Pei Ziyun sat on the woolen rug, drank wine from the cup, and listened quietly to Circe telling her about the prophecy Hermes told her.
"Generally speaking, Circe is not powerful and should belong to the nymphs."
"But Nymphs have a wide range of categories. Some are minor goddesses in Greek mythology, and some are fairies. They do not age or get sick, but they will die."
"If my spiritual sense is not wrong, I did not feel the essence of God. No wonder Odysseus could threaten it with a sword in history."
"But I don't have to. I don't want to use force. After all, Odysseus has the strong protection and support of Athena, but I don't."
After Circe finished speaking, Pei Ziyun spoke slowly: "No, Circe, I am Paris, the prince of Troy, not the Odysseus you mentioned. I was blown here by a tornado, and fate brought me to you. The palace, because of this, I am immune to your magic potion."
After speaking, Pei Ziyun paused slightly and added: "But I hope to receive your warm hospitality."
"Which god told you this secret?"
As soon as Pei Ziyun finished speaking, Circe couldn't wait to ask: "But this alone is not enough to protect your safety. You are a mortal, and I am the great sun god Helius and the daughter of the sea god Perse. The daughter born.”
Circe spoke with a slightly contemptuous tone, showing no interest in what Pei Ziyun said. She was the child of the sun god Helius and the sea god's daughter Perse, the sister of King Aeetes, and the daughter of Medea. Ya's aunt.
All this gave her reason to despise Pei Ziyun's status as Prince Troy, and she was also a great witch herself.
Pei Ziyun heard Circe say and smiled: "Circe, great witch, this is not the way to treat guests."
As he said that, his hand touched the hilt of the sword. Once Circe made a move, he would have to fight her, but if that happened, he and Circe would never have any room to turn back.
Circe took a look and noticed the sword. She didn't seem to want to break up with each other. She just heard her say: "However, a sea monster suddenly appeared on the island of Aea recently. It attacked many ships, causing me to There are many fewer boats on the island now.”
"I have many fewer pets. You are a prince and a hero. I hope you will kill the sea monster so that you can gain my friendship."
Circego was a realist. Since the magic potion did not work on Pei Ziyun, she thought of asking Pei Ziyun to work for her in order to gain her friendship.
"What you said is very reasonable, Ms. Circe." Pei Ziyun stood up and gave Circe a slight salute and said: "Dear witch, you must have a boat to kill sea monsters, but my boat is damaged now, and the fresh water and There is not much food left, but the gold and bronze have not been thrown away.”
"I would like to offer you these gifts in exchange for your hospitality, and at the same time ask your permission to cut down the trees on your island and repair the ship."
Circe's face was obviously a little more smiling than before. Everyone liked Pei Ziyun as a generous guest, and the things she gave were just what she wanted.
Just listen to her say: "I can promise everything you said. You and your friends will be treated peacefully. After completing the task, I will send you back and give you a suitable chart so that you will not have to worry about it." Will be lost at sea."
"Dear Madam, thank you very much." Pei Ziyun said, drank another glass of wine, sighed into the glass, and thought to himself: "I wonder how the fleet is doing?"
Troy Palace
The news of Pei Ziyun's accident has been sent back to the palace and two mansions.
At this moment, King Priam was listening to the report of the centurion of the fleet, while Oenone and Helen hurried from the mansion to the palace. After welcoming them, King Priam nodded: "My dear daughter Guys, please take a seat, the centurion is about to say something."
"Dear King Priam, two ladies, I am very sorry to tell you that Prince Paris's ship was attacked by a tornado, and only one of his ships in the entire fleet was attacked." Centurion Chang said.
"Where are the other ships?" Priam asked gloomily.
"Other ships regrouped after the tornado, and one was sunk. Fortunately, there were no casualties."
"The appearance of this tornado was very strange. It suddenly appeared directly over the ship where Prince Paris was. It appeared without any warning, so that no one had time to prepare."
"So it seems that this tornado is targeting one of Paris's ships?" Priam asked.
"I'm afraid so," answered the centurion.
"Okay, I know everything. You go down first." Priam waved his hand.
Oenone and Helen, who had just arrived, turned pale. When they heard that Paris's ship had encountered an accident, their hearts felt heavy, as if they were weighed down by a heavy stone.
Priam saw their expressions and comforted them: "My daughters, don't worry, I have sent priests to worship Apollo and ask for an oracle, which will tell Paris the whereabouts. "
"After all, Paris is still very happy with Apollo. I believe he will come back as before, full of glory and gold."
