The wedding of the sea nymph Amfitrine and the new sea god Poseidon went unnoticed.

Because at the same moment, another grander wedding was being held.

The male host of the wedding was the god-king Zeus, and the hostess was Hera, the goddess in charge of marriage and fertility. She was a powerful god and the biological mother of Hephaestus.

This is a belated wedding.

Zeus and Hera have been in love for at least three hundred years. During this period, Zeus had six wives and countless lovers, but only Hera was always by his side.

No matter what difficulties they encountered, the two of them walked through it together.

Together they overthrew their father Cronus, together they established the Olympian pantheon, and together they recruited the gods.

Therefore, Zeus treated Hera differently from his first six wives. He was very generous.

At the wedding, he swore an oath in front of the gods, promising to share his throne and divine power with Hera.

Recognized the orthodox status of Hephaestus, the son of Hera who was conceived alone, and named him the main god of the Olympus pantheon.

He also forced the new god who joined the Olympus pantheon, Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, who was also a powerful god, to marry Hephaestus.

Not only did Zeus make an oath, he also took practical actions.

Hera immediately gained the power of Zeus. Whenever she traveled, she was accompanied by thunder and lightning, and she could also disperse dark clouds and call for wind and rain.

Even Zeus's most precious thing, the artifact representing his power as a god-king, the spear "Thunder and Lightning" made by the three Cyclops brothers, sons of the god Uranus, can be driven by Hera at will.

Now the gods understood.

Compared with Zeus's other wives and lovers, Hera is different. She is the Queen of Heaven, and her position in Zeus's heart even surpasses the position of God King that Zeus strives for.

The gods sent congratulatory gifts one after another.

What is unusual is that Zeus did not invite his supporter, the god Uranus, who helped him ascend to the throne of god king, to this wedding.

What's even more unusual is that the supporter of the previous god-king Cronus, the earth goddess Gaia, came uninvited and gave generous gifts.

Gaia presented a sacred tree that would bear golden apples, and also generously gave her creation, a huge python named Piton with medium divine power, to Hera to drive.

The weight of the gift attracted the attention of the gods.

The wedding ended with laughter and blessings from the gods.

But the meaning behind the wedding caused an uproar among the gods.

Hera, the goddess in charge of marriage and fertility, can no longer be called the seventh wife of the god King Zeus, but should be called the Queen of Heaven.

She is as noble as the god-king Zeus.

On the island of Lemnos, Hephaestus is still sitting on the highest point of the island, holding a history book and faithfully recording history.

At the wedding of Zeus and Hera, he also sent congratulatory gifts.

A pair of golden boots, a scepter, a crown, and a golden throne that vaguely symbolizes the power of Queen Hera.

The four gifts are artifacts crafted by Hephaestus himself.

In the original history, the golden throne symbolizing the power of Queen Hera was indeed built by Hephaestus, but it should not be given away at this time.

He probably built this artifact out of revenge for Hera abandoning him. As long as Hera sat on it, she would be imprisoned by the rules and unable to move.

Zeus would personally intervene and marry Aphrodite, the most beautiful goddess among the gods, in charge of love and beauty, to him, so that mother and son could reconcile.

Hephaestus sighed: "It's self-defeating!"

By giving away the Golden Throne in advance, his original intention was to clear up the grievances with his mother Hera and avoid his future marriage to the goddess Aphrodite.

Hephaestus had never seen his biological mother Hera clearly, and he had no regard for the goddess of beauty Aphrodite, so he made this move.

Although Hera abandoned him, what happened next was too coincidental.

He happened to fall on the island of Lemnos and was adopted by Thesis, the grandmother of the sea, who happened to be passing by. It happened that Thesis, the grandmother of the sea, and her husband, Oceanus, remained neutral in the war.

If there are multiple coincidences in one thing, Hephaestus believes that it is the inevitable result of a multi-party game.

and……

Tesis, the grandmother of the sea who adopted Hephaestus, was also the adoptive mother of Hera...

As for Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, Hephaestus had a headache just thinking about marrying her.

Although this goddess is the most beautiful woman in the world, she has an open personality and is extremely immoral in her private life.

In historical legends, Aphrodite not only had many faces among the gods, but also had countless lovers in the mortal world...

Hephaestus passed his hand through the transformed ugly appearance and touched the black cloak given by his friend Clotho, the Weaver of Destiny, feeling the gentle touch of the thread of destiny.

