Aphrodite hugged Tartaros for a few seconds, and after feeling the unnatural stiffness of his body, she smiled knowingly and let him go naturally.
Because of successfully obtaining many priesthoods, Aphrodite's light purple eyes showed unprecedented gentleness.
He is the most beautiful existence, and a person stared at by such a pair of affectionate eyes seems to be able to drown in his eyes.
Tartarus' Adam's apple rolled, and he couldn't help but took a step forward, holding Aphrodite's hand.
Aphrodite was slightly taken aback, and began to ponder, as if thinking about what to say in the scene before her.
But he didn't want to, Tartarus let go of his hand again in the next second, and asked: "Aphrodite, do you have any other unfinished goals for coming to the abyss?"
Aphrodite thought for a while, then shook her head.
Tartarus sighed softly, seemingly relieved, but also seemed lost: "There is nothing else...then you can leave."
Aphrodite asked with a smile: "Your Highness seems to have something to say to me?"
Tartarus shook his head, walked to the high throne and sat down, looking at Aphrodite below with his chin up.
His chin is pointed, his face is exquisite, his long black hair hangs down, and a sense of decadent beauty rushes over his face.
Tartarus said: "Yes, but I know there is no result, so let's forget it."
Aphrodite snorted slightly, and asked in confusion, "Don't you try it, Your Highness?"
Tartarus looked lazily at the dome of the temple, his eyes diverged: "There is no need... because I know that you are not joking when you say you want to be a virgin god, you are very serious."
"Although you always use sweet words to confuse others."
Aphrodite is a little playful, is Tartarus accusing him of being promiscuous
After thinking for a while, Aphrodite explained: "No, I just habitually use some sweet words to make the people I chat with happy. But everyone knows that my words are just numb and empty honey , there is no emotion in it."
Tartarus stared at him silently, and Aphrodite was inexplicably guilty by his staring, smiled, and said, "Since Your Highness has nothing else to say to me, then I will leave?"
Tartarus closed his eyes, Aphrodite pondered his actions and intentions, and when he wondered if Tartarus had already fallen asleep, Tartarus suddenly opened his eyes again.
He sat up straighter, with his back straight, his hands clasped across his lap, elegant and reserved: "Aphrodite, I want to give you a piece of advice before you leave."
Aphrodite blinked and said softly, "Please speak, Your Highness."
Tartarus let out a soft breath: "Don't wear jewelry that women give you."
Aphrodite pondered for a few seconds and asked, "What if I accidentally wear it?"
Aphrodite didn't have to raise an argument, but he knew that Tartarus's sudden remark must not be aimless, and it must be out of prophecy to give such advice.
Aphrodite has always respected prophecies and will never treat them carelessly.
It doesn't matter that Tartarus didn't predict the priesthood. After all, he is the most powerful primitive god, and he always has some special powers.
After hearing Aphrodite's question, Tartarus actually showed a faint smile, quite amazed, and he said: "You may have a beloved lover, and experience a period that makes you feel astonished. Heartbroken love."
He paused, and added: "... You shouldn't have forgotten the curse of Cronus?"
[Your sincerity will eventually be trampled to death by others. ]
Aphrodite exhaled lightly and said calmly, "Of course not."
He said with a joking smile: "It's just that I feel that this prophecy and curse are not good things for me, but His Highness is very happy about it and even smiled rarely. To be honest, as His Highness's most sincere friend, I'm kind of sad about that."
Tartarus was speechless, with a little discomfort on his face, as if he really blamed himself for Aphrodite's condemnation.
He awkwardly said: "I'm not gloating, I just think that I can take this opportunity to have a chance to fall in love with you. Although it was short and the ending failed, it is still special and pleasing , isn't it?"
Aphrodite was slightly stunned. Regarding his "truth" in Cronus' curse, after searching the memory of Venus, he actually locked on a guessing object.
The beautiful young man who is extremely loved and pursued by the goddess of love, Adonis, the god of plants.
And Aphrodite has been waiting for the birth of Adonis, ready to use Adonis to complete the curse.
But what does Tartarus mean now
Aphrodite wondered uncertainly, would his curse be fulfilled on Tartarus
In that case, it would be really difficult. Aphrodite thought worriedly.
Aphrodite did not doubt that the words of Tartarus would come true. He was the primordial god, one of the incarnations of the original will of the world.
He has the same status as Cronus when he was the king of gods, so he cannot erase the curse left by Cronus when he was the king of gods, but if he wants to attach some conditions to this curse, it is still for him Easy.
But in this case, the situation is not what Aphrodite expected.
