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(Fate) Chapter 191: The Gods Begin the Contest – The Battle for Promise!
🕑 Added 2024-11-08 15:53:31 +0000 UTCHearing such scary words, Promise was stunned.
What shocked him even more was the reaction from some of the gods.
After all, Hera said this, he could actually vaguely hear some of the gods' voices of sudden enlightenment saying "Oh, so that's how it is".
Wait, you’re all just accepting this?
And now that he thought about it, Hera’s recent rebellion, the moment when she imprisoned Zeus—along with all those myths of her catching him cheating and Zeus fleeing in terror everytime…
Hiss, looking at it this way, it seemed that she really had a tendency to be yandere?
Perhaps it was only Zeus’s strength that masked it all this time!
Just as Promise was processing this realization, Hera continued, “So, child, when I tell you to go and seek your goddess, I don’t mean that I’m abandoning you.”
She smiled warmly, her tone gentle as she said, “What I want is for you to choose me again, and in doing so, finally put an end to Athena, Demeter, Artemis, and any of the others’ hopes!”
Promise snapped out of his thoughts after her words and looked up at Hera.
At this moment, looking at that familiar, warm smile on her face, a shiver ran down his spine
Well...to put it another way, if I don’t choose you, might you decide to, well, take drastic measures?
His mood at this moment was quite subtle.
Initially, when Promise heard that Hera was letting him go to find his true goddess, he had felt some sadness but mostly gratitude.
After all, Hera, the very definition of the word jealousy, was choosing to release him willingly, letting go of her hand on her own initiative.
But now, at this moment, the only thing left in Promise' mind was "dare not move".
Although what Hera said was not false, after all, she did want him to make his own choice—there was a deeper reason that she did not say.
However, although she didn't say it, and Promise himself hadn’t thought of it yet,
This did not mean that the gods who had been listening to these words did not know.
“Hey, do you think Ares and the goddess of youth, Hebe, are really the children of Hera?
Sitting in the "audience seat", Hermes on a distant island couldn't help but ask Apollo beside him:
"It seems to me that Promise might be her true child.”
Hearing this, even Apollo, who had a very bad relationship with Hermes, nodded in agreement.
Then hr looked at Artemis, the moon goddess, who had a confused look on her face and had no idea what they were talking about, and explained to her,
"The real reason Hera made this decision was actually because of her deep love for Promise."
“Affection?” Artemis tilted her head, feeling a bit confused. “I thought it was jealousy?”
“Jealousy is part of it, but it’s mostly affection,”
Apollo shook his head and replied,
“One event after another made Hera realize that she was actually unable to provide the kind of support to Promise that Athena and the others could.
I think what prompted her to make up her mind was probably the arrow that she saw with her own eyes, which was shot by Promise towards Athena. "
Seeing that even after hearing this, Artemis was still confused, Hermes couldn't help but say,
"Think about it, Artemis—if Promise were your follower, wouldn’t you want to give him the best of everything, even if it meant allowing him to marry Atalanta?"
"Of course I wouldn't want to. Why should I do that..little Ata, no way?"
Artemis’s eyes widened as she firmly rejected the idea.
But after speaking, she hesitated again.
And after hesitating for a long time, she pouted and said very unhappily. “But… if Promise truly likes her, I… I…”
As she spoke, Artemis' expression softened, as if she might burst into tears.
After all, she was not blind, so she could still see how deep the bond between Atalanta and Promise was.
Hermes didn't care about Artemis' reaction and just smirked a bit, and although Apollo felt helpless, after being surprised at the beginning, he was obviously used to it and accepted it.
Not just that..he even thought about whether he should let him accompany Artemis, the moon goddess, when Promise finally joined their ranks, remaining by their side as their companion.
Hermes continued, “It is for this reason that Hera also wants to give Promise the best, though she realizes she simply can’t give him everything he desires.”
So Hera probably thought about it for a long time and finally decided to let him go."
Hearing this, Artemis tilted her head in confusion.
But before she could ask, Apollo took the painting and said, "She is Hera, the queen of heaven, the most noble goddess among the gods. In theory, she could grant Promise anything he wants, but the truth is in fact the opposite.”
“After all, Promise is almost perfectly matched with Athena,” Hermes added, shaking his head. “His heart is set solely on becoming a hero and pursuing a grand and noble end. For this reason, he had already cast aside everything; wealth, power, and even romance.”
"In fact, if it was just that, it wouldn't have been that much of a problem and Hera would've simply pretended not to see it.
But it was not just because of Athena and the others coming into contact with Promise, the main problem was that received far too many ‘offerings’ from Promise over time.”
Apollo couldn't help laughing as he said, "The goddess of the sea who was originally cursed by her, and Io, the matter of the golden apple tree, even the recent rebellion not long ago when Hera imprisoned Zeus—each time, again and again, she gained something from Promise’s actions.
But with each offering, she realized she neither guide him forward like Athena, nor protect his fate and clean up the mess for his actions like Clotho.
"Not only that. She couldn't even help him solve the problem when necessary, like we can." Apollo looked at Artemis, and upon hearing this, the moon goddess Artemis raised her head proudly.
After all, their combined effort had actually managed to strike Athena with that arrow!
Though it was Promise who fired the arrow and Athena who took the hit, that was also their credit.
"And, on top of it all, Hera has also sensed that the moment of Promise’s vow with Athena is drawing near,” Hermes added, picking up the thread. “Under these circumstances, if she wants to give Promise the best and also be able to help him… letting go now might actually be a wise choice!"
"After all, once she lets him go, even though she knew it was only a very small possibility."
Apollo couldn't help but laugh again as he said, "But I think no one can resist this temptation...Isn’t that right, Artemis?”
As he spoke, the God of light, looked towards his sister.
Artemis, who had been feeling overwhelmed by the rapid conversation, suddenly perked up, her eyes shining with determination. “Absolutely! This time, I’ll make sure that little Promise becomes mine!”
so......
"So from now on, all the gods will do everything in their power to win him over," In the bronze temple, Hephaestus, the god of craftsmen, said to the goddess of beauty Aphrodite, who looked on in surprise, "In this situation, they’ll all offer him everything he desires and shower him with the finest gifts.
Even the goddess of wisdom is probably ready to make a move, and might even be unable to hold back and abandon all wisdom, and do everything according to his wishes."
In the temple of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture was packing up her things, while Persephone was getting ready to slip out from the underworld to join in.
And in the ancient temple of fate...
“Hmm… but doesn’t this all run the risk of becoming a new kind of disaster?” Clotho, the goddess of fate, voiced her concern.
However hearing her words, the second sister Lachesis laughed in response as she said, "If Promise were already an immortal god, it would have indeed been a disaster.
But as things stand, his fragile mortal body is the perfect safeguard—none of the gods would dare act too recklessly.”
"So... give it your all, Cloto, we've worked so hard for him for so long for nothing, this time, we're going to take him down no matter what!"
After these words were spoken, even Atropos, the emotionless eldest sister, nodded in agreement with serious resolve.
That's right, we must take him down, no matter what!
