In the middle of the noisy meeting hall, a tall man wearing a crown sat silently at the top, with many nobles sitting beside him who were talking about it.
They were arguing about how the two criminals should be sentenced.
And finally, when the voice died down, under the unanimous advice of the nobles, the man wearing the crown raised his hand.
His lips moved slightly and he made the final decision on his niece.
"exile."
…
Waking up from the nightmare again, the queen covered her head and sat on the bed, but this scene was still echoing in her mind.
After a long silence, she murmured.
"It wasn't supposed to be like this."
Alcmene, the queen, now lives in the city of Thebes.
But she was not the queen of Thebes. In fact, she should be the queen of Mycenae. The reason why I say this is theoretically because she was exiled by her own country.
Her father Electryon was the king of Mycenae, but in an accident, her husband Amphitryon accidentally killed his father. After that, it was her uncle who succeeded to the throne of Mecenae.
Steneros.
Because of his husband's sins, the new king sentenced the two to exile and never set foot in Messina again.
The ashamed Amphitryon took his wife to the city of his uncle Creon, king of Thebes, and settled down there. Several years passed.
However, Amphitryon was not a mediocre person. This hospitable prince had great ambitions. He did not want to stay under his uncle and always tried to seize a piece of land of his own.
When a war broke out between Thebes and the Taphians, this brave man saw an opportunity and took the initiative to join the war.
The war lasted for a long time, and the women of Thebes were waiting for the return of their husbands, as was the queen who had no territory of her own.
She is looking forward to her husband's return.
Although the king of Thebes did not treat his nephew badly and gave Alcmene a good life, after all, he was dependent on others and the feeling of living cautiously was not pleasant.
As usual, he was combing his long hair in front of the window while looking out the window with a frown.
Many times, she would always imagine that her husband would suddenly come under her window and tell her that he was back. But such expectations would always come true from dawn to dusk.
"Amphitryon, my husband, when will you return?"
Close your eyes and pray silently in your heart.
"It seems like someone is calling my name."
At this moment, a joking voice sounded outside the window.
The beautiful woman looked up and was surprised to find a handsome man laughing and looking at her outside the window.
And when the woman and her husband were reunited after a long separation, not far outside the city of Thebes, an army was returning.
The king, who was riding a tall horse and surrounded by people, stared at the looming city of Thebes on the horizon.
"Alcmene, I'm back."
This prince who experienced many legends in his life and was exiled finally seized his own piece of land in a foreign land and established his own country.
Right now, the only thing he has to do is share the joy of victory with his beloved wife.
However, if it is Amphitryon who is outside the city right now, then who is it that is having fun with the queen in the city?
…
Hades.
Hades, the master of the dead and the king of the underworld, looked at everything on the ground and the two stunned people in the city, the extremely angry king and the ashamed and angry queen, with a cold expression of indifference.
"Absurd farce."
Regarding this scene, Pluto gave an unceremonious comment.
He knew that his brother had always been ridiculous, but he didn't realize that it would be so ridiculous. The day before his husband came back, he transformed into someone else's husband and slept with his wife.
This kind of operation can only be described as... leaving him speechless.
But that was all, but according to his brother's instructions, he also had to help take care of the child conceived in that woman's belly.
In fact, not only Pluto, but also several secret gods, including the messenger god Hermes, also received orders from Zeus to take good care of the gestating fetus.
In this regard, even though he felt that his brother was doing something ridiculous again and causing such a farce, Pluto could only agree.
For the sake of the woman he loved, this god-king once made the earth rise into an island and let the sea give in. Everything was done according to his own temperament. He just let a few gods take care of him until he was born, but there was nothing special about it.
As for this child, Pluto only had a vague feeling... This child might not be ordinary.
"Another chosen heir? Zeus, what are you thinking about?"
Pluto held the scepter in his hand and turned it unconsciously.
But even Pluto did not realize that in addition to him and several gods, there was actually a force that was also eyeing the city of Thebes.
