The style of this necklace is very simple, the thin chain is decorated with four olive beads, and the olive beads are respectively decorated on both sides of the divine power gemstone. Aphrodite held the olive beads and looked carefully, and found that the four olive beads Different patterns are engraved on them, namely the lightning symbol, the water bottle symbol with a round belly and long neck, the balance symbol, and the hourglass symbol.
The lightning refers to Zeus, the water bottle looks a bit like Gaia's life vase, and the artifact of Themis, the goddess of justice, is the balance. The last hourglass was very strange, and Aphrodite couldn't think of which god's pattern was related to it for a while.
Aphrodite frowned, his expression made the visiting Nymph Fairy a little nervous. After staring at the necklace for a while, he put the necklace on the table expressionlessly, and then said coldly: "I understand, help me Thank you Mnemo Shune for your kindness, you can go back."
Fairy Nymph took a peek at him, always feeling that this great god didn't seem very happy, and seemed to dislike the gift from the goddess.
The Nymph Fairy lowered her eyebrows and left respectfully from the Temple of Love and Desire.
Cupid held the necklace on tiptoe, and Aphrodite let go, letting him have his way.
Cupid hung the necklace around his neck in a resemblance, then tilted his head, bit his fingers, and stared at Aphrodite with watery eyes.
Aphrodite rubbed his hair and asked curiously: "Cupid, do you feel any strange after wearing this necklace?"
Cupid wrinkled his face when he heard the words, and felt it seriously.
After a few seconds, he said in confusion, "Father God, I don't feel anything."
Hearing this, Aphrodite untied the necklace from his neck, and carefully played with it in her palm.
The gemstone of divine power is milky white. When Aphrodite put it in the palm of her hand, she could feel the weak divine power unique to Mnemosyne being released from it bit by bit.
Divine power does influence Cupid, but the influence is very weak. The reason why Cupid has no feeling is probably related to the fact that he is too young, his senses are relatively slow, and the influence of memory on people is very subtle and obscure.
Moreover, the main purpose of Mnemosyne sending this necklace should not be to try to influence herself through it, so the divine power gem has been specially processed, although a little divine power is released, but it will not make people feel violated discomfort.
Not long after the nymph from the Temple of Memory left, Hephaestus also came to visit.
At this time, Aphrodite had put down the necklace, casually threw it in the magic box that had been sealed before, and continued to carve.
As soon as Hephaestus came in, his eyes were attracted by Aphrodite's ongoing masterpiece. After staring at his statue for a few seconds, he looked away as if nothing had happened, and sat down on the side seat. Then he pointed to the magic box with the chain and said to Aphrodite: "Your Highness, I specially designed this box for you. Put the necklace inside, and the magic box will completely seal it, and Mnemosyne Can't summon it either."
Aphrodite pondered for a few seconds, put down the carving knife in her hand and swept away the debris in front of her, pressed her fingertips on the edge of the magic box and said: "Hephaestus, I checked this necklace just now, I don’t think there is any problem with the divine gemstone, but the four olive beads next to it are a bit strange…”
Hephaestus nodded and said, "I came to you for that."
He straightened the necklace so that the four olive beads and the golden red eyes formed a straight line, and said: "If you look carefully, Your Highness, you will find that the material of these four olive beads is different from that of the necklace chain, they are obviously silver. Yes, but it looks a bit dark. I have a normal relationship with Mnemosyne. If she simply invited me, I would not help her make jewelry. But she gave me a very rare material as a reward, I agreed and allowed her to design her own style. Then she sent the raw materials for these four olive beads and told me to use that material to make olive beads."
"This material is very special, because it is not formed by nature, but it was created by the gods to carve magic circles..." Hephaestus pondered for a few seconds, thought about the words, and used a more accurate explained: "To be more precise, it should play the role of a medium. The magic circle constructed with it as a medium can better transmit the power of the gods. Mnemosyne thought I didn't know Its role, so when it was handed over to me, it was not deliberately hidden."
Pointing to the symbols and patterns on the olive bead, he said, "And I didn't carve these things. I'm only responsible for polishing them into the shape of an olive bead."
Aphrodite tapped the table with his fingers, and he asked: "You are the god of forging, why does Mnemosyne think that you can't recognize this material? You say it was made by the gods, then its Who is the master?"