First of all, one of Tartarus and Adonis is a powerful primitive god, and the other is an ordinary third-class god. These two are not a heavyweight existence at all.
Secondly, the former symbolizes the unknown, but the latter is always firmly held by Aphrodite.
Aphrodite really didn't want her curse and feelings to be entangled with Tartarus. After Tartarus finished speaking with some expectation, he was silent for a moment, and immediately said euphemistically: "A period of doomed A sad love affair will only bring pain and despair to people, even if it ends, every time I think about it, I just feel sad, how could His Highness think this is a pleasant thing?"
Tartarus paused and asked, "So you don't want to, do you?"
Aphrodite struggled for a while, and chose to confess: "Your Highness, you are more noble and powerful than me, which is good, but my desire to control is too strong, and I would not like a lover who is stronger than me. "
Then he added: "Your Highness, you are already an irreplaceable friend in my heart. In my heart, no one can be above you. You don't need to do anything extra, or it will destroy the pure and strong friendship between us .”
Tartarus looked at Aphrodite hesitantly, frowning together, his expression full of entanglement and embarrassment.
But Aphrodite just looked at him gently and firmly, silently insisting on her own idea, and did not intend to change.
Tartarus' expression gradually became expressionless, and after a long time, he said softly, "Okay, I understand."
Aphrodite asked uncertainly: "Your Highness, do you really understand?"
Tartarus's answer was to purse his lips tightly, glared at Aphrodite in embarrassment, and then changed back to the original posture, resting his arms on the armrest, resting his chin, closing his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
Aphrodite hesitated for a moment, then walked up the steps with light steps, and came to Tartarus.
He lowered his head, approached Tartarus' face, and observed it carefully for a moment. Tartarus' breathing was always at a regular rate, and the slender and dense eyelashes fluctuated slightly with the breathing frequency, as if gently flapping wings. butterfly wings.
He seemed to be really asleep.
I fell asleep so fast.
Aphrodite thought helplessly, stepped back a few steps, and then waved the golden staff of the Lord God, leaving the underground abyss.
Aphrodite went back along the way she came, and the barrier formed by the scepter of the main god blocked the erosion of the River Styx and continued to rise and float.
Because of his gushing out, a huge vortex appeared in the center of the Styx.
Charon, the ferry god on the river, watched the movement in the center of the vortex in astonishment, and quickly paddled frantically to move the boat to the shore to dock.
When I looked back again, I saw the god holding the golden rod stretched and floating in mid-air, his body was covered with a brilliant halo, and the silver hair fluttered wantonly in it, holy and beautiful to the extreme.
Charon stared blankly at this scene, his eyes full of obsession and shock.
After Aphrodite came out of the Styx, she flew directly out of the ground along the cracks in the earth.
It took Charon a long time to recover, touched his face, and found that his ear was splashed by the river Styx, and a piece was accidentally broken.
He was speechless for a long while, and then he choked out a sentence: "Isn't it because the main god is still good-looking, can't you just walk along the road normally!"
Aphrodite couldn't hear Charon's complaints, and as far as he was concerned, the trip to Hades had come to an end. If there was nothing special, Aphrodite felt that she would not go to Tartarus casually.
He was afraid that Tartarus would accidentally trick himself if he thought about it.
Sighing softly, Aphrodite walked towards Mount Olympus, shook her head, and temporarily put the matter of Tartarus behind her.
After successfully obtaining the priesthood of the soul, Aphrodite is going to use this priesthood to arrange Arinte's reincarnation.
On the way, Aphrodite took out the conch and began to listen to what was happening on Mount Olympus recently. After listening, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows.
During his absence, two major events occurred on Mount Olympus.
One is the return of Artemis and Apollo. These two gods deeply grasped the essence of what Aphrodite taught, and secretly asked their grandfather Koos to contact those Titan gods who were not imprisoned in the abyss to put pressure on Zeus. , forcing him to surrender the position of Lord God.
And those titan gods also happened to have a peek at the position of the main god, and they also had the idea of making them the main god in case Zeus really couldn't bear the pressure, so they tried their best to force Zeus.
At this time, Leto secretly contacted Zeus under the guidance of his children, continued to be gentle with him, kept brainwashing Zeus how much he loved him, and promised that she would restrain his children and never let them betray Zeus, Absolutely loyal to Zeus.
Under the persecution of the Titan God and Leto's brainwashing, Zeus's balance began to tilt, and he decided to call Artemis and Apollo back to Mount Olympus as Aphrodite had instructed before, and Make them gods.
Although Apollo's status as the eldest son made him feared by Zeus, Zeus had already figured out how to check and balance Apollo, and he was not particularly afraid of this god whose wings were not yet full.
