Type-Moon, there are too many myths that defy the heavens!

[Have you forgotten who the heroine in his story is? ]

"I almost forgot about the dam plan!"

Hearing the system mention this, Ash suddenly became energetic and couldn't help but swear.

It’s no wonder that Ash was excited.

Asking which goddess in ancient Greece was the best to people would probably lead to quite a bit of debate.

But if you ask which goddess in ancient Greece is the most abstract and most likely to provoke disputes, everyone will basically say one name in unison - Aphrodite!

If we count the things this goddess has done, she has abused her daughter-in-law, helped people poach men, arranged marriages for others, put together couples that tortured each other, and even started wars... It would make Mixian Mountain silent, and even Emperor Xiaochuan would cry when he saw it!

No matter how you look at it, she is the number one goddess in Greece (because Zeus is a male god)!

"Damn it! How could the heroine in this Adonis story be Aphrodite?" Ash couldn't help but curse. "System, don't tell me that even if I've never seen her, Persephone will target me if I want to be a lifelong parasite, right?"

In the eyes of the ancient Greeks, love was the most beautiful and noble emotion, but the desire that love brings was also the element most likely to cause conflict. Therefore, Aphrodite was both the goddess of love and beauty and the goddess most likely to cause war.

[It is precisely because the ancient Greeks understood love and beauty in this way that Aphrodite's divinity overlapped with the god of war, Ares, and in the evolution of mythology, they became lovers.]

[Host, you said... Will Aphrodite let go of her destined lover? ]

'Even if... I don't like her at all?'

[In the original story, Adonis didn't like Persephone at all. Do you think Persephone would give up?]

[That is the goddess who protects "love", what are you thinking, host? ]

"Then Hera, the goddess of family, didn't protect her own family!" Ash complained, "Can't she just find someone else?"

Aphrodite is a goddess who supports the love of others. She even supports the dead otaku's figurine wife and brings her back to life. How could such a goddess give up her lover?

[If she could give up her lover, she wouldn't be called Aphrodite! ]

"Oh my god, where did this affectionate sister come from? If you don't know her, you would think she is so pure in love!" Ash couldn't help but said, "Oh my god, she has so many lovers, can't she just give up one?"

【You can't say this to me, you have to say it to Aphrodite.】

"I still haven't forgotten how I died in my first simulation!" Ash complained, "What if I want to die when I see her?"

【Hey??, I have an idea.】

[Since you, the host, are unwilling to face Aphrodite in reality, why not invest some fame and see what Aphrodite will do in the future?]

"I was wondering why you suddenly confessed my identity and said these things to me. I guess you were waiting for me here, right?" Ash couldn't hold back and complained, "Your abacus beads are hitting me in the face!"

"Where did my old, stubborn, riddle-telling system go?"

[The me of the past is already dead, I died the moment you pushed my song to 500 popularity points.]

[Now I have realized: no matter how I plan, it is not as good as your spontaneous actions! ]

[All I need to do is stay by your side and educate you on mythology, then cheer you on and wait for the singing points to arrive!]

Okay, okay, so shameless, huh?

Then I don’t need to pretend to be a gentleman!

"I want to predict the future!" Ash said generously, "System, let me see your strength!"

Chapter 12 Where are the people of Aphrodite? I ask you, where are the people?

[You were taken to the underworld by Persephone and began a new childhood.]

With Persephone's blessing, you gain the powerful protection of the underworld: the dark winds of the underworld, mingled with dark magic, cannot chill you, nor can the sleep that resembles death control you. Even the demons and monsters native to the underworld cannot harm you.

[At the age of 3, you started school and were visited by Athena, Persephone's best friend.]

After seeing you in person, Athena admired your talent and praised you as a natural-born hero.

[This made the Mistress of the Underworld very unhappy, and you therefore restrained your temper and became a good child.]

[At the age of 7, you wanted to have your own room, but you gave up in the face of Persephone's sad eyes.]

At 12, you, having long lacked personal space in your life, couldn't suppress your dissatisfaction and had an argument with Persephone.

[This argument ended with your victory. You successfully obtained your own room and can travel in the underworld.]

You did not become complacent about your victory, but instead tried your best to comfort Persephone.

[However, the more you try to comfort Persephone, the more you realize her mental state is becoming increasingly unstable, which gives you a headache.]

[Age 13. To prevent Persephone's situation from becoming more extreme, you plan to go to the surface to meet Demeter and seek her help.]

[You had just begun to prepare your supplies to leave the Underworld when Persephone caught you red-handed.]

You wanted to explain your behavior, but you found that Persephone was not angry.

This struck you as utterly bizarre, but you soon understood why—Persephone had added underworld produce to your meals, thus turning you into a resident of the underworld.

You should have lost the right to leave the underworld forever, but at the request of Athena and Artemis, Zeus granted you the right to live on earth for four months every year.

[Your deeds are sung by future generations, and you are called the lover of the underworld god.]

[This simulation consumes 30 points of fame to gain the skill: "Love of the Underworld (A)."]

[Your current singing balance: 490.]

‘What the hell? ’

"System, didn't you say Aphrodite wouldn't let me go?" Ash was stunned by the simulated future. "Why is it that Persephone is the one causing all the trouble in my future?"

"Isn't Aphrodite the heroine in Adonis' story? Why is she like a non-existent passerby?" Ash questioned the system, "Where is Aphrodite? I'm asking you, where is she?"

I don't know.

"You...are like a useless sword!"

"Besides, I've already decided to be with Persephone, so why would I want to separate from her at the age of twelve?" Ash questioned, "How accurate are your predictions of the future?"