Hephaestus pursed his lips slightly: "It's the Queen of God."
Aphrodite was a little surprised, and Hephaestus whispered: "The Queen of God is very good at magic. She has a magic book written by herself, and she has made many magic materials the day after tomorrow. Mnemosyne thinks My relationship with the God Empress is very bad, so I didn't expect that I had seen the God Empress' material library."
"When the Queen of God was pregnant with Hebe last time, I listened to your instructions and reminded the Queen of God to prove myself by swearing to the law. After this happened, my relationship with the Queen of God has actually eased a lot... If The matter does not involve the words of Ares."
"So I have also been to the Queen's Temple several times. After seeing the magic book written by her, I am not interested in magic books, but I am a little interested in those novel combination materials. I have asked the Queen in detail. Among them are this material."
Aphrodite frowned and said, "In other words, Hera collected this material better. How did Mnemosyne get it from her? Could it be that she..."
Aphrodite couldn't help thinking, did Hera also participate in this matter of scheming me
His eyes darkened, thinking that this is not impossible. After all, he is Aphrodite, not 'Nemesis', and Hera will not be soft on him.
Hephaestus saw Aphrodite's cold expression, without any expression on his face, but his heart couldn't help beating.
He thought sourly, His Highness, is he angry at the possible 'betrayal' of the Queen of God...
The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while, and Aphrodite picked up the carving knife and continued to carve the statue.
Until Cupid rushed in with a quiver in his arms and shouted loudly, "Father God, it's bad, a golden arrow has escaped!"
Aphrodite frowned, and said lightly: "Cupid, calm down, and talk to me slowly."
Cupid stopped in front of Aphrodite panting, his wings kept waving to help him hang in the air, and he said anxiously: "Father God, I was shooting an arrow at the target just now... I paid attention this time. Don't let the golden arrows be lost. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that when I drew the bow once, I obviously only condensed one golden arrow, but when I let go of the bowstring, there was another golden arrow , and then flew out together with my condensed golden arrow."
"The golden arrow I condensed hit the archery target, but I didn't know where the other one flew. It, it flew away after passing through the archery target. I chased it and flew for a long time. I wanted to chase it back, but after chasing it, it disappeared.”
Cupid lowered his head nervously, holding the quiver in his arms and said in a low voice, "Then I went to find the twelve golden arrows, and found that one of the golden arrows was missing. Father God, I really didn't mean to..."
Tears welled up in Young God's eyes as he spoke, feeling very flustered.
Aphrodite took the quiver, arranged the golden arrows and looked at them one by one, and then said, "One of 'Io''s golden arrows is missing."
Then he closed his eyes, opened his patrol eyes, and used his emotionless eyes to keep patrolling and turning in the God Realm, and finally found the beautiful girl Yi'e who was covered by clouds and mist on a grassland under a clear sky. Apparently, Zeus had fallen in love with Io and possessed her, having fallen for the golden arrow.
Aphrodite said thoughtfully: "It turns out that the twelve golden arrows were not shot by us, they found Zeus automatically at the right time."
Aphrodite's face softened a little, and she comforted Cupid, "Don't worry, it's not your fault. Cupid, I want to give you a task, you guard the twelve golden arrows for me, and when you find them missing , especially the golden arrow with the name 'Pluto' written on it, tell me immediately."
Cupid held the golden arrow in his chubby little hand, nodded solemnly, and said, "Father, don't worry, Cupid will definitely keep an eye on this golden arrow even if he doesn't sleep day and night!"
Aphrodite's face turned pale, and then she looked at the half-sculpted statue with only eyebrows and eyes, showing some hesitation.
Hephaestus had long seen that the statue was Aphrodite himself, and seeing his hesitation, he immediately asked impatiently, "Your Highness, do you need my help?"
Aphrodite looked at the statue in front of her and said helplessly, "I want to give you the statue, but it seems that it will be a long time before the statue is completed..."
Hephaestus opened his eyes wide, and there was obvious joy in the golden red eyes: "Is it for me?"
Aphrodite said: "But it seems that it will take a long time to complete."
Hephaestus couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, give me the statue, and I can move it back and carve it myself?"
Aphrodite snorted slightly and looked at him.
