Hermes looked at him earnestly and sincerely with dark blue eyes, and his slightly immature face set him off as pure and clear as an angel.
Aphrodite blinked slightly, and when the eyes opened again, the outline of his light purple pupils had a faint golden light.
— Aphrodite observing the soul of Hermes.
And as Cupid's memory and Aphrodite felt, there is a treacherous and unpredictable soul hidden in this delicate and pure boy, which is a huge, hollow vortex, greedily sucking the surrounding Devour everything into your body.
The corners of Aphrodite's lips curled up a little, and he lovingly touched Hermes' curly orange hair, following his accusation, he took the pot over, and he said "indulgingly" : "That's because I think too much, but it seems that His Highness has been born for a while. Has His Majesty the God King not figured out how to deal with His Majesty the God Queen?"
Hermes babbled, smiling big, and did not comment on this, but asked Aphrodite, "Your Highness is not at all curious about what Sister Athena said?"
Aphrodite said calmly: "If you want to talk, I can listen to it too."
Hermes leaned over with a smile, put his arm around Aphrodite's shoulder, and leaned against his shoulder.
Aphrodite frowned imperceptibly, he twitched his shoulders indistinctly, but didn't twitch, so he lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.
Hermes blinked his clever eyes, and begged Aphrodite with a smile: "Brother Beauty God is so beautiful, of course I am willing to tell you everything. You see that I am so cute, will you give it to me?" Some rewards?"
Aphrodite raised her eyebrows lightly, and with a move in her heart, she suddenly had an idea to restrain Hermes. He reached out and grabbed Hermes' chin, and said softly: "If I don't reward you, Your Highness Won't you tell me?"
Hermes pouted: "Of course I am willing... But I will feel very disappointed by this, and I don't want to say it for the time being."
Aphrodite looked at him fixedly, and said coolly, "Then I still don't want to."
Hermes frowned beautifully, and hurriedly said: "No, Brother Beauty..."
Aphrodite let go of her hand, put her index finger on her lips, and said softly, "Shh."
Hermes was silent for a while, and Aphrodite patiently corrected Hermes: "Your Highness, don't worry, I am not angry about it, I am not such a narrow-minded god. The reason why I corrected your It’s about redefining our interactions.”
A daze appeared on Hermes' face, and he gradually lost his comprehension.
Aphrodite explained: "You tell me the information I want, and I will give you what you want. That is not my reward for you, but my reward for you."
"We are making an equal and reasonable exchange, and I think it is more appropriate to describe our actions as 'transactions'."
Hermes was thoughtful, and a hint of understanding gradually appeared in his eyes.
Aphrodite reached out and touched the top of his head, and the little man with orange hair subconsciously rubbed against his palm.
Aphrodite considered the words in her mind, and then said: "Actually, I have also made deals with other gods before this, but this is the first time I have truly clarified the concept of a deal. When new concepts appear, I will also There should be a new godhead priesthood born, as a symbol of new things."
The law witnessed the words of Aphrodite, and the third-class godhead trading godhead on the humanities side took shape.
The trading godhead is a very ordinary nail-sized round transparent gemstone, and Aphrodite is not very interested in it.
Aphrodite played with the trading godhead casually, ignoring the deep envy and yearning in Hermes' eyes, but turned her head to look at a tree, where a black crow was squatting quietly, Watching the interaction between the two gods in front of him.
The crow was not Nemesis, but the crow was Apollo's sacred beast, so Aphrodite said directly to it, "Call Apollo over here."
The crow nodded, flapped its wings and flew away.
Hermes seemed to remember something, and said in a panic: "No, Your Highness, let's find a place to hide quickly, anyway, the God King will find us."
Aphrodite said with a smile: "Afraid that the king of gods will discover the friendship between you and me? Don't be afraid, I have a sky godhead, and the king of gods cannot spy on me from the sky."
The eyes of Hermes flickered. When Aphrodite mentioned the sky godhead, there was a flash of admiration for Aphrodite in the depths of his eyes, and he couldn't help getting closer to Aphrodite. Intuit, shook his head to deny what Aphrodite said before, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid, I'm afraid that if my intimacy with Brother Beauty God is seen by other gods, they will be jealous of me and secretly plot against me. "
Aphrodite thought for a while, and agreed: "Indeed, among other things, at least you will not be able to pass the level of being the main god and the queen of gods."
Hermes was just casually talking to Aphrodite, but when he saw his seriousness, he was horrified: "Why? Could it be that you and the queen..."
Aphrodite sneered: "The Queen of God is the goddess of marriage. How can she keep chastity for His Majesty the God King? How can it be possible between me and her? I am referring to another god who has a great influence on the Queen of God."
Hermes' dark blue eyes immediately rolled up: "That god is..."
