

After just a moment of eye contact, Nuoyan already understood that the once beautiful goddess in front of her had now become an empty shell without a soul.

Aegina only glanced at Nuoyan, then retracted her gaze and continued to look out the window quietly.

Although she didn't know who Nuoyan was, she knew from the strong mark left by Hera how much Hera loved this young man.

So she didn't care about Nuoyan's words, and thought that Nuoyan was replacing his goddess Hera in another way and humiliating herself.

If it were the past, she might be angry and drive Nuoyan away.

But now, she just wanted to sit here quietly and wait for everything to end.

Seeing this, Nuoyan bowed to her again and left.

In the end, the goddess didn't even look at him.

Nuoyan walked out of the tower. When he walked out, the night had not dissipated, but the kingdom shrouded in haze could not see the bright night starry sky.

Nuoyan came to the outside of the kingdom.

The disasters and miasma in this kingdom would automatically avoid Nuoyan when they met him, as if the god of death was afraid of him.

He left the kingdom and walked outside the kingdom for a long time, changing many places.

Until the goddess of night Nyx and the sun god Helios took turns to work, and it was afternoon, Nuoyan sat down on the top of a hill.

He lowered his head and looked down at the whole town shrouded in haze below.

He took out the canvas and paintbrush from the luggage and stared at the town below for a long time, but he didn't write.

He even kept that posture and sat there for a day and a night.

"What is he doing?"

Themis, the goddess of justice, who had been watching him quietly, asked.

"Painting." Athena, who was standing beside him, answered.

They were standing behind Nuoyan, but Nuoyan didn't notice... To be more precise, he didn't notice, because they didn't even hide themselves at this moment.

"Look!" Athena took out the gift Nuoyan gave her and showed it to Themis proudly.

Themis was silent.

Because she remembered that this painting had always been placed in Athena's hall.

You can see it when you enter the door.

Just as Hera proudly told the gods that Nuoyan was a believer recognized by the goddess of fate, Athena, who received this special tribute, also showed it to the gods.

After all, this painting has already depicted divinity, and it is a child's work, so even the god of light Apollo became interested, praised and asked curiously.

However, Athena kept her mouth shut about it, just telling them to find Chiron.

Chiron naturally knew who it was, but he was also smart. When he heard that Athena didn't say it, he instantly guessed that there was something wrong, and he, a good teacher, would definitely not cheat his students.

So in the end, he just hid directly and didn't see anyone.

As a result, the entire Olympian gods became very interested in this.

And now, Themis knew.

"He painted it?"

"Yes." Athena nodded and explained: "That painting is his first tribute to the gods... Yes, it's me!"

Athena raised her head proudly.

But if Nuoyan knew, he would be dumbfounded. After all, it is better to say that this painting was taken away by Athena forcibly at that time than to be dedicated to Athena... Although it was also because of this painting that Athena left the oath.

"Hera doesn't know?"

"I don't know."

Themis understood why Athena had been keeping her mouth shut.

Hera has been talking about Nuoyan recently, even ignoring Zeus's affairs. Everyone knows that she has accepted such a believer, and it can also be seen how much Hera values ​​and loves this child.

At this time, Athena would say that the child's first tribute is not you, Hera, but me, Athena.

Then Hera probably wants to kill her.

Not to mention that Hera was extremely proud and extremely jealous.

"Are you planning to compete with Hera?"

And when she thought of Athena's current attitude towards Nuoyan, she even asked him to come to see her to ensure that even if there was a mistake this time, Themis, the goddess of justice, would be able to save the situation.

Themis couldn't help but ask again out of curiosity.

"No, but... Actually, the goddess of fate had one more thing she didn't tell Hera."

Athena raised her lips and said, "That child can not only bring glory to Hera, but also to me!"

At this moment, if it were other gods, such as Hermes, the messenger of the gods, and Apollo, the god of light, they would definitely be happy.

Then they would return to Olympus the next second, publicize the matter, and couldn't wait to see if Hera and Athena would fight because of it.

But Themis would not, of course, although she would find it interesting, but that was all.

"So, is he going to paint the kingdom of Aegina and present it to Hera... so that Hera will be willing to lift the curse?"

"Half right." Athena smiled, looking at Nuoyan's back, and said: "But don't worry, this matter is basically fine, because he has completely understood what the oracle I gave him, 'Hera's doting', means!"

Nuoyan sat still for another day, and finally looked at the white canvas in front of him and sighed helplessly.

