[Greek mythology] Queen of the gods

"Let the upbringing of the gods be handed over to Nymph and other fairies." Hera was about to turn down such a thankless task. After all, according to the general impression of Greek mythology, he remembered that Athena was biased towards Zeus, even if he had swallowed her mother.

Unexpectedly, Zeus stretched out a slender finger and shook it pretendingly, "Hera, this child is not inferior to her original brother at all. I can't even predict her potential." But of course it will not surpass him. , Zeus said with confidence.

"So what?" Hera was still not ready to take over the drudgery, and saw Zeus walking in front of him, and said sincerely: "Hera, you are the most reassuring god of Metis, and this child is also yours. You were born with the help of Metis, so it’s reasonable and sensible, shouldn’t you take on this responsibility?”

After Zeus finished speaking, some sensual goddesses gathered around one after another, unanimously saying that Hera should take the responsibility of raising Athena.

Hera was ashamed of this, and silently complained in her heart, you are a moral kidnapping!

If only Zeus wanted to raise Athena by himself, Hera could still shirk it, but seeing a group of white lotus goddesses who wanted to raise Athena by himself and had nothing to do with them, Hera had to bite the bullet and agree. this matter.

As the saying goes, public anger cannot be offended, and the Holy Mother can't be provoked.

With a complaining mentality in this way, Hera began to take care of the new generation of Goddess of Wisdom who was still in her infancy.

"Acridine, she's asleep, she's so cute." Demeter's eyelashes fluttered up and down like a small fan, and her brown eyeballs looked at Athena in the stroller without blinking.

The brown-haired goddess seemed to think of something again, and poked Athena's immature face with her fair fingers, and saw a faint grievance flashing across Athena's sleepy face.

"Don't make her cry." Hera thought of Athena's crying upside down a few days ago, which made his whole palace uneasy.

Speaking of it, I really didn't expect that the new generation of Goddess of Wisdom would be such a little crying bag in infancy.

And Demeter was still reluctant to part with the soft touch, and was still poking the skin that was not much worse than a freshly peeled egg. When Hera saw it, she said, "If you make her cry, you can do it." Coax her, I don't care."

After hearing this, Demeter stretched her hand back in fright. She didn't want to coax this annoying little guy.On the other hand, Iris looked hopeless, thinking that she was the one who coaxed Athena a few days ago, but His Highness Hera just threw away the attitude of the shopkeeper.

Seeing that Demeter finally stopped her meaningless behavior, Hera said: "You said you came to visit me, why did you throw me aside as soon as you saw this little guy?"

"Brother Hera, I have never forgotten you, but I have never seen a god so small." Demeter said coquettishly, holding Hera's arm, and Hera spread her arms and said helplessly : "Still forget me."

"Who told the mother goddess to secretly put Zeus on Crete? I've never seen a guy smaller than me in Cronus' belly." Demeter replied complaining.

Hera didn't bother to listen to Demeter's constant complaints, so she skipped over the question and asked, "Demeter, how's your life on the earth these days?" Goddess, but as the elder brother, Hera is still quite worried about this seemingly confused agricultural goddess.

"Don't think of me as the little girl back then!" Demeter said with her beautiful white arms in her arms, raised her eyebrows again, and said pretending to be mysterious: "Hera, you don't know, right? Talos, what happened to the earth and Olympus during this time."

"What?" After all, Hera only had a general impression of Greek mythology, and she was really not familiar with specific events. When Demeter saw it, her eyes curled up, and she said triumphantly: "Zeus wiped out all human beings on the earth." Already!"

Seeing Demeter say this so easily, it seems that human beings are a bunch of ants.He used to be one of them, but now hearing that his compatriots were destroyed in this way, Hera couldn't tell what it felt like for a while.

Immediately afterwards, Demeter's brown eyes turned slightly, and she said with a smile: "I heard that Zeus angered Gaia by doing this!"

"Huh?" This made Hera a little interested, "Didn't Gaia let Zeus do whatever he wanted? Gaia didn't even complain when Cronus was sent to Tartaros. "

"Hera, you don't understand." Demeter's eyes flashed a sly light, "When the power was distributed, it was said that although Zeus is the king of the gods, the scope of his jurisdiction is also limited. It's just the sky, so if he directly intervenes in the affairs of the earth, isn't he embarrassing the mother of the earth, Gaia, in public?" She analyzed the ground in a straightforward way, and she still didn't forget to cast a smug look towards Hera.

Seeing Demeter like this, Hera was both amused and relieved. At least this little sister who worried her was no longer as simple as her appearance. It seems that it is not bad for Demeter to go to the earth to experience it alone. He made a decision, and heard Demeter say as if he was warning himself, "Hera, if it is Zeus, I say it is false! One day he will also suffer the fate of being destroyed like Cronus, I think we should Plan ahead for this.”