Oenone nodded, left the meeting with the gods, and said: "My father, the respected king, I will sacrifice to the gods and pray for his safe return."
"As for gold and glory, to be honest, I miss the old days in Mount Edda more - when Paris was still shepherding sheep, the food was very simple, but we lived a happy life."
At this point, Oenone sighed, Helen was in a bad mood, and the atmosphere became awkward, but then she heard footsteps coming from outside.
At this time, the priest who went to the Temple of Apollo to offer sacrifices came back and said: "King, Prince Paris has not encountered any accidents yet, but it may take a long time to come back."
"Did Apollo tell you the whereabouts of Paris?" Priam asked.
"No, the gods only told Prince Paris that nothing unexpected happened and that it would take a long time to return to Troy. He didn't say anything else."
Hearing this, Oenone and Helen felt a little relieved. As long as people are alive, they will come back sooner or later.
Priam continued to comfort them, saying, "Don't worry, Paris will come back."
"If you need anything, you can talk to the queen, or you can talk to me directly."
This is what Priam can do, and they all hope that Paris will return as soon as possible.
"Thank you, father, for your concern." The two said at the same time. They confirmed Paris's safety, said goodbye to Priam, got in the car and headed to the mansion.
When Paris is here, he can provide shelter for Oenone and Helen. Without Paris, they need to learn to live strong.
In the palace, Priam watched Oenone and Helen gradually go away, his face so gloomy that it could drip water. Something happened to Paris. According to the centurion's description, the tornado only targeted him. It was obviously the gods who took action.
"Could it be that the gods thought Paris was too good and wanted to expel him?"
"The gods will not care for the great Troy?" Priam thought sadly and angrily. At this moment, there were footsteps again, and a servant reported: "King, a fleet has just arrived at the port, and it is Hertor. The Prince’s fleet, he has returned victorious.”
"The prince has rushed over immediately."
"Let him come quickly." Without Paris, Priam relied more on Hector, so when Hector returned to the palace, he saw Priam greeting him on the steps from a distance.
Hector came over quickly with a face of joy and reported: "Father, this time I was lucky enough to live up to my mission and rescued Missia in time, and forced the Greeks to retreat."
Hertor, perhaps because he was too happy or because of his rough personality, did not notice anything wrong with Priam's expression.
He asked, "Father, how are Paris and Aeneas?"
"Aeneas has not returned from rescuing Lyrnassus, and Paris has disappeared on his way back from rescuing Coronet."
Hector was shocked, and then realized that Priam had something wrong with his expression, and asked: "Father, who is this? Who can harm Paris?"
Hector knew that his younger brother was great, he could arrange everything in an orderly manner, and he was not weak in force. It would be incredible for anyone to have the ability to make him disappear.
"When Paris came back, he was hit by a tornado, and the tornado hit only Paris." Priam said a little numbly.
When Hector heard this, he felt chilled and cold in his heart. He was not a fool. He immediately understood the meaning of Priam's words and fell silent for a while.
Some words cannot be said clearly, especially when discussing gods or talking about gods. It is easy for gods to know, and once they are targeted, the consequences can be imagined.
Because they claimed that they were more beautiful than goddesses and more talented than male gods, they all either died or turned into animals.
Hector heard what Priam said and could only ask: "Father, do you know the whereabouts of Paris?"
"The priest just went to the temple of Apollo to offer sacrifices. Apollo gave the answer that Paris has not encountered anything unexpected yet, but he will have to wait a long time to return to Troy."
"He was expelled." Hector murmured.
"Yes, he has been expelled, Hector. From now on, Troy will depend on you." Priam said a little uninterested.
"Don't worry, father, I will defend the peace of Troy to the death." Hector said loudly.
Historically, Hector did defend Troy to the death, and Troy was not captured until his death. However, once he died, Troy no longer had a powerful hero, and it soon fell.
"Father, what are the casualties of the Paris fleet?" Hector asked.
"The situation of Paris's ship is unclear. When we came back, except for one ship that sank, there were no casualties. We even brought back the gifts." Priam said.
"That's good. Although Paris is not here for the time being, facing the Greeks, as long as we gather more allies, we may not be unable to fight."
"Father, especially my rescue of Missier this time has strengthened this idea." After saying that, the two of them fell into silence at the same time.
(End of chapter)