(Greek Mythology) The Abyss
Chapter 93
A song drifted intermittently from the garden, its timbre clear and melodious, quite pleasing to the ear, except the tune… was rather haphazard.
"Eris, you're singing to the left," Hermella interrupted.
"Oh, then stand to my right and listen," Eris replied calmly, completely oblivious to his tone-deafness.
"Other people's singing is high-quality imitation, yours is poorly made. Can't you be a little more careful?" Hermella looked at Eris with reproach, appearing heartbroken.
Such a beautiful voice, paired with a tune so far to the left, it's almost painful to watch (í _ ì)
"At least I didn't create anything original," Eris answered nonchalantly.
Hermella: That makes so much sense, I'm speechless (ˇˇ)
"How about I sing a song instead?" Hermella was determined to show Eris what real singing was.
Leave that song for me, all you tone-deaf trash, get out of here! (╯°A°)╯︵○○○
"…Okay, sing." Tartarus, whose thoughts had just wandered off somewhere, snapped back to reality and nodded casually.
While her talent on musical instruments was nothing short of phenomenal, Hemera did have her merits; she sang beautifully.
And what she loved most was constantly switching between female, male, and loli voices… turning a solo song into a duet.
"How was it? Don't you think I'm amazing?" Hemera's face practically screamed 'Praise me!'
"I just think you're a bit schizophrenic." Eris's tone was utterly sincere.
"Eris, aren't you uncomfortable if you don't criticize me? Dare to praise me a little?!"
"Uncomfortable? I wouldn't dare." After staring intently at Hemera for two seconds, Eris uttered two words leisurely.
Hemera: Baby's unhappy, baby's getting a little moody, silly little sister, you love to comfort me. (ˇˇ)
The Goddess of Daylight, haughty and aloof, declared she didn't want to talk to you and threw something at you…
"Ah!!…A snake!!!"
The gods' excellent physical abilities were on full display at this moment. After recognizing the object she had grabbed, Hemera reacted with lightning speed, flinging it away and darting off in the opposite direction.
At the same time, a shrill soprano voice rang out, the sudden increase in volume causing Tartarus to frown slightly.
Tartarus: So noisy. [Indifferent.jpg]
"Shut up!" Tartarus spat out two words unhappily, giving Hemera a cold glance, successfully silencing her.
Hermera: Waaah, you scared me to death! ~>_<~
"Your Majesty…are you…unhappy today?" After much hesitation, Hemera asked cautiously.
I feel like the atmosphere around His Majesty Tartarus is particularly tense today, and it got even lower after I asked. Hahaha, is it just my imagination? —by the intuitive Hemera
Some people lack intelligence, perhaps because they've invested all their skill points in intuition. A typical example—a beast. Therefore, we can figuratively call it "beast-like intuition."
Hmera's intuition is actually quite accurate. Tartarus is indeed unhappy today, or rather, he's been unhappy for the past few days.
Speaking of which, no one would be happy to discover their sister is missing, right? o(︶︿︶)o
Tartarus is against the fact that his sister is missing, although his refusal is ultimately pointless.
There's one thing Tartarus feels he must clarify: discovering his sister's disappearance so late really wasn't his fault.
Gods are born with consciousness and inherited memories, so theoretically, a god can be considered an independent individual from birth. Under this premise, generally speaking, even the closest gods won't interfere too much in each other's private affairs.
If this is true even between parents and children, it's even more so for a grown sister. Tartarus, being indifferent to everything, it's normal that he didn't notice.
Furthermore, gods have a terrible sense of time, and Tartarus, being an ancient god, has an even worse sense of time. To him, this amount of time is not long at all, although he believes it's enough for anything to happen.
A few days ago…
"Law, do you know where Nicole is? She hasn't returned to the Abyss in a long time." This was Tartarus, suddenly remembering his sister who had disappeared after leaving a message.
"I don't know." The Law's answer was straightforward.
"You don't know?!! Are you kidding?"
What was originally a casual question yielded such a chilling answer that Tartarus would have doubted its veracity if the laws of nature hadn't forbidden lying.
"You're in charge of overseeing the world, how could you not know?" His tone rose slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.
"She's not in this world," the law asserted its innocence.
"Specifically."
"Aimiye possesses a divine power crystal given to her by Chaos, which allows her to cross world barriers and travel to other worlds." Before Tartarus could feel relieved, the law added, "However, she wasn't very lucky. She was randomly teleported to the highest-level world. The divine power contained in the crystal wasn't enough. Although she teleported there, something seems to have gone wrong."
"Father God again?" Tartarus was practically kneeling before his father, the god who had been missing for years but continued to relentlessly seek attention through his antics.
"Stop," he thought, "this isn't the time to think about that. The priority is finding my sister."
"Crossing the world barrier is theoretically something only a creator god can do, but Chaos has been missing for many years. Whether he can even contact her is highly questionable. Considering Chaos's consistently unreliable nature, Tartarus decisively abandoned the idea."
"So what use is this father god?!"
"The only remaining solution is to persuade the laws to open the world barrier. With Tartarus's strength, as long as that troublesome barrier isn't blocking his way, time travel is definitely no problem."
"Laws, open the barrier for me."
"No." "The Law refused without hesitation.
What a joke! Chaos running away is one thing, but keeping him around would only lead to slacking off and causing trouble. If Tartarus runs away too, what will become of this world? The Law operates according to the rules, so many things cannot be done. Therefore, how could it allow the two highest-ranking gods in Greek mythology, possessing the attribute of chaos, to escape to another world?
"Don't forget, Nicol is a first-generation god." Tartarus wasn't in a hurry at all regarding the Law's refusal, speaking calmly and unhurriedly.
Each first-generation god holds a significant position and is crucial to the world. Losing other gods is insignificant, but losing a first-generation god is a serious problem. Amy going on a trip is fine, but now that she's been directly lost outside, it's simply unacceptable not to bring her back.
With this basis for insisting on bringing the god back, the subsequent negotiations, though lengthy, yielded a satisfactory result.
"Alright, I'll go and negotiate with the Law and the Creator God of that world." "The Law finally relented and agreed.
The highest level of world means that the creator god of that world is on the same level as Chaos. Going there without permission would already result in the loss of the Goddess of Annihilation; the Law didn't want to lose the God of the Abyss as well.
Tartarus understood this, so he patiently waited for the Law to negotiate, and that wait has lasted until now.
So, Law, can't you be a little more efficient?! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
Based on the principle of making others even more unhappy if you're unhappy yourself, Tartarus delivered a precise blow to Hemera with a slight movement of his pale lips.
"Hemera, the snake you threw out is Nicole's pet, and her favorite pet."
What?!
At this moment, I'm completely dumbfounded (⊙o⊙)?
"The Goddess of Daylight's Life is Unbearable" The Psychological Shadow of Oblivion - Character Edition
(i) Tartarus - Illusion, illusion, illusion...
(ii) Amy—Prank, prank, prank...
(iii) Nix—Changing clothes, changing clothes, changing clothes...
Staring stiffly at the snake on the ground, one second, two seconds, three seconds...
Pure white body, rare golden eyes, it really is Auntie's snake, hahaha.
Hermes: Faced with this cruel reality, I choose death. _(_」∠)_
Chapter 93