In contrast, the Titan God, who was persecuting him with his large numbers of people, was the thorn in Zeus's side and thorn in his flesh, and he wished he could get rid of it immediately.
Artemis and Apollo returned to the mountain in glory, and they became the main gods when they were born.
They are proud of the spring breeze, and some people are frustrated.
And the frustrated person happened to be the protagonist of the second big news that Aphrodite heard, and she was Hera.
Not long after Aphrodite left the mountain, the first child of Hera and Zeus was born, and that child was Hephaestus, the god of fire.
Just like what Aphrodite and Hera said to beware when he became Nemesis, because Hephaestus was contaminated with too much anger and hatred when he was conceived in Hera's womb, his body was too polluted. Powerful, ugly at birth, frightened both Hera and Zeus.
Hera was extremely disliked by Zeus and the child, and became even more mad after seeing the ugly appearance of Hephaestus, and threw Hephaestus directly from the towering Olympus mountain. go down.
Of course, Hera is crazy, but people are not stupid. When Zeus asked her why Hephaestus was bred like this, Hera directly blamed Artemis and Apollo.
Hera's argument was that Zeus made the pair of illegitimate children the main gods regardless of her face as the queen of gods, and made her full of resentment when he severely humiliated her face.
In short, this is all Zeus' fault. It is Zeus who does not speak conscience, and has nothing to do with her Hera.
After hearing all this, Aphrodite felt amused, helpless and worried. If Hera was too shrewd, Aphrodite was very worried about how to implement the next plan.
Would Hera really let him fool her? Aphrodite thought sadly.
While thinking, Aphrodite came to the foot of Mount Olympus.
He didn't go up the mountain immediately, but first called Nemesis and asked her to wait.
After he returned to the palace, he would use the identity of Nemesis to discuss matters with Hera.
By the way, he checked the soul of Arinte that was stored in the Vengeance Godhead. Arinte's soul has been soaked in the breath of revenge from the inside to the outside, and he can't feel the original breath at all.
After Aphrodite made sure that there were no omissions, she waved Nemesis back and walked up the mountain.
Because of thinking about the arrangement of the next plan, Aphrodite deliberately accelerated her walking speed a lot.
After a while, he walked halfway up the mountain, and then saw a god with a very strange breath.
The god was wrapped in an airtight black robe. He looked quite tall, but his figure was thin and thin.
Holding a cane in his hand, he was limping slowly up the mountain with the support of the cane. He was silent and introverted, and his figure revealed an almost dead solitude.
When Aphrodite saw him, she quickly recognized the identity of the god in front of her, Hephaestus, the god of fire.
He was thrown from the highest point of the mountain by Hera because of his ugly appearance at birth. In the process of falling from the cliff, he fell off his right foot and became the first disabled god, so he was ridiculed by the gods Commonly known as the "lame god".
Aphrodite looked at him wordlessly, subconsciously slowed down her pace, and followed Hephaestus silently.
Perhaps because he sensed the movement behind him, Hephaestus suddenly stopped and turned around, but his injury was still not healed, and it was a very simple turning movement that made him lose his balance and almost fell down.
Fortunately, Aphrodite stretched out her hand and supported him in time, so that Hephaestus was not hurt more.
With this movement, Aphrodite also saw Hephaestus' face clearly...
I didn't see it clearly, because Hephaestus put on a terrible hideous mask for himself.
From the mask to the cloak, Hephaestus armed himself in all directions.
Aphrodite stared at him for a moment, helped him up, and said softly, "Be careful."
Hephaestus did not speak, but quickly let go of the hand he held with Aphrodite, then bowed his head deeply, and walked forward in silence.
Because of the faster pace, his figure staggered a lot, and he staggered when he walked.
But Hephaestus didn't dare to slow down, he was afraid that he would see that god again—
He was so beautiful that even if Hephaestus just caught a glimpse in panic, he almost stopped breathing under his gaze.
It was an existence completely different from his ugly self, and it was also an existence that Hephaestus dared not expect to touch.
As for Aphrodite, to be honest, he had no ill feeling towards the husband whom Venus remembered.
Because in the memory of Eros, Hephaestus created many magical treasures and exquisite and luxurious jewelry for her to please her.
Although he has teased Venus and Ares before, Venus cheated before... Hephaestus was dissatisfied and revenge was understandable.
Aphrodite didn't have any charming thoughts about Hephaestus, but seeing Hephaestus's staggering gait, she felt that he was a little pathetic, so she took a step forward and held him, and said in a low voice: "Walk slowly, don't you feel any pain?"
