Ares does not want to fall in love [Greek mythology]

The singing of the kingfisher broke the quiet morning, Adonis opened the window, and the faint sunlight sifted through the layers of leaves, shining on his body without any warmth.

This window is on the south side, just in time to see Ares' tree house.I saw that the doors and windows of the tree house were tightly closed, shutting out the gentle morning light.Adonis speculated that perhaps the Lord God of War was still soundly asleep, just like the goddess of love and beauty who often only appeared in this dense forest in the afternoon.

Perhaps this hunting partner will not be seen until the afternoon.

Adonis smiled helplessly, put on light clothes, took a bow and arrow and went out.

As soon as Adonis opened the door, Nymph wrapped wild fruits in lotus leaves and carefully handed them over.The wild fruit is red, showing a ripe and delicious taste, with dewdrops on the peel, as if you can smell the fresh fruit fragrance when you get close.

"Thank you." Adonis thanked him sincerely, and firmly rejected Nymph's gift.Because he knew very well that behind this gift was a heart full of admiration, and he could not accept it.

Rejected, Ningfu hugged Yeguo in her arms in frustration, as if holding her wounded and broken heart, she ran away sadly and returned to the sisters.Several sisters embraced the impudent elf and started discussing:

"You are really crazy, that god is like a snow-capped mountain, how can we climb it?"

"I think, we elves also have the right to express our love to God!"

"My dear, you are so naive! The noble goddess of love and beauty is bound to win the plant god, how could she allow a nymph to covet her object of pursuit?"

"This is too overbearing!"

"Sisters, we must admit: Overbearing is the right of the gods, and we can only obey."

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps from far to near, and the nymphs who were whispering were startled, and flew away like startled herons perched in water.

Ares is back from morning exercise.Ever since he had the priesthood of the God of War, he insisted on morning exercises every day, rain or shine.Even though he is temporarily living in the dense forest, he still gets up early and performs training such as running, jumping and climbing in the forest to make himself stronger and more responsive.

After the morning exercise, Ares was still steaming all over his body. As soon as he walked to the tree house, he saw Adonis carrying a bow and arrow and preparing to go hunting.

Ares shouted: "Adonis!"

Adonis turned his head, and saw Ares standing behind him, with the embarrassment of just exercising, and complained: "Are you planning to leave your partner and go hunting alone?"

Adonis explained: "I'm sorry, I thought you were still asleep. If you are still attached to the Oneiroi's embrace, it would be wrong for me to force you out."

Ares didn't speak, just tossed the thing in his hand lightly.Adonis subconsciously caught it with his hand, and saw a fluffy fruit lying in the palm of his hand, exuding the warmth of Ares.

Ares said: "I don't have the habit of staying in bed. I picked wild fruits for breakfast for you during my morning exercise. Let's go hunting after eating."

Facing this slightly green fruit, Adonis did not refuse.Perhaps it was because Ares treated him generously, letting him know that the God of War had nothing for him, and he didn't have to draw too much boundaries.

After eating a fruit slowly, Adonis watched Ares take out another fruit from his pocket.This fruit is not as intact as the previous one. It has a little bit of peel, the juice overflows, and the slightly yellowed flesh is wet.

Adonis looked down at the fruit in Ares' hands, wondering why the fruit he picked had broken its skin.

Ares shrugged and said: "I was climbing a tree just now, and when I got down from the tree, I accidentally rubbed against the bark, and the peel broke."

"Climbing a tree?" Adonis was a little puzzled. He actually couldn't imagine it. According to the rumors, he only appeared on the battlefield. Ares, the blood-drinking god of war, would climb awkwardly on a tree and get scratched by a piece of bark. It has to be described as embarrassing.

Ares smiled smugly, and said, "I'm training." He rarely has anyone to share with, but when Adonis asked, he chatted with him as if showing off a treasure: "I used to mainly train In terms of strength training, the ability to lift weights is not bad, but the dexterity is not enough. This dense forest provides me with a place to train, and climbing trees can make my movements more flexible."

Hearing this, Adonis has greatly changed his view of the rumored reckless and irritable God of War. It turns out that Ares relies not only on innate talent, but also on acquired hard work.

That's right!

Innate strength also needs to be polished the day after tomorrow.As long as you are willing to endure hardship, no one will always be weak.

Adonis' blue eyes dimmed slightly, and something changed from that moment on.

Adonis meditated for a long time, so long that the heat after exercising on Ares was a little dissipated.Eager to vent his energy on the hunt, he casually picked up a topic and interrupted Adonis' thinking.