"Mother."

"I know you have good intentions, but I can't control it!"

He looked into the distance, where dark clouds gathered on the Olympus Mountains and thunder exploded.

This is the signal for the departure of God King Zeus and Queen Hera.

Maybe……

It was just for his marriage...

After all, the God-King must keep his word and not only do what he promises, but he must do it immediately.

Hephaestus put away the history book, stepped out, left the highest point of Lemnos Island, and returned to his temple to wait.

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Mount Olympus earlier.

God King Zeus and Queen Hera are talking.

Listening to the female voice that kept coming in his mind, Zeus asked: "Is Metis really giving birth to a girl?"

Hera sat on the golden throne given by Hephaestus and replied: "You have asked me many times, and I have confirmed it many times with my reproductive authority. It is indeed a girl."

Zeus: "Ouranos tricked me with prophecies. Why did he do this?"

Hera hesitated and said: "Maybe it's just his bad taste based on his great divine power?"

Zeus was silent. His figure was bathed in the celestial light of Olympus, and his eyes were full of gloom.

The two prophecies he disliked most in his life both came from the same person, the god Uranus.

It's more of a curse than a prophecy.

The first prophecy, half fulfilled, was spoken by Uranus to his son Cronus who overthrew him.

He said: "You will eventually be overthrown by your own son, just like me."

Now Zeus has indeed overthrown his father Cronus.

But the missing Cronus also passed this curse to Zeus.

The second prophecy was spoken by Uranus to Zeus.

At the highest point in the sky, he said to Zeus who was asking for advice: "You and Metis, the goddess of wisdom, will give birth to a son, and his power will surpass you."

Metis was the first wife of Zeus. The two were united by the common pursuit of power. She was Zeus's right-hand assistant and think tank.

Zeus was able to confront his father Cronus when his power was weak, not only because of the support from the god Uranus, but also because of the wisdom of Metis.

But with the prophecy of the god Uranus, the first thing he did when he returned to Olympus was to eat the pregnant Metis alive.

Now it seems that he did something wrong.

He said to Hera in frustration: "Is it true that the class of great divine power cannot be crossed?"

"I'm like a puppet now, being pushed onto the stage."

"I have begun to understand my father somewhat. I know the gap between powerful divine power and great divine power, and I know that the end will come."

"But he still imprisoned our brothers and sisters in his belly like he was grasping at straws."

Hera held Zeus's hand and comforted her softly, as she had done all these years.

"Do not be discouraged."

"Sooner or later you will become a god with great divine power."

"If Ouranos can do it as a latecomer, you can do it too."

Zeus: "I can't see, I can't see hope at all."

"The authority or other methods that can promote great divine power."

"Where are they?"

Hera: "Have you forgotten?"

"You have inherited the wisdom of Metis."

"Combine vertically and horizontally, fight and divide, you have always done it."

"Your goddess wives and your children living abroad helped you a lot during the war."

"It shows that what you did was not in vain."

"We have eternal life and there will always be opportunities."

"The top priority is to get Metis' daughter out of your mind. She is innocent."

Zeus: "I can't trust anyone else. Except you, I don't trust anyone now."

Hera replied: "Actually, there is another person you can trust."

"who?"

"My son, Hephaestus."

Zeus wondered: "I remember him. I was on good terms with Themis, the goddess of justice."

"When you were jealous, you gave birth to him on your own."

"Didn't you abandon him to Tesis, the grandmother of the sea? You wanted him to avoid the war between gods."

"Does he understand?"

Hera: "He already understands that the four gifts he gave us at our wedding are all magical artifacts."

"You may not believe it, but Hephaestus should have the ability to prophesy."

"The golden throne he sent perfectly matches the authority of my Queen of Heaven."

Zeus stood up from the throne of the God King and summoned thunderclouds all over the sky.

"Then go find him."

"He is your child, so I naturally recognize him."

"Wait." Hera said, "Bring Aphrodite with you."

Zeus looked back at her and immediately understood Hera's plan.

"You want to use the authority of marriage to bear witness for the two of them, and they will become a couple who can never be separated?"

"Hephaestus will blame you later."

"Aphrodite is not a good woman."

Hera replied calmly and proudly: "Aphrodite is the most beautiful woman in the world, so she is naturally the best."

"My son, Hera, should be worthy of the best woman."
Chapter completed!