Greece brings evildoers

A few days later, Ares Mountain.

Lorne sat in the backyard of Hestia's mansion, took out a golden apple, and swallowed it three times.

The pulp melted in his mouth, forming a ray of golden divine fluid that flowed from his stomach to his limbs and bones, slowly infiltrating every inch of his bones, every muscle, and every drop of blood.

Gradually, his body was covered with a golden shimmer from the inside out.

"Buzz!"

At the same time, a golden halo of light lit up behind him, and countless green grapevines grew wildly in the mental world constructed by the halo, gradually spreading their branches to the tenth space, turning into a leafy plant. fruit trees.

Fist-sized fruits with fiery red skin and trumpet-shaped openings at the top hang all over the branches.

As the fruit trees and fruits stopped growing, Lorne slowly opened his eyes and spread his palm forward. Several green branches automatically dropped from behind, and a fiery red fruit on the branch was placed in his palm.

"Click~~"

Gently break it open, and the fiery red peel cracks with a crisp sound, revealing pieces of flesh as clear as agate.

——Pomegranate, a fruit with special significance in Greek culture.

In the divine world, one of the favorite plants of Hera, the god of marriage and fertility and Queen of Heaven, is the pomegranate tree. Her image is usually a scepter in one hand and a pomegranate symbolizing fertility in the other; the goddess of love and beauty, and the flower Pomegranate is also one of the sacred objects and symbols of Aphrodite, the god and mother of plants, and the plants sacrificed to her also include pomegranate trees.

On the other hand, it is said that it was born in the blood of Adonis, who is responsible for the resurrection of plants every year. Hades, the king of Hades, tempted Persephone to eat six pomegranate seeds, so that she had to eat six pomegranate seeds in a year. The moon remains in the underworld. Therefore, many people believe that it has magical powers and can even be powerful enough to affect the fate of gods.

Lorne broke off a few pomegranate seeds and put them in his mouth.

A wonderful sense of sweetness blooms in the taste buds, followed by a ray of coolness that spreads throughout the body.

In a daze, his blood became more vigorous, his eyes became brighter, and his thinking seemed clearer.

At the same time, there seems to be an indescribable change in the perception of [the world].

——It seems that everything around him is much kinder to him.

Lorne ate a few more pomegranate seeds, closed his eyes for a moment, then opened his eyes and shook his head helplessly.

The impact on him was too small and his feelings were not clear enough.

He thought for a moment, picked up a Gorgon bronze emblem beside him, and sketched several Hermes text on it.

Soon, a cautious knock on the door came from outside the house.

Lorne casually lifted the magic restriction on the door and welcomed several visitors into the backyard.

"Lord Dionysus, I have brought the person you asked for."

Phaedra, the fourth daughter of King Minos, whom she had not seen for a long time, was holding the Dionysian staff in her arms, her eyes glancing at the gods she served from time to time, with a nervous look on her face.

The past was before and the present is now.

Strictly speaking, gods and humans are no longer the same kind of life.

As the leader of the Dionysiac, her years of preaching and praying have ingrained her worship of her own god into her bones.

Of course, it’s inevitable to be nervous when meeting an idol face to face.

"What are you afraid of? I don't eat people."

Lorne joked and pulled up the stool, asking his somewhat restrained niece to sit down, and then looked at the few guests she had brought.

——They were a group of children, most of them wearing crude coats, their eyes full of ignorance and curiosity.

Obviously, these are a group of commoners who were born at the bottom, without the bloodline and talents given by the gods.

"The pomegranates at home are ripe and I can't seem to finish them all. Come on, try it and see how it tastes."

Lorne said with a half-serious smile. He took a few pomegranates off the branches and put them on the plate in advance. He pushed them in front of the children and demonstrated in person. He ate a few pomegranate seeds first to dissuade them. doubt.

Seeing such a fragrant and beautiful fruit placed in front of them, the children turned around and asked for Phaedra's permission, then happily picked up the pomegranates on the plate and happily broke them apart to eat.

The sweet and sour taste bloomed on the taste buds, and the children looked at the kind people who entertained them with satisfied and grateful faces.

Lorne smiled at them, like a kind big brother, chatting with the children while eating, and asked about their family situation, academic ability, physical fitness, etc. from time to time.

The innocent children chirped in reply.

Lorne listened patiently, saying a few words from time to time, or making some useful suggestions, or praising their sensibleness, or patting their shoulders and saying words of encouragement.

After a small talk, Phaedra, who was watching from the sidelines, was surprised to find out.

These civilian children who were not very confident in the past actually performed exceptionally well today, being articulate and organized.

After finishing the pomegranates and chatting with each child again, Lorne, who had been promoted from Cretan Women's Friend to Minoan Children's King, picked up a branch, squatted on the ground and sketched out a series of wonderful pictures. symbol, and spoke with a smile.

"Come, brother, let's play a little game with you. Whoever memorizes these characters first and draws them in the air with his hand, I will give him a basket of fresh fruits and vegetables."