Hephaestus tried to shake off Aphrodite's hand, but he didn't shake it. He could only turn his face away and said sullenly, "... let me go."
"Then don't walk so fast." Aphrodite let go of her hand, and then praised: "Your voice is very nice."
This is not Aphrodite fooling Hephaestus. The voice of Hephaestus has a very special feeling, like the crisp sound when metal collides, but without the friction that makes the headache crazy Feeling, very penetrating, giving people a very special feeling.
Hephaestus couldn't help but tighten his lips, because of the praise of the god beside him, his heart couldn't help but flustered for a moment.
After a while, Hephaestus threatened Aphrodite with a hoarse voice, "That's because you didn't see my face. If you did, you wouldn't sigh like this again, because you Already disgusted, I wish I could get out of your sight completely, and never want to hear a word from me again."
Aphrodite thought about it for a few seconds, and felt that he was not such a superficial god, so he also said: "I am not a god who looks at faces."
Hephaestus responded with a muffled mocking sneer.
He picked up his crutches and walked slowly up the mountain. Perhaps because he was afraid that Aphrodite would hold him back again, this time Hephaestus did not dare to walk as fast as before.
Aphrodite followed behind him, and explained in depth what she just said: "Accurately speaking, there is no god who is more beautiful than me, so I am very objective when looking at other people's appearance, and rarely judge people by their appearance. .Compared with the appearance, I pay more attention to the beauty of the heart."
This is true, Aphrodite hopes that all the gods he deals with are beautiful and pure, not a traitor like Zeus, so that he doesn't have to worry about it all day long.
Hephaestus said softly: "Liar, there is no god in this world who doesn't look at the face, and all the gods can't do it. There is no god to appreciate the beauty of the heart, because the gods are born with ugly hearts."
Aphrodite smiled and said: "It's hard for me to disagree with what you said, but I am special. Because I am the god of beauty, the definition of beauty is quite narrow but broad. I appreciate all beautiful things, regardless of appearance .”
Hephaestus couldn't help but stop, looked up at him, and asked in a daze, "Are you the God of Beauty?"
Aphrodite smiled softly, beautiful and shocking: "Why, don't I look like it?"
Hephaestus' Adam's apple kept rolling, and Aphrodite's face was as bright as the sun piercing into every corner of his eyes. He looked at him dazedly, stopped talking after a long while, and lowered his head and fell into the trap again. In silence.
Aphrodite was a little confused. Hephaestus was a little different from the gods he had seen, which made him a little confused about what he was thinking.
He couldn't hear anything from the heart sounds, and Hephaestus didn't seem to have a particularly strong desire, and he was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.
The last one that made Aphrodite feel so special was Tartarus. That god knew everything, but seemed to care nothing, with an unusual calmness and indifference.
Aphrodite asked, "I ask you, why don't you speak?"
Hephaestus didn't want to talk to him very much, but when he looked up and saw Aphrodite's examining and thinking eyes, he was a little scared. As for what he was afraid of, he couldn't tell clearly, but he just explained it instinctively. Said: "I don't want to see you showing disappointment and disgust towards me, so let's stop talking."
Aphrodite fell silent, and he said, "Okay then."
Vulcan has always been a special case in Mount Olympus. He is separated from the gods. If he is asked to help build artifacts, he will also help. He usually does not participate in anything or banquets.
Since he made it clear that he didn't want to communicate with Aphrodite, Aphrodite didn't want to make trouble either.
But Aphrodite did not speed up her pace. Instead, she kept a distance from Hephaestus that could be reached with her arms, and slowly accompanied Hephaestus to the Olympic Games. Si Shenshan.
When they reached the top of Mount Olympus, where the main gods and first-class gods lived, the two were about to part.
Aphrodite said to Hephaestus: "Your appearance should have been infected by the power of resentment when you were conceived in the mother's body. If you want to restore your appearance or change your appearance, you can come to me and I can try to help you change your face. Although I have never done this before."
That of Oulunomo is a filter bonus, not a face change.
"By the way, there is a drop of life liquid in the life vase of Gaia, the goddess of the earth. It is said that the baby can even revive the dead gods, and it should be able to heal your leg injuries."
Hephaestus lowered his head, clasped his hands tightly and grasped the scepter, and under the mask that Aphrodite couldn't see, he bit his lips tightly, trembling constantly.
Aphrodite thought for a while and said, "If you need any help, you can come to me."
After all, Hephaestus is the god of forging, and the artifacts forged by him are as if reborn.
Hephaestus said hoarsely: "Thank you, Your Highness Aphrodite. You are indeed a well-deserved goddess of beauty, from appearance to heart."