"What? What do you think?" Seeing such a serious goddess of agriculture, Hera was still a little surprised. After all, she had only been separated for a short time. Obviously, the goddess of agriculture would never be as helpless as she was in the belly of Cronus. Carefree, no, the biggest worry is how to get out of Cronus' stomach!

"I think how should we stand on Gaia's side, at least the side Gaia supports is the winner in the end." Cronus is like this, even Zeus is like this.

"It seems that you and Gaia are very close." Hera frowned and thought, and seeing Hera's expression, Demeter couldn't help but asked doubtfully: "Isn't it good to take refuge in Gaia? Don't we also escape?" With her blood? I'm sure she'll treat us kindly."

"I don't think that goddess is a worthy candidate."

"Why? Gaia looks so gentle, everything on the earth is because she helped me so smoothly." Demeter immediately retorted, and Hera shook her head again, "Gaia just wants to win over more God, her favorite will always be her immediate children, we are already a generation behind, I am afraid that her affection for us is not as deep as Rhea's for us!"

Demeter didn't agree with Hera's statement, but he didn't refute it either. He just thought about it silently, and Hera asked, "Did Gaia ask you to test my thoughts?" Induced by others, Demeter would tell herself such things.

"Hmm..." Demeter hesitated, trying to hide something, but still said, "Poseidon told me to ask you."

"It seems that he hasn't given up on the idea of ​​overthrowing Zeus." Hera could only shake her head helplessly when she thought of the arrogant blue-haired god and heard Demeter's words, "Now is not the best time to overthrow him. , at least Gaia has not completely fallen out with Zeus, and the mother of the earth just wants to use Poseidon's eager ambition to balance Zeus's power. It is estimated that she also saved a hand, and did not promise Poseidon anything Bar?"

Demeter thought about it. Indeed, Poseidon only said that Gaia had discussed with him in private, hoping that he could use the power of the sea to check and balance Zeus, but he never said anything like overthrowing Zeus. Then, Demeter frowned, "Tsk, what a cunning goddess."

"That's why she has survived the alternation of several generations of god-kings until now. You tell Poseidon, don't be fooled by others, especially those goddesses who seem to be as gentle as spring breeze, but in fact their hearts are stronger than anyone else's." The venomous snakes and scorpions are also vicious." Hera couldn't help but sarcastically said when she thought of Gaia's soft and beautiful face.

Demeter nodded knowingly, then remembered something and said: "By the way, there is another reason why Gaia and Zeus are not at odds recently!" After saying that, Demeter looked at him with a look of "I want you to guess". Hera.Hera smiled, and said softly, "I'm afraid it's the God Queen's fault!"

"Huh? Hera, how do you know? Did someone tell you secretly?" Seeing that the secret was solved so easily, Demeter looked unhappy, and Hera smiled slightly: "I don't just know, I still Not long ago, I saw the daughter of Gaia who wanted to become the queen of God!"

"Mnemosyne? Didn't she appear in Olympus for a while? It is said that she gave birth to nine muses, and no other gods have seen her. She was originally a queen of gods like Metis. It's a big hit!" Demeter was amused to think of some mischievous elves making a bet on it, even though she also participated.

Hera remembered Metis' sarcasm to Mnemosyne in her palace, and said contemptuously: "I am afraid that after the dream of that goddess is shattered, she will no longer have the face to stay in Olympus, and Gaia How could she easily give up the position of God Queen to those who are not her direct children?" Hera said, thinking of what happened to Metis, her red eyes darkened, "I'm afraid that even the original prophecy of Metis' children And she made it herself."

"But isn't Metis also her granddaughter?" Demeter still didn't want to think about the soft-spoken goddess who gave others warmth like sunshine to the darkest point.

But Hera didn't have a good impression of Gaia. The goddess who successfully participated in the overthrow of the god king several times was nothing simple, so she directly punctured Demeter's fantasy, "But how can it compare to her own daughter? Hera went on to say: "But it is estimated that no one can become the so-called God Empress now."

Demeter asked suspiciously, "Why?"

"Then I have to thank Metis, she let Zeus swear to Styx that no other goddess will become a queen except her." Hera said gloatingly.

Unexpectedly, Demeter rolled her brown eyes slightly, and said something so innocently that Hera almost spit out the dew she just drank, "Since the goddess is not allowed, so is the male god!" When he said this, Demeter looked like the most docile sheep in Crete, so simple and pure.

In this regard, Hera just wanted to say, Demeter, you are probably a born rotten girl!