Hephaestus was looking at the statue's eyes, which were carved by Aphrodite to be very cold and cold, without any emotion, full of indifference and rejection, he murmured: "I want A more gentle you, looking at me and smiling every day."
Aphrodite couldn't help picking up her lips and laughing lightly. He put down the carving knife in his hand and wiped his hands, and said with a light smile, "That's good, then I can do other things."
Hephaestus subconsciously wanted to ask him what he was going to do, but he swallowed the words back on his lips. He lowered his brows and eyes, and responded softly.
Aphrodite bid farewell to Hephaestus, called Cupid over, told him to keep an eye on the 'Pluto's Arrow', and then gave Cupid the tome with Hades, telling him, If he was not there when the 'Pluto's Arrow' flew away, Cupid would immediately inform Hades through the book of the underworld without delay.
Aphrodite stroked Cupid's hair, and said: "You can't play with the book of the underworld, you know?"
Cupid nodded heavily, patted his small chest and said solemnly: "Father God, don't worry about what I do!"
Aphrodite nodded with a gentle smile, she seemed to trust him very much, but she quietly communicated with Narcissus, asking him to keep an eye on Cupid, and don't fool the Pluto couple.
In this way, he closed his eyes, and the consciousness appeared in Nemesis's body, replacing her, flapped his wings and flew towards the temple of God, landed on Hera's window, and tapped lightly on the window sill.
A low voice of conversation sounded, and after a while, a burst of footsteps left. Then Hera's figure appeared, and she glanced at 'Nemesis' who was standing by the window sill with folded arms after transforming into a divine body, and after confirming that it was 'her' who came, she turned around and left.
'Nemesis' looked at her background and blinked, gave a little surprise, followed her, and sat down at the stone table with her.
There is also a vase on the stone table, in which there is a lily in full bloom. Hera's graceful and beautiful face is behind the lily, and the purity and glamor complement each other, making her very beautiful.
'Nemesis' asked, "Hera, why are you ignoring me?"
Hera said indifferently: "Since Hebe was born, you have never come back after leaving the temple. Presumably you don't want to see me very much. That being the case, why do I have to talk and do more to annoy you."
Aphrodite's eyes flickered, and she lowered her head a little guilty.
Seeing this, Hera showed an unhappy expression, and asked, "Where have you been all this time? If it wasn't for the fear that your existence would be exposed to Zeus, I really wanted to go straight to you regardless and arrest you." come out… "
'Nemesis' said with a calm expression: "I've been around here all the time, but the God King has been on the mountain recently. Although he seldom shows up, he will always appear in some hidden corners suddenly, and his whereabouts are sneaky. Strange. I really want to see you too, but I'm afraid of accidentally bumping into him, so I can only suppress my mood... "
Hera said unhappily: "Then you are not afraid of his sudden appearance now?"
'Nemesis' looked up at her, and said hesitantly: "I saw the king of gods go down the mountain not long ago... He seems to be entangled with a mortal woman."
Hera froze for a moment, and asked with a frown, "What mortal girl? The old humans died under the flood that ran out of the magic box. How long ago did the new humans fall in love with a mortal girl?"
'Nemesis' murmured: "It is said that the king of gods told His Royal Highness Aphrodite before, let Aphrodite bestow some extreme beauty in the world, maybe that mortal woman is one of the ultimate beauties Bar."
Hera's face was green and pale, she slapped the table angrily, and stood up angrily, she said angrily: "Damn Zeus, he used his mistress to humiliate me again!"
'Nemesis' stood up, and Chi asked: "Are you going to find the God King? How about I leave first, and I will come to you next time I have a chance..."
Hera's face was cloudy and uncertain, hesitating between 'Nemesis' and Zeus, and finally sat down resentfully, and said dissatisfiedly: "Fortunately, I will ignore them for the time being."
'Nemesis' asked, resting his chin, "How long is it for now?"
Hera didn't say a word, but replied in her heart, when you leave, it will last for a while.
If Zeus and that mistress have parted by the time you leave, count them lucky.
'Nemesis' said softly: "I hope the God King will come back later, so that I can stay with you for a while longer."
Hera couldn't help showing some smiles, and her dissatisfaction with Zeus subsided a little, and she even hoped that the mistress could keep him for a while.
Hera asked happily: "But you can only sit with me here, and you can't go out to find a beautiful place to enjoy the scenery. Don't you feel bored?"