"Adonis, are you full? If you are not full, I still have a fruit here." Ares said, he took out a fruit that was squashed in half.

Adonis: "..."

Adonis rejected Ares' offer, and the two left the tree house together to hunt around in the forest.

The time of competing with wild beasts always passed quickly. In a blink of an eye, Helios' carriage returned to the God Realm again, and Ares and Adonis also ushered in the night's rest.

The three days that went round and round passed by in a flash.Of course, this is for Adonis, and Ares is not used to it-as the god in charge of war, he is inherently at odds with "peace".

For three full days, Artemis did not send any new monsters!Ares was a little anxious, and even wondered if Artemis' revenge was not strong enough, so he gave up so soon.

It was another refreshing morning, and Ares called Adonis unwillingly to try his luck in the woods.I saw a gray Nymph standing in the middle of the forest, who didn't dodge when he heard their movements, just like a stone statue.

Ares was feeling strange when a string of broken stones not far away began to rustle.When I took a closer look, it turned out to be a small snake with scales as dull as a stone.

The snake raised its triangular snake head, and its pale yellow vertical pupils seemed to look at Ares for a moment.Just when Ares suspected that it was his illusion, the snake soared up like an arrow off the string, and rushed towards Ares—Adonis beside him.

Adonis reacted quickly, and he blocked it with his wooden bow, only to see that the wooden bow turned into stone as soon as it touched the little snake.It turns out that this little snake has the ability of petrification, no matter what it touches, it will turn into stone!This can also explain why the nymph in the distance has been standing still - she touched the little snake and was petrified.

Seeing that the little snake was about to climb up his hand along the wooden bow, Adonis slammed the wooden bow and the little snake onto a thick tree trunk, and the rough bark was smashed into stones , Crackling and peeling off the ground.Immediately afterwards, the little snake fell to the ground, turning the tender green grass blades into a grayish white, but there was no sign of injury on itself.

It seems that this petrified appearance is not only its weapon, but also its protective cover.Ares broke a branch, attached the power of the God of War to it, and hit the little snake violently.I saw the branch turned into a stone pillar, but the snake was intact.

Ares tried a few more times, without exception.No matter what you use as a weapon, as soon as it touches the scales on the snake's body, it will turn into stone.

Ares did not feel embarrassed by this, but showed an expression eager to face the challenge.He rushed forward and repeatedly attacked the little snake, but the little snake always aimed at Adonis, basically turning a blind eye to his movements.

Adonis dodged the attack from the little snake without too much effort—because the little snake’s actions would always be blocked by Ares, watching Ares jumping around, there was always a kind of poor little snake who became the partner of the God of War a feeling of.

The childish god of war seems to be treating the thorny little snake like a toy.Adonis didn't want to disturb Ares' interest, but he vaguely had an idea of ​​killing the little snake, and wanted to try it.

When the little snake attacked Adonis again, Ares also flew over as before, stopped the little snake, and gave it a blow to the head.The thwarted little snake let out an angry hiss and opened its mouth wide, threatening the annoying god in front of it.

It's now!

Adonis seized the opportunity and rushed forward, stabbing a wooden arrow into the little snake's mouth.Even though the armor all over his body was as hard as a rock, the little snake's mouth and viscera were still soft, made of flesh and blood. How could it not hurt after being poked so hard?

The painful little snake wanted to shrink back, but Adonis would not give it this chance!I saw Adonis force again, stabbing the wooden arrow deeper.

The little snake struggled a few times, and finally stopped.

The vegetation turned into stones returned to their original greenness, and the wooden bows and branches also returned to their original appearance.The Nymph who had been petrified let out a low cry, and quickly hid in the jungle.

Adonis withdrew his hand in satisfaction, but there was a dull pain on the back of his hand.Looking down, I saw a small cut in the fair skin by the snake's teeth, and black blood was oozing out.

Adonis was about to treat the wound, when he heard Ares say excitedly: "Adonis, you have great ideas!" Although he was robbed of his prey, the militant Ares was unexpectedly not angry.Because, he has a better harvest than the prey.

"You changed my mind," Ares said, "It turns out that fighting requires not only strength, but also wisdom. As long as you find out the weak point, such a monster is not difficult to deal with at all!"

Ares was excited and expressed his views again and again, but Adonis, who has always been polite, interrupted him at this moment: "Ares, please be quiet. I seem to be poisoned..."

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