Aphrodite tapped his head lightly, and said calmly: "Your Highness Hermes and I will complete the previous transaction before discussing other matters."
Hermes smacked his lips and said regretfully, "Ah, yes. But since it's a deal, before I tell His Highness what I know, let me tell you what I want first."
Aphrodite nodded lightly: "Your Highness, you have to think about it."
Hermes hesitated for a while, and finally said: "I hope to leave my mother to live in the sacred mountain of Olympus, always by my side."
Aphrodite laughed: "The Queen of God may not be able to tolerate her, a wish of medium difficulty, yes, I will help you achieve this wish. But who is your mother?"
Hermes immediately said: "My mother was originally a forest nymph from Mount Coulene, and her name was Maia."
Aphrodite nodded: "I understand."
He pinched the trading godhead and said softly: "The trading godhead will witness our transaction, and I will not break my promise."
Hermes looked at him eagerly, and nodded again and again: "Of course, I trust Your Highness."
Aphrodite said: "In that case, please tell me the information I want, Your Highness."
Hermes whispered a name in his ear: "Mnemosyne."
Mnemosyne, goddess of memory.
Hermes only said a simple name, but Aphrodite laughed.
Aphrodite once deduced that after the first warning on his parchment, he wrote down two names, one of which was Mnemosyne.
Losing memory is definitely an important way to disturb Aphrodite's reason and thoughts, and the relationship between Demeter and Mnemosyne is not good. If Mnemosyne helps Zeus and them influence him, it will also Not a very unexpected situation.
However, Aphrodite is the main god. Logically speaking, his memory is beyond Mnemosyne's control, but who knows if Mnemosyne has any special means? It's not a bad thing to be cautious.
Aphrodite thought calmly, and decided to save a memory with Narcissus after going back.
Aphrodite was still on guard against Mnemosyne, but because of the irresistibility of the prophecy, he was more used to directly making preparations after the prophecy happened.
Of course, this does not mean that he has no resistance to the occurrence of the prophecy.
Thoughts flashed by in an instant, and Aphrodite's face was always calm, which disappointed Hermes who tried to see something strange from his face.
While the two were talking, Apollo walked over from the temple.
He came over slowly, paused when he saw the two gods sitting on top of his divine cow, and then his eyes fell on a straw broom tied to the tail of the divine cow.
Apollo picked up the cow's tail suspiciously, and asked, "What is this?"
Aphrodite smiled softly: "A masterpiece of a thief."
Hermes giggled, shook his head, and didn't feel that his behavior was shameful at all.
Apollo muttered a few words, but because the divine bull hadn't been stolen, he didn't go into a fit. Instead, he looked at the orange-haired dwarf who was snuggling close to Aphrodite.
Apollo smiled and asked, "Your Highness, is he our newborn little brother?"
Aphrodite nodded with a smile, Apollo was puzzled and said, "The reason why you called me here is...?"
Aphrodite put the trading godhead into Hermes' hands, and he said with a smile: "Because I want to give this highness a small gift, but after seeing this godhead, His Royal Highness will definitely ask Who did Hermes make a deal with? If he finds out that His Royal Highness Hermes is dealing with me, he will definitely be angry with His Highness Hermes, so I called your Highness over here, please pretend to be Trader of His Highness Hermes."
Aphrodite jumped down from the bull's back, patted Apollo's shoulder lightly, and whispered: "Your newborn little brother is a very cunning little liar, I will discuss the deception with him later." After it is completed, you take him to Zeus, and then you have two purposes. One is to expose the identity of this little liar, and the other is to make His Majesty the God King think that you are being fooled by this little liar, so that he can treat you Be less defensive and pay more attention.”
Apollo nodded slightly, with a smile in his eyes, and understood Aphrodite's purpose.
Hermes, who had heard all their conversations, was a little anxious. He quickly jumped off the bull's back, grabbed Aphrodite's sleeve and said pitifully, "Your Highness, no! Thinking of a way to make the Queen of God accept my existence, if my existence is exposed at this time, I will be driven down from the mountain by the Queen of God."
Aphrodite said calmly, "But why should I listen to you?"
Hermes gritted his teeth, and finally stopped smiling. With a twist of his mouth, tears fell down: "Brother Beauty God, I like you so much, why are you so cruel and ruthless to me?"
Aphrodite didn't respond, but Apollo gave a low laugh and asked, "Your Highness, do you like such a cute and soft girl?"
Aphrodite clicked her tongue softly, and comforted her: "Okay, Hermes, I was just teasing you just now. Don't be afraid, I can guarantee that His Majesty the God King will never let you be driven down the mountain by the God Queen. "
Hermes was still very aggrieved, and secretly glanced at Aphrodite with his eyes, hinting frantically: "But the Queen of God didn't accept me, Brother Beauty God, I don't want to be an ordinary third-class god on the holy mountain, I want to be the main god !"