After finishing speaking, she felt a little regretful: "Originally, I planted the golden apple tree in my back garden, but because of Heber's accident, the golden apple tree was removed. Otherwise, we could still be together in the golden apple tree. A walk in the holy apple orchard."
'Nemesis' said softly: "I've been wandering in God's Domain all year round, and I've seen too many landscapes. Now I can sit quietly in the temple, and it feels good to me."
"If you're bored, we can read a book to pass the time."
Hera was slightly stunned: "But I don't have anything other than magic books here..."
'Nemesis' showed interest and asked, "The magic book? Can I have a look, I want to know your preferences."
Hera looked at her, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, she nodded happily, and said happily, "Then wait a moment."
Then she lifted up her complicated and beautiful skirt and went out for a while. After a while, she came in with a lot of books, put it in front of 'Nemesis' and said with a smile: "This is a magic book written by myself. If you If you are interested, you can sit here and watch it, and if you don’t know it, you can also consult me, and I will be happy to answer it for you.”
'Nemesis' raised her eyes, and her light purple eyes collided with Hera's smiling eyes. 'She' smiled slightly, lowered her head and turned over the stack of magic books to read seriously.
Hera didn't feel uncomfortable seeing 'her' not talking to her, she just felt that the scene of her watching 'Nemesis' while drinking tea was very peaceful and gentle, which made her feel unexpectedly calm and satisfied.
Aphrodite was very interested in Hera's magic book, and he didn't know much about it, so he seemed very careful and slow.
During the period, 'she' would also communicate with Hera. Seeing that 'she' was interested in magic, Hera deliberately took out the materials she had prepared and discussed with 'her' while doing experiments.
Therefore, no one doubted that Hera stayed in the temple and did not go out. Everyone thought that she was addicted to magic experiments and could not extricate herself.
And under such learning, Aphrodite's mastery of magic also increased rapidly.
Finally, one day, he found a magic circle in Hera's magic book that used a medium material similar to that of the necklace of Mnemosyne.
The name of that magic circle is God's Arrival Technique.
'Nemesis' pointed to the magic circle and asked Hera, "God's descent? What is this magic circle used for?"
Hera frowned when she saw the magic circle, and asked, "Why, are you interested in it?"
'Nemesis' said softly, "Is anyone else asking besides me?"
Hera nodded and explained: "God's descent technique means to use the magic circle as a medium, using fixed runes to pray for the gods represented by the runes to descend on oneself, and then give oneself strength."
"Mnemosyne asked me about this magic circle, and I don't know where she got it from. According to her own account, it was because she didn't show her divine power among humans, and humans worshiped her very impiously, so She just wanted to pass this magic circle on to humans, and let her priests summon her in this way, and she took the opportunity to perform miracles, thereby gaining the fear and faith of humans."
'Nemesis' asked: "Can the one who is empowered resist this circle?"
When Hera heard the words, a dazed look appeared on her face. After a while, she said: "It depends on the actual situation. If he is strong enough, he can resist. However, a powerful existence does not need this magic circle." Come pray for the gods to come down."
Aphrodite didn't speak, but his eyes gradually became deeper. He couldn't help thinking, could it be that Mnemosyne's purpose in giving him the necklace was to turn him into a carrier, and then let the power of Zeus and Gaia pour into it together? In your own body, take the opportunity to control yourself
But I'm not stupid, would I let them deal with me without resisting? Or, they have improved the magic circle, and they have a way to ensure that I can't resist, so I can only passively accept their control
It doesn't feel like that's very likely...
It's not that Aphrodite is proud, but judging from his current strength, the possibility of Zeus and the others trying to control him in this way is almost zero.
Or does the necklace have other functions
Aphrodite frowned, thinking about the composition of the necklace and the formation runes, and unconsciously scratched the table with her fingers, and analyzed the formation according to the magical knowledge she acquired during this period. role.
Aphrodite was thinking, and Hera was also attracted by "her"'s strange ecstasy, and her eyes followed "her"'s fingers. She was just about to say something when there was a heavy knock on the door outside, and someone eagerly want to come in.
As soon as Hera's expression changed, she immediately pulled down her face, raised her tone, and asked dissatisfiedly, "Who is it?"
The maid's panicked voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, it's not good, something happened to God King!"