Under the underworld, close to the abyss, a city, or a civilization, has been established here for some time.
The civilization of the half-human, half-snake snake people.
Nano City, the center of the snake-people civilization, will be re-established no matter how many times it is destroyed.
The most loyal family members of these serpents, the heirs, were once again pulled back from destruction by Mona. She carefully taught these new-born snake people civilization and knowledge, and taught them various steam technologies.
For those obscure immortal technologies and the steam knowledge that built the Brass Giant, the wise men of the Snake Civilization are tirelessly exploring. The Father of Snakes may not necessarily care about these little bugs, even if they believe in themselves, but the little bugs
But they always worship the father of the snake, regardless of whether it responds to them or not.
And at the very core of Nano City, there is Mona, the snake girl, sitting high in the palace.
The pale face of this god with the characteristics of the dead stared at the earth and at the weeping Alcmene.
The woman is not important, but the fetus carried in that woman's belly is important.
Mona knows this very well.
Although in her previous exploration of the future, she knew very little due to the obstruction of the goddess of destiny. But she already understood that this fetus must be very special, so special that it could make her feel uneasy and even terrified.
This woman of snakes, the eternal queen of the snake-people civilization, held her scepter tightly and knocked on the brass floor.
"Dong dong dong."
Not long after, many monsters surrounded the eternal queen. She looked around and pointed at one of the eagle-shaped monsters.
"You go to that land and wait for nine months. When the child of man and god is born, you snatch him away. Remember, don't be discovered by those gods."
The eagle-like monster owl screamed, made a strange cry, vibrated its wings, and flew to the earth.
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And in the city of Thebes.
Whether it is crying, anger, yelling, things being broken, or even helpless acceptance, time is still moving towards nine months later.
The queen's belly was getting bigger and bigger, but this did not make Amphitryon happy, because he did not know whether the child was his own or the god disguised as himself.
In the end, Amphitryon, who was out of sight but out of mind, chose to go out to the city to hunt on the day of the birth and ignore the matter.
On the day of delivery, the queen gave birth to twins with great difficulty in severe pain.
"Wow……"
In the delivery room, the cry of the baby could be heard.
After giving birth, the exhausted queen looked at the twins she gave birth to. The two children looked quite similar. Only one kept crying and crying loudly; while the other was very quiet and just fell asleep.
"my child……"
Kissing the child and recalling the tragic experience of her life, the queen couldn't help but shed tears.
The gods who had been assigned to watch over this place looked at each other. The child had been born, and their responsibilities had been fulfilled.
"Hermes, I'll leave it to you from now on."
Including Pluto, the incarnations of several gods dispersed, leaving only Hermes alone.
Hermes, who was a tool man every day, sighed, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who made him known as the fastest among gods and humans was that he was born to run errands.
"However, it turns out there are not one, but two."
Hermes looked at the twins, thoughtfully. He originally thought that he would only give birth to one child, but turned out to be two children?
However, some intuition told him that only one of the two children was the child of humans and gods, while the other was the child of a mortal. But now that the child was just born, his breath was mixed, and he couldn't tell the difference for a while.
Looking at this and that, Hermes couldn't help but guess in his mind who was the son of Zeus and a mortal.
But even with this distraction, the opportunity has been seized.
"Violent!"
A huge eagle suddenly flew out from the shadow under the bed. While Hermes was staring at one of the children, the eagle suddenly grabbed the other child and fluttered its wings and flew out of the window.
All this happened so fast that even the mother of the child did not react, and the newborn baby was snatched away by the eagle.
"No!"
The mother screamed and could only watch helplessly as the eagle snatched away her child.
However, just because mortals can't react doesn't mean that gods can't react either, especially the fastest god in the world.
"Hmm? Comparing speed in front of me?"
Seeing that a monster dared to snatch the baby away right in front of his eyes, Hermes laughed with rare anger, turned into a ray of light and chased after him.