Aphrodite touched his head, and Hermes immediately rubbed against Aphrodite's palm like a cuddly and cute puppy. The wet eyes and petite and soft appearance made her feel He looked pitiable.
Apollo endured it, squeezed over and pushed the dwarf to the side, preventing him from rubbing against Aphrodite.
Aphrodite smiled and withdrew her hand: "Your Highness is very ambitious. I have a way to get the Queen of God to agree to you being the Lord God, but what kind of reward can you give me?"
Hermes quickly turned his head, and Aphrodite was still talking slowly: "After all, your position as the main god is completely controlled by the king of gods. You can't give me anything, can you?"
Hermes was in a hurry, but he was really poor compared to Aphrodite, and there was nothing he could do to help Aphrodite.
Hermes didn't want to watch the opportunity pass by, so in a hurry, he said directly: "I have it! I can give you myself!"
Aphrodite and Apollo were stunned, and after realizing what Hermes said, Aphrodite was speechless, and Apollo became a puffer fish in anger, and exploded with a poke.
He frantically poked Hermes' head with his fingers, and Hermes hurriedly covered his head to avoid it. Apollo said angrily, "Dedicate yourself to Your Highness? You little dwarf is feeling it. Do you know how many gods line up to get on?" His Highness's bed, if His Highness wants to, he can wave a bunch of them, do you think it's your turn?"
"You still think that you are repaying yourself by dedicating yourself to His Highness, Your Highness has suffered a great loss, right?!"
Hermes was so embarrassed by Apollo's poke that he hugged his head and hid in all directions. However, apart from the furious Apollo, there was also a cold and gloomy gaze staring at him.
Hermes avoided the gap and looked back, and then saw a male god who was ugly and terrifying at a glance.
Hermes screamed and covered his head and hid beside Aphrodite. He said pitifully, "Brother Beauty God, I made a mistake. I shouldn't take advantage of you by saying what I just said. Stop Brother Apollo, my face hurts so much from his poke."
After finishing speaking, he deliberately raised his head to show Aphrodite the fingerprints on his forehead.
Aphrodite smiled slightly, and squeezed Hermes' cheek very bluntly, adding two more red marks on his snow-white cheeks.
Aphrodite said calmly: "Your Highness, you are too naughty, you deserve it."
Seeing that his plan had failed, Hermes sighed melancholy, and said sadly: "But apart from this, I really have nothing else to give Your Highness."
Aphrodite said calmly, "There is no rush."
Then he looked at the male god who frightened Hermes, with a half-smile: "His Royal Highness, Hephaestus, are you here again?"
Hephaestus blushed instantly, and stood there bewildered.
Apollo looked at him suspiciously, and fiddled with his strings depressedly, venting his dissatisfaction.
Hephaestus held back for a long time before he said a word: "I'm just passing by."
After finishing speaking, he took out a lot of weapons that he made when he was free, and looked at Aphrodite expectantly: "Your Highness, I made a lot of weapons before, do you see if you like any of them?"
After finishing speaking, he added: "Actually, I still make jewelry for you, but I think the jewelry is worn by you, and the craftsmanship should be more delicate, so the production is a bit slow..."
Aphrodite shook her head, she didn't expose Vulcan's lie that was thinner than paper, and she didn't choose a weapon, she said to Hermes, "Your Highness, don't be nervous, I was just teasing you."
Hermes withdrew his eyes from Hephaestus's pile of weapons, and said quietly after hearing the words: "Your Highness really likes to blur concepts, disguise lies as sweet words, and describe teasing as teasing. You know what is wrong with you? How much harm did that simple sentence do to me?"
Aphrodite glanced at him faintly, Hermes immediately lowered his head, and pretended to be an obedient and well-behaved little daughter-in-law. Hephaestus said coldly: "Your Highness is so perfect that he is even willing to use words All sentient beings feel joyful, but a dwarf like you picks and chooses, as expected..."
Hephaestus paused, and cursed in a low voice: "Ugly people do more tricks."
Aphrodite burst out laughing, Apollo was speechless, and Hermes was about to go mad.
Hey, you, the ugliest ugly monster in God's Domain, figured out who is the ugly one, and you still dare to laugh at me, a little bit of self-knowledge, okay
Hermes cursed at Hephaestus frantically in his heart to vent, but on the surface he remained silent.
In any case, Hephaestus is also the main god, and he should respect Hephaestus, even if it is only superficially.
Aphrodite coughed lightly, ending the farce: "Okay, let's get down to business."
Hermes aggrieved and said: "Brother Beauty God, just tell me how you want to arrange it, I'm so cute, I'll listen to whatever you say!"
Aphrodite picked a pile of weapons from Hephaestus's pile, and finally chose a staff of two serpents.