Hera and Aphrodite were startled, and after looking at each other, Hera asked, "What happened to him?"
The maid replied: "I don't know when the king of gods went to the underworld. However, he seemed to have done something and was caught by the king of the underworld and hanged outside the gate of the underworld. His Highness Hermes is begging to see you. I hope you can come forward." Settle the matter and welcome the God King back."
Hera's face changed from green to white, it was hard to see the extreme.
Aphrodite coughed lightly and said, "Hera, then I'll go first, let's meet again next time..."
Hera's face became even uglier, she tried her best to smile and bid farewell to 'Nemesis', she said: "Okay."
Aphrodite sighed softly and left the apse.
Immediately afterward, she detached from Nemesis' body and woke up in the Temple of Eros.
Cupid was lying on the ground with his ass pouted, and there was a familiar piece of paper in front of him, which was the ghost book left by Aphrodite to communicate with Hades.
Aphrodite stood behind him, casting a large shadow on Cupid. He picked up the book of the underworld, and then looked at the chat records between Hades and Cupid.
Cupid was very happy to see Father God wake up, and excitedly said to Aphrodite: "Father God, Cupid has completed your task seriously, and I assisted Pluto to capture Zeus successfully!"
Aphrodite patted his head casually, and praised: "Good job."
Then I briefly browsed the chat content between him and Hades, and the top one was about Cupid reminding Hades that the 'Pluto's Arrow' disappeared.
Then Hades and Persephone made some preparations, the specific circumstances were not clear, but they really captured Zeus.
It was a little accident after catching Zeus...
After being checked by Persephone and confirmed by Demeter, they found that Zeus seemed to be pregnant.
Aphrodite:
Aphrodite looked down quickly, and Cupid asked Hades in the book of the underworld, did he make Zeus pregnant
Hades categorically denied it, and excitedly stated that he and Persephone were willing to swear on the Styx River, proving that Zeus' child had absolutely nothing to do with them!
And suspected that Zeus was deliberately pregnant and came to the underworld to find him and was scapegoated.
Aphrodite frowned looking at these bizarre contents, and was very confused about what was happening in the underworld, and there might be something wrong with Hades and the others, Aphrodite wrote in the book of the underworld After asking the question, Hades didn't respond for a long time.
Aphrodite could only put away the book of the underworld, and said speechlessly, "We have to go to the underworld again."
Narcissus said softly, "Your Highness, Zeus is the one who is pregnant anyway. Let's take his time and watch his jokes. Don't worry."
Aphrodite nodded, and said in a daze, "I'm just a little confused about the cause and effect... Who is the child Zeus conceived?"
Narcissus didn't know, but Aphrodite wasn't confused for long, because someone who knew the answer came to him.
Before Aphrodite left, Athena came to the Temple of Eros and stopped him, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness, you have a very good relationship with the underworld. I have persuaded you to go to the underworld to rescue His Majesty the God King." This is an excuse to come to see you, please listen to me and do me a favor."
"I can give you a very important message in return."
Aphrodite looked her up and down, pondered for a few seconds, and said, "Tell me what you want me to do for you first?"
Athena's expression was gloomy, and she said: "I broke the head of the father god and was born, but my younger brother really died. But after all, he condensed the godhead. Although the godhead was lost, his soul Still, by the side of the mother god, living together in the mind of the king of gods. The mother god has always wanted to find a suitable opportunity to give birth to my brother again... I have never told any gods about this, you are the first know."
Athena said hoarsely: "The child conceived by the king of gods is not Hades and Persephone, but my younger brother, who was conceived by my mother Metis and succeeded me in the prophecy of God Gaia. Born afterward, the son who was destined to overthrow the rule of the god-king."
Aphrodite narrowed her eyes, and Athena said softly: "Your Highness, I want you to protect that child. There is a high probability that he will not be born smoothly, and he will definitely die this time. But it doesn't matter, as long as you take him away soul will do."
"In return, I can tell you about a conspiracy."
Aphrodite asked, "Are you so sure that your brother will die?"
Athena said lightly: "Yes, I'm sure. This has a lot to do with that conspiracy. After I finish speaking, you will understand all this, Your Highness."
It just so happened that Aphrodite also needed someone to clarify her doubts. After pondering for a few seconds, she replied, "Okay, then tell me."