"That's certainly accurate, but I also don't understand why you and Persephone have become like this."

[If I had to say there was any possibility...it would probably be...the convergence of the world line?]

"The world line ends?" Ash was speechless. "If that's the case, shouldn't I be like Adonis in the story, becoming Aphrodite's lover, and then being fought over by her and Persephone? Is that what you see in the ending?"

【So... maybe it's a self-fulfilling prophecy?】

"Self-fulfilling prophecy?" Ash asked. "You mean the one where the more you try to escape a prophecy, the more you'll move towards the predicted future?"

【Yes. 】

[Perhaps Persephone saw a future where you would be bound by her, and under a wave of self-doubt and the stimulation of your words and actions, she chose to follow the future she saw and bind you to her side.]

If that's the case, then it's not surprising that she would become like this.

"...Isn't this too mysterious?" Ash asked, "How can I change the future?"

【How about you make another prediction? 】

"I don't even know how this future was created, so how can I change it by making predictions?" Ash complained. "If you have the time, you might as well add more details to the simulation so I can figure out how to change it!"

[Enhancing the details of the prophecy...that would no longer be predicting the future, but observing fate.]

"You can't do this?" Ash sighed inwardly, then said in a voice transmission, "You'd better show me the effect of the skill "Love of the Underworld".

【Wouldn't you like to take a look at the skill "Eternal Boy"?】

"What's so good about that kind of skill that looks so bad at first glance!" Ash urged, "You might as well get down to business!"

【OK. 】

[‘Love of the Underworld (A)’: The heavy love of Persephone, the goddess of the underworld. While this love lacks physical gravity, it can provide the holder with mental resilience, making them immune to mental attacks below rank A.]

Ash looked at the skill description and said thoughtfully, "Immune to mental attacks below level A? Could this thing also be immune to mental pollution?"

[Yes, possessing this skill will protect you from mental pollution below level A.]

"I'm Chao, a concept-level skill! System, you finally gave me a good reward!"

【Since you like it, would you like to claim it? 】

"Do you think I would receive skills related to Persephone in her arms?" Ash asked back, "Do you think I'm a fool?"

[But if you don't receive this skill, you, the host, won't be able to invest in variables in the future, right? ]

"What if after acquiring the skill, Persephone awakens her tethered consciousness prematurely?"

Ash said: "Please keep this skill for me first. I will come back to claim it when I have the chance."

[Then... Host, do you still want to predict the future? ]

"I don't even know why the future is like this, and I'm predicting a trade war." Ash complained, "Instead of wasting my singing speed here, I might as well save it for a rainy day."

[Host, if you are worried about extravagance and waste, can I use some of my singing speed to increase the speed of recovering some functions? ]

"What did you say? Increase the speed of restoring some functions?" Ash continued to complain, "So you didn't lie to me, you really lost most of your functions?"

[Host, what kind of system do you think I am? ]

"A useless burden." Ash said bluntly, "What else could it be?"

【Okay...I am indeed a loser.】

[Then, host, are you willing to show mercy and give the useless system 100 points of fame to improve their lives?]

"I only have 490 reputation points, and you want 100 points in one go?" Ash couldn't hold it in any longer. "I might as well continue predicting!"

[Uh... I'm afraid I won't be able to predict the future for you for a long time...]

【Host, I wish you good luck! 】

"What the hell? Why are you suddenly saying something like that?"

Ash did not wait for the system's reply.

However, he no longer needed to wait for the system's reply.

Because the mistress of the underworld has already given him the answer.

"Wake up, child! We're home." Persephone woke the child in her arms and said with a smile, "From today on, we are officially a family!"

Looking at Persephone's kind smile, Ash knew that his good days were probably over (sad).

Thinking of this, he felt a mixture of emotions, which eventually condensed into a cordial greeting to the system -

Deserter system, I’ll test the Bull Demon!

Chapter 13 The Ancient Greek God of Gravity

Time flies and five years have passed.

Ash, who is about to turn six, finally understands why his simulated self risked angering the gods and quarreled with Persephone.

This Persephone is really troublesome!

What makes her scary is not her XP or her temper, but her heavy emotions!

Ever since he arrived in Persephone's realm, she had been throwing away all the formalities and revealing her true self.

Every day, Persephone would take Ash with her no matter whether she had something to do or not. When she was working, she would hold him in her arms while doing work. When she was resting, she would stay at home and play with him like a cat, and she would play with him for the whole day.

When Ash reached the age of learning to speak, she taught him to pronounce his name just as described in the simulation. If he pronounced it wrong, she would immediately show a pitiful expression as if he had been abandoned, forcing him to learn the word "Persephone" first.

After Ash really learned to call Persephone's name, the mistress of the underworld stuck to him every day like a cat that had taken catnip, and tried all kinds of ways to make him say her name. She didn't stop until she returned to the earth to see Demeter the following year.

But even so, Persephone would stare at Ash from time to time, and would not smile until he called out her name and then she would start talking.

As time went on, Ash began to feel that as long as he called out "Persephone", the mistress of the underworld would appear before him the next moment.

If it were just this extent, Persephone would be just a little clingy at best.

But this is just the beginning.

After Ash learned to speak everyday language and could communicate with others normally, Persephone also began to play house games with him.

If it was just an ordinary game of playing house, Ash wouldn't think it was a big deal, after all, every child goes through this.

But the problem is that most playing house is just children imitating adults and simulating cooking and eating.

But Persephone is different.

The contents of those playing house games can be said to be very childish for children, but for some older children, they have just the right fairy tale flavor.