Aphrodite twitched the corners of her lips uncomfortably, it was fine to be praised for her appearance, Aphrodite was used to such compliments.
But it was the first time that his spiritual beauty was praised by others. You must know that Zeus called him "arrogant, cunning, vicious, and arrogant" all the time.
Aphrodite coughed lightly, and said awkwardly: "It's not necessary, it's just a matter of convenience."
Hephaestus remained silent, Aphrodite glanced at him, waved goodbye, and returned to her temple under Hephaestus' silent gaze.
Aphrodite had no time to think about Hephaestus' arrangements, and the most important thing at the moment was Hera.
After Aphrodite returned to her main hall and sat down, her sanity immediately entered Nemesis' body.
The goddess of nemesis raised her black wings, stared at the direction of the queen's hall, and flew there.
In the Empress Hall, Hera was leaning on the couch to rest, her exquisite and graceful body was covered by a thin silk gauze, and she wore an extremely gorgeous and exaggerated necklace made of countless gold pieces around her neck.
Aphrodite walked in quietly, pushed her lightly, and called out, "Your Majesty, wake up."
Hera frowned, opened her sleepy eyes with some dissatisfaction, and just wanted to get angry, but behind the face of the person in front of her, her anger stagnated, and she forcibly suppressed it back.
Hera sneered, opened the hand of 'Nemesis', got up from the couch, pulled the loose hair back gracefully, and snorted coldly while sitting: "I thought who was so bold, how dare you, How dare you interrupt my rest. It was you, Nemesis."
She turned around suddenly, her face was heavy, and her majestic demeanor was vented. She said sharply: "Nemesis, you are becoming more and more unruly! I am here in the Queen's Palace, but you always go out of your way every time you don't tell me." Just break in, believe it or not, I will punish you!"
Aphrodite was speechless, 'she' touched her nose, and asked humbly: "Then you go out and knock on the door again, how about I come in after Your Majesty calls?"
Hera immediately glared at 'her', and Aphrodite raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Why is your majesty staring at me again? I just followed your instructions and made such a suggestion. I am the one who made you unhappy Yet?"
Hera sat down at the table in annoyance. She had a sullen face for a while, and after a while she convinced herself: "Forget it, who made you such an unenlightened god, forget it, let it be like this."
Hera conceded depressedly, blaming 'Nemesis' for the reason.
After all, if 'she' wasn't stupid, how could he refuse the Queen of God's request to accept her as a follower of God
After convincing herself, Hera calmed down a little and asked, "What do you want to see me for?"
Aphrodite looked at her twice, and was a little surprised to see that Hera calmed down so easily.
'She' consciously went to sit next to Hera, Hera couldn't help but glared again at this ignorant and humble god, before she got angry, Aphrodite said quickly: "I didn't What, I just heard about the birth of His Royal Highness Hephaestus... "
Aphrodite's gaze became gentler, with a little pity: "Your Majesty, why do you do this? I advised you before that you should calm down your anger and resentment, but you just didn't listen. Now Hefei His Royal Highness Storrs has been affected and has become what he is now, what should I do... "
Hera said irritably: "What does this have to do with me? I don't want him either! He insisted on being born from my womb. If Zeus didn't kill me, I would have killed him long ago. Is it in your stomach?"
Aphrodite hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't get excited, I don't mean to blame you, I just..."
'She' looked at Hera hesitantly, and said softly: "I just think that in such a situation as His Highness Hephaestus, you must not be able to explain to His Majesty the God King, you must be wronged."
Hera pursed her lips tightly, got up and sat down facing 'her'.
Aphrodite had a headache, and when she was thinking about what to say next, Hera choked with hatred and said, "So what if I'm wronged? As long as Zeus is not happy, I'm not so happy." Sad. I'm not sad, compared to Leto and these pathetic goddesses, I at least have the Godhead of a Goddess."
"Although Zeus raped me, I have also become the most noble goddess because of this. I am on an equal footing with the original gods. I have power and am superior. I don't feel wronged."
Aphrodite was silent for a moment: "I took it for granted."
Hera snorted softly, and glanced sideways at 'her': "What can an ordinary and dull god like you know?"
Aphrodite was speechless and didn't want to talk to Hera anymore, so she quickly put the topic on track and asked, "Your Majesty, I just want to care about you... Besides, I'm a little worried."
Aphrodite looked at Hera hesitantly, and Hera asked, "What are you worried about?"
Aphrodite said softly: "Will your next child repeat the tragedy of His Majesty Hephaestus? If it happens again, how will you explain to His Majesty the God King?"
Hera said nothing, lost in thought.