In fact, since the painting was taken away by Athena that day, Nuoyan found that his painting could actually leave a legendary record. The excited Nuoyan prepared to make a painting for the twelve main gods of Olympus on the spot, but...

All became blank folders, and I will definitely do it next time.

Because from that day on, Nuoyan found that he could no longer find the feeling of that day.

No matter how he thought and concentrated during this period of time, even if he forced himself like this today, inspiration would not come if he said it would.

He might not even encounter it for the second time in his life.

Therefore, now, helpless Nuoyan could only do his best to cheer up, dip the brush in water, and paint the kingdom of Aegina on the white canvas.

And on the morning of the third day, after finally finishing the painting, he stood up and staggered, and returned to the kingdom again with the painting.

On the way, he opened the package, looked at the two golden apples and hesitated for a while, but finally did not eat them.

He came to Aegina again.

He handed the painting to the goddess.

And when Aegina, who didn't care about anything and waited quietly for the end, glanced at the painting handed by Nuoyan, she was stunned for a moment and snatched it away.

Because in the painting, she saw the familiar kingdom.

That was also her happiest moment every day. When the dawn that tore the night apart shone on this land, she opened her eyes and saw it prosperous and beautiful.

This kingdom has been created with all her efforts since she was caught by Zeus who turned into an eagle and stayed here.

This tower was not built for imprisonment at the beginning.

It was created so that Aegina could see the most beautiful scenery in her heart when she woke up every day.

So Aegina stared at the painting in a daze until a tear fell from her cheek onto the painting, wetting it. She woke up in a panic, wiped her face hastily, and tried to wipe the wet corner of the painting carefully and eagerly.

The more she wiped, the more anxious she became, and her tears could not stop flowing down and fell on the painting.

But instead, the drizzle that had been falling continuously finally dissipated at this moment. After a long time, the bright sunshine finally shone on the city again.

"Beautiful!"

Athena, who was hiding in the clouds with Themis, clapped her hands happily watching all this.

"Now the second painting is not Hera's!"

Themis looked at the happy Athena beside her, and felt that if she judged the two of them at that time, there was no need to think about it at all, because Hera would win.

Chapter 20 Is it pleasant? Very happy~~

Aegina cried for a long time,

And the moment she cried, Nuoyan left.

He sat outside the room in the tower, waiting for Aegina to recover, but he never thought that he would fall asleep against the wall.

After nearly three days without rest and painting at the highest intensity, Nuoyan was now just like when he was training under Chiron, so tired that he didn't want to move a finger.

He didn't know how long he slept, but he knew that when he woke up, he was lying on the bed of the goddess Aegina in the room.

Aegina sat quietly aside, still looking out the window.

The only difference was that she held the painting tightly in her hand, as if she was afraid that it would disappear from her hand the next moment.

The afternoon sun shone in the room and on the weak body of the goddess, as if this was a painting, showing her helplessness and confusion vividly.

Seeing this, although Nuoyan still felt a headache, he still got up from the bed and said, "Thank you, Goddess Aegina."

Aegina still ignored Nuoyan.

When the rain dissipated and everything was exposed to the sun, Aegina could see more easily how shabby her cherished kingdom had become.

Looking at her children, the painful appearance of being tortured by the curse.

So even though Nuoyan spent a lot of effort to hand over the most beautiful moment in her heart to her again, she felt the strong breath of Hera on Nuoyan.

She still hated this boy from the bottom of her heart.

"Goddess Aegina, can you listen to my request now?"

Aegina did not answer immediately, and Nuoyan was not in a hurry. After waiting for a long time, he heard the answer.

"Speak."

Aegina spoke the first words in such a long time. Her voice was originally very pleasant, but now it was mixed with strong fatigue.

"Please order your people to build a sacrifice for me." Nuoyan said: "That is to build a sacrifice to the most noble goddess in the world, Hera!"

When Nuoyan finished speaking, Aegina turned her head and looked at Nuoyan.

And even she looked at Nuoyan with a puzzled look at this moment, suspecting that she had heard it wrong.

And Nuoyan obviously knew how outrageous his request was, so he quickly explained: "I am going to offer tribute to Hera and pray for her blessing!"

At this moment, Aegina, who was slightly stunned and looked at Nuoyan and his firm expression, finally "understood" in her heart.

She "finally understood" that Nuoyan did not know everything, and did not know that the culprit who caused this disaster and cursed was Hera!

After all, Aegina did not tell her people about Hera's divine punishment.