Aphrodite raised the hand of Hermes holding the trading godhead, and called out the law: "The purpose of trading is to exchange what you don't need for everything you want, and through this means to expand Self-interest. Trading is the most basic method, and everything derived from it, such as profit, loss, organization, etc., should have a unified name, and it is also the most respected god in this field, the god of business. "
Hermes looked at him ignorantly, and under the direct gaze of Apollo and Hephaestus, a more radiant pure golden godhead with a diameter of half a finger long was condensed.
The Godhead of Shang is located between the first-class gods and the second-class gods.
Aphrodite grasped the godhead of the god of shang tightly, and his eyes were fixed on Hermes' eyes from now on until the end. He said coldly: "The foundation of shang comes from exchange, so the initial godhead should also be divided into two parts. together with the gods.”
In fact, sometimes, Aphrodite couldn't tell whether her nonsense was reasonable or not. In short, even if it was very unreasonable, the law agreed to him.
The Godhead of the God of Shang was split into two, and Aphrodite put away half of it herself, and put the other half into the Double Snake Staff, thus making the Double Snake Staff the God of Shang.
Aphrodite handed the God of Shang to Hermes, and Hermes took the staff of Shang carefully. Aphrodite warned: "After your existence is exposed to the gods, Your Highness, if God If the king protects you and prevents you from being chased away by Queen Hera, His Highness can come to me, and I will tell His Highness how to persuade the Queen."
"This transaction started with you and me, so I gave this half of the Godhead of the Shang God to Your Highness. The God King only knows that there is a cohesion of the Godhead of the God of Shang, but he doesn't know that there are two of the Godhead of the God of Shang. Your Highness can start with the Godhead of the God of Shang. The words that started with you and His Highness Apollo continue to deceive the God-King."
"Because you are the god of deception, you may be more proficient in these deceptions than me, so I won't teach you in detail."
Hermes stared at him blankly. He solemnly stroked the scepter inlaid with the godhead above the second-class god, and asked blankly: "But, Your Highness, didn't you ask for my reward before? Why? Suddenly, he didn’t want anything, but instead gave me the God of Merchant’s scepter.”
Aphrodite said indifferently: "You are very smart and cunning, but if you are only a second-class god, it will not help me. So let's push you to the position of the main god first. As for the reward, we will discuss it later." ask you for it."
Hermes raised the corners of his lips, and with a wave of his hand, he directly took the scepter of the God of Shang into his body. He crossed his hands on the back of his neck lazily, and his attitude was a little rampant: "But Your Highness, I am the God of Deceit, you are not afraid of being deceived." Am I playing around with applause? For the sake of giving me a very powerful godhead, I will be kind for once. I advise you. If you want anything, it is best to ask me now. Although I will I can give you more, but I don't guarantee that there are no traps in it."
Hermes was scaring Aphrodite. If he said this, even if Aphrodite took something from him, she would definitely not feel at ease when using it.
Hephaestus took a step forward, stood in front of Aphrodite, and stared at Hermes with dark eyes.
Aphrodite gently pushed him away without changing his expression a little bit. He still gently stroked Hermes' hair as before, and then, under Hermes' focused gaze, said softly: "What do you say?" It makes sense, but I choose to believe in you, Hermes."
Aphrodite's words were very ambiguous, Hephaestus and Apollo were shocked, and Qi Qi showed uncomfortable expressions.
And Hermes' expression was also moved for a moment, his eyes trembled, and he looked at the beautiful god in front of him who seemed to be shining. Under the gaze of his light purple eyes, no disguise could hide. The fleeing heart lost its shelter, as if it had been gently grasped by him for a moment.
Just as the three gods present were feeling emotional because of Aphrodite's words, Aphrodite let go of her hand, threw the other Godhead of the God of Merchant in her palm, turned around, and said almost indifferently: "After all, I hold the other half of the Godhead of the Shang God, and it records and witnessed our transaction process."
"Your Highness Hermes, please remember that your position as the main god is completely controlled by God King Zeus. As long as God King Zeus knows about the transaction process between you and me, he will never keep your position as the main god. And I hold the evidence of our good deal..."
Aphrodite chuckled, glanced at Hermes, whose face turned blue when he realized it, and said calmly: "In a sense, your position as the main god is completely in my hands. .”
Aphrodite opened his hand, and the godhead of the God of Merchant sank into his palm, turning into a small pattern of gold coins on his right palm.
"Because I'm not sure if the next main god will be controlled by me after you are replaced, I have such an obvious handle to catch. So I will try my best to love you, and I will not use you easily, nor will I let you go Do things that betray His Majesty the God King."
"The purpose of my telling you these words is that I hope that you will be more conscious at that time, and offer the treasures I love and the news I need. Don't let me condescend...to personally blackmail you."