Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

Telephus had to give up the idea of ​​holding a final welcoming ceremony for Ye.

Since Ye had helped him so much, Telephus wanted to treat Ye well to show his gratitude, but he didn't expect that the other party would not accept it at all.

The most disappointed person at this time was not the King, but those beauties who had been looking forward to it for a long time. After knowing who the man they were going to commit themselves to was, they were looking forward to it. Among them, many were even the daughters of Telephus, that is, princesses of a country.

Chapter 21 Artemis: God's love is too intense for ordinary people to bear

At that time they had seen from a distance the scene of Telephus giving a night reception.

Just seeing Ye's super high appearance makes me unable to walk...

Everyone stared at the night with their eyes fixed on it, staring so intently that they became dazed.

A beauty that even Apollo, the god of light, admired and revered, a charm that even gods could not resist, let alone these mortals... ?

They couldn't help but squeeze their legs together and rub them... their faces turned red——

Being Greek, especially being a Greek beauty.

Most of these princesses are very open-minded and have already thought about the future outcome. If they are lucky, they can sleep with a hero. It would be even better if they are noticed by a hero and taken away.

Those with less luck might be married to some nobles or kings of other kingdoms.

Usually, the marriage partners are old men in their seventies or eighties. Instead of marrying these old men, it would be better to let the hero sleep with you for one night and give it to the other party at a bargain price.

After all, most heroic legends are still admired, worshipped and loved by women.

If the hero is handsome, the princesses will be even more passionate and crazy. If they can leave offspring with the hero's bloodline, it will be an extremely honorable thing for Greek women.

Although they no longer have the opportunity to change their own lives, they will have the opportunity to train their sons to become new heroes in the future, which will at least allow them to reap the glory of being a great mother.

Such a good opportunity to leave behind a hero just slipped away right before my eyes.

Many princesses looked at the palace where Ye was resting, and even revealed eager eyes like prey, wishing they could climb over the wall at night and offer themselves to seduce him.

However, after one of the princesses was so bold as to sneak into Ye's room but was driven out in disgrace, the others were immediately poured a basin of cold water and gave up the idea.

Since it's impossible to do anything, let's not embarrass ourselves.

After witnessing all this, Apollo, the god of light, and Artemis, the goddess of the moon, continued to pay attention.

It’s a pity that the former doesn’t even play with beautiful women at night.

If it were him, he would let a princess come to him voluntarily. Even if he was not very interested in her at first, he would still be willing to play with her because she was pretty. He would not have to take any responsibility anyway.

The bonus of being the descendant of Hercules makes people want to conquer him even more, doesn’t it?

However, unlike what his brother thought, Artemis' impression of Ye changed drastically because of this incident, and he began to appreciate him a little.

As a virgin goddess, she does not advocate impure relationships between men and women.

It's not that he doesn't believe in love, but he has been accustomed to seeing goddesses like his mother being bullied by male gods since he was a child. The various unfortunate lives after marriage have made him dare not easily trust any person or god.

In that case——

Instead of pursuing love and possibly meeting the wrong person, it is better to give up the idea of ​​falling in love from the beginning. Isn’t it better to be single?

If you don't fall in love, you won't have the chance to be hurt.

It is worth mentioning that Artemis has always been a non-marriageist...

In some future version of mythology, there are rumors that she likes Orion, which is completely a fallacy.

Perhaps Artemis could be moved to open up to someone someday, but that person would never be Orion.

In several ancient versions, Artemis and Orion were not only not lovers, but Artemis could be said to be Orion's killer. For example, Orion fell in love with the goddess and wanted to cradle her, or he tried to rape the goddess's maid but failed and was shot to death by Artemis with an arrow.

He also fell in love with the goddess of dawn, which made the gods jealous, so they asked Artemis to shoot him to death with an arrow.

Or maybe the gods were jealous of him, so Artemis sent her Scorpio to stab him to death.

All in all, the only mention of Artemis and Orion having a suspected romantic relationship is in the late Roman mythology era, when Artemis had become Diana, the moon goddess.

In the ancient Roman "Astronomy" record, there is a sentence that only says that Orion was loved by Diana, but does not explain the reason.

This Roman book claims to have borrowed the words of Aeschylus (a Greek scholar) (the authenticity of this is still unknown).

In almost all versions, Orion is shown to be extremely lustful and likes to force beautiful women to be his own. This is not the glorified Orion in the Moon World next door.

It is too outrageous to say that the Moon Goddess would fall in love with such a scumbag. It would be more acceptable to say that Artemis fell in love with her brother, the Sun God.

"This is the second time..." The moon goddess Artemis murmured softly at this time.

Last time, Ye rejected the love of his brother's witch Chryseis, and now he rejected the princesses arranged by King Telephus.

This is indeed a very different hero, with a personality completely different from the heroes I have known before.

No wonder Brother Apollo pays so much attention to him.

Even Artemis was now interested in him and began to think that Ye was a vegetarian like himself.

Artemis, who never recruited male believers and had a deep hatred for men, could not even think of hating Ye, and even considered whether to recruit Ye as her believer.

If it were in the past, she would even want Ye to communicate more with her other believers, such as teaching Atalanta and others how to resist the temptation of beauty and strengthen their inner beliefs.

(Ye: No! I still like beauty, but I just don’t like taking the bus.)

She suddenly had the idea of ​​meeting this hero in person and communicating with him at close range. It was obvious that her brother Apollo took a liking to her and wanted to develop her into his follower.

After all, Artemis had never seen Apollo be so generous to other people. He gave blessings and gave Ye the sacred harp that he had prepared for Orpheus in the past.

That’s right—the sacred harp was once the weapon that Apollo prepared for his beloved son, and it has a different special meaning.

Even such good things are willing to be given away.