After hearing this, the children immediately crowded enthusiastically in front of the space where the characters were written, stretched out their little hands, and concentrated on tracing the symbols on the ground.

"Hermes? How could they..."

"Shh, let's try it first."

Fedela next to her was about to speak, but was stopped by Lorne in a low voice.

Without the blood of gods, it is impossible to control the ether, let alone gather magic power and weave Hermes text from the air?

Fedra looked at Lorne next to her in confusion, muttering in her heart.

Is it possible...

After a moment, the Dionysian woman opened her eyes wide in astonishment and looked at the scene on the field that shattered her common sense.

"Light! It's glowing!"

"mine too!"

A boy and a girl pointed at the Hermes text in front of them, which was still condensing and shining slightly, and they couldn't help but cheered excitedly.

"sharp!"

Lorne gave a thumbs up and expressed his heartfelt appreciation. Then, under the envious eyes of a bunch of children, he brought two baskets of fruits and vegetables from Hestia's vegetable garden and gave them to the two outstanding children. Gift.

A small gathering ended with hilarity and officially came to an end.

Lorne stood up and sent the unfinished children out of the house one by one. Then he pulled the leader Fedra aside and whispered instructions.

"Go back and ask Teacher Ma to check the bodies of these little guys. If you meet someone with magic qualifications, ask him to recruit them to Athens Academy."

Fedra nodded slightly and wrote down this order.

However, recalling the scene in the front yard, the Cretan princess with divine blood flowing in her body couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Aren't they civilians? Why can they also use magic?"

"Don't you think it's too shallow to distinguish each other by blood?"

Lorne retorted softly, chanting meaningfully the teachings he composed for the Dionysian Cult.

"The world is built on the ashes of the Titans, and so is life. God's blessings have long been given to everyone equally..."

Phaedra felt ashamed after hearing the teachings of her own god.

God loves everyone. Nobles are not the only ones to enjoy this honor. Common people are also welcome to this favor.

Putting aside her family background, what is the difference between her and those children?

Phaedra deeply reflected on his shallowness and prejudice, and then made a solemn pledge to the gods he served.

"I will definitely keep your teachings in mind!"

"Well, I believe you, just do your best."

Lorne nodded slightly, smiled encouragingly, and then watched the energetic Dionysian woman embark on the journey of preaching.

After closing the door and entering the courtyard, Lorne looked at the pomegranate in his hand, thoughtfully.

Universal doctrines weave the foundation of human divinity, and the wine named after the blood of God waters the soil of human divinity.

And in the end, these [seeds] in his hands fell, took root and sprouted in humans, and gradually grew into towering trees, which would eventually bear forbidden fruits.

——[Forbidden Fruit]?

Lorne smiled, looked at the pomegranate in his hand, and seemed to realize something.

The first book of the Bible, Genesis, describes how, despite God's warning to Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge, a snake in the garden told Eve to take a bite.

“Then when the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and was pleasing to the eyes, and that it was pleasing to the eye and made wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave it to her husband who was with her, and he Eat too."

From then on, mankind carried the original sin, but also broke away from the restrictions of the gods, walked out of the cradle, and moved towards true freedom.

Strictly speaking, the "forbidden fruit" that triggered this revolution has no unified concept and is just a general fruit. Some people think it is a fig, some think it is a grape, some think it is a citron, and some people think it is an apple.

In Hebrew culture, many people also believe that pomegranates are the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.

The most important painter of the Florentine school during the Renaissance, Botticelli, once had a famous painting "The Virgin with a Pomegranate". The Virgin Mary holds the baby Jesus in her arms, while the savior of mankind holds a plump pomegranate tightly in his hand. The pomegranate skin is broken open a little, revealing the crystal-clear pomegranate seeds.

This pomegranate may be a symbol of the suffering and redemption of the Son of Man.

The [Forbidden Fruit] produced behind Lorne's body also has a complicated origin.

Hera's suckling and the divine power of the golden apple created the soil of sin for the birth of the tenth incarnation.

The apple seeds fell, the grape vines grafted, and finally pomegranates were born.

Overall, it can be called a deviant, mixed and unruly style.

At the same time, it also serves as a metaphor for his and Hera’s stealing behavior, adding a subtle footnote to the unholy love affair.

So, the function of [Forbidden Fruit] is to activate human beings’ potential divinity?

It should be the divine power of the earth contained in the golden apple that injects new vitality into these human beings called "Ashes of the Titans", thereby igniting the divinity in the roots.

After all, this generation of humans was "born by throwing away the bones of Mother Earth" and is itself a partial manifestation of the divine power of the earth. With the nourishment of the [Forbidden Fruit], it is naturally easier to give birth to flowers of sin that are not conducive to the dominance of divine authority.

Unfortunately, this kind of project of boiling frogs in warm water cannot solve his current troubles.

Lorne looked at the pomegranate in his hand and sighed.

The tenth incarnation...