blueteamnovel Chapter 115
Chapter 115
chapter 115 – to the sea
poseidon, who seemed to get angrier just thinking about it, gulped down his beer and almost threw the bottle down as he complained to me.
“think about it. who was originally the one to drive the chariot of the sun? who still drives the sun instead of apollo?”
ah, i learned this at the passos temple.
so...
“uh... lord helios?”
“that’s right! then let me ask you again. who originally drove the chariot of the waxing and waning moon?”
i roughly knew about the sun, but the moon had many original owners. who was it again?
“uh... ah! lady selene?”
“yes, the incarnation of the full moon, lady selene. and though humans may not know it, originally, it was hecate who was responsible for the half and waning moon. what do you think this implies?”
“is it true that the sun and moon were not originally part of apollo and artemis’s divine duties?”
“exactly! they pushed out those who originally held those duties and ascended to olympus purely through their father’s backing. they falsely accused my children, causing their downfall and taking those vacant positions!!”
honestly, i still didn’t know much about the gods’ world, so i was unsure how to respond.
but it was clear that the way apollo and artemis rose to the twelve olympian thrones was still a controversial topic in modern times.
while other gods had clear and defined roles, athena and the twins seemed to have much more varied responsibilities.
“indeed, those two seem to have a lot of divine duties, right?”
“oh?! ah, you recognize it?”
“honestly, it’s a topic of much debate even in the forest.”
even apollo’s sons asclepius and orpheus agreed on this matter.
apollo, in addition to being the god of the sun, was also the god of healing, plagues, music, and more, while artemis, abhorrent of men, was the goddess of purity, hunting, the crescent moon, and a guide for travelers.
“that’s all because that damn supreme god zeus forcibly handed hefty divine roles to his illegitimate children and shoved them in all sorts of things.”
oh.
i was getting more and more intrigued by this.
the more information i had about people and groups i didn’t know, the better.
though the truth of what poseidon was saying was uncertain, there were certainly more than a few related to the twelve thrones of olympus, the majority of which were zeus’s kin, who had grievances about the distribution. at least two, poseidon and hera, were dissatisfied with zeus.
“even now, zeus is fond of my poetry, but... who knows what will happen in the future?”
no matter how strong or wealthy, the highest authority always faces threats to their power.
in my case, i had absolute loyalty from my subordinates, starting with the four heavenly kings and extending to the 108 demonic army, and there was no challenger in the martial world daring to confront me, so the threats were fewer.
from passos island to the forest of heroes in messenia, zeus, the protagonist of theology and heroism classes, was never absent, leading me to suspect that there were quite a few holding long-standing grudges among the 12 divine gods.
in fact, from his consort, queen hera, to the fellow trinity god poseidon, they all harbored such intense grudges...
‘perhaps this might become quite useful information later on.’
“the ancient gods who originally moved the sun and the moon favored olympus and won the titanomachy. my children were also promised the thrones of olympus for their war contributions. but just because my daughter ate a little too much, to bring down the beloved goddess of the deep sea?!”
then, as if doing him a favor, they handed over the divinities of storms, earthquakes, and the earth’s power, which they were originally supposed to oversee, to poseidon. feeling as if his insides were boiling like tartarus, poseidon ground his teeth.
“ah... i heard she had quite a bit of nectar and ambrosia...”
in theology class, it was said that the goddess hebe, who managed the feasts of olympus, collapsed from exhaustion for the first time.
it was even more credible because it was chiron himself who told that story.
however, poseidon snorted disdainfully at those words.
“that’s what that child said.”
at the sight of a 2.5-meter-tall bearded man mimicking a baby, i squeezed my eyes shut, and even the sea’s fool awkwardly took a drink.
“anyway, since then, i raised that young one like my daughter. when galatea told me that she seemed to have found a lover, i thought there couldn’t be anything better than a normal, diligent fisherman...”
“i wanted to live simply, using just enough strength, but those flying over my head wouldn’t leave me alone.”
honestly, when i woke up in passos, i decided to live a truly leisurely retired life, instead of the busy past life until death.
when i told neri about settling in passos as a fisherman or hunter, she even searched the place, dragging me along, saying she’d find our newlywed house first.
“but things in the world...”
“don’t go as you wish? hehehe.”
after spilling everything out, perhaps he felt a bit relieved.
poseidon’s eyes, laughing with a noticeably lighter voice, seemed quite clear.
“ugh... shall we slowly get going now? if i drink more here, both ampi and neri will nag...”
poseidon, who was slowly trying to get up, grabbed the trident floating beside him and stood from his seat.
“are you leaving? then could you tell neri...”
grumbling internally that my efforts seemed in vain, poseidon looked at me incredulously.
“what are you talking about?”
“what?”
poseidon stared at me as if i were an unpaid overtime worker, then sighed deeply and said,
“...enough. i’ve already said everything i need to.”
and then, a massive hand grabbed the back of my neck.
just as i was about to open my mouth, wondering what this was about.
“be careful not to bite your tongue.”
“pardon?”
-thud!
like a discus thrower, poseidon hurled me into the sea with careless caution.
“it’ll be faster than walking sluggishly!”
“you son of a—”
-splash!
just as i was about to say something to the boisterously laughing poseidon.
i was suddenly plunged into the sea, engulfed by the current, and sank deeply.