This made Artemis think of an equally handsome young man - Hyacinthus, a former Muse and the son of the king of Sparta.

God's love is too intense for mortals to bear.

In the past, Apollo was very fond of Hyacinthus and even followed him all the time, like a patron saint. Others recorded this scene and said that from then on, Hyacinthus was always followed by a male god wearing a silver bow.

Apollo regarded him as a close friend——

But during a sports game, Apollo failed to control his strength and killed his friend with his own hands.

This incident made the brother depressed for a long time. He even had the urge to go to the underworld to find Hades and ask for his life back, but was stopped by his father Zeus.

People laughed at Apollo for being a Nantong.

But Artemis knew that there was only pure and extreme love between the two, and it was not as dirty as others imagined. Compared with her uncles who really had no taboos on anything, Apollo was much better.

Apart from Hyacinthus, my brother has never shown any special affection for other men.

After all, there was no concept of Platonic love in Greece at that time.

However - now Artemis was actually worried that Apollo would repeat the same mistake, otherwise she would not be so interested in a human male.

At least before this, when Artemis just started observing the night, it was more because of Apollo.

Chapter 22: Returning, a sign of the coming storm

Artemis now admired Ye and thought that the god's love was too passionate for Ye, a mortal, to bear.

to this end--

She felt pity and wanted to snatch Ye away from her brother Apollo.

For the sake of her troublesome brother, she would reluctantly find an opportunity to accept Ye as her follower.

Anyway, hasn't brother Apollo shown any intention of accepting followers to the other party?

As long as you haven't opened your mouth, you are not his believer.

First come, first served! Goodbye, brother. Don't blame me, this is all for your own good!

(Apollo, who was still unaware at this point and had no idea that the hero he had chosen was also chosen by his sister, was furious!

That's how we play it, right?

If you like someone and want to snatch him away, just say that you like him. And under the banner of "doing good for your brother", are you snatching a man openly?

Thank you! )

Returning to the earth, Ye said goodbye to Theophus and prepared to embark on the return journey with his entourage.

Although he had only used these people to boost his reputation before, having a follower around him would make him more in line with his identity as a hero when he met Agamemnon. He would add as much credibility as possible.

If there is a danger of being exposed (possibility), find an opportunity to send Chris out.

On this trip, Ye had already made up his mind to die, but he did not intend to implicate too many people, even though this was just a simulated history.

But when the huge changes caused by the simulation are able to affect reality, there is no difference between here and reality.

Every move he makes may affect the lives of many people, and that is why——

Being fully aware of the heavy weight behind this, he would not frequently use other people's lives in the simulated universe to achieve his own goals by any means necessary.

Here’s the bottom line—

Once you do some things too much, there is no going back. Otherwise, sooner or later he will become as cold-blooded, selfish, and indifferent to the lives of others as other Greek heroes.

Ye doesn't want to become that kind of human being.

That night, he brought Cres to the port. Theophus personally led the people to see him off and presented him with a fully equipped luxury medium-sized ship.

Ye personally played a song as a farewell piece.

When the beautiful and sad music, symbolizing parting, floated along the coast of Missia with the magical skill, even the seagulls circling in the sky landed on the nearby reefs, leaving behind sad tears.

Even animals stopped to listen to its beautiful sound. This scene, which only appeared in epics and legends, was actually happening before our eyes, bringing greater fame to the night.

——A hero named Griffith, who is good at playing the harp and can bring beautiful music to the world.

This fame traveled toward the Trojan War faster than night traveled to Greece.

At the same time, the letter of recommendation that Telephus had already written arrived at the Trojan War earlier than Night.

Odysseus was the first to receive the letter.

When he saw the message in the letter saying 'Griffith Lister'?

He had never heard of a hero with such a surname. Odysseus, who had originally had a trace of doubt in his heart, quickly read the letter, especially the one about the descendants of the Argonauts mentioned by Telephus.

Even the other party's ancestors were very good friends with Hercules.

Odysseus was surprised, and regardless of whether it was true or false, he did not dare to neglect it. He personally went to Agamemnon with the letter.

When Agamemnon learned the news, he did not take it seriously.

Griffith and Kratos? I've never heard of them. Where did these country heroes come from?

Agamemnon did not have any expectations for this foreign aid.

If it weren't for the hero of Achilles' level, no matter how many ordinary heroes came, it would be of no help to the current battlefield situation. The thing his camp lacked the least was heroes.

On the Trojan side, which also received the information, many Trojan heroes led by Paris did not pay any attention to this information.

Only Hector's heart was shaken - when he heard this familiar name, Hector clenched his fists, and he knew that his brother had succeeded.

Although I don't know how the other party could do this and even let the Son of Hercules endorse his identity, but with this official identity, it's completely secure.

Thinking of the crazy, bold plan he had told in the temple the night before, Hector clenched his fists and his blood boiled.

You will succeed... my brother!

There is no reason, Hector just has such strong trust in Ye.

Chryseis, who also received the news, locked herself in her room for the whole day and began to pray for the night.

Pray that he can return safely with Briseis...

Similarly, a new force joined the Trojan battlefield, which inevitably attracted the attention of the gods in heaven.

But the gods, led by Zeus, found that they knew nothing about this suddenly appearing hero.

Zeus frowned slightly - like Agamemnon, he also felt that he was probably some unknown little hero and not worth paying attention to.

However, his strong desire for control still made the God King Zeus prepare to find out the information about Griffith.

He summoned his son, Hermes, the Olympian messenger, and asked him to go to the Mysian coast where Griffith first appeared to explore for information about the hero.

With the Boots of Hermes, Hermes, who could travel to any place in Greece with just a thought, soon flew to the coast of Mysia.

Originally, Hermes wanted to trace back to the origin and use his divine power to find the source of Griffith's birth, that is, his hometown.